SP Flash Tool Mediatek flashing Utility Tutorial and Guide.

MediaTek SmartPhone Flash Tool aka SP Flash Tool. 

Mediatek flash tool 
How to Flash MediaTek Tablet & Smartphones with Sp Flash Tool
 Step by Step Guide & Tutorial. 
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how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

Smartphone Flash tool known as SP Flash Tool , is flashing utility  for Mediatek based smartphones and tablets. Mediatek has many famous CPU Chipset i.e MT6589, MT6572, MT6582, MT6592, MT8125 ,MT8312 , MT8382 and many more .
 MediaTek support Dual Core , Quad Core, hexa- Core , Octa Core  Processors  in different Smartphone and tablets. 

Tips .

(Before Flashing Stock Firmware try  Hard Reset via Recovery Mode is always recommended. Flashing Stock ROM on any Android device must be last option.Most MediaTek devices support Fastboot mode, In case of errors,pattern lock , gmail or system errors try Wipe Device data in Fastboot Mode).



Preparation for Flashing MediaTek. 


First you need to download Appropriate firmware for your smartphone or tablet. Then Download SP Flash Tool utility from old version from here  and SP Flash tool latest version from here. Sp Flash tool include drivers but if you are not able to find ,download MTK Drivers from here . Do not attach MTK Device to computer until mentioned in this tutorial "Connect your MTK Device".


how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

Unzip Sp_Flash_Tool and go to SP Flash Tool folder.

how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

Click on Flash Tool 


how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

SP Flash tool automatically select download agent file. 

how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones


Now click on Scatter loading , A pop window will appear and you have to select MTXX Android Scatter file. Now this is very important Step. Choose scatter.txt file carefully . Scatter.txt will be located in downloaded firmware folder. Scatter.txt is most import part of your flash. The text file based on whole firmware which mention partition/block size of your smartphone & tablet (Preloader , MBR,EBR1,Uboot,Booting,RECOVERY,Sec_Ro,Logo,Android,Cache). Again be careful to choose Scatter.txt the correct scatter.txt file is which you will in your downloaded firmware folder. 

how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

Now Select MTXX_Android_Scatter from the firmware fold which you have been downloaded before. 



how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

After Selecting Scatter.txt you will see bunch of files loaded on SP Flash tool. (Preloader , MBR,EBR1,Uboot,Booting,RECOVERY,Sec_Ro,Logo,Android,Cache).

how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

Its Time To Start Flashing your MediaTek Devices. Do not attach your devices . Click on Download button.  

how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

Pink bar  will be start to gether firmware information and will be completed to 100%.(as mention in below image).

how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones


Now "Connect your Smartphone or Tablet" . You need to put your MediaTek Device into Boot Mode for flashing . Hold Volume down , Press power button and insert data cable into MTK Device. Do not loose buttons untill Sp Flash Tool detect your Android Device as shown below picture with arrow .  

how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

A yellow bar will be start and SP Flash tool will start writing files into your MediaTek Devices.  


how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones

On 100% yellow bar A green circle will be pop up with message "Download Ok ". You are done. 


how to flash mediatek tablets and smartphones


MediaTek  Device will be turn on automatically if not then turn it on by pressing power button. First boot will take some time .

What if Android devices hang on logo after Flashing ?

 In some cases (not mine) after flashing, tablet or smartphone  hang on logo then you need to  Hard reset your device ,wait until it  turn on . 

What if My MediaTek device is showing Invalid Imei after Flash?

In some cases (not mine) after a flash Android devices display invalid or null imei. There is brief guide about How to Repair Invalid Imei on Mediatek  

Disclaimer !

The above said mediatek flashing procedure is best of my knowledge and following snapshots were taken during Lenovo tablet flashing. The Presented method is completely safe and work like charm but I do not take  responsibility of any loss .
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