How to Root Philips Sapphire Life V787 in One Click via KingoRoot


Philips Sapphire Life V787 was released in November 2015. The phone features a 5.50-inch  touchscreen display. It is powered by  1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6753 processor and comes with 2GB of RAM as well as 16GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. The device ships with Android 5.1 operating system and is powered by a 5000mAh non removable battery.

If you want to customize your device and make it truly your own. If you are tired of the ads in the apps, you are willing to block the ads, extend the battery life and update the latest operating system you have to root your device. Only by rooting your device you can perform the above operation. If you do not know how to root your device here we highly recommend to root your device via KingoRoot which has both PC and APK version and both versions are one click root tool.

DO NOT ROOT FOR THE SAKE OF ROOTING IT. BEFORE YOU ROOT YOUR DEVICE YOU SHOULD KNOW ROOTING HAS BOTH BENEFITS AND RISKS. THINK IT WELL BEFORE YOU ROOT.


Root Philips Sapphire Life V787 with KingoRoot APK

It is better to try KingoRoot APK first because it avoids the trouble to connect your device to the computer so it is very convenient. If you also think so please follow the next tutorial. If you are accustomed to using the PC version application you can follow the second one.

You have to make preparations before rooting starts.

  • Please make sure your device powered on and has at least 50% battery level.
  • Internet should be connected (Wi-Fi recommended) so that the application can be downloaded successfully on your device.
  • Enable "Unknown sources" on your Philips Sapphire Life V787, you can set it in the Settings > Security.

After you make good preparations you can move to the rooting process.

  1. Free download and install KingoRoot apk on your Philips Sapphire Life V787.
  2. After the installation completes launch "Kingo ROOT" app and click "One click root" to start the rooting process.
  3. Wait a few seconds and the result will appear on the interface.
  4. Result: Succeeded or Failed.

If root fails please try a few more times because there are several scripts integrated in the root software. If we try different scripts it will increase the success rate.

If it still fails please try it via KingoRoot (PC Version) which has a higher success rate due to technical reasons.


Root Philips Sapphire Life V787 with KingoRoot (PC Version)

Before move to the rooting process please make good preparations first.

  • Make your device powered on
  • At least 50% battery level
  • Make sure the Internet is connected
  • You have to connect your device to the computer so a USB cable (the original one suggested) is needed.
  • It is better to make a backup of the important data in case something went wrong.

After all these preparations are made you can start rooting your device.

  1. Free download KingoRoot Android (PC Version) on your computer.
  2. After installation double click Kingo Android Root to launch it.
  3. After launching you will a prompt asking you to connect your device to the computer.

  4. Connect your device to computer via USB cable.
  5. There should be a device driver on your computer to recognize your device. If there is none Kingo will install one for you automatically. Just follow the instructions and install driver on your computer. If it is the first time you download the driver it will take a few minutes please be patient.

  6. Enable USB Debugging on your Android device
  7. Only with the USB Debugging enabled the computer can recognize your device. Please make sure the USB Debugging enabled on your device.

    Pay attention to the prompt window, select "Always allow from this computer", otherwise you will leave yourself an OFFLINE DEVICE.

  8. After connection Kingo will detect the basic information of your device.
  9. KingoRoot will detect the basic information of your device and you can click root after you know clearly about rooting and what consequences rooting may cause.

  10. Wait a few minutes till the rooting process completes.
  11. Kingo Android Root has employed multiple exploits on your device so it will take a few minutes to finish the rooting process. During the rooting process do not perform any operation on it.

  12. Result: Root succeed or fail.
  13. Hope your device can be rooted successfully by Kingo. After successful rooting the device will reboot itself please do not be panic and do not operate, either.

  14. Normally, there will be an app named "SuperUser" installed on your device after rooting successfully.