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[TUT] Smphony.W25/Karbonn.A7/Mobistar.S01/Ktouch.W650 Rooting Process and Custom ROMs

Symphony W25 device Finally Rooted !
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All credits go to jason_cheng
Procedure given below:
1. First of all, you need Drivers For your symphony W25 (Smphony.W25/Karbonn.A7/Mobistar.S01/Ktouch.W650 All are the same phone)
Driver for winXP
Get them here (uploaded by prasad12ka4) Or Here uploaded by rainwalker
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Drivers for Win 7 / Win 8
Get them here
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64-Bit Win 7 Drivers
Get them here
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Install them while connecting your phone on "USB debugging mode", and going to "device manager > other devices" on your pc. After installation disconnect the phone.
(I believe some of you are having problems installing the drivers. I recommend you install the drivers on a freshly installed winXP pc. I faced a lot of trouble doing it on my Win8 pc)
2. Download Android software development kit (SDK) from Here and install in pc. Default installation Directory should be C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk
3. Android SDK may need Java development kit (JDK) installed in pc. If you need jdk, go here or go to their Website to download
3. Download Fastboot From Android Central and keep it inside
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools folder
4. Download Clockwork Mod Recovery for w25 from Link #1 or Link #2, unzip and copy to the same folder. replace duplicate (if prompted).
5 hook your phone up with pc in USB debugging mode and go to C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools folder, Press Shift+right click inside that folder and select "open cmd window here". It opens a cmd window for that folder.
In the cmd window, type
Code:
adb devices
If the driver installations are correct, you'll see your device connected as w650 (as symphony is re-branded from k-touch w650)
6. Disconnect phone from pc and reboot it into the bootloader, by turning it off and holding [vol-up]+[power]
Till screen turns green and says fastboot:recovery ?, Like below
7. Plug your phone into your computer. On cmd window, type:
Code:
fastboot devices
Reply should be "???????????? fastboot" Meanng fastboot detected the device.
8. In the cmd line, type
Code:
fastboot boot recovery-english.img
And that's it. You'll have booted into the custom recovery (cwmr), and from there you can do a full backup, or restore a backup, or wipe the phone. Use vol up/down to navigate through screen and Power to select an item.
9. Use CWMr to backup your ROM. (It will be saved in: "SD card/clockwork mod/backup" on phone.) and reboot. Copy the backup into pc for further use.
Step 8 was to make sure cwmr works on the phone. It's a temporary port of cwmr on your device.
if problem occurs (less likely to occur), let us know in a comment and don't proceed further.
Otherwise, Proceed below for permanent port..
10. Repeat step 6 and 7. Go to C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools folder and click on recovery.bat file. Click on it and in the next window, Press any key
Permanent port will be completed
reboot phone if not rebooted automatically.
11. To check cwmr, Repeat step 6 but keep pressing the two buttons even if the screen turns green (fastboot). Continue until.....
screen is red (recovery). after that you'll see Clockwork mod recovery page.
You'll need it to restore your original rom if you mess up anything.
12 In CWMr,
a)]Go to Advanced
b) Choose "Wipe dalvik-cache"
c) Now go to "Mounts & Storage"
d) Choose "Format /cache"
e) Shutdown your phone
13. Download and unzip bootrepack from this post (by jason_cheng). Copy the "boot.img" file from "rootrepack" folder and paste to C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools folder
14. Repeat steps 6 & 7 (green screen)
15. In cmd window type
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and
Code:
fastboot reboot
see image below if you have any confusion.
16. After the phone is restarted, type in cmd window:
Code:
adb shell id
which should result "uid=0(root) gid=0(root)"
Rooting is now Unofficially completed
17. To verify, Type each line in cmd window, and press enter
Code:
adb shell
Code:
echo "1" > /system/pwned
Code:
cat /system/pwned
If the Reply to the last line is "1", Congrats ! you have root access to your phone!!
Now remove that test file you created just now. Type:
Code:
rm /system/pwned
What now?
18. Install "Superuser" from Play store
It does not come with su binary. For that, Go to this post and download only the attachment. Unzip it and put the files in C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools folder.
19. Now open cmd window, type each line and enter.
Code:
adb remount
Code:
adb push su /system/xbin/su
Code:
adb shell
Code:
chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
now open superuser and check for su binary. I don't recommend su update.
20. Install "Busybox free" from Play store (optional)
Rooting Officially Complete.​
If you face problems at any step, please let us know in comments. We'll try to help.you out.
Also feel free to try out the IceCream Sandwitch based roms & the upcoming Jelybean rom for Symphony W25 on the second post of this thread.
If any of you come across a new rom for w25. Please do share.
If you come across dead links on my thread, plz let me know by posting comments, or PM me.
If you find this post useful, then plz hit the thanks button and share it with people who have this phone and waiting for root
End of tutorial.​
.usefull links:
Karbonn Mobile A5 & A7 (Android 2.3.6)
Link2sd tuorial in bangla: সহজেই বাড়িয়ে নিন অ্যান্ড্রয়েডের ইন্টারনাল মেমোরি
How To Solve Internal Memory Problem(Great Post)

Custom Roms for Symphony W25 / Mobistar s01 / KTouch W650 / Karbonn A7
Custom Roms for Symphony W25 / Mobistar s01 / KTouch W650 / Karbonn A7
Here you'll find Custom ROM For Karbon A7 device. Which might also be campatible for Symphony w25. Read the respective posts/ comments carefully before downloading and installing.
(first of all back up your existing ROM with cwmr before any change you do to it.)
1) ICS ROM v1 for Symphony W25, Created By rainwalker
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2) ICS ROM v2 for Symphony W25, Created By rainwalker
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3) MIUI Gingerbread 2.3.7 ROM (update.zip file), moded By rainwalker
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4) Rooted Stock ROM of Symphony W25 (update.zip file), uploaded By rainwalker
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5) Stock Google android gingerbread for a7 by meosuper
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6) ICS Huawei For Karbonn A7 / S01 by meosuper, Uploaded by ItsmezakiR
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7) Official ICS ROM for Karbonn A7/Symphony W25 Uploaded by The Droid Master
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8) Walton Primo ROM modified for A7 Uploaded by vinodkbishnoi
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9) XION ROM FOR A5/A7 Uploaded by deadlyindian
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10) ICS refresh V3 Uploaded by meosuper
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11) CyanogenMod 10 (Karbonn A7) Beta Posted by prasad12ka4
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12) Backstreet MOD™ v4.1.1 created by The Droid Master
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13) Lithium 7 for Karbonn a7, symphony w25 and Mobiistar s01 Created by rainwalker
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14) XINIX 8 for Symphony w25 Created by rainwalker (Recommended)
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15) CyanogenMod 10 rom for W25 [Beta]
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16) JELLYBEAN rom for W25 [Beta]
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Maybe is needed to extract the "boot.img" to remove the restrictions on it, and make it rootable... Have you tried with generic "rooters"?

ICS Baseband Versions For Karbonn A7
ICS Baseband Versions For Karbonn A7 (= Symphony W25)
ItsmezakiR said:
1. 591369_8379_WCDMA_V000001
2. 591357_8376_WCDMA_V0005
3. 591352_8376_WCDMA_V0007
4. 591347_8376_WCDMA_V3070
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ICS Search Key to Power Key (for Symphony W25)
vinodkbishnoi said:
Hi,
Karbonn A7 ICS. Now you can use search key of your A7 as power key.
Follow the procedure...
1. Download 7x27a_kp.kl.zip file and extract it.
2. Open terminal/Command prompt.
3. Connect your phone to PC via USB.
4. Run following commands.
c:/> adb devices
c:/> adb pull /system/usr/keylayout/7x27a_kp.kl
now copy this file on a safe place. So that if anything goes wrong you could be able to restore it.
now open folder where you have extracted the zip file. The extracted file will be of same name as "7x27a_kp.kl"
c:/> adb push <path to file 7x27a_kp.kl> /system/usr/keylayout/​
Now reboot your phone. You will be able to use your search key as power key.
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Change partition size on A7/W25
Part1:
Anil_Sharma said:
To begin with, you need a hex editor, HxD - Freeware Hex Editor is a great editor and it is very small(less than an MB). Then you need a baseband to edit, you need to locate the file named ' appsboot.mbn '.
That file contains the partition tables, remember this tutorial is about editing the partition tables not extending your physical memory.
So, lets get cracking. Open HxD from programs and open the appsboot.mbn file, now press F3 and search for ' cache ' and press F3 until you see something like this
.
As you can see the highlighted section of the picture
,
there are a few repetitions of ' F0 F0 F0 F0 xx ' multiple times, you are concerned with only the first two /system and /cache partitions respectively.
Remember, you don't need to specify the partition size for /data as it is done automatically when you flash the baseband.
Now back to the hex editing part, once you've decided how much space(in MBs only) you wanna allocate to /system and /cache use this link to Convert hex/dec and select the two digits after the F0 F0 F0 F0 like in this pic
and type the hex number for example in the screenshot B4 in hex equals 180 in decimal, which means /system is allocated 180 MB of space and do the same with Cache, I would recommend allocating 10 MB to it as you hardly ever use it. Then flash the baseband like you normally do through Fastboot.
If you have any doubts ask me and I will do my best to clear things to you. Click Thanks if I helped you, doesn't cost anything
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Part2:
vinodkbishnoi said:
Hi,
I am attaching a file named "appsboot.mbn". This is used to determine partition size on android system.
There are two ways you could use it.
1. Replace appsboot.mbn file in any baseband update BP folder.
2. If you are handy with fastboot commands there is very simple method. Just boot your phone in fastboot mode (green screen mode) and use
following command....
C:\>fastboot flash APPSBL <path to appsboot.mbn>​
And you are done.
You will find following changes.
1. Your partition size will be as shown in screenshot.
2. When you run command adb devices you will no more find S01 there, it will be A7
Download file here...
Download
Thanks
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no one for help??

ahmed.zunaid said:
no one for help??
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Your phone is the same with mobiistar s01 and karbonn a7, maybe the developer of symphony keep the original cpu clock(1ghz) and s01, a7 was underclocked to 800 to save battery. Now if you want to root.you must install fastboot driver and install cwm recovery for a7 first.then backup your current rom... when done, install rooted rom for s01 and you will have root, but your cpu will be underclocked to 800ghz.
And can you send me the link to download your backup rom??? I need the 1ghz kernel to mod my rom... thanks.
(If install drivers on w7 pc fail, try to use another pc with wXP-32bit).

