HOW TO MANUALLY INSTALL MTK USB VCOM DRIVERS ON WINDOWS

A Lot of People have encountered a challenge when Flashing firmware or Factory Images for Most MTK Smart Phones like Tecno,Infinix,Injoo and the like because of a lack of USB Mediatek Vcom Drivers in their Computers.
These Drivers are very important because they enable your Computer or laptop to communicate with your phone when Its switched off.Without them,when you load SP Flash Tool,Or your preferred flashing Tool like Piranha box for .bin images,It will remain at 0%.
In This step by tutorial,Im gonna show you how to install The USB Vcom Drivers On windows and Especially windows 10 though this can still work on other Versions Of Windows.

1-First we have to un install all MTK Preloader drivers from your system for a clean re-install..This is particularly useful if you had tried to install them before and they didnt work..For this we are going to have to use a small application called USB Deview.Go ahead and grab it depending on your System Bus width whether 32 bit or 64 bit..Links are below

    64 bit-https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0_iL-H7UsK8QnB2blhZZXhmVkU&usp=sharing

    32 bit-https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0_iL-H7UsK8azg0MThlbjZxekk&usp=sharing


After downloading it,Open USBDeview.exe and use it to un install All MTK Preloader Drivers

2-Next Head over to settings..Then update and security On Windows 10..Then recovery and click on advanced Start up and restart now..Or Alternatively,Hold down the shift button as you restart your computer as shown below

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Once your PC has restarted,Head over To Trouble shoot,Then Advanced Options then to start up options..Remember do not click on any other part once inside the recovery Menu..Once in start up menu,click restart then 7 Or F7..This is to disable signature verification Which Microsoft Enforces on drivers,That they need to be digitally Signed before you can install them.


3-After your pc has started,Head over to your device manager

Once It has opened up,Click on your user name..In my case its Tim..Immediately click on The Action Tab above it and add Legacy Hardware.

 

4-Once in the Add hardware Wizard,Click on next

Thereafter,Install Hardware That I Manually select from a list(Advanced) then click on Next

5-Click on show all devices then Click Next

There after Click on next and Navigate To the folder where you had extracted the USB VCOM Drivers..The Link is below
Vcom-https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0_iL-H7UsK8dUFZT2UxdUUweFE&usp=sharing



6-Click On USB Vcom driver then chose your operating system..In most cases win 7 will work..Ignore the other folders Then chose the one appropriate for your system either 32 bit or 64 bit and click okay.

7-On the next screen click on Mediatek Preloader USB Vcom Port then click on Next.

8-Click On Install Then next

9-It will ask for a warning but just click On Install anyway.After successful installation,It Will give you an error that the device cannot start,Simply ignore it.

Thats It,You have successfully installed Mediatek Pre loader Drivers on your version of Windows

Happy Flashing Guys!!