how to root yu yureka and yureka plus.

HOW TO unlock bootloader on YU YUREKA PLUS (Necessary step for rooting)
BY ATAL AND ARPIT SHARMA AND ABHINANDAN DOGRA  , OCTOBER 4, 2015

If you are among those lucky ones who got a chance to pickup the Yu Yureka PLUS from Amazon and looking for a detailed guide on how to root your yureka, THEN THIS IS THE GUIDE FOR YOU.

Note –  YU has said that rooting your device will not void your warranty but if you brick it then we are not responsible .However, we will try our best to get your device recovered from any disastrous situations.

If you point your finger at me for messing up with your device , I will simply laugh at you.

This detailed guide consists of following 3 sections :-

1. Unlock Yu Yureka’s bootloader.
2. Flash TWRP/CWM recovery on Yu Yureka.
3. Root Yu Yureka by flashing SuperSU.

The files which are required for the process come from different resources and so we have compiled all of them to make a ‘Rooting Kit’. Please note that we do not take credits for any of the program in the rooting kit. Their respective developers are highly appreciated.

Download the rooting kit for lollipop CM12 from here.

Prerequisites –

Before we go into the process, let do make some necessary settings on your Yureka.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Scroll down and go to About Phone.
3. Scroll down and tap build number 7-10 times until you see a popup stating ‘You are now a developer’.
4. Press back and now a new section called ‘Developer Options’ will appear in settings. Tap on it and turn on the toggle at the top.
5. Now scroll down and turn on USB Debugging.
6. Check the advanced reboot option.
7. Uncheck the update cyanogen recovery option. 
8. Now make a backup of all your data as the next step will wipe all the data present in the Internal Memory.
9. Make sure you have 70-80% battery to prevent unexpected failures.

Disable driver signature enforcement if you are running 64bit version of windows 7. This can be done as follows-
When you boot screen comes up on your PC, press F8 a number of times until you see this boot menu –Now, use arrow keys to navigate to ‘Disable Driver Signature Enforcement’ and press the enter key. Once you will press the enter key, Windows will disable driver signature enforcement for that boot only. If you restart, the settings will be back to normal.

How To Unlock Yu Yureka’s Bootloader –

• Extract the adb_fastboot file present in the rooting kit in a new folder in your C:/ drive.
• Connect the phone to your PC/laptop with a USB cable ." You will need Pdanet if you are using windows ." Link for pdanet . "pdanet.co".
• Now press the power button and click on reboot . Select the fastboot mode from the box that appears.
• You will get a black screen stating ‘Fastboot Mode’ at the middle.
• Windows will start installing drivers all by itself. Please wait for the installation to complete.
• After the drivers have been installed successfully, go to the folder where you have extracted adb_fastboot file.
• While pressing the Shift key on your keyboard, right click in the folder and select ‘Open Command Prompt Here’. The command prompt will open up.
• Now type the following command to check if your device has been detected in the fastboot mode
  fastboot -i 0x1ebf devices
• If all is well, you will get something like this.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  

  For those who are facing fastboot detection issues, follow the following steps – 
  

  1. Download the drivers from here and extract them in a new folder.
  2. Connect your phone to the PC.
  3. Press Win+X and open device manager.
  4. In ‘Other Devices’ section, you will see your Yu Yureka as ‘Android Device’. Right click and select ‘Update Driver Software’.
  5. Select ‘Browse my computer for software’. Now click ‘Let me pick’ option, click next, click on ‘Have Disk’ and browse to the folder where you extracted the drivers.
  6. Select ‘AndroidWinUsb.inf’ from there and click okay.
  7. Select the driver ‘Asus Driver Interface’ and click next and install the software.
• Now run the following command
  fastboot -i 0x1ebf oem unlock
  You should get something like this.

Link for flashing twrp recovery
"http://time2root.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-flash-twrp-recovery-on-yu-yureka.html"

Congo! Your Yu Yureka plus's bootloader has been unlocked!

 After unlocking the boot loader of your phone, reboot your phone normally. After rebooting you’ll find your phone brand new and all your data has been erased, you may also encounter the screen showing android is upgrading, (if you are doing this on lollipop), wait for it.

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