These phones aren't - or shouldn't be - that difficult to root. I have just rooted an Xplorer W10 from W7 x64 (and reproduced on Linux), and it went without a hitch. Just a number of gotchas to watch out for (from here on I actually refer to W10 and all other models since they are of the same series):
1. Uninstall any kind of driver you have installed. Symphony does not provide drivers for their Android phones, as far as the website is concerned. You get what you pay for, and this is a relatively remote brand, so don't expect much. In fact, don't expect anything at all.
2. Download and run SuperOneClick. Click on the other tab and choose to check for drivers. You should be prompted to install a driver. Do it.
3. Unplug and replug the USB. Go into the ADB folder and shift-right-click, open a command prompt here. Type 'adb devices' and press ENTER. There should be at least one device listed (in the form of an alphanumeric serial).
4. If there is no device listed by ADB, use Linux to root. There is no need to install any driver on Linux, and SuperOneClick is multi-platform. You will need the mono package on Linux instead of .NET.
5. The phone is actually partially rooted. Whether by intention or by mistake, I am not sure. SuperOneClick will warn of this, so just choose to continue with the rooting process.
6. You should now be rooted.
Background:
There is no exotic bootloader locking going on with these phones, as far as I can tell. The manufacturers/vendors are really just trying to capture a certain segment of the market, so I doubt they'd go through extensive efforts to lock you in. Just find any exploit (right now psneuter and zergRush), put them on the phone along with the su and busybox binaries, execute the exploit, and you'll be good to go with the Superuser app.

ok ...
jason_cheng said:
These phones aren't - or shouldn't be - that difficult to root. I have just rooted an Xplorer W10 from W7 x64 (and reproduced on Linux), and it went without a hitch. Just a number of gotchas to watch out for (from here on I actually refer to W10 and all other models since they are of the same series):
1. Uninstall any kind of driver you have installed. Symphony does not provide drivers for their Android phones, as far as the website is concerned. You get what you pay for, and this is a relatively remote brand, so don't expect much. In fact, don't expect anything at all.
2. Download and run SuperOneClick. Click on the other tab and choose to check for drivers. You should be prompted to install a driver. Do it.
3. Unplug and replug the USB. Go into the ADB folder and shift-right-click, open a command prompt here. Type 'adb devices' and press ENTER. There should be at least one device listed (in the form of an alphanumeric serial).
4. If there is no device listed by ADB, use Linux to root. There is no need to install any driver on Linux, and SuperOneClick is multi-platform. You will need the mono package on Linux instead of .NET.
5. The phone is actually partially rooted. Whether by intention or by mistake, I am not sure. SuperOneClick will warn of this, so just choose to continue with the rooting process.
6. You should now be rooted.
Background:
There is no exotic bootloader locking going on with these phones, as far as I can tell. The manufacturers/vendors are really just trying to capture a certain segment of the market, so I doubt they'd go through extensive efforts to lock you in. Just find any exploit (right now psneuter and zergRush), put them on the phone along with the su and busybox binaries, execute the exploit, and you'll be good to go with the Superuser app.
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I've used SuperOneClick before. In both 7 and XP machines. It gets stuck at "step 7".
Ok i'll try to do it again following your steps. I'll upload the screenshots
thanks for helping btw ...

No use ....
Nope. It didn't work. Hangs at step 7 (Pic Attached). tried on XP and 7.
Drivers install this time. and cmd>adb shell shows attached device, just like you said. but nothing happens after step7: waiting for device
I guess this process in not for me
can you provide link or tell me the process on how to add cwm recovery and backup the stock rom from the phone?
So that I can upload for you guys to check it out.
Note: my phone goes to recovery mode using the same method described in Karbonn Mobile A5 & A7 (Android 2.3.6
I checked.

ahmed.zunaid said:
Nope. It didn't work. Hangs at step 7 (Pic Attached). tried on XP and 7.
Drivers install this time. and cmd>adb shell shows attached device, just like you said. but nothing happens after step7: waiting for device
I guess this process in not for me
can you provide link or tell me the process on how to add cwm recovery and backup the stock rom from the phone?
So that I can upload for you guys to check it out.
Note: my phone goes to recovery mode using the same method described in Karbonn Mobile A5 & A7 (Android 2.3.6
I checked.
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Unfortunately, CWMR needs to be built for your hardware in order for it to work. I think CWMR for the Karbonn should work without modification if it has the same hardware, so see if you can find info on getting CWMR onto the Karbonn. If the bootloader is really locked then you'll have to find some way to unlock first.
Backup the recovery partition [1] before doing anything, although I cannot verify whether it's the same partition across all phones. If anything goes wrong you will lose the ability to boot into recovery mode, but your phone will work. With a backup of the partition you can just bit-copy and rewrite the partition exactly as it was.
Because you already have the drivers installed using SuperOneClick, you may like to see now if Unlock Root works [2]. Else, go ahead and root the phone using the manual method. First, run the exploit [3]. Tell us how this goes, then we'll continue (basically upload the su binary and optionally the Superuser app). Otherwise we need to see what other exploit works.
[1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160213
[2] http://lifehacker.com/5873745/unlock-root-roots-nearly-250-android-devices-in-one-click
[3] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1296916

Could you please also report back with some files after running the following commands (you will find them prefixed with w25_ from the folder you're running ADB):
Code:
adb shell cat /proc/cpuinfo > w25_cpuinfo.txt
adb shell getprop > w25_propinfo.txt
Thanks. I suspect the W25 does not have the Karbonn A7 hardware. If the Karbonn is a rebranded Mobilstar S01 then it has a Qualcomm ARMv7 processor. The Symphony phones (hypothesis based on the only one phone I have, that is a W10) are rebranded Tinno [1] phones, with MediaTek processors.
My W10 is ARMv6, so it depends on whether the W25 has an SoC based on the latest MTK proc (which is ARMv7) [2]. That is highly unlikely because it (the proc) would be too powerful for the model number. As you may or may not know, binaries are not portable across ARM cores.
The phones do indeed have the same chassis and general specs, but any attempt to port and/or copy files/ROMs must be taken with great care and precautionary steps. There is, of course, no rule that each model must depend on the same manufacturer, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
[1] tinno.com (i'm not allowed to post links, funny, did so in the previous post)
[2] mediatek.com

jason_cheng said:
Could you please also report back with some files after running the following commands (you will find them prefixed with w25_ from the folder you're running ADB):
Code:
adb shell cat /proc/cpuinfo > w25_cpuinfo.txt
adb shell getprop > w25_propinfo.txt
Thanks.
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#1 cpuinfo Attached
#2 Prop info Attached
It says ARMv7 processor. So what should I do now?
[off topic. rooted my friends Xperia arc today. Was very easy, like : DL kernel>click some stuffs>plug out>turn off>press n hold button>plug in>done
they should've made it simple for this one. just sayin .. :/ ]

ahmed.zunaid said:
#1 cpuinfo Attached
#2 Prop info Attached
It says ARMv7 processor. So what should I do now?
[off topic. rooted my friends Xperia arc today. Was very easy, like : DL kernel>click some stuffs>plug out>turn off>press n hold button>plug in>done
they should've made it simple for this one. just sayin .. :/ ]
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Well, popular devices have more people tinkering with them and hence more results I suppose for budget devices we are on our own. After all, I believe these phones are pretty value for money and the effort to tinker is worth it.
Anyway, my suspicions are wrong. Symphony (or whoever they rely on) hand-pick reference models and do not depend on any particular vendor. The W25 is ARMv7 from Qualcomm, rebranded from K-Touch W650 [1] with modest hardware upgrades, almost similar to the Mobiistar and Karbonn:
Mobiistar Touch S01: Qualcomm MSM7225A
Symphony Xplorer W25: MSM7627A or MSM7625a (but because of 1GHz clock more likely the former) [2]
Either way the differences are minor I presume. Clock speeds are different and on-chip options vary slightly depending on what the manufacturer opts for. So with a bit of work someone could port existing recoveries and ROMs from similar devices. See [2] for a list of such devices in the respective row for MSM7627A.
You can worry about this when you come to recovery. The first hurdle to get through is root, so have you proceeded to run an exploit?
Also, if you haven't done anything, I would suggest doing a factory reset and then backing up the entire ROM simply with the cat command [3]. The homemade unsigned backup may come in handy later as there is no official ROM update.
[1] 123.chinatronic.com/products.php/K-Touch-W650 [replace 123 with www]
[2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_(system_on_chip)
[3] android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO%3a_Unpack%2C_Edit%2C_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images

