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How to force a Mediatek device into BROM mode

One challenge you might face when using the Mediatek bypass utility or MTKclient is getting your device into BROM mode. This is synonymous with detection as Mediatek USB Port or MTK USB Port. Different devices have different button combos so I’m assuming you’ve tried all but failed still. Booting into BROM ideally The combo varies

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How to unbrick LG K51 LM-K500

My Experience reviving a bricked (dead boot) LG K51 (LM-K500)

The LG K51 (LM-K500) is a Mediatek MT6762 (MT6765) powered device running on Android 10 (Q). There are variants like LM-K500MM, LM-K500QM, LM-K500QN, LM-K500UM etc. This particular unit was dead; no sign of life when you press the power button. It showed a white LED light when connected to charger. When connected to PC, there

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Fix: “You need to format the disk in drive before you can use it”

This can be quite a worrisome error message. Your Gigabytes of videos, documents, pictures, music etc are about to become history. Whatever you do, don’t format…yet! Why is this happening to my storage device? What has happened is that your storage device’s file system has been corrupted (changed to RAW). This might have been due

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No signal on Modem, MiFi or CPE? 6 possible causes and fixes

SIM card ✓ Data bundle ✓ Modem/MiFi/CPE ✓ Power ✓ Signal X …oops! No network signal on your modem means you can’t connect to the internet..so this has to be fixed, yes? When faced with this issue, here are 6 places to look (assuming you inserted the SIM card correctly 😉 : 1. Inactive SIM

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