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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Update LG Spectrum VS920 via Android 4.2.2 CM10.1 RC4 Custom ROM

Want to update your LG Spectrum VS920 to the latest Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean? It is now possible to update your device with the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, however not using official Jelly Bean firmware but using CM10.1 custom firmware. CyanogenMod ROM’s are after market firmware based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community.


 The CyanogenMod team recently rolled out the RC4 which is based on the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. The CM10.1 RC4 is almost the stable version and safe for daily use.  By flashing or installing CM10.1 RC4 ROM on your LG Spectrum you will enjoy a customized experience of latest Android version which is Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and many attractive features of CyanogenMod. So, If you wish to try out this fantastic and attractive custom ROM CM10.1 RC4 then read through this page to know the step-by-step procedure of installing CM10.1 RC4 custom ROM on your LG Spectrum VS920.


If you don’t know then Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean comes with various interesting features including multi-user support, gesture typing, new quick settings option, lock-screen widget, new camera app, photo sphere, improved Google Now, new daydream feature and miracast display.


Before flashing this ROM you should know that it’s a custom firmware and still going through development phase and currently tagged as BETA. That’s why, it’s very likely that it may comes with some bugs and issues that may look annoying to you. However, we all know most developer of ROMs are usually proactive and we believe all known issues will be fixed along with the development.

 

Installation Instruction of Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Based CM10.1 RC4 ROM on LG Spectrum

Step 1: First of all download CM10.1 RC4 ROM for LG Spectrum [CM10.1 ROM] and Google Apps [Filename: gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip]

Step 2: Now, connect your LG Spectrum to PC using USB cable and then mount your storage first.

Step 3: Once you manage access of your phone SD card content from your computer, copy downloaded zip files to the SD card of your phone. Important: Don’t extract any file.

Step 4: Once you finish file transfer procedure, disconnect USB and then turn off your phone.

Step 5: Boot into recovery mode. To do so, press and hold Volume Down and Power button together and then press power 3 times at LG Reset Screen. You will soon see CWM recovery screen. [use volume buttons to scroll and Power button to select]. You can also try this: Recovery Mode without Key Combination.

Step 6: As we mentioned earlier, it’s important to perform a Nandroid backup of your existing ROM that you can restore later if this new ROM not work or you want to go back. To perform a Nandroid backup, select Backup and Restore, then on the next screen, select Backup again. Go back to main recovery menu after backup process done.

Step 7: It’s time to perform some wiping task to eliminate clash between new ROM and previous ROM. To do so, first select wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on next screen to confirm your action. Wait few minutes till the data wiping process done. Now come back to CWM recovery main menu. Select wipe cache partition and after wiping cache partition process completed, select Wipe Dalvik Cache under advance option to perform Dalvik cache wiping. When all done, it’s safe to move into next step.

Step 8: Select install zip from sdcard, then select choose zip from sdcard. Now, locate the CM10.1 ROM zip file that you copied earlier in Step 3 and select it by pressing Power button. Confirm installation on next screen and soon the ROM installation procedure start.

Step 9: Once the ROM installation process end, repeat the step 8 but choose gapps-jb-20130301-signed zip file instead of ROM zip to install the Google apps package.

Step 10: When all done, you should go back to the main recovery menu and select reboot system now to reboot the smartphone. The phone will then boot into this new ROM, however you should note the first boot usually take time usually about 5 minutes.

Returning to Previous ROM: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery, select backup and restore then restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.
Congrats! Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean based custom firmware CM10.1 RC4 is now installed and running on your LG Spectrum. Go to Settings –> About phone to verify this update. Share your update experience with us below in comment.

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