yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] x1123:
Master Yuweng .... :D ... thanks for TWRP, let me try to flash. BTW I have SOLVED RECOVERY MATTERS by using MTKDroid Tools to port U8836D Recovery into CWM 6.0.1.2 :

so I can push any apk to /system/app due to the /system writable now

Many thanks for great Tutorial, even no further explanation to make folk better undertanding. I just curious what is the INTERFACE the DEV use to flash images. at SPFT ... for MTKDroidTools the dev use ADB and easy to understand.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bigrammy:
Hi sack3

Please follow @yuwengadvice if you have indeed flashed things to the wrong partitions.

If your phone is still detected by the pc you can try the following.

Everything you need is in this folder here

Please try flash this recovery using the flash tool version v2.1134.00 in the folder.

Instuctions.

1, Download and unzip SP Flashtool v2.1134.00

2, Download android scatter text file and recovery.img to a new folder on your desktop.

3, Open SP Flashtool v2.1134.00 and run flash_tool.exe

4, load the android scatter text file from the new folder. You should now have a list with just the recovery.img checked :good:

5, Remove the battery from your phone.

6, Plug your phone in to the pc with the usb cable.

7, In SP Flash tool make sure you are in USB download mode & hit the download button.

8, Wait a few seconds then insert the battery in to your phone.

9, The download should then begin. :fingers-crossed:

10, Wait for green circle :victory:

11, Unplug the phone press power button and volume + button together and hold until you go into recovery mode :good:

Please report back the results :fingers-crossed:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] StanleyD:
Hi,

I am trying to install TWRP.. and i've created the scatter file..however i am unable to do a read back..the red bar comes up..and then nothing else happens..the software just sits there..:mad:

Please help..

Regards

Stanley
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sack3:
Thanks, but the program does not work I do not recognize the phone, and my phone is platform mt6575_S01:crying::crying:

Now look for a rom that can put:rolleyes::rolleyes:

info my phone link: http://www.gadgetgreats.com/cell-pho...0-800-480.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bigrammy:
Your platform is mt6515 & not mt6575 :eek:

Good luck :cowboy:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yuweng:
As said in the tut, some MT65xx requires battery while others don't...

AFAIK, below are the two types that i found so far...

No Battery needed for upload/ download

Devices completely shut down with battery taken out, start SPFT & hit the upload or download, plugin USB cable & it'll work...

Battery needed for upload/ download

Devices completely shut down with battery taken out, with USB cable plugin, start SPFT & hit the upload or download, plugin battery & it'll work... Some require the battery to taken out again for upload/ download to work... :cool:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] x1123:
:confused: Master Yuweng ... I downloaded your ported TWRP, flashed properly and No Lucks. No Boot, Just Black Dark Screen .... I think I know the problem. Just rename boot.img to recovery.img did NOT change the scatter of boot.img > thus you ported a wrong scatter image in the michtools as mentioned in your TUT
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yuweng:
Bro, you got it wrong again... :o boot & recovery doesn't contain scatter.txt info, if upload is corrupted then its Rubbish in, Rubbish Out...

Better take it to this thread here... :cowboy:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pratikmore:
Yuweng my friend,now i have mt6575 based iBall andi 3.5.can you help me for cwmr for it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yuweng:
Bro, its all at the OP here & you have to DIY, first you need to determine yours either a mtd or emmc partition then use the appropriate KANG... :cowboy:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] x1123:
Yuweng Bro ... V2 work fine ... many thanks. Btw do you mean we need to to have Kernel Only (zImage) without Ramdisk, then we can cook with michfood-tools to build TWRP. I cooked Huawei-U8336D aka shine for CWR and work fine for MXNEC-M307. I usually unpack boot.img or recovery.img to split into kernel and ramdisk manually on linux machine, but windows machine also welcome. I have dual boot win7 x86-64 and gentoo linux amd64 PC. I do all android rom build, tweaking etc on linux.

