Errors in the Android OS start to appear regularly.
Some applications do not open, reinstalling which does not lead to a positive result.
Some programs from the Play Market do not start.
The phone restarts by itself for no reason.
The phone began to slow down a lot.
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 phone manufacturer.
On specialized resources where users post custom or official OS.
What should be done before installing the firmware?
Create a backup copy of user data and transfer it to your computer.
Insert your SD card into your phone. An SD card is needed to write firmware to it.
Find information about your smartphone model.
Fully charge your phone battery.
Find and download the archive with Firmware. Place it on the SD card.
Installing TWRP Recovery
Install the Official TWRP App via the Play Market. And run this application.
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.
On the next screen, select 'TWRP FLASH' and give the application root rights.
On the main screen of the application, click 'Select Device', and find your phone model.
After selecting a phone, the application will direct 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. Select the file downloaded in the previous step.
Press the 'FLASH TO RECOVERY' button and confirm your choice.
When the message 'Flash Completed Succsessfuly!' appears. Click 'OK'. The TWRP installation procedure can be considered complete.
Copy the required files to the SD card. Using a PC or laptop card reader, it will be much faster.
Insert a SD memory card into the 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 the 'Reboot' item, and then click on the 'REBOOT RECOVERY' button. The phone will reboot into the recovery environment automatically..
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.
Now you can start flashing. Click the 'Install' button.
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 you copied the files..
Select the firmware file 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.
When the procedure for installing the firmware is completed, the message 'Successful' appears on the screen.
Summary: Chip: MediaTek MT8382W/M; Process technology: 28 nm; CPU: ARM Cortex-A7; CPU bits: 32 bit; Instruction set: ARMv7; Level 1 cache memory (L1): 32 KB + 32 KB; Level 2 cache memory (L2): 256 KB; CPU cores: 4; CPU frequency: 1300 MHz; GPU: ARM Mali-400 MP2; GPU cores: 2; RAM capacity: 1 GB; Operating system (OS): Android 5.0 Lollipop; SIM card type: Mini-SIM (2FF - second form factor, since late 1990s, 25.00 x 15.00 x 0.76 mm); Number of SIM cards: 2; Features: Dual SIM stand-by (Both cards are active. When one is busy, the other is not active); Type/technology: IPS; Diagonal size: 6.95 in; Width: 3.41 in; Height: 6.06 in; Aspect ratio: 1.77816: 9; Resolution: 720 x 1280 pix ...
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