Firmware for ZTE phone, smartphone and tablet. Firmware for ZTE Blade A510 smartphone Installing TWRP and obtaining root rights

It’s hard to come to terms with the forced situation when your smartphone suddenly runs out of charge and there’s no way to charge the battery.

It is terribly difficult for a modern person to be cut off from the whole world and left without a means of communication, so it is not surprising that when going on trips or long trips, owners of modern gadgets stock up on additional chargers to ensure the correct operation of the devices.

However, not only a discharged battery can bring unpleasant surprises. The operating system of the smartphone also competes with this, often accompanied by various glitches, as a result of which even a charged device refuses to perform certain actions.

Many users are not satisfied with the standard ZTE firmware and they decide to reflash their smartphone

Faced with such a problem, most users decide to flash their ZTE smartphone in order to safely get rid of annoying problems.

There are several circumstances that force owners of modern devices to invade the “inner world” of their electronic friend.

Armed with information about what causes can provoke system failures, it is much easier for smartphone owners to prevent the gadget from sad consequences or to recognize them in time and take actions that eliminate all the problems that stand in the way.

Causes of Operational Failure

It may happen that your favorite ZTE smartphone has stopped working. The reason may be its mechanical damage, when it was handled carelessly, often dropped on the floor, or moisture got on it. It is also quite possible that the components of the device may fail.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to solve the problem of mechanical damage to a smartphone at home, so the correct thing to do is take it to a service center. Qualified craftsmen will carry out effective “resuscitation” measures and breathe new “life” into the gadget.

Another reason that at some stage the smartphone begins to reboot and turn off by itself is a failure of the operating system. This problem can be solved at home, but only with appropriate preparation.

It is very important to prepare, since the ZTE v815w firmware itself may turn out to be unsuccessful if it was installed accompanied by gross errors.

So, those who are interested in how to flash ZTE v815w are those who noticed the incorrect operation of the gadget, who decided to optimize the system by installing an updated version of the firmware, about which positive feedback has spread quite widely.

Firmware process

Many owners of modern gadgets will be able to flash a ZTE smartphone if they first receive a “portion” of useful information that will allow them to thoroughly understand how to flash the ZTE v815w.

In this case, you can take a risk and do everything yourself, saving money, as well as increasing your level of knowledge of modern devices.

Firmware algorithm

Programmers periodically give users a variety of useful products that allow many operations to be carried out not only quickly, but also easily.

One such software product is the CWM application, which is focused specifically on the process of installing the operating system for ZTE smartphones.

It is recommended to download and install this application in advance. Also get information about your smartphone, since it is advisable to use a Gen 2 device when flashing the firmware.

Unfortunately, not all smartphones come with this design; you can also find options that have Gen 1. In this case, you will have to take one additional step.

On specialized forums it is easy to find the CyanogenMod application, which can act as a successful assistant in converting the Gen 1 version to Gen 2.

First turn off the phone, then hold down two keys “-” and “on” at the same time, after which “FTM” should appear on the screen. Only after this you need to connect the smartphone to the PC.

All that remains is to find the download file download_nochecksGen2 with the exe extension, run it, wait for the process to complete and make sure that the smartphone now has the desired version of Gen 2.

Flashing a smartphone begins with formatting the flash card. In some cases, you have to run the formatting process more than once. Unfortunately, sometimes there is no other option but to replace the flash card, so you have to resort to such a replacement. This applies in most cases to cheap and too low-quality flash cards.

Now feel free to copy the previously downloaded firmware onto the prepared flash card. Don’t forget to let your computer help you successfully identify your smartphone in the CWM application.

It’s so simple, just find the “Mount USB storage” option in the main menu, click on it, then copy the firmware file, and then click on the other “Unmount” option.

The next stage involves the direct process during which the firmware is installed on the smartphone.

In Recovery, find the “Install zip from sdcard” option, click on it and follow all the recommendations that will be displayed on the screen. After the process is completed, you need to restart your smartphone. The “Reboot system now” option will help you with this.

Now, after launching the smartphone, you can enjoy the operation of your own smartphone, on which the new firmware is installed. This method of installing new firmware versions is only suitable for ZTE Blade smartphones.

So, the owner himself can restore the functionality of a smartphone that he doesn’t want to say goodbye to and buy a new device, if he really values ​​his device.

If the first attempt failed, the firmware was installed incorrectly, which reflects the low performance of the device, you can repeat the process.

