Unlock the BootLoader and Root an Android Device [Infinix Hot 8]

If you have read these articles, then you have a basic understanding of rooting, and its advantages, and disadvantages. In this same article, we also rooted a Samsung device using Odin. 

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  • Flashing the Custom ROM to the phone: 

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What if you are using a device like Vivo, Oppo, Infinix, or much more similar to these companies, then the previous steps cannot work. 

Hello everyone, I welcome you all to a new article, where we will be going to root my Infinix device, model no: hot 8 x650c. Let’s see how it will be done, and also we are going to find a way to install LineageOS unofficial version.

Before getting started make sure you have a Micro SDcard or a Pendrive in your hand. Always remember, This process may lose your data and take a backup of your storage and applications.

Firstly, download the required tools below the link. 


Required tools


Once you have specified tools ready, then open Command Prompt by clicking window + R and type CMD, and hit OK.


Now, you need to enable USB debugging and "enable OEM unlock" from Developer Options. 

Before that, you have to enable it by following this path. Tap on Settings then System then About Phone and then tap a few times on build number, usually seven to nine times. Now, go back to the menu and you will see Developer options as shown following.

Once you are done with it, connect the phone to the USB cable and type adb devices to check if the device is recognized or not.

Microsoft Windows[Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All right reserved.

C:\users\mrdev>adb devices
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started sucessfully
List of devices attached
045613298V004882 device


C:\users\mrdev>

Allow USB debugging on your phone.


Now switch to fastboot mode using ADB reboot bootloader. 

C:\users\mrdev>adb reboot bootloader

C:\users\mrdev>

Now my device is successfully switched to fastboot mode. 


Type fastboot devices to check if the device is recognized or not. 

C:\users\mrdev>fastboot devices

C:\users\mrdev>

If the device is not listed then check the driver setting if there is an issue with it.

I found the issue is with the driver, so I have to update the driver. Extract the Fastboot driver zip file. 


Now switch to the Device Manager window and right-click on android, and click on update driver. 

From here click on the manual procedure. 

From here click on "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer".

Select "Show All Devices" and click Next:

Now click on the hard disk and select the android_winUSB file from the extracted zip file.

From here choose the android bootloader interface and click next to install the driver without having trouble.

Now issue the command if the device is listed or not. 

C:\users\mrdev>fastboot devices
045613298V004882 fastboot

C:\users\mrdev>

To unlock the bootloader and enable partitions to be reflashed, run the fastboot flashing unlock command on the device. 

C:\users\mrdev>fastboot flashing unlock
(bootloader) Start unlock flow

OKAY [ 23.327s]
Finished. Total time: 23.362s

C:\Users\mrdev>

Press the volume up button to continue the process.


Type the following command to check if we are succeeded or not.

C:\Users\mrdev>fastboot getvar unlocked
unlocked: yes
Finished. Total time: 0.002s

C:\Users\mrdev>

Now reboot the device using fastboot reboot. 

C:\Users\mrdev>fastboot reboot
Rebooting
Finished. Total time: 0.005s

C:\Users\mrdev>

The reboot takes time to initiate. Due to the flashing unlock command the device reset, so we have to settings up the device again.

Again, we have to allow USB debugging, which will help us to proceed with further steps. Now we have to flash the TWRP recovery software, which we have downloaded previously. 

Extract the zip file, where you find out two image files and a zip file.

Before we flash the image file, we have to copy the following files to the Micro SD card and Also copy Magisk Manager to the SD card. 

Now, open the Command prompt and run adb devices command to check if the device is listed or not.

Microsoft Windows[Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All right reserved.

C:\users\mrdev>adb devices
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started sucessfully
List of devices attached
045613298V004882 device


C:\users\mrdev>

Now switch to fastboot mode, and check if the device is recognized or not. If your device is not listed, then again update the driver.

C:\users\mrdev>adb reboot bootloader

C:\users\mrdev>fastboot devices
045613298V004882 fastboot

C:\users\mrdev>

Now, type the following command to flash TWRP recovery software:

C:\Users\mrdev>fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta c:\Users\mrdev\Downloads\TWRPv0.3\TWRPv0.3\vbmeta.img
Rewriting vbmeta struct at offset: 0
Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.025s]
Writing 'vbmeta' OKAY [ 0.034s]
Finished. Total time: 0.081s

C:\Users\mrdev>fastboot flash recovery c:\Users\mrdev\Downloads\TWRPv0.3\TWRPv0.3\recovery_v0.3.img
Sending 'recovery' (23494 KB) OKAY [ 0.025s]
Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 0.0309s]
Finished. Total time: 1.568s

C:\Users\mrdev>

Once flashing is complete, turn on your device using the power button along with the volume up button. You will display it with the TWRP recovery screen. 

Now click on install and select the SD card. Now flash each of the files one by one.

If everything was done without having an error, just reboot your system. This is the complete process to root this type of device.                        


If you wish to flash custom ROM then read the below Article:

Flashing Unofficial Custom ROMs: A Step-by-Step Guide

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