U8815
Maintenance Manual
5 Software Upgrade
Issue 1.0 (2012-02-13)
Huawei Proprietary and Confidential
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Software Upgrade
5.1 Upgrade Preparation
Table 5-1 describes the upgrade preparation.
Table 5-1
Upgrade preparation
Item
Description
Remarks
Upgrade tools
Computer
To copy upgrade software
microSD card
More than 512 MB
Battery
With at least 30% power remaining.
Upgrade file
Main upgrade pack
dload/UPDATE.APP
Vendor upgrade pack
vendor_XXX_XXX/UPDATE.APP
Upgrade
method
Upgrade using
microSD cards
Normal upgrade
Forcible upgrade
5.2 Upgrade Process
1.
Format the microSD card.
2.
Create a folder named
dload
in the root directory of the microSD card.
3.
Copy the upgrade file to the
dload
folder.
4.
Install the microSD card to the handset. Power the handset on, and enter
*#*#2846579#*#*
in the idle screen.
Select
SD card upgrade
then press
Confirm
to start the upgrade.
5.
Before the upgrade, NV items backup is performed (if the handset has not been backed
up before). Then the handset restarts and the upgrade starts.
6.
The upgrade progress is displayed on the LCD.
Figure 5-1 shows the upgrade process diagram.