How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Vizio VTAB1008

Ever wished if you could update the firmware of your device without getting any official updates? Such wish is a reality now as custom ROMs have come to the rescue to those who’re stuck at older versions of firmwares. But before you can flash a custom ROM, you’re going to need a custom recovery and the guide below shows exactly how you can get it on your Vizio VTAB1008 device. So follow it and get a custom recovery installed on your device:

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the Vizio VTAB1008 procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.

2. This procedure works on Windows based PCs only.

3. Your device should have at least 60% of battery life left.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. ClockworkMod Recovery (It’s attached in the first post)

2. Fastboot

III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Vizio VTAB1008:

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

2. Unzip files from both the archives over to your Desktop. Make sure you’ve the recovery image on your Desktop.

3. Enable the USB debugging option on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging.

4. Once it’s been enabled, plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.

5. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop. To do that, simply hold down the Shift button and right-click anywhere on your Desktop and choose Open command window here.

6. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:

adb push recovery-cwm-vtab1008.img /sdcard/recovery-cwm-vtab1008.img

7. It’ll copy the recovery image over to the root of your SD card.

8. Next issue the following commands:

adb shell
su

9. You should now have root access in the terminal. Next type in following command:

dd if=/sdcard/recovery-cwm-vtab1008.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=512

10. It’ll flash the recovery on your device.

11. Now issue following commands to exit ADB:

exit
exit

12. You’re done!

Congrats! You’ve successfully flashed a custom recovery on your VTAB1008. Custom ROMs are now waiting for you at your doorstep!

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 Vizio VTAB1008 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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