The Onda V989 is a mid-range Android tablet released by Chinese manufacturer Onda back in August last year. The tablet rocks a 9.7″ IPS display powered by a 2GHz 8-cores chipset along with 2GB of RAM. Other key specs include a 32GB internal storage, microSD slot, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, 8,000mAh battery as well as Android 4.4.2 KitKat running out of the box.

In the following tutorial, I will be guiding you guys on how to root Onda V989 in less than an hour.

Prerequisites before you begin rooting Onda V989

1. Download the Rooting Kit 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 Onda V989.

Follow the steps below on how to root Onda V989

1. Connect the Onda V989 to your PC using an appropriate USB cable.
2. Open the Rooting Kit which you have downloaded earlier on.
3. The file contains both the update.apk and ondaos_V989_Root.zip.
4. Copy both this files over to the root of your device’s SD card.
5. 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 update.apk by tapping on its icon.
6. Now, launch the application and select the Local Update option and then look for the ondaos_V989_Root.zip file on your device SD card.
7. Once done, reboot your tablet.
8. Congratulation! You’ve just rooted Onda V989!

Once you have gained root-access on your Onda V989, 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!