Firmware Downloader

If you own an older mobile phone, you are either a nostalgic who keeps its old devices like a museum exhibit or your phone just doesn't work anymore due to a hardware malfunction or, if you're lucky, a software issue.

If you're among the latter and your device just needs a little bit of a software makeover (such as replacing its firmware), you may be even luckier than you thought, since nowadays you can find your missing firmware at a press of a button. Or two. Firmware Downloader is one of the apps that can help you do so.

This application, as its name strongly suggests, can help you identify firmware files on the Internet for your specific mobile phone and download them to your computer so that you can attempt to restore your non-functioning device to its former glory.

The process seems really uncomplicated and easy at first, but the application actually serves as a collection of links to the firmware files you need, and getting to them can take quite some time, given that they're heavily guarded by link shortening services and ads.

We couldn't help but notice that although having such a program in your computer can be highly beneficial for you, especially if you aim to use the files it gives you access to for restoring old mobile phones, it lacks some big names from the list.

When you decide to perform a lookup, you need to select a "type" from the list (actually it's the brand you have to select) and the "model" from the second combo menu, after which you hit the "search" button and double-click the desired firmware from the large section below.

If you are in need of firmware files for your old mobile device, maybe Firmware Downloader can help you. It lacks a bunch of names from its supported devices menus and the download links are double- or triple-redirected by link shorteners, but ultimately it gets the job done.