How To Root Lenovo Vibe P1m & Install TWRP 3.1.0

Contents

1 How To Root Lenovo Vibe P1m
2 METHOD 1
3 METHOD 2

Lenovo Vibe P1m is a nano-coating which should make it splash-proof. Just like its bigger brother, it will become available for purchase in India on October 28th on Flipkart, but it will be significantly cheaper at Rs. 7,999.

The smartphone integrates a 5-inch IPS screen with 720 x 1280 resolution, and it’s powered by a quad-core 1.0 GHz MediaTek MT6735P processor. It has 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB on-board storage, microSD support up to 32 GB, and it comes pre-loaded with Android 5.1 Lollipop with Vibe UI.

Source – Flipkart

Lenovo Vibe P1m is 141 mm tall, 71.8 mm wide, 9.3 mm thick, and has a weight of 148 grams. Regarding connectivity it arrives with dual-SIM support, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy, and WiFi. It has an 8 MP / 5 MP camera combo, and it’s available in Onyx Black and Pearl White body colors.

DISCLAIMER : In no way we are responsible if you brick your phone or your SD card dies or your phone behaves abnormally. It is your sole and your own responsibility to root your phone.

How To Root Lenovo Vibe P1m

Things which you need to follow before:

Take a backup of your data. We do not guarantee if something is erased. Always take precautions.

Enable USB Debugging on your device.
- Goto > Settings > Developer Options > USB Debugging.
  - If Developer Options is not located under settings then enable it by going to Settings > About Phone > Device Info and tap on Build Number for about 7-8 times. And then go back and follow the previous step.

Make sure you have at least 50% battery.
Go to Settings > Security and enable Unknown Sources option.
Connect your Lenovo Vibe P1m smartphone to your PC and install the drivers

Installing CWM or TWRP On Lenovo Vibe P1m

METHOD 1

Pre-Requisites :

Setup ADB and Fastboot drivers on your PC from here
Download the following Recovery.img to root Lenovo Vibe P1m from the below:
- TWRP Recovery for Lenovo P1m – Download it from here

Step 1: Download recovery.img file

Step 2: Copy the recovery.img file to C: Program Files (x86)Minimal ADB and Fastboot or C: Program FilesMinimal ADB and Fastboot directory

Step 3: Open the C: Program Files (x86)Minimal ADB and Fastboot directory and press and hold the shift key and right click anywhere inside the folder at the empty space and choose open command window here.

Step 4: Now in CMD type:

adb devices

Step 5: Now type

adb reboot bootloader

This will reboot your device into Bootloader / Fastboot Mode.

Step 6: Now type

fastboot boot recovery.img

Once flashed type the following command to reboot Lenovo Vibe P1m

fastboot reboot

Now you have successfully installed TWRP or custom recovery on your Lenovo Vibe P1m smartphone. The next step would be rooting your device.

METHOD 2

Pre-Requisites :

Flash Tools & Recovery Image – Lenovo P1M Techolite.Com.zip
Lenovo USB Drivers

How to Install TWRP Recovery in Lenovo Vibe P1m

Step 1: Extract the Flash Tool – Lenovo P1M techolite.Com.zip file and then open flash_tool.exe

And then Select MT6735M_Android_scatter.txt. It will automatically select the Lenovo Vibe P1m mode

Step 2: Click on Options then Download and make sure both of them are checked

Step 3: Select the Download Only, and then click Download

Step 4:

Now just click on checkbox recovery and browse to the extracted files and locate recovery.img
Turn off your Lenovo Vibe P1m
Click the big download button on top right and connect the phone with USB cable to switch off condition.
Now you will see the red stripe showing download percentage

Step 5: Your phone is successfully installed TWRP now

Steps to enter Recovery mode in Lenovo VIBE P1m

Press and hold the Volume Down Button + Volume Up Button + Power Button.
When you see the Boot Screen, Release the Power Button but keep the Volume Buttons pressed until you see the Recovery Screen.

Rooting Lenovo Vibe P1m

Pre-Requisites

SuperSU-v2.52.zip

Step 1: Copy the downloaded file Root-SuperSU-v2.52.zip in the root folder of your SD card.

Step 2: Now in CMD type:

adb reboot recovery

This will boot Lenovo Vibe P1m into Recovery Mode.

Step 3: Once you land into the Recovery Mode, choose install from SD card and choose Root-SuperSU-v2.52.zip

Step 4: When the installation is done, Reboot your device.

Step 5: Download Root Checker app from Play store and check your device status.

Note: We have updated the links for TWRP to the latest version of 3.1.0 for your Lenovo Vibe P1m and it will work with all the Android version like Kitkat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, and Nougat. Hope we have served you well and have made your device better than before.

