Friday 16 March 2012

Upgrading IDEA Blade to Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread

       

     You might read about upgrades before but there was problems with Camera drivers with other Roms but upgrading with this Rom with Swedish Kernal includes camera drivers also so Camera will also work Flawlessly..
Lets start,first of all we need to collect all the stuff we needed. Just download all the things listed below on your PC :

Z4root: Link (after downloading your antivirus might detect it as Virus
                     this is an exploit Exploit:Unix/Lotoor)
Rom Manager: Link 
Rom (Moldovan-Mile-High-Mountain-Pie-RLS9.zip): Link
Kernal 1(M-MHMP-RLS9-Undervolt-Kernel-Gen2.zip) :Link
Kernal 2(M-MHMP-RLS9-Swedish-Stock-Kernal-Gen2.zip) : Link

          After downloading everything , first check if your memory Card had atleast 500MB of free space or not,then
 mount your memory card on PC by connecting through USB.Copy everything on SDCard's root.

1.  install Z4root and Rom manager using Filer.Once you install Z4root open application and Click on Permanent Root it will take a while to root your Blade,then it will automatically Reboots, after reboot to just check if your Blade is Rooted or not, search for SuperUser App in your App drawer which will automatically get installed after Rooting Process.if it is there then now your Phone is rooted and ready for Flashing.

2. Before we actually starts Flashing,we have to take Backup of our Stock Rom for Fail-Safe situation, So now go to App drawer and Open Rom manager and select first option Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
(you need working net or wifi connection to download latest ClockworkMod) , it will pop-up drop-down list to choose your device,select you device.it will starts download , after download complete,ClockworkMod will be get installed automatically.

3. Finally select Backup Current Rom option it will Reboot your phone into ClockworkMod and Backup will automatically Start.after done with this, phone reboots and starts normally,

4. Now you are completely ready for Flashing as you have Backup of your existing Rom for fail-Safe Situation,Now Turn Off your phone.and Start it by Holding Power on and Volume down key at the same time,hold as it is for few seconds.. you will enter ClockworkMod after few seconds..
now Navigate through options using Volume Rocker keys and Home key to select.
5. now select wipe data/factory reset then Advance -> wipe dalvik cache ,after this completes select 
Install from SD card Moldovan-Mile-High-Mountain-Pie-RLS9.zip and install nextInstall from SD card M-MHMP-RLS9-Undervolt-Kernel-Gen2.zip  and install thenInstall from SD card   M-MHMP-RLS9-Swedish-Stock-Kernal-Gen2.zip  and install
after installation Completes Simply select Reboot... And Enjoy new Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread ! :)
Note : It takes several minutes in first Reboot so be patient..

I have already done this and it works like Charm ,and it is Faster than Stock Rom !
So best of Luck guyz.. :)

Thanx to KonstaT (Android@MoDaCo) :)

DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS:
We are using Adf.ly links for download,which is only source of our site , If any download link is not working please try entering https:// at the beginning of the URL and then press enter this will completely load Adf.ly link and after 5 second delay you'll be redirected to Direct download page. 

Example : http://adf.ly/VLuxZ

            to  : https://
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thanks for your support  ! :)

67 comments:

  1. Can you please share a link to the Idea default ROM. I accidentally deleted my backup on my SD card, and am unable to revert back to the stock rom.

    Please help!

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    1. wwwen.zte.com.cn/endata/mobile/India/India_SoftWare/201205/P020120521626244417125.zip

      download this TPT .zip
      and follow this instructions :
      http://www.modaco.com/topic/356286-official-imagebin-for-idea-blade-stock-rom-tpt-from-zte/

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    2. i have idea blade currently running with joyos.i already tried stock rom form the link u mention but gives me error in green color at the time of installing i also try those step after installing cm7.2 but it didn't work.pls help.....

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  2. hi everyone i used many roms with idea blade..
    stock android 2.2 is waste
    plain cm7 is ok(applying themes will lag UI)
    Swedish-Snow-RLS6(android 2.3) is working superb
    cynomiui(MIUI based cm7) is bit laggy but eye catchy interface(i recommand this rom if u want cool look)
    cm7 android2.3 by kang is working good
    Moldovan-Mile-High-Mountain-Pie-RLS9 is also good
    plain icecream sandwich 4.0 is working fine but many bugs
    ICS MIUI is good but leaves 0 ram so it cannot be used,but interface is beautifull.........
    ICS coldfusion is working good and even faster but again same problem with ram..it leaves 0 ram

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    1. bro plz mail me a upgrading process and link its very urgant my email is rajsoni587@gmail.com

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  3. main problem with our idea blade is ram..we got only 166mb and in which 30-70 is free. so if any one could unlock ram we can just play with our device

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  4. Hey...
    Finally got a confirmation about the RAM.
    It is 512mb RAM, which can be unlocked uxing TPT method.
    There was a lot of confusion among various websites. So, I directly contacted ZTE India (18001031900), and they assured me that the device has 512mb harware , which can be unlocked by using TPT. If u have doubt on my words then do check it out urself.

