Often, users are faced with a situation where the TV simply refuses to update, stops working and produces multiple errors. The situation is unpleasant, but it can be solved. In today's review we will talk about how to update a Samsung TV via a USB flash drive. Where to look for the firmware, how to download it and install it correctly, what needs to be launched on the TV.

You can flash Samsung TV using a USB flash drive.

Preparing a flash drive

To begin, go to the personal computer, from where we go to the official website of Samsung and find the firmware for your TV model. Before looking for a new firmware, we will prepare a flash drive. We need to produce low-level formatting in the FAT32 file system, it is mainly supported by TVs. For this we will use the HP USB Disk Storage FormatTool.

Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port, run the program. In the first field, select our carrier. The firmware will weigh no more than 200 MB, so any drive will do. In the second field, select the FAT32 file system. You can add a new device name, if necessary. Remove the checkmark from the “Quick Format” checkbox, then click on the “Start” button. A standard warning appears that all files from the media will be deleted, click the "Yes" button. Formatting will take quite a long time, proceed to search for firmware.

Before going to the site, let's move on for a moment to the menu of our TV, go to the Support section, and from there to the “Contact Samsung”.

The line we need is “Software Version”, we will need it to check if a new firmware has appeared. In my case, the version of T-GASDEUC-1018.0 is installed. Now we can safely search.

Go to the official website of Samsung, go to the "Support" section and select the "Home" item. Go down, select the "Downloads" section, the "Product Support" window will open, select "Audio and Video".

Here you can enter the exact name of your TV model, click search. Our TV is, check the specifications. If everything is in order, then click on the "Select" button. A page with all the information on the TV will open, we need to go down a bit lower in the “Downloads” section and check the firmware version. If the proposed version is higher, then you can download it here. In my case, the proposed version is 1027.0. We press on the corresponding icon, the download begins.

Firmware downloaded, formatting is over. The downloaded zip archive needs to be unpacked. Most likely, we will have a self-extracting archive in front of us, so just run it and specify the path for unpacking. If the archive is normal, then we use any archiver: 7-Zip or WinRAR, for example. Copy the folder with the firmware on the USB flash drive. Please note that you need to copy not the archive, but already unpacked files.

Turn off the TV, it is advisable to disconnect from it all the wires, including the antenna. To turn off the TV, connect the USB flash drive to the USB port. Turn on the TV. It happens that he immediately finds the firmware and offers to reflash, you only need to confirm the beginning of the process, but it happens that the TV does not give out any offers. If you have a second case, go to “Menu”, “Support”, “Software Update”, “Via USB”. USB scan in progress. Found a valid version on the device. We are offered to upgrade, click OK. Keep in mind that all settings will be reset.

After the update, the TV restarts, we just have to set all the settings for ourselves and use the new software as a pleasure. It is worth noting that manual update is much more reliable than automatic, so it can be disabled. Go to the "Software Update", "Update Mode", "Turn Off". Now we will update only via USB.

Conclusion

We figured out how to update the Samsung TV with a flash drive. The process was not difficult at all, an experienced user will be able to cope with this without instructions. If you want to receive notifications about the release of new firmware versions, you can register on the official Samsung website, indicating your device model and email.

If you have any questions - ask them in the comments!