Many applications from the Play Market do not start.
The phone restarts or shuts down by itself.
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 phone manufacturer's website.
On Internet resources where users post custom or official OS.
What should be done before installing the firmware?
Create a backup copy of all personal information: contacts, photos and transfer it to another computer.
Insert an SD card into your phone to write the 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 archive with Firmware.
Installing TWRP Recovery
Download the Official TWRP App to your phone from the Play Market. And install this app.
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 find 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.
Now 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.
Copy the necessary files to the SD memory card. Using a PC or laptop card reader.
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 clear the 'Cache' and 'Data' sections, press 'WIPE' on the main screen. You will delete all user data from the phone, this will avoid software errors and other problems.
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.
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 damaged files during recording.
The procedure for writing files to the phone's memory 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: OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop; Chipset: MediaTek MT6580M; CPU Speed: 1.3 GHz; GPU: ARM Mali-400 MP2; Primary display: IPS LCD 5" 854 x 480 pixels 16M colors FWVGA, 196 ppi; Secondary display: No; RAM: 1 GB; Internal memory: 8 GB; Memory Card: MicroSD, Up to 32 GB; Primary camera: 8 MP 3264 x 2448 pixels Dual-LED flash; Video: 1920 x 1080 pixels 1080p@30fps; Secondary camera: 5 MP 2592 x 1944 pixels LED flash; Headphone: Yes 3.5mm; WI-FI: Yes 802.11 b/g/n 1; NFC: No; GPS: Yes A-GPS; Bluetooth: No; HDMI: No; Hotknot: No; USB: Yes Micro-USB 2.0; Infrared: No; Waterproof: No; Dustproof: No; Shock resistant: No; Sensors: Accelerometer; Capacity: Li-Ion; Stand by: Up to 80 h; Talk time: Up to 8 h; Dim ...
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