
Try making a fresh table, and using Parted's rescue feature to recover partitions. Is this a GPT partition table? Both the primary and backup GPT tables are corrupt. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using an msdos partition table. Perhaps it was corrupted - possibly by a program that doesn't understand GPT partition tables. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it should. dev/xxx contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. Now in the terminal, type:Īnd then add the following line (replacing the idProduct with yours) to the file, and save.Ubuntu images (and potentially some other related GNU/Linux distributions) have a peculiar format that allows the image to boot without any further modification from both CDs and USB drives.Ī consequence of this enhancement is that some programs, like parted get confused about the drive's format and partition table, printing warnings such as: Now look for your MediaTek device entry, and copy the idProduct string. Phone will not connect / USB port not found:

In the terminal type the following commands:Īnd now you can run SP Flash Tool by typing in the terminal: Now right click on the newly extracted SP Flash Tool folder and choose “Open in Terminal”. I just left it inside the Downloads folder, it works fine. Now download the latest SP Flash Tool for Linux, and extract it anywhere on your computer. You also need to install install libusb-dev package, so run: deb file and choose “Open with Software Install”. So you will need to download and install it manually. This guide will show you how to properly set up the dependencies required for SP Flash Tool on Linux.įirst you need to download and install the libpng12-0 package – SP Flash Tool is dependant on this package, but it was not included in the latest Ubuntu releases. However, the latest versions of Ubuntu (16.04 – 17.10) have made changes to certain dependencies, and getting SP Flash Tool to communicate with your Mediatek-based Android device can be somewhat of a headache if you’re running one of the latest Ubuntu versions.

For users of Windows PCs, this is usually no problem at all, as the SP Flash Tool runs flawlessly after installing all the proper Mediatek VCOM drivers.

Many of Appual’s guides for rooting and flashing Mediatek-based Android devices rely on a tool called SP Flash Tool.
