How To Install TWRP Recovery and Root Elephone A5

TWRP for Elephone A5 is now available to download from TWRP builder as an unofficial build and this post guides you how to install TWRP on Elephone A5 and ROOT Elephone A5 (using TWRP recovery).

After installing TWRP recovery on Elephone A5 you can install many android mods such as google camera (gcam), enable navigation gesture, enable face unlock, viper4android audio enhancement etc. and many more.

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THIS IS AN UNOFFICIALLY BUILD TWRP FOR Elephone A5. FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
INSTALLING THE TWRP RECOVERY AND ROOT Elephone A5 NEEDS AN UNLOCK BOOTLOADER ON YOUR PHONE.
DURING THE BOOTLOADER UNLOCK PROCESS ALL THE PHONE DATA WILL BE ERASED. MAKE SURE TO BACKUP EVERYTHING.
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DOWNLOAD LINK OF TWRP FOR Elephone A5, OTHER DOWNLOADS AND REQUIRED GUIDES:

Follow the below step by step guide to install the TWRP for Elephone A5

Before installing TWRP you may require an unlocked bootloader on Elephone A5.

Installing TWRP on Elephone A5 requires a scatter file to be created.
A scatter file of a Mediatek device is what tells about the presence of different partition and the start address of each partition.

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Either you can download the scatter file from the downloads section or you can create it by yourself using the following guide.
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How to create scatter file for Elephone A5:

This guide need the Droid MTK Tool. With the help of Droid MTK Tool we will create the scatter file for Elephone A5.

1. Download the Droid MTK Tool from the above Downloads section.
2. It’s in a zip file, so extract that file or open using WinRar or some application and then open the MTKDroidTools.exe file.

   

3. Enable USB Debugging under Developer Options on the Elephone A5; to make the device accessible via ADB.

   – If you don’t know how to do this then here is How to Enable Developer Options and How to Enable USB Debugging and OEM unlock.

4. Then connect the phone using the USB cable to the PC.

   – When you connect the phone to the PC, MTKDroidTool will show all the information about your phone.

   

5. On the below portion of the screen you will see a Blocks Map button. Click on the button
6. On the next screen you have all the partition information and starting address of all the partitions of Elephone A5.
   On the bottom of the screen you see a Create scatter file button.

   – Click on the button to create scatter file for Elephone A5.

   

7. Save the scatter file for Elephone A5 in a location which you can remember and access easily.

Now Install TWRP on Elephone A5 using SP Flash Tool:

TWRP recovery download to a Mediatek phone is done by SP Flash tool, which uses a scatter file to know which address the recovery partition starts.
Make sure you have downloaded the SP Flash tool and created the scatter file for Elephone A5.

Follow the below steps to install the TWRP on Elephone A5 using the scatter file.

1. Open the SP Flash tool zip file and then open the flash_tool.exe file.
2. Click browse on the the scatter-loading file section and select the Elephone A5 scatter file you created earlier using the MTKDroid Tool.

   After selecting the scatter file, the SP Flash tool application automatically find available partitions and other details.

   

3. Now select the location next to the Recovery partition and select the TWRP for Elephone A5, which is in .img format.

   

4. Then click on the Download button to start downloading/flashing of the TWRP recovery on Elephone A5 as shown in the picture.

   

5. After clicking on the download button you will see a red bar on the bottom followed by a yellow bar.
   When the TWRP is downloaded to Elephone A5, the SP Flash tool will alert you saying Download is done.

That’s all.

What to do after you install TWRP for Elephone A5:

• You can root the Elephone A5
• You can install one of the custom ROMs available for Elephone A5
• You can install some of the mods available on Elephone A5

Well, this isn’t it. You can install customized themes, sound mods, Xposed modules etc. after installing the TWRP for Elephone A5.
TWRP recovery is the gateway to many goodies for your phone.

Now, if you want to ROOT Elephone A5 then below is a step-by-step by guide for the same.

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ROOTING Elephone A5 MAY BRICK THE PHONE.
MAKE SURE YOU READ THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ROOTING BEFORE YOU PROCEED FURTHER.
Before proceeding further you may consider backup all data on the phone.
You are the only person making changes to your phone and I cannot be held responsible for the mistakes done by you.
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REQUIRED DOWNLOADS OR GUIDES FOR Elephone A5 ROOTING:

• Your phone will not be rooted just by installing the SuperSU APK file on your Android phone.
• SuperSU APK Free or Pro version is just a SuperSU ROOT management application.
• The SuperSU APK Free or Pro app will ONLY work if you have already ROOTED your Android Phone.

1. Download and copy the SuperSU or Magisk ROOT file and the force encryption disabler zip file to Elephone A5. (I hope you have already downloaded the files from the above downloads section)
2. Now restart the Elephone A5 to boot into TWRP recovery.
3. Then, Select the Install from TWRP home screen, then select the SuperSU ROOT zip file from the file browser.
4. Flash or install the SuperSU or Magisk for Elephone A5, by Sliding the Swipe to Confirm Flash on TWRP screen.
5. Wait for TWRP to flash the SuperSU or the Magisk. Once the flashing is done just reboot your device.
6. Then flash the no verity encrypt zip file to disable force encryption.
7. Profit!!! You should now have a Elephone A5 ROOT enabled phone.

How to check if ROOT is enabled on Elephone A5 or NOT?

Install the ROOT checker app from the Play Store and verify if your phone is ROOTED or not.

Here is a screenshot how to flash the SuperSU ROOT binary via TWRP:
 

If you face any problems on this guide to install TWRP for Elephone A5 then, you can login and reply here. Either me or some other user on this forum will revert back to your query as soon as possible.