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Huawei manual update

Every single Huawei smartphone may have minor problems with software updates. We can provide you the most popular and effective Huawei manual update in three ways.

Huawei manual update

Huawei OTA manual update

  1. Connect your phone to internet (Wi-Fi is preferable)
  2. Make sure the phone has at least 30% battery charge
  3. Open “Settings” – “System” – “System update”
  4. Click on “Check for updates”
  5. If there is an update just follow the onscreen instructions
  6. Do not perform any actions with the phone until the process is completed and the smartphone restarts

Huawei manual ota update

Huawei update using HiSuite

  1. Download and install the Huawei HiSuite
  2. Make sure the phone has at least 30% battery charge
  3. Connect your phone to PC via USB cable
  4. Click Update in the HiSuite window

Huawei manual update hisuite

Installing Huawei Firmware via Fastboot Mode

First you need to prepare files to installing a new firmware. To do this, you need to perform the following steps:

  • Download the firmware for your Huawei device from the list below
  • Download and extract the ADB tools to use the fastboot mode
  • Download and install HuaweiUpdateExtractor 0.9.9.3 program (For correct work you need to install the .Net Framework 4.6.1)
  • Launch the HuaweiUpdateExtractor and open the UPDATE.APP file from the downloaded firmware

Huawei manual update HuaweiUpdateExtractor

  • Extract the following files via the right button:
    • boot.img
    • cust.img
    • system.img
    • recovery.img
  • Put them in the folder with the ADB fastboot

After all the preparations, follow next easy steps to install a new firmware to your Huawei smartphone:

Huawei manual update fastboot

  1. Put the phone in bootloader mode (adb reboot bootloader)
  2. Alternately execute commands:
    • fastboot flash cust cust.img
    • fastboot flash system system.img
    • fastboot flash boot boot.img
    • fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
  3. Reboot the phone with the command fastboot reboot

I hope that this Huawei manual update will help to install the latest firmware for your smartphone. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments below.

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