How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the ZTE Blade

Flashing a Custom Recovery on your ZTE Blade will let you play around with a number of custom ROMs available out there for your device and this will keep you happy with your oldy device, at least for some time. Fortunately, the CWM Recovery is available for the ZTE Blade device and this guide shows how you can flash it on your device. As soon as you’re done with the procedure, you’ll have a working custom recovery up and running on your device. So, let’s get started:

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have done our How to Root the ZTE Blade procedure.

2. This will replace your current recovery with the CWM Recovery.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. ClockworkMod Recovery Image

2. Fastboot

III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the ZTE Blade:

1. Download and place both the files onto your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the Fastboot archive over to your Desktop.

3. Turn ON the USB debugging function on your device by going to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging.

4. Once enabled, connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

5. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop. To do so, simply hold down the Shift button on your keyboard and right-click on any blank area on the screen, then select Open command window here.

6. Type in following commands into the Command Prompt hitting ENTER after each line. Make sure to replace recovery.img with the actual name of the Recovery Image you downloaded.

adb push psneuter /data/local/
adb shell chmod 04775 /data/local/psneuter
adb shell /data/local/psneuter
adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb shell chmod 04775 /data/local/flash_image
adb push recovery.img /sdcard/
adb shell /data/local/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
adb reboot recovery

7. Your device should reboot into the newly installed Recovery mode.

8. And you’re all set!

Awesome! Your device has been successfully equipped with a custom recovery to let you enjoy the custom developments available for 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 ZTE Blade 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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