How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile)

Every Android device has, what is called, a recovery image on it. This is basically a part of the Android operating system that you or the manufacturer can access if your device becomes unresponsive and then use it to restore your device.

A custom recovery image, however, is a recovery image that a developer has altered that can not only help the device if it becomes responsive, but also has the added benefits of allowing us to make major changes to the operating system and have even further customizations on your device.

In this procedure, we’ll show you how to flash a custom recovery on your Samsung Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile).

After flashing a custom recovery on Samsung Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile), you’ll be able to:

• Perform full backups of your device (literally save EVERYTHING from it).
• Increase your device’s performance (after flashing something called a kernel
• Increase your device’s battery life.
• Flash custom ROMs (these make it possible to flash a newer version of Android, totally new user interfaces, add tons of new features, and much more).

Interested? Here’s how to flash a custom recovery on your Samsung Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile):

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 S4 (T-Mobile) procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.

2. This should flash ClockworkMod Recovery on your device.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download and install ROM Manager app on your device.

ROM Manager (Google Play Link)

III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile)

1. Open the App Drawer on your device and tap on ROM Manager and it’ll launch.

2. Hit Flash ClockworkMod Recovery button in the app.

3. It should ask you what device you want to flash a recovery on, just tap on the model number of your device.

4. It’ll then start downloading and flashing the recovery on your device.

5. Once it’s done, reboot your device.

6. You’re all done!

All set! Now, you can head to our How to Flash a Custom ROM procedure for the Samsung Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile) to open up a whole new world of customizations for your Android device!

By the way, don’t be scared, you can always put your device back to stock by heading to our Rooting How To’s section, finding your device, and doing the How to Unroot listed for it there.