How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Huawei U8300

The need of a custom recovery arises when you’ve rooted your device and looking for the simplest way to flash a custom ROM on your device. A custom recovery does that perfectly. What you get after flashing a custom recovery on your device is the ability to flash custom ROMs, Mods, make nandroid backups and so on. If Huawei U8300 is the device you’re using, then the guide below will teach you how you can get a custom recovery up and running on your device in no time. So go ahead and get a recovery flashed 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 Huawei U8300 procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.

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

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. ROM Manager — QR Code (Google Play Link)

III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Huawei U8300:

1. Head over to the Google Play and download and install the ROM Manager app on your device.

2. Once the app’s been installed, launch it from your App Drawer.

3. Hit the first option in the app that says Flash ClockworkMod Recovery.

4. Choose Huawei Ascend from the list of devices that appears on your screen.

5. It’ll start flashing CWM Recovery on your device, will take a few minutes only.

6. Once the recovery’s been flashed, reboot your device.

7. You’re all set!

Brilliant! You’ve successfully flashed CWM Recovery on your Huawei U8300 smartphone. Now go ahead and enjoy the custom goodness 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 Huawei U8300 to learn how to do that.

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