Pre Upgrade Requisites:
- So, before you proceed to apply this Cyanogen mod custom ROM 7.1 on your HTC Incredible S, you will have to backup the data which is there in the phone as in the due course of the firmware update the data which is there in the phone will get lost. So, for making it simple we have mentioned some of the tips and procedures with which you can create a backup of all the data and then you can restore then once the firmware is updated.
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”
- Now, as soon as you have created the backup of all the data you will now need to proceed to charge your phone to the minimum of 95% or else the battery performance will be hampered after the firmware update and will take 3 – 5 charge cycles to stabilize the battery life.
- Up next is you will have to turn Off the S so that it doesn’t interrupt the process of the Cyanogen mod installation. But before that you will have to ensure that the USB debugging Mode is enabled in the phone which can be done from the path of “Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging”.
- Once the USB debugging is turned On, you will have to download the HTC Sync driver software in your computer and then you need to install the same in your Windows based computer (Mac computers are not supported). After this you will have to disable the fast boot from the path “Settings > Power > Fast boot”.
- Now, you will need to go to the product page of HTC Beta Key Generator Site where you will have to scroll down and need to click on the option of “Download for Windows” after which a file will be prompted for downloading, download the same and after that you will see a notification named “Beta Key” wherein you need to fill in the details like your operating system, your device name, HBOOT Version and also the serial number of the phone. So, as soon as all the details are entered, you will now have to click on the “Generate key” as shown in the below image.
- In the next step you will get the beta key after which you will just need to connect the phone with the help of USB cable to the computer. Now, when you have got the beta key, open the Revolutionary beta application in your computer which you downloaded from the above mentioned site and need to enter the correct beta key which you have got in the above process.
- Now, you will see that the HTC Incredible S will be temporarily rooted and then the S-Off will be gained in the device and then custom recovery image will be installed automatically. It will take up to 15 minutes to install the custom recovery image in the phone.
- After the process is completed, you are now ready to install the Cyanogen mod ROM in your phone for which we will see the procedure in the next page. For your convenience, we will see two different methods with which you can install the same, so just in case if one method fails in an unlikely event, you can install with another method.
