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Windows Driver/Program Setup

Before you can flash builds or restore your IMEI on Windows, you'll need a few programs and the Mediatek drivers installed. This guide walks through the full setup.

What you'll need​

Three installers on the desktop

1. Install the MediaTek USB VCOM Drivers​

Note

Before starting, unplug your Minimal Phone (and any other Mediatek devices) from your PC. The installer will refuse to continue if any Mediatek USB device is connected.

  1. Run MTK.Drivers.exe

  2. Click Next through the prompts, leaving the install location at the default

MediaTek SP Driver - Select Destination Location

  1. If you see the Please remove USB device first. Continue? prompt, unplug your phone and click Yes

Please remove USB device prompt

  1. A console window will appear and install a long list of USB device entries. This is normal, let it run to completion.

Driver installation console

Ignore driver signature warnings

If Windows shows any warnings about driver signature verification during this step, ignore them and allow the install to continue. The Mediatek drivers are unsigned and these warnings are expected.

  1. When prompted to restart, click OK but do not reboot yet, finish the rest of the setup first so you only restart once.

Please restart computer prompt

2. Install Modem META​

  1. Run ModemMETA_v10.2124.0.04.exe

Modem META Setup welcome

  1. Click Next, then leave the destination folder at the default and click Install

Modem META Setup install location

  1. When the installer finishes, untick Run Modem META and click Finish

Modem META Setup completion - untick run

3. Extract SP Flash Tool​

SP Flash Tool does not have an installer, it runs directly from its extracted folder.

  1. Extract SP.Flash.Tool.v6.2404.zip to a location of your choice (your Desktop is fine)

  2. Inside the extracted folder, you'll find SPFlashToolV6.exe. This is the program you'll launch when flashing.

SP Flash Tool folder showing SPFlashToolV6.exe

Note

Don't move SPFlashToolV6.exe out of its folder, it depends on the surrounding .dll files to run.

4. Restart your PC​

Now that everything is installed, restart your PC to finish the driver installation.

After your PC boots back up, you should have shortcuts for SP Flash Tool and Modem META ready to use.

SP Flash Tool and Modem META icons

You're now ready to follow the flashing or IMEI restoration guides.

Troubleshooting​

SP Flash Tool or Modem META fails to launch​

Both tools depend on the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable. If either tool refuses to start or shows a .dll-related error, install the VisualCppRedist AIO bundle, which covers every version both tools may need:

  1. Run VisualCppRedist_AIO_x86_x64.exe

Visual C++ Redistributable Setup

  1. Click Next and let it extract

Visual C++ extracting files

  1. Wait for Windows to finish configuring it

Visual C++ configuring

  1. Try launching the tool again.

Last resort: disabling driver signature enforcement​

If your PC still refuses to load the Mediatek drivers after a restart (e.g. Device Manager shows a yellow triangle next to the device, or Windows blocks the install with a signature error you cannot bypass), you may need to temporarily disable driver signature enforcement and reinstall the SP Driver.

Note

Most users will not need this step, the warnings shown during the normal install are safe to ignore. Only follow this section if the drivers actually fail to load after a reboot.

  1. Open Settings → Update & Security → Recovery

  2. Under Advanced startup, click Restart now

Alternatively, hold Shift while clicking Restart from the Start menu's power options.

  1. Once your PC reboots into the recovery menu, select Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart

  2. When the Startup Settings menu appears, press 7 (or F7) to select Disable driver signature enforcement

  3. Once Windows boots, re-run MTK.Drivers.exe

  4. Restart normally, the drivers will remain installed, but signature enforcement will turn back on for everything else.