This is a short tutorial on how to Root YU YUPHORIA.
[ Requirements ]
- YU YUPHORIA phone (obviously)
- Drivers (windows will automatically install them) - official compatible driver pack is here
- ADB & Fastboot binary package
PLEASE TAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR DATA BEFORE PROCEEDING!
This procedure may wipe the all the data partition of your phone, so you will loose all your stored data, settings.
SDCARD will NOT BE WIPED!!
Why to unlock Bootloader?
- You can flash custom ROM(s)/Kernels
- You don't need to worry if the new firmware can be rooted or not as with unlocked bootloader you can always ROOT your device
- Download the ADB & Fastboot binary package and extract it on a temporary folder in C:\
- Power down YU Yuphoria
- While pressing VOLUME UP key connect the phone to PC/Laptop via USB cable
- You will get a screen on your phone which says "Fastboot mode"
- Device drivers will get installed by windows (please wait for the driver installation to complete)
- After driver installation is done go to the folder where you have extracted the package
- Pressing the SHIFT key right click in the folder and select "Open command prompt here"
- Now a Command Prompt window will open up
- Type the following command to check if the device was detected in fastboot mode
fastboot -i 0x2A96 devices - If you don't get similar output it means that the drivers weren't correctly installed or the device wasn't connected properly
- If the output is similar to above then run the following command:
fastboot -i 0x2A96 oem unlock - Now reboot from fastboot mode and thats it
fastboot -i 0x2A96 reboot
Okay Now if you have unlocked the BOOTLOADER simply follow the procedure below to root your YU Yuphoria
[ NOTICE ]
This procedure WILL NOT replace the stock recovery
[ Requirements ]
- YU YUPHORIA phone
- Unlocked bootloader
- latest SU binary from from: https://goo.gl/rbuvJS
- Busybox installer
- Make sure that the device has unlocked bootloader
- Download the latest SuperSU update.zip
- Save it on sdcard of device
- Reboot into bootloader/fastboot mode
- ADB reboot bootloader
or - Power down phone and keeping the VOLUME UP key connect the phone to PC/Laptop via USB cable
- ADB reboot bootloader
- Download any of the recoveries
- Hotboot the hacked recovery kernel
fastboot -i 0x2A96 boot DooMLoRD-YUPHORIA-Hacked_CWM-v1.img - Device will now start booting into recovery
- Once the recovery starts flash the SuperSU update.zip
- Reboot from recovery into OS
- You should now get root access! ☺
- It is highly recommended to install busybox after rooting!
- Just go to andorid play store and download the Busybox installer.
- Once the installer is downloaded, install busybox in /system/xbin
- Reboot device after install and thats it!
