We have talked about the Android One devices already. These are the cheap Android devices aimed at emerging markets. Several manufacturers are making Android One smartphones including the Micromax Canvas A1, Karbonn Sparkle V, and Spice Dream Uno.
The good news for Android fans in countries where these devices are available is that recovery and root software is now available. The root owes some of its existence to the fact that all of these Android One devices have publicly available kernel source.
Developer varun.chitre15 at XDA Developers was able to get ClockworkMod recovery ported to all of the Android One devices available. The custom recovery and root access opens the doors for all sorts of custom ROMs for these smartphones.
One thing that people thinking about rooting their Android One device need to know is that, ClockworkMod is currently unable to mount the external SD card of the device. Developers are working on that issue.
SOURCE: xda-developers