How To Install ClockworkMod Recovery On Your Android Phone

Clockwork Recovery aka ClockworkMod Recovery/ ClockworkMod is a recovery console for performing a wide range of operations on Android devices. People customizing their phones by flashing custom ROMS extensively use ClockworkMod. Additionally, it allows you to perform and restore backups of your Android phone. Luckily, installing it is a very easy process

The phone must be rooted prior to the installation of ClockworkMod. Once the phone has been rooted, follow the below mentioned instructions to obtain ClockworkMod on your phone in a jiffy!

Instructions:

Step 1: Download free app ROM Manager from Android Market. Install it.

Step 2: When installed, launch ROM Manager on the smartphone.

Step 3: In ROM Manager, tap Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Specify or confirm your phone model if prompted during the process, and follow any on-screen instructions.

Step 4: It would take a few minutes for ClockworkMod Recovery to install. Upon successful completion of the process, ClockworkMod is ready for use.

If you want to boot into ClockworkMod recovery, launch Rom Manager and tap ‘Reboot into Recovery

How To Install Honeycomb Boot Animation On Droid X

How To Install Honeycomb Boot Animation On Droid X

While Honeycomb aka Android 3.0 running on XOOM is the most popular subject of conversation, today. Its SDK has been ported to several devices in fairly working conditions. However, it’s hard to tell how many phones would taste the sweet honey. So here, we are with yet another tutorial on Honeycomb as boot animation on your Droid X.

Prerequisites:

• A rooted Motorola Droid X
• Root Explorer
• Honeycomb Boot Animation
• Honeycomb Boot Animation with Sound
• Half Speed Honeycomb Boot Animation
• Half Speed Honeycomb Boot with Sound
• ClockworkMod Recovery on the device

Procedure:

Step 1: Download the preferred Honeycomb animation.

Step 2: Place the zip on your SD card.

Step 3: Download and install Root Explorer on your device.

Step 4: Go to the Data/Local folder and copy off ‘bootanimation.zip’ to a safer place on microSD card so that you have a backup if you want to revert.

Step 5: Mount the system in read/write with Root Explorer.

Step 6: Rename the downloaded Honeycomb animation to ‘bootanimation.zip’ to copy it to the Data/Local folder.

Step 7: Exit Root Explorer and reboot your device to see the new boot Animation.

Step 8: For adding sound to your boot animation, download the appropriate animation link from above.

Step 9: Boot into ClockworkMod Recovery.

Step 10: Scroll down to Install zip. Select and install the downloaded zip file.

Step 11: Reboot after the installation is complete.

Bingo! Have fun with your new Honeycomb animation.

For any issues, suggestions and update, head over to the Droid X forums thread.