How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus
The famous custom recovery, ClockworkMod Recovery has got a major update recently, taking it to version 6.0. The alpha release of this recovery has become available for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone and if you are a fortunate owner of this phone, follow the steps given below to install the same on your device.
I. Before You Begin:
1. The following procedure will work on International Samsung Galaxy Nexus only.
2. You must have unlocked bootloader of your Galaxy Nexus. You can do so from here.
3. You must have rooted your Galaxy Nexus smartphone before doing this procedure. Please head to our how to root Galaxy Nexus procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Download the ClockworkMod Recovery Image from here. (Download link is in the first post)
2. Download the Fastboot Package from here.
III. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0 on Galaxy Nexus:
1. Download and place both the files on the Desktop of your PC.
2. Extract files from the Fastboot Package to your Desktop.
3. Turn OFF your smartphone using the Power button.
4. Reboot your phone into the Fastboot mode. To do so, press and hold Volume UP+Volume DOWN+Power buttons together.
5. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.
6. Open a Command Prompt window on your Desktop and type in the following command:
fastboot flash recovery maguro-test-recovery.img
7. Once the recovery has been installed, type in the following command:
fastboot reboot
Your phone will reboot. You have successfully installed the ClockworkMod 6.0 on your Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The new version of CWM Recovery provides more features to your phone than its previous version.
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 !
hi i got stuck when i typed fastboot flash recovery maguro-test-recovery.img
command prompt says:
error: cannot load maguro-test-recovery.img
and when i click on the desktop icon it says:
disc image file: recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.1.1-maguro
and it wants to burn the image to my DVD R Drive without any other option!
and when i pressed burn it says:
status: the selected disc image file isnt valid.
i am using windows 7 – 64bit
please help
also i went through the root proccess but when i try to download titanium backup it says it could not access root and i need to check if my device is rooted! how do i check if it is rooted?!
k i figured out i acutually had to type :
Fastboot Flash Recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.1.1-maguro.img
not the one mentioned above!
and after a couple of attepmpts i finally got it installed and rebooted but how do i check if clockwork mod is there or not? like how do i get the black/blue screen you got in the picture up there in instructions?
Connect your device to your PC and then run the following command through Command Prompt from the Fastboot folder (adb.exe must be there)
adb reboot recovery
It should boot your phone into the recovery, just like the image shown above.
You should issue the commands using Command Prompt from the Fastboot folder.
Check out our post to know whether you are rooted or not – https://theunlockr.com/2012/06/20/how-to-check-whether-your-android-device-is-rooted-or-not/
WOW! Thanks! you’ve saved my phone! Totally works!