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  5. great work raj...next is to unlock it using tpt..any idea about that bcoz we have many versions in tpt method

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  6. Guys i feel Idea blade is a Chinese version of blades with default 256 MB of RAM. Only specific european versions had 512 RAM..else both do have 512MB ROM... i guess there is no way to unlock the RAM. The user manual of idea blade and dell xcd35 clearly state the difference in terms of specifications(256 and 512 respectively).

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  7. guys no need to lose hope.
    Idea is not the manufacturer.
    I hav mentioned zte customer support's number.
    Ask them. They are the manufacturers, and they clearly tell that the hardware supplied to Idea cellular had a 512mb ram. Idea did some mistake in loading the software part, which locked the ram.

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  8. So Mohit Have you tried TPT flashing ?
    i mean actual unlocking ?

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  9. not yet.... TPT has many methods..now which one to use it's confusing....

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  10. It does not work at all it says failing with rom manager all the time
    and a lot of crap. what to do?? thanks for help!!

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  11. MadameH you have to first install Clockworkmod in your blade,then boot your Blade into Clockworkmod,then follow instructions as above..read that stuff carefully !

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  12. hey guys recently i bought an idea blade ,and i rooted it using z4root and installed rom manager and the clockwork recovery was up to date and then i switched off the mobile and pressed the volume down and power button ,but it is not going into the recovery mode and gets stuck up at the green logo ....all i want is to update to ssrl5 please help me in this situation ..i googled a lot of sites but unable to find the solution i have gen2 chinese version which has 256 mb.......thx in advance

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  13. Easy Boy..
    It Happens,just remove your battery wait for few minutes,and put it back and try again it will work for sure!
    give a try :)

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  14. Hi guys! i have the same problem, i have flashed my clockwork mod after back-up,powered it down and when and switch it on, it is stuck on the green android screen, any help or advice is much appreciated

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  15. my camera is not working.... showing error "COULD NOT CONNECT TO CAMERA"

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  16. hey naveen,
    as there is Error while using camera im sure that you have not installed M-MHMP-RLS9-Swedish-Stock-Kernal-Gen2.zip or else not correctly, this swedish stock kernal contains drivers for camera so it is must to install this package to make your camera work
    Flash Rom again carefully by reading instructions..
    best og luck ! :)

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  17. please let me know dat does backing up ram takes time?? Its taking too time..pls help

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    1. Yea it takes a time..
      it depends on how much data you have in cell,not a SDcard data. data that you installed +contacts,messages
      still it hardly take 30-45 minutes max.

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  18. http://amphoras.co.uk/downloads/blade-tpts#How to use
    hope this helpsfor tpts

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  19. Upgrading Idea Blade into cynaogenmode 7.2 After 12 hours The Touch of my phone is not working what can i do

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    1. Boot you device into CWM and Clear Dalvik cache
      and reboot this might help you out!

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  20. after all.. you said install zip files, is it possible to install zip files or we have to unzip those file.. plz tell me..

    thanks

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  21. i downloaded all the above files and i copied it to my SD card.. and i installed z4root and rom manager.. now i have doubt, i have to unzip those files to install or directly install from that zip files...

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    1. No. Just let it be Don't extract zip files
      Just Boot in CWM and follow Procedure !
      :)

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  22. hey its worked.. i successfully installed 2.3.5 on my zte blade.
    and i installed 4.0.4 ICS in zte blede.... if u want to install 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwhicz go through this link

    http://www.techclap.com/10067/update-zte-blade-android-404-ics-coldfusionx-custom-rom-firmware/

    it might work for zte blade..
    thank you.

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    1. ColdfusionX is heavy Rom.as IDEA Blade got only 256mb of Ram it leaves only 5-10Mb of Ram which is very less and UI also laggs like hell.and causing lot of FCs :/

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  23. pls tell me i have installed cm9 on idea blade everything is fine but the problem is my phone takes a very long time approx 15 to 20 min on cyanogenmod 9 animation and then it starts and also some reduced in speed in operating mobile…cm7.2 works fine everything except blutooth problem. Is that problem regarding ram because after installing gapps that animation never ends pls help me because i am totally confused what should i do..
    thnx..:)

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    1. The Problem is RAM !
      ideally speaking IDEA Blade is only upgradable to GB only :/
      We have optional Roms for ICS and JB but due to lesser ram our Blade is not eligible to run those Roms :(
      Still there are Roms which are very lighter version of ICS and JB which can be run with SWAP Partitioning ..
      i hope u'll find this Helpful !

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  24. Does rooting my phone causes any harm to it..and yes what is the method to unroot it?? (if i wanna take it to the customer care)

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    1. Well,Z4root is the tool which grant you Root access and it has option for UNROOT also !
      So if you want to get back to stock then u have to again install ur stock IDEA BLADE FROYO Rom and unroot ur device !
      now you can take it to the customer care..

