How to use SP Flash Tool to install a new Recovery? My friend has a Chinese phone.

I want to install a new Recovery, and I have Lineage OS on my computer, SP Flash Tool, and a recovery image.

How do I use SP Flash Tool? What files do I have to put on the download tab? I have a scatter file. What do I have to do?

Information about the phone:


  Board: MediaTek MT6589 A replic of Moto G 3rd generation


I want to install TWRP recovery, and then install Lineage OS 6.0.
From my notes when I first used it (which was the only time I did):¹


Download and unzip the package , Open SPFLASHTOOL EXE and Load the Scatter file (Click Scatter Loading)
Uncheck all the boxes
Go to / click RECOVERY box from list and load recovery image according to your device/choice (load image from the separate window -->open)
Now you can see RECOVERY box is checked and you can see the recovery image location (uncheck all other boxes)
Switch off your device
Connect your device and Click DOWNLOAD button on top (not the tab) , If it ask click "yes"
It is done and MTK flashTool will do the rest. If you have problem with flashing tool or drivers install MediaTek USB VCOM drivers.


Further readings:


How to setup SP_Flash_Tool_Linux
How to root MTK based mobile devices using a Linux PC?
How to use SP Flash Tool to fix MTK devices
How to Root Android and install recovery on any Mediatek device
How to use the flash tool
flash tool




¹ As the steps speak "Windows jargon" (e.g. "EXE"), I must have copied that from some other place.