"fw" meens firmware. "exe" is for windows and thats an executeable. ".gz-.zip" thats compressed files. ".deb" is Debian, the one with the red swirl. ".dmg" is for Diablo You have to use the .exe flasher thats for windows xp 32bit. About the firmware "fw" you have to find out wich one you are running on your phone. That can be done with the first link in the thread i pointed you to in my first post (thats the one where you type your imei no.) You can find it here if your device still works: field IMEI in Settings > General > About Product Ps: somebody correct me if i'm wrong e: The FW only comes in .bin files and shoud contain to images when unpacked. One for root and one for emmc. So the question for you about the FW is only what FW are you running?