Do you think we can ask Moderator to create a Thread for MT6577, or MT65xx SOC, on sub thread everybody can open thread based on certain device brand. coz too many brand for this hardware. I got head spinning finding proper thread. I just subscribe your thread and now achieved 421 post :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pratikmore:
Yuweng,mtk droid tool shows cpu hardware mt6515 but in stock recovery version shows buildos mt6575.means it is based on mt6515.any help for cwm?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yuweng:
i use Master Shifu Michfood utils, rename to recovery.img, ported to TWRP V2.4.2.0 then use Master Shifu bgcngm's unpack/ repack scripts to unpack & repack & it works... :eek:

If you use your ported cwmr 6.0.1.2 & use Michfood utils to port it to TWRP, this way i can guarantee it works...

i think it fails because it use the kernel & ram header from boot instead of recovery... :o

Hmm, many has started to request threads just for MT65xx but it might take sometimes to implement i guess... :cowboy:

Just Drag & Drop your Stock 3e recovery.img to Michfood utils & it'll work... ;)

Hmm, this thread is suppose to be about rooting & now it becomes about porting recovery...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pratikmore:
But how to taken out stock recovery.i cant take it adb shows permission denied.it has mtd partition.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yuweng:
Yeoh Bro, its all at the OP... :cowboy:

Since you are here, the link to that is here... :cool:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pratikmore:
I cant use sp flash tool,there is another sp flash tool for mtd partition?scatter file is not legal shown by tool.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yuweng:
Bro, you have to read the whole thread, all the answers are here(reply attn to junny0226) to generate new scatter.txt & here on which SPFT to use for your MT6575 GB 2.3.6.... :cowboy:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oktavianno:
@yuweng my best friend , i have problem to root my phone, my phone is HDC One S EX JB 4.1.2 who had 3.4.0 user@linux-user CST 2013 kernel.

i follow your instrusction but i stuck when i readback recovery.img SPFT Said "SOC Verification Failed", i hope you give me CWM recovery :(

this is my scatter bro :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] magiko:
recovery mode don't work

Hi guys,help me please. my phone:

CECT SMARTPHONE S3

GT-i9377 MTK6577 DUAL SIM

versione android 4.1.1

Versione banda base

MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.SP.V15.P2

2012/12/24

versione kernel

3.4.0

root zhangjianan-desktop

#1 SMP PREEMPT Wed jan9 11:19:12 CST 2013

numero build

e1911_v77_Ix588_5647_f463_a41_v20_20130109

I have wrong something and now i can't use "recovery" mode.

Everything works except "recovery" vol up + on

What must i do?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pratikmore:
Yuweng,my friend.i got backup of iphone 4s clone rom backup which is similar to my mt 6515 based phone.can i directly use its recovery.img?can i flash it for my mt 6515 phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yuweng:
Bro, the answer is just few post here & here to port custom recovery from boot.img...

@ oktavianno & pratikmore

The reason for uploading your own stock 3e recovery & port to custom recovery cwmr/ twrp is b'cos that is the safest method rather than downloading unknown recovery from the web unless you wanna brick yours like magiko above... :cowboy: Refer to here... :cool:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pratikmore:
I cant upload and make cwmr,its not an easy task for me.there is nothing for mt6515 phone.no root method.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] magiko:
THX MAN!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pratikmore:
It shows can not create data/local.prop when trying to root.droid tool shows file isnt found data /local/tmp/zR.it was not possible to receive root shell.its mt6515 gb 2.3.6
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] caosgod:
i have the same problem please help us :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cico9:
can someone give me the Port-cwmr-6012 plugin for android kichen?the link was expired!i need this!please:D

ah,sorry for the inglish,i m italianXD
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] x1123:
MT6575 Lenovo S880 boot ported cwr/twrp and MT6577 MXNEC M307 boot ported cwr/twrp both files flashable by SP Flash Tools. How To Flash and Unbricked
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hamzairshad:
I cannot root my phone

Dear All,

Please see the attached pics for information. i cannot root my phone. please help

i even tried making scatter file out of firmware.info but the problem still persist.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cico9:
no,i have the "widsom special s9380"..i ve tried evrything but seems unrootable!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cheche358:
Device: ZTE V8110 (MT6575)

