Step By Step Guide On How to Update your Cherry Mobile Flare to JellyBean 4.1.2

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Hi. Last time I taught you How To Hard Reset Cherry Mobile Flare S100 right? And it's quite easy. Today I will show you how to update your Cherry Mobile Flare to JellyBean 4.1.2. But in upgrading your Cherry Mobile Flare you must take the risk, because you might brick your phone if things go wrong during the update process. So be sure that you back up all your files and full charge your battery.

First you must download all the necessary files like the firmware, the flasher, manual and the drivers. And the question is, why need to update? Of course first thing comes to your mind when you hear the upgrade is that, the new version or the higher version is better that the lower version right? Or any bugs that occured on the lower version has been fixed to the higher version, and many other features has been added. If you want to know the new features, just search it on the net :(

Ok let's start... You must have with you of course your USB cable. :)

First you must install the drivers. Power on the phone, connect USB, and it will prompt you to install its drivers like Android ADB Interface, Tianyu HS-USB NMEA 9025 and TIANYU HS USB Diagnostics 9025.

Copy the  "emmc_appsboot.mbn" and "emmc_appsboothd.mbn" on the folder named "592250_8572_V006031"

 Paste the two files here "92250_8572_WCDMA_V1011" 

On Flasher Tools, open EMMC_Download_v1.2.3. Click SELPATH.

Find the folder named "592250_8572_WCDMA_V1011"and click OK.

Then click "BACK UP_NV"

Then you will see "back up complete"

Then its time to discconect the USB cable and put the unit into download mode. How?
Power OFF the phone, or remove battery. 
Then insert it again. 
Press Volume Down and Power On at the same time until you see the "ENTRY QPST DOWNLOAD" appears on the screen like the image below. 
Then insert USB cable.

Then on the software, click DOWNLOAD.

If you see like the green color below, click END

Next is disconnect the cable and turn OFF the phone.

Open "QUALFAST2.0.5"

Click "SEL PATH"

Browse the folder named "592250_8572_V006031" and then click OK.

If you see the blue color like below, just click OK.

Then put the unit in Recovery Mode. Or green mode.

Press at the same time the Power On and Volume Up until you see the green color light. Unpress it immediately when green lights appears like shown below.

Then immediately insert the USB cable and the process will go on.. Wait to finish

After the process disconnect cable ang proceed to restoring QCN.

Power On the phone and connect USB cable.
Open "EMMC_DOWNLOADv1.2.3"
Click "SELPATH"
Browse for "592250_85722_WCDMA_V1011" and then click OK.
After that CLICK RESTORE_NV.
A window will pop-up, now choose the file "BAK.qcn"
Then the unit will automatically OFF.
Power it on again to CONFIGURE. See the images below.

Then you are now DONE

Now you are done...



Credits to techbunny of the gsmsandwich forum for the guides and images.

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