Procedure for Installing Custom ROMs on The Huawei U8150 IDEOS

September 5, 2011 5:29 PM /

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Thanks everyone for the overwhelming response I got concerning rooting and installation of custom ROMs. This post is courtesy of your demand for a step by step guide on the procedures for installing custom ROMs on the HUawei U8150 IDEOS.

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I’ve tried as much as possible to simplify the whole procedure of installing custom ROMs on the U8150 IDEOS.

1. Root your phone (As I outlined in my previous posts)
2. Go to the Android Market
3. Download & install “ROM Manager” application
4. Open the installed ROM Manager app
5. Flash your existing ROM using ClockworkMod
6. Refer to my previous posts on where to download custom ROMs. Download a ROM of your choice. (Preferably use a PC to do this).
7. Transfer the downloaded ROM to your IDEOS. Note carefully in which folder in your phone you keep it.
8. Put your phone into recovery mode. You can use the manual way of doing this or do it directly from the ROM Manager app. I   recommend the manual process though. (Manual process: press the power button, the upper(+) volume button, and the call(green) button simultaneously).
9. On the recovery menu that appears, select ‘Backup & Restore’ and backup your existing ROM.
10. Clear all the cache (follow the options on the recovery menu)
11. Clear the Dalvik cache
12. Choose option ‘Install zip from sdcard’
13. Navigate to where you saved the custom ROM you downloaded and select it.
14. Upon selection, it should self extract and be done in under a minute.
15. From the recovery menu options, select ‘Restart Phone’
16. Give the phone to boot with the newly installed ROM for the first time. Give it 7-10 minutes.

Woohoo you’ve done it.

**UPDATE**

Read a detailed procedure and download the right custom ROMs here

 

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  • charles dambowic

    Thank you for your posts (especially: Procedure for Installing Custom ROMs on The Huawei U8150 IDEOS). I found it extremely useful and was able to follow the instructions in a previous post from KoGiTroNomy at:
    http://3rdworldeconomist.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-root-huawei-ideos-u8150-d.html
    in order to root my u8150.
    However, I am stuck at step five of this procecure:
    5. Flash your existing ROM using ClockworkMod
    When I try to use ROM Manager v4.4.0.7 to Flash ClockworkMod Recovery, I am taken to a dialog asking me to “Confirm Phone Model” and a drop down menu appears. u8150 is not an option on the list.

    I tried checking around in forums such as xda-developers and found the same question (where can I get an image for the u8150) and the response from another user who had tried to install a different version from the list, with borking results.

    Please advise (if you can spare the time).

    • http://echenze.wordpress.com echenze

      Thanks Charles. I am glad you found my posts here of use. I’ve been using Rom Manager version 4.3.2.4. Please try this version. It’s worked for me and many of my friends.

  • Dennis

    Hi, awesome post right there, one look at it and I garnered enough courage to go ahead and install the custom ROMS, I already have the ROM manager installed as well as the clockword Mod recovery addon, the problem is I can’t get my Ideos to boot on recovery mode, it gets stuck on the boot image without progress then I have to yank out the battery and it boots again normally, what could be the problem? Thanks in advance

    • http://echenze.wordpress.com echenze

      Thanks Dennis, glad to be of help

    • http://echenze.wordpress.com echenze

      Sorry for a delayed reply Dennis. It looks like you did not root properly. Root your IDEOS again then flash the existing ROM to ClockworkMod using ROM Manager (latest version) then enter into recovery mode. It should work. Still got more problems? Don’t hesitate to ask.

  • ALLANITOMWESH

    @echenze great steps man,way easier than the ones on using other recoveries.Works.
    @charles dambowic had the same issue but i found a workaround.Get the newest version rommanager from android market.It has Huawei u8150 Ideos on the flashlist.Select that and make sure you do it on a wifi connection like it says.
    @Dennis had the same problem,but also got around it. The trick is to clear your download cache(i cleared all caches but download cache alone will do) BEFORE you flash clockworkmod.

    • http://echenze.wordpress.com echenze

      Thanks Allan for the support and helping out fellow IDEOS users.

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  • Xcoderkirui

    Nice Stuff

    • http://www.emmanuelchenze.com/ Emmanuel Chenze

       Thanks @fea8666bd94a5a11372f7081b2744ca1:disqus

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