How To Root MICROMAX A65

As my father always says creating something is much less difficult that maintaining it,well this happened once again for me!!!.
I found maintaining this thread difficult I am officially announcing that you may stop expecting updates on this thread.Hats off to sssomnath474 to giving a new life to it!!!And it looks more informative as well!!
To add salt to injury A65 which my wife was holding is having issues with front speaker.Even after its trip back from the service centre gurus,it again managed to holdon the issue.I have given up on the micromax guys as of now.


GUYS,PLEASE FOLLOW THE BELOW THREAD BY sssomnath474 HENCEFORTH http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2501464
Recent activities as on 07 Aug 2013
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1.Unlocked boot image and rooted it.
2.Install CWM.
3.Flashed firmware
4.sssomnath474 installed xloud,beats,bravia and confirmed it is working.
5.sssomnath474 also made few modification with UOT and came up with update.zip.
6.Right now we have unlocked V4 boot img which according to sssomnath474 has battery life updation.
7.I am studing as much time i can extract for an OC kernel and sssomnath474 is working on a rom.
8.As update by sssomnath474 this boot.img can have a better battery backup http://www.mediafire.com/download/op...w/new_boot.img
let me know if you guys have access issues with any of the links or any of the link appears to be dead
9.Added a user guide how to flash the firmware.Hope it helps http://www.mediafire.com/download/h2...re_config.pptx
10.you can use windows 7(you have to boot it in test mode and run the research downloader in administrator)
Thanks to sssomnath474 for the info
11.you can use unlock root as confirmed by sssomnath474
Thanks to sssomnath474 for this info
12.LIST OF STOCK IMAGES/PAC FILES FOR ALL MICROMAX MODELS http://www.moulnisky.com/index.php?dir=Micromax
Thanks to sssomnath474 for this info
13.Heard from sssomnath474 that somebody has bumped imei while flashing.If any of you is stuck with the same issue i would suggest a complete firware flash following this tutorial,ONLY difference in this case will be DONT use my modified boot.img just flash the pac file as it is.
14.WoW! guys never thought this thread will get mushroomed like this....thanks to sssomnath474 ,shubhamym21 ,J.E.abhishek kumar and others for keeping things rolling
15.Some of you are facing weird problems with sims as my quick scan through the posts suggested,any updates on this guys?
I made changes to OP what sssomnath474 suggested, i am saying again all you need to do in the research downloader is select the pac file,uncheck calibration.
16.pradipkunwar51 has reported issue with docomo sim after flashing,i believe shubhamym21 already found a solution to it.Will Update the OP as soon as he comes back with comments
17.Critical Update:Tutorial & Tool if you messed up your EMI
Tutorial can be found here : China spd adnroid phone imei change just one click
& here is the download link : Android SPD IMEI Writing Tool_R1.5.3001 - Download - 4shared - maroof azam Thanks to shubhamym21 for sharing the link and tutorial
18.Moved all updates under this activity section for better clarity
19.Adding Bravia engine zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=138
Thanks to sssomnath474 for the link
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Finally rooted my Micromax A65.Follow the guide carefully to avoid mistakes.I am not responsible for any physical/logical damage to you and your device .
Thanks to authors and their posts http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2165554 ElectronikHeart(Guru of spreadtrum) http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...4#post42693514 Yekdall (confirming me unlocking the boot.img is key) http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...6#post42776196 Intex12345(calibartion tabs needs to be unckecked in RD) http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Rooting (for unlocking the boot.img)
Foreground
A Chaina re-branned phone
A fastboot mode
A useless recovery mode
A locked boot.img (thats why even chmod or simply pushing a su will not root the phone)
A IMEI number(which if you mess up after flashing,you will not get any radio signals)
1)First Unlock the Boot IMG
Before you proceed I will strongly recommend to download the tutorial guide ppt that you will find in Recent Activity list at the top of this post

You need to tamper permission after extracting the boot.img for this.No worry guys i have already done that for you .Just download the below file
Unsecured Boot Image
Now a bit critical part,read carefully .This unlocked image needed to be flashed to your device.For that you need research download and firmware pac file.
Download this to files from the below links
PAC versions & Tools Download
(pac file,driver,research download all included)
Download this drivers and install,after successfull installtion you will have(under device manager)
1.ABD interface
2.two COM ports
3.two emulators
If any of this having yellow sign it will not work.
Open research download
click on first button and load pac file
click on second button change baudrate to 115200,in calibration tab uncheck all.
For BOOT_IMG option browse and select the unlockedboot.img that you downloaded now.
plugin the usb cable(DON'T plugin the phone now)
click on play button
PRESS & HOLD VOLUME UP KEY and insert the usb cable,don't release the key.
Download should starts within 3 secs.If it doesn't then check the drivers carefully or reply to this thread with failures.
Once done unplug your phone and remove battery for 3 second
Reinsert battery and restart your phone.
YES!! you have successfully unlocked the boot.img

2)WiseMen Backup!!
First thing you should do before any tweaking and twisting save your back!!.Install CMW using the below method straight away and save your back.
1.Download .andriod.zip,extract it and save it under C:\Users\<computer name>\<paste it here> http://www.mediafire.com/download/ga...k/.android.zip
2.From your phone got to application-->developer option-->enable usb debugging
3.Now plugin your phone through micro usb cable.
4.Download this zip ,extract and place in under c:/<paste it here> http://www.mediafire.com/download/s2...Multi_tool.zip
5.Open a command prompt type

Code:

      cd C:\Android Multi tool
   
   C:\Android Multi tool>fastboot devices
            20080823        fastboot

Note:you will NOT be able to proceed further if this doesnt shows up.Double check the andriod.zip has adb_usb.ini file.

Now we will flash a custom recovery image in fastboot mode.

Code:

        C:\Android Multi tool>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
     
  sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
  OKAY [ 10.487s]
  writing 'recovery'...
  OKAY [  3.425s]
  finished. total time: 13.918s

7.Reboot your phone.
8.Now got to CMW using Volume up + power button and do a backup.

3)Push superuser zip & ROOT!!!

This the easiest step among all of them.Download the below file,put it under sdcard and flash it through CMW.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/t5...f1f/update.zip