The need to flash a smartphone arises in two cases: if it starts to “glitch” (here we include “stopped turning on”) and if you have a desire to transform its functionality.
Types of firmware
There are several types of firmware:
- Official via computer. To install it, you will need to connect your device to your computer, go from your computer to the official website of the HTC Desire V company, download the executable file, run it and “obey” the instructions.
- Official via phone. You will need free wifi. Go to the “Phone Settings” menu and select “About Phone” → “Phone Update”. The firmware will be installed automatically.
- Alternative. This is an unofficial version created by smart users. It offers a lot more features for the HTC Desire V. Most likely, it's the one you'll choose. Therefore, we will talk about it further.
Possible risks
Firmware for HTC Desire V is a serious matter that requires care. Especially if you decide to flash Android using an alternative version.
There are a number of risks that you should be aware of before you handle your smartphone:
- Loss of warranty. Any unofficial updates to HTC Desire V lead to the fact that service center No one will help you for free. Therefore, you take full responsibility for the operation of the phone only on yourself.
- The situation is getting worse. If you do something wrong or something goes wrong when installing the firmware, your smartphone may become a non-working device. This chance is small - 3 cases out of 100, but it is possible.
So be prepared for anything. If you are not confident in your abilities, then do not rush to flash HTC Desire V yourself.
Preparing for the firmware process
To begin with, it is advisable for you to obtain special Root rights. You can do this by downloading “Unrevoked” to your computer and installing the drivers.
- You need to turn off HTC Desire V and put it in HBOOT mode. To do this, hold down the combination of the “Power” and “Volume Down” buttons.
- Now you need to connect to your computer using a USB cable. HBOOT USB PLUG should appear.
- Open Device Manager and click right click mice by unidentified Android device 1.0. In the secondary menu that appears, select “Update drivers.”
- Now you need to click “Search for drivers on this computer” and select the folder in which the unzipped drivers are located.
- Exit HBOOT mode. To navigate through its items, use the “Volume Up” and “Volume Down” buttons, and the “Power” button replaces “Enter” - you can use it to select the desired menu item.
- Next, launch HTC Desire V in standard mode and enable USB Debugging.
If HTC Sync is installed on your device, you need to remove it, leaving the drivers behind.
- Launch “Unrevoked” and connect your smartphone to your computer. Check the “I agree to the terms” checkbox and wait while the program does its job. During this time, the android may be rebooted several times.
Main part
Now the HTC Desire V is ready for flashing the firmware. Then follow the following instructions:
- Download the firmware you like. We recommend RuHD.
- Check if everything is ready:
- you have Root rights;
- The firmware file has been downloaded and placed on the memory card;
- important data is saved to backup media;
- everything is fine with the USB cable;
- The smartphone is charged 70-100%.
To avoid mismatches between firmware modules, clear all data on HTC Desire V (full wipe). To do this, go to “Phone Settings”, select “Privacy” and “Reset Data”.
You can also do this through Recovery. Go to Recovery and select “wipe data/factory reset” → “Yes”.
- If you have already entered Recovery, then select the “install zip from sd-card” command. If not, launch it and click the desired item.
- Enable or disable (if required) signature verification (Clockwork) – the “toggle verification mode” item.
- Find the firmware zip. Launch it. Whatever is required in the instructions for the firmware, be sure to follow all the steps. Their order cannot be changed.
Correctness of actions can be checked by at this stage. The installation should begin and messages should appear on the screen. At the end of the installation, the message “Installation completed” should appear.
- Now you need to restart HTC Desire V and wait for the download to start.
Standard firmware installation takes about 15-30 minutes. If you decide to flash your device for the first time, the installation may take longer.
Memory expansion for applications
If you follow the correct steps described above, your smartphone should update to the latest version of Android.
However, after these manipulations, no more than 18 MB of free space will remain in the phone’s memory, which is needed to install peripheral applications.
