HOW TO ROOT NOKIA X, X+ & XL & INSTALL PLAYSTORE
Note:
This tutorial is strictly for Nokia X, X+ and XL.
No data is lost after this process.
You will need to to have at least 10% of battery on your device before you try this process.
Download an install Nokia X manager from here.
Download Gapps from here
Launch Nokia X manager and install Nokia drivers by clicking install ADB drivers button.
Wait for the drivers to install.
Enable Debug mode on the device by going to Settings > Developers option > USB Debugging (tick).
Connect the phone to the PC. Wait for Nokia X manager to detect the phone.
Now click Root Device.
Wait for your Device to boot into TWRP recovery.
Now on your device ( TWRP Menu ),
Click Mount > Tick System > Then click back.
Click Install > Navigate to phone storage > Select Update-SuperSU-v1.99r3.zip
Swipe the blue arrow icon to confirm.
Reboot phone.
If you will like to install Gapps (play store, gmail, g+ etc),
launch Nokia X manager, connect device and click install Gapps.
Select gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip from directory and press open.
Wait for phone to boot into TWRP recovery.
Click install > Navigate to SD Card > select NokiaX_GApps_package.zip.
Wait for the process to complete.
Reboot phone.
Congratulations you have just Rooted your device and installed Gapps.
Thanks to Stanley ( Ang Stanley) for this wonderful app.
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