Now, select recovery setup > Install or update recovery. Install the ROM manager app from play store on your device. It’s easy to flash Clockworkmod recovery using ROM manager. Even third party developers have modded ClockworkMod to run on devices that are from Micromax, Lava etc. Most of the Samsung and Sony users love the ClockworkMod recovery. There are key operated and Touch variant of CWM recovery available for different devices. Tip: Root any Android Phone on Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean firmwareĭeveloped by a well known developer who has introduced many essential apps for Android users – “ kaushik Dutta”. Once you have rooted your device you can install the Custom recovery to flash ROM, kernel or other mods available as zip files. You will be able to flash zip file, clear dalvik cache or cache partition, do a factory reset. Clockworkmod is developed by Kaushik dutta and TWRP is by a “team win” group of developers.Ĭustom recovery has all the basic functionalities of a Stock recovery added with some extra options. There are many custom recovery available for different devices but the major once are ClockWorkMod and TWRP. Custom recovery are 3rd party recovery system introduced by developers group. You will need to unlock bootloader and then you will be able to boot into recovery system. Most all devices have built recovery but some manufacturers lock down them. Android has an in-build diagnostic and debugging system known as recovery.