How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the LG Spectrum

The one thing you should do after rooting your smartphone is, install the ClockworkMod Recovery on it. It helps you flash custom ROMs on your device as well as flash the tweaks and mods so that you can customize your smartphone. The possibilities don’t end here, there are a lot more and you will see them once you have installed the CWM Recovery on your device. The following guide explains how you can install ClockworkMod Recovery on the LG Spectrum smartphone.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the LG Spectrum procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.

2. You must have ADB installed on your PC. We have a guide on how to install ADB.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. ClockworkMod Recovery Image (Download link’s given in the first post)

III. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on the LG Spectrum:

1. Download and place the CWM Recovery Image in the ADB folder. This folder contains the adb.exe file.

2. Enable USB debugging on your smartphone by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>USB debugging and tick-mark the box.

3. Connect your smartphone to the PC using the USB cable.

4. Open a Command Prompt Window in the ADB folder. To do so, press and hold the Shift button on your keyboard and right-click on any empty area on the screen, a context menu will appear from which you have to choose Open command window here option.

5. Type in the following commands into the Command Prompt Window:

adb push cwm_touch.img /sdcard/cwm_touch.img
adb shell
su
mount -orw,remount /dev/block/system /system
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
dd if=/sdcard/cwm_touch.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13
exit
exit
adb reboot recovery

6. It should install the CWM Recovery on your smartphone as well as reboot your device into it.

Cool ! You are now all set to flash custom ROMs on your device as the CWM Recovery has been successfully installed on your device.

IV. Flash a Custom ROM (Optional):

1. If you are ready to flash custom ROMs on your device, head to the How To Flash a Custom ROM on the LG Spectrum to learn how to do that.

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.

If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.

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