Zte Dashboard Update Tool

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Zte Dongle Firmware Update Tool

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Download mode

(Volume up) and (Power up): Recovery mode

(Volume down) and (Power up): FTM mode (Field Test mode)
(Volume down) and (Volume up) and (Power up): Download mode

Unbrick your phone.

If you are unable to update the phone via the regular phone recovery mode, adb and fastboot then this is the only method left to try.

Download and install driver.

These tools is only available for windows user. I have tested on windows XP.
Download and install the ZTE USB driver ZTE_Handset_USB_Driver.exe and restart the computer.

This is available from the ZTE website US or EU. (DRV_PKG_ZTE_P752D04V1.0)

Download the 'NandDL for firefox' . There are two file that needed to be place in the same folder
NandDL_firefox.exe

ZTE dropbox download and my local copy version download

ZTE dropbox word file howto instructions. Or you can read my instruction below.

Download ZTE open V1.2 (beta) firmware and unzip it.(ZTE dropbox US version and EU version ) (local download copy)

You need these 'special' V1.2 version or else the update program will not work.
Turn off your phone.
Remove the battery.

Start the download program (NandDL_firefox.exe) and select the folder with V1.2 firmware and select what you want to flash.

push (Volume down) and (Volume up) and at the same time connect the USB cable to the computer.

The phone screen is still blank and all the LED are off.

The screen now show 'ZTE Handset Diagnostic Interface (DFU)'

If there is no text 'ZTE .' is coming up then try an other USB port.

The press the lower left button and the phone is being updated.

When finish updating, the phone will restart. But it is unstable because there is no battery inside.

Remove the USB cable.
Put the battery inside the phone.
Start up the phone.

Check box selection.

There are more check box available. Not sure if other the files is necessary to unbrick the phone. You can always try enable more check box if these 4 minimum selection example are not working.

There are many partition in ZTE open. Normally you only overwrite 4 partition with fastboot: boot, system, userdata and recovery partition. And the phone goes to bootloop etc. And only these 4 partition need to be restored to get things working again.
Warning:The default recovery mode update via one zip file is user-friendly and is able to overwrite more that the 4 partition describe above at the same time. So be carefully when you download a non-official 'firmware.zip' file. You may not be able to unbrick it if too many partition is modified/change.

root@android:/ # cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00c00000 00020000 'recovery'
mtd1: 00800000 00020000 'boot'
mtd2: 00180000 00020000 'splash'
mtd3: 00080000 00020000 'misc'
mtd4: 03980000 00020000 'cache'
mtd5: 0ea00000 00020000 'system'
mtd6: 09880000 00020000 'userdata'
mtd7: 00100000 00020000 'oem'
mtd8: 00180000 00020000 'persist'
mtd9: 00140000 00020000 'mibib'
mtd10: 000a0000 00020000 'qcsbl'
mtd11: 00140000 00020000 'oemsbl1'
mtd12: 00140000 00020000 'oemsbl2'
mtd13: 01880000 00020000 'amss'
mtd14: 000a0000 00020000 'appsbl'
mtd15: 00140000 00020000 'MIBIB'
mtd16: 00080000 00020000 'SIM_SECURE'
mtd17: 000a0000 00020000 'QCSBL'

After installing the ZTE driver you should be able to see the phone in the device manager under 'Ports'.

If this is not the case then is probably place under 'Other devices'. When this is the case the driver is not installed for this USB port. Select the 'ZTE handset' and with right mouse select 'update driver' from the popup menu. The driver will be installed for this USB port. And the ZTE device will be place under 'Ports'

Download Mobily KSA ZTE Modem Dashboard For ZTE Modems totally free to. You can also write the ISO image in your modem using any third party tool, but.
From time to time ZTE may release new software for your dongle. Open dongle dashboard by entering or into your browser.

A guy I personally know got a USB modem from the UK and the modem was locked to 3, a UK mobile network. On getting to Nigeria here, he found out the modem wouldn’t work with SIM card. The modem prompted for an unlock code and this dude kept guessing till he entered it incorrectly ten times. He rendered the modem useless and even DC unlocker couldn’t unlock it. I tried all I could but it didn’t work. I decided to try flashing the modem and re-installed the firmware but still, the unlock counter still read 10. Before the modem finally became useable again, I did three things to flash it:

1. Reset the unlock counter

2. Upgrade the firmware

3. Install a different dashboard

1. How to Reset the Unlock Counter

Must Read:How to Unlock Huawei E303 USB Modem

Like I said earlier, upgrading the firmware did not reset the unlock counter which read 10 out of 10. I had to reset the counter with a software first. If you haven’t entered your unlock code 10 times like the guy in question did, you should skip this step. Of course, you can still do it if you want to unlock your modem and anyway.

– Download this software

– Extract the content and run the .exe file inside

– Click on Refresh. Your modem should be automatically detected so far you checked AUTO CONNECTION under connection mode

– Be sure Auto-Calc Code and Auto-Unlock Modem are both marked

– Click READ MDM DATA

– Now click UNLOCK. This should both unlock your modem and reset the counter at the same time

– Lastly, click on Calculate to generate the flash code. You’re gonna be needing it later.

Must Read:How to Unlock ZTE Modems

2. Upgrade your Modem Firmware

– First, you must download the right firmware for your modem. You can download it from their ~~official website~~ but I prefer and recommend dc-files.com

Heroes legend reborn apk versi terbaru. Update: These sites don’t seem to have the firmwares anymore. You can always check DC-Unlocker, Huawei Firmwares or Modem Unlock website.

– Select Huawei or what model your modem is and click the tiny modem icon

– On the next page, select your model and click the same modem icon again.

– Now, download Firmware Update and Dashboard Update

Now to upgrade the firmware, unzip the firmware update you downloaded and double-click the .exe file.

– Accept the agreement and proceed.

– The program searches for your modem for some seconds

– On the next page, simply hit the Next button

– When the flashing starts, be sure you follow the instruction on-screen. Do not remove your modem and be sure you have enough poer on your laptop or UPS to last for about 30 minutes.

– When you hit the start button, you may be prompted to enter your Flash code. This only happens when the new firmware version is different from the existing one on the device. Remember the Flash code you generated earlier? Enter it here.

Zte Dongle Firmware Update Tool

– The process starts and normally, this should take less than 10 minutes.

– At this point, you don’t have to do anything. Just wait till you see a message that looks like this:

– Congratulations! You just upgraded you modem firmware successfully!

3. Installing a different dashboard

Even with an upgraded firmware, I was still seeing that same dashboard that came from 3 network. The dashboard wouldn’t let any me use any other SIM though the modem is already unlocked. I had to install a different dashboard to make me use our network provider settings here in Nigeria.

It’s here you’ll be needing the Dashboard Update file you downloaded.

– Unzip the file and run the executable file

– Accept the agreement and continue

– Again, the software should search for your device

-Hit the Next button as before and the procedure is very much similar to the firmware upgrade you did earlier.

Easy, isn’t it? It’s more like installing a software on your computer. Also, this should take less than five minutes to complete and after that, you should have a different modem software that’s not branded with your home network logo and customizations. Now you’ve successfully flashed your modem. I used this method to flash a “permanently locked” modem with 10 wrong unlock attempts and it worked fine.