[ROOTING GUIDE] How to Root and install CWM custom recovery on any Mediatek chipset based device

Before proceeding for the root process do some research on your own about the risks involved in Rooting a device if you are doing it for the first time.
Don't do this in hurry and make sure that you have at least 1 hour of time to spend with this rooting process.

Have a full backup of your current data of your phone.
Follow the link for how to backup all the data on your android device:
Step by step guide to take full backup of your phone data

After taking backup of your phone please make sure that you have the following things in hand to start the rooting method.
Required things:
- MTK USB drivers
- Fastboot and adb binaries
- Latest MTK Droid Root and tools
- Latest MTK smartphone Flash Tool
- SuperSu su binaries developed by Chainfire
- A PC and a USB cable
- A smart brain
- Patience

NOTE:
Make sure you have installed your phone driver and downloaded all the necessary software that are needed in the next step.
Make sure that USB debugging is enabled on your phone under developer options.

Supported devices:

- HTC Desire 616 rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- Micromax Canvas A1 Android One rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498 rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- Karbonn Android One Sparkle V Blue rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- Xolo play 6x 1000 rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- Xolo play 8x 1100 rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- Xolo play 8x 1200 rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- Micromax Canvas Nitro A310 rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- Micromax Canvas cameo A290 rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- Micromax Canvas Fire 2 A104 rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery
- All old MTK chipset based older and newer devices support Rooting and Installing CWM based custom recovery

Basic process of Rooting and installing CWM custom recovery:

- Scatter creation [using Droid Root & tools]
- In SP FlashTool choose this scatter and go on the Read Back tab. [using SP flash tool]
- Choose path and a ROM file name [using SP flash tool]
- Determine the ROMsize [using SP flash tool]
- Choose Read Page Only on yaffs2 type blocks phones [using SP flash tool]
- Read Back ROM_ [SP flash tool]
- Prepare files for FlashTool and make CWM [using Droid Root & tools]
- Download new CWM to the phone [using SP flash tool]
- Make backup, install SuperUser etc [using Droid Root & tools]

Here is the complete detailed guide with pictures.
Below is the link for the 100% working rooting guide:
100% Working ROOT + CWM - Readback your ROM with SP-Flash Tools

I will suggest you to watch the video first before starting the root process.
If you have any concerns or questions you can ask over there or here in this post's comment section also.

[100% Working ROOT + CWM + ROM backup with SP-Flash Tools]

Have fun and stay tuned to get more updates.

Author : Modder

I am an embedded software engineer by profession and an advanced Android user who knows a little more than many out there. I work on creating and promoting GCam APK which is a modified APK done to get several extra features on the stock app in Android. Basically this is done using reverse engineering the original app file. I work on publishing about GCam APK Port, custom ROMs and some Linux how-to guides. I use this YouTube Blue APK and the NewPipe APK as a daily Youtube apps.

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