Tip & How-To about Cell Phones
1) STEP1: Search Firmware (Some links where you can download them):
1.1) Firmware files are coded like this:
[Model] [Location] [Year] [Month] [Version]
----- [Location] -----
CP Finland
DB Vietnam
DC Thailand
DD India
DT Australia
DX Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore
JA South Africa
JC Tunisia, South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Algeria
JP Arabic
JR Arabic
JV Tunisia, Syria, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Oman, Nigeria, Morocco, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Algeria
XA United Kingdom, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, France, Germany, Austria
XB Sweden, Denmark, Norway
XC Portugal, Spain
XD Slovakia, Hungary, Czech, Croatia
XE Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Kazakhstan
XF Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria
XX United Kingdom, France, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain
ZC Hong Kong, China
ZT Taiwan
----- [Year] -----
a: 2001,b: 2002,c: 2003,d: 2004,e: 2005,f: 2006,g: 2007,h: 2008,i: 2009
----- [Month] -----
a: January,b: February,c: March,d: April,e: May,f: June,g: July,h: August,i: September,j: October,k: November,l: December,
Example:
J700XAHD1
XA: United Kingdom, France, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain
H: 2008
D: April
1: rev1
1.2) Download:
Every Seagate drive requires a few firmware updates during its lifetime.
Seagate firmware must be up-to-date to ensure that the product will run reliably.
Changing the firmware on a Seagate product to a more updated version will improve the product's performance.
Check the Seagate website often for any update available for your drive.
The firmware can be changed with just a few clicks of your mouse on the Seagate Web page.
Click the "Start" button on the bottom-left corner of the screen.
In the window that pops up, click " My computer " or just "Computer."
Another window will show up with an icon for your hard drive.
Right-click the hard drive icon and press the "Properties" option.
This will tell you what model your hard drive is.
For example, your hard drive might be ST31500341AS.
Open your Web browser. Type in www.seagate.com and press "Enter" on the keyboard.
Wait for the webpage to load.
Enter the word "Firmware" and your model number in the search box on the upper right hand corner of the webpage and press "Enter" on the keyboard.
Using the example from Step 1, type in "Firmware ST31500341AS".
Click on the first link that is returned in the search results.
Locate the firmware update. Double-click the update.
Press the "Download Firmware Update Utility" link to start downloading.
Click yes on any pop-up boxes that you may see.
Open the new firmware file by double clicking the file that you downloaded in Complete the installation by accepting all of the default questions that are asked during the installation process.
Hope this helps
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