Customize Your Tecno Phantom A+ To The Fullest

Today guys I'm going to show you how to root, unbrick and apply custom roms to your tecno phantom a+. We all know the A+, Tecno's flagship android device. what many of you dont know is that you can do whatever your counterparts on samsung can do with their devices and even more. I'm dropping this tutorial here due to special requests from some of my fans. Also credit goes to to seun payne of nairaland for this awesome tutorial. You can visit his new website here. Okay lets hit it>>>


So you clearly have an A+ (not on your report card though) and first order of business (after preening of course) would be to root it. well here is how:

Rooting
1. Download the root eroot v1.3 (you should be able to find the link on nairaland. Too lazy to look) and pda.net (same as eroot). An alternative is to download my own root package here

2. Install Pda.net and den open eroot. (this happens on a computer not your phone) Now on your phone you will have to navigate to Settings/About phone and click on build number at least 8 times. it should tell you something about now being a developer (as if it was that easy). go back one step and you should be back in settings. just above about phone you should find a new item called Developer options (a bit of warning here, dont mess with this area if you dont know what you are doing. part of being a developer is the ability to help your device "develop" problems)

3. just this once, click on developer options and at the top, switch it on and den scroll down and tick the usb debugging option. now go back to your homescreen and plug your device to your laptop. You will need to connected as USB storage or media device for the system to recognize your device. Eroot should display the name of your phone if done correctly.

4. Click the big green button and that usually should do the rooting. if successful you should have a new menu item named "superuser". if so then your are rooted. congratulations.

5. if alternatively you downloaded my root kit then open the folder, plug your phone after doing steps 2 and 3 (minus the eroot. the pda.net is still important). click the run batch file. (usually the first one) and follow the on screen instructions). once done your phone would restart and you would be rooted. congrats once again.

Clockwork Recovery

It is imperative to note that while cwm isnt a must, if you ever plan to root your phone and enjoy its benefits then you must accept the fact that something might go wrong along the way. with that in mind i usually recommend this step immediately after rooting. if you wont flash cwm, then i will advice against rooting also (there is the door, thanks for stopping by).

1. Download "mobileuncle tools" from here (you must be rooted for this app to work). (for some reason the one some people download causes errors so please use this one)

2. once it is installed, download the cwm from here (On some browsers the file recovery.img comes in another name with a .bin extension. Use your file manager to change it to .img before flashing

3. now put the image inside your memory card directly (not in a folder) and open the mobileuncle tools and choose the Recovery Update option. It would be the first one you see on the list.

4. select it and say yes to all it asks..(it wont take advantage of you, I promise).

5. It should reboot into recovery. which is a dark screen with blue text. (in the future, use the power button + volume up button to enter recovery mode)

Now lets back up your phone.

1. you will need at least 2GB free to back up as well as at least 50% bat3. Use the volume buttons to scroll up and down and the power button to make selections.

2. once you are in recovery mode, scroll down to backup and restore and select it. next choose the backup option which is usually the first option. Sit back and relax cuz it takes a while. Once that is done, scroll down to go back and den select the reboot phone option to turn your phone back on

So now we have rooted and backed up our phone. We can even flash superman.

Unbricking
Go here to unbrick

Lets skip to the coolest part.

Custom Roms

1. Thunderous Nightmare
Introducing the Thunderous Nightmare rom for A+
The First Android 4.2.2 Custom Rom for Tecno A+ (Stable ROM)

Melting Rocks by Muntazir Abbas; (A tribute to someone)
Ported by Seun Payne

BLOW TO UNLOCK+WALKMAN+TOUCHWHIZ+S4 MEDIA+BUMP+S-VOICE

Features:-

--> S4 TouchWiz Launcher
--> S4 Task Manager
--> Samsung S4 Wallpapers
--> Samsung S4 Music
--> Samsung S4 Widgets
--> S4 AccuWeather
--> Samsung S4 Sounds
--> S4 UI Sounds
--> S4 Notifications
--> S4 Alarms
--> Samsung Bootanimation
--> Samsung Boot Logo
--> Samsung Fonts
--> Samsung Dailer
--> Samsung Framework
--> Samsung Settings
--> Wireless Display
--> New LockScreen (blow to unlock)
--> New Gesture supported Keyboard
--> New Sound Recorder
--> Ext4 Tweaks
--> Maxed out speed & Performance
--> Disabled most logging activities
--> Battery calibrated automatically
--> VM heap tweaks
--> Extended Reboot Commands
--> Fully Deodexed
--> Removed Micromax Registration
--> Full CPU & GPU Utilization
--> Build.prop Tweaks
--> Faster and Smoother
--> Faster Streaming
--> Internet Tweaks
--> Network Tweaks
--> Proximity Tweaks
--> Battery Tweaks
--> Samsung S-Voice
--> Bump feature (sharing)
--> Walkman
--> GPS fixed

Xposed Framework

--> XTheme Engine
--> Xposed Tweakbox
--> Xposed TabletUi
--> Xposed Clock
--> Xposed Delivery Notify Toast
--> Xposed Additions
--> Xposed Icon Themer
--> Xposed Smiley Replacer
--> Xposed CRT Animation

NO need to DOWNLOAD any other app for downloading videos from YOUTUBE "Click on OGyoutube"
it will show download option for videos {Same GUI as YOUTUBE}

How To Flash :
You Can Take CMW Backup to Revert back to your old system (Just in case)

Please Note that the first boot may take upto 10 minutes.

1) Download Melting Rocks.zip File here
2) Put into External/Internal SD Card
3) Go to CMW Recovery
4) Wipe Data
5) Wipe Cache
6) Wipe System
7) Wipe Dalvik Cache
cool Select Install From SD (Internal or External)
9) Select Melting Rocks.zip and Select YES
10) In CWM select OK to flash
11) Reboot Your System
12) Enjoy !!