In android, Recovery is an inevitable thing that you cannot ignore even
if you are a newbie in Android. Recovery ,refers to a bootable partition
in which the recovery console is present.
1.Why do we need a recovery?
An android recovery can perform various actions like flashing ROMs and
Kernels,repairing the system and backing up data.Since there are many
Custom ROMs/OS available for various devices,the recovery becomes
handy.We'll know more about the types of recovery in this thread.
2.Stock Recovery
Stock Recovery is made by the OEMs for their devices to perform basic
functions like wiping data,factory reset.It also has the feature to
install Official OS updates.But the fact is that the update zip needs to
be properly signed by the OEMs,otherwise,the installation will not
succeed.This is the main disadvantage of Stock Recovery.Flashing a
Custom made OS/zip is impossible.
3.Custom Recovery
Custom Recovery, offers much more functions.It can flash Custom ROMs and
Kernels,make backups and restore data.Most of the custom recoveries
contain File Managers which helps to manage your files/documents even
without booting into the OS.This is very helpful in case of a bootloop
when a file causes the boot to fail.Without a custom recovery,none of
the these custom ROMs would be possible.
We'll know more about the popular custom recoveries in the coming posts. Thanks.
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