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How to flash ZTE Reef?


Why reinstall the firmware?

Errors in the Android OS start to appear regularly.

Some applications stop opening.

Many applications from the Play Market do not start.

The phone restarts for no 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 website of the manufacturer.

On Internet resources where users post custom or official OS.


What should be done before installing the firmware?

Back up your phone's user data.

Insert SD card. An SD card is needed to write firmware to it.

Find information about your smartphone model.

Fully charge your device's battery.

Download archive with Firmware.





Installing TWRP Recovery

Download the Official TWRP App from the Play Market. And install it.

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.

In the next screen, select the item 'TWRP FLASH' and provide the application with root-rights.

TWRP

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.

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.

Click the 'FLASH TO RECOVERY' button and confirm your choice, click 'OK' in the question window.

When the message 'Flash Completed Succsessfuly!' appears. Click 'OK'. The TWRP installation procedure is now complete.

Copy the necessary files to the SD memory card. Using a PC or laptop card reader.

Insert a 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

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.


TWRP

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.



TWRP

Select the firmware file 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, 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 (4.1); Dimensions: 5 megapixels; Flash: LED; Features: Touch to focus, Face detection, Geo tagging; Camcorder: 1280x720 (720p HD); Front-facing camera: Other; System chip: Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655; Processor: 1024 MB RAM / LPDDR2; Built-in storage: 4 GB; Storage expansion: microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB; Talk time: 9.00 hoursthe average is 11 h (675 min); Stand-by time: 6.8 days (163 hours)the average is 20 days (477 h); Talk time (3G): 9.00 hoursthe average is 15 h (897 min); Stand-by time (3G): 6.8 days (163 hours)the average is 23 days (546 h); Capacity: 1650 mAh; Music player: ; Filter by: Album, Artist, Playlists; Features: Album art cover, Background ...

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