Rooting the New Tecno Camon C8 has be make Easy

The Tecno Camon C8 sounds more like a Camera name than a Smartphone. But a new smartphone from Tecno Mobile it is featuring a 13MP rear camera and 5MP Front Camera with flash. The manufacturer hypes the phone  as a Camera centric Smartphone.

Aside the Camera capabilities, Camon C8 which is a technically upgraded version of the Tecno Camon C5 features a 5.5 inch HD IPS display, 1.3GHz Quad processor, Android 5.0  Lollipop, 3000mAh battery, 1GB RAM, 16GB ROM expandable to 32GB via MicroSD card.

Buy Tecno Camon C8 @

₦26,950

₦25,935

The Tecno Camon C8 is very stubborn device when it comes to rooting, because the popular and easiest apps such as Kingroot, Vroot, Framaroot, Tecnoroot, Rootgenius etc., are not working for it. The below tutorial will guide the Tecno Camon C8 users to Root and change the IMEI of their Smartphone.

Important Notice

Note that Changing of IMEI is illegal in some countries, and Info Naira will not be held responsible for any consequences that befall the changer.
Also, backup your original imei incase anything goes wrong, then reverts using the above procedures for changing. 

After rooting your phone, it’s advisable to unroot before performing an OTA update or restoring factoring settings. 

Materials Needed For Rooting
» PC with internet connection
» USB Cable
» SP Flash Tool - Download it Here
» SuperSU.zip - Download it Here 
» TWRP for Tecno C8 by Team Hovatek - Download it Here

To Root Tecno Camon C8
» Save the SuperSU.zip that you downloaded to your phone's SD card
» Unzip the TWRP zip file that you downloaded and flash the recovery image to the phone using SP Flash Tool

» Now, boot your phone into TWRP Recovery Mode (by Holding the Vol Up and Power button simultaneously for 5 seconds)
» In TWRP Recovery, Choose install zip from SD card - to choose a zip from SD card use Vol up and down scroll up and down, then choose the Supersu.zip file from the root of your SD card.
Scroll to yes and install, after a successful flashing go back and reboot.

It is simple as that. You may download Root Checker from Play Store to verify your root privileges. After downloading, simply Install Root Checker, run it and you should get a success message after then.

All Credit goes to Team Hovatek for providing this guide in rooting Tecno Camon C8.

To Change Your Tecno Camon C8 IMEI to BB IMEI.

Note: It's not a must for you to root your Tecno Camon C8 before you can change it's IMEI, the below method of changing IMEI can work for your Tecno Camon C8 without rooting it, but rooting your phone will make you enjoy your phone the fullest.


1. First of all, you need 15 Digits Blackberry Generated IMEI. Simply download BBGEN. epic version here, to generate BB IMEI on your Android Device or Download GIPv4.1 Software to your PC here  

2. Also download and install MTK Engineering Mode from play store.   
3. Open it and click on MTK Settings

4. Then wipe your screen to left site to see Connectivity options.

5. Scroll down to CDS Information and tap on it.

6. Then, look for Radio Information, tap on it and you'll see something like: Phone1 -
Phone2 -. 

7. Click on phone 1. If you want to change your sim1 or sim2. 
8. You will see AT+   
9. Type any letter in the search box after AT+ and delete the letter you typed and then, choose;

For Phone 1:
“AT+EGMR=1,7,”YOUR NEW IMEI NO” (make sure you put a space between AT+ EGMR)

For Phone 2:
“AT+EGMR=1,10,”YOUR NEW IMEI NO” (make sure you put a between space AT+ EGMR)
 a
AT+ EGMR=1,10,”YOUR NEW IMEI NO" 

10. After that, select SEND AT COMMAND. You will see a message "AT Command Msent" 

IMEI
Tecno Camon C8

Note that Changing of IMEI is illegal in some countries, and Info Naira will not be held responsible for any consequences that befall the changer.
Also, backup your original imei incase anything goes wrong, then reverts using the above procedures for changing. 

Good Luck and don't forget to drop your comment, if the method work for your phone