Once you have rooted your Android phone, you are really impressed in some custom ROMs. Many people are really impressed in the flashing custom ROMs but are not sure how to get started.We are going to work through the primary steps in flashing custom ROMs.The mobile phone should be rooted to be able to follow the steps for this guide. In case your phone is not rooted, it will result to a failure and not be successful. There are several rooting guides for all the Android phones – go on and keep on searching for a rooting guide for your mobile phone.
Flashing a custom ROM method into your phone varies a little for some particular mobile phone, but the usual steps are commonly similar.
Disclaimer- In case you decide to follow the steps in this guide we will not be liable for any untoward that might happen to your phone!
- Proceed to Xda-forums.com with the use of your Android phone keep on finding your phone on the website. Now, you must open the improvement fix for a specific handset. When you are already there, you must open the posts then look for a ROM you want and load it. In case you find it difficult to select, I suggest that you choose MIUI or Cyanogen Mod 7. These two are widely used and well-known and are being supported by the various developers and users. Nevertheless be advised that custom ROMs like MIUI or Cyanogen Mod 7 do not function in some phone in such case you must select a custom ROM that will function well for your specific device.
- Be sure to boot your handset into recovery. There are several methods to accomplish it. You must be able to keep down the button Power and choose Restart >Recover. When that does not function, then proceed and download ROM Manager to the Android Market. When the installation is finished, open ROM Manager and choose ‘Reboot into Recovery’. That will do it and allow you to reboot your phone into the recovery menu. When you are on the menu recovery, employ the Volume keys to maneuver through the options and let the Power button to choose an option.
- You must select ’Wipe’ from the recovery menu, after that wipe these: dalvik cache_ factory reset-and cache. If you are finished, then select ‘Return.’
- You must be back now on the menu main to recovery. And from there, maneuver to Flash zip from SDCard > Choose zip from SDCard >Download. You must now find the ROM that you have downloaded. Then choose the ROM and validate that you want to flash this ROM.
- If the flashing of the ROM is completed, choose Return >Reboot system. The ROM you have chosen will start to load. This will take some time to finish and do not worry if your phone is still booting within 5 minutes. But if booting is not complete for about twenty minutes then ask for help.
- When your ROM has finished booting, proceed to the setting up process and relish your ROM.