Dictionary Entry: Custom Recovery

[Stefan]

To find out how to enter any recovery program and how to navigate in stock recovery, go here: dic:recoverymode.

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A custom recovery is a program that replaces the stock recovery (the pre-installed recovery program). It’s most important feature is probably the powerful backup function. A custom recovery can perform a so-called dic:nandroid backup.

Fairphone 1

For Fairphone 1 @chrmhoffmann has ported CWM (ClockWork Mod) recovery. Find the file and installation instructions here:

[FP1(U)] Link to latest cwm recovery version

The file on MrMobo is down. However there is this file uploaded by @chrmhoffmann and found here: https://basketbuild.com/filedl/devs?dev=chrmhoffmann&dl=chrmhoffmann/fp1-kk-stock/recovery.img Edit: Installation instructions are here, btw: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Fairphone_Fairphone/Flashing_Guide

Navigation is a bit different than in the stock recovery: Volume Up and Volume Down let you navigate up and down in the menu and Power will let you enter a sub menu and confirm your selection.

Fairphone 2

For Fairphone 2 there is TWRP. It is being maintained by @z3ntu. Find a detailed guide here:

Using TWRP on the Fairphone 2

This is a #wiki post. Everyone can improve it, by clicking the green pencil above. It grew out of this topic about porting TWRP to the Fairphone. If you have questions or want to share experiences you can do this here. TWRP is a #dic:customrecovery image, that provides a better user interface and additional features over the stock recovery image. You can use the recovery image to replace the OS on your phone if it somehow gets broken, manually install updates or system a…

TWRP has a touch interface so you will not need your hardware keys to navigate.

Fairphone 3

For Fairphone 3, there is TWRP maintained by @k4y0z. Find the thread about it here:

TWRP for Fairphone 3

EDIT: TWRP 3.4.0 has just been released and with its release FP3 is now officially supported: https://twrp.me/fairphone/fairphone3.html Unofficial releases for bug-fixes or feature tests may still pop up now and then on my github. You can now find TWRP for the Fairphone 3 at my github: You can boot into twrp using fastboot boot <twrp.img> I have also included a twrp-installer zip-file that can be used to install TWRP to your device. If you get a message, that your phone is corrupted and w…

TWRP has a touch interface so you will not need your hardware keys to navigate.