As we have rooted / hacked / gained administrative access of our phone by following the rooting guide from the previous post. Now the next step in customizing your phone is to install a "Custom Recovery".
"Custom recovery" What is it?
Many of us have used computer and there are many backup / restore which takes backup of your complete OS if in case you need to get your system back to way it was instead of having a clean install. Like in windows using recovery tool we create an ISO image of OS which has all the software and all the data. using which we can bring the system back to previous state without having the need to clean boot the whole computer.
Similarly Android phones comes preloaded with manufacturer's recovery image installed which in reality is of no use. So android developers have came up with customized recoveries. Which allows us to do a lot more than the pre-installed recoveries.
"Custom Recovery" what it does?
* It allows you to backup / restore image of your current ROM.
* It allows you to do a factory rest & wipe cache.
* Allows you to install / update the Custom ROMS.[Key feature]
* It allows you to create partition on your SD card.
and there are many more but these are the most used options which you would need to know as you will be using it extensively in future.
"Customer Recovery" which one to use?
As android is open source many developers have developed their own "Custom Recoveries". The most user friendly is the "Clockworkmod" aka "Rom manager". It has a friendly GUI and easy to understand menu options, I personally use this.
With the above overview you must now have a basic idea as to what a "Custom Recovery" is and its main functions. So lets go ahead and get started with installation of Custom Recovery.
Pre-Requisite:
* Download Latest Version of ROM Manager from the market.
* Make sure your phone is rooted else this app will not work.
Procedure:
1. Once the ROM manager is downloaded and installed, go ahead and open it.
2. As you open the app it will prompt to select your phone model.
3. Optimus One would be listed on the top go ahead and select it.
4. In middle of operation "Superuser" will ask to allow root permission for the application, go ahead and allow it.
5. Open Rom Manager again and select the option "Flash ClockworkMod" Recovery. [make sure you have internet working]
6. Once you hit it the top it will the the download progress of the same.
7. Make sure you are keeping an eye on the download as once it is completed "Superuser" will again prompt to "Allow Access" which would go away in 10 secs and you will have to download it again.
8. Once you allow it will reboot your phone and will install the recovery for you and restart your phone.
There you go you have installed recovery on your phone. The first thing you should do after you install the recovery is to go ahead and take a backup of your current ROM.
* To take the backup of your Current ROM. [Make sure you have at least 250-450 mb free on sd card]
- Select "Backup Current ROM".
- It will prompt to give it a name, by default it will have present day's date.
- Hit ok, your phone will restart and will boot in recovery mode showing some messages regarding backup process. [don't freak out as it is totally normal]
- Once the backup is completed the phone will restart normally.
Now you are set with a Rooted Phone and have installed a Custom Recovery. The next steps is to install a Custom ROM which would be followed in the next Post.
"Custom recovery" What is it?
Many of us have used computer and there are many backup / restore which takes backup of your complete OS if in case you need to get your system back to way it was instead of having a clean install. Like in windows using recovery tool we create an ISO image of OS which has all the software and all the data. using which we can bring the system back to previous state without having the need to clean boot the whole computer.
Similarly Android phones comes preloaded with manufacturer's recovery image installed which in reality is of no use. So android developers have came up with customized recoveries. Which allows us to do a lot more than the pre-installed recoveries.
"Custom Recovery" what it does?
* It allows you to backup / restore image of your current ROM.
* It allows you to do a factory rest & wipe cache.
* Allows you to install / update the Custom ROMS.[Key feature]
* It allows you to create partition on your SD card.
and there are many more but these are the most used options which you would need to know as you will be using it extensively in future.
"Customer Recovery" which one to use?
As android is open source many developers have developed their own "Custom Recoveries". The most user friendly is the "Clockworkmod" aka "Rom manager". It has a friendly GUI and easy to understand menu options, I personally use this.
With the above overview you must now have a basic idea as to what a "Custom Recovery" is and its main functions. So lets go ahead and get started with installation of Custom Recovery.
Pre-Requisite:
* Download Latest Version of ROM Manager from the market.
* Make sure your phone is rooted else this app will not work.
Procedure:
1. Once the ROM manager is downloaded and installed, go ahead and open it.
2. As you open the app it will prompt to select your phone model.
3. Optimus One would be listed on the top go ahead and select it.
4. In middle of operation "Superuser" will ask to allow root permission for the application, go ahead and allow it.
5. Open Rom Manager again and select the option "Flash ClockworkMod" Recovery. [make sure you have internet working]
6. Once you hit it the top it will the the download progress of the same.
7. Make sure you are keeping an eye on the download as once it is completed "Superuser" will again prompt to "Allow Access" which would go away in 10 secs and you will have to download it again.
8. Once you allow it will reboot your phone and will install the recovery for you and restart your phone.
There you go you have installed recovery on your phone. The first thing you should do after you install the recovery is to go ahead and take a backup of your current ROM.
* To take the backup of your Current ROM. [Make sure you have at least 250-450 mb free on sd card]
- Select "Backup Current ROM".
- It will prompt to give it a name, by default it will have present day's date.
- Hit ok, your phone will restart and will boot in recovery mode showing some messages regarding backup process. [don't freak out as it is totally normal]
- Once the backup is completed the phone will restart normally.
Now you are set with a Rooted Phone and have installed a Custom Recovery. The next steps is to install a Custom ROM which would be followed in the next Post.
