How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001

If you have been looking for a touch based recovery for your Galaxy S Plus I9001 smartphone, then TeamWin Recovery will be a perfect choice for you. TWRP recovery provides you almost all the features that you expect from a custom recovery, like it allows you to flash custom ROMs on your phone. You don’t have to use hardware buttons anymore, just tap on the option in the recovery and it will perform the appropriate action. Following is the guide on how you can install TWRP 2.1 Recovery on your Galaxy S Plus I91001 smartphone.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have rooted your Galaxy S Plus I9001 smartphone before doing this procedure. Please head to our how to Root Galaxy S Plus I9100 procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.

2. This will replace your stock recovery. So, you will not be able to reboot your phone into the stock recovery afterwards.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the QuickFlasher Tool from here.

2. Download the TWRP 2.1 Touch Recovery Image from here.

III. Installing TWRP 2.1 Touch Recovery on Galaxy S Plus I9001:

1. Place the QuickFlasher and Recovery Image onto your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the QuickFlasher archive and place them on your Desktop.

3. Enable USB debugging on your phone by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging.

4. Connect your phone to your PC with the help of the USB cable that came with it.

5. Launch the QuickFlasher Tool by double-clicking on sgsflasher_x86.exe file.

6. In the QuickFlasher Tool, check-mark the box labeled as Flash a new Recovery as shown in the below screenshot.

[ Quick Flasher Tool ]

7. Click on the Browse… button and locate the Recovery Image you downloaded earlier.

8. Hit the Start Now button to begin flashing the recovery on your phone.

9. After the recovery is successfully installed on your phone, your phone will reboot.

You did it ! You have successfully installed the Touch Based TWRP 2.1 Recovery on your Galaxy S Plus I9001 smartphone. Now, Go and get some custom ROMs to try out on your phone.

If this procedure helped you, then please head to the official thread over at XDA Forum to thank/donate to the original developer of this recovery image !