Only this time you need to be extra vigilant and also download the firmware version from trusted resources. It is not recommended to trust all sources that characterize their offer with tempting phrases.

Along with them, you can download additional “gifts” in the form of malicious software that can cause serious harm to your smartphone.

Listing the features of the ZTE Blade A3 and ZTE Blade M smartphones, it is impossible not to mention the following characteristics:

  • A four-inch TFT screen with a palette of 16 million colors and touch controls, which, according to reviews from numerous smartphone users, does not work very well.
  • MP3 polyphony of calls. This means that you can set yourself a call of almost any sound quality.
  • Digital camera with flash and video recording capability.
  • Built-in audio player supporting all popular audio formats. You can not only connect headphones to it, but also use the player as a voice recorder.
  • A set of sensors consisting of a light sensor, a sensor for tracking objects moving nearby, and an accelerator.
  • Video processor MALI-400 MP.
  • USB, Bluetooth, and WiFi interfaces designed to retrieve data from connected media and the network.
  • Android operating system version 4.4.

Having such a complete set of options, this smartphone has another feature that makes it extremely popular among consumers - a low price. Not everyone needs to purchase expensive devices like the iPhone.

And not everyone has the available funds for this. Downloaded and installed fresh firmware makes it possible to further increase the efficiency of working with this device. We'll talk about how to flash ZTE below.

How to flash a smartphone correctly

A universal way to install firmware is to perform the following sequence of actions:

If a2sd is not included in the firmware, then you will need to format the flash drive to fat, with the formatting options set to: ext = 512, partition = sd, swap = 0.

If problems arise, try repeating the entire sequence of operations. Sometimes the firmware may fail.



We have:
  • ZTE Blade;
  • boring, old, buggy (underline as appropriate) firmware on it;
  • a little time;
  • a bit of gray matter;
  • a drop of money (for immersion in Zen).

Task: completely immersed in Zen (make a candy out of your phone and forget about flashing it).




Let's get started!

Turn off the phone.

If ClockWorkMod (alternative Recovery mode) is not installed, install ClockWorkMod 5.0.2.0, if already installed, install it.

Quick installation of ClockWorkMod 5.0.2.0 via Bootloader

1) Download the archive ZTE Blade (ZTE Libra) - ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0

2) Unpack it into a folder.

3) Load the phone into BootLoader. To do this: Turn off the phone. We press and hold down the buttons "Home" + "Volume down"and turn on the phone, after 6-8 seconds it shouldhover Green Androy (or ZTE logo) And Red "Back" button), release the buttons.

4) Connect USB cableto the phone, after which an unidentified “Android” device will appear in the device manager, force install the driver from the folder that was in the archive. (Note: absolutely all drivers for ZTE Blade are available in Windows 7 Update. Therefore, you just need to enable automatic search for drivers in Windows 7 and have internet.

4) Launch from the folder"Install ClockWorkMOD 5.0.2.0.bat".

5) After closing the window, disconnect the cable and give the battery.

Create a Backup of the old firmware

We press and hold down the "Volume Down" buttonand turn on the phone - We get into ClockWorkMod 5.0.2.0

Buttons "Volume down"“Volume up”, select (Home) go to backup and restore - Backup.We are waiting for the end of the procedure.

Go to mounts and storage - mount USB storage. We connect the phone to the computer, copy the folder from the card to a safe placeclockworkmod, which contains our Backup.

Click Unmount on your phone. We take out the cable.


Installing new firmware

The best, in my opinion, firmware based on source code at the moment CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC1 from a friend BurgerZ(website BurgerZ.pro). download the latest firmware (at the time of writing cm-7.2.0-RC1-Blade-KANG-13APR).
Go to the initial menu of ClockWorkMod 5.0.2.0.

wipe data/factory reset - Yes

wipe cache partition - Yes

advanced - partitioning SD card - 1024 mb (EXT partition) - 0 mb (SWAP partition) (I believe that it is not needed with such an amount of RAM). We are waiting for the operation to complete.

mounts - mount SD card
We connect the phone to the computer. We unpack the archive (Download from DepositFiles MD5:807418DE2B7A5276F72867B942AC5ADB) with a modification of the original firmware, where the data section is increased to 240 Mb. Copy the folder "image" from the archive "Modified (240 MB free).rar", firmware from BurgerZ, gapps from 04/08/2012 (gapps-full-20120408-Blade.zip MD5: 2C96C534ECDCABB5027B1DAB8780D411), Darktremor Apps2SD (dtapp) to the root of the memory card s2sd -2.7.5.2-1-signed.zip MD5: 8AF9E161B5DE47DD857BEF5638EDFBE8) ( Note: After updating the firmware, the archive must be re-flashed).

