Procedure to Update Motorola Milestone with Android 4.0.3 Firmware:
- Download ICS Android 4.0.3 Firmware for Milestone and Google Apps for Milestone to your computer and then you need to connect your phone to copy these two downloaded zip files into your phone. Ensure that you are placing the two files deep into your phone or else it will be hard to find the same in the recovery mode.
- Once you place these two files, disconnect the phone from the computer and enable the USB Debugging in your phone from the path Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging as shown in the below image. Additionally, uninstall all the antivirus suites in your phone.
- First up Turn off your phone. Press and Hold ‘X’ button & then press the Power button till the phone boots into recovery. Now, after this you need to Press and hold the Volume Up button and press the Camera button to get into the recovery mode.
- In recovery mode, select “Clear storage” which will clear all the data which is there in your phone. After this, select “install zip from SD Card” > “Choose zip from SD Card” to select the zip file of Cyanogen Mod 9 which you have placed in the phone.
- It will take around 15 minutes to apply this firmware in your phone, once the process is over you will again land up in the recovery mode screen. Select “++++ Go Back ++++” and choose “reboot system now” to restart the device normally.
Tip: Restore the backup of all the data which you have made so as to ensure that all the apn settings as well as other crucial data is restored.
So, in this way you have successfully learnt on how to install the latest firmware of Cyanogen Mod 9 update on your Motorola milestone device. Do let us know just in case if you face any issues in the comments section as we will try our level best to sort out the same.
