In case you are one of users of the rooted LG Optimus Black, installing a ClockworkMod recovery on your device is not a must. But if you were interested to install the ClockworkMod recovery on your rooted Optimus Black, there is good news for you. A newer custom recovery, in this case a ClockworkMod recovery 3’s successor, ClockworkMod 4 which is named with Nova Recovery has been released for your Optimus Black. This custom recovery is developed by the XDA-Developers forum member knzo. Read on this article to learn more about what would be offered by Nova Recovery and for those who totally in the dark about a custom recovery, you are still allowed to read this article, at least you are going to learn something.
With installing the Nova Recovery or also known as CMW 4 recovery on your Optimus Black, you are going to be supported for EXT4 partitions as well, while CWM4 itself brings better code and algorithms then CWM 3. The developer has furnished this recovery with purple theme and also is removing the “No” strings, to make the selection of “Yes” or “No”, easier.
However, some features like USB Mount, ADB and the progress bar during backup does not work. Apart from that, once the installation has been completed, you are not going to taste a favor from key combination that will help you to boot into recovery mode. You are going to be required to use terminal to enter the command “reboot recovery” or use a reboot widget such as AnReboot from the market.
You might be afraid with the installation process as some features that are not appeared or working properly on this recovery by reading the previous paragraph, but actually the installation process of this recovery is quite easy since it is a one click solution for both Windows, and Linux platforms. For those who are tempted to install it, simply read and follow the instructions thoroughly.
Before we continue to the installation process, we have to remind you that we are not responsible if your device gets bricked or damaged due to this method.
There are two requirements you need to fulfill before starting the installation and here is those tow requirements:
• A rooted LG Optimus Black.
• Recovery package.
Once you have all the requirements, read and follow the instructions below:
1. First, you need to download the package from the link above and extract it.
2. After that, you have to be sure that USB Debugging is enabled by accessing Settings > Applications > Development and connect the handset to the PC via USB.
3. Once connected, run install_recovery.bat (For Windows) or install_recovery.sh (on Linux).
4. Let the superuser to access when the phone prompts it to.
When you are finished with the instructions above, the Nova Recovery should have been installed on you device. In recovery, use the Volume rocker to navigate and the Power key for selection. If you had any question involving to this recovery or just look for the update, simply visit the forum thread at XDA-Developers.
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