Installing Custom Recovery in Android! (MTK Devices)

Many people ask me in facebook groups about Custom Recovery and its installation process! Today I am gonna share my knowledge about Recovery in details.

What is Recovery:

Recovery is a mode or environment in android to recover installed version & factory reset, if the phone causes freezes of behave abnormal. Every android comes with recovery installed.  It is called stock recovery. In windows view we can say this is somewhat like BIOS environment. That is  recovery is a small operating system to do emergency work. Its looks like DOS. It comes normally black screen.

To enter into recovery mode you need to Press Volume Up + Power  or Volume Down + Power button together while phone is switched off. If you want to get back just restart your phone. Then everything will be normal again.

(Using recovery mode you can easily erase phone's security lock by Factory Reset)

Types of Recovery:

There are two types-  

                                   1. Stock Recovery

                                   2. Custom Recovery

  

$ Stock Recovery: Comes with your Android phone. No need to install. Actually useless. If you are an advanced user.

$ Custom Recovery: Created by expert users or by developers. You can also create your Custom recovery by using MTK Droid tool  (Will explain in later post)

Custom recovery has many variants: TWRP,  CWM, CTR etc

TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project):

This is very popular for its touch feature. Very easy to use. Easy to wipe and you can add multiple flashable zip file once at a time.  Mostly used in latest MTK-65xx phones like Walton Primo, Symphony phone. 

TWRP

CWM (ClockworkMod Recovery):

generally shortened to "CWM", is one of the most popular custom recoveries for Android-powered smartphones and tablets. Originally developed by Koushik Dutta, or "Koush", CWM lets power users do all kinds of really powerful tasks that aren't included in the stock recovery on most devices. Its not Touch enabled. Use Volume up-down for menu up-down.
Mostly used in Symphony Phone, Walton Phone in our Country.

CWM

                                    

CTR(Carliv Touch Recovery):

It is a CWM based recovery and is compatible with it. In this version I used Napstar-xda's full touch module as base. The navigation it is possible by touching the menu item. Swipe Left or Right for up-down.

CTR

Downloading Recovery:

You can download your custom recovery from Google. Just search for it and you will get it in Google or Facebook group. If Can't find don't worry wait for my next post. :)

Installing Recovery:

For installing recovery you will need anyone of the following two-

1. MTK Mobile Uncle Tools.apk. Download from: (Google Play) or (forum.xda-developers.com)

2. For PC, SP Flash tools for MTK devices Download from: (Forum.xda-developers.com)

Using SP flash tool:  is risky process...

1. You need to download the recovery.img (Custom recovery)  and a a scatter file.
2. Put them in same folder of your PC . 
3. Then Run SP Flash tool.
4. Select scatter file and click on recovery, then show the recovery.img.
5. Click download.
6. Process will start immediately.
7. After success a green dialog box will come.
8. The you can restart your phone in recovery mode. 

Using Mobile Uncle Tool:  Safer process... 

1. Install Mtk Mobile Uncle Tool.
2. Download your recovery.img.and put it in Memory Card no inside any folder (Just paste in Memory card)
3. Now Open the app. SuperUser will ask to grant Access. Grant it

1. Now Click on recovery update.
2. The recovery.img file will be displayed
3. Click on it
4. It will ask to reboot into recovery
5. Confirm it

1. Now the phone will boot into recovery.

Entering into Recovery Mode:

$ Stock Recovery: Volume Down + Power button together while phone is switched off.

$ Custom Recovery: Volume Up + Power  button together while phone is switched off.

*** REMEMBER THAT YOU NEED TO ROOT YOUR PHONE FOR USING CUSTOM RECOVERY!