Shuame is a Chinese app for Windows. It could be Root Genius is the English translation. How can we be sure this is safe, not malware, not stealing IMEA numbers?

• How to Root every MTK China Phone takes you through making a recovery using stock ROM. Requires Preloader mode and a bunch of Windows apps. Walks you through generating a scatterfile.

• MTK Droid https://androidmtk.com/download-mtk-droid-tool runs in Windows only and reads/writes scatterfiles. Can also root
• Mediatek (MTK) Auto Philz recovery porter creates custom recovery

• Hovatek has forums and how-tos and seems like a good source of information. They offer private consulting at $10/hour
• https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-21970.html|How to use Wwr MTK + SP Flash tool to backup Mediatek rom]]