HTC might have just forgotten about rolling out an ICS Android 4.0 update for its 4.7 inched monster Sensation XL smartphone but all thanks to the developers who has come up with this custom ROM firmware which ropes in the goodness of ICS. Please note that this firmware is not released by HTC Officially and also we don’t have any ETA on by when there will be an Official update released. But as in when its launched, we will update the same on AndroidAdvices.
Disclaimer: Neither AndroidAdvices, nor developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article.
Pre Requisites:
- Charge your phone and ensure that at least 60% of Sensation XL the device doesn’t get turned Off in the process of firmware update. Enable USB Debugging in your HTC Sensation XL from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”
- All the data in your HTC Sensation XL should be backed up with the help of below steps. Don’t use HTC Sync to back up the data as htc sync won’t detect the device in the custom ROM firmwares.
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”
- Ensuring that all the USB ports are working fine, close / disable all the antivirus suites as well as Firewall tools as these tools generally tend to interrupt the process of firmware update.
- Your HTC Sensation XL should be rooted and should have S-Off as without this, it won’t be possible to apply this update.
So let’s proceed to the next page where we have summed up a detailed tutorial on how to update with the latest ICS 4.0.3 firmware in your HTC Sensation XL.
