| Tool | Purpose | |------|---------| | | Official MediaTek flashing tool (v5.1532 or earlier works best for MT6589) | | MTK Droid Tools | Generates scatter file from a running device; backs up NVRAM | | WWR MTK | Works with SPFT to handle raw eMMC dumps | | SDK Platform Tools | ADB/fastboot (for secondary recovery) | | Python 2.7 (MTK-Client) | For low-level eMMC access via bootrom exploit (latest method for dead devices) |
This forces the eMMC into bootrom download mode. Then, write a correct preloader.bin to the first 0x40000 bytes of the eMMC using the scatter file’s PRELOADER address. mt6589 android scatter emmc