The time has arrived for Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 Pro users to install Official Android 4.0.3 ICS firmware update on their devices. I know most of the users are you thinking how to install it right? Then we have prepared a detailed tutorial procedure on below. Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 Pro was upgraded version of his older brother Ideos X5 U8800 and it was launched in April, 2011. It was shipped with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread OS. Recently Huawei Company has released Official Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich ICS update for Ideos X5 U8800 Pro in June month with many bug fixes and also added new features. Sad news is they didn’t release the update via OTA (over the air); users must download the ICS rom file from the official website and install it manually. The phone has 800 MHz processor and Adreno 200 GPU that is supporting ICS well. Check out the detailed list of new features below added on this Android ICS firmware for Huawei Ideos X5 Pro:
Huawei UI Smart dialing feature
Huawei UI Smart search for contacts
Added Microsoft Exchange synchronization
Optimize the boot speed
Optimize the GPS speed
Support the WPS feature (Wi-Fi)
Enhanced WI-FI wireless performance
DLNA Support
File manager Support for file browse, more convenient for find files
Improved Huawei User Interface UI, which improves the charge design when phone has power off.
Now Camera Supports ‘Camera UI Style’, Autofocus and Touch Focus
Camera also supports HDR Feature, Panorama mode Feature
Optimize Power-Off Alarm
Warning: This article is only meant for educational purpose. Therefore, neither we nor the developer should be held liable for any damages caused to your phone while following the methods and procedures. This procedure will not void your warranty, so you can claim your warranty back when going to huewai service center.
Pre-Requisites:
1. The methods and procedures in this article should only be tried only on Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 Pro.
2. Ensure that there is at least 70% or more charge with your device, so that there is no Power interruption during the process.
3. Please backup all essential data’s on your phone, to assure that there will be no data loss during the process.
4. Disable all Security programs like Firewall and Antivirus from your computer and uninstall the same from your phone, as these security programs generally tend to interrupt the process.
5. Enable USB Debugging in your Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 Pro from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. The option of USB Debugging should be ticked.
6. There is no need of rooting the device for installing this rom.
6. There is no need of rooting the device for installing this rom.
Steps and Procedure to Install Official Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich firmware on Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 Pro:
1. Download the Official Ice Cream Sandwich firmware package for your Ideos X5 U8800 Pro device from here to your computer. The file name was HUAWEI Ideos X5 firmware( U8800pro_Android 4.0_V100R001C00B926_Normal).zip and size will be 356MB.
2. Now, connect your device to the PC via original USB cable. Make sure you have all necessary drivers installed in your PC for your device.
3. Extract the downloaded zip file then you will get dload folder and copy that ‘dload’ folder into the root directory of your phone micro SD card.
4. Now, turn off your device and then turn it on again and there would be Android Robot on the screen which indicates that the installation process of the ROM has been started successfully. On successful completion of the installation you will get “OK” on the screen.
5. Remove the SD card of the phone after verifying the installation was successful and then press Power button to reboot the device and land onto the latest Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich firmware.
Note: If you get a “FAIL” message during the process of installation. Kindly follow the steps again to install the firmware on your device.
That’s all; you’ve successfully installed latest firmware Android 4.0.3 V100R001C00B926 on your Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 Pro. Share your experience with us and let us know your issues, we are here to help you always.
Hi! I am just wondering. There are 3 dload maps on offical zip file. You are writing about on. But anyway I somehow managed tu get ICS working, but there is a big problemm. If I run it without sim card it works fine (setup, and all apss), but when i run it with sim card it restarts when the gsm network turns on. Help pls!
ReplyDeleteyou are saying that phone runs good without sim card right? when you put GSM sim card the phone is restarting automatically?
ReplyDeleteMoreover i want feedback of this ics update. The phone runs fast without lagging and how was the battery life any improvement?
really it works
ReplyDeleteI received the FAIL message during the installation, when I attempted to power it on again nothing happen. Can someone explain?
