Reinstalling recovery. What is recovery on Android: how to go to the menu and what can you do there? CWM recovery sections of the Touch version

Tired of the preset recovery mode? I would like to learn how to reset separate folders? Do you like to experiment with your portable device? Then you need to download the ClockworkMod Recovery program for Android. How to install the utility for free on your device is described in the article.

Description

CWM Recovery app was developed by Koushik Dutta and is a popular custom recovery alternative. The program provides the ability to install firmware on a phone, create a backup copy of a system running Android, and restore firmware from earlier backups. Thanks to the functions of the utility, you can bring a broken device back to life, download interesting additions to the smartphone menu, and experiment with the settings.

You can install the utility in several ways:

• using the recovery designer;
• using ROM Manager;
• via computer.

Going to the designer, you need to select your phone model, find and download the firmware file for the specified model. The first tab takes you to a new device; on the second page you can find a list of available devices. This option is not suitable for all phones, only for popular manufacturers.

ROM Manager program will allow you to install CWM Recovery on your device in a few seconds, regardless of the brand, model and manufacturer of phones. To operate the program you must have administrator rights.

Having entered the program, a window opens asking for permission to access the phone menu. After the agreement, you should open the Recovery Setup tab. Several tabs will appear in the window; you need to select the installation of CWM Recovery. The program automatically detects the device model; to confirm, you need to click on the phone name.

After confirmation, you will be able to install the program; clicking on the “install CWM” tab will begin the process of downloading application files. The documents will be installed automatically almost completely; before completing the installation you will need to provide root rights. At the end of the process, the message “Successfully flashed ClockworkMod recovery!” will appear.


Downloading CWM Recovery via a computer is difficult; this method is used in cases where the phone model is not in the ROM Manager list. On the Android environment developers website, you need to download the manager Android SDK, going to the end of the page, click on the file “tools_25.2.3 -windows.zip”. After unzipping the downloaded folder to the root of the “C” drive, follow the path: tools/android/ Android SDK/ Platform-tools/ Install package.

Next, you need to confirm license agreement and start the installation. After installation, you need to download recovery-clockwork. img for your phone model, rename the downloaded file, removing “clockwork” from the name. Recovery. img move to the platform-tools folder.

Put the phone into fastboot mode so that the device can accept commands from the computer. The transition to fastboot is carried out by simultaneously pressing the power button and volume down. The keys may differ for some phones.

Going to fastboot, connect the device to the computer via USB cable. Then you need to go to command line, enter cmd in it, then enter the command “cd /” and press Enter, in the window enter the path to the platform-tools folder, confirm again with the Enter button. Next, enter the fastboot flash recovery command. img, confirm the action, at the end a message should appear stating that everything was successful.

Transition and description of CWM

The transition to the ClockworkMod Recovery menu is carried out when the device is turned off. Entering the menu occurs through the use of key combinations:

1. Samsung – press volume up + center key + turn off the phone.
2. Nexus – volume down button + power off key.
3. SONY – turn off the phone, then turn it on, click on the logo while loading.

For other models there are universal methods for accessing the CWM menu. You can use the command line of your computer, or you can download a free terminal to your phone, and after launching, enter the commands: su/reboot recovery. The transition will begin automatically, after a few seconds the phone will open the CWM program menu.

In the program window you can see several items. The first step reboots the phone system. Install zip sd card – this item allows you to install files from the drive. By clicking on the tab, a submenu opens in which you can disable file signature verification, enable the confirmation script, and specify the firmware installation paths.

The wipe data item is needed in order to return the portable device to its original state; all data is deleted from the internal memory. Temporary files are deleted after clicking on wipe cache partition. To create backups and further restore the backup, you need to go to the “backup and restore” item.


The “mounts and storage” item is used to mount an SD drive and system partition, unmounting the partition with data and cache. You can format all sections that are written in the title of the paragraphs. To go to additional CWM parameters, click advanced.

In advanced there is an additional submenu. Restart recovery - Reboot Recovery, to reset battery statistics, click on Wipe Battery Stat, to clear the cache in the Dalvik environment, click on Dalvik Cache. You can create a report on the SD card by going to the “Report Error” item; to restart the ADB terminal, you need to press the “Restart adb” button.

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages:

• many functions;
• convenient control;
• several installation options.

Unaware users of portable devices should not enter the ClockworkMod utility menu, so as not to break the smartphone.

Each mobile device under Android control comes with additional diagnostic software called recovery (recovery or recovery mode). The operating principle and concept of recovery on Android is reminiscent of the BIOS in computers - this software is also installed separately from the operating system and performs diagnostic functions. What is recovery in Android - read our article on Trashbox.

