Firmware or flashing of Highscreen smartphone

Introduction and Recommendations

Before you learn how to flash Highscreen Zera F and Highscreen Zera F rev.s you need to familiarize yourself with the basic recommendations:

Find out how to flash Highscreen smartphone

  1. All the actions you perform at your own peril and risk.
  2. You may lose your official warranty from the company.
  3. Use only original USB cable.
  4. Charge your smartphone Heiskrin Zera F with a turn of at least 70 percent.
  5. Since you will download a large amount of data, use unlimited data plans to access the Internet.

Now you can get down to the most important thing: flashing Highscreen smartphone. There are two ways - official update and using a third-party utility. Choose the appropriate option and run to flash your favorite gadget.

Software update in an official way

  1. We connect to a wireless network Wi-Fi. Just in case, we save all important data to external media (computer, hard disk, flash drive, and so on).
  2. Go to the "Settings". This item is easy to find in the main menu of the device.

  1. Now we are looking for "About the device", where there is an "Update" tab. Click on "Update". If your smartphone says that updates are already installed on your device, then it means that there are no available firmware for your device. Otherwise, you need to agree to download updates and wait for it to complete. At the end click on the Install button.
  2. After the update, you will see the device’s home screen.

Highscreen Zera F Firmware

Please note that all the following operations are only suitable for revisions A and B! If you have rev.S, then go to the next paragraph.

  1. Before manipulating the device, you will need to download and install the following list of materials on your computer or laptop: relevant drivers //Highscreen.org/uploads/ZeraF12Upd/HM_Drivers.rar, special software for firmware - SP Flash Tool // Highscreen .org / uploads / ZeraF12Upd / SP_Flash_Tool_exe_v3.1344.0.212.zip, and, actually, the firmware files themselves. //Highscreen.org/uploads/ZeraF12Upd/Zera_F.v12.20140529.zip
  2. Please note that it is recommended to unpack all these files in the C: \ drive directory.
  3. Next, take your Highscreen Zera F smartphone and turn it off using the corresponding button on the case.

  1. Then you must remove the battery from the device (previously remove the back cover that covers the battery). Then put the battery back in place, but not including the phone, connect it to your personal computer. Install the drivers manually, specifying the path to them - the directory from the first item. Wait for the new hardware wizard to install the files on the computer. You can disconnect the device from the PC.
  2. Turn off the smartphone again and again remove the battery.
  3. Run the SP Flash Tool program on your PC using the Flash_tool.exe application. Click on Scatter-loading and in the dialog box that appears, select the text document MT65XX_Android-scatter_emmc.txt, where XX depends on the version of the downloaded firmware. This file is located in the unzipped archive in the folder from the first item.
  4. Next, click on Firmware-Upgrade, install the battery back to your smartphone and connect it to your computer via USB. Please note that you need to insert the cord into the connector that was used in the fourth paragraph.
  5. It remains to wait until the firmware is installed on Heiskrin Zera F. This process may take some time.
  6. When finished, you will see a green circle on the screen - then you can close the SP Flash Tool application and pull out the USB cable.
  7. The final touch: remove the battery from the device, re-insert and turn it on. Now you can close the back of the lid and use the device as usual.

Firmware Highscreen Zera F rev.S

  1. The process is very similar to the previous one, but there are some nuances. Therefore, be careful.
  2. Download the driver, firmware file and SP Flash Tool, as in the previous instructions in the first paragraph. But now you need files specifically for your device. The previous ones will not work. Please note that it is recommended to unpack all these files in the C: \ drive directory.
  3. Next, take your Highscreen Zera F smartphone and turn it off using the corresponding button on the case.

  1. Then you must remove the battery from the device (previously remove the back cover that covers the battery). Then put the battery back in place, but not including the phone, connect it to your personal computer. Install the drivers manually, specifying the path to them - the directory from the first item. Wait for the new hardware wizard to install the files on the computer. You can disconnect the device from the PC.
  2. Turn off the smartphone again and again remove the battery.
  3. Run the SP Flash Tool program on your PC using the Flash_tool.exe application. Click on Scatter-loading and in the dialog box that appears, select the text document MT65XX_Android-scatter_emmc.txt, where XX depends on the version of the downloaded firmware. This file is located in the unzipped archive in the folder from the second item.
  4. Remove the check mark from the Preloader item. Then disconnect the device from the PC.
  5. We click on the Download button in the SP Flash Tool window and immediately connect the device to the PC via USB. When finished, you will see a green circle on the screen - then you can close the SP Flash Tool application and pull out the USB cable.
  6. Remove the battery from the device, insert it again and turn it on. Done!
  7. Attention! If this did not work, then the second time try not to remove the check mark from the Preloader and click on firmware-ugrade (points seven and eight).

Let's sum up

Today we have learned how to flash or upgrade Highscreen Zera F and Zera F Rev.S smartphones. Good luck, dear friends! We share in the comments what happened and what did not. This will help other users to prevent your mistakes.