Hi all MTK6573/MTK6516 users !!!!
SEE SECOND POST FOR MTK6516 phones.
THIS POST IS FOR MTK6573 phones.
This is for all MTK6573 users with Android 2.3(.x). Also for all B63M phones !!
Follow this guide to backup your FULL ROM !! You can even flash your phone through FlashTools with this COMPLETE backup !!!
ROOT IS REQUIRED !!
Here is the guide:
1) ROOT is necessary. It is recommended to put the phone in 'Airplane mode' so that it won't disturb the process and make sure you have ~500 mb space in SD card.
2) Download 'MTK-6573-BackUpTools.rar' from attachments and extract it to your SD Card. You'll have 2 folders - 'gscript' and 'Install'.
3) Install 'GScriptLite.apk' from gscript folder.
3) After installation, open the 'GScriptLite' application -> Menu -> Add Script.
4) Tick 'Needs SU ?'
5) Click 'Load File' and select 'Back23.sh' and then select 'save'
6) Now Click on 'Back 23' and Super User will ask for Permission and allow it. Nothing more to touch. Wait for few minutes. After few mins, it will say 'Auto Close is Cancelled'. Now its safe to close.
7) Your Back-Up will be in 'backup_' folder located in your SD card's root.
It will have files named ' firmware.info, preloader.img, nvram.img, seccnfg.img, uboot.img, boot.img, recovery.img, secstatic. img, misc.img, logo.img, expdb.img, cache.img, system.img, data.img' in that folder. Copy it to your computer and keep it at a safe place. More Over if you are posting in the forums or sharing it online, don't include ' data.img, cache.img and nvram.img' as they contain your personal information.
NOTE: The backup script is not created by me. Gathered all information from the web !!
Hit THANKS if you find this useful !!
For MTK6516 !!
THIS POST IS FOR MTK6516 phones.
This is for all MTK6516 users with Android 2.2(.x).
Follow this guide to backup your FULL ROM !! You can even flash your phone through FlashTools with this COMPLETE backup !!!
ROOT IS REQUIRED !!
Here is the guide:
1) ROOT is necessary. It is recommended to put the phone in 'Airplane mode' so that it won't disturb the process and make sure you have ~500 mb space in SD card.
2) Download 'MTK-6516-BackUpTools.rar' from attachments and extract it to your SD Card. You'll have 2 folders - 'gscript' and 'Install'.
3) Install 'GScriptLite.apk' from gscript folder.
3) After installation, open the 'GScriptLite' application -> Menu -> Add Script.
4) Tick 'Needs SU ?'
5) Click 'Load File' and select 'Back23.sh' and then select 'save'
6) Now Click on 'Back 23' and Super User will ask for Permission and allow it. Nothing more to touch. Wait for few minutes. After few mins, it will say 'Auto Close is Cancelled'. Now its safe to close.
7) Your Back-Up will be in 'backup_' folder located in your SD card's root.
It will have files named ' firmware.info, preloader.img, nvram.img, seccnfg.img, uboot.img, boot.img, recovery.img, secstatic. img, misc.img, logo.img, expdb.img, cache.img, system.img, data.img' in that folder. Copy it to your computer and keep it at a safe place. More Over if you are posting in the forums or sharing it online, don't include ' data.img, cache.img and nvram.img' as they contain your personal information.
NOTE: The backup script is not created by me. Gathered all information from the web !!
Hit THANKS if you find this useful !!
A few questions!
Hello!
Thank you for this software, it worked with making a dump of my rom. How do you create a scatter file to use in SP Flash Tool? Or do you have another program that I can use to flash these files back onto the phone?
The SP Flash Tool I am using V2.1129.00 does not show as many partitions as what was backed up by my phone with the default MT6573 scatter file that it comes with.
I keep getting errors trying to load/burn the files to my phone.
PLEASE HELP!!
LeStonga said:
Hello!
Thank you for this software, it worked with making a dump of my rom. How do you create a scatter file to use in SP Flash Tool? Or do you have another program that I can use to flash these files back onto the phone?
The SP Flash Tool I am using V2.1129.00 does not show as many partitions as what was backed up by my phone with the default MT6573 scatter file that it comes with.
I keep getting errors trying to load/burn the files to my phone.
PLEASE HELP!!
