Friday 8 April 2011

2.2.1 Froyo on Milestone


Here is how you can install Android 2.2 Froyo on your Motorola Milestone XT720.
There are couple of things that you need to take care of before proceeding with the flashing ROM instructions.

PREREQUISITE

1. This method is only for those who are running stock 2.1 Eclair ROM on their Milestone XT720. If you have any other custom ROM installed, you need to flash Android 2.1 stock ROM and then proceed with below instructions.
2. You need to have your Motorola Milestone XT720 rooted before attempting flashing ROM. If not, head over to our guide on how to root Motorola Milestone XT720 in One-Click.
3. Download Android 2.2.1 Froyo ROM for XT720 on to your computer and extract it’s contents.
4. Install “OpenRecovery” app that is included in the downloaded package. The app is in apk format.
Once you are done with the above requirements, proceed with the following instructions for flashing the custom built Android 2.2 Froyo ROM to your Motorola Milestone XT720.

FLASHING INSTRUCTIONS

1. Reboot your phone.
2. Connect your Milestone to computer using USB Cable.
3. Copy the folder “nandroid” in the downloaded content to root of the phone’s internal SD Card.
4. Make sure that SD Card is not connected to your PC using “mass storage share”.
5. On your phone, run “OpenRecovery app” and then tap “Install Recovery”.
6. Tap on “Boot recovery”.
7. Restore the backup “stock22xxxx”.
8. Then Wipe/Factory reset in Open Recovery.
9. Reboot your phone.
That’s it. You have successfully upgraded your Milestone XT720 with Android 2.2.1 Froyo. Enjoy!


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