jason_cheng said:
..... Symphony (or whoever they rely on) hand-pick reference models and do not depend on any particular vendor. The W25 is ARMv7 from Qualcomm, rebranded from K-Touch W650 [1] with modest hardware upgrades, almost similar to the Mobiistar and Karbonn:
Mobiistar Touch S01: Qualcomm MSM7225A
Symphony Xplorer W25: MSM7627A or MSM7625a (but because of 1GHz clock more likely the former) [2]
Either way the differences are minor I presume. Clock speeds are different and on-chip options vary slightly depending on what the manufacturer opts for. So with a bit of work someone could port existing recoveries and ROMs from similar devices. See [2] for a list of such devices in the respective row for MSM7627A. ....
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it says HTC Desire VC T328d, Huawei Ascend C8812 ...
jason_cheng said:
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You can worry about this when you come to recovery. The first hurdle to get through is root, so have you proceeded to run an exploit?
Also, if you haven't done anything, I would suggest doing a factory reset and then backing up the entire ROM simply with the cat command [3]. The homemade unsigned backup may come in handy later as there is no official ROM update.
[1] 123.chinatronic.com/products.php/K-Touch-W650 [replace 123 with www]
[2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_(system_on_chip)
[3] android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO%3a_Unpack%2C_Edit%2C_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images
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Not sure how to use these commands. It says that the phone needs to be rooted to use these.
I'm trying to install clockworkmod.
meanwhile, If you have time, plz provide a simplified tutorial.
The zergrush in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1296916 doesn't download btw

Sorry, yes, that needs root. You must do everything you can to get root on the phone, because whatever you do you must have a backup. For CWMR, you must back up your recovery partition, else if your CWMR image does not happen to be compatible with your device you risk losing recovery mode.
For MTK devices like the W10, there is a method for non-rooted phones to carry out the backup [1], but I'm not sure about Qualcomm. So in the end, root is unavoidable.
1. Just get zergrush binary from the SuperOneClick archive (it is in another folder along with psneuter).
2. Copy the zergrush binary to the ADB folder.
3. Open a cmd window in the ADB folder just as you would normally type adb commands, then:
Code:
adb push zergrush /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergrush
adb shell /data/local/tmp/zergrush
Report back with the output.
[1] bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.com/2012/04/creating-rom-dump-of-your-mt65x3-device.html

jason_cheng said:
1. Just get zergrush binary from the SuperOneClick archive (it is in another folder along with psneuter).
2. Copy the zergrush binary to the ADB folder.
3. Open a cmd window in the ADB folder just as you would normally type adb commands, then:
Code:
adb push zergrush /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergrush
adb shell /data/local/tmp/zergrush
Report back with the output.
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Hellions with blue flames !
See The attached pic

I have the same phone It's original model is ktouch w650
i evem tried to use update.zip method but it says sd storage not found
how do i know if my bootloder is unlocked or locked
tried unlock root with driver installed it says failed to aquire root access\
in adb shell it shows $ sign and if i try to get root acess it says acess denied

Oh boy, it looks like the vulnerability has been patched in your version of Android. Either that, or there is some hardware peculiarity (buffer size being reported wrongly - that's also when this zergrush error comes up) which I do not yet know how to deal with. There is another exploit called 'tacoroot' but I do not prefer going that route as it's not as foolproof/universal as zergrush.
Update zips need to be signed. When your recovery tries to verify the signature it fails, as it is not the signature of the manufacturer that made the update.zip.
Have you guys tried ALL the rooting methods posted in the A5/A7 thread? In the meantime I'll take a look at how Qualcomm ROMs can be dumped.
edit: I'm pretty sure your device has a fastboot mode. If so, you can "hot" boot any cwmr image without flashing it using "fastboot boot theimage.img" as far as I can recall. Having fastboot is a blessing (which the MTK devices do not have) so follow the first few pages of the A7 thread.

thanks
thanks for your hard work....
can you tell me how to acess fastboot?
and also when i press and hold vlo up and power button its displayes" Ap fastboot:recovery " and screen becomes green and then if i keep pressing it goes red into recovery mood
but if i let go at green screen it stays that way
and when i pressed vol down+ power key it said im black screen and yello text " ENTRY QPST DOWNLOAD "

shaon121 said:
thanks for your hard work....
can you tell me how to acess fastboot?
and also when i press and hold vlo up and power button its displayes" Ap fastboot:recovery " and screen becomes green and then if i keep pressing it goes red into recovery mood
but if i let go at green screen it stays that way
and when i pressed vol down+ power key it said im black screen and yello text " ENTRY QPST DOWNLOAD "
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Sorry, the W10 is my first ever experience with Android (I was looking for a cheap way to find out how the stuff works), and as it does not even have a bootloader mode I have no idea about fastboot. I have only been with this phone/Android for about a month, so there's still a lot more to learn.
But as far as I can tell "AP Fastboot" already implies that you are in fastboot mode. You need the fastboot drivers installed on your PC, and then when you are at the green screen the phone will accept fastboot commands. [1]
If you guys manage to do this, what I would suggest is hot-loading a Karbonn A7, Mobiistar S01 or any other potential compatible CWMR image, then immediately making a full ROM backup. You can then upload recovery.img and I'll see if I can port it, and after that boot.img so we can at least get you root adb shell if by then rooting is still a problem.
And btw, if it was not clear in my previous post, rooting using current "standard" methods is not going to work as the latest gingerbread vulnerability (which zergrush exploits and many of the tools use zergrush) has been patched since December 2011. Unfortunately, it looks like the build of 2.3.6 that the W25 has is from a period after that, so zergrush on the W25 is a no-go. If you want to try, just follow the adb steps above which was posted for ahmed.zunaid.
[1] http://www.androidcentral.com/how-i-back-my-stock-unrooted-galaxy-nexus

[MOD][ICS][Development]Karbonn A18 4.0.3

Hello Guys i made this post for the karbonn a18 owners for some mods and upgrade any way till now i tried Google Now for this device.More would be coming,if you got an types of the mods just reply i will paste the link here
1.Google Now For Karbonn A18
You need about 60mb free space in your system folder.
Here is the full guide to install Google now for this device without having any custom rom or any recovery and its simple
First you would need root explore you can search it on google an get it for free or you can take any other root file manager and make sure superuser is installed. The file to be downloaded (Google Now) Link.http://www.mediafire.com/?5bpbla2pj260c3n
Ok after you install the files which i told to download follow these steps.
1.Unzip the .zip file which i given to you and copy paste it to your sdcard in an folder
2.Install and Open the root explore or any other root explore if you want.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
3.After that click at Mount R/O which is written at up
4.Next go to the folder where you extracted the files.(for root explore guys mnt>select sdcard for internal or sdcard2 for extrenal) and then first go to usr>srec>and copy both config and en-US folder.(for root explorejust press menu and select multiselect)
5.Now just got to system>usr>srec and paste there these two folder.
It will be like this
6.now copy the lib folder from the sdcard and paste it into system it will promote just click merge.
7.IMPORTANT THING:After these step go to system>app and now search for GoogleOuickSearchBox.apk and rename it as GoogleOuickSearchBox.apk.bak you need to do this it is the main part.
7.Ok the last thing is left is velvet.apk and googletts.apk install them both.
8.After that Power Off your phone and then again power on and then try to run google now and enjoy !!!
If you got any question just reply here
the velvet.apk file is made by cajunflavoredbob and for updates of the apk please visit his post.
I am trying to make more mods for this device and the latest i am trying to build is clockworkmod recovery so be updated and reply if you got any thing new for this phones
Unknown Info Of This Device
1.This Phone is already rooted all you need is download superuser
2.You can take an screenshot without installing any software just press and hold power button + volume down button.
3.There is an Android Recovery System installed in this device to see that power off the phone and then hold power button and volume down button and then use the volume button to go up and down and home button to select and menu button to go back.
That's all i know on this phone just post reply and i add more unknown info here

you did it without deodexing?
google now op says rom must be deodexed!!

jainkashish96 said:
you did it without deodexing?
google now op says rom must be deodexed!!
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No we can also do without that only stuff you need is ics rom and armv7 processor and it will work without flashing.Anyway i dont know about other phones but in karbonn a18 google now is working

battery icon changer
Mahesh90901 said:
No we can also do without that only stuff you need is ics rom and armv7 processor and it will work without flashing.Anyway i dont know about other phones but in karbonn a18 google now is working
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i am trying to change the stock battery icon.
what will happen if i change it and if it doesnt work?
i have backup of systemui.apk
can you tell me?