ReplyDeletehave you followed all steps correctly? better to try once again from the starting.
ReplyDeletecomputer won't even acknowledge my phone when I connect it, I can't even enter the boot loader.
ReplyDeleteRemove SD card and Sim card once. then power on the device hope this will work for you.
ReplyDeleteFirst turn on the phone by press and holding all three phsycial buttons volume up+volume down+on/off button you should see pink screen. if you done it let me know i will provide you next step.
ReplyDeleteFirst turn on the phone by press and holding all three phsycial buttons volume up+volume down+on/off button you should see pink screen. if you done it let me know i will provide you next step.
ReplyDeletei had same prob and did this above step yea i can see pink screen plz guide me about next step
i have same problem and did check its pink screen , please guide me for further steps
ReplyDeletenow connect your device with PC. It will show the mass storage on your Computer.
ReplyDeletei have connected it to the pc yes it showed me a drive
ReplyDeletein that there is a folder named image and that contains some files
kindly tell me next remaining steps
thanx in advance
download the recovery.img from below link. http://goo.gl/8Yrp5. Open the image folder there you see already recovery file delete it first. Now copy the downloaded recovery.img into image folder.
ReplyDeleteStart the phone in recovery mode Volume Up + Power buttons together. Hold the keys down until you can see boot logo.
same thing happened same message is appearing on cell phone which I sent you in mail
ReplyDeleteI tried folowing your instructions, I think my phone might be bricked. It won't respond to button sequence or when I try to charge it.
ReplyDeletedear m very happy that you are helping me ....
ReplyDeletei require some assistance instantly , on this forum we are not able to sync time so that i could do as you say as fast as possible . can you do me a favor to having a little chat at any time when you are available .
I shall be very thankful to you .
May I know that does this Official Android 4.0.3 ICS firmware update work on older brother Ideos X5 U8800 phone as well?
ReplyDeletewe found 3 step with 3 dload which one we must extract and copy to sd card/ phone
ReplyDeleteThis update will not work on Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 model.
ReplyDeletecopy the dload folder which contains more size in MB.
ReplyDeleteDo you know where I can find drivers for HUAWEI U8800 PRO? I can not upgrade without them.
ReplyDeleteI mean the driver "android adapter" is missing.
ReplyDeleteHere go download HUAWEI Ideos X5 U8800 PRO usb drivers with pc suite for windows. http://goo.gl/jqPpk
ReplyDeleteWith this driver my phone appears as a optical drive... I don't know what to do.
ReplyDeletei don't know what do you want exactly. have you downloaded and copied the firmware package into your Phone micro sd card?
ReplyDeleteHi i managed to install this rom but you need to do it in 3 steps ( there should be a guide included with the rom package ) .. u need to copy the dload folder from each step to the root of ur sdcard one step at a time and you have to restart holding all physical buttons together .. it works perfectly and but its a little heavy on the memory .. you get a very few ram left .. alsothe launcher sucks ... get apex or nova from play store , it also helped with the memory
ReplyDeleteI too updated few days back and it worked wonder..
ReplyDeleteWhat to do:
1. Take backup and export to memory card for contacts/sms etc.
2. Download the patch from Huawei site.
3. After extracting: there are 3 dload folders. The dload(/update2) is bigger of all in size. So basically this is the main ICS file.
4. Now copy dload one by one and do software update using memory card. If you have memory card reader then excellent.
5. First update dload/update1 and when you installation complete, your mobile will restart, remove battery then only to avoid restart and Copy dload/update2 as written in Huawei document. Now it will update well.
6. After this copy dload/update3 and then restart. All are done without any lag. Finally, Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 Pro will be loaded with Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich ICS.
I have downloaded and installed in my ideos x5 pro. i have followed all the steps but when i tried to upgrade its showing that the upgrade package is not detected. confirm the upgrade package,andthen perform the upgrade.
