Just bought a #PowerArmor18T rugged phone. I had the #Power Armor13, until for some reason it stopped working. I got my money back from the retailer, so I thought I'd just add some more and upgrade to their newer version. I have never been a fan of #smartphones, but these #ruggedphones with excellent battery life are really a treat. And because they are so big, I actually use them less, which I hope will result in me keeping them for a longer time. Exited to see how it performs!

I've been a #Ulefone rugged smartphone fanboy for a few years now. Whenever I get a new one, I always #root it right away, and rip out all the privacy-invading stuff that most Chinese smartphone manufacturers embed in their #ROMs. It's a bit of a pain, but usually worth it in the long run.

Well, I picked up their latest flagship phone, the #PowerArmor18T, but I goofed something up on my first attempt to root it last week, resulting in a softbrick/bootloop. My attempts to resurrect it using my Windows 10 laptop all met with failure, and I was beginning to lose hope. But then I read in a PDF somewhere that SP Flash Tool (the software required to flash softbricked Mediatek-based phones) only supports Windows 7 (⁉️).

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