Hi All
can someone please help me with a step by step instructions on how to use the smart phone flash tool to restore an earlier firmware.
i have the firmware but cant seem to find the scatter file, what i though was the scatter file isnt it.
Thanks
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So. I deceided to join this forum in order to ask for some help from all those people I saw while searching the net.
I have to admit I am quite a noob with mobile systems, although I have gone way too far the last 3 days!
Here is the problem: I have an mt6575 processor phone in which want to add Greek Language settings. I have downloaded a folder form the manufacture's site, but it didn't contain any instructions. Just some .bin files (ALICE.BIN VIVA.bin, SANSTAR50_6464_11B_BOOTLOADER_V005_MT6250_MAUI_11B_W11_32_SP_V1.bin and ZIMAGE_ER.bin)and a scatter file that can not be read by flash tool (scatSANSTAR50_6464_11B.txt).
After a lot of reading around here and a lot of other forums and sites I realised that in order to do anything, I had to root my phone. I wasn't able to do it through superclick or mtk droid tools so I followed the instructions I found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160490&styleid=18
However, I am stuck on the final step.. I can't seem to get my phone on cwm mode... In fact I am not sure I know what exactly this is. I manage to open my phone on the android recovery utility but I am not able to make any choice. Everytime I press some of the menu's choises an android robot with an exclamation mark fills the screen and nothing happens...
Anyway..even if I manage to finalize the rooting process.. I still don't know what to do with the files I have... should I use them somehow on flash tool?
By the way.. The files come with a tool called Multiport Download Flash Tool which looks like Sp flash tool but has too many port options.
I'd be glad if someone helped me with this!
Thank you in advance,
Irene
1. Dump your stock recovery image then make a cwm or twrp (preferably twrp) from yueweng's thread for mediatek devices via old cwm or twrp port tool
2. Flash it via sp flash tool (download MTK 6575 scatter from internet)
3. Then reboot into recovery and if in twrp then reboot and it will ask you to root it or not
Or
If in cwm then download supersu Flash zip file and flash it
You have root access now
Press thanks if helped
I tried to install custom rom on my phone. Flashed wrong recovery, after changed to working recovery (which i had previously) phone didnt detect sim cards. I think it was because of system so thats why need system.img. And boot.img because read somewhere to flash boot.img using fastboot, so flashed and phone have bootloop now. Thank you from the mountain. So I think if i flash boot.img and system.img with fastboot it will work fine again.
EDIT: Found stock rom at russian forums gsmforums.ru and 4PDA forum
Phone working but I still have problem that it can't read SIM cards. It's dual sim and both sim cards don't working tried with some other cards and don't work too. Someone have any idea? It's wrong recovery flash problem? :/ Because phone can't read cards since i flashed wrong recovery and returned to working one. Thanks, hope for fast reply.
Help
I have found the ROM but it would be helpful if you could link it too. I haven't flashed android before and don't know how to do it properly, so it would be of great help if you could tell me how you did it. I have tried few things but with no success.
MM3100 said:
I have found the ROM but it would be helpful if you could link it too. I haven't flashed android before and don't know how to do it properly, so it would be of great help if you could tell me how you did it. I have tried few things but with no success.
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Sorry for the really late reply, but I've bought 3 new phones already in the meantime so I stopped watching the forum for the solution. Here's the link for the stock rom: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/d126368659a8/KK_4.4.2_stock_ Prestigio 3404 Duos.7z You should be able to download it without any problems. If You encounter some problems then tell me in next reply and I'll upload the rom to the other hosting site. Next thing You should download is a file from this link: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/c1e9138eac6e/backup.7z It contains scatter file which includes required info for SP Flash Tool to flash the image. Extract both files to the same folder on Your desktop so it'll be easier to find them. To flash the rom You have to download and install SP Flash Tool. It would be best if You'd follow the tutorial on YouTube like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CxDF2pkdCQ Here's the link to SP Flash Tool official site: https://spflashtool.com/ In the flashtool You should select download agent which is inside the tool folder and is most likely named something like "MTKallinoneDL". Then You should select scatter file from the rom folder which is named something like "mt6752_android_scatter" The next step is to select the "download only" option from the menu. You should follow the video on how to install the drivers and what steps You should take to connect the device correctly to the pc. So once again:
1. Download all the files and extract them:
* https://cloud.mail.ru/public/d126368659a8/KK_4.4.2_stock_ Prestigio 3404 Duos.7z << stock rom
* https://cloud.mail.ru/public/c1e9138eac6e/backup.7z <<scatter file etc.
