How To Backup MTK Android Firmware

Backing up your MTK firmware is an important thing that should be done regularly to protect your devices from daily wear and tear. In today’s day and age, failure to back up the MTK code can prove fatal. If you’ve never backed up the firmware before then here’s a comprehensive guide that will help you do exactly so!

Why Backup MTK Android Firmware?

In this article, I will take you through a step-by-step guide on how to back up your MTK firmware on your Android smartphone. These instructions will be useful for all MTK firmware versions.

Protection against Malware and Viruses: Malware and viruses can corrupt your device’s firmware, which can result in a bricked device. Having a backup can help you restore your device’s firmware to its previous state.

Restore Your Device to Its Original State: If your device is no longer working as expected, you may be facing some issues with its firmware. This article will help you restore your device to its original state.

Safe-keeping of Personal Data: It is important to back up your firmware. This will help in case of battery or device failure, you can easily restore the firmware and recover your data.

How to Backup MTK Android Firmware

Firmware is software that runs on a cell phone. It is important to know that your firmware needs to be backed up before you make any changes. Back up your MTK Android firmware is a very important aspect of the whole process and it is worth mentioning here. The device will not work properly without the correct backup in place.

You can back up your firmware using a variety of methods and tools. We’ll go over the most popular and reliable ones down below.

Method 1: Using MTK Droid Tools

Requirements

1. Mediatek SP Flash tool – Download
2. MTK Droid Root & Tools v2.5.3 – Download
3.  Install Note++ to your PC. – Download
4. Install ADB Drivers on your PC. – Download 

Before proceeding, make sure all the requirements above have been successfully passed or else you might get issues during the process.

Step 1.  Unpack the MTK Droid Root & Tools v2.5.3 and SP Flashtool you downloaded above so as to access its contents.

Step 2.  Open the MTK Droid Root & Tools folder and double-click on the file named MTKdroidTools.exe MTK DroidTools should now open.

Step 3.  Turn on USB debugging on your MTK Android and connect it via a good USB cable to your PC. MTKDroid Tools will now detect your phone and display its specs.

Note: Make sure USB debugging is on and accept any prompt.

Step 4.  Click Blocks Map

The most needed file for the backup; the Scatter file, can now be created automatically.

Step 5.  Under Block Info, click on Create scatter file.

Step 6.  Select a convenient location to save the scatter file.

Step 7.  Open the SP Flashtool folder and launch flash_tool.exe SP Flashtool should now open.

Step 8.  Click on the folder icon with Choose, just after Scatter-loading the file.  Now locate the scatter file you saved in Step 6 and click Open.

Step 8.  After the scatter file has been loaded, Click on the Readback tab.

Step 9.  Click on Add.

A scatter value for readback should now be loaded.

Step 10.  Double-click under the File tab.

Step 11.  Now you are to input the address of the last partition from the scatter file you saved. Note: Make sure Hex is ticked and also leave the Start Address as it is.

Step 12.  Go back to the location of the scatter file, right-click on it, and select Edit with Notepad++

Step 13.  Scroll down to the last partition, mostly FAT or User Data, and then, carefully copy the value after linear_start_addr: which starts with 0x……..

Step 14.  Now paste the value you copied in the box just after Lenght. It should now look like the image below. Select OK to proceed.

Step 15.  Click on Readback. Turn off your phone and then connect it to the PC. SP Flashtool will start reading the entire firmware / ROM. It is going to take a while depending on the overall size of the firmware. Note: Make sure you do not interrupt it or else you might end up bricking the device.

Step 16.  When you see a notification; Readback OK,

disconnect your phone and turn it on. Now the ROM has been dumped with a format ROM_. You can change the 0 to any other number or leave it as it is (ROM_0). Select the location you wish to save the ROM_0 file and click Save.

Steps To Backup / Dump Mediatek Android Firmware  Unpacking the ROM_0 For Use With SP FLASH TOOL

Step 17.  Launch MTKDroidtool.exe in Step 2 and connect your phone. Click on the root, backup, and recovery tabs.

Step 18.  Click on the option To process file ROM_ from the flash tool.

Step 19.  Find the ROM_ file you saved, select it, and click Open.

Step 20.  MTKDroid Tools will start unpacking the ROM_0 file from flash tool.

Note:  If you get a prompt asking you to Make CWM recovery, click Yes for the tool to port CWM for your phone or click No if you wish to retain the stock recovery.

It’s also going to take a while and you should see the task is complete when all the files/partitions have been successfully unpacked from the ROM_ file.

Step 21.  The firmware would be automatically saved in the MTK Droid Tools folder. MtkDroidTools > backups.

There you will find the firmware with its scatter file which you can use in the future to fix your MTK phone or another of the same model.

Using Miracle Box

Miracle Box is a professional tool used for flashing, repairing, and restoring Android firmware. Here’s how you can use it to backup your firmware:

1. Download and install Miracle Box on your computer.
2. Launch Miracle Box and click on the ‘MTK’ tab.
3. Click on the ‘Read’ button to start the backup process. This may take a few minutes, depending on the size of your firmware.
4. Once the backup process is complete, you’ll find the backup files in the Miracle Box folder on your computer.

That’s all you need to do to back up your stock MTK Android firmware.