When almost every single phone is getting an ICS update, then why shouldn’t Samsung Epic 4G Touch D710 smartphone get an ICS Android 4.0 firmware? So, on the similar lines, we will be checking out on how you can install the latest FC 15 ICS firmware. Please note that this is not an official firmware released by Samsung Electronics and also we don’t have any ETA on by when this update of ICS will be launching officially. There was an FC 14 version of firmware, but there were some major bugs which have been addressed in this version of firmware. Since this FC 15 is a beta update, there will be some bugs but these will be addressed in the coming days with the patch updated. Please note that the firmware which we will be checking out is the pre rooted firmware.
Disclaimer: Neither we, nor developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It’s very unlikely that there will be any issues but just in case if at all there are any issues then we are committed to help you in solving the same.
Pre Requisites:
- We recommend you to back up all the data present in your device with the help of below mentioned steps. Don’t use KIES to back up the data as it will not support the phone after this update snce it’s a custom ROM firmware.
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”
- Minimum charge left in the phone should be 80% so as to ensure that the phone doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of firmware update. (If you don’t follow this step then the chances are more that your phone may get DEAD for which we should not be responsible).
- Disable all the security suites installed in your computer and uninstall all antivirus tools in your computer so as to ensure that the firmware update is not interrupted in the middle of the process.
- Enable the USB debugging in your phone from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. The USB Debugging option should be ticked. USB Debugging Mode can only be enabled once you disconnect the phone from computer. USB Debugging should be ticked.
So assuming that you have followed all the instructions, you can now proceed to the next page where we have summed up all the instructions.
