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Flash firmware on Star SM-G9008

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How to flash Star SM-G9008?


Why reinstall the firmware?

Errors start to appear in the operating system.

Some installed applications do not open.

Some applications from the Play Market do not start.

The phone shuts down and restarts for no apparent reason.

The phone began to slow down a lot.

The OS does not match the system requirements of the smartphone.





Where can I find the firmware?

On the official Internet resource of the phone manufacturer.

On sites where users post custom or official OS.


What should be done before installing the firmware?

Back up your contacts and user data and transfer it to another medium.

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. And place it on the SD card.





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.

After moving to the next screen, select the 'TWRP FLASH' item and provide the application with root rights.

TWRP

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

After selecting a device, the application will direct the user to a web page to download the appropriate modified recovery environment image file. Download the suggested *.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.

After adding the image file to the program, click the 'FLASH TO RECOVERY' button and confirm your choice, click 'OK'.

When the message 'Flash Completed Succsessfuly!' appears. Click 'OK'. The TWRP installation procedure can be considered complete.

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

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. We open the menu, 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, 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.


TWRP

The file selection screen appears. At the very top there is a 'Storage' button for selecting an SD card.

Select the location where the files were copied.



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 flashing the phone will begin, this is accompanied by the appearance of inscriptions in the log field and the movement of the progress bar.

The completion of the firmware installation procedure is indicated by the inscription 'Successful'.





Summary: Aliases: Star Galaxy S5; Type: Mobile; Battery: Li-Ion 2800 mAh; CPU: MediaTek MT6572, Dual Core, 1.2GHz, ARM Cortex A7, ARM Mali-400 MP; Smart Phone OS: Android 4.4.2; Dimensions: 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm; Formfactor: Bar; Keyboard: Screen; Sidekeys: Power, Volume; Softkeys: 2; Weight: 145 g; Color: Yes; Other: Capacitive Multi Touchscreen; Pixel aspect ratio: 1.50; Resolution: 480x854; Display PPI: 196; Screen Size: 5; Type: TFT IPS; Audio: MP3, WAV, AMR, AWB; Camera: 5MP, 2592X1944; Other: Autofocus, LED Flash; Secondcamera: 0.3MP, 640x480; Videocapture: Yes; Videoplayback: 3GP, MPEG4, AVI; Connectors: USB, MicroUSB; Network: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, WCDMA, HS ...

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