just backup systemui.apk and framework-res.apk and then u can try!
if anything happens you can always replace with original files!!
btw you can try rom-toolbox pro as well

Velvet.apk does not install
Tried to install velvet.apk but it again and again asks me to replace system application. I guess after changing the name of the file this should not happen, right? Any idea what could be wrong?
Okay it asks me to use a different name when i try changing the name!

sahil kaul said:
Tried to install velvet.apk but it again and again asks me to replace system application. I guess after changing the name of the file this should not happen, right? Any idea what could be wrong?
Okay it asks me to use a different name when i try changing the name!
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dont install it like any other apk!
paste it in system/app after renaming/deleting the original googlequicksearchbox.apk (which is also found in system/app)
then set permissions!

sahil kaul said:
Tried to install velvet.apk but it again and again asks me to replace system application. I guess after changing the name of the file this should not happen, right? Any idea what could be wrong?
Okay it asks me to use a different name when i try changing the name!
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Please see the 7th step carefully first you need to change first google search.apk to.apk.bak then try to install the velvet.apk
Just See Seventh Step
Sent from my Karbonn_A18 using xda app-developers app

jainkashish96 said:
dont install it like any other apk!
paste it in system/app after renaming/deleting the original googlequicksearchbox.apk (which is also found in system/app)
then set permissions!
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No you dont need to do that in this device just rename that googlequicksearchbox.apk with adding .bak at last of the .apk extension and it will work ^^
The steps u told is for armv6 device
Sent from my Karbonn_A18 using xda app-developers app

in recovery,i am getting this error.
E: signature veification failed
install aborted
@ mahesh, we need cwm as soon as possible bro.

Thank you Very Much
I Bought this set yesterday itself and got myself doing the same thing i used to do for a year or so! That is Fiddle with the Boys Toy...
Anyways i Followed this step by step, but somehow the permissions were not staying set.. Then i thought of restarting the phone and Voila the APK got installed! Thank you very much for giving a sneak peak of JB to me! I lost my Nexus s just before JB was announced and since then i was literally frustrated! But all is well for now and sorry for this long and meaning less post! http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Pritesh.mohan said:
in recovery,i am getting this error.
E: signature veification failed
install aborted
@ mahesh, we need cwm as soon as possible bro.
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Follow the steps
dont install the zip file from recovery it wont work in this mobile.
About the cwm i need to find the drivers of this mobile and it will take time for me cause i need to study go to school and do homeworks any way i try to do my best
Sent from my Karbonn_A18 using xda app-developers app

@mahesh : I was trying to install Google Now following your method. Copied all the files in the specified location and also renamed search.apk to apk.bak, but was not able to install velvet.apk. So restarted the phone and now its directly opening the recovery mod. dont have any backup of the ROM. Can you please help me out???

Mahesh90901 said:
No you dont need to do that in this device just rename that googlequicksearchbox.apk with adding .bak at last of the .apk extension and it will work ^^
The steps u told is for armv6 device
Sent from my Karbonn_A18 using xda app-developers app
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oops!
sorry!
but in my phone, i did like that only!
mayb it's not necessary in armv7 devices!

Mahesh90901 said:
Follow the steps
dont install the zip file from recovery it wont work in this mobile.
About the cwm i need to find the drivers of this mobile and it will take time for me cause i need to study go to school and do homeworks any way i try to do my best
Sent from my Karbonn_A18 using xda app-developers app
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100% tested,won' brick the phone.
Pre Reqs-
Firstly install ADB Drivers with help of this post-(URL COPY AND PASTE)
thespicygadgematics.com/2012/05/easily-quickly-install-android-adb.html
After You have finished installing ADB move forward-
-Download the Zip(URL COPY AND PASTE)
doc-0o-b0-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/ha0ro937gcuc7l7deffksulhg5h7mbp1/118qm601djttv0sdqau0i3eiqb5bb0dl/1348372800000/16034108961783736367/*/0B7ly9C0AiAYyWEhVQzEtdG9ZeDg?e=download
-Disconnect your phone if already connected to pc
- Download Karbonn A18 phone drivers + ROOTtool zip archive and unrarchive directory on your Computer desktop
- Take your phone and Set USB DEBUGING "ON" in parameters + Set SIM CARD PIN as "OFF" in the security parameters
- Shut down your phone + take out the battery
- Plug phone to computer with USB cable and put battery back
- Windows will find an "Android Phone Preload" and ask you if you want to automatically install drivers, select manual installation and find the drivers in the directory "Karbonn A18" on your desktop.
- When drivers installation succed, UNPLUG the phone and TURN IT ON
- Keep your phone ON and connect it again to your Computer
Run "TPSparkyRoot.bat" file from directory "ROOTtool"
- For every message wich ask you to "click to continue", LET THE PHONE COMPLETELY RESTART ,READ carefully LET THE PHONE COMPLETELY RESTART BEFORE PRESSING CONTINUE
-Process will ask you 3 TIMES and the phone will restart 3 TIMES
After 3rd restart phone is ucessfully rooted.Enjoy
You can check the root with help of Root Checker app from Play Store
this is for rooting, but you can have adb drivers..
modify it and use it.
hit thanx if i helped you...

Pritesh.mohan said:
100% tested,won' brick the phone.
Pre Reqs-
Firstly install ADB Drivers with help of this post-(URL COPY AND PASTE)
thespicygadgematics.com/2012/05/easily-quickly-install-android-adb.html
After You have finished installing ADB move forward-
-Download the Zip(URL COPY AND PASTE)
doc-0o-b0-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/ha0ro937gcuc7l7deffksulhg5h7mbp1/118qm601djttv0sdqau0i3eiqb5bb0dl/1348372800000/16034108961783736367/*/0B7ly9C0AiAYyWEhVQzEtdG9ZeDg?e=download
-Disconnect your phone if already connected to pc
- Download Karbonn A18 phone drivers + ROOTtool zip archive and unrarchive directory on your Computer desktop
- Take your phone and Set USB DEBUGING "ON" in parameters + Set SIM CARD PIN as "OFF" in the security parameters
- Shut down your phone + take out the battery
- Plug phone to computer with USB cable and put battery back
- Windows will find an "Android Phone Preload" and ask you if you want to automatically install drivers, select manual installation and find the drivers in the directory "Karbonn A18" on your desktop.
- When drivers installation succed, UNPLUG the phone and TURN IT ON
- Keep your phone ON and connect it again to your Computer
Run "TPSparkyRoot.bat" file from directory "ROOTtool"
- For every message wich ask you to "click to continue", LET THE PHONE COMPLETELY RESTART ,READ carefully LET THE PHONE COMPLETELY RESTART BEFORE PRESSING CONTINUE
-Process will ask you 3 TIMES and the phone will restart 3 TIMES
After 3rd restart phone is ucessfully rooted.Enjoy
You can check the root with help of Root Checker app from Play Store
this is for rooting, but you can have adb drivers..
modify it and use it.
hit thanx if i helped you...
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Karbonn A18 is already rooted from the factory pack so i dont think anyone will try thqr
Sent from my Karbonn_A18 using xda app-developers app

A18 is pre-rooted
Karbonn A18 is pre-rooted, you just need to install Super User from Google Play.

Mahesh90901 said:
Karbonn A18 is already rooted from the factory pack so i dont think anyone will try thqr
Sent from my Karbonn_A18 using xda app-developers app
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i know that its for rooting.
you want adb,so this method will also install drivers for the device.
thats what i am trying to say.
i know that the phone is rooted.
i am not stupid.
try and read the whole post next time.

no face unlock?
i was just hanging around with my a18 and found that there was no face unlock option!!!
is it me only or you are also not finding the same?
any ideas??

hey guys...
hi.....i too own a karbonn a18...nd ill have to say that its a great device for such price........
one thing i want to share is that if you guys want to increase your battery life on ur phone.....install the app setcpu...nd then set profiles(eg. det processor at 500mhz when screen is off).....etc.....it does increase your battery life significantly......
any questions are welcomed......
Thakursaab......

[TUT] HOW TO ROOT BLU VIVO 4.3 D910i - ROM JB 4.1.1

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2013-07-21 -->> OP update links for download file UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.41.zip.
2013-06-22 -->> OP update links for download file UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.34.zip.
2013-06-08 -->> OP update links for download file UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.32.zip.
2013-06-03 -->> OP update links for download file UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.30.zip.
OP update links for put CWMv6: Direct download CWMv6 (recovery.img) by williegomezt.
For new JB V07 update: Direct download drivers and SP_Flash_Tool_exe_v3.1224.01.

Do you think this will work with other BLU devices? I am thinking about buying a Dash 4.0, but I wouldn't want it without root.

dskrilz said:
Do you think this will work with other BLU devices? I am thinking about buying a Dash 4.0, but I wouldn't want it without root.
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You searched if there is someone who managed to ROOT your device here in xda?
Root MANY ANDROID! [Upd: 24.04.2013]
I'm also on other forums and had been trying to help a friend who needed to ROOT [BLU Tank 4.5] that has fastboot mode.
[TUTORIAL] Root Blu Dash 4.0
We try ROOT through this process and believe that you can try too. So I do not have these devices, and you must read a lot before making a decision. Before any procedure must have stock ROM or at least a backup of it.
BLU Dash 4.0 has [Chipset Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon]. Furthermore, this procedure Super_Su did not work for with the original recovery BLU VIVO 4.3 ROM JB 4.1.1. With recovery original it says "Installation aborted".

