Pre Upgrade instructions:
- Before proceeding you will have to make sure that you have rooted the Samsung Mesmerize and also kindly note that after rooting the device you will lose the warranty though it can be reclaimed once you un root the phone which is quite possible.
- Once you have rooted the phone you will have to proceed to install the Clock Work Mod in your Mesmerize which can be done by downloading and installing the ROM Manager from the Android Market Place.
- Once the CWM is installed you can now follow with the rest of the instructions which are mentioned below.
- ensure that you have synced all your contacts with your Google Account, all sms, applications, videos and music files which are there in your phone should be taken a backup or else the data will be lost. Anything which is in SD card will not be lost, so you can alternatively move to SD Card.
- Next up remove the SIM card as well as the external SD cards if any in your phone, just to make sure that in an unlikely event the data in it doesn’t get corrupted,
- Ensure that you have kept original USB cable handy which you have got with your Samsung Mesmerize,
- Additionally, ensure that your phone has at least more than 50% of battery power left, this is just an advisory which if followed then you will not experience any difficulties as while updating of the device the battery consumption is at a maximum,
- Ensure that your computer / laptop which runs on a XP, Vista or Windows 7 OS the firewall and other antivirus programs are disabled and also you should have admin privileges to download and install the software including the drivers and also along with this you will be requiring the USB port on your computer which supports USB 2.0.
