It wasn’t extremely difficult!
I am not saying you have to be an expert on Android, but it does help! I didn’t have to do some things that would actually make it easier for me to install Android 2.3.7 but the hard part was first you will definately need to root and possibly unlock your cell phone! I did have a few hiccups when it came to installing this new Android operating system. In this little tutorial I will be discussing how to do that! In case some of you were curious, I am using the HTC Inspire that I unlocked and rooted a few weeks ago!
After Unlocking and Rooting the Device!
You have several options available to you. You could just leave it that way and use it with any carrier you may want to use or you could add Ice Cream Sandwich to your newly unlocked and rooted phone. I will say that doing this may void your warranty of the phone in question, so it is best to only do this with phones that have no warranty that way if you brick your phone then having to worry about paying for it out of pocket if it is under warranty! So I leave that up to you and I will make sure to tell you, I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. You do this at your own risk.
Download the ROM Manager!
This is how I did to install the Android Ice Cream Operating System, but others may have their own way. Some of the more user friendly ROM managers are:
- ROM Manager by Clockworkmod — I used this one to make to upgrade my phone to ICE Sandwich, I used my HTC Inspire which now my phone tells me it is a HTC Desire. Guess they used the same hardware just changed the name! On a Side note, if you need to boot into recovery Mode, just press POWER+Volume down. (You should clear cache, data, and something else but can’t remember on my HTC Inspire!)
- Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap by Clockworkmod — Haven’t used this but it is again by the same company so it must be decent enough!
- ROM Toolbox Lite by JRummy16 — Another one that I haven’t tried but looks promising!
These are just three that I’ve found but you must know that their are probably a dozen more ones out there that you may want to try. These are just recommendations on which ones that I have used or might try later on!
Last step!
The last step is to find your mod that you are wanting to install and install it. I used the Cynagenmod for my chance to have the Ice Cream Sandwich update, but it is totally up to you what mod you may want to install. You just have to remember to backup your data that you think is the most important and remember that you have to pick carefully what you want to install and hope that it won’t brick your phone. Which may be a possiblity, although unlikely.
Paul Sylvester
