Pre-requisites:
- There is a high chance of losing your entire phone’s data in this process, so you need to put a backup for all your data so that you can restore it back after the process.
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 are responsible to access the internet and MMS services, so you need to copy those settings from this path. “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
- Make sure that your phone’s battery has a charging of more than 90% so that the process ends up in a smooth manner.
Now before proceeding for the flashing of your phone with the latest CyanogenMod 7.1.0 version your phone should be rooted. So, make sure you have rooted the phone or else root it now by following this link and continue. Remember the point that rooting voids the warranty of the phone.
Installing custom recovery image:
- To install Custom Recovery Image, just download the ROM Manager app and install it. After installing the app, open the application and choose Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Now, just tap on the Motorola Backflip option, then just in case if it prompts you the app root permission then give it.
- In this process if the phone is hang up then force close the app and redo the above process again.
After successful flashing, you can see “Successfully flashed ClockworkMod recovery” in the dialog box.
That’s it, press Ok and ClockworkMod will be installed on your phone. In the next page you will find the methods to flash your phone.
