One of the best smartphones ever, HTC One X can now be powered with the latest Ice Cold AOKP build 5 custom ROM firmware which is one of the best custom ROMs. It was the last time when we saw on how you can make use of Jellybean 4.1 beta release. As of now there is no exact date on by when there will be an official release of Jellybean for One X but you can always try out newer versions of custom ROM firmware as per the feature sets and change log mentioned in this article. Please be informed that this firmware is not an Official firmware released by HTC and is a custom ROM firmware developed by third party developers.
In the process of this article, we will be checking out on what are the change logs of this build along with the detailed feature list. Follow all the instructions mentioned so as to facilitate smoother firmware update process.
Disclaimer: We should not be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It is very unlikely that there will be any issues to the device as we are committed to help you out with the same.
Change log of Ice Cold AOKP build 5 custom ROM firmware:
- Alarm window will now be semi-transparent (not ugly grey) and button to dismiss/snooze is holo blue
- Added Hidable Kill-All button to recent apps switcher
- Made incoming call (that multi view of answer, end call and the third icon) 25% transparent, so you can see whole image of incoming caller
- Updated Latin IME with more dictionaries
- Added Hot Reboot option
- Added DSP Manager from CM – enable in Settings/sound/Music Effects
- some small fixes to frame works_base from CM source
- Forward-ports CM7 Advanced Phone Settings – http://goo.gl/XAEOB
- Added option for setting device phone number
In the process of applying this custom ROM firmware, all the data present in your phone memory will get lost. So, it’s highly recommended to back up the data with the help of below mentioned steps to make sure that just in case if the data gets cleared, the same can be restored with the help of below steps. Copy all the target backed up files in your computer.
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”
If your device is not Rooted, then you need to root the same with the help of instructions mentioned in the link. Install HTC Sync in your device from Official HTC Website in your computer as drivers will be needed.
So assuming that you have followed all the above mentioned instructions, you can now proceed to the next page where we have summed up a detailed guide on how to apply this latest Ice Cold AOKP build 5 custom ROM firmware in your HTC One X.
