24-11-2017, 12:10 PM
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The Leagoo P1 is an MT6580 powered phone running on Android 7 (Nougat)
How to root Leagoo P1
- Install VCOM drivers on your PC using https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-440.html
- Download SuperSU 2.79.zip at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4S-Z72...ZuMlU/view
- Copy SuperSU.zip to both the phone’s SD card and internal storage
- Download Philz for Leagoo P1 ported by Team Hovatek @ https://mega.nz/#!ZT522ZQa!2PwRr42DkKZsQ...O69SeEh_wk
- Flash the Philz recovery.img to the phone using SP Flash tool @ https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-159.html
- Boot the phone into recovery mode using Volume up button + Power button (see https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-479.html )
- In Philz recovery, you use the Volume buttons to navigate and Power button to select
- Select Install Zip
- Navigate to the location of the SuperSU2.79.zip on the SD Card and select it
- Wait till flashing is complete
- If you are prompted to fix root, select No
- Reboot the phone normally
- Confirm Root by installing and running Root Checker
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