Be it for flashing ROMs, trying out a custom recovery like TWRP, or gaining administrative access by rooting the device via Magisk, there’s a lot to try out. Moreover, these devices come with either Qualcomm or MediaTek as the underlying chipset. Those who have the latter might find it a little bit tough in fixing boot loop and brick in MTK devices are slightly complicated in comparison with its counterpart (Qualcomm). This is because we could easily boot the Qualcomm device to EDL and flash the OFP firmware to get the device back to life. However, when it comes to MTK devices, there isn’t any secondary Download Mode as such. But what we have is an exploit to bypass the authentical check on Mediatek which will then allow us to flash the OFP firmware. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Given here are the steps to unbrick your Realme device via SP Flash Tool. Follow along.
How to Unbrick Realme Devices via SP Flash Tool
The below instructions are listed under separate sections for ease of understanding. Make sure to follow in the same sequence as mentioned. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.
STEP 1: Download Realme Decrypted Firmware
First and foremost, get your hands on the decrypted OFP firmware for your device. There are quite a few websites offering EDL firmware for your Realme device. However, most of them aren’t trustworthy as they are actually providing the stock OZIP firmware and tagging them as EDL firmware. So I would suggest you only search for your device’s OFP firmware package at XDA. As for reference, I have attached the Realme 6/6S/6I firmware packages below, and more will be added soon.
Regarding which. there are two firmware packages: Full (with user data partition) and NOU (No User data partition). The former (Full) is nearly double in size but it is the recommended one to download. From my personal experience, I had a few issues with the data partition on flashing the NOU. So it’s better to be safe than sorry and download FULL, even if it comes at the cost of a few extra bandwidths. [Credits: XDA Senior Member daesundae].
Full Firmware (With User Data Partition)
NOU Firmware [No User Data Partition]
STEP 2: Download MTK Bypass Package
Next up, download the Bypass Package for your Realme device and then extract it to any convenient location on your PC. It contains most of the files that we will be using to unbrick your Realme device, including the SP Flash Tool, USB Drivers, Bypass Files.
Inside this Bypass Files folder, there is the Download Agent file named DA.bin. It should work on Realme devices that have the following MediaTek chipset: 6765, 6785, 6768, 6873, 6885, 6853. [Credits: XDA Senior Member daesundae].
STEP 3: Install Python
STEP 4: Install MTK USB Drivers
STEP 5: Disable MTK Protection
STEP 6: Unbrick Realme via SP Flash Tool
That’s it. These were the steps to unbrick your Realme device using SP Flash Tool. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments (along with the device name and model number). We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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