how to Root lyf f1 ls-5505 marshmallow 6.0.1 - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

dear developers i hv lyf f1 ls-5505 device i want to root it i hv tried king root, kingo root,i root,srs root , one click root, fram Root but nothing working.please help me i want to root it any how.it has msm8952 processor 3gb ram 32 internal.

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raj2k8 said:
dear developers i hv lyf f1 ls-5505 device i want to root it i hv tried king root, kingo root,i root,srs root , one click root, fram Root but nothing working.please help me i want to root it any how.it has msm8952 processor 3gb ram 32 internal.
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Same problem with me...and also when i try to unlock bootloader or do anything with fast boot it returns {remote:unknown command}.
also i want a recovery for that if any of the members can give please...

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Jackbolt said:
Same problem with me...and also when i try to unlock bootloader or do anything with fast boot it returns {remote:unknown command}.
also i want a recovery for that if any of the members can give please...
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i hv also tried fast boot but same error even i hv tried contacting lyf people but they are noob

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lyf water f1
yes fastboot is not working even after turning on oem unlocking in the developer settings
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raj2k8 said:
i hv also tried fast boot but same error even i hv tried contacting lyf people but they are noob
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If u find anything then please send the method to me also..

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From adb cosole this command "adb reboot-bootloader" can probably take it to fastboot mode.
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But I have been searching for almost a week to get a back up of the stock rom,get root access,get any custom recovery (TWRP if possible) ,still have not found any solution,do you have any?
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Tried iroot,kingo root,king root,towel root every single one of them failed.
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Yes no help for weeks.

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Yes no solution for months

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"Z Camera" app is taking best pictures and best videos in LYF F1,I have personally tested.

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CF-Auto-Root can root many devices,I have found a Samsung device named "Samsung Galaxy C5" which is similar to LYF F1 in that its Platform is MSM8952 , CPU is Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53) and GPU is Adreno 405.If any one can take the risk then he/she can try this link
https://download.chainfire.eu/1031/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-c5ltechn-c5ltezh-smc5000.zip

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I asked the customer care executives to unlock the bootloader of this phone through this email "[email protected]",they advised me to go to the nearest service centre to unlock it.They said
"Thank you for writing to us.
I understand you wish to unlock the bootloader of your handset.
However I wish to inform you that, to unlock the bootloader kindly visit the service centre.
Note: Rooting or booting of LYF handset will void the warranty.
If you are unaware of the nearest service centre, I request you to help us out with the location so that we can guide you to the service centre.
Be assured, our device specialist at the service centre will assist you to get the issue resolved at the earliest.
Note: Please carry the Invoice of your handset while visiting the service centre.
If you have any further queries, please contact us on 1800-890-9999 or write to us on [email protected].
I appreciate your time and patience.
Thank You
Neha Mishra
Team LYF"

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i hv tried service center...but they dont know anything about it

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Im trying to port custom recovery.
I found a device moto g4 plus with exact chipset,specifications and got custom recovery of that model...so im going to port it to lyf water f1..lets see.

