How to Root Micromax A110 Canvas 2 with CWM Recovery

The following guide will teach you how to root Micromax A110 Canvas 2 with CWM recovery. Canvas 2 is Micromax's revolutionary smartphone with amazing specs under minimal budget in which average people can afford. Rooting is nothing but unlocking the manufacturer restrictions (just like jail breaking an iPhone). After rooting Micromax Canvas 2, you can tweak your device to the next level. Here's how you can root Micromax A110 Canvas 2.



To root Canvas 2 aka Micromax Super Phone A110, we use Bin4ry rooting toolkit or SP Flash tool, which are developed by one XDA senior developers(Micromax A110 XDA). This tools have simplified the rooting job easier than ever. Do you remember those hectic rooting procedures which we have done for our old Android phones? Ohh, damn headache isn’t it? After the release of this rooting tools, you don’t have to be suffering while the rooting. It’s much easier than I expected.

Root Micromax A110 Canvas 2 - Pre-requisites

• Make sure your phone is charged for at least 60 % and USB debugging mode enabled. For this go to Settings > Development > USB debugging and enable it. If you couldn’t see the Development options in the settings menu, head on to “About Phone” section and tap onbuild number for 7 times. Bingo. !


• For your safety, it’s always recommend to take proper backups before proceeding any rooting tasks. Backup your messages, contacts (will be automatically saved to Google if contact sync is enabled.), necessary files and almost all important files. Either move the files from device to another storage device or sync to cloud.


• You can download and install the Micromax Canvas 2 drivers from here - [Link]

How to Root Micromax A110 Canvas 2 - Bin4ry Method

1. Download Bin4ry rooting toolkit from here [Link] and extract Bin4ry’s rooting tool to your PC. Then connect your Canvas 2 to the computer.  Open the folder and run “runme” file. You may see a command box after opening the file. Type “1″ to go for Normal mode.


2. Dont forget to change the USB mode  to Media device for phone detection. You can also use PDANet to install necessary Micromax drivers.


3. Follow the instructions and let the phone to restart after copying the shell files.


4. Got root after restart? After successful rooting, you may get notification by saying “Have Fun!”. I hope you got the fun. To confirm, check the menu and look if superuser app has installed.

Install CWM Recovery

• First of all, download the CWM recovery file from here [Link] and rename the file to recovery.img.


• Now transfer the renamed file to your SD card and install Mobile Uncle MTK app from play store [Link].


• After installing the MTK app, open it and choose update recovery option. Then choose the recovery file (which is transferred to your phone in first step).


• If done properly, the app will now proceed further and will flash CWM recovery in your Micromax Canvas 2.

How to Root Micromax A110 Canvas 2 - SP Flash Tool Method

This method is slightly different from the above Bin4ry method, but works for sure. Follow the below step-by-step guide to root Micromax A110 Canvas 2.

Downloads

1. Flash_Tools.rar


2. MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt 

• After downloading the above files, extract SP flash tools and run Flash_tool.exe


• Now click on Scatter-loading option and load the txt file (scatter emmc file) which you have downloaded from above download section.


• Make sure to Check recovery option and un-check all other options.


• Now under Recovery option, load the recovery.img file.


• Switch off your phone and connect to your computer and then remove the phone.


• After that, click on Download button and in flash tool and reconnect your phone. Done!!

You might have successfully rooted your Canvas 2 and installed CWM recovery in it. Hope you like these 2 different methods to root micromax a110 canvas 2. This how to root micromax a110 canvas 2 guide is brought you by micromaxblog.com. Let us know if you've any problems regarding how to root canvas 2.