iLuvAndroid – Feeding your Android Addiction with news, reviews and guides

Many people are having issues with upgrading from another ROM or from the CyanogenMOD 4.1.11 ROM to the latest legal version. Here are the steps I’ve used to upgrade from CyanogenMOD 4.1.11 to 4.1.999.

NOTE: This guide is for the Dream/G1/ADP1 mobile phones. For HTC Magic (32B ONLY!)/ION/MyTouch3G the steps are the same, but please download and use the HTC ADP 1.6 DRC83 file instead for Step 3.

Required Stuff

• Android 1.6 Recovery Image from HTC (Dream/G1/ADP1)
• HTC ADP 1.6 DRC83 (Magic (32B ONLY!)/ION/MyTouch3G)
• CyanogenMOD 4.1.999 ROM
• Cyanogen + JF Recovery Image 1.4

Preparations

Have the Cyanogen + JF Recovery Image installed. If you do not have it installed then follow these instructions on how to do so.

Do a Backup! Use your favourite Backup program like My Backup Pro, Backup for Root Users etc.

Download the Android 1.6 Recovery Image (for Dream/G1/ADP1) or the HTC ADP 1.6 DRC83 (Magic (32B ONLY!)/ION/MyTouch3G) file and the CyanogenMOD 4.1.999 ROM. Copy both files to the root of your SD Card

Instructions

1. Reboot into Recovery Mode by turning off/rebooting your mobile and holding the Home button. You should see the Recovery screen.
2. Using the trackball scroll down to Nandroid v2.2 backup and press the trackball to create a Nandroid Backup.



3. Once completed it will return to the Recovery Menu. Select the Apply any zip from sd option and press the trackball. A list of files will then appear.



4. Select the signed-dream_devphone_us… file and click on the trackball to install it. Press the Home button to confirm.



5. It will now install the devphone image so be patient until it finishes. Once completed you will be back at the Recovery Screen. Select Apply from any zip once again and then click on update-cm-4.1.999-signed.



6. Press Home to confirm the flash and this will install CyanogenMod 4.1.999. Once completed you will be sent back to the Recovery Screen once more. This time select Wipe data/factory reset and press the clickball.



7. Once data has been wiped select go to console and press the trackball. Press Enter on your keyboard once prompted.



8. Type in fix_permissions and press Enter. This will run a script to fix the permissions on all of your installed applications to ensure it runs correctly. You will see the script in action so just be patient until the process is completed.



9. Once you see that the text has stopped scrolling and a Hash sign (#) has appeared, type in reboot and press Enter on your keyboard.



10. Now be patient as all the files get optimised for its first run as this could take up a good few minutes. Once your mobile is back on, sign in and go to Settings > About Phone. If you scroll down you should see that the Mod version has changed to CyanogenMod-4.1.999.

Now its time to check that all went well! Try loading the Google Experience applications such as Google Mail, Google Maps, YouTube and the Android Market to see if it works (and it should!). Then use your favourite Backup application to restore your settings.

Well done, you are now on Cyanogen 4.1.999! From here on in, subsequent updates to CyanogenMOD will just require flashing of the ROM as normal, no need for the Android 1.6 Recovery Image from HTC.

Popularity: 25% [?]