How to Install a Custom ROM

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Hello Friends, in this post I'll show you how you can install a custom ROM on your Lava Iris X8 Device.

First of all you have to download the necessary files given below. 

Please note that your phone should have Kitkat stockrom installed before flashing any of the custom ROM. 

1.Download Kitkat rom here, If you dont have kitkat installed on your device/If you're using Lolipop rom on your phone.

2.SP Flash Tool Download Here & Lava Iris X8 Drivers Here

3.Download Kingroot here

4.Download Carliv Touch Recovery for Lava Iris X8 , place it in sdcard root (if your phone is in kitkat)

5. Download Mobile Uncle Tools here

6.Download the Custom rom you want to install on your device , and place it at the root of sd card (sdcard>Custom rom)

Now the Steps >

Please Note :- The steps coloured in blue are for those who have Lolipop rom on their phone and in black are for all.

      1.  First you need to Extract the Kitkat rom you've downloaded before                                               (Find MT6592_Android Scatter file in firmware folder)

                                                2.Open SP Flash tool , make sure it's in 'download only' mode, Select the scatter file in Scatter loading file , just like the pic below

  3.Make sure you have enabled Developer option in your phone ,(If you don't then Go to Settings>>About phone>>Click on Build Number (7 to 10 times) , Developer option will be unlocked ,Now go back to settings and Go to Dev. options and enable USB debugging.

    4. Go back to your pc prepare SP flash tool , turn-off your device , Start Download on SP Flash tool , Connect your phone and wait for it to finish the process. Follow the video below for Install stock rom on your device.

    5. Turn on your device and you'll be back to Kikat ROM.

    

    6.Install Mobile Uncle Tools , Kingroot,Enable Usb Debugging Mode (use above methods)

    7.Place the custom rom you want to install, in your sd card root folder.

   8.Now root your phone with Kingroot , your charge should be above 50% , you need good speed internet to download root files and to your phone to be rooted.

    9.Open Mobile Uncle tools , select recovery Update and select CTR(Carliv Touch Recovery placed in sdcard)

    10.After selecting the CTR recovery your phone will be at the Recovery mode , now select wipe menu>>preflash >>cache,dalvik cache and factory data will be reset .After that go back and select Install from sd card and select the custom rom you want to install .Wait for phone to complete the installation and phone to boot up.

Congratulations , you have successfully installed custom rom on your device.

Comment bellow if you have any question or problem.....Thanks for your time and Enjoy