Ulefone Metal is a good looking and quality Android smartphone, which comes with 5.0 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display powered by 1.3 GHZ Octa-core processor along with 3 GB RAM and the device runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Operating system. If you own this smartphone and looking for a way to root it, then you are on the right webpage as I have given a tutorial to root Ulefone Metal here.
By following the rooting tutorial given here, you can be able to root Ulefone Metal smartphone without using a PC or Laptop computer. Once you have rooted your device, you can able to uninstall preinstalled system applications, install custom ROM firmware and custom built Android applications, etc.
WARNING: Rooting your Ulefone Metal smartphone will null its warranty, and you won’t be able to claim it back until you unroot your device. So, think well about it before getting started with the rooting procedure.
Prerequisites:
1) The rooting procedure given here is not a data-loss process but it won’t hurt to have a backup of personal data in your smartphone. So, take a complete backup of your personal data using appropriate apps.
2) Ensure that your device has at least 50-60% battery backup before getting started with the rooting procedure. Also, ensure that you have uninstalled antivirus programs from your device as they tend to disrupt the rooting procedure.
3) Now, enable “Unknown Sources” in your smartphone by following this path: Settings -> Security -> Unknown Sources. Only by enabling this option, you can be able to install non-market app “Framaroot” that is required for rooting your device.
Once you have finished all these prerequisites, you can move forward with the rooting procedure given below.
Tutorial To Root Ulefone Metal Without PC:
1) To get started, download Framaroot APK and install it in your device. Once the app is installed, launch it in your smartphone.
2) Next, under the “Select an action to execute after root“, choose “Install Superuser“. Once done, click on “Gandalf” under the list of exploits.
3) Framaroot will take one or two minutes to root your device once it does, you will get a success message stating Superuser and SU binary installed in your device. It will also ask you to reboot your smartphone.
4) Just reboot your smartphone to finish the rooting procedure.
That’s it. Now you have successfully finished rooting Ulefone Metal Android smartphone without using a PC or Laptop computer. To confirm the root privileges in your smartphone use the Root Checker for Android app from Google Play Store.
If you encounter any issues while following the rooting procedure given here, do let me know via comments.
doesn’t work (build number F5B_GQ3030AH1_ulefone_20161226)
What error are you getting?
Does NOT work. Framaroot is NOT able to root the Ulefone Metal. It is just another root apk without any performance. Not worth.
It is not worthless. The method might not work for some variants!