[Question] MTK6582 - Discussion Here

[marwanxx]

Dear MTK6582 Users..

I am totally have a '0' knowledge about Android and a newbie but wanted to know about it.

So, I suggest that you are willing to share anything about rooting, flashing and other customization so we learn together and help the other people with your knowledge.

Thanks in advance for your contribution.

Regards,

marwanxx

[vampirefo]

Your best bet is just to read as much of this forum as you can, I have ordered two C30 phones which are MTK6582, no ideal if they will be similar to yours or not. I am new to MTK but not new to android or Linux.
I am a android dev on many devices on several forums, but on this device I need to learn just like you do, I do that by reading.

[cracktech]

Ihave a LENOVO A880 Mt6582 phablet and have used about 5 version of firmware that all originated from China (it has lousy support but available on NEEDROM, if you crash your phone without anyway of recovering it , you have to reflash it and these are all there is to it) I need to tell you that 3rd party app to root this model (or I belief all Mt6582 phones is to use VROOT) it will take less tan 20secs to achieve root, there is none equivalent US app that can successfully root it (Motochopper,SuperSU, all fails to root it and it causes the firmware to be corrupted- msg "insufficient storage space").
Thats the first reason I need to reflash it.
BUT there is a downside to using VROOT (you gain root access OK/alright) but it cannot allow you to install busybox from PlayStore or manual copy via RootExplorer it doesnt "symlink" if you do put that in xbin or bin folder. But I suspect the Chinese Superuser from VROOT which has its "su" binary about 300++ KB include some kind of "busybox" capability in it if you compare that to SuperSU which has <110KB "su" binary.
But you dont have any problems running any apps requiring root access.
That is all from me to chip in on the MT6582.
(However I am on a Russian based firmware for the A880 which was correctly rooted with SuperSU and a version 1,91 busybox anything higher will make it unstable- dont want to touch the Chinese firmware which has SuperSU but cant be upgraded it will fail to install updated "su" binaries and has no busybox , if you try to install busybox it says it cant install) . the Russian firmware installs a modified TWRP recovery beautiful, the chinese can only managed a Chinese CWM recovery)

[vampirefo]

Hi, I am trying to understand your post, My phones I should have in a day or two, are you saying mtk6582 devices can only be rooted via kingroot or are you saying lenovo devices can only be root via kingroot?

For myself I will try brute force, adb root methods has worked on ever device I have owned.
Busybox can't install? I am not understanding this part either, I build my own busybox, cause as a developer I need more options than a standard built busybox offers.

You say you can't link busybox, how are you trying to do this? Have you edited your boot.img to make it an insecure boot.img? Meaning you can issue adb remount which remounts system as rw so that files, permissions and symbolic links can be create.

[NexusTrix]

That's just one of many tools that will 'auto' root MT6582 MT6592 etc... Not all users are developers. Some need a quick one click method.

I don't want to put words in this other user's mouth, but from my understanding of what he wrote, that is just the tool that he used.

Looking forward to your tutorial on brute force method

[vampirefo]

That's just one of many tools that will 'auto' root MT6582 MT6592 etc... Not all users are developers. Some need a quick one click method.

I don't want to put words in this other user's mouth, but from my understanding of what he wrote, that is just the tool that he used.

Looking forward to your tutorial on brute force method

I will post how to root the device and steps to install recovery and dual boot phone, eg run phone from sdcard, once I have phone.

I have went to needrom.com and downloaded some ZOPO ZP820 Roms, as that device appears to be exactly the same as the C30 phones I bought.

If you are interested in dual booting you can read my tutorial and see a video I uploaded on it.

Just google "vampirefo dual boot lenovo a2109"

[vampirefo]

Just a small update, my mtk6582 was rooted via framaroot, I download the app using walmart's WiFi, waiting to get straight talk.

When I got home I added my busybox to /system/xbin without any problems, then using this forums guides I made a backup. Then used online nandroid to make another backup.
Then I installed cwm and with it made another backup, no such thing as too many backups.

[bennyagostoll@y]

My Landvo L800 it's bricked and I use different flash tool but some of them crashed while uploading and some of them load up fir a minute and the nothing happend any help?

[cracktech]

For those on LENOVO A880/A889 Mtk 6582 (1Gb Nand/ 8Gb ROM) the attached documents contains instructions and links for A880 ROM and you can also request for A889 updated to version S017 and you can safely update upto SuperSU v1.99 safely.

Interested ? : Read this pdf with download links. : [Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

[aus9]

Hi

have same chipset but its an iOcean x7 HD

I have a wireless update----from the notifications panel
that I downloaded but its in Chinese so not sure what the apk is
when its downloaded it says update now or later---I choose now
reboots phone into CWM and CWM shows some kind of fail message then instantly reboots and phone works

Anyone know where these updates might be stored?

EDIT
found this apk and have pulled it with

adb pull /storage/sdcard0/AppMarket/download

giving me comandroid2014031501service.apk

service-name looks right but I have no skills at knowing what to look for inside the apk, I have unpacked tho

Nope thats NOT it, as I enabled install unknown sources from sdcard and installed it and it came up with some kind of
Chinese download site?------App name found.....its called HiMarket in system settings -> apps
but under /system/app its called neiz_com.uucun50160170.android.cms_core_system_000.a
by matching the icon.

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