Micromax Canvas HD A116 All-in-One

Presenting Micromax Canvas HD A116 All in One thread. . One stop solution for Canvas HD A116 Custom Roms, Stock Roms, Rooting Kit, Custom Recovery (CWM), Add ons, X-Reality Engine aka Sony Mobile Bravia enhancement v 3 for your Canvas HD's Display, Rooting guide (How to Root your Canvas HD A116), flash guide (How to flash Rom, How to factory reset data and Restore Warranty Period of your device) and much more. .

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Reclaim your warranty :

You can always Re-Claim your Warranty back by Flashing Stock Rom on your Canvas HD A116... You can find detailed report later in this post..

IMPORTANT UPDATE: YOU'LL NEED TO INSTALL THESE DRIVERS EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE DRIVERS INSTALLED FOR YOUR CANVAS 4, HD, INTEX AQUA OR ANY OTHER MEDIATEK DEVICE* WITH SAME SPECS AND BASE . . 

Mobistel Cynus T1 Drivers <<< Basically, this is a preloader which detects and prepares your phone just before flashing the ROM, otherwise your phone would just boot up as normal or start charging . . 

How to Flash Stock Rom:

Things You'll need to Flash your device and Reclaim Warranty

1. Micromax Canvas HD A116 (obviously)
2. Canvas HD 116 Drivers Installed.. <--- Click to Download
3. Stock Rom File <--- Click to Download or Click here to download directly 
4. SP Flashing Tool <--- Click here to Download or Download from Mediafire
5. Battery Charged atleast 50% but 75% recommended.. (Because of the fact that Flashing consumes a lot of battery & device running out of battery, PC/Laptop turning off or disconnecting device while flashing can result in Bricked device)
   
   Instructions: 

1. Download the Stock Rom File and SP Flash Tools...
2. Extract the contents of the Stock Rom and SP Flash Tool
3. Install the Drivers downloaded from above, if already installed proceed to next step.
4. Run Flash Tool.exe file with Administrator Rights (Run as Administrator)
5. Now you'll see 5 file options, click the "scatter loading file" and point towards the location where you just extracted your Stock ROM..
6. Select the "MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt" file..
7. Check the option "DA DL All with Checksum"..
8. Don't connect your device to your PC right now and Just Shut Down your Device until it Vibrates.
9. After this has been done, Press the Upgrade button on SP Flash Tool running.. Note: Don't Press the Download button (You may remove the battery and try flashing ROM if you're facing problems flashing or your phone boots up normally. .  Flashing works even without battery - MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON LAPTOP + PLUGGED TO AVOID POWER LOSS)
10. Flash Tool will then Start Looking for attached devices, just then plug in your Device, You'll see Red bar Finishes and a gray bar followed by a purple bar.. Yellow bar will show your overall progress of writing.. (NOTE: If your PC is not detecting your device or it starts charging, then remove the battery of your Canvas HD and then plug in to your PC while SP Flash Tool Status is searching . . )
11. A Green Circle with OK will be displayed to confirm the successful Flashing of ROM.

That's it.. Now just Turn your Canvas HD Back ON.. You are now covered under your warranty period

Flashing Custom Recovery CWM (ClockWorkMod) :

Follow the above procedure for Flashing Stock ROM but just Replace the Stock Recovery Image with Custom Recovery Image..

Leave all fields as it is and click on Recovery and Select the Recovery.img Provided here under the post and Replace it with provided one.

Alternate Method for Flashing Custom Recovery(Requires ROOT Access):

Place the Provided the Recovery.img on your SD Card and Download MobileUncle MTK Tools (Root Required) from Google Play Store. .

Select to Flash Custom Recovery from with in the MobileUncle MTK Tools..

You are DONE.. !!

Rooting Your Canvas HD A116 (Proceed Only if you understand the Risk, Advantages & Disadvantages of Rooting)

Download the Rooting kit and Extract the contents to any folder.

Connect your device to PC in MTP Mode & USB Debugging Enabled Mode. Turn USB Debugging ON from Developer Options of Settings (Settings>Developer Options>Enable USB Debugging - Go to Settings>About Phone>Tap 7 times on build number until a toast is displayed "You are now a developer" to Show Developer Options in Settings on Android 4.2+)

Double Click the RunMe.Bat file and wait for exploit... (Note: USB Debugging and PC Drivers are required in order to push exploit and SuperSU.apk)

Your device will Restart Automatically & You are good to go now... Open SuperSU or SU you'll find in your application drawer...

Enjoy the Power of a Rooted User.. !!

X-Reality Engine aka Sony Mobile Bravia Enhancement for your Canvas HD A116

X-Reality Engine is a set of algorithms that are applied to any image or Video to enhance the overall output resulting in better and crisper pictures. The difference can be spotted in gallery and/or other few apps but not on all apps. . 

Click here to download X-Reality Engine for MMX Canvas HD A116

If you can't support us, don't worry here are direct download links for you..  :)

Root for Canvas 4, Canvas HD, XOLO Play, Motorola Moto devices etc. . 

Drivers for your device MMX Canvas HD A116

SP Flash tool for flashing your Stock ROM

Stock ROM Canvas HD A116 v9 (JB 4.1.2) - Use this ROM if you need to perfomr fresh install/Flash of Stock ROM incase you're having issues flashing v13 (JB 4.2.1)
Stock ROM Canvas HD A116 v13 (JB 4.2.1) - Warning " Don't Flash v14 ROM on your Canvas HD A116, it's potentially for A116i not for A116 and is not 100% stable.

Custom Recovery - CWM (Clock Work Mod)

X-Reality Engine aka Sony Mobile Bravia Enhancement for Canvas 4, Canvas HD and related phones

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