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On Sunday, 10 November 2013
CM9 or Cyanogenmod9 is one of the most stable set of off-market
firmware from the masters for the cause, the Cyanogenmod team. What is so
special about Cyanogenmod ROMs ? well, you can’t answer this till you
experience it. It definitely gives a fresh breath to your droid while
keeping the real feel of keeping the Android experience raw enough to keep in
line with the originality clause. CM9 is based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream
Sandwich along with a lot of tweaks and customisable settings which allows
access to some capabilities of your Android device to take the experience to
the next level which stock ROMs can’t.
To fix blurry screen issue on this ROM, flash this kernel.
[box_light]If you wish to
run the stock ROM smoothly, you can check this custom kernel. As per our
information this ROM has been made using new display drivers
. It should now work on all device as the display issue has been
fixed.
If you are done with that, let us proceed with our tutorial.
Pre-Installation Tasks
1. Back up
all apps using ASTRO File Manager. You can get the APK files using ASTRO and
later restore it. Rooted users can use Titanium Backup which also backs up data
along with the apps.
2. Back up
all contacts to SD card.
3. Backup
SMS on Android.
4. Backup
call log on Android.
5. Have
minimum 60% charge on your phone else you might get stuck while the update
process is running on your device.
6. Remove
any security or Anti-virus app if you have them installed.
7. Enable
USB Debugging. This can be don by Settings>Applications>Development and
making sure that USB Debugging is checked.
Disclaimer: Android Station is not
responsible for any damage that your device may face during this process. The
developer is also not responsible for the same. There are little chances that
your device may face any issue. However, try this at your own risk. This
process voids the warranty of your device.
Steps to Install Official
CM9 ICS ROM on LG Optimus L3 E400 :
1. Download
the Official CM9 ICS ROM zip file from the original download page.
2. Copy
the downloaded zip to the root folder of your sdcard.
3. You can
boot into ClockworkMod recovery by turning off your phone and pressing the
Volume Down button + Menu button + Power button simultaneously. An easier
method is to use the Quick Boot (Reboot) App..
4. In the
recovery mode, you can navigate using the volume buttons and select using
menu/home button.
5. Make a
nandroid backup in recovery mode.
6. Use
these to navigate and select “Wipe” and then “Wipe data” and also consider
wiping Dalvik cache if you don’t want to face “Low on memory” issues.
7. Now,
navigate through the interface choose “select zip from SD card” and select the
zip file which we downloaded earlier.
8. After
it gets completed, you can flash the GAPPS file in a similar fashion and get
back using the back button and select “Reboot” and you are done!.
Holla! you’re home. If
you have followed this tutorial by the lines, you must be enjoying Official CM9
ICS on you little Optimus L3.
Please make a note that this is an official ROM from the
Cyanogenmod team, so if you facing any bugs, you can directly report to them as
they’ll try their best to get all bugs fixed as soon as they can( don’t worry
they are the best at it )
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