Huawei U8160 smartphone which is also a budget Android smartphone called as Vodafone Smart can now be rooted too. In the due course of this article we will be checking out the same as in the coming days, we will be also coming out with the articles which will further help you to make the most out of your device with the help of Custom ROM firmwares. Please note that once you root the device, the warranty will get void and the only way with which you can reclaim the same is by applying the original firmware again for which we will try to come up with an article at the earliest.
Over a period of this article we will be checking out on what are the detailed pre requisites you need to follow and then followed by which in the next page we will be checking out on what is the tutorial to apply this update.
Disclaimer: Neither we, nor developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It’s very unlikely that there will be any issues but just in case if at all there are any issues then we are committed to help you in solving the same.
Pre Requisites:
- All the data present in your phone should be backed up so as to ensure that just in case if any data is lost or corrupted, the same can be easily restored with the help of below mentioned steps.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
- Minimum charge left in the device should be at least 80% so as to ensure that device doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of firmware update.
- Disable all the antivirus suites in your computer and uninstall the same in your device as these tools generally tend to interrupt the process of firmware update.
- Last but not the least, enable the USB Debugging in your phone. Enable the USB Debugging in Vodafone Smart from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. The USB Debugging option should be ticked as shown in the below screen capture.
So assuming that you have followed all the above mentioned instructions, you can now proceed to the next page where we have summed up a detailed article on how to root Vodafone Smart or Huawei U8160.
