How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo (GT-S5310)
The Samsung Galaxy Pocket is small as its name sounds, with just a 3inch touchscreen display, an 850MHz CPU with 512MB RAM that just about gets the job done and a 2MP camera on the back that’s okay enough for impromptu snaps if you don’t have a good standalone camera lying around. What could make this device a bit better though is rooting it and to do that, a custom recovery (ClockworkMod Recovery in this case) is needed. The guide below should help you with the latter aspect and we’ll show you how to root your Pocket Neo in another post.
I. Before You Begin
1. As always, back up everything you care about from your device before you start.
2. Charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.
3. Make sure you have the necessary drivers installed before you begin. If you are not sure, install Samsung Kies that should take of care of things for you.
II. Necessary Downloads
2. CWM-recovery-s5310-ODIN.tar.md5 [Link available on Step #2 of this post]
III. Flashing the Custom Recovery
1. Extract the Odin_v3.07.zip file you downloaded above to a folder on your desktop.
2. From the extracted folder, double-click on Odin3 v3.07.exe to run the tool.
3. Put your device into Download mode. To do this, power down your device, and press and hold the Volume Down + Home + Power buttons until you enter Download mode.
4. Click on PDA button, locate CWM-recovery-s5310-ODIN.tar.md5 you downloaded above and click on OK to load it on Odin. The ID:COM field on Odin should now light up yellow to signify that your device is connected and recognized properly. If not, reinstall Samsung Kies and try again.
5. Make sure that the Re-Partition and Flash Lock are unchecked; this is important as you might brick your device if these options are ticked!
6. Click on Start.
7. Once done, reboot your device.
You now have ClockworkMod Recovery installed on your Galaxy Pocket Neo!
IV. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo
Our easy-to-use guide on rooting your Pocket Neo should have you rooted in no time.
is this100% working? sir my samsung pocket neo GT-S5310 not rooted. so i need your helped, i cant signin or browse google playstore using my wifi… ive tried to search long and be patienrt to read those forums hoping will be the answer on my problem… thank you sir
This doesn’t work for the Pocket Neo GT-S5310M, CWM won’t load after install with Odin (Pressing volume up+power+home).
i dont log on my phone my phone lost systeme android that is a super problem am not cool and i need my phone.
my phone is pased in recovery and flashing my phone gt-s5310 i need help or i am a dead