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Restoring Gemini 4G x27 firmware

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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.
 
You have now completed step 2.
===Step 3 – Flashing the Android Firmware===
<div style="text-align: justify;">Once downloaded please unzip both the flash tool and the firmware. Next, on 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;">On both Windows and Linux, uThe flash tool window will now appear as in the picture below. Plea</span>se use the '''choose button ''' buttons on the right hand side as in the following screenshot to load set the Download-Agent (1) and the scatter Scatter-loading file that you will find inside the downloaded firmware. In particular(2):</div>* DownladDownload-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 specific scatter file (''' Gemini_Android.txt) of the firmware that you want to flash, ''' which is located in the firmware Gemini_Android_x27_v1_16032018 folder.
[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-05_at_23.17.38IMG_05062018_155929_0.png|640x360px|border]]
<div style="text-align: justify;">Once you select have chosen the scatter fileDownload-Agent and Scatter-loading File, make sure that you only select deselect all the items in the table except the system partition. 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.<br /><br /></div>[[File:IMG_05062018_160710_0.png|641x360px|border]]
<div style="text-align: justify;">[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-05_at_22.55.53.png|640x360px|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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