Surely everyone noticed how the theme of smartphones is being discussed in the current media. Their advertising is everywhere, the production of devices began to deal with companies that were initially as far from this as possible. For example, not so long ago a smartphone from Mozilla was announced, and Mark Shuttleworth, whose company is engaged in the release of the Ubuntu OS, did not stand aside.
Such hype simply could not but attract the closest attention of Chinese manufacturers, which for centuries have been famous for their ability to create clones of popular electronics. After all, once even the famous Lenovo began with this, the chairmen of which recently bought an entire division of IBM!
So today no one is surprised to see someone in the hands of a Chinese smartphone, the manufacturer of which is hardly widely known anywhere other than China itself. However, there is nothing strange in the behavior of customers: often these types of devices do their job well, and the number of glitches is steadily decreasing from year to year.
But there are problems with them. Most often, there is a need to replace the firmware, since the "native" program is sometimes not very well translated into Russian (and there are some problems with English), and therefore comfortable use of the smartphone is a big question.
Sp Flash Tool can help you with this kind of problem.
Remarks
Important! The utility successfully flashes only devices whose architecture is built on the MTK chip. So before using it, look at the specifications of your smartphone in order to make sure that it is suitable for "ennoblement". Since the firmware of Chinese Noname gadgets sometimes introduces even experienced users into a stupor, we advise you to read our article before starting work.
What do you need to have before starting the firmware?
In order to start working with the Sp Flash Tool, first be sure to charge your smartphone at least 60%, since during this operation a lot of energy will be spent. Then from any technical site you need to download the MTK driver, since without it your computer is unlikely to interact normally with the gadget.
Of course, you need the Sp Flash Tool utility itself. Next comes the firmware queue. Please note: never, under any circumstances, download programs whose effectiveness and convenience has not been tested by at least several users! No matter how attractive the firmware looks in the screenshots from the site, the reality can be very deplorable.
This is especially true if you do not have any experience in the “Russification” of Chinese devices. It may happen that you yourself put on your smartphone some specific Chinese firmware, which you yourself can’t handle later. In addition, it is possible to bring devices unsuitable in a corny way, since really far-handed people do not always write programs.
Getting started!
Having familiarized yourself with all the formidable warnings, you can begin work. First, in the root of the system drive, extract from the ZIP archive with the program all the files that are there. Important! What is the “root of the disk"? Suppose you have opened your system partition "C". Actually, nothing needs to be done further, since the root is what it is. In the literature, this concept is referred to as "C: \".
There, drop the entire contents of the archive with the firmware. Now run the Sp Flash Tool utility. To do this, right-click on the file of the same name, and then select "Run as administrator". It is very important to run the application with administrator privileges, as otherwise it may not work.
Working with the program
In the dialog box that opens , click the Scatter-Loading button. A kind of "Explorer" will open, in which you need to tell the program the path to the folder with the firmware. In it you are looking for a file of the form: "UUU ---- emms.txt". Here, UUU is the number of your MTK chip. For example, “5674 --- ems.txt.
Having indicated the program directory, do not close it, but begin installing the drivers on the device. How to do it?
First you need to unzip the archive with them. Where to move them is the tenth question, since the root location in this case is not required. Then you need Windows Device Manager. To start it, right-click on the “My Computer” icon, and then select “Properties” in the context menu. A dialog box opens, in the left part of which there will be the item we are looking for. Click on it with the left mouse button.
Speed ​​is the key to quality!
Now attention! Take the battery out of your NoName, quickly insert it back, and then connect the device to the computer. A question mark will appear in the "Device Manager" window , since the system is not able to find the necessary drivers by itself.
To do this, click on the line with a question mark with the right mouse button, select the item “Update drivers”. Next, quickly click on the button “Search on this computer”, after which we indicate to the system the folder with the desired drivers.
Important! During their installation, various warning messages may appear that you do not need to pay attention to: this is due to the general instability of the Sp Flash Tool program itself. The firmware could not complete? Then we take out the battery again and reconnect the smartphone to the computer.
Why do we rely on the speed of connecting the gadget to the computer and indicating to it the location of the files? The fact is that the nameless Chinese phones are unpredictable, and therefore, at the slightest delay, the smartphone can be recognized as a completely different device. So it’s better to act faster!
Install firmware
Again we return to the main window of the Sp Flash Tool. How to use the program further? Very simple!
In its upper part there is a Firmware | Upgrade button, which you need to click with the left mouse button. After that, it remains only to wait. A signal that everything went well is a window with a picture of a large green “donut”. Apparently, this is the Chinese synonym for the message "OK".
Problems on the way
Unfortunately, everything can turn out far from the first time. We have already said that Chinese devices are very wayward, so you should not relax. What problems can arise in the way of a person who decided to install the firmware on his smartphone on his own? Now we are discussing the version of Sp Flash Tool 8038, but everything said is quite true for other releases of the application.
