ROM GURUS

This simple guide will teach you how to fix a dead Tecno Camon C8.
So many of us,  mostly trial versions testers, are into frequent upgrading & downgrading of ROM. But what if you mistakenly shifted your laptop or cable & your phone refuses to respond at all? It happened to me so, I used this method to unbrick my prestigious Camon C8, it will surely work for every other MTK device.

This brief tutorial will school you on how to make G00gle Assistant work on your Android device, no matter the OS you are running. Stay back and read carefully.

After doing away with it's popular Nexus line-up, yours truly G00gle, has finally become a mainstream Android manufacturer with Pixel. One of the most stunning features of g00gle Pixel is the new AI assistant which seems like a nice alternative to Siri, and you’ll be very glad to know that there is a way to enable G00gle Assistant on any Android device, meaning that you don't necessarily need to buy a pixel phone.


While there are a lot of reasons you would want to get one, I don't think most Android users won’t be jumping the ship right away.

However, to get the best of AI and personal assistance, you will need the following things to get started.

1. An Android device running Android 7.0 Nougat or higher.
Android 7.0, I  know most OEMs haven't upgraded their devices to 7.0 yet but if you're lucky to have Upgraded to Nougat , you can continue with this.

2. Root access.

3.The latest version of G00gle app (version 6.5.35.21 or newer) installed on the device.

How to enable G00gle Assistant on any Android Nougat device

To begin using the G00gle Assistant service, you need to add or replace a line to your device’s root files. In order to access the root directory, you will need a file explorer with root access, so go ahead download any free app like  ES File Explorer from the g00gle Play Store.

Please read the following Instruction carefully in other not to damage your device

Once downloaded, grant the app Superuser access and head over to the root partition of your device, which is the highest folder in the folder tree. From the root directory, access the “System” folder and make sure that the directory is mounted as read/write (Mount R/W). Scroll down to the bottom of the folder to find a file named “build.prop ” and long-press it. On the “Options” menu that appears, press “Open with” and then select “Text Editor” from the pop-up window.


Once you have the “build.prop ” file open in the text editor, scroll down to the bottom of the list and enter these lines:

ro.product.model=Pixel XL
ro.opa.eligible_device=true

Once you have entered the code line mentioned above, press the menu button and save the changes you have made. To make sure that g000gle Assistant works without any issues, wipe the cache and the data of the G00gle app.

Restart your Android device once you have saved the file and exited the file manager app. 

You are done!!

This simple steps will guide you on how to use Miracle Box to Flash Android MTK Devices.

Required Downloads:

Here are the steps:

 Step #1. Download Miracle Box from the Download Section below this guide.

Step #2: Extract the Miracle Box zip file into a folder on your PC.

Step #3: Locate Miracle loader.exe from within the Miracle Box folder and double click it to launch the Miracle loader.exe (preferably, launch it as administrator).

Step #4. Wait till Miracle Box opens and the Dashboard is fully loaded.

Step #5. Click the MTK Tab and then, tickets Write.

Step #6. Select the phone's chipset from the dropdown menu e.g MT6589.

Step #7: Click the folder icon visible to you.

Step #8: In the window that pops up, browse or navigate to the folder where you have the stock ROM firmware for the MTK Android device you wish to Flash and select the firmware for the phone model. It should be in .bin format and then click Open it.

Step #9. Click the Start button.

Step #10. Switch off the phone (with a charged battery inside it) then connect it to the PC via USB cord. Miracle Box should detect the phone almost immediately.

Step #11. Miracle box should begin flashing the firmware, wait till it gets to 100%.

Step #12. Once it gets to 100%, close Miracle box and disconnect the phone.

At this point you have successfully flashed stock ROM firmware on your MTK Android device using Miracle Box.

Congratulations!!!

With Android 7.0 Nougat, Google seems to be getting even faster at offering OTAs, with half our team already having the OTA downloaded and installed. Still, not everyone will probably get it that fast, and sometimes you don’t want to wait. Or perhaps there’s a reason you want a clean install (too much old bloat on your device, etc). In those situations, starting from scratch is certainly worth considering. If you’ve never done it before, there are a few hoops to go through, but nothing too difficult.
Nougat is here, though getting it to all devices is a whole other story.

For those that are familiar with flashing, there’s really nothing new about this process with Android 7.0. That said, if you’ve never unlocked the bootloader in your Nexus 6P or 5X, it is worth noting that you absolutely need the latest version of the Android SDK (which you should install anyhow) — as these devices only recognize the new command for unlocking the bootloader – fastboot flashing unlock.

For those that have never flashed an update at all, this guide will take you through everything you need to know about the process.

What will you need before you get started?

Unlocking your bootloader

Before you get started, if your phone’s bootloader has never been unlocked, you’ll need to do a few extra steps before manually installing Android Nougat. Remember, opening the bootloader will reset your phone, losing all personal data.

With that out of the way:

    1) Turn off your Nexus.
    2) Hold down power and volume down buttons.
    3) On your Nexus type ./fastboot flashing unlock
    4) Press volume up and power button to confirm bootloader unlock.
    5) Type ./fastboot reboot — that’s it. You’re now unlocked and ready!


How to manually install Android Nougat on a Nexus device

Keep in mind that this process is pretty straightforward, but things can and do go wrong if you don’t carefully follow instructions. In other words, proceed at your own risk. With that out of the way, here’s what you need to do:

   1)  Boot your Nexus device into fastboot mode. You do this by turning it off and holding down the volume up + volume down keys and then pressing power. That should work for all modern Nexus devices but if not, you may need to Google Search how to do it on yours.
  2)  On your computer, use 7zip to extract the .tgz file you downloaded from the Android Developer website. Use 7zip a second time to extract the .tar file you extracted from the .tgz. When you’re done, you should have a folder with several files in it.
   3) Copy all of these files and paste them in the platform-tools folder in the Android SDK on your computer. If you followed the above tutorial, this should be under the C drive, then under Program Files (x86) on Windows. Linux users, you know where you put it.

  4)  If you have not already done so, connect your Nexus device to your computer. ADB and Fastboot commands should already work at this point if you’ve been following along.
  5)  There are two flash-all files. If you’re in Windows, you’ll want to double click the one that has the gear logo and says “Windows Batch File” on the right. If you’re on Linux, you’ll want to double click the flash-all.sh.
  6)  At this point a box should pop up and you should see the installation taking place. While this is going on, do not unplug your device for any reason. Let it do its thing.
  7)  Once the installation process as finished, your device will automatically reboot and you should see the official Android 7.0 Nougat boot animation start up. You can now safely disconnect your device from your computer. Congrats, you now have Nougat!

If you have any issues, check out the Android Authority Forums and ask there. You can also post a comment below, and we’ll do our best to help you out, and invite other readers to pitch in as well. Good luck, have fun, and we hope you enjoy Android Nougat!