If you are resourceful, you may have heard of rooting or flashing a smartphone before. These practices have the effect of “unbridling” your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. However, they are not so easily accessible and are not recommended for everyone. If it happens that you are here it is because you certainly want to have full disposal of your laptop and that you are not satisfied with the Android operating system. In this article, we will explain to you how to flash a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE? This manipulation is not really complex, nevertheless, it is necessary to think carefully about it before starting. For this, first, we will explain to you what the flash of a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE is, then, the procedure to achieve the flash of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE serenely.
What is flashing a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE?
We start by following our article by explaining to you What is the flash of a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE . This manipulation will completely change the operation of your smartphone, it is therefore not recommended for everyone. Thanks to this action you will be able to change the operating system of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. It is in fact the community of telephone users who have estimated that the Android system "restricts" phones, either by its weight or by its limited capacities which do not fully exploit the power of a device. smartphone. These people have therefore developed alternative versions of Android. They are more or less similar to the basic operating system but differ on certain points such as the customization of colors, the basic applications installed, etc.
Replacing your operating system is suitable for install a ROM on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. Any alternative operating system is called ROM. Using a personalized ROM on your smartphone will allow you to find the most appropriate operating system for your needs and consequently to have a completely personalized smartphone and limited by no restrictions from the manufacturer. We will generally find all these ROMs on forums or specialized sites like LineageOS or XDA custom ROM Central. However, you must be aware that the flash of a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE is not without effects. You can nevertheless install official versions of Android , really useful if a system update ever causes bugs on your smartphone. In fact, installing a personalized ROOM will certainly bring you benefits, however, you will lose the manufacturer's warranty. It makes sense, by using your smartphone in this way you will lose all the system security provided by Android. Your smartphone will therefore be more vulnerable and it will be impossible for you in case of concern to return to the manufacturer. It is therefore important to think twice before you start.
How to flash your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE?
Now that we have explained the concept and the questions to ask yourself before starting the process, we will now explain what you need to do to flash your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE.
Preparing the flash of a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
Before flashing your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE you will have to do some preparations. Note already that you will have need a computer to complete the process :
- You must first install the PC software for your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, to do this go to the manufacturer's site and download the software for your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. This will have the effect of installing everyone the latest drivers for your smartphone, essential for implementing the flash. Install it and restart your PC.
- After preparing your computer, it's time to activate an option that will give you control of your smartphone to perform all the rest of the steps necessary for its flash. You have to enable USB debugging. For that, go to the » Settings ">" Developer options ">" USB debugging "
- It will take now connect your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE to your computer. And root your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, you can take a look at our article to discover the whole process, which is easy to set up.
- Find on the sites that we indicated to you in the first part the ROM that you want to install whether it is an official ROM or a custom ROM, and download it to your computer.
- Finally, remember to save all your data on your computer, or other because installing a ROM on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE will erase all your data.
Flash and install a ROM on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
Now that we have seen all the elements to put in place before starting, all you have to do is start the procedure. Check in a very simple way that your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE is at 100% battery because if it goes out during the procedure it will be unusable. root your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. You can now use the indications below to proceed to the flash of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE:
- Restart your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE in data recovery mode. To do this, check the use button combination on Google by typing "Samsung Galaxy S20 FE recovery mode". In most cases it's volume up + home + power button. However this can change, it is therefore safer to control.
- Once in this mode, use the volume up and down buttons to navigate and select » Wipe data factory reset “, Confirm with the power key. This will have the effect of resetting your smartphone to factory settings.
- Now perform a " Reboot system now "
- On your PC, run the ROOT software you have decided on (we will take the example of Odin here, however, all the software uses very similar functions) and load the ROM file that you have downloaded. In most cases, the file is configured under the extension " tar " or " tar. md5 ". If it happens that in your folder there are several files with these extensions select them all.
- Now check the settings » F. Reset Time "And" Auto Reboot "However, not the option" Division "!
- Connect your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE to your computer via USB.
- Install the drivers using the manufacturer's software. Once finalized you should see go blue » ID: WITH ”On the ROOT software.
- You can start the flash process of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE using the button » START «, Wait between 10 and 20 minutes for the operation to be finalized and for your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE to restart. You should now be able to have your ROM and your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE flashed.
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