If you’re a proud owner of this Micromax A87 Ninja 4 then you would probably be searching for a detailed guide on how to root Micromax A87 Ninja 4 easily so that you can increase the RAM. Wait! What? Did I just say increase RAM? Yes! You can increase the RAM in this device but before you do so, you need to root Micromax A87 Ninja 4.
Do I need to talk about specifications of this Android smartphone? Let’s take a quick look. The Micromax A87 Ninja 4 packs 4 inch display, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 256 MB RAM and 2 megapixel primary camera with 4x digital zoom.
Rooting Micromax A87 Ninja 4:
Before you start:
- Ensure that your Micromax A87 Ninja 4 is charged up to 75% or more.
- Rooting your Micromax A87 will remove the warranty cover.
- Please enable USB debugging. Go into the settings > applications > development > tick the box – USB Debugging.
- Take full backup of important files. Rooting doesn’t really deletes anything from internal or external SD card. I just want you to take this precautionary step.
- I’ll make sure that you get appropriate help if you’re stuck anywhere. Don’t panic! Simply put a comment below on the article with your query and I’ll help you.
Downloads:
- Java JDK for 32 bit (Please ensure that you’re following this method on 32 bit operating system. You can check that by right clicking on My Computer.)
- Android SDK
- UnlockRoot
- ADB-USB.ini
- Micromax A87 USB Drivers – Follow this method to install drivers.
How to Install Drivers using PDANet for Any Android Smartphone
There is this software called PDANet which helps us in installing drivers on computer. So, read this guide carefully and follow the instructions.
Install Drivers using PDANet for Any Android Smartphone
- Download PDANet and extract the content to fine PDANet.exe.
- Please ensure that your device is not connected to the computer by any means/ways.
- Double click on this PDAnet.ext file.
- Continue pressing next and next till the time a screen about drivers appears.
- Select an appropriate manufacturer from the list. You can select others if you don’t find names such as Micromax, Karbonn etc.
- This will put a new screen warning you about – Windows can’t very the publisher of this driver software. Please click on “install this driver software anyway”.
- Now, you’ll see a new window like shown below.
- This is where PDANet is asking you to connect your android smartphone to the computer. You also need to enable USB debugging by going into the settings > applications > development and tick the box about USB debugging.
- Additionally, if you’re asked to install the new hardware, just complete the process by installing it (keep this window minimized).
- Press Ok and let it complete the driver installation.
- Now, it’s time to exit the PDANet. In order to do so, go to the taskbar and right click on the PDANet icon. Click exit.
- This is to ensure that PDANet doesn’t interfere with ADB.
- Download PDANet and extract the content to fine PDANet.exe.
- Please ensure that your device is not connected to the computer by any means/ways.
- Double click on this PDAnet.ext file.
- Continue pressing next and next till the time a screen about drivers appears.
- Select an appropriate manufacturer from the list. You can select others if you don’t find names such as Micromax, Karbonn etc.
- This will put a new screen warning you about – Windows can’t very the publisher of this driver software. Please click on “install this driver software anyway”.
- Now, you’ll see a new window like shown below.
- This is where PDANet is asking you to connect your android smartphone to the computer. You also need to enable USB debugging by going into the settings > applications > development and tick the box about USB debugging.
- Additionally, if you’re asked to install the new hardware, just complete the process by installing it (keep this window minimized).
- Press Ok and let it complete the driver installation.
- Now, it’s time to exit the PDANet. In order to do so, go to the taskbar and right click on the PDANet icon. Click exit.
- This is to ensure that PDANet doesn’t interfere with ADB.
How to Root Micromax A87 Ninja 4
- Please download and install Java JDK and Android SDK from the links mentioned above.
- Connect your device to the computer using USB cable.
- Once you’ve installed Android SDK, navigate (go) to the folder where you’ve installed it. (Default should be C:/programs/JAVA)
- Find a program called SDK Manager in this folder and double click on it to open.
- A new popup window will appear in front of your eyes. Select Android sdk Platform Tools and Google USB Driver. Don’t select any other options and click on install.
- Once it has been installed successfully, grab the file “ADB-USB.ini” and put it into this directory - C:User<pc-name>.android
- Please install Micromax A87 USB drivers as per the method that I’ve linked in download section above.
- Now, install UnlockRoot on your PC and start it up.
- You’ll see a big green button with a label “root”. Hit this “root” button and it will start rooting Micromax A87 Ninja 4.
- If it asks for a device, simply select Micromax A87 from the list.
Great! You’ve now successfully rooted your Micromax A87 Ninja 4. You can check that by installing an app called Root Checker. It will do it’s magic and tell you whether you’ve successfully rooted your device or not. If you have any doubts or problems, feel free to comment below. I will try my best to help you.
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