How to root the Homtom HT16 - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there,
I recently got the Homtom HT16 for just 50 bucks. I've always rooted my phones with a one-click rooting app(kingoroot etc.), but it seems not to work. I did some reading and saw you need TWRP to root the device. Now there is no TWRP for the device, saw on xda there was for the HOMTOM HT7.
Anyone knows if I can use the TWRP for the HT7 or is there any other way to root my phone?

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Sorry for late response. On Russian forum you may find way to install recovery with Flash tool, however that didn't worked for me. Their TWRP recovery is useful for rooting. This is 100% tested, I own HOMTOM HT 16.
1. Install adb-setup-1.4.3 to enable adb, fastboot and Google USB driver on computer..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wvsyab1iakpsswu/adb-setup-1.4.3.exe?dl=0
2.Settings-Developer optons Enable USB Debugging and Allow OEM unlocking
3.Put on sd card SuperSU-v2.78-201609011115 (this version worked for me).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/84xm1m7rxerg6kt/SuperSU-v2.78-201609011115.zip?dl=0
4. Turn off the phone, press Power and Volume up. You'll see new menu. Move with Volume up, choose Fastboot and press Volume down. Connect computer and phone with USB cable.
5. Find the directory where adb and fastboot are installed and position itself there . Hold Shift, right-click and choose Open command window here. ( If you are not the administrator, Windows 10 Start, Command Prompt (Admin) and position yourself in directory where fastboot is installed with cd command).
Copy TWRP recovery (recovery.img) in that folder.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t26oax8n96izp60/AACq00Cgo1iMFOWPAT8leRXZa?dl=0
5.Type and execute commands:
fastboot devices (check if device if recognized, you'll see the serial number)
fastboot oem unlock (press Volume up to unlock bootloader)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (install new recovery on phone)
6.Pull out battery, push it back . Hold Power and Volume up. You'll see new menu. Move with Volume up, select Recovery and press Volume down.
7. Don't make attention to blinking and bad performance of Recovery. Select Install, find SuperSu on sd card and install. If everything is ok, you will see notification that superuser is successfully installed.
8. Reboot phone and check with Root checker application root rights.
(optional) If you need restore factory recovery and remove Superuser, to keep warranty valid.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s6dvqr8ge72otfu/AACgOQ7CgrVk94o0_K6ACXtIa?dl=0

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Hi, all I received yesterday the z11 max. Install recovery with super your and comborom V6.2 all ok. Problem does not update ota, it tells me no updates. I have made to the wrong? Thank you.

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Hi.
After step 6. I could not enter in the new recovery menu. I get some error messages (attached picture) then the phone is restarting. What could be the problem?
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The image not visible, these are the error message:
'Could not mount /data and unable to find crypto footer'
`Unable to mount storage`
and so one....

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pecs72 said:
Hi.
After step 6. I could not enter in the new recovery menu. I get some error messages (attached picture) then the phone is restarting. What could be the problem?
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and so one....
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I downloaded the original fw from needrom, then I put back the original recovery.img, so now it's as original, but without root...

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I don't know what is the problem, this procedure worked on my phone.
Look here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/twrp-mount-data-unable-to-crypto-footer-t3360331

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**** my phone factory resseted it self

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No matter what I do, my phone doesn't allow to be found when I make "fastboot devices".

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Can someone that have rooted the phone please do a readback of the entire rooted rom and upload for me?
I'm facing a lot of problem installing the recovery , so if someone can please post a rooted rom it'll be useful ...

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Edit : can someone backup his nvram partition? I lost my imei and with this phone any trick wont work...

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dani the hack said:
Can someone that have rooted the phone please do a readback of the entire rooted rom and upload for me?
I'm facing a lot of problem installing the recovery , so if someone can please post a rooted rom it'll be useful ...
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Hi, for me the SuperSU from holocen (see above):
togeter with the TWRP image, flashtools v5 and the description from needrom worked for me (not every emailprovider can be used to create an account):
needrom.com/download/homtom-ht16-4/
Greetings Rikski

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Solution found in here!!
Use TWRP for cyanogen after installing it with sp tools v5.
Put SuperSU v2.82 or above in the phone or sd memory card go to custom recovery and install the SuperSU v2.82.zip file. Reboot and that's it. It works like a charm. :good:

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7. Don't make attention to blinking and bad performance of Recovery. Select Install, find SuperSu on sd card and install. If everything is ok, you will see notification that superuser is successfully installed.
How long does blinking take usually? It blinks all the time, I can't select Install ?!

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This phone has now nearly 30 ROMs on needrom.com
Plus a non blinking custom TWRP recovery, go check it out:
needrom.com->Doogee->Homtom->ht16

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I tryed to follow the guide of holocen (also used much of external information) but right now i'm stuck in a bootloop.
First of all i needed hours of reading and troubleshooting to get my adb "cmd" working proberly with the "bootloader mode" (cause of a driver problem).
After i was successful ("fastboot devices. fastboot oem bootloader) , i tryed serveral twrp recovery *.img's (officials first, holocen's later on), but i can't get the ht16 out of bootloop. Recovery flashing seems to be successfull though.
If i try "volume up + power" and start up the recovery manually, i got the twrp splashscreen, followed by a huge chunk of red "unable to mount xyz..." with a following bootloop (there are only seconds to see whats happening, an then the "HomTom" splashscreen reappears). I tryed "fastboot erase userdata" with no help. Was insecure about the "fastboot erase system" command though.
Maybe some of you guys are eager to help. I really tryed to read up as much information i could about this topic. I thank you in advance.
Target was to root the phone and to install some kind of lightwight custom rom (just to get rid of those frikk'n "trojans, bloatware-viruses, marketing horrors" which are messing with the stock rom. Hopefully everybodys know right now what i'm talking about).
I try to respond quickly, but i can't garuentee.
Thank you very much for reading.
Best regards
B4dLuck