Unmount

Power off

When loading the android, remove the battery (as soon as the green android appears).
Insert the battery

We take out the battery

Volume Down+Power (boot into ClockWorkMod 5.0.2.0)

Install zip from SD card - choose zip from sdcard. Select one by one: cm-7.2.0-RC1-Blade-KANG-13APR.zip, gapps-full-20120408-Blade.zip, dtapps2sd-2.7.5.2-1-signed.zip.
Power off

Power on
Select Launcher


Next, I will give the basic phone settings that are comfortable for me. Perhaps you will learn something interesting for yourself.

Settings - language and keyboard - Russian
Settings - Wireless networks - Mobile network - Data transfer (uncheck)
Open the status bar - CM stats - disable collecting statistics Cyanogenmod

Removing all widgets
Settings - Calls - Incoming call in background

Settings - Cyanogenmod Settings - Applications - Allow moving applications

Settings - Cyanogenmod Settings - Screen - Screen turn on animation

Settings - Cyanogenmod Settings - Interface - Buttons in the notification bar - Hide the scroll bar

Settings - Cyanogenmod Settings - Interface - Widget buttons - widget buttons (add: 2G/3G, data, backlight; remove: sound) - Network modes (2G/3G+2G) - Network modes automatically (2G/3G) - On. With this, I use one data transfer button in the status bar to switch between phone states: (3G+2G+Internet network)/(2G network only+no Internet). That. We save battery and time.
Open the notification panel and click 2G/3G (to switch to 2G only mode)

Settings - Cyanogenmod Settings - Interface - Redrawing after enlargement

Settings - Location and security - GPS satellites (uncheck)
Settings - Location and security - GPS source - Use. built-in GPS
Settings - Location and protection - Set up screen lock - Pattern (set your own key)

Settings - CyanogenMod Settings - Lock Screen - Widgets - Battery Status

Settings - CyanogenMod Settings - Lock Screen - Unlock - Skip when protecting device

Settings - CyanogenMod Settings - Lock Screen - Unlock - Menu Unlock
Settings - CyanogenMod Settings - Lock screen - Delays and timeouts - Auto shutdown delay - 10 sec.

Settings - CyanogenMod Settings - Performance - CPU Settings - Set on boot

Settings - CyanogenMod Settings - Performance - CPU Settings - Maximum Frequency - choose at your discretion no more than 748 (I have 710)

Settings - CyanogenMod Settings - Performance - Off. boot animation (phone boot time is reduced)

Settings - CyanogenMod Settings - Sound - Silent State

Settings - CyanogenMod Settings - Sound - Quiet hours - Enable quiet hours (Disable notification sound, selection response, mute trackball). We set the beginning and end at our discretion (mine is 00:00 - 6:00)

Settings - Cyanogenmod - Sound - Mute camera sound

Settings - Device settings - Calibrate proximity sensor (perform in light, there should be no objects in front of the screen, including you, closer than 2 meters for 15 seconds). Without this procedure, the proximity sensor will not work.

Settings - Sound - Key sound (uncheck)

Settings - Applications - Unknown sources
Settings - Language and keyboard - Android keyboard - Input languages ​​- English (US) + Russian

Application menu - Spare Parts - End button behavior - Sleep mode (should reduce battery consumption)
Application Menu - Spare Parts - Intermediate Animations - Quick

Connect Wifi or 3G

Setting up a Google account

Install Superuser from Google Play
We add to the card applications that you usually install not from Google Play.

Install from Google Play:

  • Go Launcher EX (Russian) (optional)
  • Go Contacts EX (optional)
  • Go SMS Pro (optional)
  • A2SDGUI (required) - needed for linking the EXT section of the card and transferring programs there.
Press the Home button and select Go Launcher EX by default.