Android stock recovery

Recovery (recovery) - software V Android devices, used for hardware diagnostics, system recovery, and backups. Every smartphone from any manufacturer has this operating mode. Recovery pre-installed by the manufacturer is called stock. To enter recovery mode, you need to turn off the device and hold down a certain combination of hardware buttons. Each manufacturer has a different combination. You can also call recovery using adb utility commands using a computer with an Android device connected to it.

Combinations for calling recovery on popular devices:

• How to enter recovery Samsung Galaxy: When the gadget is turned off, simultaneously hold down the Power, Home and Volume Up buttons. Press until you enter recovery.
• How to enter recovery on LG: with the smartphone turned off, simultaneously hold down the Power and Volume Down buttons. Press and hold until the LG logo appears, then release, and then press these two buttons simultaneously again. The recovery login menu will appear.
• How to enter recovery on Google Nexus: With the device turned off, hold down the Volume Up and Down buttons, and then hold down the Power button. “Start” and a selection menu will appear. Use the volume down button to select recovery and press the power button to boot into this mode.
• How to enter recovery on most Android devices: on many devices from little-known or even large manufacturers, there is a single way to enter recovery - pressing the Decrease buttons or increase the volume simultaneously with the Power button.

Stock recovery in Android

Even stock recovery allows you to install firmware, OTA updates or restore the operating system to factory settings. However, in stock recovery you cannot install third-party firmware from the community - it is designed only for updates and firmware from the official development company.

Custom Android recovery

Custom recoveries for Android are created by the huge community of the operating system from Google. Firmware for custom recovery depends on the device and the recovery itself, but after flashing it will replace the stock counterpart. The recovery firmware is identical in meaning to the installation new firmware(from stock to CyanogenMod), but only here you switch from stock recovery mode to TWRP or Clockwork Mod.

Interface and functions of TWRP recovery

The capabilities of popular custom recoveries are much wider than those of stock ones. For example, TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) allows you to create complete backups operating system (NanDroid). This way, it is possible to kill the system and return it to a working state, even if it does not boot. You can also install third-party firmware, return the firmware to factory settings, mount partitions, use the terminal, and even change themes. TWRP recovery has . It provides access to all recovery functions (installation, backups, recovery) without the need to reboot into the mode itself. The main feature of TWRP is its user-friendly touch interface with theme support.

How to install custom TWRP recovery on Android - coming soon to Trashbox.

Clockwork Mod recovery interface

Another popular custom recovery for Android is Clockwork Mod. It can be installed using the application, but only if you already have it on your device. CWM can create and restore backups, install firmware and perform a hard system reset. The main feature of the Clockwork Mod recovery is additional functions for installing custom firmware. Unlike TWRP, CWM's interface is not as convenient and beautiful.

How to install custom recovery Clockwork Mod on Android - coming soon to Trashbox

The beauty of TWRP and CWM is also that they are open to the community. Anyone can take the code from these recoveries to port them to officially unsupported devices.

Installing custom recovery on Android

Soon, separate articles will appear on Trashbox on how to install two popular custom recoveries on Android - TWRP and CWM. However, it is worth noting that such operations require an unlocked bootloader. Such instructions will also appear on our website - stay tuned.

Anyone who takes the first steps in learning the procedure for flashing Android devices initially pays attention to the most common way to carry out the process - flashing firmware through recovery. Android Recovery is a recovery environment that almost all users of Android devices have access to, regardless of the type and model of the latter. Therefore, the method of flashing firmware through recovery can be considered as the most simple way update, change, restore or completely replace the device software.

Almost every device running Android OS is equipped by the manufacturer with a special recovery environment that provides, to some extent, ordinary users, possibilities of manipulation with internal memory device, or rather, its sections.

It should be noted that the list of operations that are available through the “native” recovery installed in devices by the manufacturer is very limited. As for the firmware, only official firmware and/or updates are available for installation.

In some cases, through factory recovery, you can install a modified recovery environment (custom recovery), which in turn will expand the capabilities of working with firmware.

At the same time, it is quite possible to carry out the main actions for restoring functionality and updating the software through factory recovery. For installation official firmware or updates distributed in the format *.zip, perform the following steps.

How to flash a device through a modified recovery

Modified (custom) recovery environments have a much wider range of capabilities for working with Android devices. One of the first to appear, and today a very common solution, is the recovery from the ClockworkMod team - .

Installing CWM Recovery

Since CWM recovery is an unofficial solution, you will need to install a custom recovery environment on your device before use.

If the device is not supported by the ROM Manager application or the installation does not proceed correctly, you must use other methods for installing CWM Recovery. Methods applicable to various devices are described in the articles listed below.

