Download Nothing Phone 3 Stock Firmware for Unbrick, Root, etc

From this guide, you can download all the released stock firmware for your Nothing Phone 3. But you might be asking this question that what’s the need to manually get hold of the firmware files when we are already getting the OTA updates? Well, that’s a great question, and to answer that, we will be listing a few benefits and use-case scenarios wherein a manual download of the firmware will come in handy. Follow along with us.

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  • Download Nothing Phone 3 Stock Firmware LATEST VERSION OLDER VERSIONS
  • How to Get Init/Boot or Boot File for Rooting

Why Should You Manually Download Firmware?

There are a slew of reasons why you would want to manually grab hold of the firmware files. Let’s have a look at some of the noteworthy ones:

Unbrick Device

If your device is currently in a softbrick or bootloop state, then you can manually flash the stock firmware and bring your device back to life. However, do note that this firmware wouldn’t be able to help you out in case your device gets hard-bricked [when the device is in EDL Mode-Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoaders 9008]. In such scenarios, you’ll have to take the help of a dedicated unbrick tool, which is yet to go live for this device.

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Root Device

You can use the stock firmware and get the init_boot file [for Magisk] or boot.img file [or APatch] so as to root your device.

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Disable Android Verified Boot

In some cases, such as when flashing a GSI ROM, you’ll need to disable the Android Verified Boot. And for that, you would need the vbmeta.img file, which you can get from the stock firmware.

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Fix Partitions

If a partition gets corrupted, you can simply use the file corresponding to that partition and easily fix it. For example, if the boot slot is corrupted, then extract the boot.img from the firmware and flash it via fastboot flash boot boot.img.

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These are just some of the reasons why you would need to download the stock firmware for your Nothing Phone 3; there can be a plethora of others. But without any further ado, let’s now make you aware of the download links.

Download Nothing Phone 3 Stock Firmware

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Credits for all the files and links given below go to XDA Senior Member spike0en

LATEST VERSION

DOWNLOAD: Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700
  • Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700-image-boot.7z
  • Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700-image-firmware.7z
  • Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700-image-logical.7z.001
  • Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700-image-logical.7z.002
  • Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700-image-logical.7z.003
  • Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700-image-logical.7z.004
  • Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700-image-logical.7z.005
  • Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700-image-logical.7z.006

OLDER VERSIONS

Nothing OS VersionBuild No.Incremental OTAFull OTAOTA Images
3.5Metroid-V3.5-250829-1700Metroid_V3.5-250808-1022 -> Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700 // Metroid_V3.5-250801-1847 -> Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700 // Metroid_V3.5-250719-1646 -> Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700 // Metroid_V3.5-250711-2047 -> Metroid_V3.5-250829-1700N/AHere
3.5Metroid-V3.5-250808-1022Metroid_V3.5-250719-1646 -> Metroid_V3.5-250808-1022 // Metroid_V3.5-250711-2047 -> Metroid_V3.5-250808-1022 // Metroid_V3.5-250626-1934 -> Metroid_V3.5-250808-1022 // Metroid_V3.5-250529-1404 -> Metroid_V3.5-250808-1022HereHere
3.5Metroid-V3.5-250801-1847Metroid_V3.5-250719-1646 -> Metroid_V3.5-250801-1847 // Metroid_V3.5-250711-2047 -> Metroid_V3.5-250801-1847 // Metroid_V3.5-250626-1934 -> Metroid_V3.5-250801-1847 // Metroid_V3.5-250626-1934 -> Metroid_V3.5-250801-1847N/AHere
3.5Metroid-V3.5-250719-1646Metroid_V3.5-250711-2047 -> Metroid_V3.5-250719-1646 // Metroid_V3.5-250626-1934 -> Metroid_V3.5-250719-1646 // Metroid_V3.5-250529-1404-> Metroid_V3.5-250719-1646HereHere
3.5Metroid-V3.5-250711-2047Metroid_V3.5-250626-1934 -> Metroid-V3.5-250711-2047 // Metroid_V3.5-250529-1404-> Metroid_V3.5-250711-2047HereHere

How to Get Init/Boot or Boot File for Rooting

If you want to get the init_boot.img or boot.img for rooting via Magisk or APatch, then there’s no need to download the entire firmware. Just download the boot.7Z file from the same firmware that is currently installed on your device [verify it from your device’s Build Number] and extract it. You’ll then get the boot.img and init_boot.img, which can then be used for rooting purposes.

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