How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim
If you’ve rooted your Samsung Galaxy Proclaim smartphone, then the next obvious step would be to flash a custom recovery on it. Doing so will enable you to flash custom ROMs, custom mods, create backups and restore backups, etc. Here’s how to flash a custom recovery on the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim.
I. Before You Begin:
1. You must be rooted before you can do this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.
2. This should only work on Windows based PCs.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Download Odin and save it to your desktop.
2. Download the recovery file and save it to your desktop.
CWM Recovery (Download link’s given in the first post)
III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim:
1. Extract the Odin folder by right-clicking it and selecting Extract All.
2. Double-click on the Odin executable and it’ll launch.
3. Click on PDA and choose the CWM Recovery file you downloaded earlier to your Desktop.
4. Turn OFF your device.
5. Turn it back on by holding down Volume DOWN+Power buttons together. It should boot-up into Download mode.
6. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
7. Hit Start in the Odin and it’ll start flashing the recovery on your device.
8. Once the recovery’s been flashed, your device will automatically reboot.
9. You’re all done!
Excellent! Your device’s been successfully equipped with a custom recovery.
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 Samsung Galaxy Proclaim to learn how to do that.
I ran into a bit of an issue:
‘RECOVERY’ verification failed.