Blu Vivo 910a Jelly Bean generic Rom- How to root
I have a Blu Vivo 4.3 910 a which I updated with the generic Rom from Blu.Did someone root this version.
I tried many like One Click, z4root Version 1.3, root with reset version v.29, but nothing is working.
Also it does not accept update zip Version v.25 it says aborted.
How could it be rooted?
lopestom said:
Download to perform ROOT (if your choice) and place them on your sdcard ---> UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.25.zip
[03.03.2013] SuperSU v1.25 ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 << --- >> original link -- Thanks for this xda developers.
With the phone turned off, press POWER and VOL +.
Appears CWM v6 -> select install zip from sdcard ---> choose zip from sdcard -> find file with VOL - or VOL + file [UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.25.zip]
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Select YES with POWER. There, at the end of the process SU is installed.
Go + ++ Go Back + + + up to find -> reboot system now. Select with POWER.
When you restart the phone, mark in ---> configuration ---> Security --> Unknown sources.
For more details see my other Thread --> Loss IMEIs
So you now have installed a upgraded SuperSU-v1.25.
This it! Your device is ROOTed. :good:
Credit to xda developers for UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.25.zip .
For helping to make it happen => Mario Doce; williegomezt
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bluvivo said:
I have a Blu Vivo 4.3 910 a which I updated with the generic Rom from Blu.Did someone root this version.
I tried many like One Click, z4root Version 1.3, root with reset version v.29, but nothing is working.
Also it does not accept update zip Version v.25 it says aborted.
How could it be rooted?
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You must have knowledge of tool SPFT- [SP Flash Tool] to put on BLU VIVO 4.3 device only file "recovery.img" by @williegomezt (CWMv6 - see my signature).
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Download links are directly updated in the forum.

lopestom said:
You must have knowledge of tool SPFT- [SP Flash Tool] to put on BLU VIVO 4.3 device only file "recovery.img" by @williegomezt (CWMv6 - see my signature).
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Update links direct in forum.
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Thanks but there to I get the recovery.img file? The Flash Tool I have.

bluvivo said:
Thanks but there to I get the recovery.img file? The Flash Tool I have.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33100711&postcount=51
Download [VIVO 910a CMW by williegomezt.rar] unzip the rar file with the password for placed on the post. Inside this file rar have [recovery.img (CWMv6)].

I have the img.file and the flash tool all goes well but and the download and the phone conected it does not have the driver for the USB.
So there is no download.I download the driver but still is not working.Any help?
lopestom said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33100711&postcount=51
Download [VIVO 910a CMW by williegomezt.rar] unzip the rar file with the password for placed on the post. Inside this file rar have [recovery.img (CWMv6)].
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Correct procedures to install the drivers.
bluvivo said:
I have the img.file and the flash tool all goes well but and the download and the phone conected it does not have the driver for the USB.
So there is no download.I download the driver but still is not working.Any help?
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What system you are using Win XP/Vista/7/8?
I'll pass the correct procedures to install the drivers:
On the computer:
Go to the Drivers folder and run "InstallDriver" (for the file I'm sending you).
On your device:
Connect the device to your computer, go to Settings, Options programmer, Activate and check "USB Debugging" and press OK.
On your computer:
1 - Go to device manager, click on unknown device or wrongly recognized (MT65XX Preloader);
2 - MT65XX Preloader updating drivers, click browse for driver software on this computer;
3 - Type of Device, click Show All, and then click Have Disk and browse to the folder "Driver\ADB" and select the file [android_winusb.inf];
See this image for [android_winusb.inf]:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38864558
4 - Select Android Composite ADB Interface;
5 - If message appears, requesting confirmation to install, confirm, appear to Windows Security box, asking if you want to install Google Inc, Select Always Trust and install;
6 - Now just do the procedure in SPFT to put only the recovery (CWMv6).
Remember that with Win7 installations should always be run as administrator!
Check this with @tanmay5 in mmxA110 #38 ------->>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167244&page=4
For Win8 disable UAC:
3. open control panel in win8 the metro you one not classic one. I think u all might be knowing how to go there.
There click on general tab then click - advanced startup n press restart.
then go to troubleshoot option in press option 7 i.e disable driver signature. Thats the most Important step.
4. your pc will get restarted null enter in the in that option.
5. your UAC (User Account Control) must be enabled atleast to the recommended level/2nd one from the top.
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This is information within [VIVO 4.3 Tool\Driver_Auto_Installer\Driver_Auto_Installer]:
Driver_Auto_Installer_v1.1208.00
ReadMe.txt
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Code:
This application will install USB com port driver for MediaTek's device those IDs are listed below:
1."VID_0E8D&PID_0003" (FeaturePhone & Smartphone BootROM - MTK USB Port)
2. "VID_0E8D&PID_0023&MI_00" (FeaturePhone - MTK USB Modem Port)
3."VID_0E8D&PID_0023&MI_02" (FeaturePhone - MTK USB Debug Port)
4. "VID_0E8D&PID_2000" (SmartPhone - PreloaDer USB Port)
5. "VID_0E8D&PID_2001" (SmartPhone - DA USB Port)
6. "Vid_0E8D&PID_2006&MI_02" (SmartPhone - Kernel Gadget USB port, Please customize your kernel VID/PID)
"Vid_0E8D&PID_2007"
"Vid_0E8D&PID_200a&MI_02"
The application user must belong to Administrator group or have the privilege to install driver.
the execution of the InstallDriver.exe will install the driver, and the UninstallDriver.exe is special for remove driver.
the InstallDriver.exe will remove the legacy version of driver before install current driver automatically.
Notes:
1. Windows 2003 use the INF files which under the 2K_XP_COM
2. The device which generates two com ports (USB Modem Port Driver & USB Modem Debug Driver) only support Systems after Win XP sp3 version.
If you want to support these devices in Win XP Sp2, add these patchs:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918365/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935892/

lopestom said:
Download to perform ROOT (if your choice) and place them on your sdcard ---> UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.34.zip
[03.03.2013] SuperSU v1.34 ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 << --- >> original link -- Thanks for this xda developers.
Works for both models BLU VIVO 4.3 - D910a and D910i. If you are not with this device, then you should search or create CWM for your own device.
For put CWM v6 in BLU VIVO 4.3 see this: HOW TO PUT CWM v6.0.1.2 by williegomezt
For more details to put "recovery.img" using SPFT see Flashing only part of the ROM: [TUT]MTK Android (Sp flash tool ) tutorialhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982587
Download SP_Flash_Tool_exe_v3.1224.01 and INSTALL drivers: VIVO 4.3 Tool 20130322.rar
On your device ---> configuration ---> Security --> check the option=> Unknown sources.
Instructions after putting CWMv6: With the phone turned off, press POWER and VOL +.
Appears CWM v6 -> select install zip from sdcard ---> choose zip from sdcard -> find file with VOL - or VOL + file [UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.34.zip]
Select YES with POWER. There, at the end of the process SU is installed.
Go + ++ Go Back + + + up to find -> reboot system now. Select with POWER.
So you now have installed a upgraded SuperSU-v1.34.
That's all! Your device is ROOTed. :good:
Credit to xda developers for UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.34.zip .
For helping to make it happen => Mario Doce; williegomezt
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I have an error when I use SPFT. I downloaded and installed the MT6577 USB VCOM drivers from http://www.filecrop.com/MT6575-USB-VCOM-drivers.html and they installed fine.
I then followed your instructions for loading your recovery.img file to my phone. I got as far as the blue load line and then I got an SPFT error
BROM EROR : S_FT_NEED_DOWNLOAD_ALL_FAIL (4050)
and then it stops.
Any ideas?

rederikus said:
I have an error when I use SPFT. I downloaded and installed the MT6577 USB VCOM drivers from http://www.filecrop.com/MT6575-USB-VCOM-drivers.html and they installed fine.
I then followed your instructions for loading your recovery.img file to my phone. I got as far as the blue load line and then I got an SPFT error
BROM EROR : S_FT_NEED_DOWNLOAD_ALL_FAIL (4050)
and then it stops.
Any ideas?
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This is something related to installing drivers. Another interesting case is USB plug behind the PC.
Check this for more drivers MT6577. Download your version for SO (W8/W7/Vista/XP )--> [TUT] Instructions MTK6577 USB VCOM Driver Installation
I read in other posts that you have Win8 and this is not good. But many friends managed. Read post # 10, disable UAC, see picture of correct installation and try again. See this for correct install drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38864558
Another attempt is to use scatter file this on my forum [TUT] HOW TO INSTALL ROM 4.1.1 JB - BLU VIVO 4.3 D910i. Download the BLU_D910i_V06_GEN_T8113_20130322_CWM.rar, unzip. In SPFT, select only the option [RECOVERY].

