A Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has no plans to air the official lollipop update for its 2013 released mid-range HTC Desire 601 smartphone. Obviously, it’s really a bad news for the owners, but the company is no more ready to support the smartphone updates. So, now the question may arise that, “How one can update HTC Desire 601 to Lollipop? Besides, a new user may have a question that, “Is HTC Desire 601 is really upgradable or support to lollipop version? Well, all the question has been answered by a senior Xda member uberlaggydarwin who has released the unofficial CyanogenMod 12 ROM.
The CyanogenMod 12 ROM is based on latest Android 5.0.x Lollipop version and compiled using the unified HTCMSM8960 kernel. Of course, it comes with all the new lollipop goodies and also CM features that will surely extend the capability of HTC Desire 601. So, those users who are eagerly waiting to update HTC Desire 601 to Lollipop version can go through the below step-by-step guide.
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In this article, we are going to show you a complete process on How to Update HTC Desire 601 to Lollipop with CyanogenMod 12 ROM. Let’s go then!
Prerequisites:
- Keep your HTC Desire 601 battery charged up to 70% – 80%.
- Ensure that you have backed up your all important data.
- Your HTC Desire 601 Bootloader must be unlocked. If not, then unlock from HTCdev site.
- Do make sure your smartphone is rooted and TWRP/CWM installed on it.
Needed Files:
How to Update HTC Desire 601 to Lollipop with CyanogenMod 12 ROM
Step 1) Grab both the above files on your Computer and then copy it to the root of your device storage.
Step 2) Once you have copied the file, shut down your HTC Desire 601 smartphone.
Step 3) Now, boot your HTC Desire 601 into recovery mode by pressing “Volume Down + Power” buttons together for a few seconds and from there, choose “Recovery” option.
Step 4) Then, you have to format your device staying into recovery itself. To do so:
- Select “wipe data/factory reset“, then select “Yes”.
- Again go back to the Recovery main menu, select “wipe cache partition” and “Wipe Dalvik Cache” under advance option to perform Dalvik cache wiping.
Step 5) Finally, it’s the time to update HTC Desire 601 to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop via CyanogenMod 12 by flashing ROM and Gapps files.
- Select “install zip from SD card” > “choose zip from SD card” > select “ROM.zip” file > select “OK” to start the flashing process.
- Similarly, you can flash “Gapps” as above.
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Step 6) Once the flashing process is completed successfully. Select “++++Go Back++++” and then choose “reboot system”.
Initially, your smartphone will take 10-15 minutes to start and localize all the services & apps. So, please keep patience and enjoy new boot animation.
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Voila! You’re on board now! This completes the process of upgradation. Finally, you have lollipop version running on your HTC Desire 601 smartphone. So, start exploring all new lollipop features and enjoy materialistic interface. For any help or queries, you can use the comments section. Enjoy