Samsung Vibrant users too can enjoy the latest version of Custom ROM based ICS IMM76I Android’s ICS 4.0.4 firmware. Please note that this is not an official firmware released by Samsung and also unfortunately there won’t be any official ICS 4.0.4 update released. Though this custom ROM firmware comes with few bugs, but will be sorted out in the coming patch updates. Full credits to XDA Forum Member toryheal, who has come up with this custom ROM Firmware. Over a period of this article, we will be checking out on what are the features of this custom ROM, pre requisites and then followed by the detailed guide on how to apply this update. This firmware is dubbed as RMS custom ROM for Samsung Vibrant.
Note: This update should only be applied on the unlocked phones and not on the locked phones, also device needs to be rooted before applying this update. If you apply this update on the locked phones, then there is a possibility that the device may become unstable.
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. 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.
Features of IMM76I 4.0.4 Based Custom ROM Firmware:
- Built from Android sources (IMM76I)
- Improved notification bar toggles: long press a toggle to go to related Settings menu; multi-state sound toggle.
- Numeric battery indicator.
- Brightness control in status and notifications bars
- Real and improved auto brightness: brightness really goes down when light decreases.
- Extended power menu with reboot, recovery and screenshot.
- Video face effects working
- Application killing with long press on back button
- Choose storage in Camera application
- Power button shooter in Camera application
- Timer option in Camera application
- T9 Dialer
- Removed “R” roaming indicator for national roaming
- Root, Busybox and SuperSU
- SUB ZERO Voodoo Color
- HugeMem patch for 720p video by F4K
- Preinstalled app: OI File Manager
- APN’s predefined huge list
- Modified hosts file to remove ads in applications.
Let’s check out on what are the list of pre requisites you need to follow.
Pre Requisites:
- Go to Settings > About Phone and ensure that your device’s model number is “T959” and nothing else as this firmware can only be applied on T959 device.
- Data in your Samsung Vibrant should be backed up with the help of below mentioned steps so as to ensure that just in case of the data gets lost of corrupted, the same can be restored easily with the help of below mentioned steps. Donn’t backup the data using the KIES or any other PC Suite as it doesn’t support 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”
- Minimum charge left in the device should be at least 60% so as to ensure that device doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of firmware update.
- Enable the USB Debugging in your Samsung Vibrant from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. The USB Debugging option should be ticked.
- Disable all the antivirus suites in your computer and uninstall the same in your device as these tools generally tend to interrupt the process of firmware update.
Assuming that you have followed all the above mentioned instructions, you can now proceed to the next page where we have summed up the detailed guide on how to apply this update.
