Y520U

MicroSD Upgrade Guidance For Internal only

Y520U Micro SD Upgrade Firmware Guidance

V1.0
For internal use only

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Content

1 Purpose ..................................................................... 4
2 Scope of application ................................................... 4
3 Tools list .................................................................... 4
4 Firmware Upgrade..................................................... 4
4.1 Copy firmware file ................................................................................4
4.2 Power on status upgrade ---back up upgrade .........................................5
4.3 Power off status upgrade---back up upgrade..........................................7

5 Notice ........................................................................ 9

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1 Purpose
This instruction is used for guiding service staff to upgrade firmware of handset with Micro SD

card.

2 Scope of application
This instruction is apply to Y520U handset, and used for the service staff and related persons to
upgrade handset software version.

3 Tools list

S/N Tools name Specification numbers

1 PC CPU freq. :>700 MHz ， Memory:128M ， 1pcs

OS:Win98、Win2K、WinXP、Win7

2 Mobile Y520U handset 1pcs

3 Battery Y520U battery 1pcs

4 Micro SD card Minimum capacity 1G 1pcs

4 Firmware Upgrade

4.1 Copy upgrading firmware file

Copy the upgrading firmware “update.zip” file into SD card’s root directory, this firmware file
should be downloaded from HW official website, if not, please visit HW website to download
the latest version of Y520U(please make sure the file name is “update.zip”, otherwise, please
modify the name) ,the following picture is for your reference.

Notice: In case the “update.zip” file is not from HW official website, probably the firmware
upgrading will fail and result in handset power on failure.

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4.2 Power on upgrade---back up upgrade

Select “Settings storage software upgrade SD card upgrade” as following picture

Select “confirm” to enter SD upgrade interface, then click “upgrade” ,handset will power off
automatically to start upgrading process.

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The whole upgrading procedure will take around 2 minutes, please ensure battery power is enough
and without any operation during software upgrading. mobile phone will restart automatically
after upgrading procedure finished 30s.

Remark: after software upgraded, please enter setting interface to check the software version is
correct.

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4.3 combination keys upgrading at power off

status---backup upgrade
1.Copy the upgrading firmware file into SD card’s root directory, keep pressing “power” key
and volume “up” key as mobile phone power off until below interface appearing.

2. Select “recovery mode” with volume up key , confirm it with volume down key, then enter

the recovery mode.

3. Click Menu key and enter the below interface:

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4. Select “apply update from sdcard” with volume download key, confirm it with Home key, then
enter the SD card upgrading interface:

Remark: if you can’t find the “update.zip” file in the list, please select” reboot system now” with
volume keyclick Home key to confirm ,then restart device, and copy the “update.zip” file into
SD card root directory.

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5. Select “update.zip” with volume down key, then click Home key to confirm, mobile phone will
start the firmware updating procedure, the below picture is for your reference:

6. The “Install from sdcard complete” prompt will appear and handset will restart automatically
after software updating finished.

Remark: after software upgraded, please enter setting interface to check the software version is
correct.

5 Notice
1. Don’t take out SD card and battery during software upgrading.( please ensure battery power
is enough)

2. This firmware update method is not allowed to upgrade firmware between different
customized version, not allowed to upgrade firmware from high version to lower version, not
allowed to upgrade firmware between non-consecutive version.

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