      And about Root can Harm ur device ? Ans is YES,
      cause ultimately ur accessing core of ur Device OS which Non-user area,if u do anything Wrong in there,thr r chances of damaging ur device,but if you follow instruction properly and did proper study before applying to device then there are almost no chances of Harm ! :)

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    2. i rooted my device and now im trying to backup the current rom using ROM MANAGER.. but when it reboots it sticks on the green android icon.. plz help me..
      thanxx in advance

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  25. Better you Boot into ClockworkMOD your self by Volume Down + Power and then take Backup !

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    1. by both ways it is sticking on the green icon.. :(

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    2. Flash ClockworkMOD again with Rom Manager !
      otherwise try this
      http://www.modaco.com/topic/329772-app-recovery-manager-v036-beta/

      refer to this also:
      http://www.modaco.com/topic/355958-recovery20120723-clockworkmod-recovery-6010/

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    3. Stable Blade clockworkMOD image :

      http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-blade.img

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  26. hi....
    i can't reboot my idea blade after flashing a custom rom....
    though it does go to clockwork recovery mode by holding power and volume down button....
    but it is stuck on green andriod whenever i turn it on.....
    please help.... tnx

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  27. hey when i select backup current rom it restatrs as u say & enterded into a mode.in this it is written 'adroid system recovery<3e>
    android system recovery utility (& giving me options )
    reboot now
    apply:update.zip
    wipe data/factory
    reset wipe cache partition'
    what should i supposed to do now? plzz tell me quickly..

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  28. I had downloaded updates of this two zip file P020111130393915393462 and P020121009626019336770 from zte corporation site but I don;t know what to do with this file how to update my idea zte blade plz help me out also tell me will it harm to my phone

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  29. Go through this thread and follow given instructions :
    http://www.modaco.com/topic/356286-official-imagebin-for-idea-blade-stock-rom-tpt-from-zte/

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  30. I tried to root and backup my ROM today using the method. After pressing 'backup my current ROM' through ROM manager, my phone is not booting and stuck and green screen.

    I tried 'power + vol down' or other options, but none worked. Its not even opening anything just the green screen.

    Please help me if there is some way to save my phone. Any help is appreciated.

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  31. i have idea blade currently running with Swedish snow rsl7 .i already tried stock rom form the link u mention but gives me error in green color at the time of installing i also try those step after installing cm7.2 but it didn't work.pls help.....

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  32. How to find which GEN is our phone

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  33. i have installed stock rom on my idea zte blade from osf flasher but now it is not starting and restarting continueously plz help

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  34. I had installed Rom manager from Google play store and flash recovery mod it gives me an error "error occurred while flashing Rom" plz tell what to do

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  35. Finally i had rooted my phone and flash it using cwm and also downloaded all stuff to upgrade i had taken backup
    Thanx to all of u who support me and guide me to upgrade my idea bladethanx thanx thanx alot

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  36. anybody got the answer for unlocking the ram

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  37. i hav used many roms such as 4.1.2,4.0.4,4.0.3 but none of them are working properly...mobile become very slow....because of ram...so plz them me any method to make my blade better

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    1. Try Flashing Gingerbread LEZO Rom..
      >much better battery backup than other CyanogenMod Roms
      >Stable
      > ~50MB free Ram install other English keyboard as default is Baidu input(Chinese Heavy keyboard)

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    2. can u plz send me the download link of lezo rom 1.9.7 or lezo 1.10.21

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    3. Lezo 1.10.19 - http://www33.zippyshare.com/v/365815/file.html

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  38. I had upgrade my idea blade with above Tom I.e m-mhmp rls 9 in which they give terminal emaluter apk and no frills CPU control I don't know how to use both apk can anyone guide me how to use and what is the use of it

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  39. after rooting by z4root i got the icon superuser but aftergoing in Rom manage,by clicking flash colckwork it says
    ''an error occured while flashing your recovery''...plzzz help
    Thank you :)

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    1. Select permanent root for rooting u r phone with Z4 root application

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  40. Wow..,thanks alot boss ..,working well..,now i am able to use ginger version on my blade...

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  41. I have upgraded to Moldovan-Mile-High-Mountain-Pie-RLS9 & all the other installation but the market is not upgrading to play store please help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  42. Rom (Moldovan-Mile-High-Mountain-Pie-RLS9.zip): Link
    Kernal 1(M-MHMP-RLS9-Undervolt-Kernel-Gen2.zip) :Link
    Kernal 2(M-MHMP-RLS9-Swedish-Stock-Kernal-Gen2.zip) : Link
    I can't these please have you another links where I download these.

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  43. can u tell me that which is best ro m for idea blade .my phone shows 166 mb of ram plzzz sugesst any rom for it

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