3 main ways to flash a smartphone
1. The program FlashTool - allows you to install the factory firmware and the smart will become like from the store. If there are files inside the archive system.img, boot.img etc. - it means flashing under flashlight.
2. Installing software or updates through small custom rekaveri. With conventional factory shop installed rekaveri. Rekaveri - the program inside the smartphone that can be run without installing the OS and perform some action to restore or clean up your smartphone. Advanced rekaveri can not only put the updates, but also to do a full backup, restore backups, to clear the phone memory, install patches, etc. There are different rekaveri such as CWM, TWRP, Carliv, MIUI, etc. Read how to use them, see their respective topics on 4PDA. If the archive.zip firmware there is a folder META-INF - it means the firmware is under recovery, you do not need to unpack it! And you throw the file into the phone and install it through the recovery (and then the individual minds some are unpacking ..).
3. With the help of the program EleFlash - in the presence of root and custom recovery, installing a new firmware is possible immediately from a program that downloads the firmware to a smartphone from an Internet and reboots into the recovery for installation. Conveniently.
FlashTool firmware recommendations ATTENTION - to avoid unnecessary problems ALWAYS run FlashTool with permissionsadmin (right button - Run as Administrator), disable User Account Control in Windows! • In the flashlight settings, the Options-Option checkbox should be checked - put both into DA DL with CheckSum.
• Disable antivirus if problems and errors occur.
• Change the USB cable and / or port if problems or errors occur.
• Ideally, there should be no Russian letters, spaces, special characters and hieroglyphs on the way to the firmware and Flashlight.
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If the firmware through the USB flash drive does not start, make sure that the driver for the firmware is installed: 1. Open the device manager.
2. Connect the DISABLE smart to the PC.
3. A USB device should appear for a couple of seconds - MTK Preloader VCOM, then disappear. If the device has its own COM port, for example, COM7 or COM5 and there are no yellow icons, then everything is fine, if not, continue, or reinstall the driver.
4. Until the device disappears, you must have time to right-click on it and install the driver manually. Explain how to install the driver will not, look on the Internet for your version of Windows, I will clarify that the drivers usually do not have a digital signature.
5. When install the driver by force, you can try to flash it, it usually looks like this: open Flashlight, select the scatter file in the folder with the firmware, check that all the checkmarks are EXCEPT PRELOADER, set the Download Only mode, and press the Download button.
6. Connect the DISABLE smart to the PC, it should appear in the device manager MTK Preloader VCOM and start the firmware.
P.S. For the highly gifted - the OFF Smart is not just blocking and turning off the screen, but FULL OFF! happens....
If the smartphone continuously reboots on the logo: - It is necessary to flash through the flashlight. Everything is the same - install drivers on MTK COM / MTK Preloader Vcom - the device appears at the time of the reboot (the screen turns off) and flashes as usual.
How to turn off?
1. If a custom recovery is installed - load it into by pressing the Gr + button during the reboot, Advanced - Power Off
2. If the stock recovery is loaded into it by pressing the Gr + button at the time of the reboot, and Power Down - turn off the smart.
• Translated device firmware manual• Instructions for firmware in the SP Flash Tool (with pictures)• Flash firmware