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[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] guvno:
Hi all.

I am using the latest ROM 20160419 can I still root my P9000 using these instructions or will I brick it? Has anyone tried?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] demien_max:
It works just install like this page: and use (UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65-20151226141550.zip)

https://elephonemobile.eu/t/how-to-root-latest-elephone-p9000-stock-rom/34
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] alisk:
Hello mate - I had this exact problem; check in settings\developer options that "OEM Unlocking" is enabled. It was disabled on my device by default and wouldn't work until enabled, after that the flashtool worked fine.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] songforwhoever:
Works great with 20160419 - Thank you :)
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] xfire22:
Thanks demien_max at last ive rooted this great phone thanks to you, and can now backup data apps etc,easy walk-through went very smooth thanks again:good:
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] andybleaden@gmail.com:
Is this also possible with adb tools in Linux does anyone know?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrGoatsy:
Is there any other way to root this phone without downloading the ROM to your PC?

I have really slow Internet so if I have to do that it will take me longer than 1 hour.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
You don't need to download the ROM to your computer, you need the recovery and the flashable zip files.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrGoatsy:
Can you or somebody else make a video of it? I find this all very confusing.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
Just follow the guide, its not difficult, there are even screenshots practically showing you the way.

If you can't follow the instructions you probably shouldn't be rooting your phone....
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrGoatsy:
I get an error that the scatter file fails to initialize.

Yes I already created a new folder and yes I did download the latest version.

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Oke, the scatter file works now, but now when I try to root it I get this:

Is that normal?

It just gave me an error with a hint that was empty.

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This is a screenshot of the error:
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] wasjapupkin:
Means something with driver is wrong, try to use other USB port or reinstall driver. Had same errors once, do a reinstall with compatible drivers and its working now like a charm
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrGoatsy:
Where can I find compitable Windows 10 drivers? I followed the tutorials but those drivers aren't working it seems.

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The USB disconnects after 3 minutes of being stuck on: 'Downloading DA 100%'.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrGoatsy:
It turned out to be an issue with Windows 10, I tried it with Windows 7 and it worked.

Thanks for trying to help me.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ron-ski:
I kept getting the dredded scatter file failed to intialise error, tried Windows 10 and Windows 7, tried a simple folder name in the root, same problem. Eventually I found a newer version of SP Flash even though http://spflashtool.com/ shows version 5.1524, there is a later version here and that works.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] tcoulon:
No success

OK, so I got a P9000 and (maybe that was an error) let it upgrade to 20160419.

I've tried all the solutions I could find but nothing works to root. The only machine I have with Windows runs Windows 7. I suppose the driver is installed correctly as I can see the files on my phone. I can start the flash tool and load the scatter file and the recovery, but when I click the Download button and connect the phone nothing happens - no download starts, no error.

USB debugging is on. I've tried with and without OEM unlocking.

Anything to suggest? I've managed to root every phone until now, but this one is a hard nut to crack.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
The driver that detects the phone in download mode is not installed. Just because you can see the files on the phone does not mean the download drivers are installed correctly. The driver you are talking about is a completely different one.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] tcoulon:
OK, thanks. How do I find out if the driver is installed. I did install the drivers that were indicated - SP_Driver_v2.0. I don't know well how Windows works (sorry, Linux user here...). What am I looking for? Thank you.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
Did you disable driver signature validation before installing them? If not do that then reinstall. Google for how to disable it.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Koorlan:
Same problem, downloading DA 100% and only 192.10Ko was transfered. I don't have any win7 here (maybe virtual machine do the tricks ? ). If anyone have ideas ..
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
Does your download bar turn green or stay red?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Koorlan:
Stay red. After a while (~2-3 minutes) i can hear the sound of usb disconnecting and the Mediatek Preloader dissapear on Com/Lpt devices tab. I tried with front/rear (3.0 and 2.0 usb ports and same results)
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
It is not a windows 10 problem, you have the same problem as the guy above. The drivers are not installed correctly.

Windows 10 has no issues at all with this... I'm on the fast insider ring so if anyone is going to have problems it will be me as the fast ring is often buggy. Yet once the drivers are installed correctly I have had no problems.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Koorlan:
You was right deleted all driver and reinstalled .. now it has worked.. maybe 2 drivers was in conflict ... :)
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrbubba999:
Can we root the latest software yet?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
You could root it using this guide the day the 20160419 firmware came out.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrbubba999:
Really? I checked the Elephone forums and they said you couldn't root the latest one.

