How To Root Gionee Elife E3 & Install CWM Recovery
Gionee E3 is a feature packed android device with a friendly pricing. It has a 4.7 retina display with 1920x1080 resolution and 320ppi. This rooting method is tested on Gionee E3 with Android 4.2.1.
Warning:
- Rooting voids warranty. Do this at your own risk.
- Back up all necessary data before undergoing these steps.
- Make sure your device have at least 65% battery charge left.
Downloads:
Motochopper---Link
E3 MTK USB Drivers---Link
Rooting:
- Download and install USB drivers for E3 on your PC
- Download Motochopper zip file and extract it on PC.
- Enable USB Debugging on your E3: Settings-->Developer Options-->USB Debugging
- Connect device to PC via USB cable.
- From the Motochopper extract folder, execute "run.bat". If you are using Linux or OS X, navigate to the extracted directory in a terminal and execute "./run.sh".
- Approve ADB connection from your PC to Device.
You have rooted your Gionee E3 successfully!
Recovery:
- Download and install Mobileuncle MTK tool from playstore.
- Start Mobileuncle Tools and grant SU rights.
- Download the required CWM recovery zip and extract it to get the recovery.img file. Copy the recovery file to root of your SD card.
- Open Mobileuncle tool and choose "Recovery Update" option.
- You will see the copied "recovery.img" file . Select it at confirm that you want to flash it.
- You have succesfully flashed CWM recovery. In order to get into CWM you can either use Mobileuncle or Press Vol+Power buttons.
That's it, you have roooted and installed recovery on your Gionee Elife E3.
