Flash Factory Image on YU Yureka

We have already learned to unlock Yureka's bootloader and to flash a Custom Recovery on Yureka. Now, it's time to learn to flash factory image on YU Yureka. Since Yureka runs on Cyanogen Mod 11, the factory images are provided by Cyanogen. So, basically flashing factory image is same as flashing stock ROM on Yureka or flashing Cyanogen Mod 11 on Yureka.

This tutorial might come in handy at several occasions, especially if you plan to develop on Yureka since flashing factory image resolves many problems.

When and why to flash factory image on YU Yureka?

• If your phone messes up.
• Bad battery backup.
• Bad App installation causing many problems on Yureka.
• Messed up recovery.
• ...etc..

WARNING

Flashing Factory image on YU Yureka wipes all the data on Internal Memory. So, backup all necessary files.
Before extracting the Factory Image for YU Yureka, verify its MD5 checskum.

Requirements

1. YU Yureka
2. Factory image (XNPH05Q) (or the latest)
3. USB Cable
4. PC
5. Fastboot package :-
• Windows
• Mac
• Linux

Steps

1. Extract Fastboot Package to a folder on C: drive.
2. Extract the Factory image for Yureka in the same folder as Fastboot package so that boot.img and fastboot.exe are in the same folder.
3. Shut down Yureka.
4. Enter Fastboot Mode on Yureka by holding the Power up button while connecting the phone to your PC with a USB cable. LED will show Red during this process.
5. Start the flashing process by double clicking flash-all.bat (for Windows), flash-all.command (for Mac) or flash-all.sh (for Linux).
6. Once flashing is over, the Command Windows will close.
7. Unplug Yureka and boot manually.