When I tried, it gave me the scatter txt error message
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
You might have checked the elephone forum but did you check this forum? Specifically the thread I made in the development section with confirmation that you could root it.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrbubba999:
Possibly, I've checked a few threads on here and one linked to the other one. Always fails on scatter text, I'll have another look tomorrow

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Possibly, I've checked a few threads on here and one linked to the other one. Always fails on scatter text, I'll have another look tomorrow
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
Scatter has nothing to do with the actual root procedure, you only need SP Flash tools to flash the new recovery. Most likely your error is 1 of 3 things.

1. Path to scatter file is too long.

2. Incorrect version of SP Flash Tools

3. Drivers are not installed correctly

Correcting those 3 things has fixed everyone else's issues with this, which you would know if you read some of the threads here, or even just browsed through the last few of my posts.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrbubba999:
Wow you're a happy chap aren't you :)

One of the threads I read, said that the recovery image wasn't compatible with the latest ROM and not to flash it, as far as I'm aware, from my years rooting other phones, you need a custom recovery to root and flash ROMs
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
Which is why in the first post of this very thread there is a link to a recovery that is compatible and has been since the 20160315 update.

I know 20160419 is rootable because I'm running it currently as root, and so are many many others.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrbubba999:
Still failing for me on the scatter file

I have downloaded everything from the original post, it's in a folder called P9000 on C:\

Checked the error here ---> https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-439.html

and tried what they've said and still the same. I've rooted phones before with no issues, but this one has me stumped :confused:

Fixed it! The link to the Flash Tools in the original post is to the wrong version for the scatter file. I've since downloaded this one https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=...d78a0bed88e3976ebaa640b3004143dd8f2e0f6627b8f
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
That would be step 2 in my 3 steps of finding the error...
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrbubba999:
Still not progressing with this, I'm assuming it's the device drivers. I select recovery and press download and nothing happens at all, the phone is off and plugged in. I used the drivers in the 1st post and when I select the Media Tek DA USB, it says the driver installed, but will not start. This is on both windows 10 and windows 7 (I did the driver signature thing on the windows 10 device)

I've deleted all other references to any phone that may have been installed before, even selected to delete drivers.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
Keep the phone out of the pc. Press download, then turn off the phone and plug it in.

You have a window of maybe 5 seconds after being plugged in when the device is in the first stage of booting where its in download mode. After that it completes that part of the boot sequence and exits download mode. Plugging it in before pressing download is your problem.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] chtsarts:
Still no luck. Nothing happens when I press download
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] DHDLover:
I have the same Problem .. I think the drivers are buggy , i installt it 20 times... After 2 seconds oft plug in the phone after pressing download the phone diconnect and go in load only mode..
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
Remove all the drivers you installed and start again. If you're running windows 10 make sure to disable driver signature enforcement.

The drivers are completely fine. As I stated in a previous post I'm on the fast windows insider builds so if anyone would be having issues it would be me as the fast ring is often quite buggy, yet I have no issues.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] jc-xjr:
I'm having issues with this process but not sure if it's the version of TWRP I'm running or what.

I did the OTA update to 20160419 when I got the phone, before trying to root.

I managed to get the flash tool to install TWRP 3.0.0-0

I have tried to flash every version of SuperSU I've seen mentioned in this thread, and wiped/cache & dalvik before rebooting.

But when boot up the phone and check root it says no root installed, and when I open SuperSU it says "There is no SU binary installed, and Super SU cannot install it. This is a problem!"

Have tried with the Developer option re: bootloader ticked and unticked, no difference.

TWRP is able to write other things as I've installed the Rodriguez modpack successfully but no root.

Any ideas?

UPDATE: Installed a newer version of TWRP (3.0.2-1 found on Needrom via the Elephone BB and used this to flash the SuperSU 2.65 from Rodriguez and this worked to root my phone.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrbubba999:
progressing slowly.......

Finally got the recovery download to progress, the bottom bar went yellow and the box with the big green tick appeared. I then rebooted to recovery and tried to flash the Super User zip files and get an error message about the scatter file!

Edit - flashed TWRP instead and it all worked this time. Confirmed I have root too
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] arlrb:
XP?

Hi

Had this same problem with the flash tool (wouldn't load scatter file), then saw this post & downloaded the 'right' flash tool version. Now that won't even start - error: the procedure entry GetLogicalProcessorInformation couldnot be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll

I'm using an XP laptop (don't laugh), does the flash tool work on XP?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] BroncoP:
Just a quick heads-up for all people who are struggling with the application of this How-To to their P9000 (not Lite). You need:

1) a P9000 on the 20160419 stock ROM.

2) MTK Vcom Preloader Driver V2.0 or higher. Check skeleton1911's How-To and Guideline for a link.

