Procedure to Update Galaxy Nexus with Milestone 5 AOKP Custom ROM Firmware:
- Ensure that you have Rooted Galaxy Nexus and installed the Clock Work Mod recovery in your Galaxy Nexus. Just in case if you haven’t rooted, then you can root & install the same by following the instructions mentioned in the corresponding link.
- Now, download the Milestone 5 AOKP Firmware Package (Alternate Link) & Google Apps from here to your computer. Connect your Phone to the computer with the help of original USB cable and place the 2 downloaded zip files in your device’s internal memory.
- Disconnect the phone connected from computer and turn off the phone so that it can be entered in the boot loader mode.
- Disconnect the phone from the computer and turn off the Galaxy Nexus so that it can be entered in the Boot loader mode. Boot loader mode can be entered by pressing the Volume Up + Volume Down and then simultaneously press the Power button till you see the boot loader mode screen. Just in case if the phone boots up in the normal mode, then you need to again try entering the device in the boot loader mode.
- In boot loader, mode, you need to select the option of “recovery mode” with the help of Volume keys and press the power button to confirm the same. Now, in recovery mode, you need to select “install zip from sd card” > “choose zip from sd card” and then choose the “Milestone 5 Firmware Package” and “Google Apps” which you have placed in your device. The whole process of this update will take around 5 – 8 minutes.
- As soon as the update is applied successfully, you need to select “++++ Go Back ++++” and then choose the option of “reboot system now” for rebooting the system. If the phone refuses to show the home screen even after 3 – 4 minutes of restart, you need to then reinsert the battery.
Note: At any point of time just in case if the process of firmware update gets stopped due to any reason, all you need to do is restart the process from the start by re inserting the battery.
Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same. Congratulations, you have now successfully applied the update of ICS powered Milestone 5 AOKP build firmware in your device.
