Crucial Warning: Check your exact board revision before flashing. Standard F100S handsets use motherboard GBL7370A01_A, F100SL units use GBL7370D01_A, and F100SD units use SW17G11A01_A. Mixing these scatter files can cause touchscreen driver incompatibility or display blackouts. Never select "Format All + Download" in SP Flash Tool, as this wipes factory NVRAM and removes device baseband calibrations.
Download Firmware for Gionee F100S
Gionee_F100S_MT6737T_GBL7370A01_A_T2149_230118.zip
Latest official factory scatter package for Gionee F100S hardware revision GBL7370A01_A. Includes raw partition images and scatter file.
⬇️ Download via Google DriveGionee_F100S_MT6737T_GBL7370A01_A_T2097_250217_6.0.zip
Official factory maintenance release for board revision GBL7370A01_A. Contains full system, recovery, boot, and preloader images.
⬇️ Download via MediaFireGionee_F100S_MT6737T_GBL7370A01_A_T2031_210916_6.0.zip
Initial production factory scatter package for Gionee F100S board GBL7370A01_A. Ideal for restoring early software baselines.
⬇️ Download via MediaFireGionee_F100SL_MT6737T_GBL7370D01_A_T4589_231117.zip
Official factory scatter package specifically targeted for Gionee F100SL variant with motherboard revision GBL7370D01_A.
⬇️ Download via MediaFireGionee_F100SD_MT6737T_SW17G11A01_A_T2041_231117.zip
Official factory scatter package dedicated to the Gionee F100SD variant based on motherboard revision SW17G11A01_A.
⬇️ Download via MediaFireFlashing Overview for Gionee F100S
- Download and extract the verified matching F100S scatter ZIP file to C:\f100s_fw
- Install MediaTek USB VCOM and Preloader drivers on your Windows PC
- Run SP Flash Tool as Administrator and load MT6737T_Android_scatter.txt
- Confirm the flashing dropdown is set to "Download Only" to safeguard NVRAM
- Click Download, turn off phone, hold Volume Down, and plug in the microUSB cable
Expand preparation checklist for Gionee F100S
- Ensure the removable 2400 mAh battery is charged to at least 40% before beginning.
- Use an authentic microUSB cable connected directly to a rear USB 2.0 port on the computer motherboard.
- Install MediaTek Preloader and MTK USB VCOM drivers on a 64-bit Windows PC.
- Back up contacts, messages, and personal files, as partition flashing erases user storage.
- Extract the firmware archive with 7-Zip or WinRAR to a clean directory without spaces (e.g., C:f100s_fw).
Compatibility & Bootloader Notes
The Gionee F100S uses the 64-bit MediaTek MT6737T architecture, which connects directly to SP Flash Tool in BootROM (BROM) mode without requiring bootloader unlocking. Always flash in "Download Only" mode to keep your original NVRAM calibration and prevent IMEI loss.
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Full step-by-step instructions for Gionee F100S, including prerequisites, error fixes, and screenshots, are on FlashGuideHub's SP Flash Tool guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
These designations represent distinct hardware layout and component revisions for the Gionee F100 series. GBL7370A01_A is the primary mainboard for standard retail F100S units. GBL7370D01_A is designed for the F100SL operator branch with customized RF front-end routing. SW17G11A01_A is an ODM hardware revision produced for the F100SD, utilizing different LCD panel initialization parameters and touch IC drivers. Installing a GBL7370 package on an SW17G11 board can result in touchscreen unresponsiveness or display blackout.
The earlier standard Gionee F100 utilized the base MediaTek MT6735 chipset clocked at 1.3 GHz with an ARM Mali-T720 GPU. The F100S, F100SL, and F100SD upgrade to the higher-clocked MT6737T system-on-chip running four Cortex-A53 cores at 1.45 GHz alongside a faster Mali-T720 MP2 graphics configuration. The preloader boot handshakes and EMI memory timing registers differ between these two chipset generations, making their firmware packages mutually incompatible.
Gionee's software engineering pipeline used build numbering to separate distribution channels. Firmware builds starting with T2 (such as T2031, T2097, and T2149) represent open-market retail software builds without carrier-specific network customizations. Builds designated with T4 (such as T4589) represent telecom operator branches (typically China Telecom / Netcom variants) that integrate specialized baseband band preferences and operator APN profiles.
The Gionee F100S uses a 16GB eMMC 5.0/5.1 flash memory module formatted with MediaTek's standard Master Boot Record (MBR) partition layout. The scatter file coordinates partition offsets for critical boot blocks including preloader (low-level hardware boot handshake), lk (Little Kernel bootloader), boot (kernel and ramdisk), recovery, system (ext4 system OS image), and protected non-volatile data partitions (nvram and protect_f/protect_s) that store radio calibration values.