How can I root my Gionee Elife S Plus running on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) ?
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There are two main steps:
Unlocking the Bootloader of the Gionee Elife S Plus
Flashing the Hovatek TWRP recovery.img and SuperSU.zip
Download TWRP for Gionee Elife S Plus (Marshmallow) ported by Team Hovatek @
Hovatek - Redirect page
Setup ADB and Fastboot on the PC using the guide at
How to setup ADB and Fastboot
Extract and copy the TWRP recovery.img into the same folder as the fastboot.exe and adb.exe
Unlock the Bootloader of the Gionee Elife S Plus using the guide at
How to unlock the Bootloader of the Gionee Elife S Plus
Download SuperSU 2.76.zip at
Hovatek - Redirect page
Copy SuperSU.zip to both the phone’s SD card and internal storage
Connect the phone to the PC via USB cord while switched On and boot it into Fastboot (as instructed in the Bootloader unlock guide)
When the phone enters Fastboot, load the TWRP recovery to the phone by typing the command below then pressing Enter
fastboot boot recovery.img
The phone should automatically boot into TWRP recovery mode
In TWRP, if you get a prompt asking you to swipe to allow modification of the System partition, tap KEEP READ ONLY
If TWRP offers to root the phone, select NO
In TWRP recovery, tap Install
Navigate to the location of the SuperSU2.76.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