[Remix Mini General] unloseking2500:
Hi all,

I have been going on xdadevelopers a lot and have received so much helpful information. Now, I decided to give in my contribution to the forum. This is my first tutorial so there might be some mistakes...please be easy on me. :D

The reason I write this tutorial is because I have not found a good one yet on the internet. Although this thread "Just rooted my remix mini" provided some information, but I feel like a more detailed tutorial would be appropriate. So here we go!

Success screenshot:

[IMG="Screenshot of rooted remix mini"]https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3658/pu4xx94jnb4q4ss6g.jpg[/IMG]

Credits: all credits goes to these two links and authors:

http://xdaforums.com/remix/remix-mini/rooted-remix-mini-t3311736

http://23pin.logdown.com/posts/435610-root-remix-mini

Requirements:

- Difficult level: Medium

- Tools:

+ Small screw driver

+ Scissors

+ A USB flash drive.

+ Thin metal wire.

+ Serial Converter (I bought on Amazon.com)

- Software:

+ Appropriate driver for the serial converter. Mine is CP2102 driver. Download here. If your serial converter use PL2303 then download this driver. You can google for your specific driver as well.

+ CoolTerm. Download here

+ SuperSU. Download here

- A lot of patience. :p

Steps:

1. As you can see, I stripped the wire and cut it in small pieces. As long as it is metal wire, that's okay.

2. Open up the Remix Mini with a screw driver.

2a. Flip it up side down, and rip the rubber ring out. It's okay, it will still adhere to the case afterward. Once you ripped it out, you will see two screws holding the remix mini. Proceed unscrew them and gently take the case apart.

2b. Gently take the case apart:

3. Connecting the serial converter to the board.

3a. Plug the 3 metal wires into RX, TX, and GND cable endings of the serial converter.

3b. Connect the other ends of 3 mental wires into RX, TX, and GND of the board.

3c. Make sure connection as such: RX to TX, TX to RX, and GND to GND. This part took me a lot of patience because the wires kept falling off. So please try to keep them in place.

4. Install appropriate serial converter driver.

5. Plug the serial converter into PC.

6. Extract and open CoolTerm.

6a. Click Options -> Serial Port -> Hit "Re-Scan Serial Ports" so it detects the appropriate port for serial converter. Mine is COM3.

- To find out, go to Device Manager -> Ports

6b. Select the right port. Then change the setting as in the picture:

6c. Go to tab Terminal -> Select Line Mode.

6d. Hit OK.

7. Power Remix mini up (make sure this happens or you will get serial 103 or 104 error code)

8. Hit Connect button in CoolTerm.

8a. If you have done everything correctly until here, texts will appear in CoolTerm as your Remix Mini booting up.

8b. The texts will keep flowing up. Wait until you only see CPU readings. Then proceed to next step.

9. Download the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip file. (Please double check the zip's file name. In my case, I am using SuperSU version 2.46)

9a. Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip file onto flash drive.

9b. Extract the downloaded "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip", from the extracted, go to META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary, copy "update-binary" file onto flash drive.

9c. Make sure you have 2 files, UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip AND update-binary, on the flash drive.

9d. Plug the flash drive to Remix Mini.

10. Commands: (copy each line and paste into CoolTerm)

/dev/tty.usbserial 115200
mount -o rw,remount /
mount -o rw,remount /system
mkdir /tmp
cd /system/bin
ln -s busybox-smp unzip
cd /data/local/tmp
cp /mnt/usbhost/Storage01/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp [COLOR="Red"]<- Double check zip's file name and try Storage02 if Storage01 does not work because it depends on which usb port you plug the flash drive in. [/COLOR]
cp /mnt/usbhost/Storage01/update-binary /data/local/tmp
cd /data/local/tmp
sh update-binary 0 1 /data/local/tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
reboot

11. Success. :victory::good::D

11a. Wait for Remix Mini booting up, optimizing app..and DONE! CONGRATS! You have now voided your Remix Mini's warranty and cannot receive OTA system update anymore.

I have not figured out how to update manually but please hit me up if anyone knows how.

11b. Download Root checker to verify.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!! :good: