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21st September 2016, 07:15 PM |#41  
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Your r not supposed to use cyanogen recovery!!
Thats what went wrong.
Flash TWRP 3.0.2.4..... " https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=48495 " -(Download the Zip file)
Then Root ur phone.

excellent, SuperSU installed without any problem, got a rooted phone now, thanks
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22nd September 2016, 08:41 AM |#42  
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All done!
That fixed it, thanks!
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27th October 2016, 11:49 PM |#43  
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What should happen when you run
Code: 
fastboot oem unlock
?
I get
"Warning: unlock will wipe all user data
Please confirm"
and then a blinking cursor.
The instructions here: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_crackling skip that step.
I think I might have some driver issue.
Code: 
fastboot devices
shows my device but
Code: 
fastboot -i 0x2970 oem unlock-go
doesn't work.
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28th October 2016, 07:59 PM |#44  
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What should happen when you run ?
I get
"Warning: unlock will wipe all user data
Please confirm"
and then a blinking cursor.
The instructions here: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_crackling skip that step.
I think I might have some driver issue. shows my device but doesn't work.

When you root using this method, all user data is lost - basically after rooting you need to set up your phone again, but if you follow the instructions you should have a rooted phone
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29th October 2016, 03:02 AM |#45  
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There are a couple of fastboot commands

fastboot reboot and fastboot reboot-bootloader

no need to pull battery
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29th October 2016, 12:22 PM |#46  
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tried it and bootlooped many times.. i tried to search but there is no root for wileyfox unless you use cm13 crackling
did you just flashed the superSU or flashed it with a custom kernel?
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23rd November 2016, 10:30 PM |#47  
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Hi everyone,

is it possible to root the Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus the same way or is there a different method?

I just bought it and can't run Titanium Backup, Adaway etc., because I was stupid enough to think that a Cyanogen phone might be rooted right from the beginning.

Well, maybe I just send it back...

Thanks in advance
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26th November 2016, 12:55 PM |#48  
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When I install the nightly it works but whenever I try downloading superSU it doesn't boot, it just stays on the cyanogenmod loading screen.
[*]install supersu update zip from recovery menu (choose zip from extenal SD)[*]reboot and enjoy root access[/LIST][/QUOTE]
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26th November 2016, 02:15 PM |#49  
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Probably wrong version of su you need one of the new ones that patch the bootloader
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27th November 2016, 07:58 AM |#50  
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Originally Posted by zerospaced

Hi everyone,

is it possible to root the Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus the same way or is there a different method?

I just bought it and can't run Titanium Backup, Adaway etc., because I was stupid enough to think that a Cyanogen phone might be rooted right from the beginning.

Well, maybe I just send it back...

Thanks in advance

Well, I also bought a swift 2 plus but it hasn't arrived jet, but in the meantime I decided to look around the web about it and there is already a twrp port for it so I guess it can be rooted "the normal way". Also I think Google doesn't allow phones to be pre-rooted if they have gapps and what you currently have is Cyanogen OS, it is the business version of Cyanogen Mod.
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27th November 2016, 11:23 AM |#51  
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Thank you. I rooted the Wileyfox Swift 2 with the method described in this thread and flashed the latest twrp recovery.
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