How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Motorola Defy+

Having a custom recovery installed on your device is a good idea as it lets you flash custom ROMs as well as Mods created exclusively for your Android Device. Motorola Defy+ is stuck at Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the only way to bring it to to the newer version of Android is to flash a custom ROM based either on ICS or Jelly Bean. Besides ROMs, you’ll also be able to tweak individual elements of the device by flashing Mods using recovery. Fortunately, the ClockworkMod Recovery is available for the Motorola Defy+ smartphone and in the following guide, we’re gonna show you how exactly you can install ClockworkMod Recovery on your Motorola Defy+ smartphone.

I. Before You Begin:

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

2. Make sure your device has at least 60% of battery life left.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. 2ndInit (It’s attached in the first post)

III. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on the Motorola Defy+:

1. Download and place the 2ndInit APK file to your Desktop.

2. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

3. Copy the APK file over to the root of your SD card.

4. Unplug the device from your PC once APK is copied.

5. On your device, head to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development and enable the USB debugging option.

6. Open the File Manager app on your device and tap on the APK file you copied earlier and install it.

7. Once installed, launch it from your App Drawer.

8. Tap on Install 2ndInit BootMenu button in the app.

2ndInit App
Tap on Install 2ndInit BootMenu

9. Follow the on-screen instructions.

10. And you’re all set!

Brilliant! The ClockworkMod Recovery has been successfully installed on your Defy+ and you can start flashing custom ROMs right away!

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 Motorola Defy+ 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.

This is part of our Android How To’s. We have how to’s on rooting, loading ROMs, and tons of other tips and tricks for your specific device or for Android devices in general! For all of our Android How To’s, head here.

1 thought on “How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Motorola Defy+”

  1. Tried this on my Defy+ and seemed to be successful. Installed ROM Manager and this says that ClockworkMod Recovery is installed but if I try to update CWM it says that this is not available for the MB526 Defy+. Also cannot install custom ROMs with ROM Manager. Boot into Recovery can only boot into Android system recovery menu.

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