To increase this figure to 512 MB, you need to create an additional partition on the memory card. There are many ways to do this. There are only a few of the most reliable ones.
The data from the memory card will be deleted! Don't forget to transfer them to another storage medium.
Method 1 – via smartphone
Download from the Market special program"ROM Manager". Launch it and find the option “Create partitions on SD card”. Select ext partition size. If necessary, also select a size for the swap partition. HTC Desire V will reboot and create the partition.
Method 2 - via computer
Download and install any of the programs for working with partitions on your hard drive. Remove all partitions from the memory card and create the following (do not change the sequence):
- main section ( file system FAT32);
- if needed - swap partition (SWAP);
- ext partition 512 MB (file system Ext 3 or Ext 4).
Finally
With the correct firmware, your HTC Desire V should start working better, use less battery power, and gain several more useful features.
If something goes wrong, try to “reanimate” your smartphone yourself. We will tell you how to do this in the article. Sometimes it is worth contacting a service center for help.
Today we got our hands on an HTC smartphone called Desire C (not to be confused with other Desire phones of previous generations). The device is remarkable primarily because it contains Qualcomm processor MSM7225A, known for its outstanding performance. 600 MHz for the fourth android? In 2012 (released in May)? I would like to look affectionately into the eyes of the developers of the device and ask - guys, you need to save wisely. As a result of the manufacturer's ugly decision out of the box, the phone is so slow to understand that there is a need to do something. The money was spent, and the phone, in principle, is good, if not for the processor. The obvious solution is to speed up everything by flashing it. No sooner said than done, let’s begin lifting restrictions. First, a warning - everything that follows below leads to automatic loss of the warranty (but not the functionality of the phone). You assume all risk in connection with this.
Before you begin, copy all important files from your phone, including phone book! A blank memory card of at least 2 GB (no more than 4) must be inserted into the phone. In application settings, check the debugging by USB and software installation from other sources!
Drivers and bootloader unlocking
The first action that awaits us while waiting for the carriage to turn into a racing car is unlocking the bootloader. Get ready, you'll have to do a lot of downloading and installing. First, we pull out the Android SDK from here ( http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#download) for your system version (x86 or x64). Place it. During installation you may be asked to install Java ( http://java.com/). Select your version of the operating system and add the missing one, then continue installing the Android SDK. Having installed both, look around. In android-sdk-windows, which is on the C: drive, there is an SDK Manager program. We ask her to install additional Android SDK Platform and Android SDK Tools. In turn, here we are looking for a couple of files that are useful for the rest of the process as a whole. These are adb.exe and adbWinApi.dll (folder android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools) and fastboot.exe (hidden in android-sdk-windowstools). This trinity you without a shadow of a doubt copy to the root of the C: drive (in other words, without inserting it into the folders existing there). Create your own folder called Android. Transfer three files to Android folder. A start. Do you think the setup madness is over? We've only just begun! We are strongly advised to add HTC Sync to the list of installed ones ( http://www.htc.com/www/help/). Reluctantly, agree, remove everything unnecessary later. HTC Sync contains necessary drivers, that's why it's so needed. Additionally, install the HTC driver package ( http://yadi.sk/d/sY09bJ2_1ii-k).
After installing all the software, reboot. While the computer is moving hard drive, remove the battery from the phone, wait five seconds and insert it back. This is necessary, because even the power button does not turn off the device completely, but it is necessary that no power is supplied at all. Let's check the dexterity of your fingers - simultaneously hold down the volume down key and the power key. The phone will show a dark screen and light letters. Navigate through the menu using the sound keys until you see that you have moved to the fastboot item. Select it with the power button by lightly pressing it. The phone will start in the mode we need. Connect it to your computer, open the device manager and make sure that the smartphone is visible to the operating system.
