Tutorial Root Lenovo A6000 Lollipop - TWRP Recovery

You can Root Lenovo A6000 which is running on Lollipop 5.0.2 or above. It is so simple and on this article, I will guide you how to do that.

Disclaimer:

Please remember that rooting your A6000 will render your device warrant void, we recommend you to take a backup of your entire system because during rooting you'll lose all the data stored in the smartphone. And please note, rooting procedure should be followed as described below. In case the procedure goes wrong, there's a high probability that your smartphone will be bricked. We will not be held responsible for any damages to your handset.

Pre-Requisites to Root Lenovo A6000

1. Backup of your personal data
2. Make sure the battery capacity of more than 50 %
3. Enable USB Debugging Mode on your device, read the tutorial here
4. Go to Settings > Security and enable Unknown Sources option
5. Connect your Lenovo A6000 to your PC and install the application (CDROM) which you can see in your My Computer or This PC
6. Setup ADB and Fastboot drivers on your PC, read the tutorial here
7. Download the following TWRP recovery.img from here
8. Download the following SuperSU from here

Step by step for Installing TWRP Recovery

1. Extract lenovo-a6000-twrp-favnetsoft.com
2. Copy the recovery.img file to C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot or C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot directory





3. Open C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot or C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot directory and right click on py_cmd.exe file and Run as Administrator





4. In the command box type the following:

adb devices

5. You will get this message: 
   
   



6. Now type in the command box

   adb reboot bootloader

7. This will reboot your device into Bootloader / Fastboot Mode.
8. Now type again in the command box

   fastboot boot recovery.img

   
9. Once you get the finished message in the command box then type the following command to reboot Lenovo A6000.

   fastboot reboot

10. The phone will reboot with the custom recovery installed.

Steps for Rooting Lenovo A6000 using SuperSU

1. On TWRP recovery menu, go to Install
2. Now click one level above ( this will take you to your sd card location)
3. Locate SuperSU-v2.46-favnetsoft.com.zip and click Install
4. Click Reboot > System

Congratulations now you have successfully rooted your Lenovo A6000 running on Lollipop