How to flash through Flashtool?

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For modern phones and smartphones, new, updated versions of software are often released. To make your phone as functional as possible, you just need to flash it yourself.

Consider how to flash the phone through FlashTool.

You will need

Program FlashTool. You can download, for example, from the firmware website.
Drivers for the phone. Download can be either on the official website of the manufacturer, or on forums of a particular model.
Firmware. It can also be downloaded on the forum of your phone model.
A cable for connecting the phone to the USB port of the computer. Usually, it comes with a phone.

Step-by-step instruction of the firmware process via Flashtool

First, check the battery level of the phone. It must be at least 50%.
Check if the drivers for your phone are already installed or need to be installed. For this:
- Open the Device Manager.
- Plug the phone off via USB.
- If the driver is not installed, a new unknown device (or a phone model) with a yellow triangle will appear.
- To install the driver, right-click on this device and select "Update Drivers."
- Then choose "Search for drivers on this computer", "Select a driver from the list of already installed", "Install from the dick" and select the downloaded driver file.
- Disconnect the phone from the computer.
Run FlashTool from the folder where you downloaded it.
In the opened window of the program:
- select scatter-loading file: open the folder with the downloaded firmware and select it.
- Check the box for the DA DL All with check sum.
- Click firmware-upgrade.
Connect your phone
Wait for the firmware to complete and unplug the phone from the computer.

Now that you have installed a new firmware,You can turn on the phone and check the result. The first load of the phone can last up to 10 minutes, so do not immediately think that nothing is working and restart the phone.

Before updating the firmware, it is worthwhile to find out if the latest version is installed. For Samsung phone owners, the article How to find Samsung firmware will be useful.