Firmware for Samsung A3 Android 6.0. Installing official firmware on Samsung Galaxy A3

Instructions for installing official single-file firmware on Samsung Galaxy A3 (SM-A300x).

Drivers and programs

Attention!

To install the official stock firmware on the Galaxy A3 and return the phone status (Settings > About device > Properties > Device status) to “Official” after switching from custom firmware and thereby returning the ability to receive updates over the air, just follow the instructions provided.

Installation instructions

Download and install for your phone.
ATTENTION!
If Samsung Kies is already installed, there is no need to install drivers. You just need to completely unload Kies from memory through the task manager, and then continue.

Disable the option " Activation Lock» in the device security settings.

If the smartphone data was encrypted, it needs to be decrypted.

Download and unpack the archive with the Odin PC program into a random folder.
It is important that the path to the folder does not contain Cyrillic. For example, "C:\A3FW\".

Unpack the downloaded archive into a folder with Odin PC for convenience. The file in the ".tar" or ".tar.md5" format must be left, but the "SS_DL.dll" can be deleted.

Reset your device.
To do this, go to the settings tab " Accounts" to the section " Archive and reset", select the item " Reset device" and press the button " Delete everything" The phone will reboot.

Run Odin PC as administrator.

Put your device into download mode ( Download Mode).
To do this, you need to simultaneously hold down the Volume Down, Home and Power keys. Then wait until the phone reboots and agree to the warning by pressing the Volume Up key.

In this state, connect the smartphone to the computer. In Odin the message “ COM».

Click on the “ AP» and select the TAR firmware archive.

Items " Auto Reboot" And " F.Reset Time" must be activated, A " Re-Partition"if active - must be disabled.

Click on the “ Start" The firmware installation process will begin.

At the end of the operation, if everything was successful, the message “All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)". The phone must be restarted manually by holding down the power button until the screen turns off. It may take up to 5 minutes for your device to boot up initially.
ATTENTION!
If the device does not boot for a long time or the data has not been reset, it must be performed from recovery.
To do this, you need to simultaneously hold down the Volume Up key, the Home button and the Power button. After downloading, select " Wipe data/Factory reset", then - " Reboot system now" If after these steps the device also freezes when loading, you need to reflash it again.

Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300F is a branded smartphone running on Android 4.4. Here you will find out the characteristics, how to get root or reset the settings, and you can also download firmware (for Odin, for example) and instructions for Samsung.

Root Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300F

How to get root for Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300F see instructions below.

If the applications did not help, ask in the topic or use full list root utilities from the topic header.

Characteristics

1. Type: smartphone
2. Operating system: Android 4.4
3. Case type: classic
4. Control: mechanical/touch buttons
5. Number of SIM cards: 2
6. Weight: 110 g
7. Dimensions (WxHxD): 65.5x130.1x6.9 mm
8. Screen type: color Super AMOLED, touch
9. Type touch screen: multi-touch, capacitive
10. Diagonal: 4.5 inches.
11. Image size: 540x960
12. Pixels per inch (PPI): 245
13. Automatic screen rotation: yes
14. Type of ringtones: polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
15. Vibration alert: yes
16. Camera: 8 million pixels, LED flash
17. Camera functions: autofocus
18. Video recording: yes
19. Front camera: yes, 5 million pixels.
20. Video playback: H.263, H.264(AVC), MPEG4, VP8, VC-1, Sorenson Spark, MP43, WMV7, WMV8
21. Audio: MP3, AAC, WAV, FM radio
22. Voice recorder: yes
23. Standard: GSM 900/1800/1900, 3G, LTE
24. LTE bands support: Cat4
25. Internet access: WAP, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+
26. Interfaces: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, USB, ANT+, NFC
27. USB host: yes
28. Satellite navigation: GPS/GLONASS
29. A-GPS system: yes
30. Protocol support: POP/SMTP, HTML
31. Processor: 1200 MHz
32. Number of processor cores: 4
33. Built-in memory: 16 GB
34. Volume random access memory: 1 GB
35. Memory card support: microSD (TransFlash), up to 64 GB (combined with a slot for a second SIM card)
36. Additional SMS features: text entry with dictionary
37. MMS: yes
38. Battery capacity: 1900 mAh
39. Sensors: light, proximity, compass
40. Search by book: yes
41. Exchange between SIM card and internal memory: There is
42. Organizer: alarm clock, calculator, task planner
43. Announcement date: 2014-10-24

