How to use SP Flash Tool [Guide with Pictures]

Own a Mediatek Phone and need to flash ,update or anything else like unbrick then you need to know how to use its flash which name is SP Flash Tool by Mediatek follow simple steps below to get mastered in this tool.

Requirement

* Install VCOM drivers on the PC ( Download Find One for You )
* Scatter file + files to be flashed ( Download )
* Download SP Flash tool ( Download )

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Steps to follow:

1. Remove the battery from the phone and slot it back in without booting the phone (If the battery is inbuilt then simply switch if off). Also, ensure there’s a formatted SD card in the phone (if there’s an SD card slot)
2. Launch SP Flash Tool as Administrator

3. Click on Scatter-loading by the right

4. In the window that pops up, select the scatter file for your phone model then click Open (scatter file is a text file with the word “scatter” in its name )

5. A list with ticked boxes should appear in SP flash tool (preloader, mbr, ebr etc)

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Step 6 is only for when you wish to format the phone. Skip if you don’t wish to format

6a. Click Format at the top
6b. After clicking Format, a dialogue box will pop up, ensure that ‘Auto Format Flash’ and ‘Format whole flash without Bootloader’ are selected
6c. Click OK, Stop should now be red or green in color
6d. Connect the switched off phone (with battery inside) to the PC via USB cord
6e. A progress bar should load till you get a ‘Success’ message (green circle with OK)
6f. Disconnect the phone from PC

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7. Untick the box in front of any item you do not wish to flash

8. To manually load an item that doesn’t automatically get ticked after loading the scatter file, tick the box in front of that item then double-click its Location and select the corresponding file in the window that pops up
9. Once the file(s) you wish to flash is (are) ticked, click Download (with an arrow above it)

10. Stop should now be prominent while other options should be grayed out
11. Connect the switched off phone (with battery inside) to the PC via USB cord
12. A progress bar should start running