How to root the Tecno L8 Plus

[Development] How to root the Tecno L8 Plus

hovatek
Administrator

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29-07-2017, 11:01 PM

#1

The Tecno L8 Plus (e.g L8PLUS-H805C1-L-160907V41 ) is an MT6580 powered phone running on Android 5.1 (Lollipop)

How to root the L8 Plus

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 Tecno L8 Plus ported by Team Hovatek @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...lQN2M/view
TWRP for Tecno L8plus-H805-c1-L-20160428 ported by Team Hovatek @ https://mega.nz/#!UGhhCD5Q!4smC_nj4ZAAFz...KuCAq3rVaM
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

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This post was last modified: 02-11-2019, 03:18 PM by hovatek.

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Deeni131
Experienced Member

94

24-10-2018, 12:20 PM

#2

Hello hovatek . The MT number for tecno l8 plus is mt6580,i dont know how u get mt6572.
Im confused whether to root using this way or not cos mine is mt6580

hovatek
Administrator

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24-10-2018, 01:35 PM

#3

(24-10-2018, 12:20 PM)Deeni131 Hello hovatek . The MT number for tecno l8 plus is mt6580,i dont know how u get mt6572.
Im confused whether to root using this way or not cos mine is mt6580

that's an error, thank you for pointing it out
and yes you can root using this method

This post was last modified: 24-10-2018, 01:37 PM by X3non.

Kaiser Pro
Newbie

1

11-11-2018, 10:52 PM

#4

Miracle box isn't detecting my Tecno L8 Plus even though my device drivers are installed and USB debugging is on please help me.The Start button isn't clickable on miracle box ,and a red massage asking to update is shown.

xerxes
Senior Member

8,361

12-11-2018, 04:28 PM

#5

(11-11-2018, 10:52 PM)Kaiser Pro Miracle box isn't detecting my Tecno L8 Plus even though my device drivers are installed and USB debugging is on please help me.The Start button isn't clickable on miracle box ,and a red massage asking to update is shown.

Fix inactive start button using any of the methods @ https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-14815.html

Post a new thread for the drivers issue so we focus on it. See https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-514.html for how to create a new thread.

Sent from my M5 mini using Hovatek Mobile

Joshua Adumchima
Newbie

4

03-11-2019, 03:26 AM

#6

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Please I need your help, I follow the above steps but I'm getting Error1: no 5A
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hovatek
Administrator

49,869

04-11-2019, 01:30 AM

#7

(03-11-2019, 03:26 AM)Joshua Adumchima Please I need your help, I follow the above steps but I'm getting Error1: no 5A

create a new thread so we'll focus on this
see https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-514.html for how to create a thread
in the new thread, state the exact step in the guide above where you got stuck

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