How to Root the Gionee Elife E7

It’s not mandatory to root your Gionee Elife E7 smartphone, but doing so has a number of benefits which might lure you to gain root on your device. From installing root-only apps to even changing your OS version, you can do everything with root on your device.

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.

Once you have root access on your Gionee Elife E7, you’ll be able to:

• Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
• Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
• Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
• Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
• Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
• Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).

Interested? Here’s how to root your Gionee Elife E7:

I. Before You Begin

1. This will void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible if you end-up bricking or damaging your device, so do it at your own risk.

2. You can unroot your device to reinstate the warranty, however.

3. This should only work on Windows based PCs.

4. You should’ve required drivers installed on your PC. If you haven’t, you can download the PDANet tool to get the latest drivers installed on your PC.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Vroot and save it to your desktop.

Vroot (Download link’s available in the first post)

2. Download CWM Recovery Image and save it to your desktop.

CWM Recovery Image (Download link’s given in the first post)

3. Download Recovery Tools app from the Google Play to your device.

Recovery Tools (Google Play Link)

III. Rooting the Gionee Elife E7

1. Enable USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.

2. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.

3. Double-click on Vroot executable available on your desktop and it’ll launch.

4. Click on Root button in the app and it’ll start rooting your device.

5. It’ll let you know when it’s rooted your device.

6. And you’re done!

Awesome! Your Gionee Elife E7 is now rooted. You now have all of the root-only opportunities to get the best out of your device. If you want to have some more features besides rooting, you can flash a custom recovery and then a custom ROM to enjoy a whole new Android experience on your device.

IV. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Gionee Elife E7

1. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

2. Copy CWM Recovery Image from your desktop over to the root of your SD card. It’s the topmost folder on your SD card.

3. Disconnect your device from your PC.

4. Launch the Recovery Tools app you installed earlier on your device.

5. Select Flash Recovery.

6. Select Other from storage.

7. Navigate to the root of your SD card and choose the CWM Recovery Image you transferred earlier to your device.

8. Hit Yes when it asks if you really want to flash the selected recovery.

9. It should start flashing the recovery on your device.

10. You’re all done!

Excellent! You now have root as well as a custom recovery on your Gionee Elife E7 device. With the combination of both of these, you can do some great things on your device. To reboot into the recovery mode, you can use an app like Quick Boot that helps easily reboot into recovery.

You can click here to find all of the Gionee Elife E7 How To’s.

You can also find all of the Gionee Elife E7 ROMs we have here.