In the start button, you probably saw the “run” item. Call the command line by typing CMD and pressing enter. Users of the stable XP edition will find the command line call in the search. Launch it and leave the window open, it’s time to take on a more boring task - register on the site http://htcdev.com/(account confirmation will be sent to your email). On the right side of this site for those who like to mock phones, you see a window with three answer options. We like Unlock Bootloader go to it. The next window asks for the phone model and your decision whether to unlock it or not. Naturally, we cannot refuse; it was not in vain that we filled the computer with programs and drivers with might and main?! Our device is not in the list (remember the letter C in the name), so scroll to the very bottom, it says All other supported... Let’s stop there. Click Begin and quickly scroll to last page, simultaneously checking that we have completed 8 of the 10 required steps. Leave this window alone for now and return to the command line, which attracts with a black background and white letters on it. By the way, our fathers and mothers, grandmothers and grandfathers sat behind such a colorful interface - this is where the harsh everyday life of the user is, and here we are complaining about the installation.
On the command line, enter the command (there is no other way to say it):
cd c:/Android
Then another one:
fastboot oem get_identifier_token
The terminal will give us indescribable beauty with approximately the following content:
Copy with the right mouse button all the text that begins with the line <<<< Identifier Token Start >>>> and ending with the same, but with the word End. You need to copy, capturing these lines. Paste what you just copied into the box under point 10 on the HTCdev website (here he has waited for his finest hour). Don't forget to confirm that you copied everything with the Submit button. HTC (or rather, a robot instead) will send you an email with an attached archive a minute later. Take him. There is Unlock_code.bin, which just begs to be placed in a folder with other files with strange names. Send it to C:/Android. Return to the command line left alone by copying this into it: fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin. The phone, in response to running the command by enter, will tell us that we now belong to the subspecies of dark Jedi, since we have switched to the dark side of the force (that’s what it says, we’re not kidding). Then there will be horror stories about loss of warranty, low-quality firmware and other joys. If after reading you are not scared, then select yes by scrolling down with the sound keys (selection - power button). You can refuse the idea with clause no. Everything will go back to the beginning. That is, to the complete destruction of everything in the phone’s memory, including the phone book. Just factory settings.
By agreeing to go to the dark side, we will receive an open bootloader. The phone will reboot, put it aside for now. The case is not over yet, there is a lot of interesting things ahead!
ReceiptRoot and install firmware with processor overclocking specifically forDesireC
And again, take the put aside device in your hands, pull out the battery and wait 5-10 seconds. After inserting it back, start the phone as you did above - by pressing the sound key down and power on. Select from the fastboot list by pressing the power button. Connect your phone to your computer and wait until the phone is detected.
A small one can get administrator rights, but powerful program, take it here ( http://yadi.sk/d/XsleRuhW1iiAO). Unpack it to any convenient place (for example, on your desktop) and run install-superboot-windows.bat as administrator. The executable file will be executed immediately, launching the administrator into the phone. Wait for the message that the process is complete and restart the device. Among the programs will be the “Super User” application.
The penultimate step in the dance with the telephone is the installation of an alternative recovery CWM, allowing the installation of third-party firmware. Get the archive here ( http://yadi.sk/d/Xxq-UMVI1ij-w), move recovery.img to the C:/Android folder, where everything else is located. Go to the command line, write the text there:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
After that write
adb reboot recovery
The phone will restart in CWM recovery (CloclWorkMod recovery is written on the top of the screen). Select the reboot option on the screen. The phone will boot into normal mode. Connect it to your computer and copy the archive to the memory card ( http://yadi.sk/d/QzLvB1sO1ijVY) with firmware (without unpacking). From the copy that you have left, extract the boot.img file and place it in C:/Android.
Copy to the command line: adb rebootfastboot
The phone will reboot into the familiar text beauty. On the command line we write:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
So we flash the kernel with overclocking the processor to 726 MHz (in the settings a little later you can decrease and increase the processor values, but not more than the specified number, otherwise an abundance of glitches is guaranteed). Having seen the report about the success of the event, we do the last part of the re-flashing dance with a tambourine.