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You can try this:
Copy the backup_ folder from your sd card to your computer. Now place a copy of a the scatter file.txt in that folder.
Now in SP Flash tool, browse to the folder and select the scatter file that you placed.....all files will be loaded automatically......
It didnt work . . .
Hello!
I took your advice and attempted to load the scatter file from the same folder that the backup partitions are in.
A few of they files loaded on their own, not all of them, and their are still partitions missing.
When I open the scatter file in txt editor it shows all partitions.
When I open the scatter file in smart phone flash tool i only show
preloader
dsp
uboot*
bootimg*
recovery*
secro
logo*
android*
usrdata
The files above are what shows in sp flash tool program and the ones with the * are the files that load automatically.
I did try a smart phone flash tool version 5.1140 and the scatter file did load correctly with all the partitions, but again not all load and I get an error when I try to load them manually. In addition, I have never been able to successfully use version 5.1140 to flash.
I was able to flash in version 2.1129, but as I said I couldnt load every partition so I am missing my nvram and other partitions.
Can you recommend anything else?
Maybe a different version of sp flash tool that you know works? Maybe a different program all together?
THANKS!
@Bala
Yo, bro, its been awhile since our last chat ! You have been like an android modding/ hacking teacher/ guru & i'm sure alot of users will benefit from all of it...
@LeStonga
Yes, in fact your are correct, there is a software by linerty(these russians are so 'terror', not only hacking but coming out with tools to make it easier) that converts the extracted firmware.info back into scatter.txt...You can find the tuts & tools here.
The tuts even show you ways to upload with FlashTool too ! i know there is an upload function but never knew the way to use it though...
Hello balamu96m!
Thank you for your suggestions, that was the website which I first followed instructions for.
As you can see however, even when Bruno (administrator of the tutorial you provided in the link) opened his scatter file, nvram partition is not shown. I was able to use the program balamu96m pointed me to and it made perfect backups of all my partitions.
My problem is that sp flash tool loads my scatter file and it is the same as Bruno's which is lacking several partitions, especially the nvram partition.
If i use an updated sp flash tool (v5), when I load my scatter file all of my partitions are shown, including nvram, but I have never had any success flashing my phone with that version.
Maybe I can use that version but someone has to help me set up the configurations to flash . .. i.e. download with or without battery, com, baud rate, etc.
Sp flash tool V2.11 was easy to use and straight forward, but even though my scatter lists all my partitions (when i open in a text editor), it only loads the partitions shown in bruno's tutorial, not including nvram.
yuweng said:
@Bala
Yo, bro, its been awhile since our last chat ! You have been like an android modding/ hacking teacher/ guru & i'm sure alot of users will benefit from all of it...
@LeStonga
Yes, in fact your are correct, there is a software by linerty(these russians are so 'terror', not only hacking but coming out with tools to make it easier) that converts the extracted firmware.info back into scatter.txt...You can find the tuts & tools here.
The tuts even show you ways to upload with FlashTool too ! i know there is an upload function but never knew the way to use it though...
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Hi yuweng bro!
It seems miui is going to release their source code........i read in the russian forum at 4pda that one mtk6573 was running miui 4 (ics).......is that true??
So when miui sources are out, can we build one for our mi-357/350n??
Waiting for your reply
@Bala
AFAIK, Miui public part of their source code before the launch of their first android phone, Xiaomi M1 & now launching their next version M2 which is based on ARM Cortex-A8 & coincidentally, its just been launch today ! Its fully supported by the Miui team & it has two ROM, one ROM for daily use & the other one for you to flash their 'nightly' built. Best is that you can switch over to either one of them at any time ! Great for android enthusiastic...
However, of all hundreds over MT65xx android phone manufacturer all over the world, non of them actually ported it to Miui ! There is only one answer to this, it will be copied over to all other MT65xx ! Thats what Chinese are best at...(Oopps, i'm a Chinese too...)
So, i think you won't see an official Miui phone on MT65xx platform... Currently, official Miui ROM is for single SIM... You can check out Miui sources here & here
If its really true that the russian has ported Miui to MT65xx, very soon we'll have Miui running on every MT65xx...
