Installing and updating Huawei and Honor firmware. Improving operator phones

Firmware is a collection of embedded software on a smartphone, tablet, or other digital device that is required for its normal operation. In the smartphone of their Huawei tablets, firmwares based on the Android operating system of various versions are mainly used, as well as the proprietary graphical shell Emotion UI.

How can I find out the current firmware version?

To clarify the current software version, you need to go to Settings - About phone / About tablet PC - System update. The version is three digits after the letter B.
For example, build number V100R001C00B122 means that you have 122nd firmware version installed. Any firmware with numbers greater than these is newer.

More about firmware versions:

So let's take a look at the firmware numbering for Huawei smartphones. For example, let's take the firmware from Huawei Ascend Mate - MT1-U06 V100R001C00B907.

As you probably guessed, MT1-U06 is the name of the device. MT1 is the main base, that is, Huawei Mate, U06 is the device revision. Devices come in different revisions, in this post I will not go into details of their designation, I will only say that the letter U is UMTS (normal 3G), and the letter C is the CDMA version. Devices with revision MT1-U06 are supplied to Russia.

CxxBxxxSPxx - This is the most important option in the firmware, it shows on which version of the "base" the firmware is assembled Bxxx - the numerical class of the base for the firmware SPxx - Service Pack number. The higher the Bxxx and SPxx, the newer the firmware. (Bxxx takes precedence over SPxx). Cxx is the region of the country.

Next, let's look at the firmware version itself - V100R001C00B907. V100 and R001 - basic version and firmware revision. They change in very rare cases, when there is a big change compared to the previous version of the firmware (for example, the transition from Android 2.x to 4.x). Even for Android 4.x versions, these values usually do not change.

C00B907 - for most new devices, the C00 value does not change anymore, but in general it means binding to the region. Now the region can be defined in the menu item "Special version" - CUSTC10B907.

So, for smartphones the region of Russia (channel / ru) is CUSTC10. The binding to the region can be easily changed with a special firmware file, in some official firmware there is an update.app file in the cust folder weighing several megabytes or kilobytes, which changes the region to Russia.

B907 is the firmware version itself. I think there is no need to explain that the higher it is, the newer the firmware is.

Where can I download the official firmware for my model?

Currently, most smartphones with original software without modified system firmware files come with FOTA updates (Over the Air). If you received root rights, or you have not yet received the update by air, then you can independently download the current version of the firmware from the official website and install it manually.

Official Russian firmware:

You can download the current versions of the official Russian ones on the official consumer support website: http://consumer.huawei.com/ru/support/downloads/index.htm.

Enter the correct model name in English, such as Honor 5X, or the service model number, such as KIW-L21, to find the correct firmware.

The Russian version of the firmware has full localization, a full set of services Google Apps, as well as pre-installed regional applications such as Yandex search, Odnoklassniki, Vkontakte, etc.

Official European firmware:

You can download the latest versions of the official global and European firmware on the official Emotion UI download site: http://emui.huawei.com/en/plugin.php?id=hwdownload&mod=list, as well as using the search on the consumer support portal: http: / /consumer.huawei.com/en/support/index.htm.

To search for the firmware on the emui.huawei.com portal, you must specify the service model number of your smartphone or tablet, which can be found in Settings-> About phone-> Model.

Searches on consumer.huawei.com support searches by full model name and service model name.

The official global firmware supports all major world languages, including Russian, as well as a pre-installed set of Google Apps.

Official Chinese firmware:

You can download the current version of the official Chinese firmware for your device on the official EMUI website: http://emui.huawei.com/cn/plugin.php?id=hwdownload, as well as using the search on the support portal: http: //consumer.huawei .com / cn / support / index.htm.

After selecting the desired model in the list on the firmware portal emui.huawei.com, you will be taken to the model card, where the latest firmware version is presented. To download it, click on the turquoise button with the hieroglyph.

Please note that by default in Chinese firmware there is no Google services Apps, as well as Russian language in the system settings.

After downloading the firmware, use one of the manual installation methods described below.

Installing and updating the firmware

Local update always deletes user-entered data and settings from the device memory. Before starting the software update using these methods,
we recommend that you make a backup copy of all data important to you through the application for Reserve copy, as well as save other necessary information from the device memory (for example, to a memory card).

With online or FOTA updates, user data is retained. Regardless, we also recommend that you back up before doing this.
update.

Before starting the procedure, make sure that the battery of your device is charged to at least 60%.

