Recently, Infinix hot 4 received nougat 7.0 upgrade as promised by InfinixMobility. Many upgraded their hot 4 to enjoy the long waited nougat features on their device. To some, thats it, but to those who loves rooted Android, the nougat upgrade was just the beginning. Here in this article, i will be showing you guide on how to root your Infinix hot 4 after upgrading to Android nougat 7.0 to engoy the benefits of a rooted Android smartphone
REQUIREMENTS
PC/Laptop Running Windows.
Working USB Cable
SP Flash Tool latest version. Download Here.
ADB VCOM Drivers (normally I use PDAnet). Go here to learn how to install Mediatek Vcom Drivers to your PC
Infinix Hot 4 Nougat TWRP Recovery image. Download Here
SuperUser v2.79.zip. Download Here
HOW TO INSTALL TWRP RECOVERY ON INFINIX HOT 4
Step 1: First download twrp recovery zip file for Infinix Hot 4 nougat from given link, and then extract the “Recovery.img” and “MT6580_Android_Scatter.txt” file to another folder in your PC desktop screen
Step 2: Next, download the SP Flash tool latest version, and extract its files to another folder your computer.
Step 3: From the extracted files, open “Flash_tool.exe”
Step 4: Once the flash tool is launched, then click on the download/upgrade tab and click on scatter loading “Choose” button
Step 5: After clicking in choose, a small window will pop up, locate the nougat recovery and scatter loading folder you extracted at step 1 and select “MT6580_Android_Scatter.txt” to load recovery file to sp flashtool
Step 6: After that, select recovery only in sp flashtool and click on the green “DOWNLOAD” button
Step 7: Immediately, connect your switched-off Infinix Hot 4 to your computer via USB cable
Step 8: The Flashing process would be in progress, and a Green button would appear once the process is completed.
That’s it. TWRP Recovery is now succesfully installed on your Infinix Hot 4 nougat.
→ To boot to recovery mode, simply press and hold Volume up button + press Power button. Now let’s move to the next phase on how to root Infinix Hot 4
HOW TO ROOT Infinix Hot 4 x557
Granted you have successfully installed TWRP Recovery after going through the detailed instruction on how to install Recovery image via Sp flashtools to your Infinix Hot 4, now do the following:
- Boot your Infinix Hot 4 phone into TWRP recovery mode (by Holding the Vol. Up + Power button at the same time for 5 seconds).
- In TWRP recovery mode, Choose “Install zip”.
- Then navigate to the location you placed SuperUser v2.79.zip file and proceed to install
- After installing SuperUser.zip, reboot your phone
That’s it, you have successfully rooted your Infinix Hot 4 Android smartphone. To verify if its properly rooted, goto Google playstore and download “Root Checker.apk” to verify.