How to root Star S5 Mtk 6589

[NinoNirVana]

I was wondering if anyone has rooted this phone Star S5 Butterfly MT6589. Does one have the correct files (like scatter file) please. Thanks a million in advance.


very soon a Star S5 review for you all ;)

[yulypis]

I was wondering if anyone has rooted this phone Star S5 Butterfly MT6589. Does one have the correct files (like scatter file) please. Thanks a million in advance.


very soon a Star S5 review for you all ;)

Hi,

I join you on that request - it will be amazing to get it rooted
By the way, I just got it now an hour ago - and I noticed it's missing the NetworkLocation.apk (there's a slight chance it might be because I uninstalled some Chinese apps that came with it) and I can't push it to system/app without root - so I would highly thank anyone who knows how to root it.

[guapon]

[yulypis]

That sounds amazing - but I can't seem to download the sp flash tool - I don't have access to that part of the forum. Is there anywhere else to download it from?
Just a small questions - when you say "first install super su" do you mean from the market - or take the .apk file from the zip and copy it to the SD card and install it from there?

Thanks in advance,
Yuly

[guapon]

That sounds amazing - but I can't seem to download the sp flash tool - I don't have access to that part of the forum. Is there anywhere else to download it from?
Just a small questions - when you say "first install super su" do you mean from the market - or take the .apk file from the zip and copy it to the SD card and install it from there?

Thanks in advance,
Yuly
this is flash tool

[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

this is supersu download it and copy to sd card not open zip file..

[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

to flash the the supersu to the phone you must enter the recovery (that you flashed with flash tool...) but power and volume + is not working so we can enter the recovery with a program like nexus 4 toolkit or Android Toolkit

[yulypis]

That sounds amazing - but I can't seem to download the sp flash tool - I don't have access to that part of the forum. Is there anywhere else to download it from?
Just a small questions - when you say "first install super su" do you mean from the market - or take the .apk file from the zip and copy it to the SD card and install it from there?

Thanks in advance,
Yuly
this is flash tool

[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

this is supersu download it and copy to sd card not open zip file..

[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

to flash the the supersu to the phone you must enter the recovery (that you flashed with flash tool...) but power and volume + is not working so we can enter the recovery with a program like nexus 4 toolkit or Android Toolkit
Ok, now I understand it
Thank you very very much - I'll get back home later and give it a try - got to push that networklocation.apk !!! Did you encounter this ? can you get google location (not with gps)?

[yulypis]

this is flash tool

[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

this is supersu download it and copy to sd card not open zip file..

[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

to flash the the supersu to the phone you must enter the recovery (that you flashed with flash tool...) but power and volume + is not working so we can enter the recovery with a program like nexus 4 toolkit or Android Toolkit
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Hi,

Just came back, wanted to flash the recovery - but I can't seem to the MT65xx Preloader to install (I'm on windows 8 64 bit) - is there something special I need to do to install them? (I used the ones from GizBeat Combo for the H7500+ MT6589 drivers) - it just won't install the VCOM even if I select it by myself - it says it has not signtature - what am I doing wrong?

[guapon]

That sounds amazing - but I can't seem to download the sp flash tool - I don't have access to that part of the forum. Is there anywhere else to download it from?
Just a small questions - when you say "first install super su" do you mean from the market - or take the .apk file from the zip and copy it to the SD card and install it from there?

Thanks in advance,
Yuly
this is flash tool

[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

this is supersu download it and copy to sd card not open zip file..

[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

to flash the the supersu to the phone you must enter the recovery (that you flashed with flash tool...) but power and volume + is not working so we can enter the recovery with a program like nexus 4 toolkit or Android Toolkit
Ok, now I understand it
Thank you very very much - I'll get back home later and give it a try - got to push that networklocation.apk !!! Did you encounter this ? can you get google location (not with gps)?
no my location service dont work..but if ı install gapps ıt mybe work...

[yulypis]

no my location service dont work..but if ı install gapps ıt mybe work...
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So it's missing in the base rom - yeah, gapps would probably solve it (or even just the networklocation.apk).
Any way I still can't install the mt65xx preloader - I really don't know how to do it, it's killing me because when the phone is on - I can see the information with mtk droid tools - even created a scatter file (just to compare) but when I turn it off for the actual flash - it's unrecognizable

[yulypis]

no my location service dont work..but if ı install gapps ıt mybe work...

So it's missing in the base rom - yeah, gapps would probably solve it (or even just the networklocation.apk).
Any way I still can't install the mt65xx preloader - I really don't know how to do it, it's killing me because when the phone is on - I can see the information with mtk droid tools - even created a scatter file (just to compare) but when I turn it off for the actual flash - it's unrecognizable
[/quote]

Hi again,

I've managed (finally to trick windows 8 into installing the vcom...) to flash the chiniese green recovery - but I have no idea how to navigate and what option to choose - since I saw SD I went to that one and clicked with the power button - writes something in chinese in white and does nothing? Am I doing something wrong in here? Is there a special way to navigate that recovery?
Shoud I have placed the supersu zip in a specific folder? rename it perhaps to update.zip or something like that?

Thank you again for all your help

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no my location service dont work..but if ı install gapps ıt mybe work...

So it's missing in the base rom - yeah, gapps would probably solve it (or even just the networklocation.apk).
Any way I still can't install the mt65xx preloader - I really don't know how to do it, it's killing me because when the phone is on - I can see the information with mtk droid tools - even created a scatter file (just to compare) but when I turn it off for the actual flash - it's unrecognizable

Hi again,

I've managed (finally to trick windows 8 into installing the vcom...) to flash the chiniese green recovery - but I have no idea how to navigate and what option to choose - since I saw SD I went to that one and clicked with the power button - writes something in chinese in white and does nothing? Am I doing something wrong in here? Is there a special way to navigate that recovery?
Shoud I have placed the supersu zip in a specific folder? rename it perhaps to update.zip or something like that?

Thank you again for all your help
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It works - thank you all that helped and got us here