PatchTuesday
Expert Member
Rooting probably wont void your warranty but the process I used probably will.
A side note though,unless something really goes majorly wrong,you can always recover mediatek phones using SP Tools,and this one is no exception
Pre-requisites for rooting
-Latest SP Tools for windows Apps
-Windows 7 (you could use windows 10 but you have to disable driver signatures and use a special driver)
-Update Official ROM Doogee X5 Max version: DOOGEE-X5max-Android6.0-20160114 (from need rom just in case)
-TWRP for X5 Max (will provide a link to this)
-BETA-SuperSU.zip
I will provide links for the harder to find files for good measure
Make sure you have a backup of all data before proceeding as this will format the phone
Extracted from xda-
1) Unlock Bootloader
Power on the phone and skip through all of the setup options
Go to Settings -> About device
Tap Build number five times to enable Developer options
Go to Settings -> Developer options
Enable OEM unlocking
Enable USB debugging
Plug the phone in to your PC and authorize it
Open a Command Prompt
Type adb reboot-bootloader
The phone should reboot and in a very tiny font at the bottom you should see => FASTBOOT mode
Type fastboot devices to verify that your PC sees it correctly
Type fastboot oem unlock
Press Volume Up to say Yes and wait for this to finish
Type fastboot getvar all and look for (bootloader) unlocked: yes
Type fastboot reboot
You should see your phone reboot a couple times as it erases the phone
Install twrp-
Power on the phone
You can configure your phone now or just skip through all of the setup options and do that later
Go to Settings -> About device
Tap Build number five times to enable Developer options
Go to Settings -> Developer options
Enable OEM unlocking
Enable USB debugging
Plug the phone in to your PC and authorize it
Open a Command Prompt to wherever you extracted the .img file
Type adb reboot-bootloader
The phone should reboot and in a very tiny font at the bottom you should see => FASTBOOT mode
Type fastboot devices to verify that your PC sees it correctly, rename twrp to recovery.img
type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img to flash recovery
Type fastboot boot recovery.img
Rooting-
Download BETA-SuperSU.zip and save it to the phone's internal memory or an inserted microSD card
Plug the phone in to your PC
Open a Command Prompt
Type adb reboot recovery
You should now be in twrp. Go to Install zip, find SuperSU.zip, and install it
When it finishes go to Go Back -> Reboot Phone -> No
Once the phone boots up launch SuperSU and configure it as you like
And you can call it a day,or go on to install xposed framework and a firewall of your choice
A side note though,unless something really goes majorly wrong,you can always recover mediatek phones using SP Tools,and this one is no exception
Pre-requisites for rooting
-Latest SP Tools for windows Apps
-Windows 7 (you could use windows 10 but you have to disable driver signatures and use a special driver)
-Update Official ROM Doogee X5 Max version: DOOGEE-X5max-Android6.0-20160114 (from need rom just in case)
-TWRP for X5 Max (will provide a link to this)
-BETA-SuperSU.zip
I will provide links for the harder to find files for good measure
Make sure you have a backup of all data before proceeding as this will format the phone
Extracted from xda-
1) Unlock Bootloader
Power on the phone and skip through all of the setup options
Go to Settings -> About device
Tap Build number five times to enable Developer options
Go to Settings -> Developer options
Enable OEM unlocking
Enable USB debugging
Plug the phone in to your PC and authorize it
Open a Command Prompt
Type adb reboot-bootloader
The phone should reboot and in a very tiny font at the bottom you should see => FASTBOOT mode
Type fastboot devices to verify that your PC sees it correctly
Type fastboot oem unlock
Press Volume Up to say Yes and wait for this to finish
Type fastboot getvar all and look for (bootloader) unlocked: yes
Type fastboot reboot
You should see your phone reboot a couple times as it erases the phone
Install twrp-
Power on the phone
You can configure your phone now or just skip through all of the setup options and do that later
Go to Settings -> About device
Tap Build number five times to enable Developer options
Go to Settings -> Developer options
Enable OEM unlocking
Enable USB debugging
Plug the phone in to your PC and authorize it
Open a Command Prompt to wherever you extracted the .img file
Type adb reboot-bootloader
The phone should reboot and in a very tiny font at the bottom you should see => FASTBOOT mode
Type fastboot devices to verify that your PC sees it correctly, rename twrp to recovery.img
type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img to flash recovery
Type fastboot boot recovery.img
Rooting-
Download BETA-SuperSU.zip and save it to the phone's internal memory or an inserted microSD card
Plug the phone in to your PC
Open a Command Prompt
Type adb reboot recovery
You should now be in twrp. Go to Install zip, find SuperSU.zip, and install it
When it finishes go to Go Back -> Reboot Phone -> No
Once the phone boots up launch SuperSU and configure it as you like
And you can call it a day,or go on to install xposed framework and a firewall of your choice