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How to flash Huawei Ascend Y521?


Why reinstall the firmware?

Errors in the Android OS start to appear regularly.

Some applications stop opening.

Some programs from the Play Market do not start.

The phone restarts or shuts down for no reason.

The phone began to work slowly.

You want to update the firmware, as it does not suit you in terms of functionality.





Where can I find the firmware?

On the official website of the manufacturer.

On sites where third-party developers and phone manufacturers post custom or official OS.


What should be done before installing the firmware?

Create a backup copy of user data and transfer it to another medium.

Insert your SD card into your phone. It must have enough memory to fit the firmware.

Find information about your smartphone model.

Fully charge your device's battery.

Find and download the archive with Firmware. Place it on the SD card.





Installing TWRP Recovery

Download the Official TWRP App from the Play Market. Download, install and launch the application..

When you start the application for the first time, you must agree to install a new firmware and all the risks associated with this, as well as agree to grant the application Superuser rights and click the 'OK' button.

In the next screen, select the item 'TWRP FLASH' and provide the application with root-rights.

TWRP

On the main screen of the application, click 'Select Device', and find your phone model.

After selecting the phone, the application will redirect the user to a web page to download the modified recovery environment image file. Download the proposed *.img file.

After downloading the image file, go 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 that you are ready to start the procedure - press 'OK' in the question window.

When the message 'Flash Completed Succsessfuly!' appears on the screen. Click the 'OK' button. The TWRP installation procedure is now complete.

Copy the firmware and other necessary files to the SD card.

Insert a memory card into the device.

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 the 'Reboot' item, and then click on the 'REBOOT RECOVERY' button. The phone will reboot into the recovery environment automatically..





Firmware via TWRP

TWRP

Before flashing, it is recommended to clear the 'Cache' and 'Data' sections. This will delete all user data from the device, but avoid a wide range of software errors and other problems. You must press 'WIPE' on the main screen.

Now you can start flashing. Click the 'Install' button.


TWRP

The file selection screen is displayed. At the very top is the 'Storage' button, select the location where the firmware file is located.

Select the location where the files were copied. Press the OK button.



TWRP

Find the file we need and click on it. A screen opens with a warning about possible negative consequences, as well as the item 'Zip signature verification'. This item should be checked by placing a cross in the check-box, which will avoid using damaged files when writing to the phone's memory sections.

The procedure for writing files to the phone's memory will begin, accompanied by logging and filling in the progress bar.

When the procedure for installing the firmware is completed, the message 'Successful' appears on the screen.





Summary: Design: Classic; SIM cards standard: Mini Sim - Regular; GSM: 850 900 1800 1900; HSDPA: 900 2100 HSPA; Dimensions (H/L/W): 116.5 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm, vol. 101 cm³; Display: TFTColor (16M) 320x480px (3.5") 165ppi; Touch screen: yes; Weight: 130 g; Time GSM (talk/stand-by): 4 / 225 hrs. (9.4d); Battery: Li-Ion 1350 mAh; Built-in memory: 4 GB; Memory card: MicroSD max. 32 GB; RAM memory: 512 MB; Operating system: Android 4.4; Chipset: Mediatek MT6572M; CPU 1 frequency: 1000.0 MHz(2-core); GPRS: yes; EDGE: yes; HSDPA: 21 Mb/s; HSUPA speed: 5,76 Mb/s; HSCSD: no; Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n; Bluetooth: 3.0; USB: 2.0; IrDA: no; WAP: 2.0; XHTML: yes; SyncML: no; Data and fax ...

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