ReplyDeleteDidn't work me with SD-card at all. I tested 3 SD-cards. Just update phone using phone own internal memory, not (external)memory card. Start with dload 1 and go through all three dload directories files. Lot of booting and coping, but working ;-)
ReplyDelete@Sudheer when you download the firmware package their you will get text file which contain instructions for installing ics on Ideos X5 Pro.
ReplyDeleteI have downloaded the firmware package from official website and followed instructions.but .APP files are not reading. In my phone.please help. When I tried its showing unable to open
ReplyDeleteThere is no .app extension support for android OS. Only .apk files will work.
ReplyDeleteBut the package from Huewei is coming only as upgrade.app.all the three folders contains upgrade.app
ReplyDeleteSudheer follow my guide if you have memory card reader. So it will be more easy to copy one by one dload folders into sd card.
ReplyDeleteFirst copy the dload/update1 file into phone sd card storage. Turn off the device and again turn on installation process will start automatically and when the installation is complete. Your mobile will going to be restart, remove battery then only to avoid the restart.
2. Again Copy dload/update2 as written in Huawei document. Now it will update as well.
3. At last copy dload/update3 to sd card. Then restart the device. that's it.
Thank you joseph. its working well.Only problem is some times phone restarts automatically. The cloud storage is not available like in 2.3.5 and is there any news about upgrade to jelly bean 4.1
ReplyDeleteAt present there is no news about updating Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 Pro to Jelly Bean OS. You have wait for official announcement from Huawei company.
ReplyDeletehello.
ReplyDeleteI cant download any rom from the website (official one). I need 2.3 gingerbread and the 4.0 ICS roms.
If anyone still has the rom laying about your PCs could you send it to me by e-mail please? (wetransfer.com is a good option). My e-mail is zell.rainbow@gmail.com
The download is no more available on the official website :( any other means we can upgrade to ICS ?
ReplyDeleteHuawei has removed the file. There is no point in struggling for upgrade.
ReplyDeleteAwait till the next official release.
Well I've tryed several times without any luck. All I get is an error in dload-folder:
ReplyDeleteindex 0 EBR not same
index 455 not same--old:e4,new:04
index 456 not same--old:01,new:00
parti err,new startsec=0x1e4a8,old=0x4a8;size:new=0x6000,old=0x6000
index 7 EBR not same
index 460 not same--old:08,new:0c
new partition program is diffrent with current used .
new partition is ok, update begin...
update new partition ok.
The update partion process success!
dload_sd_ram_data_proc->(retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!
index 0 EBR not same
index 455 not same--old:e4,new:04
index 456 not same--old:01,new:00
parti err,new startsec=0x1e4a8,old=0x4a8;size:new=0x6000,old=0x6000
index 7 EBR not same
index 460 not same--old:08,new:0c
new partition program is diffrent with current used .
new partition is ok, update begin...
update new partition ok.
The update partion process success!
dload_sd_ram_data_proc->(retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!
dload_sd_ram_data_proc->(retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!
I've placed dload in internal memory - folder is deleted automatically.
Phone is somewhat unusable, because every software will crash after a while. Not able to use wi-fi anymore. I've uninstalled every afterwards installed software.
Please help!
it appears for me the pink screen but no drive is appearing on the computer
ReplyDeletewhat can i do??
Hi, is there any way to put android 4.0 ics on my huawei x5 u8800? but mine is not the pro phone.
ReplyDeletethere is no official ics update for X5 u8800 but custom ics roms are available for you. Go and check out on xda forum blog.
ReplyDeleteJoukke you need to place dload folder in sd card storage not in internal memory.
ReplyDeleteI have tried to find out how to install a custom rom, but i can not find out how..???
ReplyDeleteI can put my phone into recovery mode "the pink screen"? But the drive appears for it in my computer.
i have the Ideos X5 U8800, no pro,can i put the 4.0 in to it?
ReplyDeleteyou can put Android 4.0 ICS on Ideos X5 U8800 device.
ReplyDelete@Pete how you rooted the device?
