How To Install A ROM Or App On Android Device From Recovery. We have been covering a lot of Android ROMs and applications here at Addictive. Tips and the installation procedure of most of those ROMs is the same. Thats why we decided to write a dedicated guide on how to flash any ROM or app from a zip file to your Android device using recovery. In this guide, we will be covering the entire flashing procedure, along with links to resources for rooting your device and making and restoring backups. Please note that the terms installing and flashing can be used interchangeably here and will mean the same thing. JellyBam-Nightlies.png' alt='Custom Rom Android 2.2' title='Custom Rom Android 2.2' />Disclaimer Although we have done our best to make the following procedure as safe as possible, you should still follow this guide at your own risk. Rooting your device renders its warranty void. ALWAYS take backups before rooting or flashing a custom ROM or app to your phone. Flashing a defective ROM or app to your phone might brick it so choose the ROMs and software that you flash wisely and never install a ROM or application from an untrusted source. Addictive. Tips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process. Official ROM updates from device manufacturers or carriers are released in conveniently packaged installation files that you can run on your computer while your Android device is connected to it, and they automatically take care of updating your phones system. Similarly, most applications are available directly in the Android Market for easy installation, or come packaged as convenient. ZHgQefEc/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Custom Rom Android 2.2' title='Custom Rom Android 2.2' />Android phone to install. The case is not the same with most custom ROMs and several custom applications, which come in. PC installers or. The idea of installing a customized operating system to their smartphone can be quite intimidating for inexperienced users. Though once they get used to it, some of them end up trying out different ROMs for their devices several times a day. While we dont exactly recommend that you flash every new ROM that is made available for your Android phone, we are here to help you get over the fear of flashing a ROM that enhances the capabilities of your device so that you can use it to its fullest potential. Here is a quick look at what we will be covering in this guide. Feel free to skip to the real deal if you already meet the prerequisites. Before We Begin Battery Check. Before We Begin Unlocking the Bootloader Stock Android Devices OnlyBefore We Begin Rooting. Before We Proceed Installing a Custom Recovery. Are on you on the web to find a fix for the biggest problem with your mobile i. Well the. Galaxy Tab 3 firmwares, ROMs, updates and news. Jeet Kune Do The Book Of Bruce Lee In Pdf there. Custom XDA Kitkat T113 ROM for Galaxy Tab 3 Lite Knox free Tab 3 Lite 7. Light ROM for Tab 3 Lite 7. The Real Deal Installing a Custom ROM to your Phone. The Real Deal Installing an App From a Zip File to your Phone. There are certain steps that you might not require, and we shall be mentioning them in each section. Before We Begin Battery Check. Before you proceed with any of the following steps, make sure your phones battery level is not too low. It is recommended to have it at 5. Do NOT take this lightly. If your phones battery runs out while you are attempting to flash a custom ROM, there is a significant chance of your phone getting bricked and becoming unusable PERMANENTLY. Before We Begin Unlocking the Bootloader Stock Android Devices OnlyNote This step applies only to Android devices with stock version of Android installed. At the moment, Google Nexus One and Nexus S are the only two such devices available. Dj Khaled They Love. You may skip this step if you are using any other Android device. Users of stock Android devices such as the Google Nexus One or Nexus S also need to unlock its bootloader before they can proceed. To do this, simply follow our guide on what is the bootloader and how to unlock it for stock Android phones. Once you have done this, you may proceed to the next step. Before We Begin Rooting. Note You may skip this step if your device is already rooted, or if you already know how to root it. Before you can install a custom ROM to your device, your phone needs to be rooted. Rooting is basically administrator or root level access required to perform administrative tasks on your Android device. To root your phone, you can refer to our detailed guide on how to root an Android device. Once you are done with the rooting process, you may proceed to the next step. Before We Proceed Installing A Custom Recovery. Note You may skip this step if you already have a custom recovery installed on your device. Rooting grants you the necessary access level to execute administrative tasks on your Android device but it is the recovery that provides the tools necessary to actually perform those tasks. While every Android device ships with a recovery, the stock recovery is quite limited in what it lets you do, and you need a custom recovery image to perform advanced operations on your device. We have covered this process in detail in our guide on how to install a custom recovery to a rooted Android device that you can follow. Once you have a custom recovery installed on your phone, you will be ready to proceed to the next step. The Real Deal Installing a Custom ROM to your Phone. Now that you have a custom recovery installed on your phone, you can perform all sorts of wonderful advanced operations on your device and this includes the ability to flash a ROM or application from a zip file. The procedure is pretty standard for most ROMs, though there are certain ROMs which require additional steps for their installation. Since those steps differ from ROM to ROM, we shall be mentioning those in our reviews and guides on those ROMs, and feature only the standard instructions here. There are two paths to follow from here. You can either use ROM Manager to specify the actions you need performed in Recovery, and it will take care of everything for you, or you may manually reboot your phone into recovery to perform the steps yourself. We will cover both methods here. If you used the ROM Manager method to flash Clockwork. Mod recovery, you already have it installed. If you used some other method to flash the recovery, or flashed a recovery other than Clockwork. Mod, you might not have ROM Manager installed but you can get it for free by searching for it at the Android Market. Download the ROM from the link given in the article featuring that ROM. It should be a zip file. Connect your phone to your computer via USB and mount its storage card. Copy the downloaded ROM to the storage card. It is a good idea to place it on the root of the storage card. Launch ROM Manager on your phone. Tap Install ROM from SD CardScroll down and tap on the zip file for the ROM that you copied to your sd card in step 3. You will be presented with a dialog box titled Install Queue. In case you want to install another zip file immediately after this ROM, tap Add zip and select the next zip file that you want flashed. Skip this step if the ROM is all you want to flash for now. Tap OK. You will now see a dialog titled ROM Pre Installation, with options to backup the existing ROM and wipe data and cache. ALWAYS check Backup Existing ROM UNLESS you can afford to lose everything thats on your phone at the moment. ALWAYS check Wipe Data and Cache, UNLESS the ROM you are attempting to flash is an updated version of the same ROM that you are currently using, and is compatible with the previous installations data. It is usually mentioned with the update whether you can install it over a previous version without wiping its data or not. Tap OK and confirm any prompt that you get. Your device will now reboot into recovery and the selected ROM will be automatically installed.