How to Root the Gionee Elife E3

Unless you have root and a custom recovery on your Gionee Elife E3, you won’t be able to enjoy the true performance of your device. But wait, this guide’s all about rooting and flashing a custom recovery on your device. So you still have a chance to see what your device has to offer you. Go ahead and root that beast!

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 E3, 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 E3:

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. Do it at your own risk.

2. You can unroot your device to reinstate the warranty, if an unrooting procedure’s available, though.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download MotoChopper and save it to your desktop.

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

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

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

3. Download and install the Mobile Uncle Tools app on your device from the Google Play.

Mobile Uncle Tools (Google Play Link)

III. Rooting the Gionee Elife E3

1. Extract files from MotoChopper to your desktop by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.

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

3. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.

4. Double-click on run.bat available on your desktop and it’ll open.

5. It’ll begin rooting your device.

6. You should now be rooted!

Congrats! Your Gionee Elife E3 is now rooted and has SuperSU installed on it.

If you wish to flash a custom recovery on your device, the following section should help you do that.

IV. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Gionee Elife E3

1. Connect your device to your PC via USB cable.

2. Copy CWM Recovery from your desktop over to the root of your SD card.

3. When it’s copied, disconnect your device from your PC.

4. Launch the Mobile Uncle Tools app on your device.

5. Tap on Recovery Update.

6. Select the CWM Recovery Image you just copied to your device.

7. It’ll start flashing the recovery on your device.

8. When the recovery’s flashed, reboot your device.

9. You’re all set!

Brilliant! The CWM Recovery was successfully installed on your device. Your favorite custom ROMs can now be flashed on your device using the newly flashed custom recovery. So go ahead and do it right now, right away!

You can click here to find all of the Gionee Elife E3 How To’s.

You can also find all of the Gionee Elife E3 ROMs we have here.