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Firmware for Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300F

Official Android firmware 4.4 [stock ROM file] -
Samsung custom firmware -

If custom or official firmware for Samsung has not yet been added here, then create a topic on the forum, in the section, our specialists will quickly and free of charge help, including. with backup and manuals. Just don’t forget to write a review about your smartphone - this is extremely important. Firmware for Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300F will also appear on this page. Please note that this Samsung model requires an individual ROM file, so you should not try firmware files from other devices.

What custom firmware are there?

1. CM - CyanogenMod
2. LineageOS
3. Paranoid Android
4. OmniROM
5. Temasek's

1. AICP (Android Ice Cold Project)
2. RR (Resurrection Remix)
3. MK(MoKee)
4. FlymeOS
5. Bliss
6. crDroid
7. Illusion ROMS
8. Pacman ROM

Problems and shortcomings of a Samsung smartphone and how to fix them?

• If the Galaxy A3 SM-A300F does not turn on, for example, you see a white screen, hangs on the splash screen, or the notification indicator only blinks (possibly after charging).
• If stuck during update / stuck when turned on (needs flashing, 100%)
• Doesn't charge (usually hardware problems)
• Does not see the SIM card (SIM card)
• The camera does not work (mostly hardware problems)
• The sensor does not work (depends on the situation)

For all these problems, contact (you just need to create a topic), specialists will help for free.

Hard Reset for Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300F

Instructions on how to do it Hard Reset on Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300F (factory reset). We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the visual guide called on Android. .

Reset codes (open the dialer and enter them).

1. *2767*3855#
2. *#*#7780#*#*
3. *#*#7378423#*#*

Hard Reset via Recovery

1. Turn off your device -> go to Recovery
2. "wipe data/factory reset"
3. “yes - delete all user data” -> “Reboot System”

How to log into Recovery?

1. hold down Vol(-) [volume down], or Vol(+) [volume up] and the Power button
2. A menu with the Android logo will appear. That's it, you are in Recovery!

Reset settings on Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300F You can do it in a very simple way:

1. Settings->Backup and reset
2. Reset settings (at the very bottom)

How to reset a pattern key

How to reset graphic key, if you forgot it and now you can’t unlock your samsung smartphone. On the Galaxy A3 SM-A300F, the key or PIN can be removed in several ways. You can also remove the lock by resetting the settings; the lock code will be deleted and disabled.

1. Reset graph. blocking -
2. Password reset -

Instructions on how to flash a Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 SM-A310f smartphone with new official or custom firmware. Obtaining Root superuser rights on Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 SM-A310, installing custom recovery TWRP Recovery.

Installation official firmware to the Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 SM-A310 smartphone using the service Samsung programs Odin. In order to install new firmware on your smartphone, you first need to download several files to your PC:

Download the latest Official Firmware for Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 SM-A310

Official service firmware for A3 2016 SM-A310f (android 6.0.1)

Before flashing your phone's firmware, you first need to decrypt it.
To remove the lock from the Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 SM-A310, you need to disable the reactivation lock. Go to “Settings” - “Lock screen and protection” - “Find phone” and disable “Activation Lock.” Before and after the firmware update procedure, you need to do a general reset of the device to factory settings to avoid all sorts of errors and interface slowdowns.
When performing this procedure, all your data and files will be permanently deleted.

Option 1: On the device, open “Settings”> “Backup and reset”>” Account»> “Reset data”> “RESET DEVICE” and click “Delete everything”

Option 2: Turn off the device, press and hold the “Volume Up”, “Home (Central)” and “Power” buttons and after a few seconds the “Recovery” menu will appear. In the “Recovery” menu, select “Wipe data/factory reset” -> “Yes – delete all user data”, deleting all user data will begin. After the process is completed, select “Reboot system now” and the device will begin to reboot.

