Lenovo has launched the budget A6000 smartphone in India, last month. The device was first showcased at the CES 2015 and Lenovo has already brought it to India, making it the most affordable 4G smartphone to have launched in the country so far.
The Lenovo A6000 features a 5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) IPS display. It is powered by a 64-bit quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) clocked at 1.2GHz and 1GB of RAM. The Android 4.4 KitKat-based smartphone runs Vibe UI 2.0 skin on top. There is 8GB of built-in storage with no word on expandable storage.On camera front, it sports an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash while also houses a 2-megapixel front camera.
Following is the detailed guide to Install Custom Recovery on Lenovo A6000 Smartphone
QUICK PRE-REQUISITES:
- Ensure the device battery is charged enough to prevent unexpected device shutdown (due to battery drain) while installing a custom recovery.
- Enable USB Debugging mode via Settings and Developers Options.
- The instructions given in this guide are meant for Lenovo A6000 Only.
- Setup ADB and Fastboot drivers on your PC from here.
- Download the Custom Recovery for Lenovo A6000.
- Connect your device to PC by USB data cable.
- Place the downloaded recovery-yu.img file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot or C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot directory.
- Open the C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot directory.
- Open the command window in the above folder(press ctrl+shift and right click).
- Now,type the following command and press enter.
adb devices
This command will list the connected devices. If your phones serial number shows up you are good to go and may continue. If the phone is NOT listed this indicates that your drivers are not installed correctly. In order for you to continue you must fix your drivers so that your phone is listed under fastboot devices.
- Now type
adb reboot bootloader
This will reboot your device into Bootloader / Fastboot Mode.
- Now type
fastboot boot recovery.img
Now you have successfully flashed a custom recovery.
- After the above command has finished executing, run the following code
fastboot reboot
The phone will reboot.
STEPS TO INSTALL THE CUSTOM RECOVERY
Note –
- if you have downloaded some other custom recovery, while writing the command you need to put the name of the recovery that is in “.img” file.
- After flashing the recovery.img don’t directly turn on the system(device) as it will rewrite the stock recovery in the recovery partition.
Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues.
