How To Root The Lenovo P70

February 12, 2016

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This guide will show you how to root the popular Lenovo P70 phone.

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Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.

What is needed to root the Lenovo P70?

In order to root the Lenovo P70 you will need the following.

  • The Lenovo PC you want to root in your hand.
  • A PC.

Step 1 – Download the root file to your PC

In order to root the Lenovo P70 you must download the root package from here and save it to your PC.  When it is done, extract it to its own folder in an easy to find location such as C:\Root.

Step 2 – Connect the Lenovo P70 to your PC

Using the USB cable that came with the device connect it to your PC.  If you do not already have the drivers installed for this phone you can get them from here.

Step 3 – Enable USB debugging

To enable USB debugging on the Lenovo P70 follow these steps.

  • On the Home screen, tap the status bar in top right and it should appear, tap USB Connection Settings.
  • Make sure USB Debugging is
  • Tap OK to finish.

Step 4 – Enable the debug menu on the Lenovo P70

To root the device, you must enable the secret debug menu on the device.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Tap the phone icon to make a call
  • Dial *#*3646633#*#* as a call and then slide to the left. The debug menu should appear.
  • Scroll down to User2Root.
  • Tap

Step 5 – Root the device using your PC

Back on your PC navigate to the folder you extracted the root package to (e.g. C:\Root) and open the folder and then double-click rootkitkat.bat.

Let the program do its thing.  After a while the Lenovo P70 will restart and return back to the main home screen.

The device should now be rooted.

If you do not see a SuperSU icon follow the steps below to install it.

Step 6 – Install SuperSU

On the Lenovo P70, go to the Play Store and download and install SuperSU.

Once it has been installed you should see the SuperSU icon appear on the main device screen.

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