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Flash firmware on Micromax A118

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How to flash Micromax A118?


Why reinstall the firmware?

Errors constantly appear in the Android OS.

Some installed applications stop opening.

Many applications from the Play Market do not start.

The phone restarts or shuts down randomly.

The phone started to work slowly.

You are not satisfied with the possibilities of the stock firmware.





Where can I find the firmware?

On the official website of the phone manufacturer.

On specialized services on which various developers lay out 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 SD card. 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.

Download 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 must agree to install the firmware, as well as agree to grant the application Superuser rights and click the 'OK' button.

On the next screen, select 'TWRP FLASH' and give the application root rights.

TWRP

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.

When the file is loaded, you need to return to the main screen of the Official TWRP App and press the 'Select a file to flash' button. Select the file downloaded in the previous step.

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 is now complete.

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

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

TWRP

Before flashing, you need to delete all user data from the phone, this will avoid many problems. press 'WIPE' on the home screen.

You can start flashing. Click the 'Install' button.


TWRP

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

Select the storage to which 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, 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, 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: OS: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean; CPU frequency: 1200.0 MHz (4-core); Chipset: Broadcomm BCM23550; RAM Memory: 1 GB; Display: LCD IPS Color, 540x960 px (5.5") 200ppi; Touch screen: yes; Built-in memory: 4 GB; Memory card: MicroSD/TransFlash max. 32 GB; Camera: 7.99 MPx; Resolution: 3264x2448 px; Flash: LED; Autofocus: yes; Optical zoom: no; Digital zoom: yes; Second camera: 1.92 Mpx; Resolution: 1600x1200 px; Bluetooth: 4.0; EDGE: yes; GPRS: yes; GPS: yes; A-GPS: yes; GSM: 900 1800 1900; HSDPA: 900 2100; USB: 2.0; WAP: 2.0; Wi-Fi: 802.1 a/b/g/n; Audio formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, eAAC; Audio out: Jack 3,5 mm; Games: yes; MP3 player: yes; MP3 ringtones: yes; Polyphony: yes; Radio: yes; RDS: yes; RSS: y ...

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