How to Successfully Root Infinix Hot 4 - X557

This post is sourced from HOVATEK, you can get the original postHere, also credit goes to Jemmini for supplying the infinix hot 4 Recovery.Infinix Hot 4 X557 runs on Android 6 (Marshmallow) OS it's also powered by the MT6580 System on Chip (SoC), making it not fully supported by rooting apks at the moment. This tutorial will teach you how to root your Infinix Hot 4 X557.

How to Root Infinix Hot 4

• Firstly Install VCOM drivers on your PC using Here
• Download SuperSU 2.76.zip Here
• Copy the SuperSU.zip to both the phone’s SD card and internal storage
• Download TWRP for Infinix Hot 4 Here
• Switch off the phone (still with battery inside)
• Flash the TWRP recovery.img to the phone using SP Flash tool Here
• Boot the phone into recovery mode using Volume up button + Power button (Press the two button simultaneously)
• In TWRP, if you get a prompt asking you to swipe to allow modification of the System partition, tap KEEP READ ONLY
• If TWRP offers to root the phone, select NO
• In TWRP recovery, tap Install
• Navigate to the location of the SuperSU 2.76.zip and select it
• Swipe to confirm flashing of SuperSU.zip and wait till flashing is complete
• Reboot the phone normally

Confirm Root by installing and running Root Checker