Monday, July 29, 2013
What is a recovery?
Well recovery is something on android that basically allows you to flash zips which may contain apps, mods or custom roms. Every phone has a specific recovery for it which means you cant use a recovery that is for Galaxy Note II on Xperia Z.
What does flash mean?
Well flash is basically when you install something using a recovery it is called flash.
Which recovery should I install?
There are a lot of recoveries out there for your phone but for tutorials on this site we are going to be using "ClockWorkMod (CWM)" or "4ext Recovery" (btw i use 4ext). The Famous 3 recoveries are TeamWinRecoveryProject (TWRP), CWM , 4ext Recovery. But not every phone has these three recoveries available for them some have only CWM or TWRP or 4ext but famous phones such as Note II has all of them.
Downloads
You Just Need This Extract it.
How to install a recovery?
Well there are many different ways for installing recoveries on your phone but there are two most common ways
A) By ADB Fastboot:
This Method is only usable after you have found the recovery you want to install. A recovery is an .img file.
1.Download The recovery .img you want to install.
2.Rename it to "recovery.img".
3.Copy "recovery.img" to the folder you extracted earlier
4. Now Press RightClick+Shift and then select Open Command Window Here.
5.Now just type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
6.Done.
B) By Rom Manager For CWM:
This method is only usable if you have root.
1.Go to Googly Play
2.Search "Rom Manager'
3.Install it.
4.Open it and grant it root permissions.
5.Select Flash recovery and then your Device (If it doesn't show your device than your device doesn't have a cwm recovery).
6.Done
C) By Goo Manager TWRP:
This is only usable with root.
1.Go to Googly Play
2.Search "Goo Manager'
3.Install it.
4.Open it and grant it root permissions.
5. Open it and hit menu - Install OpenRecoveryScript.
6.Select a recovery and hit install.
7.Done
D) By 4ext Recovery:
Only usable with root.
1. Go to http://4ext.net and download the free version
or
1.Go to Googly Play
2.Search "4ext Recovery''
3.Install it.
4.Open it and grant it root permissions.
6.Select "Online Upgrade" say yes if anything pops up.
7.It should detect your phone and if it detects wrong phone don't continue.
8.Select Recovery install it.
9.Done
4. Now Press RightClick+Shift and then select Open Command Window Here.
5.Now just type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
6.Done.
B) By Rom Manager For CWM:
This method is only usable if you have root.
1.Go to Googly Play
2.Search "Rom Manager'
3.Install it.
4.Open it and grant it root permissions.
5.Select Flash recovery and then your Device (If it doesn't show your device than your device doesn't have a cwm recovery).
6.Done
C) By Goo Manager TWRP:
This is only usable with root.
1.Go to Googly Play
2.Search "Goo Manager'
3.Install it.
4.Open it and grant it root permissions.
5. Open it and hit menu - Install OpenRecoveryScript.
6.Select a recovery and hit install.
7.Done
D) By 4ext Recovery:
Only usable with root.
1. Go to http://4ext.net and download the free version
or
1.Go to Googly Play
2.Search "4ext Recovery''
3.Install it.
4.Open it and grant it root permissions.
6.Select "Online Upgrade" say yes if anything pops up.
7.It should detect your phone and if it detects wrong phone don't continue.
8.Select Recovery install it.
9.Done
