Cherry Mobile Flare S3 lite Stock ROM and Flashing tutorial

Good day readers, I have been busy for this week and can’t post a new article. Glad that I had finish some of my works and here I am again...

Good day readers, I have been busy for this week and can’t post a new article. Glad that I had finish some of my works and here I am again helping another reader of this blog. Someone asking me to make a guide to fix the boot loop problem of Cherry Mobile Flare S3 lite. Thanks to Jomar Picar for providing a backup of his stock ROM for Cherry Mobile Flare S3 lite.

In this tutorial, we are going to flash the backup through custom recovery. If you don’t have a custom recovery yet, flash the custom recovery for Flare S3 lite first before proceeding.

When you are ready. Follow the step by step procedure below. Just would like to take note that this is for flare s3 lite version. You can search for other flare version here in my blog site.

When you are ready. Follow the step by step procedure below. Just would like to take note that this is for flare s3 lite version. You can search for other flare version here in my blog site.

NOTE: The method below is for Kitkat version only and for those who can still boot to recovery mode. For lollipop version, please see the bottom of this article.

THINGS YOU NEED

• SD-card
• Custom recovery
• Card reader
• Cherry Mobile Flare S3 lite Stock ROM (TWRP) KitKat
• Desktop or laptop with Windows operating system

How to flash Cherry Mobile Flare S3 lite Stock ROM through TWRP

1. Grab your SD-card and card reader and plug it into the computer.
2. From the root folder of your SD-card create a folder and name it as TWRP.
3. Inside the TWRP folder that you created, create another folder and name it asBACKUP.
4. Inside the BACKUP folder, create another folder and name it as H698k1ZY551020EB.
5. Then inside H698k1ZY551020EB create another folder and name it as H698k1ZY551020EB again.
6. Now copy the stock ROM that you’ve downloaded and extract it inside that folder.
7. Once the extraction is complete, safely remove the SD-card and insert it into your Flare s3 lite.
8. Turn off your Cherry Mobile Flare S3 lite, boot your phone into recovery.
9. As I said earlier you must have a custom recovery. Use volume down to navigate and power  button for “OK” button.
10. Choose Backup and Restore > Custom backup and restore > TWRP backup and restore > Restore in TWRP format
11. Browse the stock ROM inside that we have created earlier.
12. Start the process and wait for it to finish.
13. Reboot your phone.

If you are unable to boot into recovery mode. Try the method below.  we are going to use a PAC file uploaded by John Arvin S. Anchorez. You can also use this method to downgrade your flare s3 lite from Lollipop to KitKat.

THINGS YOU NEED

• Desktop or laptop with Windows operating system
• CM H520 PAC file (KitKat 4.4.2)  password: lite
• Mito A260 SC7731 PAC file
• SPD Upgrade tool
• Spreadtrum Driver

Fix Bootloop / Hardbricked CM Flare S3 lite

1. Extract the needed files using Winrar or 7zip.
2. Install Spreadtrum driver, just follow the onscreen installation.
3. Open SPD Upgrade tool.
4. Click the first gear icon.
5. Browse and locate the Mito A260 SC7731 .PAC file.
6. Click the arrow button.
7. Take out the battery of your device for at least 10 seconds. Place it back and connect the USB cable while simultaneously holding volume DOWN and volume UP button.
8. Research Download Started Flashing. Release the buttons when the flashing process has started, When its Finished Press Stop button.
9. When you turn on your CM Flare S3 lite, you will only get black screen, to fix this issue you will need to flash the CM H520 .PAC file. Just follow the same procedure.

A big thanks to Jomar, Jun and Clarence Andaya of Cherry Mobile Flare S3 lite group for sharing this guide. I hope this help you as well. If you have a question regarding this article you may post a comment below. For more tutorials follow us facebook  or subscribe via email to get the latest updates. Thank you for reading.