The ECOO E04 Aurora is a mid-range Android smartphone released by Chinese manufacturer ECOO back in November last year. The ECOO E04 Aurora rocks a 5.5″ fHD display powered by a 1.7GHz 8-cores chipset along with 2GB of RAM. Other key specs which come along with the device include a 16GB internal storage, microSD slot, 16MP rear camera, 8MP front-facing camera, 3,000mAh battery as well as Android 4.4.4 KitKat running out of the box.

Like most other Android tablets, we can root ECOO E04 Aurora rather easily as well. In the following tutorial, I will be guiding you guys on how to root ECOO E04 Aurora using the Framaroot app.

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!

Prerequisites before you begin rooting Lenovo A858T

1. Download the Framaroot apk to your PC.
2. Make sure you have downloaded and installed the required driver on your PC.
3. Make sure there is at least 80% battery left on your smartphone before begin rooting your device.
4. Go to Settings > Security > Make sure you have checked on the Unknown Sources checkbox.
5. Back up the ECOO E04 Aurora.

Follow the steps below on how to root Lenovo A858T

1. Connect the ECOO E04 Aurora to your PC using an appropriate USB cable.
2. Copy and paste the Framaroot apk from your PC over to the root of 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 Framaroot apk by tapping on its icon.
4. Open the Framaroot app on your ECOO E04 Aurora smartphone.
5. From the Framaroot app, select Install Superuser under the Select an action to execute after root section.
6. From the Select an exploit section, select the Sam exploit. ( You can try Frodo or Aragorn exploit if Boromir doesn’t work ).
7. You should see a pop-up like the one above after you’re done.
8. Reboot your device.
9. Congratulation! You’ve just rooted ECOO E04 Aurora!

Once you have gained root-access on your ECOO E04 Aurora, you will be able to install custom ROMs as well as recovery on it. In the meantime, stay tune for more how to root tutorials!