How to Root the Huawei Valiant
Huawei Valiant isn’t an unknown name if you have been with MetroPCS for some time. It’s a great Android device that runs Android 4.1 out of the box and has got tons of useful features. If you’ve got this phone and are looking to root it, here’s something useful for you. The guide below is all about rooting the Huawei Valiant and flashing a custom recovery on it. This way, you’ll be able to run root-only apps as well as flash custom ROMs on your device. Here’s how:
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 Valiant, 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 Valiant:
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 flash a custom recovery as well.
3. You should’ve ADB drivers installed on your PC. If you haven’t, follow our guide on the same here and you’ll be good to go.
4. You must have unlocked bootloader for this procedure to work. You can do so on the official Huawei website.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download ADB and save it to your desktop.
2. Download CWM Recovery and save it to your desktop.
CWM Recovery (Download link’s given in the first post)
3. Download SuperSU .zip and save it to your desktop.
III. Rooting the Huawei Valiant
1. Extract files from ADB 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. Disable Fast Boot on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Fast Boot.
4. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
5. Copy SuperSU .zip from your desktop over to the root of your SD card.
6. When it’s copied, unplug your device from your PC.
7. Turn OFF your device.
8. Pull the battery out of your device and put it back in after about ten seconds.
9. Hold down Volume DOWN and Power buttons together.
10. You should see the Huawei logo on your screen and it’ll stay there.
11. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.
12. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your desktop. To do that, hold down Shift and right-click on any blank area on your screen and select Open command window here.
13. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window. Make sure to replace recoveryname.img with the actual name of the recovery you have downloaded.
fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img
14. It should flash the recovery on your device.
15. When it’s done, issue the following command:
fastboot reboot
16. When your device reboots, just hold down Volume UP key and your device should reboot into CWM Recovery.
17. Select install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.
18. Choose SuperSU .zip to be flashed on your device.
19. It’ll begin flashing the selected file on your device.
20. When the file’s flashed, reboot your device by selecting reboot system now.
21. You’re all set!
Wonderful! Your Huawei Valiant now has a custom recovery and is rooted. You can now install root-only apps as well as flash custom ROMs on your device. We’d suggest you to start with the former one, the root-only apps.
You can click here to find all of the Huawei Valiant How To’s.
You can also find all of the Huawei Valiant ROMs we have here.
