Android One devices being Google’s own spec’d down version of Nexus devices, enjoy great developer support like Nexus phones does. And why not? These devices are designed to be developer friendly.

The General Mobile GM 5 Plus (a 3rd Gen. Android One phone) has just received an unofficial build of TWRP recovery 3.0.2-0. The build is currently in testing, and still awaits user feedback at the time of this writing. But we’re pretty confident that it’ll work just fine.

With TWRP recovery now available for the GM 5 Plus, rooting the device is a piece of cake. You can simply flash the latest stable SuperSU zip (v2.65) from recovery install menu and have your GM 5 Plus rooted.

Let’s get started..

DOWNLOADS

Download GM 5 Plus TWRP Recovery  Download SuperSU v2.65

NOTE: Before proceeding with the step-by-step guide below, make sure you BACKUP all your photos, videos, music and other important files to your PC or somewhere safe. The procedure might completely wipe your device for once.

How to Root GM 5 Plus
  1. Setup ADB and Fastboot on your PC.
  2. Unlock bootloader on your GM 5 Plus:
    1. Enable USB Debugging and OEM unlock (if applicable).
    2. Open command line on PC, connect phone to PC with USB cable and issue the following commands to unlock bootloader: 
      adb reboot bootloader

      └ This will boot your device into bootloader/fastboot mode. If it shows ‘Allow USB debugging’ prompt on phone, select OK.

      fastboot oem unlock

      └ If you get confirmation screen to unlock bootloader on your GM 5 Plus, accept it.

    3. Your GM 5 Plus will reboot.
  3. Flash/Install TWRP Recovery:
    1. Open the folder on your PC where you saved the downloaded GM 5 Plus TWRP recovery .img file.
    2. Now open a command window inside that folder. To do that, “Shift + Right click” on any empty white space inside the folder and then select “Open command window here” from the context menu.
    3. Enable developer options and USB debugging on your GM 5 Plus, connect it to PC and issue adb reboot bootloader in the command window to boot device into bootloader/fastboot mode.
    4. Flash TWRP recovery with the following command: 
      fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-shamrock.img

      └ This will flash TWRP recovery to your GM 5 Plus.

    5. Reboot device, issue the following command 
      fastboot reboot
  4. Root GM 5 Plus:
    1. Once your GM 5 Plus is booted, transfer/save the SuperSU v2.65 zip file to a separate folder on your GM 5 Plus internal storage.
    2. Open command window on PC and issue the following command to boot GM 5 Plus into TWRP recovery: 
      adb reboot recovery
    3. Once in TWRP, select Install » select the SuperSU zip file » and then ‘Swipe to confirm flash’.
    4. Reboot phone.
      └ If TWRP asks to install SuperSU on reboot, DENY it.

That’s all. Enjoy TWRP and root access on your GM 5 Plus.

Happy Androiding!

via xda