[TUTORIALS] MORE ABOUT CUSTOM RECOVERIES AND ROMS

So you’ve rooted your phone, huh? I hope you know what you just did? You just gave yourself the power of life and death over your phone. Whereas you can easily terminate your phone with a single click, resurrecting the phone is not quite as easy.

To power your phone back to life requires a little advanced knowledge and tools. Don’t be scared, it’s understandable. You must ensure that you have a Custom Recovery installed and must have made a proper backup as soon as you root the device. You should keep this backup in at least two (2) different devices (maybe a PC) so as not to run any risk of damage or loss.

With the custom recovery, you’d be able to:

• ·         Make backups
• ·         Restore backups
• ·         Flash zip files
• ·         And many more.

THINGS YOU CAN FLASH

• ·         ROMS
• ·         Patches
• ·         Fonts
• ·         Updates
• ·         And certainly  all flashable zip files.

WHAT TO DO WHEN FLASHING A ROM

In order to flash a (compatible) ROM successfully into your device, you need to make a thorough wipe of the:

• ·         System
• ·         Data
• ·         Cache
• ·         Dalvik cache
• ·         Battery stats

While older ClockWorkMod Recoveries (CWMr) would require you to manually wipe these partitions, newer recoveries such as Philz would do all in a single custom wipe action.

DO I STILL NEED TO PERFORM ANY WIPES BEFORE FLASHING OTHER ZIP FILES?

No of course. You need not perform any wipes when flashing other zip files unless otherwise stated.

WHAT DANGERS DO I FACE AFTER FLASHING A FILE?

By rooting your phone initially, your warranty is immediately lost. Therefore there’s absolutely no warranty after rooting/flashing. If you flashed a custom ROM for example, you can always return back to your original stock (built-in) Operating System. 
If your phone becomes unstable after any flash, simply revert back to your last stable ROM backup. That is the ultimate importance of custom recoveries.

If you have no recovery installed, then you'd be needing a thorough flash using a PC and the original downloaded firmware (more on that later)

HOW DO I GET A CUSTOM ROM FOR MY DEVICE?

Use google, it’d lead you straight to links that support your device. But what if you can’t find any link? That is no problem. All you need is the ROM of a device which runs the same processor as yours. You’ll need to download and port it manually.

PORT IT? HOW?

There are many tutorials on how to port ROMS. Follow this link and you are good to go (for MTK devices only).