How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Acer Stream

So you have rooted your Acer Stream smartphone and want to enjoy some custom ROMs on it? No problem, flashing a custom recovery should enable you to do so. A custom recovery works out of your device’s main system and lets you flash files to various partitions on your device. For example, you can flash a custom firmware and it’ll seat on the place of your current firmware. Similarly, you can flash Mods and other Tweaks using the custom recovery. Here’s how you can flash a custom recovery on your Acer Stream smartphone.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure. Our guide on same will help you do so.

2. This will replace your current recovery with the CWM Recovery.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. ClockworkMod Recovery (Download link’s available in the first post)

2. Recovery Manager (Download link’s available in the first post)

III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Acer Stream:

1. Place both the files you downloaded to your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the ClockworkMod Recovery archive over to your Desktop.

3. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

4. Copy the Recovery file you extracted from the archive as well as Recovery Manager app over to the root of your SD card.

5. Once both the files have been copied, unplug your device from your PC.

6. Open the File Manager app on your device and install the Recovery Manager app you just copied.

7. Once it’s been installed, open it from your App Drawer.

8. In the app, select the Recovery file you copied to your device for installation.

9. It’ll start flashing the recovery on your device.

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

11. And you’re all set!

Awesome! Your device’s been successfully equipped with a custom recovery and this will let you flash custom ROMs and all sorts of flashable zips!

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 Acer Stream 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.

This is part of our Android How To’s. We have how to’s on rooting, loading ROMs, and tons of other tips and tricks for your specific device or for Android devices in general! For all of our Android How To’s, head here.

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