Sunday, April 24, 2016

How to fix an MTK Android phone bricked after an OTA update

How to fix an MTK Android phone bricked after an OTA update

For like MTK devices e.g Tecno, Gionee, Infinix, etc Android phones

We've seen OTA bricks involving both rooted and non-rooted devices so rooting can't be said to be the ultimate cause, only a possible contributing factor.

It often starts with you getting a prompt saying "an update is available" or you going to Settings > About > System update .
If after the update, your phone only boots straight to recovery mode as in the picture below
then fixing it is very easy.


All you need to do is download the firmware / stock ROM for your exact phone model 
then flash only system.img (Android) using SP flash tool learn how to use sp flash tool  here

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