The most common situation is when the process of filling in a new version of the program lasts for hours, and no progress is visible. If this is what happens for you, try to cancel everything by closing the program and then restarting the operation by checking the “DA DLL ALL ... Check sum” checkbox in the main window of the utility. In this case, disabling check checksum of downloaded files will play a role. Here is just this way to eliminate the message "Sp Flash Tool error" is not too good.
Note!
Trying to flash a phone with the scan function disabled should be done at your own risk. The fact is that the checksum (more precisely, its coincidence) ensures that the file is really what it claims to be. Simply put, under his guise you will not slip any sophisticated Chinese virus, which instead of flashing the phone decides to erase the BIOS of the system board.
The only problem is that programs of this kind themselves are extremely rarely created by more or less serious companies. And therefore, checksum mismatches occur much more often than one would think. In any case, it is with this that some of the errors in version 8038 are associated. Sp Flash Tool error can often be prevented. True, this requires a clear understanding of the essence of all the operations you perform.
If you are sure of your actions and know which specific sections you want to flash, then you can uncheck the boxes from those items that you simply do not need. It is quite possible that problems with the firmware process are caused by a “broken” unimportant file.
This is how the Sp Flash Tool works. How to use the program if any attempt to install a new shell constantly pops up one error? In this case, you need to know the most common problem codes for which you can determine the cause of the problem.
1003s_com ... .Fail
This error indicates some problems with the USB ports. To get rid of it, you can try switching the cable to another port. Tip: do not connect the device to the ports on the front panel of the desktop! This is due to their frequent failures, and simply disgusting quality.
Companies that produce typical cases, most often used by computer builders, rarely differ in their details. Often they use frankly defective components, which leads to a large number of failures.
On the contrary, when working on a more or less new laptop, you should not connect the cable to the USB 3.0 port, since Sp Flash Tool.exe is a rather conservative program, and the Chinese smartphone itself may resist the attempt to use the new standard for some reason.
If this does not help, try all the steps on another computer. It happens that the firmware stubbornly does not want to be installed on Windows 8, while on the old "seven" everything goes without problems. Finally, look for another cable. Those Chinese who sometimes make very controversial smartphones often produce wires with “floating” quality. They are inexpensive, so you obviously will not spend a lot of money on buying a new cable.
1013s_com ... .Fail
The root of the problems is the same. First, try all of the above solutions, and in case of failure, download and install a more recent version of the program. It often happens that the problem is fixed in the case of using an older release of the application.
1011s_com ... .Fail
If you see such a message, this indicates that the firmware file is too large. The internal memory of the device simply can not completely fit it, and therefore you will have to look for something more compact. Generally speaking, Android in this regard is a curious system. A flash drive can be free with at least a dozen gigabytes, but if there is not enough at least a couple of hundred KB in the internal memory, you won’t be able to do anything.
1011s_Unsupported ... .Ver_of_DA
The appearance of this kind of error indicates incompatibility of versions. In this case, the firmware through the Sp Flash Tool will succeed only after installing the new version of the utility. In some cases, crashes occur due to some problems with the OS, so try to do the same thing on another computer.
1040s_Unsupported .... .peration
Such a message can be interpreted in two ways: on the one hand, sometimes it appears when the firmware version and the phone do not match. In addition, it may also indicate the need to update the version of the software used.
1011s_DA..Error
In this case, you also need to look at the used USB ports. As we mentioned above, this problem constantly arises if the user tries to use the front ports for installing the firmware. Among other things, you can try to blow them off with compressed air and clean them with cotton swabs dipped in alcohol. Of course, the computer at this moment should be turned off.
Such a decision is connected with underestimating the negative role of dust, but it is very great! This material is an excellent dielectric, so the signals from the device may simply not get into the computer. This remark is true not only in relation to the error we just described, but in almost all cases of some problems with gadgets connected to the computer via USB.
3012 Nand_Flach_not_Found
This error indicates the need to download the firmware file again. When saving a message, try using a different version of it, as the program identifies it as corrupted. Updating the program itself may help.
To date, the most stable is considered the Sp Flash Tool V.3.1344 and other releases of the third family. As a rule, with their help they get the most optimal results. For relatively old phones, use the versions from the second family, as they include support for even completely “relic” chips.
Finally
This is what the Sp Flash Tool is. The instruction turned out to be quite voluminous, but we simply could not physically indicate many points. Both the version of the operating system and its immediate state can greatly affect the success of the firmware. In particular, if it is severely affected by viruses, then you should not rely on the normal operation of the utility.
Once again, we draw your attention to the consumables used: buy USB cables in normal and trusted stores, and not from dubious suppliers. Sometimes such a trifle as a faulty cable can ruin a lot of nerves.