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Good news for all the users of LYF F1 who want to have twrp and root access.
I found the stock rom at link "http://www.smartfirmwares.com/forum1/index.php?topic=189.0"
I extracted the stock rom and got the stock recovery,then I got the twrp recovery of ZTE Axon 7 Mini.
I ported the twrp by replacing only the zImage from the stock to the twrp,and kept the ramdisk the same in twrp.
It booted up well but I got a error that twrp could not mount any partition except the recovery.
I then got the twrp of Moto G4 Plus,but the twrp did not have the ramdisk,it only contains zImage,so I could not port it.
I then got the twrp of Samsung Galaxy C5 and ported it in the same way,but it put the phone into recovery bootloop,phone was booting into twrp,then switching off,then again booting to twrp,at one moment when phone was switched off for one second,I flashed again the previous working recovery.
I then ported the twrp recovery of ZTE Axon Max but it gave the same error that it could not mount any partition except the recovery.
Then I ported the twrp recovery of ZTE Nubia Z11 Mini and this one was successfull without any error,but the recovery was in chinese.I can not remember the whole thing but the first window appeared in front,I touched the lower right conrer and changed the language to english,since then everything is in english.The link of that recovery is "https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2iZIwRNj3bpaEl3dWR1eXRsalk" and password is "Created-by-Tarasantan"
Now How did I flashed the twrp,I downloaded and extracted the stock rom,then I found a "_qcMUP.zip" within the zip "LYF F1 LS-5505 TOOL & DRIVERS.zip",then extracted the zip _qcMUP.zip,there in the support folder I found some windows softwares,I ran all of them to install the drivers and neccessary files.
Then in the "LYF F1 LS-5505 PC SW VER 01_06 By Gsm_F!rmwares_Tm" folder I replaced the stock "recovery.img" with the twrp "recovery.img".And then I ran the "qcMUP.exe" in the _qcMUP folder which I previously extracted.
Now I clicked the do button in the upper right corner of "qcMUP.exe",then clicked upgrade,then I selected the "LYF F1 LS-5505 PC SW VER 01_06 By Gsm_F!rmwares_Tm" folder.
Now I switched off the phone,then I pressed and hold volume up and down at the same time,and pluged the phone into the computer and the flashing started on qcMUP.exe window with a light blue bar filling up with a deep blue colour as the flashing was going on.
This will clear all the apps and data you previously have had in your internal memory.So you can back up all the installed app with es filexplorer,or super backup,and all the contacts and smses with super backup,then you must move all the backed up things and other neccessary things to the sd card.At the end put the latest supersu.zip in your sd card.
The next part is very important,when flashing is passed,you will unplug the phone from the computer,then press and hold the power and the volume up at the same time.You will be booted up into twrp then somehow change the language to english from chinese,then flash the supersu.zip from your sd card,if you do not boot into twrp and flash the supersu.zip then whenever you will boot into the system,the twrp recovery will be replaced with the stock recovery,when you flash the supersu.zip,it patches the boot.img so that it does not replace the twrp recovery with the stock.
Alternatively
you can use the following method.I have not tested this method,but this should work.In this method you just need to download this file "TWRP For LYF F1.7z",from https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2iZIwRNj3bpanRsaUM0OEdYV3c ,password is Created-By-Tarasantan .This recovery is made for exactly LS-5505,that means ro.product.device is LS-5505 ,ro.product.locale is en-IN and other properties are also changed for LS-5505.
Download and Extract the "TWRP For LYF F1.7z" file,then install the given drivers,then run the "qcMUP.exe".
Now Click the do button in the upper right corner of "qcMUP.exe" window,then click upgrade,then select the "LYF F1 LS-5505 TWRP 3.0.2" folder.
Now switch off the phone,then press and hold volume up and down at the same time,and plug the phone into the computer and the flashing should start on qcMUP.exe window with a light blue bar filling up with a deep blue colour as the flashing is going on.
This will not clear any apps and data that you previously have had in your internal memory.So you do not need to back up anything.But you need to put a supersu.zip in your sd card.
The next part is very important,when flashing is passed,unplug the phone from the computer,then press and hold the power and the volume up at the same time.Your phone should be booted up into twrp,then flash the supersu.zip from your sd card,if you do not boot your phone into twrp and flash the supersu.zip then whenever you will boot into the system,the twrp recovery will be replaced with the stock recovery,when you flash the supersu.zip,it patches the boot.img so that the boot.img does not replace the twrp recovery with the stock one.

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One help
That firmware not downloading bro...do you have direct link.
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https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B2rMyFgEtXoKa1pfT29PeTQtU2c&export=download

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You guys can try this code to unlock bootloader.try to type fastboot OEM unlock-go then see what happens I unlocked my Lyf water 8 with it hope this helps.if it don't work with this code then try again with fastboot OEM unlock only don't type go then see

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all_tricks_zone said:
That firmware not downloading bro...do you have direct link.
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https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B2rMyFgEtXoKa1pfT29PeTQtU2c&export=download
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The link you mentioned I have not provided that,and I checked the link,the download is starting immediately.