What you said on the other thread is true, if Mediatek keep on keeping their source code, i think very soon they can keep it to themself forever.... No android enthusiastic will ever buy their phone ever... Even HTC has released the source code for a whole bunch of devices recently after been pressured by android enthusiastic...
@LeStonga
AFAIK, FlashTool is not for flashing NVRam(IMEI). However, you can use it to backup NVRam then restore it. Typically, you only need to download boot, recovery, logo, android, usrdata. Normally, i just download 'android' partition only(system.img) I normally put a 'tick' at 'No Action' for NVRam...
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There is a thread on how to backup & restoring your MT65xx IMEI by cybermaus just over a week ago...
help help
I have android phone china H4300. mediatek mtk6573. yesterday , i deleted stock launcher and format factory the phone. so i don't use it.
please help me up rom (i haved rom) or install the Launcher ,...
thank you
vanlaosonya said:
I have android phone china H4300. mediatek mtk6573. yesterday , i deleted stock launcher and format factory the phone. so i don't use it.
please help me up rom (i haved rom) or install the Launcher ,...
thank you
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Do you have modded recovery??
balamu96m said:
Do you have modded recovery??
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i only have stock recovery
Thanks it works on my MT6573 phone
Hey balamu....
Can you please tell me how to restore this backup...???
maitreyapatni said:
Hey balamu....
Can you please tell me how to restore this backup...???
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Allow me to answer ...
To restore this backup, 1st you need to convert the firmware.info into your own scatter.txt file. Read here : http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.com/2012/04/creating-rom-dump-of-your-mt65x3-device.html
Then you run SPflash tool, choose your scatter file and the appropriate area to flash. You don't need to flash all area. Just boot+system (android) to restore is sufficient. You can change the file by double-click at the appropriate row. Untick to deselect, tick to select which area to flash.
Again, no need to flash the whole thing ... some file contains private info such as nvram/userdata. I've read that many device already bricked by flashing wrong file (specially uboot) unless it's from your own backup.
no cache.img, system.img, data.img
hi balamu, i need some help.
i have an mt6516 phone. i followed every step, but 3 files didn't show up i.e cache.img, system.img, data.img
in the end of running script, gscript show "no such files". my question are: is that normal? are those file important? any ideas to get these files?
i really need any help here.
so thx in advance
hisoka8888 said:
hi balamu, i need some help.
i have an mt6516 phone. i followed every step, but 3 files didn't show up i.e cache.img, system.img, data.img
in the end of running script, gscript show "no such files". my question are: is that normal? are those file important? any ideas to get these files?
i really need any help here.
so thx in advance
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they are really important...................you can retry the process again.......it should work.....!
silly me
found out the problem. looks like i didn't do exactly one of your step "extract into sd card". i actually extract the content into a folder inside the sd card, so gscript can't find the "Install" folder. I copied the folder into sd card and redo the process then those file showed up. LOL.
anyway, nice share... :good::good:
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Hi,Thanks for tutorial,I backup my phone,create scatter file and all goes ok but now i have 1 litl problem,my phone is mobiwire aquila mt6573 platform, he got factory recovery e3 and i wanna change to cwm and Bruno say that cwm must be specific for phone so is any chance to find cwm for my phone or any hack/swap from backup recovery or any other method?
Sorry guys on bad english or wrong section
Thanks
HOW TO PORT ROMS TO YOUR MTK WITH ANDROID DEVICE
Most of us have always wanted to use custom roms but there just no custom roms for our devices so we just use different app launchers and uninstall some bloatware to make our stock rom feel good.
Rom porting makes it possible to use a custom rom on your mtk device provided in this tutorial they have the same chipset (example: mtk 6582 ported to mtk6582).
THINGS NEEDED :
1. B1 archiver / ES FILE EXPLORER
2. Root Browser.
4. A rooted device is also needed but not much important if you have CWM INSTALLED WITHOUT ROOT.
PROCEDURE :
1. Make a backup of your current rom, preferably CWM backup. You can either use MTK DROID TOOLS or ROM MANAGER...
The location of the backup will be at clockwork/backup/"date and time of the backup ". This is very important since we will need stuff from the back up and we will also use the backup to recover the phone should the ported rom give any problems.
2. At this point I presume you have already downloaded the apps needed and the custom rom you want to use which is in a zip format( this was not important but I had to bring it up cause I know zombies could be reading this.
