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Restoring Gemini 4G x27 firmware

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<div style="text-align: justify;">You will find a folder called '''FlashToolDrivers''', open the folder.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Run the install file by double clicking on the '''Install''' file (Install.bat).</div>
 
Now that the drivers have been installed, please download the Windows flash tool from this link  [http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/FlashToolWindows.zip Windows Flash Tool]. Please unzip the archive and extract the FlashToolWindows folder.
Now that the drivers have been installed, please download the Windows flash tool from this link  [http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/FlashToolWindows.zip Windows Flash Tool] If you use Linux you don't need any drivers and you can proceed directly to download the Linux flash tool on this link [http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/FlashToolLinux.tgz Linux flash tool]. <span style="color: #252525; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">You will need a 64 bit Linux machine and you might need root access to run it. Unzip the archive and extract the FlashToolLinux folder.<br /></span>
<span style==="color: #252525; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2 – Download Firmware=== Download the[http; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/Gemini_Android_x27_v1_16032018none;">You have now completed step 1.zip 4G Gemini x27 firmware]<br /span> Once you have downloaded the firmware for you, please extract the zip file.
===Step 2 – Download Gemini Firmware===
Download the Gemini 4G x27 firmware from this link[http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/Gemini_Android_x27_v1_16032018.zip Gemini 4G x27 firmware]
Unzip the downloaded archive and extract the Gemini_Android_x27_v1_16032018 folder.
===Step 3 – Flashing the Android Firmware===
<div style="text-align: justify;">Once downloaded please unzip both the flash tool and the firmware. Next, on Windows just run the flash tool by double clicking on '''flash_tool''' in the '''FlashToolWindows''' folder .On Linux, t<span style="color: #252525; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">he executable file is flash_tool.sh. </span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #2b2e2f; color: #2b2e2f; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto; float: none; display: inline !important;">If you get a BROM error when connecting the Gemini (see flash_tool console log) then you should follow this guide </span>[https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/tutorial-how-to-setup-spflashtoollinux-t3160802/page16 https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/tutorial-how-to-setup-spflashtoollinux-t3160802/page16]<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #2b2e2f; color: #2b2e2f; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto; float: none; display: inline !important;"> - specifically the 2 points regarding udev rules.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; caret-color: #2b2e2f; color: #2b2e2f; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto; float: none; display: inline !important;">On both Windows and Linux, u</span>se the choose button as in the following screenshot to load the scatter file that you will find inside the downloaded firmware. In particular:</div>