HUAWEI U8800pro I Android 4.0 Software Upgrade Guideline-2012!08!02

HUAWEIU8800pro Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) Software Upgrade Guideline

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HUAWEI U8800pro

Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)

Software Upgrade Guideline

Prepared by U8800Pro ICS team Date 2012-08-02

Reviewed by U8800Pro ICS team Date 2012-08-02

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

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Contents

1 VERSION INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 3

1.1 UPGRADE REQUIREMENT .......................................................................................................... 3

1.2 UPGRADE FILES ........................................................................................................................ 3

1.3 UPGRADE NOTES ....................................................................................................................... 3

2 ANDROID 2.3 TO ANDROID 4.0 UPGRADE OPERATIONS ................................................ 3

2.1 NORMAL UPGRADE .................................................................................................................. 3

2.2 FORCE UPGRADE ..................................................................................................................... 6

3 ANDROID 2.2 TO ANDROID 4.0 UPGRADE OPERATIONS ................................................ 7

4 ANDROID 4.0 TO BIGGER VERSION UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS ..................................... 7

4.1 NORMAL UPGRADE .................................................................................................................. 7

4.2 FORCE UPGRADE ................................................................................................................... 10

5 ANDROID 4.0 TO ANDROID2.3 SWAP-BACK OPERATIONS .......................................... 11

6 NOTES .......................................................................................................................................... 11



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1 Version introduction

1.1 Upgrade requirement

Please make sure the phone to be updated is purchased through proper channel and is using

HuaWei formal version.

1.2 Upgrade files

File Name

Step 1 UPDATE.APP

Step 2 UPDATE.APP

Step 3 UPDATE.APP

Update tools MICRO SD card

Please download the upgrade files with your pc，the size of the files is about 600MB。

1.3 Upgrade notes

This is an Android 4.0 version patch. Please read carefully the instructions and

update with caution. Before updating, please pay attention to requirement for software

version, hardware version, back up methods of user data, and the battery power. For

details, please read chapter 5 <Notes>, of this text.

2 Android 2.3 to Android 4.0 upgrade operations

Back up your personal data before upgrade, the upgrade process

will wipe all user data.

2.1 Normal upgrade

（1） Download the officially released Android4.0 update patch with your pc.

（2） Prepare a formatted Micro SD card which at least has 700MB available space.

Make a “dload” directory on SD card root directory.

（3） Copy the “step 1\ dload\UPDATE.APP” to SD Card “dload\UPDATE.APP”.

（4） After entering the home screen, press menu key to choose



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Settings->Storage->Software Upgrade->SD card Upgrade->Confirm->Upgrade

to start the upgrade. Reference to the following pictures

Step 1 Step 2

Step 3 Step 4



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Step 5 Step 6

（5） When “Update Complete” appears on the screen, this stage of upgrading

finished. Then pull out the battery and the SD card.

（6） Delete the UPDATE.APP file and Copy the “Step 2\ dload\UPDATE.APP” to SD

Card “dload” directory. Repeat step (4) to step (5).





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（8） At last pull out the battery, SD card and USB cable (if connected). Then insert

the battery to reboot the handset, wait for a few minutes and enjoy it!

2.2 Force upgrade





（4） Make sure your handset is power off. Insert the MICRO SD card into the

handset. Pressing the VOLUME UP key and VOLUME DOWN key, and then

press the POWER key to power on the phone and enter the Software Upgrade

Mode.

（5） When “Update Complete” appears on the screen, the phone will restart, if not

you need to remove the battery manually.









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3 Android 2.2 to Android 4.0 upgrade operations




（2） Follow the officially released U8800pro 2.3 version update instructions to

update the phone from Android 2.2 to Android 2.3


（4） Follow the chapter 2（Android 2.3 upgrade to Android 4.0 operations）to update

the phone from Android 2.3 to Android 4.0.

4 Android 4.0 to bigger version update instructions



4.1 Normal upgrade





（4） After entering the home screen, press menu key to choose

Settings->Storage->Software Upgrade->SD card Upgrade->Confirm->Upgrade

to start the upgrade. Reference to the following pictures .



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Step 1 Step 2

Step 3 Step 4



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Step 5 Step 6

（5） When “Update Complete” appears on the screen, this stage of upgrading

finished. Then pull out the battery and the SD card.

（6） Delete the UPDATE.APP file and Copy the“Step 2\ dload\UPDATE.APP” to SD





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4.2 Force upgrade





（4） Make sure your handset is power off. Insert the MICRO SD card into the

handset. Pressing the VOLUME UP key and VOLUME DOWN key, and then

press the POWER key to power on the phone and enter the Software Upgrade

Mode.

（5） When “Update Complete” appears on the screen, the phone will restart, if not

you need to remove the battery manually.







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5 Android 4.0 to Android2.3 swap-back operations



（1） Download the officially released Android2.3update patch with your pc.

（2） Follow the officially released U8800pro 2.3 version update instructions to

update the phone from Android 4.0 to Android 2.3

6 Notes

The version is android 4.0 ICS，please read the instructions to update your phone.

1. Software requirement

a) Before upgrade, please guarantee the version you use is Huawei

official version, or else it may upgrade failed or cause unknown

problem.

b) Don’t try to upgrade software of other country or customization, or else

it may upgrade failed or cause unknown problem.

2. Hardware requirement

This the software suits to U8800pro product, it can only use for U8800pro 1

product .and it may cause can’t power on if you use this software on other

product.

3. Backup

Back up your personal data before upgrade, the upgrade process will wipe all

user data.

4. Battery

To make sure that the power of the battery is enough to run the upgrade process.

Maybe you can connect the handset with the charger or the USB data cable to

provide power.

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HUAWEI U8800pro I Android 4.0 Software Upgrade Guideline-2012!08!02