How to Root Tecno Pop 4 Pro (Tecno BC3 Root)

To gain full control over your Android device, you will need root privilege. Today, we will be telling you how to root Tecno POP4 Pro (Tecno BC3) in

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 To gain full control over your Android device, you will need root privilege. Today, we will be telling you how to root Tecno POP4 Pro (Tecno BC3) in just a few steps.

Tecno Pop 4 Pro is the higher version of the POP 4. This unit comes with a larger display and a better CPU that supports a 4G LTE network. The device comes in a 6.52-inch 20:9 aspect ratio display with 540 x 1200 pixels resolution and has a dewdrop notch atop the screen.

The Tecno POP 4 Pro Run on Mediatek SoC along with Android 10.

What is root?

Rooting is the unofficial way to enable an administrator or superuser access to your device system and subsystem. Therefore, the user can easily tweak, change, edit, or delete system files and apps easily.

Rooting advantages

• it allows system access
• Rooting Allow system Modification
• Rooting allows custom ROM Installation
• it allows custom Recovery like twrp Installation
• Kernel tweaking & custom Kernel Installation

What to note before rooting your Tecno POP4 Pro

• Rooting your device will void the warranty.
• Make sure to install MTK drivers if you do not have them installed.
• You rooting your device is all at your own risk. We are not responsible for what will happen to your device when you apply this guide wrongly.
• In order not to be in harm's way, consider taking a backup of your system and userdata before applying this method.
• The rooting of Tecno BC3 can be done via flashing the patched boot image file with the SP Flash tool or via fastboot after bootloader unlock.

Requirements

2. Tecno Pop 4 Pro boot image file
3. Magisk Manager Apk
4. ADB+FASTBOOT TOOL
5. A Computer
6. A USB Cable
7. Android MTK USB drivers

Rooting Tecno Pop 4 Pro with Magisk

Patching stock boot image file

The first step to root your Tecno Pop 4 Pro will be getting the stock boot image for your build from the link above and patching it using Magisk. Proceed thus:

• Launch Magisk Manager. When a popup appears asking to install Magisk, select INSTALL and choose install again.
• Next, transfer the stock boot image for your Tecno Pop 4 Pro to your Android device.
• Now, tap on “Patch Boot Image File” and navigate to where the boot image file is saved and select it.
• Magisk will then start the patching. Wait for the process to finish. 
• Once the patching is done, copy the patched boot image to your computer (to the Minimal ADB folder).

Flashing the patched_boot.img

To flash the modified boot image file, we will be using the fastboot method. You will first of all need to activate usb debugging on your device by going to settings >> About Phone >> build number then tap on it until you get the message "you are now a developer"

Then head back to settings to find the Developer option. Under the developer option, turn it on and activate OEM UNLOCK & USB DEBUGGING.

Make sure you have installed Android MTK drivers on your computer.

Next, connect your device to the computer and allow the adb drivers to install.

And finally, use these commands to flash the patched boot image

• adb devices [when you get connection authorization request, grant]
• adb reboot bootloader [boots your phone in fastboot or bootloader mode]
• fastboot devices [check device connection in fastboot mode]
• fastboot oem unlock  [unlock bootloader]
• fastboot flashing unlock [unlock flashing from fastboot]
• fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img [flash modified boot image]
• fastboot reboot