How to Install ClockworkMod Recovery on the Advent Vega
The ClockworkMod Recovery allows you to take full backup of your current ROM, wipe data on your device and install custom ROMs. If these features are the ones you were looking for to have on your Advent Vega Tablet, then you are at the right place. The following guide covers how you can install ClockworkMod Recovery on your Advent Vega to enjoy custom ROMs and do all sort of recovery tasks. Here you go:
I. Before You Begin:
1. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the Advent Vega procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.
2. You must have ADB installed on your PC. Check out our guide on how to install ADB.
3. Make sure that your device has at least 60% of battery life left to ensure a smoother process.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. ClockworkMod Recovery Image (Download link is given in the first step)
2. Flash Image (Download link’s given in the first step)
3. Recovery App (It’s there in the first step)
III. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on the Advent Vega:
1. Place all the downloaded files onto your Desktop for easy access.
2. Extract files from the Flash Image archive to your Desktop using any tool like WinRAR.
3. Copy all the files that you extracted from the archive as well as Recovery Image and Recovery App to the ADB folder. It is the folder where adb.exe file exists.
4. Connect your tablet to the PC using the USB cable.
5. Open a Command Prompt Window in the ADB folder. To do so, right-click on any empty area on your screen while holding the Shift key at the same time, choose Open command window here from the context menu that appears.
6. Type in the following commands into the Command Prompt Window:
adb push recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.7-vega.img /data/local/
adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb shell chmod 4755 /data/local/flash_image
adb shell /data/local/flash_image recovery /data/local/recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.7-vega.img
adb install -r moduleap.apk
7. The CWM Recovery is now successfully installed on your tablet.
You can now install the custom ROMs of your choice on your tablet using the ClockworkMod 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 Advent Vega 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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