Firmware ZTE Blade A7 Lite

OS: Android 9.0 (Pie)

CPU: Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A55 CPU and 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A55)

RAM: 2/3 GB

Display: 6.09 inches, 72.9 cm2 (~81.2% screen-to-body ratio)

Camera: 13 MP main camera

Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery

Before flashing, you need
Create a full backup of the firmware.
The battery must be 100% charged.

1. Flashing your phone using CWM Recovery
2. Flashing the phone using TWRP Recovery
3. Flashing the phone using Fastboot

1. Phone flashing using CWM Recovery
The rich functionality of CWM Recovery www.clockworkmod.com allows you to perform many manipulations with the device, including rolling the firmware. By default, stock Recovery is installed in the devices, which means that first you need to install the ClockWorkMod Recovery utility itself.
The general firmware process described below is for ZIP files. Instructions: - Download the firmware and place it on your phone's SD card.
- Next, turn off your phone.
- Press a specific combination of buttons on the phone body. The set of buttons may differ depending on the phone. If you don't know the combination you want, try pressing the following keys.
- Press the buttons: Power + Volume up (or Volume Down) (+Home) simultaneously for 10 seconds.
- After that, Recovery mode will appear on the phone screen.
- Use the volume buttons to navigate the menu and the Power button to make a selection.
- Then select 'Wipe data / factory reset' from the menu.
- Select 'Yes - delete all user data' from the menu.
- Highlight the 'Wipe cashe partition' and press the Power button.
- Select 'Yes - Wipe cache' from the menu.
- Select 'advanced' and confirm your choice with the Power button.
- Select 'Wipe Dalvik Cache' from the menu.
- Highlight 'Yes - Wipe Dalvik Cache' and press the Power button.
Go back, press 'Go Back'.
- Select 'mounts and storage' and confirm your choice with the Power button.
- Then select 'format / system' from the menu.
- Highlight 'Yes - Format' and press the Power button.
Go back, press 'Go Back'.
- Highlight 'install zip from sdcard' .
- Then select 'choose zip from sdcard' from the menu.
- Highlight 'Yes - Install your firmware name' and press the Power button.
- Next in the menu select 'Reboot system now' .

2. Flashing the phone using TWRP Recovery
For those who prefer working with the utility in the form of TWRP Recovery, the following instructions for the step-by-step installation of the update in the form of a ZIP archive are offered:
- Upload the file with the firmware image to the SD card of your phone.
- Go to TWRP recovery. This is done in the same way as with CWM.
- Perform a factory reset. When finished cleaning the phone, return to the original menu by pressing the 'Back' key.
- In the main menu, select 'Install' and select the firmware file. Click on it by dragging the slider to the side.
- The process of flashing the phone will take about 2-3 minutes.
- Upon completion, the utility will automatically display a message about successful flashing. Click on the 'Reboot System' item, and reboot the device.

3. Flashing the phone using Fastboot
A universal tool for flashing Android smartphones using a PC is the Fastboot utility. It is part of the SDK Platform Tools, which means it is suitable for a large number of devices.
Before starting the firmware, you need to get access to the system kernel. Very often, many manufacturers block this system parameter, not wanting users to change the system files of their firmware images with their own hands. To do this, you need to unblock Bootloader. To do this, you need to study the detailed instructions for configuring and managing the command line. Before starting the firmware using a computer, do not forget to enable USB debugging of the device in the engineering settings of the device.
- Copy the .zip archive with the image, and place it in the folder with 'ADB'
- Put your smartphone in fastboot mode and write the prompt in the command line: fastbooflash zip filename.zip, where filename.zip is the name of your firmware.
- Wait for the end of the installation and reboot the device.