Tuesday, July 19, 2016
How To Install Android 4.0.4 ICS CM9 Firmware on Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360
How To Install Android 4.0.4 ICS CM9 Firmware on Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360
People want to upgrade their phone to latest Android 4.0 ICS. Now, you can Install Actual Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Firmware on your Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 Phone, which was not officially possible.
The Android 4.0.4 ICS Update for Samsung Galaxy Y has been made possible, throughout Cyanogenmod9, which is actually based and ported from CM9 for Samsung Galaxy Mini, which released recently. Currently, the ROM is in beta stage, which is under construction and being updated constantly, at the time of writing this article. This ROM would be working with every functions, which are working on Cyanogenmod9 Beta 7 for Samsung Galaxy Mini.
So, this ROM is obviously didn’t tested by lot of people, but it was working when we installed. Though, we didn’t gone through every functions, but Installation process has been finished smoothly. Developer has even removed Creeds ROMs files, and has been added Cyanogenmod 9 apks, and settled stock kernel. So, now you wanna install latest version of Android 4.0.4 ICS CM9 ROM on your Galaxy Y. It is not hard, but you have to just follow our Post, in the end you probably running ICS on your phone, which you never thought you would be able to.
Pre-Requisite
1. Download and Install Latest version of Drivers, if they’re not already installed.
2. Arrange data cable also to enable connectivity between phone and computer.
3. Ensure that Phone’s battery is charged at least 80% before starting the process, so that it won’t turn off during flashing process of ROM.
4. It is recommend that you Uninstall Samsung Kies, just to eliminate the possible conflict during the firmware flashing process on your phone, you need to restart your Computer after uninstall of Kies Software.
5. You should Disable all the Antivirus or Firewall in your computer, to run the process without any problem.
6. It is recommended to Backup all the data in your phone:- SMS/MMS Messages with SMS Backup & Restore App
- Call Log with Call Backup & Restore App
- Bookmarks, Applications and other data with many apps, like Titanium Backup, Astro File Manager, and MyBackup Root apps. It is recommend to make ‘NANDROID’ backup of current ROM of the phone, so that old ROM can be restored easily in few steps, if anything goes wrong after the update. We suggest to transfer songs, videos and all data to microSD card, if it is phone memory.
7. Turn On USB Debugging Mode at the path ‘Settings>Applications>Development>USB debugging’. Do not forget to disconnect Galaxy Y from computer to successfully enabling the USB debugging mode.
8. Clockworkmod recovery should be installed,If you have installed CWM recovery in your phone already, then you can skip these steps otherwise for Clockworkmod follow below steps
How to Install Android 4.0.4 ICS Cyanogenmod9 on Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360
Step 1: Download Latest Version of Cyanogenmod9 for Galaxy Y from bellow link. Cyanogenmod9
8. Clockworkmod recovery should be installed,If you have installed CWM recovery in your phone already, then you can skip these steps otherwise for Clockworkmod follow below steps
- Download ClockworkMod Recovery, and copy it to root of phone’s SD card.
- Turn off your phone, and put it into recovery mode by pressing and holding the Volume Up button+Home Button+Power button.
- In recovery, select the option ‘Update from SD card’, and browse and select the file CWM recovery file. This will start CWM recovery installation process.
- Go back and restart your phone. This will install CWM recovery on your Samsung Galaxy Y.
How to Install Android 4.0.4 ICS Cyanogenmod9 on Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360
Step 1: Download Latest Version of Cyanogenmod9 for Galaxy Y from bellow link. Cyanogenmod9
Save the zipped upgrade package to your PC.
Step 2: Connect your Galaxy Y phone to your computer, through USB Data cable, ensure that drivers installed in your PC.
Step 3: After connecting the phone, browse the root directory of microSD card of the phone, and then copy the zip file (Downloaded in Step 1).
Step 4: Now, simply turn off the phone. After that, you need to reboot into recovery mode.
Step 5: Put the phone into the CWM recovery mode. For that after turning off the phone, switch on device, and press and hold Power key+Volume up+Home keys together until device get into recovery mode.
Step 6: You should use ‘Backup & Restore’ option firstly, options you can browse with the volume and and down button. Then use Wipe Data/ Cache option.
Step 7: Now, after wiping the old ROM. You can use the options ‘install zip from SD card’ and then select ‘Choose zip from SD card’ then browse and select file downloaded in Step 1.
Step 8: Please note that at this step, your ROM should be in Installation process, if you’ve followed Step 7 correctly. The ROM would be finish installing in 5-7 minutes, and then you have to go back to home by selecing ‘+++Go Back+++’. Then simply select ‘Reboot System Now’. After the restart of phone, your phone would welcome you on totally different Android 4.0.4 ICS Firmware. You can verify your firmware version at ‘Settings>About Phone>Firmware Version’.
