[General Questions and Answers] megaraider:
Did some digging on renaming the update_data_hw_eu.app but all i could find was not Mediatek related, but rather HiSilicon or Qualcomm.

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Just to make sure even tried out renaming update_data_hw_eu.app and place it under the 2 new locations on the SDCard, like this:

/dload/UPDATE.APP
/dload/hw/eu/update_data_hw_eu.app
/dload/dt/default/update_data_dt_default.app
/dload/hw/normal/update_data_hw_normal.app

but without any success :crying:

Under Windows:

Event Type	Event Time	Device Name	Description	Device Type	Drive	V.ID	P.ID	Serial Number	Vendor Name	PName	FWRev	USB Class	USB SubClass	USB Protocol
Plug	2019.11.27 00:48:19	Port_#0002.Hub_#0001	MediaTek USB Port	Communication	COM14	0e8d	0003	MediaTek Inc.	MT6227 phone	1.00	02	02	01
Unplug	2019.11.27 00:48:24	Port_#0002.Hub_#0001	MediaTek USB Port	Communication	COM14	0e8d	0003	MediaTek Inc.	MT6227 phone	1.00	02	02	01
Plug	2019.11.27 00:48:26	Port_#0002.Hub_#0001	MediaTek USB Port	Communication	COM14	0e8d	0003	MediaTek Inc.	MT6227 phone	1.00	02	02	01
Unplug	2019.11.27 00:48:29	Port_#0002.Hub_#0001	MediaTek USB Port	Communication	COM14	0e8d	0003	MediaTek Inc.	MT6227 phone	1.00	02	02	01
Plug	2019.11.27 00:48:30	Port_#0002.Hub_#0003	MediaTek PreLoader USB VCOM (Android)	CDC Data	COM15	0e8d	2000	MediaTek Inc.	1.00	0a	00	00
Unplug	2019.11.27 00:48:33	Port_#0002.Hub_#0003	MediaTek PreLoader USB VCOM (Android)	CDC Data	COM15	0e8d	2000	MediaTek Inc.	1.00	0a	00	00
Plug	2019.11.27 00:49:05	Port_#0002.Hub_#0003	Android Composite ADB Interface	Vendor Specific	0e8d	201c	0123456789ABCDEF MediaTek Inc.	0.00	ff	42	01

Under Linux:

[ 467.460828] usb 2-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 9 using ehci-pci
[ 467.569674] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 1.00
[ 467.569689] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 472.104342] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 9

[ 474.628823] usb 2-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci
[ 474.737634] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 1.00
[ 474.737648] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 477.224019] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 10

[ 478.468787] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 11 using ehci-pci
[ 478.578874] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=2000, bcdDevice= 1.00
[ 478.578888] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 478.578895] usb 2-1.2: Product: MT65xx Preloader
[ 478.578901] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: MediaTek
[ 481.319991] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 11

[ 513.540826] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-pci
[ 513.649733] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=201c, bcdDevice=ff.ff
[ 513.649752] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4
[ 513.649763] usb 2-1.2: Product: MT65xx Android Phone
[ 513.649773] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: MediaTek
[ 513.649782] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 0123456789ABCDEF

Thanks.