Procedure to Root and turn S –Off in HTC Wildfire:
- First up you will have to create the backup of the data which is stored in the phone so that the same can be restored just in case if the data is lost. With the help of the simple and easy to understand steps which are mentioned below, you can easily backup the data.
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”
- After this you will have to ensure that the phone is charged with the minimum of 70% so as to ensure that the phone doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of the process of the firmware update.
- After this you will have to ensure that you have enabled the USB debugging which can be done from the path of “Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging”. Also, after this you will have to download the HTC Sync Drivers in your phone and then you will have to install the same in your Windows based computer (Linux and Mac based systems are not compatible). Now, disable the fast boot from the path of “Settings > Power > Fast boot”.
- Up next you will have to visit the HTC Beta Generator Site where you will have to scroll down the page and select the option of “Download for Windows” and as soon as you click on the same, you will see a prompt for downloading the file, download the same and then you need to enter some of the details like operating system, your device name, HBOOT Version and also the serial number of the phone. You can also refer the below screen capture on how exactly the beta key looks like.
- So, as soon as the beta key is entered, you will now need to connect the phone with the help of USB cable computer. After this you need to open the Revolutionary Beta app which you downloaded from the link given above so that the beta key can be entered.
Let’s proceed to the next page where we have mentioned about the instructions to update HTC Wildfire with the latest version of firmware of Cyanogen.
Procedure to update HTC Wildfire with Cyanogen mod 7.1:
There are in all two methods of updating the Cyanogen mod 7.1 on your htc wildfire which are the CWM Method as well as the ROM Manager method. Just in case if you are unable to update with the CWM Manager, you can then choose the ROM Manager method to update the phone with this Cyanogen mod ROM firmware.
Clock Work mod Recovery Method:
- First up download Cyanogen Mod 7.1 Mod for HTC Wildfire and then you will need to also download the latest version of the Google Apps in your computer. After this you need to ensure that you are not modifying the file name or the extensions or else it won’t be recognized in the phone.
- So, once you download the files, you now need to connect the phone with the help of USB cable which you got at the time of purchase and then need to move these both files in your phone and need to ensure that you don’t place these both deep into some folders.
- Now, after copying the files you will now need to remove the USB cable and then turn Off the phone so that then you can enter into the recovery mode. From your HTC Wildfire, you can enter recovery mode by pressing the Volume Down key and Powering ON the phone while the phone is in the turned Off.
- So, as soon as you enter into the recovery mode you will see the screen as mentioned below and then you will have to first up select the option of “Clear Storage” which will clear off all the cache data. After this you need to select the option of “install zip from SD Card” and select “Choose zip from SD Card” after which there will be a list of files shown which are there in the phone out of which you need to choose the file which is named as “HTC_WildFire_Cyanogen_7.1.0.zip”.
- Just in case if “E: Signature Failed” then that means that the phone is not rooted and you should first root the phone again by following the procedure which is mentioned in the last page. So, now after this you need to select the options as install zip from SD Card” > “Choose zip from SD Card” and then select the Zip file of Google Apps which you have placed in the phone in the first step.
- So after updating both the zip files, you now need to select the option of +++Go back+++” and select “Reboot System Now” option which will restart the phone. Just in case if you are unable to update the phone from the above method then you will have to follow the instructions which are mentioned below to update your phone.
So that’s it in this way you have successfully updated the phone with the latest version of firmware. In an unfortunate incident just in case if you are unable to get the phone updated then you can follow the below mentioned ROM Manager method.
ROM Manager Method:
- Before proceeding you will have to first go to the Android Market Place from where you will have to download “ROM Manager” application in your phone and install the same. In the ROM Manager application you will see that there are many options in the list out of which you need to select the option of Create backup so that just in case if anything wrong happens to your phone then you will be in a position to restore the same.
- As soon as you backup the ROM, you will have to select the option of “install update.zip” and then choose the firmware zip file as well as the Google Apps Zip file which you have downloaded from the above links. After this choose the option of “++++Go Back++++” and then select “Reboot System Now” for restarting the phone.
So, that’s it there you go you have now successfully updated the phone. Despite following the second method if you are unable to update the phone then you will have to just report us in the comments section about the error message which you get for not updating so that accordingly we can act on the same.
