Now I am going to teach you how to install CyanogenMod 10.1 in your One X. You just need to follow all of the steps listed below.
Pre-requisites:
- Make sure that you’re an advanced Android user and you know exactly what you have to do.
- This guide and all instructions listed here are only for HTC One X smartphone.
- Do not use this for any other device. The HTC One X device needs to have an unlocked bootloader. It needs the root access to run TWRP or CWM custom Recovery image installed on it.
- Backup your current ROM and for that create a Nandroid backup. In case your device cannot boot in the normal mode after you flashed the new custom ROM, you can restore your actual ROM.
- Backup all your critical data stored in your device, you can use the next tutorial for your important data.
- Save your SMS with SMS backup and restore app.
- Your call logs with call logs backup and restore app, APN Settings with APN Settings Backup and Restore application, use AppBack for your current application that you have installed on your Android device.
- Save your significant photos, video files or any other files that you don’t want to lose. You can save these in the cloud or in your computer.
- Note: If your HTC One X device is already running a CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightly ROM then you can skip above step.
- Sync all your Contacts with your Gmail account.
- Verify the level of your device’s battery and be sure to charge your smartphone’s battery. If the device doesn’t have enough power left, it can take a forced shutdown in the middle of the flashing process.
- In case you lose any important data for you or you brick your device, the android.sc team cannot be held responsible. All your actions are at your own risk.
Update HTC One X with CM10.1 Nightlies ROM [How to] guide
- First, download the ROM zip archive from HERE and save it on your computer.
- Second, download Gapps for CyanogenMod 10.1 from HERE and save it in your PC.
- This zip file you will need to flash in order to have after the installation of the new custom ROM and all of the Google-based apps for your HTC smartphone.
- Copy and Paste the both downloaded files on your HTC One X internal SDcard.
- Powers off the smartphone after the files are transferred.
- Now, boot your HTC One X smartphone into Bootloader mode. To do this, you need to press Volume Down and Power buttons at the same time.
- After the Bootloader Mode is totally loaded use the Volume buttons and from the Bootloader Mode choose Recovery option.
- Now from the Recovery mode create a Nandroid backup of the current ROM.
- To do these use the ‘backup and restore’ option. NOTE: If you already have a backup for your current ROM you can skip this step.
- Now, select ‘wipe data/ factory reset’ option and after that confirm this action. NOTE: if your HTC One X device already has installed a CM 10.1 ROM then you can skip this step.
- Select ‘install zip from sdcard’ and after that ‘choose zip from sdcard’.
- Browse the CyanogenMod 10.1 custom ROM and confirm that you want to flash it.
- Wait for flashing the new custom ROM.
- When the CM 10.1 ROM is successfully flashed on your device, you have need to select ‘choose zip from sdcard’ again search the Gapps file and confirm that you want to install it.
- Back to the main Recovery menu and from there select ‘reboot system now’.
- Now you need to wait for the first welcoming screens notification of the new Android 4.2 CyanogenMod 10.1 from your device.
- Note that the first boot process shouldn’t take more than five minutes to be done.
- Join your Google account and now you can enjoy your device.
Note: If the first boot process doesn’t complete, repeat the entire guide correctly.
Congratulations, now you successfully learnt how to Update HTC One X to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean CM 10.1 Nightly ROM.