* https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087012126 <<mtk preloader drivers
* https://spflashtool.com/download/SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1824_Win.zip << Latest version of SP Flash Tool
2.Install the MTK preloader drivers as shown in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=219&v=sADkzyI8Z5Q
3.Open SP Flash tool and select download agent, scatter file and select "download only" option from the drop down menu. (NOTE: You should open SP Flash Tool as administrator to avoid any problems)
4.Select checkboxes for ANDROID, BOOTIMG, RECOVERY.
5.Click the downlaod button (before connecting Your phone)
6.Connect Your phone without battery to Your pc.
7.Now wait untill the message window pop-ups with "download OK" message.
If You have trouble using the SP Flash Tool here's another video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKpt0TLE6_A NOTE: If You flash Your phone with "FORMAT ALL AND DOWNLOAD" You could erase Your IMEI partition which will result in another problems with phone calls etc. It's best if You select download only and select only these 3 partitions I mentioned earlier. If You encounter any problems please let me know in Your future reply.
Hello all,
I'm so dessapointed, i brick my tablet when i want resize but i cant flash with the official firmware (official site " 51cube.com" and "cube-tablet" if you can help me ='(.
Perhaps the firmware is wrong or my manip is wrong, i don't know.
Thx for you help.
Ps : I'm french =)
nofansub said:
Hello all,
I'm so dessapointed, i brick my tablet when i want resize but i cant flash with the official firmware (official site " 51cube.com" and "cube-tablet" if you can help me ='(.
Perhaps the firmware is wrong or my manip is wrong, i don't know.
Thx for you help.
Ps : I'm french =)
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Hello,
My tablets is good, i flash with the firmware on the site :
h**p://chinagadgetsreviews.com
the link for help.
h**p://chinagadgetsreviews.blogspot.ro/2015/12/download-latest-android-lollipop-51_0.html
Bye
How to?
nofansub said:
Hello,
My tablets is good, i flash with the firmware on the site :
h**p://chinagadgetsreviews.com
the link for help.
h**p://chinagadgetsreviews.blogspot.ro/2015/12/download-latest-android-lollipop-51_0.html
Bye
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Please can you explain how to use that firmware?
I think it's a recovery firmware for going back to factory defaults when s**t happens.
But I read on some forums that I should backup my IMEI and NVRAM (with MTKDroidTools or something like that...i don't know if there's a specific tool for the Cube T8 Plus) BEFORE trying custom roms, otherwise there will be problems even on restoring stock firmware, right?
Can somebody please make a short-how-to for dummies focalized on this Cube T8 Plus (so poor and confused support on forums yet)?
- Backup before custom rom installation
- Custom rom installation
- Recover to stock firmware
Another question: why that page you linked says "Platform: Mediatek MT6753"
Isn't MT8783?
Thank you very much
my tablet is not bricked now but my serial number and my mac adress is wrong ='(
Use sp tool for save your firmware tablet ( i think).
I have the same problem, after the resizing of partition the tablet is soft bricked and I'm downloading the stock firmware form the above link.
Is there any way to backup the mac address and serial number from softbricked tablet?
...you should have a backup of nvram!
Morgan766 said:
I have the same problem, after the resizing of partition the tablet is soft bricked and I'm downloading the stock firmware form the above link.
Is there any way to backup the mac address and serial number from softbricked tablet?
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I think it's too late.
I did a backup of nvram with SP Flash Tools BEFORE brick.
When i recovered the tablet after brick, my IMEI was invalid until i flashed my backup of nvram.
Anyone could suggest how and what to backup before trying Root and Resize?
Just backup nvram with sp flash tool
bolija said:
Anyone could suggest how and what to backup before trying Root and Resize?
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The only unrecoverable partition (for mediatek devices like T8 Plus) is the nvram which contains info about IMEI.
Firmwares/ROMS that we can download from the web never comes with nvram because it's single product related. It's like mac address of wifi cards.
You can find even stock (original) firmwares online, they will bring your tablet back to factory default after a brick.
But if the brick corrupted the nvram, you will NEVER be able to recover it. That means no phone calls and no data connection.
Unless you did a backup of nvram before its corruption.