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Link of a image of the window which will come when you first time boot into twrp
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2iZIwRNj3bpbTgySjdfRFZKUzg

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Tarasantan said:
Good news for all the users of LYF F1 who want to have twrp and root access.
I found the stock rom at link "http://www.smartfirmwares.com/forum1/index.php?topic=189.0"
I extracted the stock rom and got the stock recovery,then I got the twrp recovery of ZTE Axon 7 Mini.
I ported the twrp by replacing only the zImage from the stock to the twrp,and kept the ramdisk the same in twrp.
It booted up well but I got a error that twrp could not mount any partition except the recovery.
I then got the twrp of Moto G4 Plus,but the twrp did not have the ramdisk,it only contains zImage,so I could not port it.
I then got the twrp of Samsung Galaxy C5 and ported it in the same way,but it put the phone into recovery bootloop,phone was booting into twrp,then switching off,then again booting to twrp,at one moment when phone was switched off for one second,I flashed again the previous working recovery.
I then ported the twrp recovery of ZTE Axon Max but it gave the same error that it could not mount any partition except the recovery.
Then I ported the twrp recovery of ZTE Nubia Z11 Mini and this one was successfull without any error,but the recovery was in chinese.I can not remember the whole thing but the first window appeared in front,I touched the lower right conrer and changed the language to english,since then everything is in english.The link of that recovery is "https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2iZIwRNj3bpaEl3dWR1eXRsalk" and password is "Created-by-Tarasantan"
Now How did I flashed the twrp,I downloaded and extracted the stock rom,then I found a "_qcMUP.zip" within the zip "LYF F1 LS-5505 TOOL & DRIVERS.zip",then extracted the zip _qcMUP.zip,there in the support folder I found some windows softwares,I ran all of them to install the drivers and neccessary files.
Then in the "LYF F1 LS-5505 PC SW VER 01_06 By Gsm_F!rmwares_Tm" folder I replaced the stock "recovery.img" with the twrp "recovery.img".And then I ran the "qcMUP.exe" in the _qcMUP folder which I previously extracted.
Now I clicked the do button in the upper right corner of "qcMUP.exe",then clicked upgrade,then I selected the "LYF F1 LS-5505 PC SW VER 01_06 By Gsm_F!rmwares_Tm" folder.
Now I switched off the phone,then I pressed and hold volume up and down at the same time,and pluged the phone into the computer and the flashing started on qcMUP.exe window with a light blue bar filling up with a deep blue colour as the flashing was going on.
This will clear all the apps and data you previously have had in your internal memory.So you can back up all the installed app with es filexplorer,or super backup,and all the contacts and smses with super backup,then you must move all the backed up things and other neccessary things to the sd card.At the end put the latest supersu.zip in your sd card.
The next part is very important,when flashing is passed,you will unplug the phone from the computer,then press and hold the power and the volume up at the same time.You will be booted up into twrp then somehow change the language to english from chinese,then flash the supersu.zip from your sd card,if you do not boot into twrp and flash the supersu.zip then whenever you will boot into the system,the twrp recovery will be replaced with the stock recovery,when you flash the supersu.zip,it patches the boot.img so that it does not replace the twrp recovery with the stock.
This is the end of the post.Good Bye.
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Its working...yeepee

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Lyf is indian mobile it is not internation you will find some expert in this forum which have custom rom and rooting detail but they dont share publically this i dont know why. In one of my post or comment I come across on senior who ask me to contact on his email you go throght my post comment find that senior.

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Can't mount system as writable on LYF water F1
Please help me.
I can't mount my system as writable on lyf water F1 after rooting by above process.
I did flash the firmware by replacing recovery and then I flashed SuperSU 2.82.zip but even if my phone is rooted I can't mount my system as writable by any app on play store or commands in terminal emulator.
Please reply some one.