The Point of View: April 2013

Hello All,

Congratulations to all Xolo Q800 owners for buying this best handset in quad core series. I am sure that this is the best handset in this price range and also the quad core. Of course I have this handset too. As per my playing habit with gadgets I have successfully rooted my device and enjoying the rooting power. Many users may come with a question that why should I root the device because, if it has quad core processor and most of the apps and games can be installed then why rooting is needed.

There is simple answer and that is "You can backup your total system by using some recovery apps which need your phone is rooted and some cracked apps which come with patches also need the rooted device" Is the answer simple? Yes :)

Still, if you have confusion and scare to root the phone then go through below links and find your doubts out:

I had rooted my Xolo Q800 with cmw recovery and now have successfully rooted with TWRP. The reason for using twrp is the new Gionee ROM is available for twrp so it is required to root this device with twrp. For users who are new to root with twrp this tutorial will help them.

Files to root Xolo q800 are:

· SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1248.0.96

· VCOM

· MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc

· recovery.img

Tip: If you have installed the phone drivers then no need to install it again.

Users who have already rooted their devices with cmw, just download twrp.rar file from here

Note: Please back up/copy your existing files in another folder the name it cmw for future use and rooting the phone again with cmw. And, the files are: MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc and recovery.img

I hope that you have downloaded the twrp.rar file from the provided link or anywhere you got it.

Extract twrp.rar file in same folder where you have stored other files as shown in above bulleted points. If you have copied the Scatter and recovery files in another folder as I have mentioned above then while extracting the twrp.rar system will display a pop-up message then click replace all option and system will replace new files with the exsting files.

Now you would have below files in once folder:

Don’t worry about the folder location it can be different as per your choice. Now follow below steps to root your xolo q800 with twrp:

Download VCOM driver and restart your pc (only for new users who have not rooted their device)
Switch off your phone and ready with USB cable
From SP Flash folder double click on Flash_tool application icon. It will display below screen:

From right side of the displayed screen click Scatter-loading. System will display a dialog box to open the file. Select the "MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc" from its location where you have stored it. Then screen will display the loaded file details as per below screen.

From Window menu (at top of the screen) click Write Memory.

Click Write Memory from toolbar. (located at below of Help menu)

From Memory Settings option click EMMC.

Click Open Raw Data (please refer above image) and select the recovery.img file from where you have stored it.

Type 0x2d80000 in Begin Address (Hex) and 0x600000 in Container Length filed. (as shown in above image). Note: Ready with USB cable and the switched off phone.
Click Writer Memory. (system will start to search your device/phone)