How to Root the Xolo A500

The Xolo A500 is a device manufactured by Lava and primarily available in India, and features a 4-inch touchscreen display, a dual-core 1GHz CPU, and a 5MP camera.  While it does sound like a decent mid-range device, coming from an unknown manufacturer, the Xolo A500 does have its share of slowdowns, force closes and other problems.  A possible way to prevent these would be rooting the device and tweaking its core Android features and to start things off, we will show you how to root this device in the guide below.

I.  Before You Begin

1.  Charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.

2.  Back up everything you think is important before you start.

3.  The guide below is designed to work with Windows PCs (Windows 7 preferred) only.  Do not try this on any other operating systems.

II.  Necessary Downloads

Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v31.zip [Download link available under the Download section of this post]

III.  Rooting the Xolo A500

1.  Extract Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v31.zip to a folder on your desktop.

2.  Enable USB debugging on your device.  To do this go to Settings > Development and stick the USB debugging checkbox.

3.  Connect your device to your PC using a compatible microUSB cable.  If there are any drivers being installed at this point, let them finish before continuing.

4.  From the extracted folder, double-click on RunMe.bat to begin the rooting program.

5.  Type in 1 and hit the Enter key on your keyboard.

6.  Follow the on-screen instructions.

At the end of the procedure, your Xolo A500 should be completely rooted!  To verify, install a root-requiring app or try the Root Checker Lite app from the Play Store.

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.