Flash firmware on Alcatel Idol 5s
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How to flash Alcatel Idol 5s?
Why reinstall the firmware?
Errors constantly appear in the Android OS.
Some installed applications stop opening.
Some applications from the Play Market do not start.
The phone restarts or shuts down randomly.
The phone began to slow down a lot.
You are not satisfied with the possibilities of the stock firmware.
Where can I find the firmware?
On the phone manufacturer's website.
On certain sites where developers post custom or official OS.
What should be done before installing the firmware?
Create a backup copy of user data, contacts and photos and transfer it to your computer.
Insert your SD card into your phone. An SD card is needed to write firmware to it.
Determine your smartphone model.
Fully charge your phone. If the battery runs out during boot, the device will no longer turn on.
Find and download the archive with Firmware. And place it on the SD card.
Installing TWRP Recovery
Download and install the Official TWRP App from the Play Market.
When you start the application for the first time, you need to give consent to future manipulations, as well as to give consent to granting the application Superuser rights and click the 'OK' button.
Going to the next screen, select the item 'TWRP FLASH' and provide the application with root-rights.
On the main screen of the application, click 'Select Device', and select your phone model.
After selecting a device, the program redirects the user to a web page to download the corresponding image file of the modified recovery environment. Download the suggested *.img file.
After downloading the image file, return to the main screen of the Official TWRP App and press the 'Select a file to flash' button. Then we tell the program the path where the file loaded in the previous step is located.
Press the 'FLASH TO RECOVERY' button and confirm your choice, press 'OK'.
When the message 'Flash Completed Succsessfuly!' appears. Click 'OK'. The TWRP installation procedure can be considered complete.
Transfer the necessary files to the SD card. Using a PC or laptop card reader.
Insert a memory card into your phone.
To reboot into recovery, you need to enter the menu accessible by pressing the button with three stripes in the upper left corner of the main screen of the application. Select 'Reboot' and then click on the 'REBOOT RECOVERY' button.
Firmware via TWRP
Before flashing, you need to delete all user data from the phone, this will avoid errors in the software, as well as other problems. Press 'WIPE' on the home screen.
You can start flashing. Click the 'Install' button.
The file selection screen appears. At the very top there is a 'Storage' button for selecting an SD card.
Select the location where you copied the files. Press the OK button.
Find the file we need and click on it. A screen opens with a warning about possible negative consequences, you need to check the item 'Zip signature verification', which will avoid using corrupted files when writing to the phone's memory sections.
The procedure for flashing the phone will begin, this is accompanied by the appearance of inscriptions in the log field and the movement of the progress bar.
After the firmware installation procedure is completed, the 'Successful' message appears on the screen.
Summary: Sim Type: GSM+GSM (Hybrid Slot); Dual Sim: Yes; Sim Size: Nano + Nano SIM; Type: Color AMOLED screen, 16M colors; Touchscreen: Yes, with Multitouch; Size: 5.7 inches, 1440 x 2560 pixels; PPI: ~ 515 PPI; RAM: 4 GB; Internal memory: 64 GB inbuilt; Card Slot: Yes (Hybrid Slot); GPRS: Yes; EDGE: Yes; 3G: Yes; 4G: Yes; Wi-Fi: Yes, with wifi-hotspot; Bluetooth: Yes, v4.2; USB: Yes; GPS: Yes, with A-GPS Support; Fingerprint Sensor: Yes; Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Fingerprint; 3.5mm Headphone Jack: Yes; Extra: NFC; Camera: Yes, 16 MP with autofocus; Features: Face detection, Geo tagging, Panorama, Touch to focus; Video Recording: Yes, 2160p @ 30fps; Flash: D ...
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