Root blu dash 4.0
dskrilz said:
Do you think this will work with other BLU devices? I am thinking about buying a Dash 4.0, but I wouldn't want it without root.
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Watch this video: youtube-->How to root Blu Dash 4 0
follow his link to get the rootme pack...
You will need the adb driver... since BLU doesn't provide this anywhere you can install it via installing pdanet...
search google for "topnotchtablets installADBDriver"
I first installed ADB, then I ran the root script and voila my BLU DASH 4.0 was rooted... took me a while to find this out.. searched everywhere for the correct adb driver...
enjoy!:good:
I cannot post links yet because I just registered to this forum today... I would have posted the links tho.. sorry

zachpainter77 said:
Watch this video: youtube-->How to root Blu Dash 4 0
follow his link to get the rootme pack...
You will need the adb driver... since BLU doesn't provide this anywhere you can install it via installing pdanet...
search google for "topnotchtablets installADBDriver"
I first installed ADB, then I ran the root script and voila my BLU DASH 4.0 was rooted... took me a while to find this out.. searched everywhere for the correct adb driver...
enjoy!:good:
I cannot post links yet because I just registered to this forum today... I would have posted the links tho.. sorry
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I have helped some users BLU. Since then sought to unite all and maybe we can do a full forum here on xda.
So, see this #47: Blu Dash 4.0 D270i Rom damaged after Root
and this: [Q] Custom ROM for the BLU Dash 4.0???

BLU Users Unite
lopestom said:
I have helped some users BLU. Since then sought to unite all and maybe we can do a full forum here on xda.
So, see this #47: Blu Dash 4.0 D270i Rom damaged after Root
and this: [Q] Custom ROM for the BLU Dash 4.0???
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y this is a good idea . . . There is not enough support for BLU devices out there . . .

ROOT in BLU VIVO 4.3 - JB 4.1.1 - without using SPFT
Hello I did otherwise the root device of people who do not know or do not want to use SPFT.
So read the instructions well and be happy. I researched other ways, but just found this one with Chinese software. Remember: It will install an application Chinese. But I made a tutorial that this app can be removed later.
TUTORIAL ROOT in BLU VIVO 4.3.pdf
VRoot_1.2_Setup.rar
Or see more images here: Guide - How to Root BLU VIVO 4.3 with JB 4.1.1

HOW TO INSTALL ROM 4.1.1 JB - BLU VIVO 4.3 D910a
"Follow my instructions:
- Start again with a new download of the official file.
The battery must be at least half the load.
1. Visit the website: blu.kiwibed.com You must enter the username and password to access the folders
Username: blusoft
Password: aplic10
2. Enter the folder Aplic Software / Software Vivo 4.3 generic.
3. Select the model of your phone (BLU-D910I or BLU-D910A)
4. Download the zipped file on your computer
5. After downloading the file, upload it to the direct sdcard. No need to unpack
6. Turn off the phone and turn it back on leaving the keys pressed simultaneously volume + and power.
7. Menu will appear in the android recovery. With the volume buttons you browse options in this menu and the power button validates the selected option.
8. Appear => Execute/Press --> Wipe factory
9. Appear => Execute/Press --> Wipe cache
10. Choose the option: "apply update from sdcard"
11. Browse by sdcard and choose the file you downloaded.
12. Then the phone will restart and update the new version of android."
I followed the above instructions, now my phone won't boot. Message was; Installation Aborted. So I re-boot it and got stuck to the "Blu Logo". Any help is greatly appreciated to go back to stock rom (ics).

Fherby said:
I followed the above instructions, now my phone won't boot. Message was; Installation Aborted. So I re-boot it and got stuck to the "Blu Logo". Any help is greatly appreciated to go back to stock rom (ics).
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You're writing in the wrong place. Furthermore, the update should be placed with the original recovery. If you have a BLU VIVO 4.3, then you should not fear anything. So many people make the direct download to phone. This is wrong!
First on the PC and then put the sdcard. It may be that the file you downloaded came with errors.
If you have CWMv6 and backup, is back to normal. If not, try again another update file. If not, put JB version 6 in forum [TUT] HOW TO INSTALL ROM 4.1.1 JB - BLU VIVO 4.3 D910i. Read all the posts and see how to put the JB version 7.
Do not write here again on other matters, that is not the issue ROOT!

lopestom said:
You're writing in the wrong place. Furthermore, the update should be placed with the original recovery. If you have a BLU VIVO 4.3, then you should not fear anything. So many people make the direct download to phone. This is wrong!
First on the PC and then put the sdcard. It may be that the file you downloaded came with errors.
If you have CWMv6 and backup, is back to normal. If not, try again another update file. If not, put JB version 6 in forum [TUT] HOW TO INSTALL ROM 4.1.1 JB - BLU VIVO 4.3 D910i. Read all the posts and see how to put the JB version 7.
Do not write here again on other matters, that is not the issue ROOT!
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Sorry for writing my comments in the wrong place. Anyway, thanks for the additional info you've provided.

[GUIDE] Rooting O+ DUO (Android 5.1.1 - debug build)

Rooting O+ DUO
Original transcript from https://01.org/android-ia/user-guides/rooting-android-ia-user-debug-builds-minnowboard-max – By Eric Adams.
Modified to cater to O+ DUO android system (debug build)
IMPORTANT Info (read this before proceeding any further):
- Please back-up your data or if possible do an image of your disk (exact copy option) using an imaging software (i.e. macrium free)
- Rooting your device will VOID its warranty.
- Download files from provided links at your own risk. I will not be held responsible for any damages or failures that might happen to your device.
What you need:
• SuperSU archive from http://su.chainfire.eu/SuperSU-Embed.zip
o libsupol.so
o su
o supolicy​• SuperSU apk from http://www.androidapksfree.com/apk/supersu-apk-latest-version-download-chainfire/
• Intel USB Driver for Android Devices from https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-usb-driver-for-android-devices
• Android debug bridge (adb) from the Android SDK http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.htmlo Alternatively, adb is included as a part of the Phone Flash Tool Lite installation available at https://01.org/android-ia/downloads
o Or, use this tool by Snoop05 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118
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Rooting Instructions:
1. On your host computer, extract the SuperSU-Embed.zip to a local directory. Navigate to the “supersu” folder and extract the supersu.zip file. (In this example c:\SuperSU is where the apk and extracted zip file is located.)
2. Navigate to the “x86” folder and locate the following three files used later (for both 32-bit and 64-bit user space builds):
1. libsupol.so
2. su
3. supolicy​
3. On your O+ DUO Android system, enable “Android Debugging” in Settings → Developer Options.
1. Go to Settings → About Tablet.
2. Click on the Build Number seven times to enable the Developer Options in Settings.
3. Go to Settings → Developer Options and enable the “Android debugging”. ​4. From your host computer, connect to the O+ DUO with adb to remount the /system folder and make it read/write; you need to disable the dm-verity security to allow this. For the following steps use these adb commands from your host computer:
Code:
adb devices
adb root
adb disable-verity
adb reboot
This last comment reboots Android on your O+ DUO so you’ll need to reconnect adb:
Code:
adb devices
adb root
adb remount
5. Push the following files from the “x86” folder of the extracted SuperSU-Embed.zip on your host computer to your /system directory on the O+ DUO, and start the su daemon:
Code:
adb push su /system/xbin
adb push supolicy /system/xbin
adb push libsupol.so /system/lib
adb shell
su –-daemon&
6. From the host computer, Install the SuperSU apk onto the O+ DUO (open a new console):
Code:
adb install eu.chainfire.supersu-2.46-246-Android-2.1.apk
7. On the O+ DUO, launch the SuperSU app and follow the setup procedure. Reboot your Android device when done.
How to check if you are rooted:
1. Use Root checker (download from Google play store).
2. Use ES file explorer or any file manager to enable Root explorer and mount the system folder.
3. If you don’t have any issue with these steps then your O+ DUO is already rooted.
Acknowledgement:
1. Eric Adams - for original transcript
2. Chainfire - for SuperSU
3. ChurchE - for initial test and storage partition screenshot
4. Snoop05 - for ADB and fastboot tool
O+ DUO Specs
•Windows 10 Home 32-bit / Android 5.1.1 Lollipop (debug build) dual OS boot via Insyde Q2S
•Intel HD Graphics
•64GB Internal Memory
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•2GB RAM
•8-inch IPS Screen
•Docking Keyboard
•Quad Core 1.3GHz - 1.8GHz Processor - Intel Atom Z3735F
•Wi-Fi Connectivity
•Micro HDMI
•Bluetooth Connectivity
•Expandable Memory (micro SD)
•USB OTG
•4200mAh Battery (built-in)

can i remove the android part? cause i dont need it, im plannin to install remix instead

anybody had success with this method? thanks

Hello...
Where can I download stockrom for my O+ DUO?...
When I was booting it, it's been 4hours stuck on "Starting Adnroid Apps" dialouge screen and nothing happens...

jaspmash said:
Hello...
Where can I download stockrom for my O+ DUO?...
When I was booting it, it's been 4hours stuck on "Starting Adnroid Apps" dialouge screen and nothing happens...
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have you tried hard resetting using the android recovery?

tablet wont boot
i want to try your guide but my tablet is not booting anymore.
it stuck on the oplus logo (with the red background)
the device charged.
there is anything i can do?
thanks!

mazor12 said:
i want to try your guide but my tablet is not booting anymore.
it stuck on the oplus logo (with the red background)
the device charged.
there is anything i can do?
thanks!
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As stated above, you can try "hard resetting" your O+ Duo Tablet, that happens to me often as well and only hard resetting is the easiest way to boot up your tablet.

