Rooting your Ideos X5

There are many ways out there to root your device. I'v checkout out most of them and concluded the stated process to be the best one, to which i came across through androidadvices.com. This method is said to update the phone from EXT3 to EXT4 which makes the device faster and yields a better  benchmarks score. To root a phone is to be its superuser. You need to Root your phone i.e. have a superuser grant in order to install a custom rom or a custom recovery. Check this link to know more about rooting.




Before we start I should inform you that Rooting voids warranty. Even though i'll be giving you a method of unrooting your device, the process should be done on your own risk. Improper steps can lead to bricking your phone so please read and understand the process well before actually carrying it out. 



First and for most you need to ensure that your phone drivers have been installed to your computer. Check this post to know how to do it.
Now that your drivers are installed, download here file and save it to your desktop.


Follow these steps :

1. Switch off your phone
2. Once Switched off, hold Volume up and Volume down button and press power button until the screen lights up.
3. You will see a pink screen once the above step is done correctly.
4. Connect your phone to the computer while the screen is still pink.
5. Once connected, you will see a storege device in My computer
6. Open it and you'll see ut has just one folder named image.
7. Folder will contain a file name boot.img, copy this file to your computer (this is the original boot file and will be required in case you want to unroot your device)
8. Copy the file downloaded file (boot.img) to this folder replacing the existing file (which you have already copied to your computer).
9. Once replaced eject your phone and remove the usb cable.
10. Pull out the battery and power on your phone by placing it again.
11. Your phone has now been rooted.

To unroot your phone just follow the same procedure and replace the downloaded boot.img with the original boot.img which you would have saved while rooting.

This video will give you a clearer idea about the process:

Feel free to post any queries.