ReplyDeleteI now know how to install the CWM file, and how to root my phone :-)
ReplyDeleteI had to down grade back to 2.2.2 froyo to be able to see the PINK SCREEN drive on my computer.
What i would love full help with: Is the steps to install android 4.0 ICS on my U8800 PLEASE
sure we will love to help you, we are on the way to provide the tutorial for installing android 4.0 ICS on U8800.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid this is very confusing.
ReplyDeleteThe download from Huawei's web site has a folder called "kernel" and a bunch of folders under that. There are now "dload" or "update" folders.
Would you please explain clearly what needs to be done. I have read the post a couple of times as well as all the comments but I do not see a match with what I have downloaded from the web site and what you have here.
This is the file I downloaded (link in blog post above): http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDYyNzQ=
I did the upgraded but it failed... so i removed the battery and restarted, but nothing! i tried to press all phisical button as someone just said but still nothing it seems totally dead, pls help me :'(
ReplyDeletehave you getting any pink screen while power on the device.
ReplyDeletei cant download it on my computer? why?
ReplyDeleteDear shenoyjoseph,
ReplyDeleteI am really need your kind help, Please bro help me in this issue.
I update this firmware with my Huwaei u8800 ( not pro). While updating
it struck in the middle of process. I just removed battery that it.
Now there is no power in my phone. Please suggest me what i have to do now. Thanks in advance.
connect the device to PC via USB Cable. It will be going to charge the battery for power on the mobile.
ReplyDeleteHi Joseph,
DeleteHow do I know which is my root directory for my SD card?
just open sd card directory and paste the file that's it.
DeleteShenoyjoseph,
ReplyDeleteI think you have not got what i am saying.
1> My mobile is Huwaei u8800 idoes x5 and i updated with Huwaei u8800 pro frimware which offical released from Huwaei for pro mobile.
2> They have clearly mentioned that if you updated this rom with Huwaei u8800 your phone will not power on.
3> Even dough i try this frimware finally my phone slee.
4> It not turning on charge,battery, or connect to pc. I try in many ways finally i giveup.
5> I try to speak huwaei costumer care but no reply from there.
Please Shenoyjoseph i am sure that you can help me in this case.
Highly appreciated for your quick and rapid reply.
we clearly mentioned these update will only works on ideos x5 Pro then why did you tried on Ideos X5. Even i don't have solution for this problem give me some time i will going to search on android forum blogs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your words...! that you will try i am sure and i hope you will fix this issue.
ReplyDeleteThanks again.
http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDY3NTU%3D
ReplyDeleteNew update ! :D
Can you tell me how can I update my phone huawei u 8800 ? :)
thanks in advance :D
Disculpe, alguien puede decirme si es puro en ingles la ROMS o viene para español.
ReplyDeletecan u make video of the update procedure and make it to public ,it would be very useful.
ReplyDeleteyes i m also thinking to provide the video tutorial. I saw most of the users bricked their devices by installing the latest android 4.0 ICS update Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 Pro.
ReplyDeleteWhats the next step after geting the pink screen pink screen....is it a postive sign for installation?
ReplyDeletethere is a new update Huawei Ideos X5 Pro ? Old link does not work. plase help me quickly !!
ReplyDeletedon't know what happened to Huawei official blog their stopped downloading update ROM's.
ReplyDeletei have u8800pro i tryd to update 1step it show fail i was trying to switch off and nothing so i pulld the battery out put it back in nothing happens cant turn it on no pink screens and 3 buttons dosnt work why i even pull the battery out and plug it in and still nothing ? what can i do ?
ReplyDeleteI tried to ugrade my u8800pro earlier from froyo to gingerbread, using official huawei release and following instructions, result - phone was hard bricked >:( Don't trust to one "instructor in ugrade", read more forums, suggestions, instructions, etc.
ReplyDeletedear Sir...
ReplyDeletei'm from india,
i can't download from this link:
http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDYyNzQ=
IT SAYS: "Sorry! This page is not available. "
please give me another link
Huawei servers are not working fine. Hope they can rectify this issue as soon as possible.