There is just a little bit left, be patient, dear ones. We will supply the firmware based on official firmware 4.0.3, but - with the presence of a superuser, processor overclocking, firmware acceleration, reduced consumption random access memory, the ability to install special sound settings, which improve the sound in headphones (see sound profiles in settings).
Screenshots of the system are in front of you:
Write on the command line:
adb reboot recovery
In the touch menu that appears, select backup, wait for a copy of the standard firmware, just in case. If you don’t like the unofficial one, you can get your old one back by booting into recovery and selecting nandroid – restore.
Having saved, before the final firmware we clean the old system - right there, in recovery, look for the items Wipe Data Factory Reset, Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik Cache (the latter will most likely be in advanced). Choose them to make room for the new inhabitant of the phone. And so, the fanfare began to sound - install the firmware! Through Install ZIP from SDCARD choose NamelessROM.zip. It will take about one and a half to two minutes (up to five) to install. After completing the task, the phone will write a message that everything is fine. Select reboot on your phone. The smartphone will restart in normal mode. The first download lasts about ten minutes, be patient. With the appearance on the screen start screen your stay with the new system begins.
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Yes, a little off topic, but the other day I flashed my already quite old smartphone and have some experience. As they say, the same firmware has something in common with satellite receivers.
I hope with this post I will help someone and reduce the time spent, since there is a lot of information, but most of it is very scattered. Further myself HTC Desire A8181 phone firmware process on android versions 4 or higher.
To start. Many people write that you need to unlock the bootloader - I never succeeded, nor with the program HTC Bootloader Unlock, nor standard method through the office htc website.
Instructions for flashing HTC Desire phone firmware on Android 4+
As it turned out, I had the last one official update with Android version 2.3. Accordingly, S-ON is software change protection. Which first needs to be removed.
But before you do anything, you need to install the drivers for your device on your computer, twice.
This must be done in semi-automatic mode, each time pointing to the folder with drivers.
First HTC+Drivers are needed when the phone is working normally, and the second Android USB Driver– when working with the bootloader and in recovery mode.
According to the instructions. Personally, I uploaded the archives to the root of drive C and installed them from there, or rather indicated where they were located.
So the drivers are installed and the phone is visible on the computer, let's move on.
As already mentioned, you need to remove S-ON to become S-OFF. You can view the status like this. Turn off the phone - take out the battery and press volume down + turn on.
You can see it at the very top.
How to remove S-OFF htc?
More precisely, how I did it. Go to the website http://rev.alpharev.nl/ - download the application for Windows there. Fill in the data here. Serial number take it from your phone - look for it in the settings or look under the battery.
Please enter according to register. We generate and receive the code which we enter into the running application from there. The phone must be connected by cable.
After which you should get S-OFF and the inscription in pink.
The next step is to sew a recovery to an alternative one. We will need an archive Android– which we unzip to the root of drive C.
There is Recovery Flash.bat and recovery.img (recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-bravo.img). When you start the first one, the second one should be flashed. I chose this version of recovery because it seemed convenient to me, it worked adequately and the controls are familiar - with your finger. You can look for an alternative and just rename it to recovery.img and sew it the same way.
Next you need to get super user rights. The program worked for me Kingo ROOT from under Windows with the phone normally turned on via cable.
All this allowed me to flash the phone with custom firmware. Of course, the first one I found didn’t suit me, and the second one didn’t install well either. In short, I settled on this CM10.1_VJ_4.2.2_V6.2_Sense_Data++.zip . With increased space for programs on an external flash drive.
Don’t think that everything is just about firmware – that is, installing software. It still needs to be configured. So it's almost a bare system.
The instructions at the address helped me a lot
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=366523&st=7220#entry39335246
But you shouldn't trust her completely. Look for yourself what you need more.
I didn’t delete Google services and updates - I just turned them off and this immediately gave me a lot of space for the necessary programs.