• For Samsung devices, in most cases the application is used.
• For devices built on the MTK hardware platform, the application is used.
• The most universal method, but at the same time the most dangerous and difficult, is flashing the recovery via . The steps taken to install recovery using this method are described in detail at the link:

Firmware via CWM

Using a modified recovery environment, you can flash not only official updates, but also custom firmware, as well as various system components represented by cracks, add-ons, improvements, kernels, radios, etc.

It is worth noting that there are a large number of versions of CWM Recovery, so after logging into various devices you can see a slightly different interface - background, design, may be present touch control and so on. In addition, some menu items may or may not be present.

The examples below use the most standard version of the modified CWM recovery.
At the same time, in other modifications of the environment, when flashing the firmware, items are selected that have the same names as in the instructions below, i.e. A slightly different design should not cause concern to the user.

In addition to design, the management of CWM actions differs in different devices. Most devices use the following scheme:

• Hard key "Volume+"— move one point up;
• Hard key "Volume-"— move one point down;
• Hard key "Nutrition" and/or "Home"— confirmation of choice.

So, the firmware.

Let's move on to the firmware. To install the zip package, select the item "install zip from sdcard" and confirm your choice by pressing the corresponding hardware key. Then select the item "choose zip from sdcard".

A list of folders and files available on the memory card opens. We find the package we need and select it. If the installation files were copied to the root of the memory card, you will have to scroll to the bottom of the list to display them.

Before starting the firmware procedure, recovery again requires confirmation of awareness of your own actions and understanding of the irreversibility of the procedure. Select an item “Yes – Install ***.zip”, where *** is the name of the package being flashed.

The firmware procedure will begin, accompanied by the appearance of log lines at the bottom of the screen and the filling of the progress bar.

After the message appears at the bottom of the screen "Install from sdcard complete" The firmware can be considered complete. Reboot into Android by selecting "reboot system now" on the main screen.

Firmware via TWRP Recovery

In addition to the solution from the ClockworkMod developers, there are other modified recovery environments. One of the most functional solutions of this kind is. How to flash devices using TWRP is described in the article:

This is how Android devices are flashed through recovery environments. It is necessary to take a balanced approach to the choice of recovery and the method of installing them, and also flash only the appropriate packages obtained from reliable sources into the device. In this case, the process proceeds very quickly and does not cause any problems later.

In this article you will learn how to install CWM Recovery.

Navigation

Many users, even the most experienced ones, encounter difficulties in which they are unable to install a modified recovery or simply CWM Recovery.

It is worth noting that today there are only two modified recovery - TWRP and CWM Recovery, but since today we will talk specifically about CWM Recovery, then TWRP Recovery we won't touch it.

But still, for those who are interested in installing TWRP Recovery, you can read it in the article.

So, as you understand, today we will consider installing a modified CWM Recovery recovery, and it will install both from the computer and on the device.

What methods of installing CWM Recovery are there?

Method 1. Installing CWM Recovery using the ROM Manager program

So, in the very first and main way, which can be said to be very popular.

At the same time, I would like to note that installing a modified recovery in this program is very simple, and takes about 10 minutes at most, and execution is done by clicking one item in the ROM Manager.

Well, let's move on to the process of installing the modified recovery.

• First of all, you need to go to the official website of the ROM Manager program in order to check the presence of your Android device in the display list of devices.
• Now you actually need to launch the ROM Manager program, and then in the initial window select the item called "Recovery Setup".

• After this you will go to another section where you need to find a subsection "Install or update Recovery", and below it click on the item "ClockworkMod Recovery".

• Then the program will scan your device, as a result of which you will see the name of your Android device. In our case, this is a Google Nexus 7 (2013) device. You need to click on your device.

• Once you tap on your Android device, you will be taken to the next step where you need to tap on the section "Install ClockworkMod."

• Well, after this you will notice that the downloading of something has begun, namely download ClockworkMod.

• After everything is downloaded, you will receive, which actually needs to be provided to this application.

• Now after some time you should receive a special notification “Successfully flashed ClockworkMod recovery!”. Therefore, as soon as you receive it, immediately click on the button "OK."

• Ready! You have installed a modified recovery from CWM on your smartphone, but for it to function you just need to reboot your Android device.

Method 2. Installing CWM Recovery using Fastboot

So, now we will look at installing this recovery using the most popular method, for which the Fastboot program will be useful.

• First of all, you need to download the Fastboot program, for which you must go to link, and then go down to the section "Get just the command line tools" and select the required boot distribution of this program, depending on what operating system installed on your computer/laptop.

• After the bootable distribution is downloaded from the site, you need to run it, in the end you will receive a window like this with the inscription "Welcome to the Android SDK Tools Setup Wizard". You just need to press a button "Next >", to redirect to the next installation step.

• Now the installation window will automatically check for the presence of the required Java SE component, but if it is not there, the installation program will automatically direct you to download what is needed for further installation. If the directions and opening of new tabs in the browser were not detected, then you just need to click on the button "Next >".