Let's go to Titanium Backup delete (the "Backups" tab, short tap on the application, first delete the data, and then the program itself):

  • Cmstats (CMStats.apk);
  • Google One Time Init (OneTimeInItializer.apk);
  • Launcher;
  • Launcher Pro (optional, I use Go Launcher);
  • Gallery (it’s better to use QuickPic instead);
  • Music;
  • News and weather (GenieWdget.apk);
  • Screen control tips (Protips.apk);
  • Notifications about cyanogenmod updates (CMUpdateNotify.apk);
  • File Manager (FileManager.apk).
Also, in previous builds of Burgerz there were standard applications that could be easily removed (may be useful in future firmware):
  • Latin Input Method Tutorial(LatinImeTutorial.apk);
  • Setup Wizard (setupwizard.apk).
Open Market Enabler - Settings list - long tap on T-Mobile (T-Mobile) - fake this provider now
Google Play - updating Maps and Street View in Google Maps.
We will integrate the Google Play update (you can also integrate other Google applications that will be updated in the future):
Titanium Backup - long tap on the application - Integrate updates into ROM.
We also integrate (to save space in the data section):
  • Cards
  • Street View in Google Maps

We connect our phone to the computer using a microUSB cable. If you have Windows 7, we can get the drivers automatically from the update center, which is what I did.

In this final window, where we received data about the successful installation of the driver, we need to remember the number of the COM port in which the diagnostic interface was installed. In my case it is port 25.

Download and install the program BitPim . Let's open it.

Go to the menu Edit - Settings



Click on the buttonPhone Wizard .

Select at all pointsOther - Other - Other CDMA phone . Press the buttonNext .

Here we will need the COM port number, which we remembered at the driver installation stage. We can also look at it from the available ports, which has an entryZTE CDMA Handset Diagnostics Interface . Select it and clickNext .

In the final window, clickFinish .

Click OK .

UPDATE:Many phone usersZTE S325This step is where the problem arises. Upon enteringPhone Wizard an error is givenException. What to do in this case? Just close the program by pressingAbort BitPim . Open it again and skip the step of enteringPhone Wizard . Proceed immediately to the next step, viewing the file system.

We see this line in the status line of the program, which means everything is ok. And the program is ready to work with the phone. Now we need to access the phone's file system.

Jam on the menu View - View Filesystem .

A folder will appear in the left folder tree Filesystem . On the right we see the complete list of folders and the file system of our phone. After digging a little we will see folders wallpaper , midi And defaultcallimg . The first stores background pictures, the second melody in the format mid , the third folder contains images for contacts.

Next, everything is not difficult, in the folder wallpaper upload pictures in format png size 240 by 320 pixels. These will be our background images. It is better to give names in numbers, it will be more convenient and the phone will not freeze.

To folder midi post your melodies in format mid . It should be noted that the names of the downloaded melodies must be numbered in the folder. From one to ten. It turns out that we will have to replace the standard melodies with our own. As a result, we will be able to replace all 10 standard melodies with our own. Below I will show you how you can change the number of melodies and their standard names to your own.

Find the folder in the file managerini . The file is located thereringconf.ini , save this file to your hard drive in a convenient place by pressing the buttonSave and selecting the destination folder.

Open the file using standard notepad and edit it. In line16; we see the number 16, this is the total number of melodies that will be displayed on our phone. Next lines10; And 6; are responsible for the number of melodies displayed when setting up calls and SMS. We change them to our numbers, observing the following rule: in the line16; should be the number obtained by adding the numbers in the lines10; And 6; . For example, I changed this data for myself to15; 10; And 25; respectively.

5.mid/6.mid / 7.mid/8.mid/9.mid/10.mid/ 11.mid/12.mid/

13.mid/14.mid/15.mid/16.mid/;

Here are the names of the melodies in the folder; if we added our new melodies, we simply add the names of the songs in numerical order. Those. My line looked like this:

/1.mid/2.mid/3.mid/4.mid/5.mid/6.mid/7.mid/

8.mid/9.mid/10.mid/ 11.mid/12.mid/13.mid/14.mid/

15.mid/16.mid/ 17.mid/18.mid/ 19.mid/20.mid/ 21.mid/

22.mid/ 23.mid/24.mid/ 25.mid/ ;

1)/Spring Song/William Tell/I love rock/Alla Turca/Dog Waltz/Four Seasons-Spring/Head banging music/Forget yesterday/Cartoon/Freeman/;


2)/Spring Song/William Tell Overture/I Love Rock/Turkish March/Dog Waltz/Four Seasons - Spring/Hit to the Head/Forget Yesterday/Cartoon/Freeman/;


3).

If we want to change the names of the songs that will be displayed on the phone, we change the names to our own. That's all. Finish editing, save the file ringconf.ini and upload it back to the folder ini . The old file will be overwritten.

