Gionee had launched the Marathon M3 smartphone, late last year. The Marathon M3 is the first Android smartphone that boasts of a 5,000mAh battery. Gionee Marathon M3 has a 5-inch IPS display with 1280*720 pixels resolution. The phone comes with 1GB of DDR3 RAM and 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded MicroSD card up to 128GB. Marathon M3 is powered by a MediaTek’s quad-core Cortex-A7 processor clocked at 1.3GHz which comes with Mali 450 GPU as the dedicated graphics card .The phone runs on Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box.
Following is the detailed guide to root the Gionee Marathon M3 smartphone. Rooting an Android phone means giving yourself ‘root’, or admin rights. After rooting, you can flash the customized versions of the Android operating system.
Quick Pre-Requisites:
- Ensure the device battery is charged enough to prevent unexpected device shutdown (due to battery drain) while rooting.
- The instructions given in this guide are meant for Gionee Marathon M3 Only.
- Verify correct USB drivers for the device are installed on the computer.
- Back up important data.
- Download the iRoot software on your PC.
Procedure to Root Gionee Marathon M3 smartphones.
- Install the iRoot Sotware.
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- Gionee Marathon M3 _ Root_2
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- Gionee Marathon M3 _ Root_3
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- Gionee Marathon M3 _ Root_1
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- Connect your Gionee Marathon M3 via original USB cable to the computer.
- Enable the Interim USB Debugging mode.
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- Gionee Marathon M3 _ Root_5
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- Gionee Marathon M3 _ Root_6
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- Your phone is successfully rooted now.
Download the “Root Checker” app from the Google Play Store to check on whether the device is rooted or not.
Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues in the process of rooting. In coming days to come, we will also be coming out with the articles that will help you install the custom ROM firmware.
