HOW TO REPAIR MTK IMEI USING MAUI META 3G

NOTES : USB Debugging must be enabled

MAUI META 3G - DOWNLOAD

Unknown Baseband correction tool, Imei repair and Null Imei repair
    

All MTK Devices Baseband Run On NVRAM - Path In Androids Phones "/dev/nvram"

Two Ways Can Be Used To Reflash NVRAM.

- One By Flashing BPLG Baseband (Modem)(Basic Functions Like Imei ,Etc Works With Most Alternative BPLG Files)

- Once NVRAM Is Corrupted Device Must be Flashed with Flash  Tool With Correcting Scatter From ''__NODL_NVRAM'' To ''NVRAM'' And Select Correct Working Phone NVRAM File For Same Baseband.

MAUI META 3G Instructions:

1. Power On Device.

2. Connect Phone To Pc.
3. Install Drivers.

4. Turn off Device.

5. Open Maui Meta Tool.

6. In Options Tick Second One ( Connect Smart Phone Into A Meta Mode)

7. Press Reconnect.

8. Insert Cable.

9. Install CDC Driver.

10. In about 1 Min, Imei Tool Tab will pop up.

11. Select 'Change Nvram Database File'  And Chose It From NVM Archive.

12. Write IMEI  (One Or Both Depending On Device)

13. Press Download To Flash.

14. Done. 

Credit to http://en.miui.com for this idea

HOW TO DELETE A PARTITION ON A HARD DRIVE

You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps.

When you delete a hard disk partition/volume you create empty space that you can use to create new partitions.

If your hard disk is currently set up as a single partition, then you can't delete it. You also can't delete the system partition, boot partition, or any partition that contains the virtual memory paging file, because Windows needs this information to start correctly.
All data on a partition will be lost when you delete it. Make a backup before deleting any partition.

STEPS:

1. On the computer desktop, right click on the 'Computer' icon.
2. Select 'Manage'
3. Click Disk 'Management'
4. Right click the partition you want to delete.
5. Click Delete.
6. Click Yes to confirm.
7. Done.

HOW TO RECORD DESKTOP SCREEN USING VLC MEDIA PLAYER

VLC Media Player is more than just a video player,it features screen recording option, you can easily record the desktop screen of your computer using VLC Media player. 

STEPS:

1. Launch VLC Media Player.
2. Navigate to Media.

3. Scroll down to Convert/Save.
4. Goto capture tab and select Desktop on the capture mode drop down menu.
5. Select desired Frame rate (10f/s) preferable.
6. Click Convert/Save.
7. Select Codec.
8. Select Destination and output name.
9. Click Start.
10. Exit VLC to stop recording.
11. Done.

HOW TO ENABLE Init.d SUPPORT ON MOST ANDROID DEVICES USING Term-init

NOTE :  DEVICE MUST BE ROOTED

Most android optimization files are scripts and tweaks on the root build properties and on the system Init.d. For any android device to execute the said tweaks, it is required to enable Init.d support to accept the changes and optimization.

The following instruction will allow any android device running any ROM to enable Init.d support using Term-init, through terminal emulator.

REQUIREMENTS:

Any rooted android device
Terminal Emulator - DOWNLOAD and Install
Busybox - DOWNLOAD and Install
Term-init script - DOWNLOAD and copy to the root of the device SD card.

STEPS:

1. Open Terminal Emulator.
2. Type: su
3. Grant Superuser access when asked
4. Type in: sh /sdcard/term-init.sh
5. The script will execute and just follow the instructions showed.
6. Done

Credit to XDA Team for this Piece.

HOW TO ENABLE HIBERNATE ON WINDOWS 8 AND 8.1

Hibernate allows to save system state at any time and resume where you left off.

Step 1: In system tray, click the battery icon and select More power options from the panel that pops up.

Step 2: In the power options window, select either “Choose what closing the lid does” or “Choose what the power button does” from the left panel.

Step 3: In the next window, click the blue text that says “Change settings that are currently unavailable”

Step 4: At the bottom of the windows, a new set of options will become available. Check the box next to Hibernate and click Save changes.

5. Done.

HOW TO MAKE AND RESTORE A NANDROID BACKUP

ENSURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE ON EXTERNAL SD BEFORE DOING THIS.

Nandroid Backup is useful to revive a Soft Bricked Phone. As it backs up everything on the phone.

BACKUP

1. Android device must be rooted and needs to have a custom recovery. To learn how to flash a custom recovery on samsung, Htc and other devices click HERE. For Mtk devices click HERE.

2. Boot to recovery using device specific key combo.

3. FOR

TWRP:
Go to “Backup”
Choose the partitions to back up. Default selections is preferable.

Swipe to the right at the bottom to start the backup.

Reboot device when backup is completed.

CWM:
Go to “Backup and restore”
Choose “Backup”

Backup should start.

