How to Root the Huawei Express

Huawei Express is one of the best smartphones from Sprint and if you have got one, you might want to root it. Rooting has its own advantages, and when you do that, you open up a number of customization opportunities for your device. If this sounds good to you, follow our guide below and you should be rooted in no time. Here you go:

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 Huawei Express, 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 Huawei Express:

I. Before You Begin

1. This’ll void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible if you end-up bricking your device. Do it at your own risk.

2. This should only work on Windows based PCs.

3. You should’ve appropriate drivers installed on your PC. If you don’t, go ahead and get the latest drivers installed from here.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Rooting Toolkit and save it to your desktop.

Rooting Toolkit (Download link’s given in the first post)

III. Rooting the Huawei Express

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

2. Dial the following number on your device just like you would do a normal number:

* # * # 2846579 # * # *

3. Head to projectmenu followed by background settings.

4. Select log settings followed by log switch.

5. Turn Logs on.

6. Reboot your device.

7. Enable USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging.

8. Enable Stay awake by going to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development > Stay awake.

9. Enable Unknown sources by going to Menu > Settings > Applications > Unknown sources.

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

11. Double-click on runme.bat and it’ll launch.

12. Follow the on-screen instructions for rooting your device.

13. Reboot your device.

14. When your device boots-up, dial the following number:

* # * # 2846579 # * # *

15. Select projectmenu followed by background settings.

16. Then head to log settings followed by log switch.

17. Turn Log off.

18. You’re all set!

Kudos! Your Huawei Express is now rooted and you can confirm the same by installing the Root Checker app from Google Play.

You can click here to find all of the Huawei Express How To’s.

You can also find all of the Huawei Express ROMs we have here.