ReplyDeletewell i cant access the pink screen of recovery..
ReplyDeletei have this log
index 0 EBR not same
index 455 not same--old:e4,new:04
index 456 not same--old:01,new:00
parti err,new startsec=0x1e4a8,old=0x4a8;size:new=0x6000,old=0x6000
new partition same as old.
The update partion process success!
SD download finished!
on my dload folder and actually i cant do anything cause it seems like a boot loop..
when i press the volume up and down buttons there is a bar loading but nothing happens..
any suggestions?
Joseph: They have released a new version of ICS.. so the old one is being stopped.Check their global device site.. have you uploaded the video of this upgrade install procedure? If yes,then please provide the link.
ReplyDeleteStill Huawei official site is down, they stopped downloading firmwares for all of their devices for certain time.
ReplyDeleteMay i know the latest version number of ICS update?
I'm currently running android 4.0.4 ics aurora 5, update 14. But on u8800 not pro
ReplyDeletei had problem with update :(
ReplyDeletewhen updating phone showed Failed and then no reaction cant turn on cant conect to pc. what should i do? repplay fast :)
I hawing problem with instaling android! i can t tur it on!
ReplyDeletewhat to do??
This is the latest version for download,
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDY1NTY=
is the installation procedure the same? and are you making a video?
i updated to ics 4.0.3 ,
ReplyDeletebut how to root it?
Go to settings->About phone-> tell me the baseband version which you are currently using.
ReplyDelete203026
Deletemine 404029, i whant to root it.
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to update my phone for few months, but can't download any single file from their official site.
ReplyDeleteI CANT DOWNLOAD THE FILE NOW.... IS IT STILL AVALIABLE IN THE WEBSITE OR CAN YOU PROVIDE ME THE ALTERNATE LINK FOR THE FILE
ReplyDeleteplease guide me when I download 4.0.1 update from the above live which is called "here" when I click "here" it appear the next page ,where it 4.0.1 update and below is "download" when I click on it say me {page not found ,after 5 sec you will be return your previous page} I tried my best to get it but I`m invain please show me other website where I can download this update and this will thanks alot to you if you can replay me I shall be thankful to you , my facebook ID is
ReplyDeleteFutureman_2000@yahoo.com and Google ID Zabihullahkhan98@gmail.com please Help and must help
Download HUAWEI Ideos X5 U8800pro firmware Android 4.0.3 update build version number V100R001C00B928 General Version from here http://goo.gl/AVYBz
ReplyDeletei have installed android 4.0.3 and it works perfectly but sometimes phone hang and i want now to downgrade it to android 2.3 .....
ReplyDeletei can i do this???
i updated my phone but now it will restart again again jst showing huawei logo
ReplyDeletetake out the battery, SIM and memory card. Again keep only the battery back to the device and power on the phone. It will boot into Android 4.0.3 without restarting at huawei logo.
ReplyDeleteSo, Shenoy have you prepared the video tutorial for this. It would be really helpful if u do this.
ReplyDeleteMany people like i can turn on the phone, and no pink screen, nothink, so do you know what to do, or phone is brokes for ever??? Please answer fast! :(
ReplyDeleteHi, I upgraded my U8800 pro to ICS 4.0.3 baseband version 404029, the upgrade went without a hitch BUT since then I have realy bad battery drain it goes dead flat within 1 day. I have tried all I can think of even buying a new battery but to no avail. Can you help at all, if not is it possible to reinstall the old version.
ReplyDeleteThanking you in advance.
octebra
Octebra you can downgrade to Android Gingerbread 2.3.6. I will post detailed tutorial on it. Check out my blog everybody for that article.
ReplyDeletehello, where is the root menu in the phones sd card i can't find it
ReplyDeleteHi, Shenoy Joseph, like one of the previous users, i have downloaded "HUAWEI Ideos X5 firmware(U8800pro,Android 4.0,V100R001C00B928,General Version)" from the Huawei site. But the file types in the folders named Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3 are update.app not apk!! So nothing happens when I copy them to the phones SD card and restart. so I am stuck there. Please help!!!