3. Now extract the custom Rom with Root Browser. if you extracted with Root Browser then the location will be "speedsoftware/extracted/"folder with the name of the custom rom "".
4. Now open Root Browser and open the folders side by side "custom rom which will be ported at one side and other side will be used for searching for the location of the things needed for the custom rom.
5. Delete the following from the Custom rom:
Boot.img
logo.bin (You do this only when you like the Your current logo.bin)
system/vendor
system/usr
system/lib/hw
system/lib/modules
system/lib/libncurses.so
system/etc/firmware
system/etc/vold.fstab
system/etc/vold.fstab.nand
system/etc/bluetooth
6. Now that you have deleted them from the custom rom replace them. You will find the boot.img at clockworkmod/back/"folder with date and time"/boot.img. The rest of the files and folders will br located in the Root /system. Just copy and paste
7. Now at the custom Rom panel go back to where you find the "META-INF" folder,open /google/android will now long press on "updater script" and tap on open with then select text editor.
8. Check The mount & format point check something like this mmcblk0p. A number is always written after the "P" replace the number of your BASE to PORT.
9. Check multi select in B1 archiver Select ( do not archive the folder the files are in but the individual files in the folder containing the extracts)
10. Compress to ZIP file wait till the process finished. Now boot to recovery and flash your ROM
Good luck in porting Your Rom... I have used this method to port 5 roms including AROMA ROMS. and I have never ported a Rom with a pc before
MAYBE U NEED TO EXTRACT THE BOOT IMG TOO IF THIS DIDNT WORKED
DO IT AS FOLLOWS
Requirements:
-- BusyBox (cpio, gunzip and gzip is mandatory)
-- /System Write Permissions (Does not need to be a modified kernel)
-- Terminal Emulator
-- ES File Explorer (or similar)
-- Hex Editor (or use of DD)
-- Open up your android terminal emulator.
-- Now go ahead and pull your boot.img from your device (or use another one if you wish)
-- Open up your boot.img with the Hex Editor and look for: ANDROID!. Remove everything before it so that the ANDROID! header is the first to be read then save it over top of the boot.img. NOTE: This is only required if you are using a stock boot.img.
OR USE THIS IF U DIDNT UNDERSTOOD THIS
Hello Everyone, I’ll show you how to Unpack and Repack your Phone’s Boot.img & Tweak Karnel. Lets start.
Make a new folder named “boot edit” in cache/
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Pull your boot.img in this folder
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Now open ApkTool. Long press on “cache“, click on Get Access Permission.
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Open cache folder and do same with boot edit. Give ApkTool access permission
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Open boot edit, click on boot.img select Expack(MT65xx), press ok
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It will unpack your boot.img.
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Now open file manager & go to cache/boot edit/. You wil find your unpacked boot.
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Now edit/modify the files or tweak karnel.
Again open ApkTool. Goto cache/boot edit click on ramdisk select repack-mt65xx.
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It will repack your boot.
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You will find an img file named new.img
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This file is your Tweaked/edited/custom boot.img!!
Flash it via Recovery or Flashify & Enjoy..
FOR DETAILED AND STEP WISE GUIDE WITH SCREEN SHOTS SEE HERE
Mod Edit: link removed
XDA:DevDB Information
HOW TO PORT ROMS TO YOUR MTK WITH ANDROID DEVICE, ROM for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
manhar2108, manhar2108, 2108kick
Source Code: Mod Edit: link removed
ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: all
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2015-08-16
Last Updated 2015-08-16
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Good guide..
Especially for noobs....
Darshan601 said:
Good guide..
Especially for noobs....
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i too am a noob so i tried and made this guide
how bout porting 5.1 rom to 4.4.2 stock?
what should I consider?
aside from tweaking kernel
manhar2108 said:
i too am a noob so i tried and made this guide
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Yeah....Even I am a noob
gunzgunz said:
how bout porting 5.1 rom to 4.4.2 stock?
what should I consider?
aside from tweaking kernel
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just replace all these files and use stock kernal to port them
good luck
Sir i tried your guide in porting rom. Mt6582 tp mt6582 chipset roms.. But after replacing those files you mentioned and when i flashed it to my phone, it was tuck in boot screen and keep on restarting. How am I going to fix this?
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