After you've downloaded Lava Iris X8 final update package don't just simply flash it. Follow these steps to get rooted Android Lollipop in your device.

Root Iris X8 Lollipop


Thanks to Bibek Shah & Shyam Velchuri for these tutorials. 

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  • Flash back to Android Kiktkat 4.4.2 (if you're on test package) using SP Flash Tool [TUTORIAL HERE].
  • Download the Lollipop Official Update from here.
  • Root and flash CTR recovery in your kitkat following these two tutorials, [ROOT & RECOVERY].
  • Now after successfully rooting your kitkat device boot into recovery mode. But first don't forget to place both update.zip and SuperSU.zip in sd card.  
  • From Recovery, first do preflash in ctr. 
  • Flash update.zip via ctr recovery.
  • The flash SuperSU.zip.
  • Reboot your Lava Iris X8.
  • Now you have successfully installed root lollipop update (final).
Though you have rooted device with latest firmware, you still need to flash recovery.img manually because the new update completely destroyed it. Follow these steps to install CTR recovery in Lollipop update.
  • First download Mobile Uncle Tool (MUT) from below link.
  • Download the recovery.img from below link, place it in your sdcard.
  • Open MUT and tap recovery update, choose recovery.img file and flash it.
  • It will ask to reboot, reboot it and try rebooting into recovery afterward using MUT or manually. 
All done, download resources from below. For any broken link please notify me.

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