[Root]Wileyfox Swift

Thanks ALL. Basically the post above helped to root my phone but its been hard for me and as mentioned in my previous post, I'm noob. So here is what i did after the fastboot issue and continue on even though i didn't know if the install is safe since my OS X was able to detect the device/phone as mentioned above.

1. On fastboot, i just use "fastboot devices" to verify my phone is connected. This command did not work "fastboot -i 0x2970 devices"

2. Then use, "fastboot oem unlock-go" and i waited about 20sec as the terminal returned that message and then it was confirmed unlocked. These commands did not work "fastboot oem unlock, fastboot -i 0x2970 oem unlock-go" my terminal just froze and did nothing.

3. Then i use this to check if it is unlocked "fastboot oem device-info"

4. Using the link on downloading the recovery, i just click all of upper part with the picture and found the .img file see below:
Swift
Wileyfox - crackling
Download Latest Nightly (this is .zip file)
Download Latest Nightly Recovery (this is the .img file which i used)
Device Wiki 2016-01-07

5. update: i did erase recovery "fastboot erase recovery"
i use two commands and both works "fastboot flash recovery cm-12.1-20160107-NIGHTLY-crackling-recovery.img"
(here is the terminal msg: target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (23110 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.727s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.387s]
finished. total time: 1.114s)

and this "fastboot boot cm-12.1-20160107-NIGHTLY-crackling-recovery.img"
(here is the terminal msg:downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.727s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.186s]
finished. total time: 0.913s)
(I LEARNED THE HARD WAY THE .img file must be IN THE SAME DIRECTORY of the fastboot - but PLEASE ASK THE EXPERTS and don't copy if i did something wrong)

6. Next should be the auto reboot that suppose to happen but it didn't. So i took " k_web9000" advice and just pull the battery off (i didn't have any choice its not doing anything... heheh).

6. To boot in Recovery - i followed this :With the device powered down, hold the Volume Down and Power buttons.

7. Next should install the SuperSU.zip file (Please make sure to use chrome since my Safari auto unzip the file and wasted so much of my time troubleshooting... i mean hours retracing my steps ...funny) Just update it and locate the sdcard and look for the .zip file

8. Then it just rebooted after the install and on the boot screen i saw 4 files that where updated.

9. Finally, i checked for the root by downloading root checker and it was verified rooted.

Now you have been noobified :P

A SYSTEM UPDATE POP-UP 12.1 YOG7DAS2FI Incremental about 48MB BUT DIDNT TOUCH IT, What do i need do? Can i update?

PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW TO UPDATE TO THE LATEST ONE WITHOUT LOSING MY ROOT.

OR HOW TO INSTALL CYANOGENMOD easy way please . i can see CYANOGEN OS 12.1-YOG4PAS33J on my device

PLEASE HELP. THANKS

You cannot update whilst you are rooted.
If you want to have the latest then CM Nightly is your best option.
How to
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_crackling

Thanks for the info and link!! Awesome!

" 4. In ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the power button is used to confirm a menu selection, but for some devices a physical home key acts as a selector. Some devices have touch enabled ClockworkMod Recovery, in which case you may be able to swipe to, or touch, menu selections.
5. Optional (Recommended): Select backup and restore to create a backup."

In the link you gave, how did they get the clockworkmod recovery? I downloaded & installed it in the google store but it say can not use due to the device not listed. All icons are grayed and i also tried TWRP same issue.

The link also pointed to the nightly build, is there a stable release, doesn't need much update, i can use daily and without the hiccups.

Lastly, if there is no clockworkmod, how do you get it backup as recommended in the link you gave and as quoted above.

Many thanks in advance.

There is only official CM recovery and back up is not possible. Use Titaniumfor back up. You can also use twrp recovery posted in general section. Nightlies are more than stable.

i was afraid of updating coz my data might be deleted but it seems the OTA update didn't delete my data. My version now is 13.0-20160127-NIGHTLY-crackling but the downside is the google play is not present anymore. i will try install the gapp again.

i don't know if i did it right, some say you need TWRP but it works just fine w/o TWRP in updating via OTA. I also try to install TWRP but i can't get it to work, so i can backup my phone. Last option is what you suggested the titanium backup.

Please let me know if i did right and the gapp if this always going to be installed again. i will be using the same gapp file and report what happen. thanks

Report:
i tried to install gapp file but i didn't use the previous gappfile since the it needs for 6.0 android and i used arm64 but gave error:70 which is the space issue via emulated option. So i go to cyangenmod recovery>apply update> from sdcard1 and "install failed - installation aborted". I can't even see the files on my sdcard. How do you now fix this?

Also can i have the right TWRP file and instruction for Wileyfox Swift PLEASE? thanks

I can't to get the gapp to installed.

I wipe everything using the cm recovery and i also was able to install TWRP recovery and it does always hangs when installing the gapp -arm64-aroma (i can choose what to install). I also reinstall 12.1 and 13 but failed again when installing any gapp even in nano version (please note that i wipe everything). in my last attempt i wipe: dalvik, system, cache, data, internal storage & android secure but nothing works to install the gapp. Btw, when i wipe from the 1st time i always get this error "e: unable to find partition size for '/recovery"

PLEASE HELP

I had a few problems doing this from Ubuntu 15.10.

1. ADB did not see the device although it worked fine on my Nexus 4 showing that adb/fastboot were configured correctly. I had to go to /home/.android and create the document 'adb_usb.ini' (right click, new document) which contains the text '0x2970'.

Once this was done I had to run the following commands

adb kill-server
adb start-server

This allowed ADB to see the device but it said that it was offline.

2. I had to create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules (type into terminal 'sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules') and paste in the following line, save it (ctrl+x, y, enter).

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2970", ATTR{idProduct}=="2282", MODE="0666"

sudo service udev restart

After this ADB and fastboot recognized the device and allowed me to follow the directions posted above or on the cyanogenmod wiki.

Hope that is of some use to someone!!!

Also the Cyanogen Recovery was both unpleasant to use and caused problems trying to install GApps, I had to switch to using the unofficial TWRP recovery which worked first time and is a much better interface.

Hey do we need to unlock a bootloader before installing the custom recovery on this device? Thanks.

From OP instructions (which I followed) it seems: yes.
I let others comment.
What is the concern?