ReplyDeletesame here! can anyone help ?
ReplyDeleteactually i have same problem but it says
ReplyDeleteerror
the document cannit be
opened because it is not a
valid PDF document
hello guys can i save my phone now?? i start normally the program , but i get a lot of restart without oppening ? what i can do ecept from the pink screen beacose i try it and nothing happen in my phone , i push volume up and shut down button but nothing happen is like no feels , after i push all buttons together and i get pink screen , i follow the steps tha shyno share , i change recovery.img again nothing happen , can someone help me to reboot or do somthing to be my huawei like new , yester day i get it back from tecnisial but my wifi was not working , and i was thinkink that i can reapear it by my self :/ now is out of order please help ! :/
ReplyDeleteWorks great for me !,Thnx.
ReplyDeleteShit phone dont try to upgrade !!!
ReplyDeleteI just purchased an Huawei 8800-51. I assume, since there is no designation on the box of "pro" that this isn't a Huawei Pro, that I therefore cannot safely load Android Ice Cream on it. Is that correct. Should I be peeved that I was sold an older model phone by Consumer Cellular, or?
ReplyDeleteDon't do it yourself if you don't know how to update the device to Android 4.0.4 ICS. Better to go Huawei service center and ask them to update the device latest Android OS.
DeleteHey, i followed all steps well and when i started software upgrade, my phone restarted automatically and not upgraded. tell me wht to do
ReplyDeleteHi, my phone is not Ideos X5, its just Huawei U8800pro, can I upgrade it with this?
ReplyDeleteSaleh
Successfully upgraded my U8800 Pro today afternoon.
ReplyDeleteFor all those who have some doubts, just download the firmware from the followin link.
http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/downloadCenter.do?method=index&type=software
download HUAWEI Ideos X5 firmware(U8800pro,Android 4.0,V100R001C00B928,General Version)
Extact the file, u shall see a PDF with instructions.
Just follow those instructions and enjoy.
bro can u help me to upgrade this u8800pro? do we need to root it?
DeleteNo need to root the device. Just download the firmware and there was PDF file inside the folder follow the instructions and update to Android ICS 4.0.3.
DeleteHola, me ha dado fallo al actualizar el step 1 y ahora no se enciende ni nada.
ReplyDeleteTenia el android 2.2, seria por eso?
Buenas, al actualizar el step 1 me dio fallo, solo pode sacar la batería para apagar lo y ahora no se enciende.
ReplyDeleteSaludos.
¿Tiene solución?
plse i try to many times to update but i can not update i try normal & force install but can not for force coming pink color only
ReplyDeletemy keeps failing at 2/2
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeletei tried to upgrade Huawei ideos u8800 pro to ics. i unfortunately copied the update.app from the step 2 folder and upgraded i got successfull msg and restarted that time it only shows the Huawei logo i tried the force to upgrade mode by replcing the update.app with the step1 update.app and also with step3 update.app, but it shows the update failed. i downloaded 2.3 version and tried kept in the sdcard and tried still it is not taking that version also, what can i do now...
i have followed all the steps
ReplyDeletebut when i tried to upgrade its showing
that the upgrade package is not detected.
confirm the upgrade package,andthen
perform the upgrade.please help me!!!!!!
OK copy the update package into the phone internal memory rather than SD card. Follow the procedure and let me know if it didn't work for you then i will find another solution.
DeleteI installed but when reboot just huawei logo that appears.please help me!!I can not enter into recovery mode and when I got pink screen mode the removable disk no longer appears,please help me mr.shenoy joseph
ReplyDeleteI have upgraded to 4.0.3 but wifi is not working. How can I fix this?
ReplyDeleteThank you.
I tired. How to download 4.0.3
ReplyDeleteI tired How to download 4.1.3
ReplyDeleteHow to download 4.1.3
ReplyDelete