[Blade General] zephyr_battiassi:
[edit]: Succesful root thanks to [MENTION=6578302]mseskir[/MENTION] advice [edit]

Hello everyone.

I just replaced my old Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (i8190) by a new ZTE Blade V220 (nifty hardware at nifty price, EURO 140, WOOT).

I chose it because I didn't want to make a great spent, only to find out that there is no development on this model and that it doesn't even appear on ZTE webpage, so I can't "root" it or change the recovery.

As per Mseskir, this phone is the same than "Avea Intouch 4", a phone sold by a turkish brand.

Below are the hardware details:

- Qualcomm MSM8916 quad core 1'2 Ghz

- 800/900/1800/2100/2600 Mhz CAT 4

- 5" IPS screen (1280 x 720), looks nicer than the super AMOLED S3 mini screen

- 1 Gb RAM + 8 Gb storage (2 gb already spent for OS, even though it brings no bloatware at all)

- Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, WIFI, SD card slot

- 13 Mpx back camera with autofocus, and 5 mpx front camera (not top-notch quality, but good enough for me)

- 2100 mAh battery

- 139 x 71,5 x 9,5 mm (the back is too curvy for most hard covers ).

- Android KITKAT 4.4.4

ROOT steps:

A) I had to use the ZTE ADB drivers bundled with the phone (just mount USB in "driver mode" option

and run the bundled exe in your mobile storage).

The drivers will be installed in "C:\Program Files\ZTE_Handset_USB_Driver". Remember this directory.

B) Download "Root-SuperSU-v2.37.zip" from file from mseskir's yandex drive, within the "root"

folder. You can find the link in his post below. Upload without unzipping to your mobile internal memory.

You will need it later.

C) Download the "IT4_Recovery_Yukleme_Programı.exe" file from mseskir's yandex drive, within the "root"

folder. You can find the link in his post below.

D) Unzip "IT4_Recovery_Yukleme_Programı.exe" and get "recovery.img" (recover with TWRP) or

"recovery_stock.img" (if you prefer stock recovery) from the "tools" folder.

I will use "recovery.img" because I have been using TWRP since my old Xperia Neo V.

Copy the your "recovery.img" of choice to the folder where the USB ADB drivers was installed.

Copy the "fastboot.exe" file there too.

E) Enable "USB ADB debug" in android "Developer Options". Ensure that Windows detects and installs

the drivers properly.

F) Open command prompt and go to "C:\Program Files\ZTE_Handset_USB_Driver"

G) Type "adb devices", if everything goes well you will see your phone serial number listed

there. If you receive some error while starting the daemon, ensure that no other ADB app

is running in the background or try another ADB drivers.

You can check your phone serial number in the mobile itself: Phone Information --> Status

H) Type "adb reboot bootloader" in command prompt. The phone will reboot and will get stuck in boot image

with the notification led in red (scary, but don't worry, it's all fine).

I) Type "fastboot devices" in command prompt. You will see again the phone serial number in the window.

The phone screen will remain unchanged, like if it where frozen, but don't worry, everything is still fine.

J) Ensure that you have copied "recovery.img" in the same folder than adb.exe and fastboot.exe

( "C:\Program Files\ZTE_Handset_USB_Driver", as I mentioned earlier).

Then, type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img". If you copied the "recovery.img" and the "fastboot.exe"

to the driver folder you will see the flash progress. It will take one or two seconds and give you an "ok" message.

K) Type "fastboot reboot" and the mobile will reboot. Let it boot till the end. Disconect USB cable and

shutdown the mobile completely.

L) Push and maintain "volume up". While you maintain "volume up", push "power" button a few seconds

to start the mobile. Keep maintaining "volume up" until TWRP boot screen appears.

M) Flash "Root-SuperSU-v2.37.zip" with TWRP. You should have already copied it to mobile storage if you followed my advice in point "B". Reboot to system and it's done.

I leave this here so if anyone searches for this phone like me, he will know how to succesfully root it.

Thanks to everyone in advance.