After checking out on how to Root and UnRoot your Micromax A60 Android smartphone, it’s now time to move a step closer to install the custom ROM firmwares in your phone as in this article we will be checking out on how to install the custom recovery image. Only with the help of the custom Recovery image, the custom rom can be installed in your phone which we will be discussing in the coming article. Please note that by following this article, the device will be rooted and the warranty will get void. You can unroot by following the above mentioned link to regain the lost warranty. Its very important to root your A60 before proceeding as it won’t work on the non- rooted phones.
Disclaimer: We should not be held responsible in any manner in whole or in parts if anything wrong happens to your device after following the instructions though it is very unlikely if you follow the instructions which are mentioned in this article carefully.
- All the data present in your phone should be backed up so that just in case if the data gets lost or corrupted, the same can be restored easily.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
- Enable the USB Debugging Mode in your phone from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging. Ensure that the USB Debugging option is ticked as shown in the below screen capture.
So assuming that you have followed all the instructions mentioned above, you can now proceed to the next step with which you can install the custom Recovery image in your phone.
Procedure to Install Custom Recovery in Micromax A60 Android Phone:
- Download the custom Recovery Image for your Micromax A60 in your computer and connect your phone to the computer with the help of original USB cable.
- After this, you need to place this downloaded recovery image file to your phone’s internal memory and ensure that the file is not placed deep into the sub folder.
- After this, you need to key in the below mentioned commands in the adb shell or in the terminal window in your computer.
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak (notice this file install-recovery.sh may not be on your device if it gives an error or file not found move on)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-a60-gnm.img (or name of recovery.img)
sync
- Next up, power Off the phone and boot your device by pressing the “Home” button and press the “Power” button.
- Test flashing of signed-test_flash.zip which if successful will place test-flash_file in /system/bin and then you need to map the key by pressing the Vol. Up and Vol. Down button for selecting Up / Down.
So congratulations, you have now successfully learnt on how to install the custom recovery in your device by following the simple to follow tutorial mentioned above. Do let us know in the comments section if there are any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.