You can skip this step, but remember! If you do not reset the data, after the update, “lags” may appear and unstable operation of the device as a whole due to the tails of the previous firmware, and more recently before full reset The smartphone also needs to be deleted Google account, otherwise the smartphone may be blocked.

After you have downloaded everything, unpack the archive with the driver for Samsung A3 2016 and install it. Then unpack the archive with Odin and the firmware.
We launch the program for Samsung firmware A3 2016 Odin as administrator. To do this, hover over Odin and right-click and select “Run as administrator”, then click “Yes”.

After launching Odin, arrange the firmware files in the following order:
The file BL……….tar.md5 is inserted into the “BL” field
The AP……….tar.md5 file is inserted into the “AP” field
The file CP……….tar.md5 is inserted into the “CP” field
The CSC file……..tar.md5 is inserted into the “CSC” field

We check that the “checkmarks” are only in the “Auto Reboot” and “F. Reset Time"

We translate samsung phone A3 2016 in firmware mode. To do this, turn off the phone and then press and hold the “Volume Down”, “Home” and “Power” buttons and after the menu with a yellow triangle appears, press the “Volume Up” button
We connect the smartphone using the supplied USB cable to the PC and in the Odin program, the inscription “COM” should appear in the upper left corner, highlighted in blue, then press the “Start” button.

Note: If for some reason your PC does not recognize your device, try reinstalling the driver and/or try other USB ports.

The smartphone firmware process has started. After successful firmware, the device will reboot automatically and the message “Finish” will appear in the Odin program.

Installing custom recovery TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 SM-A310

And so let's start installing custom recovery on Samsung A3 2016

If you haven't installed it on your PC yet Samsung drivers then download and install. Then connect your smartphone to your computer using a standard USB cable. After the PC recognizes the phone, additional drivers and updates will be installed automatically.

We will need the Odin 3 program, download Odin

Then download the custom one recovery TWRP recovery for Samsung A3 2016 – TWRP recovery SM-A310F

Turn off your smartphone, and then (with it turned off) press and hold the “Volume Down” + “Power” + home key until the phone boots into Odin mode (Download Mode). You will see a warning, confirm your desire to load into this mode by pressing the “Volume Up” key.

With your phone in Odin Mode, connect it to your PC using a standard USB cable.

Run the Odin 3 flasher program on your PC as an administrator

In the AP line, indicate the path to the previously downloaded file with custom recovery A3 2016 TWRP Recovery with the extension “.img.tar” and select it

Uncheck “auto reboot” and press start (the phone should be flashed, flashing time should not be more than 30 seconds, the result should be like this (succeed 1/ failed 0);

We do not touch the Smartphone until the firmware process is complete; usually the firmware does not last longer than 30 seconds.

Without turning the gadget into working mode, directly from the Download mode we go to the newly installed TWRP Recovery by holding down three buttons (volume up + home + power button, when the Samsung message appears, release the buttons).

All! We rejoice.

Installing custom firmware on the Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 SM-A310 smartphone

To install custom firmware on a Samsung Galaxy A3 phone, you need to have custom recovery TWRP Recovery, if you don’t have it, see the point above.

Download to your PC any custom firmware that you like, for example:

Then copy the firmware file to the phone's memory and turn off the smartphone. After which you need to boot your smartphone into custom recovery TWRP Recovery (with the phone turned off, hold down the power button + volume up button + HOME)

And through TWRP Recovery you install the modified firmware file for sm a310

Go to Wipe and select Advanced Wipe
Check the boxes: “Davlik Cache”, “System, Data”, “Cache”, “Android Secure”.
Doing “Swipe to Wipe”
Go to Install -> Select the memory where the custom firmware is located, and select Swipe to Confim Flash, the installation will begin
After installation in recovery, select the Reboot -system item and the device will begin rebooting.

