Recovering your smartphone using Nokia Software Recovery Tool

Hello again! :) Looking through the comments to the article, I began to notice more and more problematic issues associated with the use of Nokia Care Suite. It immediately occurred to me to write an article about alternative way firmware for Android smartphones, which everyone has known about for a very long time - using the FastBoot utility. The method is quite simple for people who know how to work with the console, but as practice shows, very few people know about the existence of the console :). But just recently I found a small program with called Nokia X Flasher, which, in fact, is a shell for the FastBoot utility that is already familiar to everyone, after which it was finally ripe for writing this article, since even a child can cope with this program :) However, I will immediately note that it is better to use this method, nevertheless, only then when the Nokia Care Suite method does not work.

Let’s insert some text from the previous article, because we’re too lazy to invent new ones:

As usual, you must understand that you do all manipulations at your own peril and risk, that neither I, as the author, nor our club (site or msgadgets.ru) bear any responsibility for possible damage caused to the device, etc. . Remember this! If you are ready to take a risk, continue reading the article; no, let’s continue to walk around our site.

As usual, the phone needs to be charged, even if it doesn’t turn on, but be sure to put it on charge for at least 30 minutes. Next, we need to get original firmware for smartphone. In this article I will do everything with Nokia X, but for other models only the product code will be different, all actions are the same as Nokia X."

Let's proceed directly to updating / restoring the smartphone. For this we need 2 programs:
1. NaviFirm, which will help us download firmware files from NOKIA servers.
2. Nokia X Flasher, which, in fact, we will use to restore/update/flash your device.

So, let's get to work, download the firmware files with the NaviFirm program, I already wrote how to do this in the previous article, so I won’t repeat it. The only difference is that we will not need all the files, but only those that we want to flash, which means these are enough for us:
RMxxxxx_system.img
RMxxxxx_boot.img
RMxxxxx_recovery.img
RMxxxxx_preload.img - needed if you need pre-installed NOKIA programs

For Nokia X Flasher to work with your phone, you must have drivers installed, if they are not installed yet, use our utility, also in system requirements The program includes .NET Framework 4.0 (available starting with Windows 7).

We turn off our phone (for some it turned on, for those it didn’t, we juggle the battery), then press and hold the keys decrease volume and power button, release the power button after vibration, and after 10-15 seconds release the volume key (NOKIA will light up on the display). Next, launch Nokia X Flasher, connect our smartphone to the PC and press the “Detect Device” button.

If the bootloader is not killed in the phone, the drivers are installed and you did everything correctly, then the program will find the device, it will look like this:

Next, we need to select files (from those that we downloaded using NaviFirm) for each loaded area; this is very simple to do: for the system area, you need a file containing system.img in the name. Select files for the System, Boot, Recovery and, if necessary, Preload items.

After everything is ready, click "Start Flashing!" The program will begin to load the selected areas step by step. Informing you about this in the Log window. Remember that at the time of downloading you should not disconnect the cable, turn off the PC, etc. In general, provide an environment in which the program's operation will be carefree :) Nokia X Flasher can work for up to 5 minutes. Evidence of the completion of the work will be the inscription in the log “Flasing preload done”, instead of preload there may be something else, the main thing is that this “something” coincides with the name of the last area selected for loading.

The phone is flashed, you can press the "Reboot" button or change the battery and wait for the device to boot, BUT my sample did not turn on after such firmware, the boot process froze at the stage of the blinking Nokia inscription. If you are as “lucky” as I was (the NOKIA sign hangs for more than 7-8 minutes), do not despair, change the battery and go to the recovery menu. Traditionally, you need to hold down the volume up key and the power key, this can take about 10 seconds. Select the item wipe data/factory reset (navigation is carried out using the volume keys and the power button), then we agree that all user data will be deleted. After the phone displays “Data wipe complete”, you must select “reboot system now”. The phone will reboot, and if all the stars align, after 3-5 minutes you will see the familiar first-time startup interface.

That’s all, as usual, I’m waiting for your comments, suggestions and comments below under the article!