Android: 2.3.6 (Stock)

Root: YES !!! :D

Only I have a problem to solve:

Factory ROM Backup !!! :crying:

I followed all the steps in the tutorial "Factory ROM Backup for Root Droid MT65xx via MTK & Tools for Backup & unbrick" by yuweng ...

but I am stuck on the step where I click on the button "Backup" ...

the phone reboot when it reaches the point where is copying "system.ext4img" and the process never ends ...

any ideas???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nerbiyoso:
post your issue on the main thread for mdrt man maybe you'll get an answer from rua himself. here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] x1123:
which Turorial you follow to root your phone? Yuweng Tutorial is awesome just follow strictly ... what is your situation now, can your phone boot into android ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cheche358:
I did ...

I have been guided by the tutorial step by step and everything went well up to that point ...

I have also moved to this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490&page=7

If you have any ideas I would appreciate
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] masarx:
thx to all master for their hard work :good:

TWRP 2.4.4.0 is out, do you make update for this release ?? :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hamzairshad:
im stuck at eboot error android partition size changed.

and my phone is working perfectly but still no root.

find the attached firmware file if you want to make scatter file. just replace the extension to .info from .txt

i made countless scatters out of this file in mtk rom studio but same error when i try to download eboot error (androir) partition size changed.

it just stays idle on read back. i even waited 1 hour no progress
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jg77:
Sorry to bother you guys. For days now I'm trying to become root on my new HDC Galaxy Note 2 Mage with MTK6577. I stumbled upon this thread on XDA and it looks very promising, but somehow it doesn't seem to be working for my phone.

About my phone:

HDC Galaxy Note 2 Mage

Model: e1921_v77_cxq1

Chinese recovery

I tried this method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37847919

but somehow I keep getting the error: S_FT_NEED_DOWNLOAD_ALL_FAIL (4050) when I try to download the recovery.img to my phone.

So therefore I decided to create a scatterfile and take recovery from my phone and run that through the scripts. I tried it on CMWR and TWRP. The scripts do finish, but leave me with only the scatterfile and the altered recovery.img is nowhere to be found :eek:. Therefore I'm unable to proceed.

A few things puzzle me: when I use MTK Droid Root & Tool v2.4.1 to create the scatterfile, the little box next to the modelnumber turns blue instead of green. I do manage to create a scatterfile though. With that scatterfile I can read back the recovery.img using Smartphone Flash tool. Then when running the script TWRP_V2.4.2.0.bat it leaves me with only the scatterfile and no recovery.img...

What am I doing wrong?

Update 24-3: SOLVED!! After trying another method (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490) I managed to successfully root my phone!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] amorimcltn:
Same problem

I'm having the same problem and have the backup files, but always have error when trying to restore it. The VCOM drivers usually work.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] esrom02:
I need help please..

Okay, I', trying to root O+ 8.75 which happened to be MT6575. Unfortunately it has secure boot.img. I followed the steps to make it insecure but the size of the new boot.img is lesser thatn the original. The original is 5MB while the new one is only 3.5MB. What did I do wrong?

Additional info, when trying to manually extract ramdisk, it says end of archive.

Please help me, the internal memory of this phone sucks so I want to root it. The setInstallLocation command is not working so please..

Edit: One more thing, dumchar_info shoows all zero.. so I tried mtd and there. My boot sits in mtd5 and that's what I downloaded.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] x1123:
No You did not do wrong .. I experienced the same thing unsecured boot image is only 3.7 MB and the original 4.8 MB

WILL you plan to do something by extracting ramdisk. How you did extract ramdisk ?

I have MT6575 based phone but the brand is lenovo s880. I dont remember it is MTD or EMMC partition. what do you want member to do to help you. THIS IS MY LENOVO S880 DUMP ROM and THIS ONE UNSCURED BOOT IMG TWRP AND SYSTEM IMAGE my BLOG wrote base for MT6577 is also valid for Lenovo S880
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] newb1e:
When i start the rooting method and open MTK Droid Tools, It turns Blue instead of Green..

Screen Shot Attached ..

Will i be able to root my device using this method ..??