Ready! You have successfully flashed custom firmware! reboot your smartphone and use it with pleasure (without paying attention to the bugs of the custom firmware)

Root superuser rights to Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 SM-A310

Usually all custom firmware already contains root rights, so to get root you will only need to install the modified firmware. But if suddenly you do not want to install custom firmware or the custom does not contain root, then follow the instructions below.

To successfully root your Samsung a3 2016, you must have custom recovery TWRP recovery (you can install it according to the instructions above)

Obtaining Root rights.
1. Copy the file “UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip” to the root of the SD card.
2. On the smartphone, in the “Developer Options” section, activate “ USB Debugging” and “Unlock, preset. prod. OEM"
3. Go to TWRP (with the phone turned off, press “Home+Vol_Up+Power”).
4. Next, go to “Installation” and find “UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip” on the SD card and install it.
5. Click “Reboot into OS”. The download will take quite a long time, the phone may reboot several times, this is normal.
6. Check presence of Root right
7. We don’t touch “Developer Options” - the activated items do not interfere with you in any way.

After installing TWRP, you can format the “Data” partition to return to factory settings. TWRP and SuperSU are not going anywhere.

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First of all!

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Still have questions?

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For the current generation of people, the smartphone has become an indispensable assistant and an extremely useful device that combines hundreds of various functions. Taking a photo, counting the number of ingredients, setting reminders, checking the weather, reading the news, chatting with friends - this is not a complete list of everything that modern smartphones are capable of. Sometimes we simply forget that they do not last forever and are subject to gradual wear and tear.

Smartphones running operating system Android systems have long filled the whole world with their diversity. Their software code is open and ready to be edited or improved. While using such devices, there are times when the software component malfunctions and the smartphone stops working properly. To solve the problem simple reset Resetting to factory settings may not be enough - you need to flash the Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300.

Fortunately, manufacturers mobile technology and just enthusiasts have found dozens of ways to change the firmware for all Android devices without exception. The process will take a few minutes and the smartphone will come to life, starting its daily work with renewed vigor. AndroGoo website prepared detailed instructions on how to flash Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300.

What do we need?

1. Device charged at least 50% (if possible).
2. Original USB cable.
3. latest version.
4. Latest firmware (Android 5.0.2):

If a new OS version has been released for your smartphone or links to current firmware do not work, please report this in the comments below the post.

Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300 firmware process

• If Kies was installed on your computer, remove it.
• Download and install for Samsung smartphones and tablets.
• Download and install the latest version.
• Reboot the computer.
• Unpacking Odin on the desktop. In the same folder we extract the firmware files from the previously downloaded archive.

• Let's go to Settings -> About the device -> Software details, And click on build number until a message appears indicating that You have become a developer.

• Next we go to Settings -> Developer Options and activate two points USB Debugging And Unlocking, provided prod.

• We transfer the smartphone to Download Mode. To do this, turn it off completely, hold down the buttons at the same time Home+Power+Volume down.
• After the screen appears with the message Warning, confirm the choice by pressing the button Volume up.

• The phone has entered download mode.

• Let's launch Odin on behalf of the administrator.
• In this state, connect the device to the computer using a USB cable (exclusively USB 2.0 and higher) to flash Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-A300. If in the ODIN window the field ID:COM turned blue, like in the screenshot below, everything is fine - you can continue. If not, reinstall the drivers and restart the computer.

Files that can be found in the archive with the firmware

The picture shows the names of files that may be in the archive with the firmware and indicates where to insert them in the Odin window.

If there is only one file and takes up a lot of space, insert it into the field PDA/AP. This is the firmware. Other files according to field names.

In the appropriate fields on the right, select the firmware files, based on the example above. IMPORTANT! Only checkboxes should be checked Auto Reboot And F. Reset Time.

• Click on START and wait for the firmware process to finish. At the same time, it is strictly forbidden to disconnect the smartphone from the computer and touch USB cable. The whole procedure will take a few minutes - the exact time depends on the power of the PC.

• Once finished, the device will reboot itself. We disconnect it from the PC and start using the latest firmware.