Tags:cwm, flash, guide, lenovo p1m, lenovo vibe p1m, recovery, root, rooting, twrp

About The Author

Swati Sethi

Swati Sethi is an MCA and has lots of knowledge in the development field of Android. She also likes to blog and has her own tech blog.

dhenz wayne
thank you so much..very nice works!
Vamshi Krishna
When I just typed fastboot flash recovery.IMG it’s just saying that waiting for device since long time
What should I do
Andrew Vlk Tlawmte
I try with 2nd method .. everything goes right but when I boot into recovery mode , there is no twrp ,, stock recovery was still there… please help
Chitsanuphong Kamjuntha
How to get the stock recovery image? Thanks.
Agus DwiMovic
Thanks, nice info and working…
- Veer Amrit Singh
  You’re welcome.
aditya
HOW TO FIX INVALID IMEI
- saurab007
  use MTK engineering tool apk to restore IMEI !!!
tejaswi
nothing is working i have tried every possible method given here plus king root and many other things but nothing work out for me.
hannu
CAN U PLEASE TELL ME THE FIRST METHOD IS WORKED OR NOT
hannu
hi guys please tell me about the first method is worked or not
Godzilla912
very nice thank you sooooooooo much dear…
gann1
can anyone help me? i have install all the driver and i try the second method. But when i plug the usb to my phone it just make the phone power up. In the flash tool there arent any red strip either
Toyesh Patra
Can anyone plz provide me the nvram.bin or the backup of nvram. while flashing a custom rom using sp flash tool, i selected the “format all + download” option and my nvram got formatted. now my imei nos are gone n i am unable to use network.
Toyesh Patra
Can anyone plz provide me the nvram.bin or the backup of nvram. while flashing a custom rom using sp flash tool, i selected the “format all + download” option and my nvram got formatted. now my imei nos are gone n i am unable to use network.
Anton Evan
when going to his super.su flashing , appears yellow paper bearing the installation aborted..this why?
Anton Evan
how to use the second method ? there is not visible picture. please fix again @techolite
Anton Evan
how to use the second method ? there is not visible picture. please fix again
Sriram
hi guys the second method works perfectly…one small step is that u have to boot into the TWRP recovery right away after installing the recovery…otherwise the stock recovery will rewrite itself….and thanks for the procedure @veeramrit:disqus
- Anton Evan
  how to use the second method ? there is not visible picture
  - Sriram
    first of all make sure u install all the drivers for Lenovo P1m
    disconnect the phone if its connected..
    1. Open the sp flash tools and load the scatter file …
    2. Make sure u ticked usb checksum and storage checksum in options.
    3. Tick ONLY the recovery checkbox and browse to the TWRP recovery file and select it(the path of the recovery file should be seen under location)
    4.now make sure “Download only” is selected in the drop down list.
    5.FIRST click the download button and SECONLY connect the phone (in the switched off Condition)
    6.After that a green tick image will appear on the completion of flashing.
    7.Disconnect your phone and Hold VOLUME DOWN + POWER key(not the volume UP)
    8.now u see three options.. go to the recovery.
    9.At First boot in the TWRP recovery ALLOW SYSTEM MODIFICATION or else the stock recovery will rewrite itself up on reboot.
    10.then Flash the superSU zip file.
    - Anton Evan
      I’ve been following the steps provided, but when asked to turn off the power and then reconnect the data cable, even charging my phone.
    - Aryan Aryan
      it is for lenovo vibe p1ma40
  - Anton Evan
    when going to his super.su flashing , appears yellow paper bearing the installation aborted..this why?
Tom Tom
any one post rooting method for vibe p1.
- techolite
  You can root Lenovo Vibe P1 using King root application.
  - Tom Tom
    King root does not have rooting method for lenovo vibe p1. Any other method available?
  - Anton Evan
    how to use the second method ? there is not visible picture. please fix again
abhishek
how can we directly flash recovery is the bootloader unlocked ?
abhishek
The processor used by p1m is MT6735P but int he tutorial above scatter file posted is of MT6735M. confusion
- Veer Amrit Singh
  Do not worry, the screenshot was altered. Go ahead without any doubt.
abhishek
is the method posted above tested by someone ????? as i dont want a bricked mobile.
- sunil
  yes i have tried and it worked but other way
Tom Tom
i need custom recovery and rooting method for lenovo vibe p1. please help.
abhishek
is this method tested ???? as i dont want a dead mobile any way to save stock recovery as backup for future ?
- sunil
  i even installed custom rom on my p1m. google more if you have any doubt
  - Ameet
    Did u really? I flashed the recovery but twrp is unavailable. Its still on stock rwcovery. Can u post a ljnk to down cwm or twrp rwcowry?
abhishek
i need stock recovery with stock rom flashing guide so that in future we can get future updates from lenovo. custom recovery dont support it.