Device: Qmobile A8

Android Version: 4.1.1
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jg77:
Yes you can! I had the same behavior. Look at this thread, with this method I managed to root my phone: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Nagdrx:
With reference to this thread, you have the same version of baseband and kernel, but the dates are different. Moreover your partition sizes are also same as mine. It should not give you a partition size error.

Are you trying the correct scatter file I provided?

If nothing works you can generate your own scatter file using MTKDroidTools, In "Phone Information" tab, click "Blocks Map" -> "Create scatter file". You may need to rename the newly scatter file to starting with MTK6573 to use it with the provided version of SP Flash tool. However your versions of kernel and baseband, and partition sizes are same, I will not recommend you doing this, since you may end up with bootloops while accessing recovery, however, your normal phone should work fine.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] newb1e:
Can i continue with this method to root my device (even its flaming blue instead of green) ..?

Or it will give problems in future processes ..? :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jg77:
It is safe to continue. I experienced the same when I was creating the scatterfile with this tool.

Good luck!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hamzairshad:
Thank you for your reply and sorry i couldnt reply soon. we had our internets down coz of heavy rains here in sialkot. i did tried making new scatter file and using the latest sp flash tools 3.1252.1 but on this new version of spflash tools it gave me a brom error that start command cannot be sent from usb .

as of the version of spflash tools in ur thread its giving me the same android partition size changed error after making new scatter and renaming it to 6573
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] esrom02:
Thank you for the reply.. Answering my first question, I tried now flashing it on my phone, but an error appears;

BROM ERROR: S_DL_GET_DRAM_SETTING_FAIL (5054)

[EMI] Obtain DRAM Failed!

[HINT]: Please check your load matches to your target which is to be downloaded.

Looking for another way I find this; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2056761 . And from there I can confirm that the boot.img will really be reduced. I followed the instruction there. I even used the version of the Flash tool instructed there and now a new error appears;

EBOOT ERROR : (16008)
[Android Partition size changed!
[HINT]
Partial images download error.
The following partitions must be downloaded all together.

So there, please help me solve either one of this.

Additional info: In following the steps from the link given above, I made my own boot.img as well as scatter file but as I have reported;

My /proc/dumchar_info

PN	Size	Addr	Typ	RN
preloader 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
dsp_bl 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
nvram 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
seccfg 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
uboot 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
bootimg 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
recovery 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
sec_ro 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
misc 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
logo 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
expdb 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
android 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
cache 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
usrdata 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
bmtpool 0x00000000 0x00000000 0
PN:Partition name you should open;	Size:size of partition
Addr:Start Address of partition(EMMC) or Index (MTD);
Typ:Type of partition, MTD=1,EMMC=2;
Actname: the real name of partition

My /proc/mtd

dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00040000 00020000 "preloader"
mtd1: 000c0000 00020000 "dsp_bl"
mtd2: 00300000 00020000 "nvram"
mtd3: 00020000 00020000 "seccnfg"
mtd4: 00060000 00020000 "uboot"
mtd5: 00500000 00020000 "boot"
mtd6: 00500000 00020000 "recovery"
mtd7: 00120000 00020000 "secstatic"
mtd8: 00060000 00020000 "misc"
mtd9: 00300000 00020000 "logo"
mtd10: 000a0000 00020000 "expdb"
mtd11: 12700000 00020000 "system"
mtd12: 03c00000 00020000 "cache"
mtd13: 07f20000 00020000 "userdata"

Thank you in advance !
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] glueboy:
please help me

my flashtool got error like this, how to fix it?please help me :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tcfx44:
I have the same phone, but the version is 4.1.1. Can I have your image? How do you install CWM?

Is your GPS working?

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] amorimcltn:
Anybody help me?

