For many Android tweakers, flashing custom and stock firmware and ROMs on an Android smartphone requires the use of special tools on your PC. What many do not know, however, is that you can flash ROMs and firmware on some smartphones directly from your SD card without needing tools like Skipsoft Android Toolkit or SP Flash Tool on your PC. If you use a ZTE Nubia smartphone, this is a guide on how to flash stock ROM using SD card on ZTE Nubia smartphones.
Flashing the stock ROM of your smartphone is the best thing to do if you run into any problems with the custom software you’ve installed. Also, if you wish to get official OTA updates, enjoy warranty protection on your device, or you brick your smartphone while performing some tweaks (like rooting), you have to flash the stock ROM of the device in question.
Problem: Need to flash stock ROM on ZTE Nubia smartphones using SD card
Before You Start:
Here is everything you need to know before you start the process of flashing stock ROM on your ZTE Nubia smartphones. This includes file downloads you need to make, things you need to set up on your phone and PC, and guides you should refer to if you’re new to this.
Guides
Pre-requisites
- Back up your personal and phone data before carrying out this process, as all of your data will be wiped. You can use a tool like Titanium Backup to do this.
- Remove all kinds of security protection like Pattern, PIN and Password from your smartphone. You can do this by going to the phone Settings >> Lock Screen >> Screen Lock and selecting Slide Unlock which is the default.
ZTE Nubia Slide Lock
