Flashing instructions For Voltage OS

Flashing Recovery and DTBO:

• boot & vendor_boot.
• dtbo - Only for Android 15 + builds.
• dtbo_a14 - Only for Android 14 builds.

Use a14 dtbo for older, i.e. Android 14 builds, namely VoltageOS v3.7-EOL.

Reboot to fastboot - Hold Volume down button + Power button until fastboot logo appears

Connect your phone to pc and write these commands in your pc's cmd -

fastboot flash boot_a voltage-5.1-veux-20250925-0429-OFFICIAL-boot.img

fastboot flash boot_b voltage-5.1-veux-20250925-0429-OFFICIAL-boot.img

fastboot flash vendor_boot voltage-5.1-veux-20250925-0429-OFFICIAL-vendor_boot.img

fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img

Reboot to recovery - Hold Volume up button + Power button until recovery appears

Flashing Firmware

Firmware - Download your latest regional firmware.

1. Through adb sideload
2. Through SD Card / OTG

1st method

• Select Apply Update

• Select Apply Update from ADB

• Connect your phone to PC

• Type this in your pc's cmd

adb sideload firmware.zip

2nd method

• Select Apply Update

• Select Choose from sdcard

• Select your firmware.zip

Flashing Rom

1. Clean Flash (Vanilla)
2. Clean Flash (Sandbox Gapps)
3. Clean Flash (Normal Gapps)

1st method - Clean Flash (Vanilla)

• Select Apply Update

• Select Apply Update from ADB

• Connect your phone to PC

• Type this in your pc's cmd

adb sideload rom.zip

• Click yes on the prompt that comes after sideloading rom.zip

• Click Factory Reset

• Click Format Data/Factory Reset

• Click Reboot System Now

2nd method - Clean Flash (Sandbox Gapps)

• Select Apply Update

• Select Apply Update from ADB

• Connect your phone to PC

• Type this in your pc's cmd

adb sideload rom.zip

• Click yes on the prompt that comes after sideloading rom.zip

• Click Factory Reset

• Click Format Data/Factory Reset

• Click Reboot System Now

• Download THIS app

• Open the app

• Download this app

• Enjoy rom with Sandbox Gapps

• For more information on Sandbox Gapps - HERE

• For some fixes - HERE

3rd method - Clean Flash (Normal Gapps)

• Select Apply Update

• Select Apply Update from ADB

• Connect your phone to PC

• Type this in your pc's cmd

adb sideload rom.zip

• Click yes on the prompt that comes after sideloading rom.zip

• Select Apply Update

• Select Apply Update from ADB

• Type this in your pc's cmd

adb sideload gapps.zip

• Click Advanced

• Click Reboot to Recovery

• Click Factory Reset

• Click Format Data/Factory Reset

• Click Reboot System Now

Updating ROM -

1. Dirty Flash
2. Through OTA

1st method - Dirty Flash

• Select Apply Update

• Select Apply Update from ADB

• Connect your phone to PC

• Type this in your pc's cmd

adb sideload rom.zip

• Click yes on the prompt that comes after sideloading rom.zip

• Click Reboot System Now

Only if you flashed gapps in clean installation

• Don't Reboot To System

• Select Apply Update

• Select Apply Update from ADB

• Type this in your pc's cmd

adb sideload gapps.zip

• Click Reboot System Now

2nd method - Through OTA

• Tap on Settings -> System -> System updates and download latest build

• Click on Reboot in OTA updater

Flashing different kernel:

If you want to flash different kernel in VoltageOS, you can follow these steps (for Android 16):

• Download vendor_boot.img from HERE

• Reboot to fastboot - Hold Volume down button + Power button until fastboot logo appears

• Connect your phone to PC

• Type this in your pc's cmd

fastboot flash vendor_boot voltage-5.1-kernel-flash-vendor_boot.img

• Reboot to recovery - Hold Volume up button + Power button until recovery appears

• Flash your desired kernel

• Click Reboot System Now

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