To connect Huawei smartphones and tablets to a PC, you need the HiSuite utility. Install it on your PC before starting the update.

What you need to know before updating your smartphone's firmware:

The firmware file must be named UPDATE.APP;
During a local firmware update, all data on the internal memory of your smartphone will be deleted!

Attention! Everything that you do with your device - you do at your own peril and risk! No one guarantees the correct operation of the device during and after the installation of third-party firmware and / or other actions not provided by the manufacturer!

Local firmware update:

Local update is used if the innovations are large-scale, in addition, this method restores the system to its original form and in
in most cases, eliminates the possibility of problems with increased battery consumption in the first days after the update.

Copy the UPDATE.APP file from the archive with the firmware to the dload folder on the memory card.
Go to the Settings-Memory-Software Upgrade menu and start the upgrade process (Settings-> Storage-> Software Upgrade-> SD card Upgrade-> Confirm-> Upgrade).
Wait until the end of the update process.

Force local update via 3 buttons:

This firmware update mode is emergency and will work even if the device does not boot normally.

Create a dload folder in the root directory of the SD card.
Copy the UPDATE.APP file to the dload folder on the memory card.
Turn off your smartphone.
Hold down the Volume Up + Volume Down keys and turn on the smartphone, while the Volume Up + Volume Down keys should remain pressed for ~ 5 seconds after pressing the power button.
Wait for the completion of the update process.

Over the Air Update (FOTA):

For this type of update, it is advisable to use a high-speed network connection, such as Wi-Fi.

To update in this way, you need to go along the path to the Settings - About phone - System update section and select the "Online update" item.
After that, the device will connect to the network and if the update is available - the Download button. After clicking it, the update files will be downloaded, then it will appear
Install button. When you press it, the device will reboot, install the update, and turn on normally. Service pack files will be removed
from memory automatically.

Please note that if the device has been elevated (root), recovery is installed different from the original, and the system has been modified with
using this elevation, update in this way with high degree chances are it will end with an error and the phone will turn on as usual after rebooting.
mode.

Updating with HiSuite:

Download, install and update to the latest version the HiSuite program - a utility for synchronization, backup and much more from Huawei (contains ADB drivers).
For further flashing the phone, turn on USB debugging in the phone settings in the developer section.
Launch the HiSuite program on your computer.
We connect the phone using a USB cable in HiSuite mode.
When connected for the first time, HiSuite starts installing drivers on the computer and the Daemon program on the phone. (a shortcut for the HiSuite program will appear on the phone - this tells us about the successful installation of the drivers).
Select the EMUI ROM item in the HiSuite program.
If we DO NOT have a pre-downloaded firmware version, then select the Download ROM item, follow the link and download the firmware version we need from the site.
If we HAVE, or you just downloaded it, the firmware version, then select the Loading ROM item, we will be prompted to select the location of the firmware file. We find the file and confirm the choice.
The file upload process begins.
We are offered to save the phone data. We select the necessary backup items, if necessary, and confirm the choice, or refuse, if we believe that we already have saved data. After saving or refusing, select the NEXT item.
HiSuite starts the flashing process.

Important!

During the firmware process, do not disconnect the cable either from the phone or from the computer.
Don't touch the phone at all.
Do not switch to other processes on the computer.
Wait for the firmware to finish.
After the firmware has been flashed by the HiSuite program, the phone will reboot and enter the Recovery mode. A message about the start of the firmware by the phone itself will appear on a white screen.
We are waiting for the successful completion of the firmware in the form of a checkmark. The phone will reboot itself.
We turn off the phone and see a window about updating applications on it. We are waiting for the end of the operation.
We go into the settings and in the update point we are convinced of the version we have installed.

Possible errors during the update and how to fix them:

Q: When turned on with the volume buttons held down, the firmware process does not start.
A: Try to re-write the file with the firmware to the dload folder. If it still does not start, try starting the update process through the settings menu.

Q: The device has turned off and will not turn on.
A: Wait a few minutes. If it does not turn on, turn it on yourself, the process should go on normally.

Q: When updating, the process hangs at some point and does not go further.
A: Wait five to ten minutes. If the device continues to hang, remove and insert the battery. For devices with a non-removable battery, you need to press and hold (15 seconds) the power button and both volume buttons.

