[Micromax A116] droidiser:
Rooting guide for Micromax A116:

Download Micromax A116 Stock ROM: http://www.d-h.st/GYE

Replace Recovery.img with clockworkmod recovery image file

Flash the image via Flash Tools.

Boot into cwm

Flash the su app and su bin using cwm

Reboot

Mod: Swap your Internal and External sd Card to install sd data of games in external SD card[/URL]

Download the modified vold.fstab for A116 and replace it with the one present at /system/etc.

MediaTek had announced the launch of its MT6589 Quad Core chip a few weeks back.

Note: Seems like the Micromax A116 rooting guide I had published quite a long time back has gone viral. Let me tell you, it is *NOT working*. The bin4ry method is not working on this phone. I had posted that guide by asking a friend, who got hold of the device pre-maturely, if the bin4ry method worked. He replied yes, but it seems like he was dumb. The guide has been copied by various blogs like theinternetbuzzer, techenclave, this xda thread, letusbetechy.blogspot.com etc. You don't need to try these unless you have a lot of spare time. Subscribe to this thread to stay updated.

And since then, we had been waiting for any manufacturer to put that chip into some use.

Who is better than Micromax in putting MediaTek chips into use? So, the news is: Micromax has launched the successor to the Micromax Canvas 2, and a third one in the canvas series.

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I won't go listing down all the detailed specs here. GSMarena is better at doing that, right? To remind you, Micromax Canvas 2 is the most popular phone ever in GSMarena's database (which does have a long history, I guess.) Micromax has reached the standards no other Indian company has ever reached in the cellphone business.

Micromax A116 Specs Review + 3D Demo

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If you don't know even the most basic specs, the device has a 1.2 GHz Quad Core MT6589 processor, a 720p 5" screen with 294 ppi density and 1 GB ram. Every other spec almost coincides with A110.

For those who don't know me, I am the guy behind the A90S and A110 threads, and helped unite the users of those phones. My mod for Micromax A110 which swapped internal sdcard with the external sdcard (and thus allowed users to store games' sd data into the relatively larger external sdcard) swa Micromax releasing an official update to the stock rom. The update had the swapping done already (along with repartitioning of the internal storage.)

The A110 thread received over 300k hits and over 3.5k replies. That's why, despite being a locally sold device, we saw many custom ROM's themes and other mods coming out for that device. I hope that the same thing happens with the Micromax A116 too. So, if you are thinking to buy or have bought the A116, drop by on this thread, and leave your feedback about the phone.

Disclaimer: Using anything given below can potentially harm your device. Rooting and flashing third party stuff will void your warranty, which may or may not be restored on unrooting.

Availability: Book online from Snapdeal (Coming soon, at the time of writing)

Rooting and Stuff:

The phone can be rooted using this rooting guide. (Coming real soon) Update: Available below!

Clockworkmod Recovery: Not compiled yet, will be available once someone is able to extract stock recovery from the device (and that will happen only when the device is available)

Stock ROM:

Stock ROM is available here. Google for Micromax's ftp username and password as I don't want to popularize it which otherwise may lead MMX to change the password.

The stock ROM is available here too. Thanks to mujahidali.

Custom ROMs:

None Yet!

Themes

None Yet!

Recoveries

Stock Recovery: Present in stock ROM zip

Custom Recovery: http://www.db.tt/ro6whPBD

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