Reboot device when backup is completed

4. Copy the Nandroid Backup to a computer for safe keeping.

RESTORE

1. Boot to recovery, select “Backup” or “Backup and restore”

2. Choose the restore option. 

3. Select Backup to restore.

4. Reboot device when restore is completed.

5. Done.

HOW TO FLASH/UNBRICK LG WITH KDZ FIRMWARE

REQUIREMENTS

Download Firmware Files.
DOWNLOAD and Install LG Drivers.
DOWNLOAD and Extract LG Flash Tool 2014.
Download Visual C++ Runtime Library.

How to Flash / Unbrick 

1. Ensure Device is sufficiently charged.

2. Enter Download Mode and connect device to PC using USB.

3. Open LGFlashTool2014.exe. 

4. For ‘Select Type’ choose CDMA. 

5. For ‘PhoneMode’ select DIAG. 

6. Go down to Select KDZ file, Navigate to firmware file location and attach.

7. Click normal flash. 

8. Click Start in the window that pops up.

9. Click OK. A new window should pop up.

10. A bar starts moving on the device indicating the flash status.

11. Wait for flash to complete, and then Reboot the device.

12. Done.

HOW TO CHANGE SPREADTRUM IMEI WITHOUT MTK ENGINEERING MODE

THIS WORKS ON VARIOUS SPREADTRUM DEVICES. I HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU.

STEPS

1. Dial *#*#83781#*#* on the spreadtrum android device.

2. “ Engineer Mode ” would be launched.

3. Scroll Down and Select “ Set IMEI“.

4. The device would display the original IMEI(s).

5. Input the generated IMEI on any Sim of choice.

6. Click “ Set IMEI“.

7. A confirmation message will pop-up.

8. Click OK and Reboot the device.

9. Done.

HOW TO CHANGE IMEI ON SAMSUNG,LG,HTC(ANY NON MTK DEVICE WITHOUT PC)

NOTE = YOU MUST BE ROOTED.

Also, it is advisable to make a Nandroid Backup incase the device gets soft bricked, Although it is unlikely to happen.

STEPS

1. DOWNLOAD and Install XPOSE INSTALLER, grant Xpose SuperUser right.

2. Lauch Xpose Installer.

3. Click on FRAMEWORK.

4. Click on INSTALL/UPDATE.

5. Reboot device.

6. DOWNLOAD and Install Imei Changer.

7. Open Xpose Installer.

8. Click on modules,make sure Imei Changer is ticked then click on Imei changer to Launch it.

9. Input the generated Imei and Click APPLY.

10. Reboot device. DONE!!

HOW TO FIX BATTERY NOT CHARGING BEYOND A PARTICULAR PERCENT ON MOST ANDROID DEVICES

To fix battery on an MTK device not charging above a certain percentage.

1. Remove the battery and hold down the power button for 45 seconds.

2. Slot in the battery then flash Clockworkmod recovery to the device. Learn how to do this HERE or HERE or HERE.

3. Boot the phone into recovery mode using device specific physical button Combo.

4. In recovery mode, Select Advanced.

5. Select Wipe battery stats.

6. Reboot the phone.  DONE!!

HOW TO FLASH CUSTOM RECOVERY ON MTK DEVICES USING FLASHIFY

The Device must be rooted

1. Download the appropriate custom recovery for the device and copy to External Sd

2. DOWNLOAD and Install Flashify.

3. Run flashify.

4. Click on 'Recovery Image' Tab.

5. Click on 'Choose a file' Tab.

6. Navigate to external Sd and select the custom recovery.

7. Select the custom recovery.

8. Confirm to flash the recovery.

9. Device will reboot to custom recovery after successful flashing.

10. Done.
 

HOW TO USE WISELINK TOOL TO FLASH MTK DEVICES

This is another tool which can be used in flashing MediaTek devices. It's unique feature is the ability to read scatter files in either .txt or .sca format, and Has multi port option which can flash many similar devices at same time, otherwise it works basically like SP Flash Tool.

REQUIREMENTS AND STEPS TO SET UP THE TOOL.

 

DOWNLOAD WiseLinkTool v4.6.4.44
DOWNLOAD and install MTK USB VCOM

Extract, Install and Launch WiseLinkTool.exe 

Click on Open RegCode File Navigate and select REG.key

Click OK

Click on the button with ... 'To load scatter file'.

Navigate to the folder containing the mtk rom and select the scatter file, which ofcourse can be in either .txt or .sca format.

Tick the required partition to flash (Tick all for complete flash or upgrade)

Click Download Button and connect phone to PC

When process is complete,the phone will reboot or start charging depending on the option selected After Downloaded Tab.

DONE !!

After flash fever

1. Null or invalid Imei - Repair using either mtk engr, SN Write tool or Maui Meta 3G

2. Bootloop - Boot to recovery and do a factory reset.

3. Device screen divides or shows irregular colours - Flash using another firmware.

HOW TO INSTALL CUSTOM RECOVERY ON LENOVO A319 CARLIVE TOUCH v3.0

To root this device (and other lenovo devices) you must flash a custom recovery to the device. The Tutorial below  teaches how to do this.