Just tried it today, and it worked on my O+ Duo! A huge thanks mate. :cheers:

touchetting.gt
Can u pls attach in this forum the setting for touchscreen of oplus duo file name is touchsetting.gt and it can b found in windows/inf folder pls copy paste this file and upload it on this forum help wilb much appreciated

touchsetting.gt
cavjr08 said:
Just tried it today, and it worked on my O+ Duo! A huge thanks mate. :cheers:
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Hi i clean installed windows 10 and all d drivers properly installed but i hv ghost touch issue i read forums that i shud hv backedup d touchsetting.gt which i faild to do
Since u are stil using d original firmware cud u pls upload ds file touchsetting.gt which can be located in windows/inf
Pls help:fingers-crossed:
---------- Post added at 04:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:03 PM ----------
cavjr08 said:
Just tried it today, and it worked on my O+ Duo! A huge thanks mate. :cheers:
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kor0ro.k3yz said:
can i remove the android part? cause i dont need it, im plannin to install remix instead
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hi i see tht u wnt to get rid of d android part i clean installed windows 10 and all d drivers properly installed but i hv ghost touch issue i read forums that i shud hv backedup d touchsetting.gt which i faild to do
Since u are stil using d original firmware cud u pls upload ds file touchsetting.gt which can be located in windows/inf
Lets help each other once u gv me d touchsetting.gt file i will rply to this post to inform u that ghost touch are gone d only issue i hv after completely installing windows 10

need o+ duo stock rom/firmware/flash rom
Hi .. Can I Have your System Image from Macrium Reflect ?
Im having a bootloop on the Android and Windows..
But I don't have a firmware of O+ DUO..

stuck in interactive shell
this reply is not about the topic but it`s related to o+ duo since the device isn`t that popular. i`d like to ask what to do well i`m stuck at interactive shell windows 10, when i try to boot it to android it says boot failed what should i do?

hard reset
Hi how to hard reset O+ DUO? Much better if I can do it VIA PC

My o+ says no command no matter how I hard reset

Someone help me,my device is stuck in shell at boot. Im only at uefi.

Hi. I'm also using O+ Duo and i have a problem in it. It blinks in the O+ logo and it shows "Entering DnX mode. Waiting for fastboot command..." Can you help me in this problem?. Thank you in Advance.

[HOW TO]Guideline / Install MTK drivers / How to Root / Flash a Rom / IMEI Restore

In this Thread i will explain how to set up MTK drivers and Flashtools.
Guideline:
Post #1 : Set up MTK drivers in Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10
Post #2 : Use Flashtools for MTK Devices
Post #3 : How to Flash Custom Roms / Roms download Guide / How to Root Stock Rom
Post #4 : Windows 10 MTK Drivers installation ( just in case post #1 dont work )
Post #5 : Lost IMEI Backup​
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How to Install MTK drivers in Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10
what we need:
MTK Vcom Preloader Driver 2.0
Download : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911977169
First thing we need is to Disable the Signed Driver verification on Windows :
To disable driver signature verification, we’re going to need to get into the Troubleshooting options from the boot manager.
The easiest way to bring this screen up is using this secret trick.
Hold down the SHIFT key while you click Restart.
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Once your computer has rebooted you will be able to choose the Troubleshoot option.
Then head into Advanced options.
Then Startup Settings.
Since we are modifying boot time configuration settings, you will need to restart your Computer one last time.
After restarting your computer a second time,
choose Disable driver signature enforcement from the list by typing the number 7 on your keyboard.
That’s all there is to it. Your PC will then reboot and you will be able to install unsigned drivers.
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Now its Time to open SP_Driver_v2.0.zip and start the DriverInstall.exe
it will open the install prompt . Press okay and dont change the installation path
Code:
C: // program files / Mediatek / Driver Package
during the installation it will start the verification window security.
Click on Install this driver software anyway
There will be an Error Message . - We Ignore it !
-Now Open your Device Manager and leave it open.
-Power Off your Phone and connect it with your Pc.
-you will see Under ports ( COM & LPT ) a Preloader unknown device
right click on there and click on Driver update/installation.
-Choose manually search for drivers
-Browse to C:// program files / Mediatek / Driver Package and apply.
-If all went good you have successfully installed the MTK Vcom Drivers. :good:
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How to Use Flashtools
i use SP_Flash_Tool_Windows_v5.1520.00.000 and never had a problem with it.
Its for most all MTK Phones and for all Elephone Devices
Download Link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911977217
- Extract the Flashtool zip folder to your Desktop
- Click flash_tool.exe to open the Tool
- You will see two "folder buttons" Download agent and Scatter-loading
- Into Download agent place the MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin file .
its in your Flashtools folder
- Into Scatter-loading place the Scatter.txt
All Stock Roms / Custom Recoverys have one Scatter.txt in their Zip files.
- Make sure that every partition is checked
-IMPORTANT NOW, Flashing Part-
-Power Off your Device!
-Press on the Download Button!
-Connect your Device with PC and wait until all is flashed
-you will see a Green Mark when all is done
-Disconnect your Device and press Power button to Reboot.
:fingers-crossed::good::fingers-crossed:
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How to Install Custom Roms
You don't need to root your phone to use Custom Roms like
Eragon Rom
or
Nexus Rom
because within installation it will get root with SuperSU
P.s: if you run into a problem e.g Bootloop . (newest Rom dont work well with our Custom Roms , related to its Partition.Img)
You could Flash the Stock ROM 02150725 to solve it
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1. Place the Rom.Zip into your Internal or External Sdcard
2. If you are on Stock Rom just Flash a Custom Recovery
Best Recovery without any bug is Philz v2 but you can also use Twrp Recovery
3. Hold Vol+ and Power simultaneously
you will get into the Bootloader Menu
4. Navigate with Vol+ to Recovery and apply with Vol-
5. In Recovery perform a Fullwipe , wipe System , Data , Cache , Dalvik
(In Philz Recovery wipe "clean to install a new rom"
In TWRP Recovery Wipe /advanced Wipe /wipe System,Data,Cache,dalvik)
6. Install the Rom.Zip located in your Sdcard
7. Reboot
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Custom Roms and Stock Roms
Eragon Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/development/rom-06-9-eragon-1-0-android-5-1-t3195007
Nexus Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/development/rom-nexus-t3235626
CyanogenMod 12.1 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-p8000-t3259022
Flyme - http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-8682-1-1.html#.VuQ3WYQrHIU flash via Flashtools
Vibe - http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-8192-1-1.html Flash via Flashtools
Emui - http://forum.xda-developers.com/ele...-emui-v3-1-lite-04-02-2016-android-5-t3309296
Stock Roms
2015.07.25 - http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-6536-1-4.html#.VuQ3C4QrHIU
2015.08.15 - http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-7096-1-4.html#.VuQ3DoQrHIU
2015.09.07 - http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-7743-1-2.html#.VuQ3QYQrHIU
2015.10.14 - http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-8751-1-2.html#.VuQ3K4QrHIU
2015.11.05 - http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-9163-1-2.html#.VuQ3NYQrHIU
2015.12.03 - http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-9415-1-1.html#.VuQ3UYQrHIU
2016.02.17 - http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-9898-1-1.html#.VuQ3SYQrHIU
Custom Recoverys
Philz v2: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347838441
Twrp 2.8.7.0 : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086997788 thx hanuma
Twrp 3.0.0.0 : https://mega.nz/#!wZM01byD!JTkRCVaJoxm5YmE2sFQBB2e1wnDIYo1AWAetqY8e60o thx hanuma
SuperSU root
Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
100% bug free Supersu v.2.46.zip
https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/
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How to Root Stock Rom
-If you want to Root your prefered Stock Rom
-Place SuperSU into your Sdcard
-Flash a Custom Recovery with Flashtools and its Scatter.txt
-Hold Vol+ and Power to get into Bootloader Menu
-Navigate with Vol+ and apply Recovery with Vol-
-Flash Supersu.zip
-Reboot​