To folder defaultcallimg We post pictures, also interchanging files. From these we will later be able to select a picture for our contacts.

I hope that this information will be useful to you. Now you can completely personalize your ZTE phone, which is what I did. You can see the result below.

Perhaps no ZTE model has as many official and custom firmware as the ZTE Blade. It is difficult to say which of them is the best firmware for ZTE Blade, it depends on personal preferences.

Before considering any ZTE Blade firmware options, it is necessary to mention that this smartphone comes in two versions: Gen1 and Gen2. You can determine Gen using the Ask Mr Pigfish application, developed specifically for ZTE Blade. You can download it for free in the Google Market. Gen2 has some advantages over Gen1, for example, better signal strength, HSUPA support, 850mhz band for GSM and 3G, as well as the ability to install new versions of Cyanogenmod in the future.

Instructions for moving from Gen1 to Gen2

It is assumed that ClockworkMod Recovery and drivers are already installed.

  • Download the firmware or and put it on the phone’s SD card.
  • Download and transfer the stock one to the memory card.
  • With the smartphone turned off, hold down the volume “-” and “on” and go to ClockworkMod Recovery, then install the downloaded recovery via CWM as an update. After installation Reboot
  • Download the archive with partition redistribution (cache; system; data). In this case, 136 MB are allocated for the system, and more than 2 megabytes are allocated for the cache.
  • Unpacking the archive on PC
  • Turn off the smartphone, then hold down the volume “-” and “on”, when the FTM message appears, connect the phone to the PC.
  • In the unpacked partition redistribution archive, run download_nochecksGen2.exe, click Start and do not touch anything until the installation completion notification appears. After completion, click OK.
  • Go to “advanced” and select “Reboot Recovery”.
  • CWM will restart, after which we install SS RLS4b or CyanogenMod from CWM (when installing SS RLS4b it will write your device generation Gen2).
  • We make a Backup of the Channel1.nvm file, which will appear after switching to Gen2, in the folder from which download_nochecksGen2.exe was launched. This is necessary to save IMEI data in case of switching back to Gen1.

If after the transition there are problems when starting CWM, but the firmware has been installed, then download and install OneClickRecovery_ver2.apk and launch it. You can download the file.

Universal instructions for flashing ZTE Blade using CWM

It is assumed that CWM and firewood are already installed on the phone. It is advisable to install CWM version 3.0.1.4, which is suitable for firmware 2.2 and 2.3.

  • Download the required firmware.
  • Connect the USB cable.
  • Go to Recovery.
  • If there is no a2sd in the firmware, then continue from the next point, otherwise we format/partition the flash drive by selecting “advanced” in the menu - “partition sd - ext=512, swap=0, fat = the rest will be automatic”. A cheap flash drive can cause problems. In this case, you need to format the SD card on your computer in fat32, and then install the firmware, then split the flash drive and perform a full wipe. If suddenly the firmware becomes crooked, you need to flash it again.
  • Doing “wipe data/factory reset”, “wipe cache partition” is not necessary, but you can also do “wipe battery”
  • We copy the firmware to the USB flash drive without unpacking it (so that the PC can see the smartphone in CWM, in the “mounts-and storage” menu, select “mount USB storage”; when we have copied everything we need, click “unmount”).
  • In Recovery, select “install zip from sdcard” and install the firmware.
  • Finally, select “reboot system now”, after which the phone reboots.

This method is also suitable for installing updates on ZTE Blade.

As for updates, you can easily update your device’s OS to version 2.2 through the settings. You can download the firmware update for ZTE Blade to version FRY_RU_P729VV1.0.0B01 (OS Version: Android 2.2). The archive contains instructions for installing the update in Russian.

A significant number of official firmware for ZTE Blade is presented here. A large number of firmware can be found here. In addition to the fact that you can download firmware for ZTE Blade there, for clarity, a table with firmware versions of OS 2.1 and 2.2 is also presented, from which you can find out a lot of information about the required firmware When downloading, do not forget to check the compatibility (TFT or OLED).

You can watch the installation of firmware 2.3 7 on ZTE Blade in this video.

You can watch an overview of the ZTE Blade 4.0.4 firmware, as well as get some information about the installation from this video.

To install the ZTE Blade android 4.0 firmware, partition redistribution is required, but the author claims that he did not do this, and everything installed fine. In this case, ICS ColdFusionX CM9 Release 9 was installed. Those. This firmware was installed like any other custom firmware.



 

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