I can't send backup files.. about wrong alignment.. :(

How fix it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bigrammy:
Sorry friend I am a little confused here :confused: What are you trying to achieve :eek:

Are you trying to read-back your recovery and boot partitions :confused:

You phone has mtd partitions = Android v2.3.6 and not ICS/JB = emmc ;)

Can you give me your phone details

Make and model also link to a web page with images.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] esrom02:
Sorry for confusing you my friend, Phone Specs:

From MTK Droidtools:

Hardware : MT6575
Model : O+_8.75_Android
Build number : Oplus_A100ALPS.GB2.MP.V2
Build date UTC : 20121117-112624
Android v : 2.3.6
Baseband v: MAUI.11AMD.W11.50.SP.V13.P1, 2012/04/27 18:49
Kernel v : 2.6.35.7 (queen@dell-desktop) (gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC) ) #1 Sat Nov 17 19:25:05 CST 2012

What I want to do is to root the phone, but since it has ro.secure=1 I need to make it insecure as it is "impossible" to root? I followed yuweng's procedure to make a insecure boot.img. I'm done with the read back process, though I don't know if I made a mistake in read back step? I'm also done with making an insecure boot.img. Now, when trying to download the insecure boot.img, this error appears:

EBOOT ERROR : (16008)
[Android Partition size changed!
[HINT]
Partial images download error.
The following partitions must be downloaded all together.

The error above appears when using SPFT v2.1134.00.

While this error:

BROM ERROR: S_DL_GET_DRAM_SETTING_FAIL (5054)

[EMI] Obtain DRAM Failed!

[HINT]: Please check your load matches to your target which is to be downloaded

appears when using SPFT v3.1224.01.

I don't understand both errors, so please help me.

Additional info, when trying to download the original boot.img, using SPFT v3.1224.0.1, the error is still the same. I haven't tried yet when using SPFT v2 as I am afraid that if it will be successfully downloaded, it won't boot. :crying:

Thank you for clarifying GB=MTD and ICS/JB=EMMC, now I know..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bigrammy:
Yes buddy you are using a incorrect scatter file :( Maybe it's just the name that is wrong or as the warning says the partitions are different to that of the phone.:eek:

SPFT will not let you flash only one or two parts eg: boot.img if the partition size's and places have changed this protects you from flashing say a boot.img to your system.img.

Forget the SPFT v3.1224.01. it's no good for your device.

Stick with SPFT v2.1134.00 it works best :good:

Do you have the original recovery.img for the phone?

Do you have the original boot.img for the phone?

Also the scatter file you are trying to use.

Please upload them if possible. PM me the links if you can not post here just yet

Can you also give me the phone name and maybe a link to a photo image of the phone from the sellers website maybe?

Regards bigrammy

Edit again: Here is the correct scatter file you can try this with your boot.img make a folder and place inside both the scatter file and boot.img then try flashing again. Just disregard it says mt6573 scatter txt your partitions are the same as my 2.3.6 mt6575 device so it should work ; 0

EDIT: I have found your phone http://www.oplususa.com/ Please contact them via there Facebook and tell them your phone is stuck in boot loop and can they give you a firmware zip to try and recover the phone it is worth a try.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] esrom02:
So I tried the scatter file you provided, I used it to download my (insecure)boot.img, still Partition Size Changed. I used the scatter file to read back again boot.img. I made 2 boot.img, one with size of 5MB while other one is 6MB. I made them both insecure then download, still Partition size changed.

Here are the files:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g17xlcrlwhxabpc/7uxaZWWiOe

I read back those images using the scatter file in that link. I amde that scatter file following yuweng's guide. Thank you for helping, I hope we can root this poor phone. :/

Edit: If I use mtkdroidtools to flash instead of SPFT, will it matter?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bigrammy:
Thank's,

I am sorry for the hassle but we can not trust these .img files you have downloaded from your device the recovery file you uploaded seems to be too large a file and will overlap the partitions :confused: Can you download the recovery.img using this scatter file ? View attachment 1840016 The file produced should be around 3.5mb to 5mb max.

Have you followed This word for word ? Except for line 2 "2. In "adb shell" do cat /proc/dumchar_info > /sdcard/firmware.info" change this to

2. In "adb shell" do cat /proc/mtd_info > /sdcard/firmware.info

Have you tried adb to dd the recovery.img Boot.img system.img ?

Please read this Here If you have not already tried it also please make sure your usb debugging is turned on.