So I'll try to save you all time and be as detailed as possible.
My phone is a Vernee Apollo Lite and has chipset: Mediatek MTK6797
I am doing this on a Windows 7 64bit laptop
Recently I removed my sim and now I have that "please enter privacy protection password" prompt on my home screen and as I can't remember my password I have to remove it.
So I used USB Deview to get rid of anything with MTK, Preloader or VCOM in it. I also uninstalled anything with MTP in it, but I'm not sure if that was the correct thing to do. Note: I didn't uninstall any of the Apollo Lite drivers using USB Deview, should I have?
I installed Mediatek Preloader USB VCOM Port as legacy hardware as the guide said to and that worked out fine, code 10 error and yellow warning symbol and everything.
I extracted miracle box to desktop, opened it. I have my phone off. I tick "Clear anti-theft", I set to 8th boot (because chipset is MTK6797). Then I press start, and then I plug in my phone and press the power button.
I get "waiting for USB port" then "none usbport, maybe driver not installed"
Also, when I check the "driver software installation" it says "device driver software was not succesfully installed"