How to flash an Android phone that is locked

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How to flash an Android phone that is locked

Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a versatile command-line tool that lets you communicate with a device. The adb command facilitates a variety of device actions, such as installing and debugging apps, and it provides access to a Unix shell that you can use to run a variety of commands on a device.

What is an SP Flash tool?
SP flash tools are widely used to download/update the firmware of MediaTek android phones. Using this one can revive a dead android phone by resetting and fixing a bricked device.

How to use SP Flash Tool on windows 10
Before we are able to start flashing the mobile using the sp flash tool, we need to first install the adb driver into windows 10 computer. It’s not simple to install to these drivers but i have come up with everything that you need to make it successful.

On Windows 10 Computer Search Type command “cmd” open emulator. Type the command below and press “Enter”

shutdown /r /o /f /t 00

After the PC has rebooted
– Select “Troubleshoot”
– Select “Advanced Options”
– Select “Startup Options”
– Select “Restart”

A menu will appear where you can press โ€œF7โ€ on your keyboard to choose โ€œDisable driver signing enforcementโ€œ

When it is back ON to the desktop we need to write this on registry. Search Type command “cmd” Right-click on โ€œCommand Promptโ€ select โ€œRun As Administratorโ€œ. Then paste or type

BCDEDIT /set nointegritychecks ON

Then press “Enter”
Your Device Driver Signature should be disabled, allowing you to install any driver you like on Windows 10. Don’t reboot until you have finished the work.

Now we need to install Windows MTK VCOM USB Drivers Download here.

Copy and extract folder files on desktop, or somewhere else that you can remember.

Video for disabling Driver Signature
And to install MTK drivers on PC

Once we have successfully installed the MTK drivers, we now need to download the ADB platform emulator. This platform will enable you to use command-lines that lets you communicate with the phone. Download it here for windows 64 bit and 86 bit.

Extract the folder to local disk c, and then rename the platform-tools folder to adb.
Then on android settings developer option turn usb debugging ON and Connect your android device on pc with a usb cable. (if you cant see developer option, you can turn it ON by going to About Phone and clicking the built number 4-5 times to make you become a developer. Android developer option will then appear, check in system).

USB Debugging is turned ON, mobile is connected on pc with usb cable, Open CMD without administrator, then watch this video to show you what to type.

cd/ steps

This video shows what to type. cd/ steps
This will tell you if your mobile is communicating

Now to flash we need to make sure the android phone is turned off, remove simcards, and also android is removed from usb cable. Then download and Open the SP flash tool program. Download here.

Inside the program you will see scatter loading file, this file is located inside the folder for your Android firmware. It looks like this MT6737M_Android_scatter , select that file, click onnnn download at the top of the flash tool program and then reconnect your turned off android to pc using the usb cable. The process will start immediately!

For those who don’t have their phone’s firmware yet, you can search and download it here.

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