How to root the Infinix Hot S Pro (X521) (Marshmallow)

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20-07-2017, 01:38 PM

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The Infinix Hot S Pro (e.g X521-J508H1-M-161202V7) is an MT6735 powered phone running on Android 6 (Marshmallow)

How to root the Infinix Hot S Pro

Dump your firmware in scatter format using Miracle Box @ https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-13347.html
Download SuperSU 2.78 @ https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457084094631642692 and save to both phone storage and SD card
Create a new folder named Hovatek on your PC
Copy preloader.bin from your Miracle Box backup into the Hovatek folder
Download TWRP for Infinix Hot S Pro ported by Team Hovatek @ https://mega.nz/#!VDZRHQIQ!dr2dk-A04sx_G...oWzsoyX9BE
Copy the TWRP recovery.bin and scatter file from the TWRP zip file downloaded above into the Hovatek folder, making peloader.bin, scatter file and recovery.bin (TWRP) in the folder
Flash the preloader.bin and recovery.bin using Miracle Box @ https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-14106.html
Boot the phone into recovery mode (Vol up + Power) after flashing
In TWRP, if you get a prompt asking you to swipe to allow TWRP modify the system partition, tap KEEP READ ONLY
In TWRP recovery, tap Install
Navigate to the location of the SuperSU.zip and select it
Swipe to confirm flashing of SuperSU.zip and wait till flashing is complete
Reboot the phone normally
Confirm Root by installing and running Root Checker @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...heck&hl=en

This post was last modified: 18-08-2017, 02:13 PM by hovatek.

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