How to Root Elife E7 and Install custom recovery

The Gionee Elife E7 is a high end flagship Smartphone from Gionee manufacturer and comes with great features and hardware as compared to latest generation Smartphone. It powers 2G/3G/4G network support, 5.5″ 1080p Display, 16/32 GB Internal Storage, 3 GB RAM, 16 Megapixel camera with 8 megapixel front facing camera, 2.5 GHz Quad Core CPU and Android 4.2 Jellybean. This Smartphone is really awesome regarding what is in the hardware. There are many users of this device and there are people who want to root their phone to get the most out of it.

Rooting brings a lot to a device and allows the users to do many things which are impossible without root access. It allows the user to flash custom ROMs on their device, play root access requiring apps and many more. Once rooted, you can make use of the apps which need rooting access and also the custom ROMs which are based on the different Android OS. Though this phone is one of the best one, it seems like there are many custom ROM firmware which can truly enhance the user experience of this device. After rooting you will have to install a custom recovery on your device to be able to flash custom ROMs on it. So in this articlewe are providing both the procedures so that you don’t have to search anymore and waste your precious time. The procedures are given below.

How to Root Gionee Elife E7

Warning - Rooting will void the warranty of your device.

Preparations

• Charge your device to at least 60% so that it doesn’t shuts down in between.
• Download the files named PDAnet and Vroot.

Procedure

Step 1- Install the PDAnet and open it.

Step 2 – Install drivers and follow the screen instructions to install the drivers of the device to support it.

Step 3 – After installation Open Vroot app.

Step 4 – Now connect your device to PC, Vroot app will detect your device.

Step 5 – After detection just click Root button and your device will be rooted.

This is all what one has to do to root his device.

How to Flash CWM Recovery on Gionee Elife E7

Only rooting won’t give us the ability to flash ZIP package files which includes some sort of custom ROMs. Those custom made ROMs will make our Smartphone look awesome + stunning, with a lot of features and colors. So to get it below is the procedure to flash CWM Recovery on Ginonee Elife E7.

Preparations

• You should have a rooted device; if not then by following the above procedure root your device.
• Download Recovery Tools and Stockrecovery.img.

Procedure

Step 1- Move the recovery.img file to the internal storage of your own device.

Step 2 – Now open the Recovery Tools app, in the app tap Flash Recovery > From Other Storage > Now choose your recovery file > Yes, to install the recovery.

Step 3 – After that reboot your phone and now your phone is flashed with a recovery.

This is a very small and easy process but will help you a lot in enhancing the performance and look of the device.