3) SPFlashTool Version 5.1552 or higher. The link in scotty2b's post #1 is outdated! The latest version on spflashtool.com is outdated! There are links in this thread to more recent versions, e.g. post #43.

4) TWRP 3.0.2-1_P9000 from needrom.com or from scotty2b's post #1.

5) SuperSU 2.65. There's a link at the bottom of scotty2b's post #1.

HTH
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] cosminbh:
It finally worked for me wasn't hard at all the only problem i encounter was with the custom recovery image which is better if you rename it to "recovery" i also used the newer version of supersu since i have android 6 on my elephone.

Thank you guys for posting this helpfull guide.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] telili0011:
Factory Mode

My phone is P9000 on the 20160419 stock ROM.

OK, I tried to follow instructions from this tread and

green V is appear.

After that I try start my phone in recovery mode,

but on screan I see only:

'Factory Mode'

-Auto Test

-Test Report

-Version

After that I turn on phone and all work normaly.

I use

SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1552.00.000

MT6755_Android_scatter

recovery_TWRP_3021_P9000

(all in same folder on C/desktop)

Use Win7 64

Any idea what next I can try?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] vsrookie:
Hi

For recovery you have to press vol+ and power.

Greetings

Vsrookie
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] member0011:
Bingo, now my phone is rooted

So just do not believe it, so simple.

And all the time before I am trying

with press

"power" + "VOL -"

to enter recovery mode.

"power" + "VOL +" is only right way.

Root Checker says: Congratulations!

Root acces is properly installed on this device!

Thanks Vsrookie.

Very, very useful advice! :good: :good: :good:
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] jotei66:
Thanks for this, worked fine for me. However I did have issues and with trial & error eventually got it to work.

My issue was when I pressed download, nothing basically happened. The STOP button stayed on but with no activity - no green bar etc..

I assumed it was the drivers, but they were fine & correctly installed. Then I was getting an BROM ERROR which indicated an incomparable ROM (found details here https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-439.html )

After double checking everything again - I was using correct ROM, using latest SP Flash version and ensuring scatter file & recovery were in same folder, still I was getting nowhere.

I decided to do a factory reset to get a clean copy of build 20160315 and try that.

Unfortunately, again, nothing happened when I pressed download and attached the powered off P9000. Just showed the STOP button and after approx 2 mins, an error appeared. (even tried different USB ports) I was at my wits end by now :confused:

As I am kind of new to SP Flash Tools, I didn't want to mess too much with anything in the "Options" menu, but thought I had very little to lose. So I changed "Connection" options to USB High Speed & Auto Detect Battery and it worked !!:victory: (it was auto set to UART)

Long process but got there in the end, rooted with no problem once I installed SuperSU in TWRP recovery - just wish I went into options earlier :o
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fleppmar:
Doesnt work for me.

Hello.

Edit: So, to install on the newest buildnumber with the recovery and scatter file in this thread, you must use Flash_tool.5.1616. This atleast did it for me. All the rest crashes.

The last couple of days I have been trying to root my EP9000 running Android 6.0 (latest update that came a few days ago says corrupt -zip, so thats that) and my build number is: 20160419

I have tried the different versions of Flash tool, up to, but not limited to 5.1620. I have downloaded all the drives.

I have currently installed: https://imgur.com/KKoXmhs (sorry. dont know how to put image directly in post.

I have tried from different sites with different names, folders, and download location for both the scatter file, and the recovery file. Renamed them godly, and un-godly things. Still, no avail.

I have placed the Superzips in both a folder, and without a fold on the SDcard.

As I press the download button, nothing changes. I have left if for almost 1 hour, but still. Nothing.:(

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

edit: uninstalled all the drivers, rebooted. Installed the Vcom driver. Still. no change. Nothing happens. Also tried something in options (flash tool), which was set accordingly to how it apparently is supposed to be.

Edit2: and, off course I run win 7 64bit, sp1.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Libi_79:
Phone must be turned off and unplugged when hit download. After you pressed download plug phone in.

In flash tools when you loaded scatter file you need to browse in the recovery file as well click on the blue/white line in the same line where you ticked recovery in. If its all done.. don't know what's wrong. Maybe drivers?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fleppmar:
I have downloaded and installed 5 different drivers. So now they are interfering with each other...?

So, uninstall and delete everything, and start yet again from scatch..?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] MasterDK2015:
Hello, how can i root the New Firmware from 31.05.2016???

The same way how 19.04.2016????

Thanks
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Libi_79:
Worth to try. If you have usbdevwiev, (run as administrator) you can see all your USB devices. Maybe easier to uninstall all your unnecessary driver.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fleppmar:
Did all this. Rebooted, reinstalled, installed the USBDeview (it tells me nothing), and still, nothing. I click the download button and connect phone. Nothing. This is driving me ****ing crazy.

