Herein, the nucleation instability criteria and nonuniform mobility are considered in the 2D cellular automaton simulation to investigate the recrystallization texture of cold‐rolled AA1100. Under the consideration of mechanical instability, the critical driving force for nucleation depends on the differences of the stored energy between a center cell and the neighboring cells. The possible nucleation sites are reduced to 37.5% in comparison with the nucleation model using a constant value of the driving force. The simulation of nucleation reveals that the mechanical instability promotes the formation of recrystallization textures at the expense of neighboring grains with orientations of deformation textures. The nonuniform mobility of high‐angle grain boundaries is implemented in simulation of recrystallization. The enhanced mobility of high‐angle grain boundaries with misorientation of 40°/<111> significantly promotes the growth of grains with orientations of Cube and RC20°RD (recrystallization textures) and inhibits the growth of grain with orientations of C, S, and B (deformation textures).

In the present work, we take the influences of activated slip systems and the orientation spread into account to predict the cup height using analytical earing models and compare the predicted results with experimental results. The effect of boundary conditions of the various stress states and the work hardening exponents are compared and discussed for profile of single crystals. A stress ratio of −0.3 and a hardening exponent of 0.3 are selected for the prediction of earing profiles. The combination of activation of the single slip systems and orientation spread provides the best prediction of deep-drawing profiles. With further consideration of the orientation spread, an increase in the total orientation leads to peak-broadening, i.e., broad and smooth ears. Furthermore, the difference of the height between the maximum and minimum value of cup profiles is reduced because of the orientation spread. The profile for C is found with single ear at 45°, while the other components individually reveal double ears at 35° and 50° for S, at 15° and 45° for B, at 0° and 90° for Cube, at 5° and 90° for r-Cube, and at 15° and 90° for G. Herein, simple analytical earing models are proposed to understand the effects of slip systems and the orientation spread. The deep-drawing profiles are predicted with six major texture components.