Install CyanogenMod 10.1.3 Jelly Bean 4.2 custom ROM on LG Optimus 4X HD

Today’s tutorial takes LG Optimus 4X HD P880 as its main subject and concentrates on the method of updating it to CyanogenMod 10.1.3 Jelly Bean 4.2 custom ROM.

If you want to feel what it’s like to depend on a smartphone, grab this upgrade file and you’ll be able to enjoy great stability as well as performance, a battery which won’t get empty that fast, new features and various other stuff.

Apart from the previous advantages of the new ROM, this tool is the best idea when it comes to the following situation: you can’t find your device. The update firmware we have for you today will find your phone and then wipe it remotely. The CM10.1.3 is also a tool which offers numerous tweaks for when you want to customize your LG Optimus 4X HD in case you’re tired of its current look and feel.

Requirements

The upgrade should be installed on your handset only after you’re done with these requirements below:

• your phone must be in a rooted state;
• it should then have TWRP or CWM as its main custom recovery image;
• locate the newest USB drivers for your device and download them on your laptop;
• turn on USB Debugging on the phone;
• charge its battery;
• make a normal backup to save the data on your handset;
• then create a full NANDroid backup;
• on your notebook, download Gapps from this place and the (file name: cm-10.1.3-p880.zip)

Instructions

1. After the two files from earlier are saved on your laptop, you should do the following: look for an unzipping tool and use it so that the files inside the two packages are extracted on the notebook.
2. Now it’s time to plug the handset to the laptop; to make the process successful, you must use the USB cord of your Optimus 4X HD. Then we recommend you to move the zip files from the PC to the phone’s customary SD card root. After that it’s safe to power the handset off.
3. Now go on the following route: unplug the phone from your laptop and enter the former in Recovery Mode using these instructions or by pressing Volume Up and Home while the handset is powered back on.
4. After the phone is in the mode we recommended, you should stay there and do as follows: opt for “Install zip from SD card“, then immediately opt for Choose zip from SD card.
5. [sc name=”banner-jos”]Once you’ve selected these necessary options, you must choose the Android 4.2 ROM zip file by tapping Power, then confirm the file’s flashing. After the latter is installed on the phone, you need to perform the same tasks to also flash the Google Apps.
6. At the end of the flashing procedures, you should choose Go Back. Then restart your LG Optimus 4X HD by choosing the following option from your device’s Recovery Menu: Restart the device. As a result, your handset is going to reboot into the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean CM10.1.3 custom ROM. To make sure the firmware is really on your smartphone, we will tell you this: open “Settings” and then “About Phone“. Then look for the file there. After you finally come across it, give it a spin.