How to Root the Oppo R7 Lite

Seeing a number of root guides for the other R7 devices from Oppo but not seeing one for your R7 Lite will probably make you feel a little low, but you shouldn’t worry as there’s always something being cooked in the Android world and this time it’s a root method for your own Oppo R7 Lite.

Yes, root access has been achieved on the Oppo R7 Lite along with a custom recovery and that should now let you do tons of things on your device. From uninstalling system apps to going as far as to just getting rid of the stock ROM on your device, you have the power to make all the changes you want on your device.

In order to do any of the aforementioned tasks, you need root, and here’s how you can get it on your Oppo R7 Lite:

I. Before You Begin

1. This could void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible for anything that happens from doing this tutorial so please proceed at your own risk.

2. You must have a Windows based PC in order to do this procedure.

3. You should have Universal ADB drivers installed on your Windows PC. Install them if they aren’t already.

4. This should also flash a custom recovery on your device.

5. You should only do this on a Oppo R7 Lite (R7kf) device.

How to Root the Oppo R7 lite

To root and flash a custom recovery on the device, you’ll use an app that will gain root and then you’ll use fastboot to flash the recovery. Here’s how you can do that:

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Fastboot and save it to your desktop.

Fastboot

2. Download Oppo Tools APK and save it to your desktop.

Oppo Tools APK (Download link’s given in the first post)

3. Download Custom Recovery and save it to your desktop.

Custom Recovery (Download link’s given at the bottom of the page)

III. Rooting the Oppo R7 Lite

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

2. Copy Oppo Tools APK from your desktop over to the internal SD card storage on your device.

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

4. Head to Menu > Settings > Security and turn on Unknown sources.

5. Launch File Manager and tap on Oppo Tools APK to install the app on your device.

6. When the app’s installed, launch it from your app drawer.

7. Tap on the Common tab in the app.

8. Tap on the Root button.

9. Tap on the One Key Root button.

10. The app should begin rooting your device and you need to reboot your device once it’s rooted.

And there you go!

Root access has been successfully achieved on your Oppo R7 Lite, and here’s how you can go about flashing a custom recovery on your device:

IV. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Oppo R7 Lite

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

2. Head to Menu > Settings > About phone on your device and tap on Build number for 7-8 times and it’ll say you’re a developer. It means it has unlocked the developer menu on your device.

3. Head to the unlocked menu at Menu > Settings > Developer options and turn on the option that says USB debugging.

4. Plug in your device to your PC using a USB cable.

5. Open a command prompt window on your desktop by holding down Shift and right-clicking anywhere on the screen and selecting Open command window here.

6. When the command prompt window opens, type in the following command and press Enter:

adb reboot bootloader

7. Your device should reboot into bootloader mode.

8. Next up, type in the following command and hit Enter. Make sure to replace recovery.img with the actual name of the recovery image you have downloaded on your PC.

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

9. It should start flashing the recovery on your device. Let it do so.

10. When it’s done flashing recovery, reboot your device using the following command:

fastboot reboot

11. Your device should reboot.

A custom recovery has been successfully flashed on your Oppo R7 Lite and you can start using it right away to flash a custom ROM or to fully backup your device, whatever that you wish to do with a custom recovery.

Now that your device is rooted and has a custom recovery, we suggest you to check out our huge collection of the custom ROMs for Android devices so that you can find and flash a nice ROM and enjoy its features on your device.