Root Root for Kyocera Hydro Vibe 4.4.2

[Vernalex]

After trying all of the KitKat roots out there I finally found a root for the Kyocera Hydro Vibe (KYC6725) running KitKat 4.4.2 (at this time the latest version for the phone). I personally am using it on Virgin Mobile, but I assume it would work on Sprint as well.

In any event the root is called Kingroot 4.0. It's available at:
http://www.kingroot.net/root

You don't need a PC and it's basically a one-click root program. So, it's an APK you download and that you can run by enabling "unknown sources" in the security settings. Once you have it running you click on a few blue buttons and it does its thing in a minute or two. For me I had to reboot before the root took effect and Rootchecker verified that it had worked.

It should be noted that the root is in Chinese and no-one knows how it works.

This YouTube video goes over it pretty well:

 

[Integraoligist]

Works perfectly... just can't read anything that it's asking when a new app is installed cause it's all in Chinese. doh!

 

[leptoon]

They updated it, it's in English now. I'm trying it out on my Hydro Vibe now.

Update - It seems to have rooted the phone but now it's having several issues. I can't turn the screen off, it won't sleep. The camera doesn't work. Media transfer and mass storage via USB to a PC do not work.

2nd Update - Factory resetting the phone removed root and fixed the problems. After a second attempt with KingRoot, it works without any of the previously mentioned problems. So far so good.

 

[boytitan]

I honest think the just removed the boot loop due to getting so many returns I rooted the oldway useing root genuis and my phone is on 4.4 after months of use I auto updated it by mistake. I posted in more detail of what happened in the xda thread.