Tablet firmware update:

Only FAT32 format cards can be used. Less than 4 GB desirable;
The firmware must be located on the SD card in the dload folder;
You cannot use the built-in memory of the device (except for those devices where the Micro-SD slot is not provided);
The firmware file must be named update.zip;
During the firmware, the device will reboot several times - this is normal;
If there are several folders in the archive with the firmware (step1, step 2, etc.), then flash all the files in turn.

In order to install any original firmware, you need to do the following:

Copy the dload folder with all its contents to the root of the SD card;
Turn off your tablet;
Insert SD card if removed;
While holding the Volume Up key, press and hold the Power button until the screen blinks. The Volume Up button must be held until the installation process begins (a green robot and a filling progress bar appear);
Finally, when prompted to do so, remove the SD card or hold the Power button for 10 seconds.

Note: In some cases, you don't need to hold down the buttons at all and the process will start automatically after turning on / restarting.

If the upgrade process does not start, you need to open the calculator, enter () () 2846579 () () = and then select Project Menu Act -> Upgrade -> SD Card upgrade.

Attention!

Do not pull out the card or press the power button until the process is completed and a corresponding prompt appears on the screen;
If the power is lost during the installation process, repeat the firmware process;
After copying the firmware to the sd card, check if it is damaged (copy the firmware files, unplug and then plug in the sd card, check that the * .zip files in the firmware open without errors on the computer).
Delete the firmware file from the SD card or rename the dload folder if you don't want to accidentally update your tablet again!

Another operator's phone that will appear in the light of the lamps of our sterile operating room, Huawei U8110, which Megafon sells in Russia, Life in Ukraine and Belarus. Perhaps, we have not seen a more budgetary device in operator stores. Firstly, the phone's screen is resistive, that is, multitouch, there is no quick reaction to fingers. Secondly, the limited capabilities of a smartphone are extremely limited - a 528 MHz processor with an outdated architecture, 256 MB of RAM, a missing video accelerator ... In general, it is unpleasant to realize that a phone positioned in advertising materials, like a business smartphone, is never a business or a business. its original state - a full-fledged smartphone. The main reason for our bias is the hardware capabilities, "strengthened" by the ancient version of the Android operating system, 2.1. When someone dares to tell the top managers of operators what a smartphone is and why in 2013 it is time to stop passing off touch-screen typewriters as powerful devices, what can everyone do?

Let's test the skills of a mobile shaman and turn this sheer horror into at least a useful device on the updated version of the system. In addition to a beautiful tambourine and learned dance movements, we will need to collect a couple of necessary instruments. First, as usual in a decent society, we will persuade the phone to give us administrative rights. That is, we get root. Disable the antivirus for a while, for some reason he diligently swears at the z4root program for a smartphone, although there is nothing wrong with it. Download it from here ( http://ubuntuone.com/4giKXScNpqq4F49ajQr0nD). In the phone settings, go to the application item and put two checkmarks - "unknown sources" and "USB debugging". Also from the put from the android market ( Google play) EZ Explorer app or equivalent. Now the matter is small - install the z4root program through the file manager received from the market, run it. Press the big root button. This is followed by a reboot. Look for the su or Superuser app on your smartphone. Its presence confirms that the administrator has appeared.

Then an extended bootloader (more precisely, recovery), CWM is installed. He is able to make a copy of the official firmware, install another one, instead of the mercilessly erased one. Copy all valuable information, contacts from your phone, charge it up to at least 80%. Unpack the archive ( http://yadi.sk/d/Uvlah4T41m0fs) with the name ClockWorkMod Recovery to any folder. Connect the long-suffering machine to your computer. Turn off the phone, hold down three buttons at once. There is nothing to be done, art requires effort - the power button, the sound rocker down, the red call hang-up button. Keep holding until it vibrates or blinks, your Windows will inform you about the process of installing new drivers. Release the buttons, everything is fine. Go to the task manager, take a close look at whether the drivers are installed. Do not close the dispatcher yet, you may have to add drivers with handles, bypassing the automation. In the folder where you unzipped the recovery, find the install-recovery-windows.bat file, run it. A window will flash quickly, wait about three minutes and turn on the phone as usual. If the window stuck on the screen with the reproach “I'm waiting for your device”, it means that I did not see the Windows drivers. Sad but fixable. We open the task manager window, find our device there under the name android, right-click to feed the computer an archive with other drivers, more compliant ( http://yadi.sk/d/eF3NEM6J1m0Yo). And then start the batch file of the recovery installation again. Those who succeed the first time, do not flash the CWM again!

