The MT6582 phones are starting to pour in. Most of them are decent $150 phones. The Hero H7500+ was one of the first MT6589 phones to come on the market that was widely available. It’s the same phone as the Zopo ZP810 and they were a great buy. At today’s price, they’re still a good purchase.
The new versions, the Hero H7500B and Zopo ZP820 Raiden are a downgrade unfortunately, (more…)
Voto is a fairly new player to the game. They gained notoriety by releasing the Voto X2. If the model number sounds familiar, it’s because it’s the exact same phone as the very popular Umi X2. Not just a clone, but the same exact phone with different branding – similar to how Hero h7500+ and Zopo ZP810 released the same phone under a different brand. (more…)
More than a few China phone MTK6577, MTK6589, MTK65xx users have turned up with either NVRAM Err = 0x10, or NVRAM Err = 0x04. Other users may also need to change their MAC address because more than one device has the same MAC address and it’s creating a conflict on the wifi network. (more…)
MTK6582 has quietly snuck up on us and is now being offered in several phone models. There is some conflicting information however, as the Chinese news outlets have MTK6582 with Mali400 MP2, but many sellers have the GPU as PowerVR SGX544. (more…)
It’s been a couple months, but a new version of the Graphical Easy Root has been released. This should include many of the newer MTK6589T phones, and older MTK6589 and MTK6577 phones, that weren’t in the previous versions. (more…)
Among all the topics that come up on the forum, issues with GPS not working are the most numerous. Rather than typing out the same suggestions over and over again, I’ve decided to make a tutorial to refer to people that may take care of some basic questions and solutions to get GPS working again on MTK6589 MTK6577 MTK6575. (more…)
We recently posted a tutorial on how to root MTK6589. We’ve now come across a new root method that is compatible with a whopping 122 MTK phones and should work with many others, as many MTK phones use ported and similar ROMs. This Graphical Auto-Root is also compatible with MTK6575, MTK6577 and most likely older versions of MTK chipset as well. (more…)
About a month back I wrote a tutorial on how to root MTK6589. While the same basic idea applies, I’ve upgraded the tutorial a bit with new tools and a different root file.
There are several auto-root tools that work with older MTK devices and older versions of Android, but up until a couple days ago, there was no Auto-Root option for MTK6589 and the newer android versions (4.1/4.2)
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The first step to rooting your Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich, KitKat, Lollipop or Marshmallow MediaTek MTK phone or installing a new ROM or recovery is getting the ADB VCOM drivers installed properly.
Gizbeat put up a tutorial half a year back about PDAnet drivers for your MediaTek MT6755 MT6753 MT6797 MT6750 MT6737MTK 6575 MTK6577 MTK6592 MT6582 MTK6732 MTK6752 MTK6595 / MTK6589 MTK6572 MTK6753 MTK6735 MTK6732 MTK6795 MT6752 smartphones. (more…)
Note, the general process will be the same for most MTK phones, however do NOT use a scatter or recovery that isn’t made specifically for your phone. The recoveries included are for Hero H7500+/Zopo ZP800H/Zopo ZP810/Zopo ZP950H and exact clones of these phones. I’ve also written a newer post here
NOTE: We now have an updated thread on how to create TWRP custom recovery for the newer SoC China phones such as MT6735 MT6753, MT6755. This method does not require root. Please see the thread linked here. If you’ve got an older phone with MT65xx type SoC, you can continue on with this tutorial.
I take no responsibility for whatever evil may come to your phone from attempting to follow this procedure. (more…)