The Huawei P8 Lite is a mid-range Android smartphone released by Chinese manufacturer Huawei back in May this year. The Huawei P8 Lite is the cheaper and watered down version of the Huawei P8 flagship announced at the same time. The device rocks a decent 5″ HD display powered by Huawei’s own Hisilicon Kirin 620 chipset along with 2GB of RAM. Other key specs include a 16GB internal storage, microSD slot, 13MP rear camera, 5MP front-facing camera, 2,200mAh battery as well as Android 5.0 running out of the box.

Like most other Android smartphones, we can root Huawei P8 Lite rather easily using the vroot program. In the following tutorial, i will be guiding you guys on how to root Huawei P8 Lite in less than an hour.

Disclaimer : During the process of rooting, there is always a risk for you to brick your Android device. So if you choose to root your device, you are doing it at your own risk! Your device warranty will also be voided after rooting.

Prerequisites before you begin rooting Huawei P8 Lite

1. Download the Towelroot apk to your PC.
2. Make sure you have downloaded and installed the necessary USB driver on your PC.
3. Go to Settings > Security > Make sure you have checked on the Unknown Sources checkbox.
4. Back up the Huawei P8 Lite smartphone to your Google account.

Follow the steps below on how to root Huawei P8 Lite

1. Connect your to your PC using an appropriate USB cable.
2. Copy the Towelroot apk from your PC to your device’s SD card.
3. Open the file explorer app ( if you don’t have one on your device, then you may want to download either Astro File Manager / ES File Explorer ) and install the Towelroot apk by tapping on its icon.
4. Open the Towelroot app and tap on the “Make it ra1n” button to begin rooting your device.
5. After awhile your device should reboot itself.
6. Now, head down to the Play store and install the SuperSU app for your device.
7. Congratulation! You’ve just rooted Huawei P8 Lite!

Now, you’re free to install custom ROMs as well as recovery on the Huawei P8 Lite smartphone. In the meantime, stay tune for more how to root tutorials!