Windows 10 MTK VCOM USB Drivers for 32 & 64 bit + Driver install tutorial
To determine the version of Windows 10 that you have (32 bit or 64 bit):
- Right-click on Start then click on System
- In the System window that opens, in System section, you will find your version of Windows next to System type
To disable Windows 10 64 bit driver signature enforcement:
- On your 64 bit Windows 10 desktop click on Start then on Settings
- Click on Update & security then in the left pane click on Recovery
- Under Advanced startup click on Restart now button
- Click on Troubleshoot then on Advanced options
- Click on Startup Settings then on Restart button
- The computer will restart with the Startup Settings screen
- To disable the driver signature enforcement until next restart press on number key 7 or F7 on your keyboard.
- After restart you can proceed with the unsigned MTK drivers installation for your 64 bit Windows
- After you install the unsigned drivers, to use them again in the future, you have to repeat this procedure
To install the MTK VCOM USB Drivers on 32 & 64 bit Windows 10:
- Download the drivers *.zip archive and extract the folder from inside on to the desktop:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087012126
Right-click on Start then click on Device Manager
In the Device Manager Window click on the first item – your computer name
Click on Action then Add legacy hardware
On the Welcome to the Add hardware Wizard window click on Next button
Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) and then click on Next button
Click on Show All Devices then on Next button
In the Add Hardware window click on Have Disk… button
In the Install From Disk windows click on Browse… button
In the next window – Locate file – browse for the folder that you have extracted on the desktop at the beginning
Select the version of the driver according to your Windows 10 version – x64 for 64 bit and x86 for 32 bit and click Open button
Click the OK button to load the driver
From the list of drivers select MTK USB Port and click on Next button
If a red warning window will open, click on Install this driver software anyway
This action will add the following drivers in to the operating system:
- MediaTek DA USB VCOM Port
- MediaTek PreLoader USB VCOM Port – for transferring the firmware to your device
- MTK USB DEBUG Port
- MTK USB Modem Port
- MTK USB port – for transfering PreLoader to your device (and recovery in case of bad or corrupt firmware)
Now we need to remove the device that we have installed but leave the drivers in the operating system.
To do that, in the Device Manager window we expand Ports (COM & LPT) section
Right-click and click Uninstall on the MTK USB Port
- In the Confirm Device Uninstall window make sure that the box Delete the driver software for this device is empty
- You need to leave the drivers in the operating system and only remove the device that you added
- Click on the OK button to finalise
Now, when you will connect your turned off MTK device to the Windows 10 computer by USB, the device will be recognized either trough a MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM Port interface or as a MTK USB port if it is bricked or it has bad/corrupt firmware. The SP Flash Tool will be able to transfer the firmware to your device trough this interfaces. Make sure you connect the device after you press the Download button in SP Flash Tool, as the communication interface will only be alive for 2 seconds if no data is being sent.
Download SP Flash Tool v3 & v5 – Latest versions:
http://laurentiumihet.ro/technology/download-sp-flash-tool-v3-v5-latest-versions/
TUT found here : http://laurentiumihet.ro/technology...-for-32-64-bit-drivers-installation-tutorial/
cheers​

Lost IMEI Restore
A common problem many face in their phone is loss of IMEI no. This is results in no network detection by your phone. U can come to know you have lost your IMEI by checking Settings->About phone->Phone information. There under IMEI section you won’t be finding your mobile IMEI numbers displayed.
Don’t worry you can restore your IMEI’s. Just follow this guide and you will be able to restore your IMEI. I will split the tutorial into two parts.
BACKING IMEI :
-First step before performing all these things is that your phone should be rooted.
When your phone is in normal state with everything functioning install Root explorer and navigate to the below location
Code:
>ROOT>DATA>NVRAM>MD>NVRAM>NVD_IMEI>MP0B_001
-Now copy this MP0b_001 file to your SD card or PC whichever place you feel the file we be safer.
-Now download MTK Droid tools .
-Now extract the zip file and open the MTK droid tools exe file.
-Now in your phone turn on USB Debugging by going to Settings->About phone-> Developer options and there turn on USB debugging.
-Now connect your phone and MTK droid tools should be able to detect your phone. U should see a window like this appearing after your
phone has been detected.
-Now press the ROOT button present in lower right corner. When it asks Supersu grant in your mobile click allow. After MTK droid gets
access u should see a green colour box appearing in the lower left corner which means u have correctly granted access to MTK droid.
-Now click on the IMEI/Nvram tab. A window should open and click backup NVRAM and MTK droid tools would take a backup of NVram in
its folder.
RESTORING IMEI :
-Now when you lose IMEI first try this method. Now take the MPDB_001 file which you took backup at the first step and navigate through
Root explorer to this location ->ROOT->DATA->NVRAM->MD->NVRAM->NVD_IMEI.
-Now paste that file and replace the one present there. Set the permissions for that file as RWER-ER-E. Now reboot your phone and you
should be able to get your IMEI back.
If you still haven’t got IMEI open MTK droid tools and connect your phone and press ROOT again and give MTK droid tools root access.
-Now click on IMEI/Nvram tab and select Restore option and restore the NVram backup which you took earlier. Now reboot your phone and
you should be able to get your IMEI.
Extreme method :
-After performing all the above if you haven’t still got IMEI. Now switch off your phone and open SP Tools and connect your phone.
Click on format and format your whole phone. ( This wipes whole of the phone including NVram region ).
-Now flash stock ROM through SP Tools and after it completes start up your phone. ( Don’t be surprised. Your IMEI will still be in lost state
only ). Now root your phone.
-After successful rooting now connect your phone to MTK Droid tools and again press ROOT button and grant root access to MTK Droid
tools. Now click on IMEI/NVram tab.
-Now as you see in the image above you can see two boxes IMEI1 and IMEI 2. Now enter your device IMEI numbers manually in those two
boxes.( You can get your IMEI no’s from your phone box ). Now click replace IMEI. Now reboot your phone and you should be definitely able
to get your IMEI restored.
MTK DROID TOOLS LINK : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911972546
found: http://www.androiddevs.net/restoring-lost-imei-mtk-phone/​

Beautiful @skeleton1911
What a gread job!
Gesendet von meinem Elephone P8000 mit Tapatalk

Thanks for this great work.
And for all the Linux Users out there. SPFlashtool also work perfekt with x86-64 Linux distros.
The most anoying point and greatest drawback is, that with newer Ubuntu based distros like Mint, since 14.04, the builtin modem-manager don't like Mediatek, so you have to blacklist Mediatek in the udev rules.
How this will done, is written in that great tutorial by Miss Montage.
Cheers
The direct link for Tapatalk Users: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/tutorial-how-to-setup-spflashtoollinux-t3160802

jknarf said:
Thanks for this great work.
And for all the Linux Users out there. SPFlashtool also work perfekt with x86-64 Linux distros.
The most anoying point and greatest drawback is, that with newer Ubuntu based distros like Mint, since 14.04, the builtin modem-manager don't like Mediatek, so you have to blacklist Mediataek in the udev rules.
How this will done, is written in that great tutorial by Miss Montage.
Cheers
The direct link for Tapatalk Users: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/tutorial-how-to-setup-spflashtoollinux-t3160802
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arnicika said:
Beautiful @skeleton1911
What a gread job!
Gesendet von meinem Elephone P8000 mit Tapatalk
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thank you very much

This should be pinned!

BlueFlame4 said:
This should be pinned!
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Already done
Gesendet von meinem Elephone P8000 mit Tapatalk

A German Translation for #1 and #2 is available there: http://www.android-hilfe.de/thema/a...n-und-anwenden-unter-windows-8-8-1-10.759025/

skeleton1911 said:
Lost IMEI Restore
RESTORING IMEI :
-Now when you lose IMEI first try this method. Now take the MPDB_001 file which you took backup at the first step and navigate through
Root explorer to this location ->ROOT->DATA->NVRAM->MD->NVRAM->NVD_IMEI.
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Please note neither the name of the IMEI file nor its position seem to be constant, but may vary from one Stock ROM version to another.
In my case (Stock Rom version 20151203) it took me some time to find a file named "MP0B_001" within the following location:
/nvdata/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI
Maybe the easiest way to find the IMEI file is to search for the keyword "NVD_IMEI" within some root file manager as this does not seem to change.

@skeleton1911 I'm having problems with MTK DROID TOOLS, it won't detect my elephone p8000.
I was wondering can you help me with this?

Rav3r1 said:
@skeleton1911 I'm having problems with MTK DROID TOOLS, it won't detect my elephone p8000.
I was wondering can you help me with this?
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you want to restore your imei?
do this: it just takes a minute
You can solve your imei problem with this "MTK Engineering Mode" from playstore.
You open the app and go to: MTK Settings, Connectivity, CDS Information, Radio Information, Phone 1.
Here you have at the top "AT+". here you complete to >>AT+EGMR=1,7,"123456789012345"<<, of course with your imei, which ist standing on the akku-cover.
Then, very important: You have to put in a space after "AT+", so it looks like >>AT+ EGMR=1,7,"123456789012345"<<
Click "SEND AT COMMAND". Thats it.
For the second imei do the same with >>AT+ EGMR=1,10,"123456789012345"<<

In Lost IMEI Restore part of tutorial MtkDroidTools v2.5.3.zip link to infected file. PLEASE REMOVE or change to https://androiddatahost.com/cj8vrp
SHA256: 40fe0934c24b17bc49e9b96c24c873fc5c4e0744ee31c8c5193c50168ee43839
File name: MtkDroidTools v2.5.3.zip
Detection ratio: 32 / 52
Analysis date: 2016-12-15 22:42:21 UTC ( 2 days, 1 hour ago )
virustotal.com/en/file/40fe0934c24b17bc49e9b96c24c873fc5c4e0744ee31c8c5193c50168ee43839/analysis/

@skeleton1911
I believe that first post need a big refresh.
The new All-In-One Mediatek driver don't need to disable driver signing. and contain both USB ADB and USB preloader driver for Mediatek chips
For the Flashtool version (Windows/Linux) there is a specific thread where you can redirect all user to get latest version of Flashtool program.