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Restoring Gemini 4G x27 firmware

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 The first step is to install the flash tool drivers. These drivers are needed for your Windows PC to communicate with your Gemini. You can find the drivers here: [http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/FlashToolDrivers.zip Windows Flash Tool Drivers]
<div style="text-align: justify;">Once downloaded, unzip the archiveand extract the files. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">You will find a folder called '''FlashToolDrivers''', open the folder and .</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Run the install file by double click clicking on the '''Install''' file(Install. Allow the installation to complete by clicking Yes when asked to make changesbat).</div>Now that the drivers have been installed, we can download the Windows flash tool:  [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 [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. </span>
<div style===2 – Download Firmware=== Download "text-align: justify;">Allow the[http://supportinstallation to complete by clicking Yes when asked to make changes.planetcom.co.uk/download/Gemini_Android_x27_v1_16032018.zip 4G Gemini x27 firmware]<br /div> Once you have downloaded the firmware for you, please extract the zip file.
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.
===3 – Flashing the Android Firmware===<div style="text-align: justify;">Once downloaded please unzip both If you use Linux you don't need any drivers and you can proceed directly to download the Linux flash tool and the firmwareon this link [http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/FlashToolLinux. Next, on Windows just run the tgz Linux 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 You will need a BROM error when connecting the Gemini (see flash_tool console log) then 64 bit Linux machine and you should follow this guide </span>[https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/tutorial-how-might need root access to-setup-spflashtoollinux-t3160802/page16 https://forumrun it.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 Unzip the archive and extract the 2 points regarding udev rulesFlashToolLinux folder.<br /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>* Downlad-Agent should be set to the file MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin, which is located in the FlashToolWindows folder.* Scatter-loading file should be set to the specific scatter file (Gemini_Android.txt) of the firmware that you want to flash, which is located in the firmware folder.
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===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.
<div style="text-align: justify;">Once you select the scatter file, make sure you only select the system partitionYou have now completed step 2. By flashing only the system partition and not the rest, you will be able to fix your Gemini while keeping all your data, which are stored in the userdata partition. If you choose only your system partition, your screen should look like the following screenshot.</div>
===Step 3 – Flashing the Android Firmware===
<div style="text-align: justify;">On Windows just run the flash tool by double clicking on the '''flash_tool''' file in the '''FlashToolWindows''' folder.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">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 called '''flash_tool.sh'''. On Linux, </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;">The flash tool window will now appear as in the picture below. Plea</span>se use the '''choose''' buttons on the right hand side as in the following screenshot to load set the Download-Agent (1) and the Scatter-loading file (2):</div>
* Download-Agent should be set to the file '''MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin''', which is located in the FlashToolWindows or FlashToolLinux folder.
* Scatter-loading file should be set to the file''' Gemini_Android.txt,''' which is located in the Gemini_Android_x27_v1_16032018 folder.
[[File:IMG_05062018_155929_0.png|640x360px|border]]   <div style="text-align: justify;">Once you have chosen the Download-Agent and Scatter-loading File, make sure that you deselect all the items in the table except the system partition. By flashing only the system partition, you will be able to fix your Gemini while keeping all your data, which are stored in the userdata partition. If you choose only your system partition, your screen should look like the following screenshot.<br /><br /></div>[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-05_at_22.55.53IMG_05062018_160710_0.png|640x360px641x360px|border]]</div>   <div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, select the '''Download Only''' drop down menu and , then click on the '''Download''' button as in the screenshot below.<br /><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-05_at_22.57.25.png|640x359px|border]]</div>
<div style="textThe flash tool will now wait for your Gemini to be connected to your PC in firmware download mode. To achieve this now, connect your Gemini to your PC using the USB-align: justify;">Connect C cable. Then restart your Gemini and restart it. by pressing the Esc (On) key for up to 20 seconds. Once rebootedthe Gemini starts rebooting, the flash tool will detect the phone unit and it Android will update the OS with the selected firmwarebe updated. Once the flash process is finished, disconnect the Gemini and then press and hold the Esc (On) key until the unit rebootsrestarts again. The Gemini should now successfully boot into the updated Android firmware. This completes the firmware update process.</div> 
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