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How to root your iMito QX1 quad core tv stick?

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iMito QX1 is the quad core model from imito, powered by Rockchip RK3188 cortex A9 chip,and Mali 400 mp4 GPU, 2GB RAM and 8GB storage,if you want to root your imito qx1, here is the instruction:

  • Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on your imito qx1(Settings -> Developer Options)
  • Connect your imito qx1 to a Windows PC via the mini USB port. (now only support rooted via Windows PC, no linux or Mac)
  • Your PC should detect a new device, and try to install the driver. You can download the driver http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yqxz3wnqi2hpmcm
  • After having installed the driver, download RK3188_ROOT.rar and extract the files.
  • Click “ TPSparkyRoot.bat” and follow the instructions. After 2 reboot, your device should be rooted.

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    35 Comments

    1. leolas
      May 21, 2013 at 7:02 am

      have you a link to the stock rom?

    2. Atom
      May 25, 2013 at 4:53 am

      can we get a link to the stock roms?

    3. Hispanic
      May 31, 2013 at 2:35 am

      the password of the rar file is not correct

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      Eric
      May 31, 2013 at 10:26 am

      Yes, also worked.

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      Eric
      May 31, 2013 at 10:31 am

      We changed to another download link, try again, the password is geekbuying.com. NOT GEEKBUYING.COM!

    7. OmahaVike
      May 31, 2013 at 11:24 pm

      Link to the stock rom would be GREAT so we can roll back to factory default if something goes bad. Thanks!

    8. OmahaVike
      June 3, 2013 at 3:09 am

      Dropbox is reporting: “This account’s public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!”

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      Eric
      June 3, 2013 at 12:58 pm

      changed,please check.

    10. John
      June 3, 2013 at 8:13 pm

      Is it in stock already the Imito QX1?/

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      Eric
      June 4, 2013 at 10:29 am

      Yes, it’s in stock already!

    12. MS453
      June 7, 2013 at 1:29 am

      Not working –> error: device not found
      Windows 8

      running adb devices gives blank
      tried adding VID to adb_usb.ini still device not seen
      Pressed reset and connected via micro USB then installed driver, shows up n device manager ok.

      RockChip Batch Tool sees it ok.

    13. MS453
      June 8, 2013 at 2:00 am

      This tool works, minor mistake on my part I flashed the 1080p rom and then did not set the debug option….it works as promised….

    14. johnjohn
      June 11, 2013 at 7:11 pm

      the paswoord geekbuying.com doesnt work cant you remove the password

    15. OmahaVike
      June 25, 2013 at 6:56 am

      Driver doesn’t work with Windows 7 Ultimate.

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      Eric
      June 25, 2013 at 3:17 pm

      is your win7 32 bit or 64 bit?

    17. OmahaVike
      June 27, 2013 at 7:22 pm

      Hi Eric,

      My Win7 is 32 bit. I’ve also tried on a 64 bit Win 8 machine I have, with the same result. Windows won’t accept the driver for the device. I’ve tried through device manager (manually setting the driver for the device) or right-clicking the .inf and choosing install. Neither approach works. Bummer! I’ll try with an old XP box when I get a few moments.

    18. Haruto
      July 5, 2013 at 12:16 am

      Please let me know the password.
      Thank you.

    19. Justin
      July 6, 2013 at 5:06 am

      The password is either geekbuying.com or GEEKBUYING.COM

      I cannot install the Rockchip driver at all. Windows couldn’t find the driver and right-click install on the inf file fails. Windows 7 Pro 32-bit.

    20. Ossee
      July 6, 2013 at 5:59 am

      I cannot find a way to root my QX1, I checked USB debugging mode and tried to install TPSparkyRoot on three different computers (all windows 7).

      I device manager I can see Android driver is missing..

      Can someone please tell me what I can do to root my QX1? Thanks in advance!

      Ossee

    21. ossee
      July 6, 2013 at 6:35 am

      Please help me, my PC keeps telling me “device not found”. Device manager tells me the Android driver has a problem. What can I do to root my QX1? Many thanks in advance!

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      Eric
      July 6, 2013 at 2:43 pm

      Seems you don’t install the driver correctly? what is your windows system? win 7 or xp? 32bit or 64bit?

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      Eric
      July 6, 2013 at 2:45 pm

      Just remove the password,please try to download again!

    24. ossee
      July 7, 2013 at 1:28 am

      Dear Eric, when I plug the device into the USB it installs everything except “Android”. I currently have Windows 7 (x64), I also tried to right-click on the .ini file and install the driver. It keeps telling me “Device not found”. My devices manager shows that the Android driver is not correctly installed. I’m really stuck on this one.. What can I do?

      Ossee

    25. User
      July 7, 2013 at 9:28 pm

      I had problem setting up drivers to root qx1 on my windows 8 x64 desktop too.

      On last attempt i used google androidsdk drivers for force installing through device manager. And it worked. Have now rooted my device. Before installing these drivers my qx1 used to show up in device manager as ‘Android’. But now its shown as Android ADB composite device.

      Hope this helps guys stuck on rooting.

    26. ossee
      July 11, 2013 at 6:10 pm

      Yes it worked! Many thanks 🙂

      I flashed the 720p kernel with 2GB of storage for apps, however, my Skype is not working. It just immediately ends the call, either video or non-video. Is it a bug of the custom firmware?

      Also does anyone know if gamepads are completely supported? I bought Gangster Vegas and I have a Trust gamepad. The buttons, however, do not seem to work. What can I do?

      Thanks for all the help!

      Ossee

    27. Joe
      July 23, 2013 at 8:50 pm

      The password is GEEKBUYING.COM (in caps), not in lower-case letters like Eric keeps saying.

    28. Joe
      July 23, 2013 at 8:52 pm

      The password is in all caps (so GEEKBUYING.COM). lower case will not work.

    29. Itamar
      July 24, 2013 at 1:58 am

      Hi everyone,
      I just got the Imito QX1-
      It’s my first device and I want to root so I can update the firmware.
      I tried to install the drivers on a Windows XP and WIndows 8 64 bit and in both computers the system doesn’t recognize the drivers.
      I saw a post where someone used Android SDK to force install the drivers- Can someone can explain a bit on how to use it?
      in the Android website it says that it’s only for Google Phones- is that correct?
      how do I force install?
      Thanks!

    30. Peter
      July 26, 2013 at 12:17 pm

      There seem to be a couple of customers that have issues with the driver (me too :-).
      Eric, could you be so kind and post a driver (or just put it on the dropbox)

      Thx, Peter

    32. dodjasz
      July 27, 2013 at 9:09 pm

      Did anyone have a booting problem? My iMito freeze on the iMito QX1 sign and that’s it. Please help if anyone knows how the fix it. Stock Rom no Root.

    33. OmahaVike
      August 7, 2013 at 4:17 am

      dodjasz: I had a similar problem with freezing and rebooting. Found it was the wall wart that was causing the problem. If you’re using that, try a different wall adapter.

    34. DarkGenius
      February 7, 2014 at 5:17 am

      How can I root my imito qx1, I can’t get the drivers installing there not working. Can someone please help me?

    35. chan ks
      December 13, 2014 at 6:42 pm

      Hi, Unable to install device drivers hence the drive does not show up in my computer and theres this checksum error in the encrypted file RK3188 root
      Please help