This process works on other Mtk Devices.(download the appropriate custom recovery for the device and follow the steps below)

REQUIREMENTS

SP Flash Tool v3.1344. DOWNLOAD ↦ HERE
CTRv27 custom recovery Carliv Touch. DOWNLOAD ↦ HERE CWM v5.5.0.4 custom recovery. DOWNLOAD ↦ HERE
INSTALL USB VCOM. DOWNLOAD ↦ HERE
 

STEPS

1. Extract and run SP Flash Tool v3.1344 as administrator.

 
2. On flash tool, check DA DL All with Checksum option.

3. Click on Scatter-Loading button.

4. Browse to extracted custom recovery folder.

5. Select MT6572_Android_scatter.txt and wait for recovery.img to load.

6. Press Download button (warning; 'not all images loaded completely' ignore and press Yes button).

7. Turn off the device.

8. Connect the device to the computer using Usb if USB VCOM driver is correctly installed flash tool will recognize the device and start installation process, the process takes a while.

9. A green PASS is seen when installation is complete.

10. Done. And disconnect device from the computer

To enter recovery mode on Lenovo A319 press and hold Volume Up + Power Buton while the device is off. 

When in recovery, proceed to root the phone using this guide HERE

HOW TO ROOT LENOVO A319 WITH SuperSu Pro v2.40

REQUIREMENTS

BusyBox. DOWNLOAD ↦ HERE
SuperSu Pro v2.40. DOWNLOAD ↦ HERE

STEPS

1. Flash the Correct Custom recovery to the device. CLICK HERE for guide on how to flash a custom recovery to Lenovo A319

2. After successfully flashing a custom recovery to the device. Copy the downloaded files to external SD Card

3. Turn off Lenovo A319.

4.  Boot to recovery mode by pressing and hold Volume Up + Power button.

5. While in custom recovery main menu.

6. Select Install zip ↦ Choose zip from sdcard ↦ browse to external sd card and then select Busybox_from_CWM_TWRP.zip ↦ Yes - Install

7. Wait until installation process finish

8. Back to install zip menu, select Choose zip from sdcard ↦ browse to external sd card and then select SuperSu Pro v2.40 ↦ Yes - Install UPDATE-SuperSUPro-v2.40.zip

9. Reboot the device.

10. Done. SuperSu can be seen in app drawer after successful root and reboot.

HOW TO INSTALL JAF ON WIN7

JAF is a Commonly used Software to Flash Nokia phones.Flash is the process that will erase the phones Operating System and Write with New Corresponding Operating System. JAF is used  mostly to flash Cooked Firmwares (CFW).

Download JAF and Pkey

STEPS TO INSTALL

Disable all antivirus programs

1.Right Click On "JAF Setup 1.98.62

2.Select 'Run as administrator' 

Ignore All the warning while Installing.

After Install "JAF Setup 1.98.62 

3.Copy "OGM JAF PKEY Emulator  to "C:\Program Files\ODEON\JAF\"

4.Create "OGM JAF PKEY Emulator  shortcut on Desktop.

5.Right Click on "OGM JAF PKEY Emulator and  Goto "Properties".

6.Click "Compatibility" tab.

7.Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and set "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)"

8.Check "Run this Program as Administrator"

9.Click "Apply" "OK"

 

SAMSUNG SECRET CODES

These are the various samsung secret codes; i will add more as we progress

1. *#9090# service mode

2. *#0808# usb mode

3. *#06# imei

4. *#*#4636#*#* diagnosis and general setting

5.*#197328640# network unlock code for n7100 and some S3 variants

HOW TO RESET CLONE ANDROID DEVICES USING DEBUG

 Most of us are faced with what can be called [not so original android devices] and most times when these devices are locked, it becomes a pain in the ass to unlock them. This is because these devices do not have recoveries installed on them. To remove forgotten passwords on such devices you will need the box VOLCANO. Do not fear if you do not have access to such box, as the below tutorial will teach you how to do this using your Pc and without the box.

STEPS

1.Install Spreadtrum Drivers on the computer. 

2.DOWNLOAD and Extract Debug Tool and while inside it navigate to DEDUG_TOOL\ResearchDownload\Bin\Researchdownload.exe.

3.Run it.

4.DOWNLOAD SC6820 ; DOWNLOAD SC8810 and Extract the userdata file.

5.Choose SC6820 or SC8810 Packet on Load Packet within the tool.

6.Click the Play icon.

 

7.Power off the device.

8.Hold the Volume UP or Volume DOWN button and plug in the phone in computer. 

9.Userdata files will be flashed to the device(remember userdata includes customizations and phone settings). 

10.You should see “Passed” message.

11.Unplug the phone, remove and reinsert the battery then power on the phone. Done!!!

If you find any error on device, change compatible fdl1.bin & fdl2.bin in Download settings in the tool.