If you are searching for a budget camera phone then no doubt Honor 6X is the best camera phone under ₹15K, now recently its price drops and available at ₹13K the 64G variant at Amazon.in, not only it has a dual camera but it has great processor and RAM. Kirin 655 handles it well. It has 3340 mAh battery, so no doubt that you don’t have to worry about battery backup. But what I am talking about in this post is how to root Honor 6X. Though I normally don’t recommend you to root device if its under warranty. Before rooting any android device you should do some homework related this. As its not for the noob.
Warning: Flashing can potentially brick or bootloop your device. We don’t hold any responsibility for any error or problem caused by following this guide. Do with your own risks. This root method for EMUI 5.X of Honor 6X.
How to Root Honor 6X
NOTE: Make a backup of all your data including msg, contacts files, images etc.
A. Download Tools
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- Download and install Universal ADB Driver
- Download ADB FILES
- Download twrp-3.1.1-0-berlin.img
- Download SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815-EMUI5.0.zip (9.3 MB)
B. File Preparation
- Unzip ADB.zip and you will get ADB Folder
- Install the ADB Driver in your PC
- Rename the twrp-3.1.1-0-berlin.img into twrp.img
C. Enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlock
- Enable Developer option- Goto Settings > About phone > tap version 7 times.
- Enable USB Debugging- Goto Settings > Additional settings > Developer options > USB Debugging and enable it.
- Enable OEM Unlock – Goto Settings > Additional settings > Developer options > Enable OEM Unlock.
D. Unlock bootloader in Honor 6X
- First note down serial number of your Honor 6X on a paper from the box or “about” section in your phone
- Second note down the IMIE number
- Third note down the product ID by typing *#*#1357946#*#* into your dialer app
- Now go to the Huawei unlock website
- Register here and make an account
- Go to the download section and select unlock bootloader
- Agree to the unlocking agreement
- Now you will see a form like this
- Now fill up the form as you already note down all the details in first three steps
- Once you have fill up the form correctly tap on select “commit”
- And your unlock code will be shown on the same page, note down this unlock code on a paper
- Plug your phone into your computer via USB cable
- Open the ADB Folder.
- Inside the folder, hold “Shift” Key then right click and select “Open command Windows here”.
- The Command prompt will open.
- Now enter this command.
adb devices
- If its properly connected to your PC it will show your device with some alphanumeric character
- Now type this command and hit enter
adb reboot bootloader
- You will that phone will go to bootloader mode. Basically its fastboot mode.
- Now type this command and hit enter, where XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX – unlock code received previously
fastboot oem unlock XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Follow the on-screen instructions
- The Bootloader is unlocked in Honor 6X! Now disconnect your Phone from PC
- Switch on the Device and Repeat the STEP. C
E. How to flash TWRP Recovery In Honor 6X
- Connect your phone to PC via USB
- Copy paste the SuperSU 2.79 from your PC to phone
- Open the “ADB FASTBOOT FILES” folder
- Inside the folder, hold “Shift” Key then right click and select “Open command Windows here”
- The Command prompt will open
- Now type this command and hit enter
adb reboot bootloader
- It will boot into fastboot mode.
- Now type this command and hit enter
fastboot oem get-bootinfo
- If bootloader is unlocked then it will show “Bootloader Lock State: UNLOCKED“
- If its Unlocked then proceed
- Now its time to flash TWRP, so run this command (Make sure twrp.img file is present in the ADB folder like I have done in Step B)
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
- Once it done again run this command to boot into TWRP mode
fastboot boot twrp.img
- It will boot into TWRP Recovery Mode.
F. Install SuperSu and Root Honor 6X
- Select the language and then Swipe to allow modification then mount the storage like this.
- Now go to the main menu
- Click on Backup and make a backup of current ROM for safety. You can skip this!
- If the backup process is done again go to the main menu and tap on Install
- Then browse the SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815-EMUI5.0 and swipe to Install
- Once the flashing process has done, tap on Wipe Cache/Delvik
- Then tap on Reboot your system.
- The booting process may take 5 to 10 mintutes.
- Install Root Checker and whether Honor 6X rooted or not.
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