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How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom

How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom

X3non
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07-01-2019, 10:41 AM
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(06-01-2019, 12:34 AM)DonJuane In your article regarding using Wrt_MTK and SP Flash to back up a Mediatek phone, you speak about an article that you also wrote which tells how to backup the rom in a phone by using a scatter file that has been provided with a factory ROM for that same phone.   I cannot find that particular article.   Can you point it out?
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Thanks in advance.

just as @emmanus already pointed, even if you are able to backup full rom (incl userdata), you won't be able to flash userdata onto the second working phone without bricking it

i take it you are trying to retrieve contacts from the faulty phone. here is what you can try though
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open the folder containing SP flash tool >
edit the file named 'option.ini' > modify the value as shown below then save the file >>

Code:

ShowByScatter=false
to 
ShowByScatter=true

launch SP flash tool >
select and load the scatter file >
click the readback tab (all partitions should be displayed here) >
untick all checkboxes and tick only the checkbox beside userdata > perform the readback
once readback is complete

download and launch hxd hex editor @ https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/  >>
open userdata dump using hxd >
search for (control + f) >

Code:

search for: any name that is on the contact list of the phone (you must remember at lease one name or you will scroll down the entire file manually)
datatype: text-string
search direction: all

when a name is found, keep scrolling down and you'll find other names and just beneath the list of names you should find the list of numbers (the list of numbers is usually not arranged according to the list of names so you might have to use an app like truecaller to verify certain phone numbers)

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How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom - by DonJuane - 06-01-2019, 12:34 AM
RE: How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom - by EMMANUS - 06-01-2019, 11:59 AM
RE: How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom - by X3non - 07-01-2019, 10:41 AM
RE: How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom - by hovatek - 07-01-2019, 04:09 PM
RE: How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom - by DonJuane - 10-01-2019, 04:39 AM
RE: How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom - by X3non - 10-01-2019, 11:12 AM
RE: How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom - by hovatek - 10-01-2019, 03:40 PM
RE: How to use factory scatter file + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom - by EMMANUS - 10-01-2019, 06:57 AM
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