Tecno finally released Marshmallow for the Tecno Camon C8. The Marshmallow update was taken down shortly after it was released because it had a lot of bugs but we have the download link for those who want to try or Mod it anyway. We’d released a guide on upgrading Tecno C8 to HIOSÂ so you might want to give it a shot if the Marshmallow update is way too buggy for you.
How to upgrade Tecno Camon C8 to Android 6 (Marshmallow)
- If you have rooted the phone then unroot it using the guide at https://www.hovatek.com/blog/how-to-unroot-a-mediatek-android-phone-in-order-to-successfully-install-an-ota-update. See how to root Android if you don’t know what rooting is
- Download the Tcard / SDcard format of the Tecno C8 Marshmallow update at https://hovatek.com/redirect.php?link=https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B0NGrHFUF1GbeFBmdkd2MV9EMFk&export=download
- Save the zip file to the root directory of the SD card i.e, copy directly, do not place inside any folder, do not unzip
- Switch off the phone then boot the phone into recovery mode using Volume up + Power button (See https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-479.html )
- In recovery mode, you use the Volume up buttons to scroll and Power button to select
- Select Install Zip from SD card
- Select the zip file you downloaded and Yes to confirm flashing
- Reboot the phone once done and confirm that the update was successful under Settings > About
Questions
Do I have to unroot before flashing the zip file?
Its highly recommended to unroot before flashing such zip files
Is this the long awaited Marshmallow (Android 6.0) update for Tecno C8?
Yes, just might be a bit buggy
I got an error while updating in recovery mode, what do I do?
Ensure the phone has been unrooted, is running on stock recovery
This update has bugs / I don’t like it, how do I revert?
The guide at https://www.hovatek.com/blog/how-to-downgrade-a-mediatek-android-phone will help with that
Hovatek….just a button away!
And it’s fantastic…. And it seems to be d bugless version… Because everything seems so perfect
bro.. how did you go about it? i’ve been trying to install mine since time immemorial but no luck. please tell me what you did differently. i have same firmware as you did. C8-H352-A2-L-20160118. exactly this same one.
Now installed successfully…. Though I installed d zip from http://download.tecno-mobile.com/C8/Tcard_update_20160425.zip
I will try this out.
Lets know how it goes
How about for the Phantom 5?
Not yet available
Finally, I have been waiting for this update for a long time
I wonder what took so long for them
Lol
Tried it b4… Removed hios and tried installing marshmallow… Same thing… “Installation aborted”
We’ll work on an SP flash tool ROM dump
I ma sure they were trying to fix some things
Done that… Didn’t work
Ok
But after installing that…. D marshmallow update refused to install…
Try removing HIOS by flashing back the firmware
Na wa o. Chai
Yea… I rooted it as at when it was still C8-H352-A2-L-2016-20160118 but unrooted by flashing system, boot and recovery with sp flashtool…. Then upgraded back to C8-H352-A2-L-2016-20160118 via Ota update b4 installing d 28mb HIOS update
Flash back the firmware, install necessary OTA’s then flash the Marshmallow update directly instead of HIOS
It was C8-H352-A2-L-20160118 b4 I applied d HIOS update
ok