How to Root the YU Yuphoria

YU’s Yuphoria phone belongs to the group of budget smartphones that provide really great features without damaging your wallet. The birth of the phone was inspired by the company’s first successful phone – the YU Yureka.

This phone from YU runs Android 5.0 Lollipop and has all of the hardware elements to support the features this version of Android brings with it. While the phone lacks no features to be your daily driver, it can still be further improved by rooting it.

Rooting the YU Yuphoria will allow you to install root-only apps, remove the stock apps that you don’t use, and flash an entirely new version of the OS – aka a custom ROM – on the phone.

Here’s how to root a YU Yuphoria phone:

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 should have a Windows based PC to do this procedure.
3. You should have Universal Naked Drivers installed on your Windows PC.
4. This should erase the data stored on your device. So, please backup everything that you’ll need later on.
5. This should also flash a custom recovery on your device.
6. You should only try this on a YU Yuphoria device.

How to Root the YU Yuphoria

To root the device, you’ll first unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery, and then use the custom recovery to flash SuperSU to obtain root. Here’s how it’s all done:

Downloading Required Files

1. Download Fastboot and save it to your desktop.
   Fastboot
2. Download TWRP Recovery and save it to your desktop.
   TWRP Recovery
3. Download SuperSU and save it to your desktop.
   SuperSU

Unlocking the Bootloader on the YU Yuphoria

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. That should’ve unlocked the developer menu on your device.
3. Head to the newly unlocked menu at Menu > Settings > Developer options and turn on USB debugging.
4. Plug in your device to your PC using a USB cable.
5. Launch 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 launches, type in the following command and hit Enter:
   adb reboot bootloader
7. Your device should reboot into bootloader mode.
8. Type in the following command into the command prompt window and hit Enter:
   fastboot -i 0x2A96 oem unlock
9. Follow the on-screen instructions for unlocking the bootloader on your device.
10. When the bootloader’s unlocked, reboot your device by issuing the following command:
    fastboot -i 0x2A96 reboot
11. Your device should reboot.

The bootloader on your YU Yuphoria has been successfully unlocked, and here’s how you can go about flashing a custom recovery on your device:

Flashing a Custom Recovery on the YU Yuphoria

1. 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 should unlock the developer menu for you.
2. Head to Menu > Settings > Developer options on your device and turn on USB debugging.
3. Head to Menu > Settings > Developer options on your device and turn off Update Cyanogen Recovery.
4. Connect 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. Type in the following command into the command prompt window to reboot your device into bootloader mode:
   adb reboot bootloader
7. When the device enters bootloader mode, type in the following command into the command prompt window and hit Enter to execute it. Make sure to replace twrp.img with the actual name of the recovery image you have downloaded.
   fastboot -i 0x2A9 flash recovery twrp.img
8. Wait for it to flash TWRP Recovery on your device.
9. When it’s done flashing TWRP, reboot your device using the following command:
   fastboot -i 0x2A9 reboot
10. Your device should reboot.

TWRP Recovery was successfully flashed on your YU Yuphoria, and it’s time to root the device. Here’s how:

Rooting the YU Yuphoria

1. Connect your device to your PC using a USB cable.
2. Copy SuperSU .zip from your desktop over to the internal SD card storage on your device.
3. When SuperSU is copied, disconnect your device from your PC.
4. Turn off your device.
5. Turn your device back on in recovery mode by holding down Volume DOWN and Power buttons together.
6. Choose Recovery from the options shown on your screen and you’ll reboot into the recovery mode.
7. Select Install in the recovery menu.
8. Navigate to your internal SD card storage and choose SuperSU .zip to be installed on your device.
9. Tap Swipe to Confirm Flash to flash SuperSU on your device.
10. When SuperSU’s flashed, reboot your device by choosing Reboot followed by System.
11. Your device should reboot.

Congratulations, your YU Yuphoria is now rooted!

Everything that you need to customize your device to a greater extent is now available on your device and you can start customizing it the way you want. Don’t forget to check out the huge collection of Android ROMs we have here on the site and it should give you some ideas for flashing a custom ROM on your device.