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Install Unofficial CM 12.1 based Lollipop ROM on Xiaomi Redmi 1S

budget plan smartphones are the new hot cakes in Asian smartphone market as well as Xiaomi, finest understood for its high end gadgets with most current hardware at a low price, is the very first option for lots of budget plan smartphone buyers. The device maker, often called as China’s Apple, went into Indian smartphone market with Mi 3 as well as grabbed some attention.  But introducing Redmi 1S was the game changer for the company.

The phone is packed with features like 1.6GHz Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, 8GB interior storage as well as expandable as much as 64GB, 8Mp rear camera, 2000mAh battery. however a phone with an dated firmware (i.e Android Jellybean 4.3) in the age of Android Kitkat was a miss as well as still a steady MIUI 6 develop based on Android Kitkat yet to release, where other smartphone firms have started rolling out Android L update for their users.

Android being an open source platform supplies complimentary to develop rights and utilizes gets lots of choices to choose. Cyanogenmod is among those Android advancement neighborhoods as well as rather famous for improving the power of Android OS with its custom-made ROMs, using a lot more features than official firmware supplied by smart phone vendors.

Features like native theming support, FLAC audio codec support, a big gain access to point List, an OpenVPN client as well as lots of a lot more makes the ROM extremely prominent among Android users. often it’s reported to do much better than the official firmware release.

So right here is a basic as well as step-by-step guide to set up Unofficial Cyanogenmod 12.1 based on most current Android Lollipop 5.1.1 on your Xiaomi Redmi 1S phone.

Getting Prepared

Take total backup of your phone.

Take backup of IMEI/NVRAM data.

Make sure you have root gain access to of your device.

Download Cyanogenmod 12.1 for Redmi 1S.

Install TWRP custom-made healing on Redmi 1S.

Warning!

Procedure explained below may cause damage as well as may soft-brick your Redmi 1S. though you can always bring back your gadget by flashing the official firmware. It is extremely suggested to comply with these steps very carefully to prevent any type of type of mishap. proceed at your own risk. Droidviews  or any type of of its members shall not be liable for any type of damage to your device.

Flashing Lollipop ROM on Xiaomi Redmi 1S

Connect your phone to your PC as well as copy downloaded Cyanogenmod 12.1 ROM .zip data on your phone’s SD Card.

Switch off your phone.

Press as well as hold volume Up crucial + Power crucial all together to boot into TWRP Recovery mode of your device.

Tap on “Wipe” option.

Now choose “Advanced Wipe”.

Select “System”, “Data”, “Dalvik Cache” as well as “Cache” from the listing on your screen.

Then “Wipe” by swiping the blue circle at the bottom of the screen to right.

From the next screen choose “Install”.

Choose the copied Cyanogenmod ROM .zip data from SDCard .

Again a screen will appear with some text as well as a blue circle at the bottom. Swipe the circle to ideal to verify flash.

Wait for the installation to total as well as after that once again remove only “Cache” as well as “Dalvik Cache” as explained previously however choosing only “Cache” as well as “Dalvik Cache” options.

Reboot the device.

Wait up until the gadget boots to system with recently installed ROM as well as keep in mind very first boot always takes a lot more time than usual, so keep patience.

That’s all friends. take pleasure in Android Lollipop experience on your preferred gadget with Cyanogenmod 12.1 as well as share your experience with us.