With SP flash tool you can "read back" from your T8 plus the nvram partition and save it as a file on your pc (file size must be 5MB). Of course you need drivers, SP flash tool and the scatter file. Since i wasn't able to retrieve the scatter file from my T8 plus, I used the scatter included in the stock firmware T8-PLUS_V1.0_20151004.
I am new forum user so I can't post links, but google is enough.
That stock firmware is hosted by baidu, so use browser translation and register an account to get permissions for download.
Remember: in the firmware archive you only need the scatter file! It will tell to SP flash tool where the nvram partition starts and where it ends.
If you will need to restore nvram (e.g. after the unbrick) ,you will have to download to your T8 plus that nvram file with SP flash tool, but before you have to edit the scatter file and set "is_download=true" in the nvram section. Otherwise you will not be able to select nvram in the partitions list from the download tab of SP flash tool.
So the backup will consist in two files:
- nvram file (5MB) (nvram, nvram.img, nvram.bin, extension doesn't matter)
- scatter file with edited "is_download=true" for nvram section
Thanks so much for your help. I think i will be able to backup NVRAM. But im kind of lost on scatter file editing and flash.
Im waiting for Tablet ti arrive
Hello,
I've been recently trying to root my Asus Zenfone 3 Max (ZC520TL) using SP Flash tool,
however, I haven't found the correct scatter file for my device. Does anyone know where
I could find a MT6737 scatter file? Thanks in advance!
Hi. From my experience, correct scatter files that work (not just any random scatter file) reside in a ROM/Firmware zip.
Doing a little searching, I found that you can download stock firmware for you device from Asus officially. They offer them in the support section.
Here is the link: https://www.asus.com/us/Phone/ZenFone-3-Max-ZC520TL/HelpDesk_Download/
Should you download the official firmware specific to your device and unzip the file, (in all probability) you will also find the correct scatter file which you are looking for (something like xxxxx_scatter_file.txt).
(also keeping in place a stock rom is never but never a bad idea )
However... You mentioned that you need the scatter file to root??? I have not any idea as to why you would need SP Flash tool for any other reason than flashing stock.
Unless you are flashing full custom rom which cannot be flashed through recovery perhaps?
Anyway... Good luck!!!
Thanks for the quick response!
r&xp said:
Hi. From my experience, correct scatter files that work (not just any random scatter file) reside in a ROM/Firmware zip.
Doing a little searching, I found that you can download stock firmware for you device from Asus officially. They offer them in the support section.
Here is the link:
Should you download the official firmware specific to your device and unzip the file, (in all probability) you will also find the correct scatter file which you are looking for (something like xxxxx_scatter_file.txt).
(also keeping in place a stock rom is never but never a bad idea )
However... You mentioned that you need the scatter file to root??? I have not any idea as to why you would need SP Flash tool for any other reason than flashing stock.
Unless you are flashing full custom rom which cannot be flashed through recovery perhaps?
Anyway... Good luck!!!
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I needed the Flash tool because I was trying to flash TWRP, and from there install superuser. I did as you said, but when I tried loading the scatter file
the program recognized it as invalid. A huge thanks for the help though!!!
mcAlex42 said:
I needed the Flash tool because I was trying to flash TWRP, and from there install superuser. I did as you said, but when I tried loading the scatter file
the program recognized it as invalid. A huge thanks for the help though!!!
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Ok... No worries!! We will probably figure it out in the end.
By the way, I am not sure I understand exactly how you were going to use SP Flashtool to flash TWRP. From my experience it does not work that way. You need platform tools (adb and fastboot).
platform tools here ----> https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
It is with these that you will unlock bootlader, and after bootloader is unlocked, first flash supersu, install busybox and lastly flash twrp.
Please look at my how-to root and twrp section. It is not for your device, but it will give you a good idea of the process: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/lenovo-tab-3-8-tb3-850f-unbrick-root-t3598727
Please also check your private messages. I am sending you some links you might find helpful.
Greets i hope this is the right place to post this. I am trying to bypass google lock on this phone by installing a fresh copy of the original firmware. The only place ive found with the firmware is this one http://www.neffos.com/en/support/download/C5A.
I have SP flash tools, drivers and everything, it is using a mediatec chip. The issue im running in is that the said firmware is in a different format(?) than the ones people are using with sp flash tools. It doesn;t have the correct format of the scatter file (only a scatter.txt which sp flash tools won't recognize). So my question is, has anyone done this to this phone, and how exactly? Can't find anything on the net.
Thanks in advance