How to Install Custom Recovery on the Lava Iris 504Q

Now that you are rooted, the next step to get custom ROMs running on your Lava Iris 504Q is installing a custom recovery.  The guide below will help you install ClockworkMod Recovery (a very popular custom recovery) but beware though, this is not an official CWM release and you may face some glitches when using it.  If you are okay with this, then read on to know how to install custom recovery on the Lava Iris 504Q.

I.  Before You Begin

1.  You need to be rooted for this procedure to work.  Use our guide on the same to help you with this.

2.  Make sure that you have the necessary drivers installed for the procedure to work.  Use this if you are unsure.

3.  Back up everything you feel is important and charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.

II.  Necessary Downloads

1.  recovery.img [ClockworkMod 6.0.3.3] [Download link available in this post under the Recovery UPDATE section]

III.  Installing Custom Recovery on the Lava Iris 504Q

1. Connect your device to your PC and copy recovery.img to your device’s SD card (do not copy it into any subfolders, the path should look like sdcard/recovery.img)

2.  Head over to the Google Play Store (on your device or the desktop browser) and install Mobileuncle MTK Tools.

2.  Once installed, open up the app drawer on your device and tap on Mobileuncle MTK Tools to open it.  You should be prompted to provide root access to the app; tap on Grant.

3.  Tap on the Recovery Update option.

4.  The app will search and find the recovery.img file from your SD card.  Tap on the file to select it.

5.  Tap on OK on the next warning pop-up.

6.  Tap on OK to reboot into recovery mode.

Once your device reboots, you should have ClockworkMod Recovery installed on your Lava Iris 504Q.

IV.  Flashing a Custom ROM

Use our guide on how to flash a custom ROM if you are unfamiliar with this.

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