I thought it necessary to install LowSoundFixer_v1.0.8.apk(increases volume - firmware bug) and SD+Maid+Pro+v3.1.4.6_arm-zipalign(cleans cache and garbage on the phone). But the rest is not.
pic phone screen
Conclusion - the phone works perfectly and is configured for modern Android. Now you can install required applications who didn't work for old version, besides, there is a lot of space for games and programs. Definitely need to sew.
Video firmware htc desire a8181 android 4
Today we will install new custom firmware on HTC Desire S, that is, we will update from stock Android 2.3 to 4.2.2 + Sense 5. Is it tempting? Then let's get started with the installation! If you do everything step by step, then there should be no problems. I also want to remind you that I do not bear any responsibility for your actions - everything is at your own peril and risk.
HTC Desire S firmware- step-by-step instruction
We will bet CyanogenMod firmware 10.1. I won’t write about it for a long time, but to get acquainted with the functionality and various delights, I’ll post a video review of this CM10.1:
A logical question will arise: is it possible to install some other assembly? Answer: of course, to do this, just google your firmware or use the XDA-Developers forum. Well, or as a last resort, ask in the comments - we’ll pick something up. Just as an example, I chose CM10.1.
After reviewing the firmware for Desire S, let's start installation:
To get started, download the package of firmware files: various drivers, recovery, set Google services- in general, everything that is useful to us.
1. Go to the downloaded folder and immediately install drivers to work with HTC Sync phone (htc sync setup_3.3.53).
2. We create for convenience on drive C:\ android folder and throw there all the files (there are four of them) from the downloaded folder android-tools.
3. I have already written an article, so calmly follow the link and follow the instructions. I would like to note that HTC Desire S is not in the list (third item), so we select “All Other Supported Model”.
4. Next let's move on to firmware recovery . I’ve already written a lot about how to log into bootloader htc, but I’ll still remind you: take out and insert the phone’s battery, then hold down the volume down and press the power button. A three-color menu should appear - this is our bootloader.
5. Now connect Desire S to PC With via USB. In the bootloader go to fastboot item(move the volume rocker) and press the phone's power button.
6. We return to the downloaded folder: we throw all the files from Recovery (there are three of them) into the C:\android we created.
7. Open CMD -command line (for those who don’t know how: Start -> Run -> enter cmd). Enter:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and again Enter. Recovery installed! Excellent!
8. I advise you to make a backup of your data just in case. To do this, go to the bootloader, select recovery item, and there we look" backup and restore".
10. And here is the point installing firmware on Desire S.
- The phone must be connected to the PC.
- Go to Recovery and select toggle usb storage.
- Now go to the downloaded folder, then copy the firmware and GAPPS folders (flinnycm101_saga_22 and gapps-jb-20130301-signed) to the Desire S memory card.
- When the copying is complete, in the same Recovery, click on the Disconnect item. Next, select install from sdcard, look for and install the firmware file CyanogenMod"a - flinnycm101_saga_22. (Details: Install zip from sdcard ->Choose zip from sdcard -> look for where we put the downloaded firmware, select and press (do not hold down!) the power button on the smartphone)
- When our firmware is installed, we install Google services in the same way - GAPPS.
- In general, almost everything is ready, all that remains is flash the kernel. Going to Bootloader in this way: in recovery select power menu -> reboot into bootloader.
11. We return to our PC, go to the downloaded folder that bothered us all and open the firmware file flinnycm101_saga_22, where do we copy the file from? boot.img to the created C:\android\
12. Go to CMD and enter:
fastboot flash boot boot.img and press Enter.
13. All that remains is to reboot: in the bootloader we find and go to the item fastboot, Further reboot.
All! We are waiting for the updated phone to download HTC Desire S with new firmware on Android 4.2.2.
I will be very grateful for your comments and reposts in social media! Thanks, have a nice day!
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