With the announcement of Kitkat 4.4.4 firmware update, here comes an all new firmware update for Oppo Find 7A smartphones as well. So just in case if you are surprised on whether this update is pushed by the official means, then wait! This Update will be fulfilled by the AOKP nightly. While, there is no ETA on by when this firmware update will be pushed officially, all thanks to the AOKP developers who has made this update into a reality. So after checking out on what are the list of quick pre requisites mentioned below, we will be checking out on what are the instructions with which you can apply this update.
With the finesse of Cyanogen MOD goodies and Google Apps, this update will be a sheer delight to use.
Quick Change Log:
- Head up notifications
- Auto Immersive Mode
- Option to disable fullscreen keyboard
- NFC Polling Mode
- Lockscreen rotate option
- CRT screen off animation modes
- Option to enable/disable menu unlock
- Lots of bugfixes and device updates
Quick Pre Requisites:
- Create a backup of all the Data in your Oppo Find 7a Android Phone manually with the help of below mentioned manual steps. Apart from the below mentioned steps, make sure that you are also creating a backup of all the Chat Messengers data as it will also be wiped off after rooting the device.
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”
- In your Oppo Find 7a, enable the USB Debugging Mode from “Menu > Settings > Applications > Development option”. Minimum battery left in your Oppo Find 7a Android Phone should be > 50% or else the device might just get turn Off in the middle of firmware update process.
- Download “Root Checker” app from Google PLAY Store to check on whether your device is rooted or not. Just in case if your device is not rooted, you need to root the same with the help of below mentioned link;
How to Root Oppo Find 7a Android Phone – Guide
Disclaimer: We should not be held responsible / liable in any manner for the damage happened to your Oppo Find 7a Android Phone due to not following instructions.
Let’s head over to the next step where we have mentioned the detailed guide which will help you update the device with this awesome kitkat 4.4.4 firmware update.
Procedure to Update Oppo Find 7a with Kitkat 4.4.4 Firmware Update:
- Download the Kitkat 4.4.2 Firmware package and Google Apps Package from here to your commuter. After downloading the two files, you need to connect your device to the computer with the original USB cable and place the same in your device.
- Turn Off your Oppo Find 7a so that it can be entered in the recovery mode. To enter into recovery mode, power off your device, now press Volume Down and Power buttons altogether until you see the TWRP recovery.
- In recovery mode, select Clear Data” and “Wipe Cache” to clear the data and wipe the cache present in your phone. This step makes sure that all the data in your device gets wiped off for better performance of the device.
- Once the data is cleared, select the option of “install zip from sd card” and then select the firmware zip file which you have placed in the device and then followed by the Google Apps Package. It will take around 4 -5 minutes to apply both the zip files in your device.
- Once done, select “go back” and choose the option of “reboot in normal mode” for rebooting the device normally. Please note that it may sometime take more than 4 -5 minutes for rebooting the device in the normal mode.
Note: If at all your Oppo Find 7a gets in the boot loop sequence then you need to turn off the device and then reapply the update from the start. To turn off you can reinsert the battery or say you can long press the power button.
Do let us know once you in the comments section below on how you felt about this new update after applying in your device. We will be very soon coming up with the new firmwares for your Oppo Find 7a device.