We have come close to the decisive battle for the convenience and performance of a smartphone with a turtle mentality. So, we transfer the archive to the memory card ( http://www.mediafire.com/?s2tluoi15syvmxb) with the firmware of a very nice person and developer, Cobaltum. Its development accelerates the processor up to 600 MHz (later in the settings, set the speed to no more than 652 MHz!), Optimizes memory, cleans up all unnecessary things installed in the firmware by the operator. The list of improvements, in comparison with the official one, takes one and a half pages in small print. The alternative is based on Android 2.3, processed by the Cyanogenmod team. Specifically, for the device presented today, it was modified by Cobaltum. Why do we describe in such detail who did what? Without the new firmware files cleaned up, all users would be forced to use only what is offered with the phone on the day of purchase and a couple of months later, while updates arrive. And surprisingly little is offered there. Having finished with a lyrical digression, let's move on to the stitching part. Transfer the second archive to the card ( http://yadi.sk/d/UjtCQRnY0yF2S) without unpacking again. Hold down another key combination, on the switched off phone - the power button, answer the call (green), the sound rocker up. A dark menu with white letters appears. It took us so long to achieve it. Try to scroll through the menu with the sound rocker, and confirm the selected items - the power button briefly. First, as they said at the very beginning, we copy official firmware... Go to the Backup and Restore item, select Backup. The phone will helpfully save an absolute copy to the memory card. This is done as a last resort in case of trouble with the smartphone, if suddenly something happens against the script. In such an unlikely event, there is a way out - go to the recovery and select Restore. When finished copying, go to "wipe data / factory reset" and "wipe cache partition". Pick them one at a time. With this we clean the phone, making room for a new one.

The final is waiting for us - installing the firmware. Select the item "install zip from sdcard", in it look for the first - a large archive with the firmware. When the process is over, take a second, smaller one called gapps. These are Google services. Install them too. Restarting the device is done with the reboot item. The first launch from the black screen to the desktop takes about 10-15 minutes, perhaps a little faster (everyone has different things). Congratulations, you have done the impossible - you have turned the touchscreen dialer into a smartphone in opposition to operator marketers.

Customize your phone, change anything - now you are not only the administrator, but also the owner of the phone on a good, fast firmware!

Finally, two small tips - a complete low quality memory card, it is better to replace it with any other. Often, unexpected smartphone glitches are associated with bad cards. Since the shield is resistive, it sometimes requires calibration. If it behaves strangely, incorrectly fulfills pressing, and calibration does not work, install the third archive through recovery using the method a little higher ( http://yadi.sk/d/uyHT4OIf1m7Eo). Then recalibrate. The glitch will disappear.

Manual download and update procedure:

This Huawei U8110 built-in driver must be included with the Windows® operating system or available for download via Windows® Update. The built-in driver supports the basic functions of your Huawei U8110 hardware.

To perform automatic download and update:

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Huawei Frequently Asked Questions regarding the update

What do Huawei Smartphone device drivers do?

These tiny pieces of software are helpers for hardware devices such as the U8110 as they allow proper communication between the hardware itself and a specific version of the operating system.

What operating systems are compatible with U8110 drivers?

Currently U8110 has device drivers for Windows.

How do i update U8110 drivers?

Drivers for U8110 can be updated manually using Device Manager, or automatically using a driver update software.

What are the benefits and risks of updating U8110 drivers?

Main benefits of updated U8110 drivers include maximizing features, speed, and overall system performance. Installing the incorrect drivers puts your system at risk of instability, random crashes, and decreased Windows and Smartphone performance.

About the author: Jay Geater is President and CEO of Solvusoft Corporation, a global software company focused on innovative services. He has been passionate about computers all his life and loves everything related to computers, software and new technologies.

Dear forum users, this article contains information about mobile device... Here you can find and download the latest Android firmware on Huawei U8110 and you can also get root rights.

You can learn more about root rights. Instructions for obtaining are below.

When do I need to update the firmware

I want to install new firmware to expand the capabilities of your smartphone;
Recovery after unsuccessful firmware needed
The device constantly reboots for no reason;
Smartphone won't turn on.

What firmware do we have

To download the firmware Android 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, Android 5.1 Lollipop on Huawei U8110 read the full article - this is very important. By installing the latest available Android version, you will be surprised at the new possibilities. And also you can find the official version of MIUI firmware of different versions and custom original firmware.

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