[Android GUIDE ] How to make a backup of your rom using MTK Droid Tools 2013

Since alot of Chinese rebranded/branded phones are now coming into the Philippines and mostly all of them are using Mediatek Chipset (MTK65xx), we can use MTK Droid Tools by rua1 to create a full rom backup which we can then use to flash back to the rom using SPFT (SP Flash Tool).

Creating a backup would allow you to fix any bricks, bootloop problems you may encounter with your mtk mobile phone. So if your up for a bit of an adventure then continue reading the procedure below.

Requirements:

An MTK65xx Phone with at least 75-100% charged phone

ADB Usb Drivers

MTK Droid Tools (2.4.5 or 2.4.6) Newer version can be check at the XDA Thread

NOTE: Download the ADB Usb Drivers and the MTK Droid Tools choose any version 2.4.5 or 2.46 or newer and save them to a folder you can easily go to later on.

Once both files are downloaded let us first install the drivers that we will be using. Once the usb drivers are extracted you should see files like the one below and we need to right-click on the "android_winusb" then choose install.

You will also receive a pop up similar to this one we need to choose Install this Driver Software Anyway. Then another pop up will appear showing that the operation was successful.

We now need to open the MTK Droid tools and just extract the contents. (Its a self extracting application by default it will extract the contents to the same location of the exe file). The contents would of the file would be similar to the image below.

 Now since all the file for the computer are finished let us get the MTK phone ready for the backup process. We need to enable "Developers options" under settings and put a tick mark on "USB debugging". It should look something like the image below. Once both options are enabled connect the phone to the computer.(Optional : Enable Stay Awake)

Let us now open MTKDroidTools and you will see your Phone Information.

Click on "Root, Backup, Recovery" tab. We can see that the backup option is grayed out. If you want to learn more about the other options just hover your mouse on an item then it should tell you what that option is all about.

Click on the "Root" button on the lower right hand corner and you may receive a pop up requesting for root access choose "Yes" this only appears if your device is already rooted. But if your not rooted a different pop up will appear nevertheless choose "Yes" to confirm. 

Also if your device is not rooted it will be be rooted temporarily while we are backing up the rom but after the process is complete and you restart the phone it will be unrooted.

When root access has been confirmed we will see that the previous options that are grayed out are now available. Since we want to backup our rom we need to click on the "Backup" button. Again if you want to know what the other option does hover your mouse and it should tell you what its for.

After we click on the "Backup" button the process will now start. It may take at least 30 minutes to an 1 hour depending on how many apps installed on your phone.

During the backup process you may see a pop up asking if you want to make a compressed file for the backup. You can choose "No" if you don't want and it saves some time  but I would recommend to choose the later one so you can have 2 backups at the same time.

Once the backup has been completed check out the folder that contains your MTK Droid Tools application and you will see a folder named backup. The folder will contain all the images that you can use to flash using SP Flash tool and a zip file which is just a compressed files of the backup created by the droid tool. You can also see on your phone that there is a new folder named clockwordkmod inside that there will also be a images that you can use to backup your rom using Clockworkmod (CWM).

This is guide is a quick guide on how to create a full rom backup even if your not rooted or if you don't have Clockworkmod Recovery (TWRP) , Teamwin (TWRP) as your recovery installed on your phone. This can also fix bricked phones,boot loop, stuck on boot screen issues as long as your phone is detected on the computer (hear a beep when phone is connected). Next guide will be on how to flash your newly created backup using SP Flash tool.

Credits:

Yuweng of xda

rua1 for creating MTK Droid Tools

MyPhone/Micromax team for creating this awesome phone and for custom roms
Cherry Mobile for my previous android phones