SO, to recap. Tried every****ingthing that the internet provides. Still not able to root phone. ****. ****. ****.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Libi_79:
I think my drivers are from mtk website... and it gave me false antivir warning. After installation worked for me (Win7_64) but from here you need someone with better knowledge.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fleppmar:
That happened to me to. Downloaded and tested from two different sites. Still the same problem. Nothing happens..
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Libi_79:
Here the drivers what worked for me.

If you use win10 try this link
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fleppmar:
I removed everything I had done so far, and restarted on the How-To in this thread.

Now, it starts, and the percentage line in the bottom goes to 100%, and then Flash_tool 5.1620 crashes. Ive tried a reboot, but to no avail.

edit: Downgraded to Flash_tool.5.1616 and the download now went through.. Lets see if the rest works now. :p
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Libi_79:
You done well so far, but if its crashes means one thing to me, when you loaded scatter file you need to browse in the recovery.img . Click on the geen line is the same place where you ticked the recovery is SP tools.

You can see a black dot on the second image at first page.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fleppmar:
I did that at every turn. But, now it is finally rooted. :)

I needed to use flash_tool.5.1616 for it to work. For some reason I skipped that one earlier. Now I am rooted. Now the hunt for a good OS alternative is at hand. Do you have any hot tips? Preferably one that supports the fingerprint sensor. I have found this so far. (http://xdaforums.com/elephone-p9000/development/rom-stock-rom-elephone-p9000android-6-t3344038)
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Libi_79:
Have a look in here

Im using Eragon`s ROM and happy with it, but you have not too many choice:

- Eragon Rom

- DarkSense

- Aerom

- IMUI - Elephone own interface i think its now official project, have a look at topic.

So pick what you like, or stay on stock. You can have the latest updated 05/31.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fleppmar:
Thank you very much. :)

The stock seems fine. I just dont like the few apps that are there. The browser, the steps-counter, the "service" and some other stuff.

I tried uninstalling the "service" and this "elephone customerfeedbacklv" or something kept crashing for like 30sec before i went away..

I also found this now: http://xdaforums.com/elephone-p9000/development/mod-rodriguezstyle-modpack-v1-p9000-t3369277/page1 (should say 8 here, but:p) reading through the comments now. Seems interesting too though.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Libi_79:
Dig yourself in, and pick what you like :) Happy flashing ;)
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] gyurman:
brom error: status_upload_exception

Hello, I probed to change my original recovery after flashed Elephone P9000 Aerom V2

But I got error:

brom error: status_upload_exception

What is this meaning?

Solved: downloaded again the recovery_TWRP_3021_P9000.img
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] arlrb:
I used this guide to flash recovery (twrp) & then used twrp to install the 2 su zip files to root.

The latest update is out (20160531) & it has to be flashed using sp flash tool - how? Is it a simple case of copying the update file to the spft folder? - it'll then appear in the list, tick it & flash?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] buenso80:
error 3184

Hello. I keep getting : Brom error: s_chip type no match 3184

Tried flashing nearly all builds first with SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1552.00.000 (Win7)

but as soon as i try to flash custom recovery it fails?

Any ideas?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] chtsarts:
Try later sp flash tool and recovery twrp 3.0.2-1
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] buenso80:
You mean earlier build? I can´t find newer versions beside the one i mentioned ?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] chtsarts:
There are newer. Search at xda
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] buenso80:
Still baseband error when trying with newest build SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1620_Win

Says scatter file does not match with my phones baseband??
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] chtsarts:
Put your scatter file at a shorter folder(eg. at C:\)
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] jutaieb:
Exacttly the same problem on my side.

I just bought the phone. I was delivered with the march stock ROM.

I installed the drivers downloaded the proper Flashtool version. I have the right scatter file + recovery.

THe flash stopped after a few second with the very same flag : FLASHTOOL.EXE HAS STOPPED WORKING CLOSE PROGRAM.

any clue ?

Thanks in advance.

Julien

P.S My mistake. The phone got delivered with the april 19th stock ROM. Does that guide apply ?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] demien_max:
It turns out that the compatibility of drivers and the system is very random. In various versions of rom, and on various systems and components (Intel and AMD), the phone is detected properly or there are problems.

You can also read my thread about the ROOT.

The best try on another computer or other system.

Good luck :)
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fanfan7110:
is that the files offered here are specific to the P9000 or is it the same for all smartphones with helio P10 cpu (I have a future ulephone)?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] demien_max:
I suspect that they are specific. Each phone is assigned a specific place in memory for the software part. You can compare MT6755_Android_scatter.txt files.