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How to flash Lenovo Z5?


Why reinstall the firmware?

Errors periodically appear in the Android operating system.

Some installed applications stop opening.

Some applications from the Play Market do not start.

The phone restarts for no reason.

The phone started to work slowly.

You have decided to try a different version of Android.





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?

Back up your phone's user data.

Insert your SD card into your phone. An SD card is needed to write firmware to it.

Find out the exact model of your smartphone.

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 the Official TWRP App from the Play Market. And install it.

When you start the application for the first time, you must agree to install the firmware, as well as agree to grant 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.

TWRP

On the main screen of the application, click on the 'Select Device' drop-down list, 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.

Click the 'FLASH TO RECOVERY' button and confirm your choice, click 'OK' in the question window.

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

Transfer the necessary files to the SD card. Using a PC or laptop card reader.

Insert a memory card into the phone.

To reboot into recovery, you need to use a special item in the Official TWRP App menu, accessible by pressing the button with three stripes in the upper left corner of the main screen of the application. Open the menu and select the 'Reboot' item, and then click on the 'REBOOT RECOVERY' button.





Firmware via TWRP

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.

Press the 'Install' button to start the flashing.


TWRP

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.



TWRP

Select the firmware file 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 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 completing the installation procedure, a 'Successful' message appears on the screen.





Summary: Size: 75.6 mm x 153.0 mm x 7.9 mm; Aspect Ratio: 19: 9; Weight: 165 g; Usable surface: 83 %; Materials: Aluminium alloy; Colors: Black Blue Purple; Origami: Print 3D Model; Diagonal: 6.2"; Screen Type: LCD IPS; Screen Resolution: 1080 x 2264 px (FHD ); Density: Very high density, 405 Pixels per inch differentiable less than 5 cm away; Others: 2.5D curved glass screen, 700 cd/m2, Capacitive, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, DCI-P3, Frameless, Multi-touch, Scratch resistant; Operating System: Android 8.0 Oreo; Model: Qualcomm Snapdragon 636; CPU: 8 x Kryo 260 1.8 GHz; Type: Octa-Core; Frequency: 1.8 GHz; 64 Bits: Yes; GPU: Adreno 509; RAM: 6 GB; Antutu score: 115.000 Overall perf ...

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