HTC Amaze 4G users seems to be soon gonna get the ICS Love from HTC in the form of ICS Android 4.0 firmware version as in the latest news, the ICS Android 4.0 version of firmware has got leaked. Though it’s not confirmed on whether this will be a probable ICS update which will be officially rolled out or not but you can try out this ICS firmware in your device by just following the simple instructions which are mentioned in this article. As of now there is no ETA on by when this update will be rolled out officially.
Applying this update will require you to root the phone and once you root the device, the warranty will get void. The only way with which you can reclaim back the lost warranty is by re applying the official factory firmware again. You need not root the device if your phone is already on any of the custom ROM firmwares.
Disclaimer: Neither AndroidAdvices, nor developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It’s very unlikely that there will be any issues but just in case if at all there are any issues then we are committed to help you in solving the same.
Pre Requisites:
- Before proceeding, ensure that you have rooted your device and the recovery is installed in your phone. Though the device is not having any recovery installed, then too you can install this firmware.
- Up next you need to back up all the data present in your HTC Amaze 4G as in the due course of this update there is a chance that the data may get lost or corrupted. With the help of below mentioned steps, you can easily backup the data so as to ensure that just in case if the data can be restored easily.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
- Minimum charge left in the device should be at least 60% so as to ensure that device doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of firmware update. Enable the USB Debugging in your HTC Amaze 4G from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. The USB Debugging option should be ticked.
- Disable all the antivirus suites in your computer and uninstall the same in your device as these tools generally tend to interrupt the process of firmware update.
Assuming that you have followed all the instructions mentioned above, it’s time to proceed to next page where we have mentioned a detailed tutorial on how to apply this ICS update in your phone.
