Errors in the Android OS start to appear regularly.
Some applications stop opening.
Many programs from the Play Market do not start.
The phone turns off for no apparent reason.
The phone started to work slowly.
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 Internet resource of the phone manufacturer.
On specialized services 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 your computer.
Insert SD card. An SD card is needed to write firmware to it.
Find information about your smartphone model.
Charge your phone fully.
Find and download the 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 must agree to install the firmware, as well as agree to grant 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.
On the main screen of the application, click 'Select Device', and find your phone model.
After selecting the phone, the application will redirect the user to a web page to download the modified recovery environment image file. Download the proposed *.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.
Copy the required files to the 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 delete all user data from the phone, this will avoid many problems. press 'WIPE' on the home screen.
Now you can start flashing. Click the 'Install' button.
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.
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.
When the procedure for installing the firmware is completed, the message 'Successful' appears on the screen.
Summary: Chip: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974AA; Process technology: 28 nm; CPU: Krait 400; CPU bits: 32 bit; Instruction set: ARMv7; Level 0 cache memory (L0): 4 KB + 4 KB; Level 1 cache memory (L1): 16 KB + 16 KB; Level 2 cache memory (L2): 2048 KB; CPU cores: 4; CPU frequency: 2260 MHz; GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 330; GPU cores: 4; GPU frequency: 450 MHz; RAM capacity: 2 GB; RAM type: LPDDR3; RAM channels: Double channel; RAM frequency: 800 MHz; Operating system (OS): Android 4.3 Jelly Bean; SIM card type: Micro-SIM (3FF - third form factor, since 2003, 15.00 x 12.00 x 0.76 mm); Number of SIM cards: 2; Features: Dual SIM stand-by (Both cards are active. When one is busy, the other i ...
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