Well!!. If you are here, then you probably have a Mediatek powered smartphone. MediaTek is a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company that designs the processor for many Android devices. If you are here unlock the bootloader on your smartphone. Well before moving to step by step guide to Unlock bootloader on any Mediatek Device. First, let me make things more precise and clear. By unlocking the bootloader, you will lose the warranty of your device. So please don’t blame the Getdroidtips website or any editor or staff. So well let’s begin the full guide to Unlock Bootloader On Any Mediatek Device.

If you are always opting to install Root, Custom Recovery or any Custom ROM, then your phone must be unlocked. In this guide, here is the full guide to Unlock Bootloader on Any Mediatek Device. If you unlock the bootloader you may void the warranty. Read more about What is Bootloader Unlock. Follow this guide on How to Unlock Bootloader on Any Mediatek Device. Try this only on Any Mediatek Device. This method to unlock the bootloader on Any Mediatek Device is simple to follow. But please do read the steps below carefully.

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How To Unlock Bootloader On Any Mediatek Device

What is Unlock Bootloader?

A Bootloader is a code which runs when we turn on our device. This code initializes some hardware and then loads the kernel and ramdisk, and gets the boot process going. So this process is known as Bootloader. The same concept applies to all the technical stuff such as Laptop, PC, Smartphones and any such device. Every Android OEM manufacturers lock the bootloader even though it is an Open Source. So if you want to try any CUSTOM ROM, it is impossible to load the CUSTOM ROM without the Unlock Bootloader. So Manufacturer made a policy of making the smartphone with Unlocked Bootloader will void the warranty. They want you to stick with the Stock ROM. Unlock Bootloader allows you to Root your Android smartphone, Flash TWRP and Custom ROM in a simple easy method.

This Guide will be used to how to unlock bootloader in MT6580 and MTK 64-Bit MT67xx\

What you need:

  • This method is to unlock the bootloader on any Mediatek Device
  • You need Laptop or PC, Get a Budget PC or Laptop Here
  • Working USB Cable
  • Charge your phone with atleast 70%
  • GetDroidTips.com is not responsible for any damage to your phone while installing this Update.
  • Download Mediatek VCOM Drivers
  • Make sure that you have latest USB drivers installed.
  • Download the ADB Fastboot tools.
  • Take a complete backup of your phone and then proceed.

To Unlock Bootloader: Note: In Most cases, 95% of MT65XX devices come with an unlocked bootloader. Which means you do not need to worry about the below methods or guide to unlock the bootloader. Some smartphone with MT6580 and some MT67XX chipset requires to unlocking the bootloader first otherwise your device won’t be able to root or installing any Custom Recovery or ROM.

1st Method:

Like I said, In Some MT6580 SoC devices have an option to unlock bootloader. To do, Go to Settings > Developer options or in Settings > About Phone and turn OFF “OEM Lock”.

2nd Method:

Sometime, 3rd Party developer or Manufacturer itself will release tool to Unlock bootloader on their device.

3rd Method:

You need the unlock code, which you can get by contacting the manufacturer, some manufacturers don’t provide the code so you are out of luck

  • First of all, You need the unlock code, which you can get by contacting the manufacturer, some manufacturers don’t provide the code so you are out of luck
  • Once you get the code you can enable the Developer Option
  • To Enable the Developer Option, Go to your Settings -> About -> Software Information -> More -> Now Tap on the Build Number 7-8 Times until you see a toast message “Developer option enabled“
  • Go back to settings -> Now you need to enable the OEM Unlock by going to Settings -> Developer Option and Enable OEM Unlock and USB Debugging
  • Download and Extract the Downloaded ADB fastboot Zip file on your PC
  • Now connect your phone to Computer using USB Cable.
  • When you connect your Phone to Computer, please wait until all the drivers get installed.
  • In your ADB fastboot folder open a command prompt window by pressing Shift Key + Right Mouse Click
  • Now type the command in your command window
  • adb devices
  • If you see a pop up to allow USB Debugging on your phone, Click OK
  • Now type the command below to reboot your phone to bootloader
  • adb reboot bootloader
  • Once your phone reboot into bootloader, make sure your phone shows the bootloader locked and then type the command below to make sure fastboot drivers are installed properly.
  • fastboot devices
  • This command will list the connected devices. If your phones serial number shows up you are good to go and may continue. If the phone is NOT listed this indicates that your drivers are not installed correctly. In order for you to continue you must fix your drivers so that your phone is listed under fastboot devices.
  • If the phone has been recognized by the command above, proceed to unlocking the bootloader with the following command:
  • Remember that this step will wipe EVERYTHING off the phone
  • fastboot oem unlock
  • After the above command has finished executing, run the following
  • fastboot reboot
  • The phone will reboot. Wait until the phone has fully booted up into android, and enjoy!

I hope you have successfully Unlocked Bootloader on your Mediatek phone.

adb devices

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot oem unlock

fastboot reboot

4th Method:

In some devices bootloader can be easily be unlocked using the following method :

  • First of all, enable the Developer Option
  • To Enable the Developer Option, Go to your Settings -> About -> Software Information -> Build Number,  Now Tap on the Build Number 7-8 Times until you see a toast message “Developer option enabled“
  • Go back to settings -> Now you need to enable the OEM Unlock by going to Settings -> Developer Option and Enable OEM Unlock and USB Debugging
  • Download and Extract the Downloaded ADB fast boot Zip file on your PC
  • Now connect your phone to Computer using USB Cable.
  • When you connect your Phone to Computer, please wait until all the drivers get installed.
  • In your ADB fastboot folder open a command prompt window by pressing Shift Key + Right Mouse Click
  • Now type the command in your command window
  • adb devices
  • If you see a pop up to allow USB Debugging on your phone, Click OK
  • Now type the command below to reboot your phone to bootloader
  • adb reboot bootloader
  • Once your phone reboot into bootloader, make sure your phone shows the bootloader locked and then type the command below to make sure fastboot drivers are installed properly.
  • fastboot devices
  • This command will list the connected devices. If your phones serial number shows up you are good to go and may continue. If the phone is NOT listed this indicates that your drivers are not installed correctly. In order for you to continue you must fix your drivers so that your phone is listed under fastboot devices.
  • If the phone has been recognized by the command above, proceed to unlocking the bootloader with the following command:
  • Remember that this step will wipe EVERYTHING off the phone
  • fastboot oem unlock ***********" (replace * with 16 digit unlock code)
  • Check if bootloader is unlocked using the below commands
  • fastboot oem get-bootinfo
  • If it says your bootloader is unlocked you can proceed, run the following
  • fastboot reboot
  • The phone will reboot. Wait until the phone has fully booted up into android, and enjoy!

fastboot oem unlock ***********" (replace * with 16 digit unlock code)

fastboot oem get-bootinfo