• Here you need to select the item "Install for anyone using this computer", which means “Install for other users on this computer”, and then press the button "Next >".

• Now you will go to the stage of choosing the path, that is, the place where it will be installed this program. If you are an inexperienced user, we do not advise you to change anything here, just click on the button "Next >".

• Ready! Installation Android programs SDK Tools Done, if you want to run the program now, check the box. But right now we don’t need it yet.

• After that you need to navigate to the folder "android-sdk", and then run the executable file "SDK Manager".

• In the window that opens, you will be offered a list of parameters and settings, as well as the ability to set checkboxes, but we only need to check one box, and this is opposite the item "Android SDK Platform-tools", and then press the button "Install Packages".

• Now you need to confirm your consent, for which select the option "Accept License", and then click on the button "Install".

• Now that you've completed every single one of these steps, you'll notice a new folder appearing "platform-tools", which will contain the necessary programs for us, such as "ADB" And "Fastboot"

Installation process of CWM Recovery

• First of all you need to download the file version "recovery-clockwork.imd", and this can be done by link. In this case, you need to choose exactly the version that your Android device supports.
• After the file "recovery-clockwork.img" downloaded, you will need to move it to a folder "platform-tools". By the way, for greater convenience, you better rename the file "recovery-clockwork.img" in the title "recovery.img", believe me, it’s much easier this way, just like when working with the command line, which will happen later, and when entering the file name itself.

• Enable the feature on your phone "USB Debugging", for which you must first connect it to your computer via a USB interface

• Then run command line (cmd), via keyboard shortcut "Win + R" where just enter the command "cmd", then click the button "Enter".

• After this, a command line will open, in which you need to enter these commands sequentially, and after entering each one, press the button "Enter".

CD path to the “platform-tools” folder

• In our case, we received the following command, that is, we supplemented it by specifying the path to the files.

adb reboot bootloader

• So, if you did everything correctly, that is, as it should be according to our instructions, then you will receive the following

• Now you need to use the command "cd/" in order to navigate back along the path to a particular folder. If you need to go to the previous section of the folder, just write the command on the command line "cd/", and then click on the button "Enter", and eventually we will move from one path to another.

• Now we need to go to the folder itself "platform-tools", for which simply write on the command line and press the button "Enter".

cd Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

• After this, you need to enter a command that can be said to produce automatic installation CWM Recovery. Command to be entered on the command line "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img".
• If you did everything correctly, that is, as we described, then you will receive a message on the command line that will read something like this: "finished, total time: 0.800s"- this means that the recovery firmware was completed successfully.

• Ready! Now your smartphone has a modified CWM Recovery installed instead of the basic one, which is preinstalled at the factory.

Method 3. Installing CWM Recovery using the Rashr program

It is worth noting, that the Rashr program is a very convenient and easy-to-use application that will allow you to perform actions that are inaccessible to the eyes of an ordinary user.

• First of all, you need to download the Rashr application, and you can do this on the official service Play Market.
• Now that the application has automatically installed, you need to launch it. When you launch the Rashr app for the first time, you will receive request for superuser rights, which must be provided for further work with the program.

• Here you need to select the necessary program to which we will give Superuser rights, and you need to select the program "CWM Recovery".

• After this, all versions of the CWM Recovery program will open. In our case we got 2 versions ClockworkMod.

• Then you will receive a request to download a file called the same "recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.7-flo.img", you just need to press the button "Yes."

• Now the download will start boot file Recovery and the version you chose in available list versions.

• When the download is complete, you will receive a message informing you that the CWM Recovery firmware has been successfully installed by clicking on the button "Yes", you will allow the smartphone to reboot with the already modified recovery.

• Ready! You now have CWM Recovery on your Android device.

Method 4. Install CWM Recovery on Samsung devices using the Odin program

It is worth noting that owners of smartphones and tablets from Samsung are very lucky, because they can install CWM Recovery using the Odin program.

• First of all, you need to download CWM for your Samsung device.
• After this, you need to connect your device, which can be either a tablet or a smartphone, to your computer/laptop, and you need to connect it via a USB interface.
• Now you must open the program Odin3 v3.10, in order to be in the field "AP" add a file from Recovery.

• After this you need to click on the button "Start", and then the process of installing the modified recovery will begin.
• When the installation process is finished, you will just need to reboot your device.
• Ready! Now CWM Recovery is installed on your smartphone!

Well, as you can see, the process of installing the modified CWM Recovery recovery is not that complicated. Therefore, if you decide to once again experiment with your device, or even turn it into some kind of non-standard smartphone, then use CWM recovery.

Video: Installing CWM Recovery on an Android device