Carrier lock
How to remove carrier lock?
Carrier lock on this device is quite easy to remove, so much that even the official firmware supports this option.
- SP Flash Tool (Not recommended)
- mtkclient (Recommended)
- fuckyoumoto (Alternative method)
Using SP Flash Tool (Not recommended)
- Download the latest firmware from Lolinet
- Download SP Flash Tool here
- Run the SP Flash Tool and use the scatter file (.txt) you find in the firmware under the APNv_Unlock folder
- Select only preloader and elable partitions
- Click on Download (Without Format)
- Connect the phone (completely powered off) and let it flash
- When it finishes flashing, remove the cable and the carrier lock should be gone
Using mtkclient (Recommended)
- Download mtkclient here
- Download the unlock_elable.img file from the fuckyoumoto repo here
- Get the device DA file from here and the preloader from here
- Run
$ mtk w elable <path-to-unlock_elable.img> --preloader preloader_penangf.bin --loader MT6768_USER.bin`
Alternative method
- Download the fuckyoumoto repo here
- Download python
- Run
python3 remove_carrier_block.py