How to ROOT Huawei Y550

ranma241 on 06/04/2015 - 18:06

Hi

I have got myself a Huawei Y550 from VodaAU running kitkat 4.4.4 do anyone know how to root it.

Many Thanks in advance.

^o^

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  • scrimshaw on 06/04/2015 - 18:38
    +2

    Copypasta from
    http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/huawei_y550

    Time and anguish saving tips:

    1. Partition your micro SD card before starting. You will probably run out of space on the phone sooner or later and want to run Link2SD anyway, so best do it first. On a 16GB card I went with 14.1GB Fat32 and 1.9GB ext2. (see notes on moving apps to SD card)
    2. Put Superuser.zip on the FAT32 partition so it is there when you need it in the last step of the root procedure.
    3. install AdFree to get rid of the nasty adds that appear in many apps

    Method 1:
    working english TWRP recovery as well for this phone.
    forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/to-root-huawei-y500-t2923318 (check the last page or so).

    Method 2:

    rooted using a Chinese language version of CWM.
    It is a three step method and you will have to (like it or not) request a bootloader unlock code from Huawei

    Full instructions on XDA forum.xda-developers. com /android/help/to-root-huawei-y500-t2923318
    (full instructions are on page 2 of the thread)

    Method X: ("Thank You" to dimspace)
    http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/to-root-huawei-…

  • lgacb08 on 07/04/2015 - 17:10

    tried to contact Huawei for boot loader unlock code but haven't received anything from them yet.

    • ranma241 on 08/04/2015 - 18:32

      I haven't received anything from them too :( so disappointing.

      • c64 on 18/04/2015 - 19:20

        i used this method, but with firefox + web developer tools add-on to convert the product model select list to a text field, and typed in Y550-L02. bootloader sucessfully unlocked

      • c64 on 21/04/2015 - 20:08

        hmmm, i tried a 2nd phone and this time the EmotionUI website is telling me:

        "We regret to say that the information you are searching is not found. Pleae mail to [email protected], We'll respond to you as soon as possible, thanks."

        • lgacb08 on 22/04/2015 - 21:28

          yeah, got the same message with my phone.

        • c64 on 24/04/2015 - 07:33

          @lgacb08:

          it is frustrating. i've emailed huawei two days ago with all the phone details but no response so far so far.

          the form for my first phone worked without problems. the info for the 2nd one was recognised but they were unable to supply an unlock code.

        • lgacb08 on 24/04/2015 - 08:16

          @mattgal: yeah frustrating it is, i want to add some more apps but with only 300mb space and no response from huawei has made this the main issue with this deal.

        • c64 on 30/04/2015 - 09:41

          i sent an email a second time and this time i received an unlock code by email from huawei after only a couple of hours

          i think i had their chinese mail server IP address firewalled.

        • lgacb08 on 22/05/2015 - 19:30

          @mtg: just checked my old email and Huawei did send me the unlock code, took them over a month to do that.

  • scrimshaw on 08/04/2015 - 19:12
    +1

    I just bought this phone today. Will start looking into how to root and install a 3rd party recovery onto the phone.

  • ranma241 on 11/04/2015 - 17:51

    I have try the step from this link "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57359697&postcount=13"
    under UPDATE - TRWP RECOVERY
    it work til step 5) if boots correctly go back into fastbook mode and run in the dos window but it seem there are missing step.
    any idea?

    • scrimshaw on 13/04/2015 - 00:46

      In Step 4, it asks you to check for compatibility. It says:

      4) Check compatability by booting only initially.
      Code:
      fastboot boot TWRP_y550_20150130.img

      Ok. If you follow the above instruction, you must then wait a few moments until the phone resets and then boots up the TWRP recovery screen. After that, simply switch the phone off. Leave it plugged on USB.

      Now proceed to step 5. Once again, power the phone on using the Power and Volume Down button to go into Fastboot mode. Then follow the instructions in step 5.

      • ranma241 on 13/04/2015 - 18:20

        My show up with below link which should i select
        http://cloud.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/TW…

        • scrimshaw on 13/04/2015 - 20:31

          If you did what I outlined above, during step 4, you don't actually press any of the buttons on the screen.

          Press and hold the Power button until the phone is off.

          Then power on the phone again while pressing the Volume Down key.

          This is the fastboot mode. Connect the USB cable to your phone again and run the command inside ADB.exe

             fastboot flash recovery TWRP_y550_20150130.img

          Once this is done, then you will succesfully complete the flashing of the custom Recovery.

          You can then get to rooting your phone.

        • ranma241 on 14/04/2015 - 06:49

          @scrimshaw: OK so which ROM will be best for the phone and could you post the link

  • redsmeg on 20/04/2015 - 12:26

    I bought two of these one of which seems to refuse to install TWRP I can boot it fine using fastboot boot TWRP_y550_20150130.img but it seems to not want to flash permanently..
    It always reverts back to stock recovery…
    No big deal but it would be nice to get TWRP on permanently instead of having to load it through fastboot all the time.
    Anyone got any ideas?

    • scrimshaw on 24/04/2015 - 00:08

      Maybe you didn't unlock the bootloader properly? Re-do the steps all over again from the beginning and double check that all the numbers keyed in are correct.

    • c64 on 24/04/2015 - 07:28

      i read on a forum that upgrading to the latest firmware (346B247?) causes some problems (not being able to flash the custom recovery image). are they both the some firmware version?

  • mazuko on 23/07/2015 - 22:14

    Hi guys,
    I've rotted y550, and now got a system update notification but keep fail to update?
    Please help…

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