Tuesday, May 24, 2016

How to Root/Install Custom CWM Recovery/Unlock Bootloader of the Liquid Glow


Wish if you could install root-only apps on your shiny new Liquid Glow smartphone? Sick of using the same old apps and want to freshen-up your device? No worries, this guide will help you do that. Root-only apps are the apps that use the files loed inside your system folder and to make them work on your device, you’ll need to root your device. Root procedure varies with ch device and this guide shows how to root the Liquid Glow smartphone. So, go ahd and root your device:By EditAndroidI. Before You Begin:1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.2. This works on based PCs only.3. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC.4. This will wipe off all the data on your device, so make sure you backup any important files before proceeding further.II. Downloading Required Files:1.ClockworkMod Recovery 2.Superuser3.FastbootIII. Bootloader of the Liquid Glow:1. Place all three files you downloaded to your Desktop.2. Extract files from theFastbootarchive over to your Desktop. Do not extract other archives, lve them as are.3. Turn ON the USB debugging option on your device by hding toMenu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.4. Once it’s been enabled, connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.5. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop. To do so, simply hold down theShiftbutton on your board and right-click on any blank ar on the screen, then selectOpen command window here.6. Type in folllowing command into the Command Prompt Window:adb reboot bootloader7. Once your device reboots into the bootloader mode, hit up the next command:fastboot -i 0x0502 oem unlock8. It should unlock the bootloader of your device.9. Once it’s done, reboot your device.10. Done!IV. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Liquid Glow:1. Connect your device to your PC via USB cable.2. Copy theSuperuserfile over to the root of your SD card.3. Next, type in the following command into the Command Prompt:adb reboot bootloader4. Your device should reboot into the bootloader mode.5. Now issue the following command using Command Promot:fastboot -i 0x0502 flash recovery CWM-6.0.1.1-E330.img6. It will flash the CWM Recovery on your device.7. Once the recovery’s been flashed, reboot your device.8. You’re done!Grt! The recovery part has been done, let’s begin the root process now:V. Rooting the Liquid Glow:1. Make sure your device is connected to your PC.2. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:adb reboot recovery3. Your device should reboot into the Recovery mode.4. Once there, go toinstall zip from sdcardfollowed bychoose zip from sdcard.5. Choose theSuperuser ZIPfile for flashing, it’s the file you copied rlier to your device.6. Once the file’s been flashed, reboot your device.7. And you should be rooted now!Excellent! Your Liquid Glow has finally been rooted and is equipped with a custom recovery. Since all the pre-requisites have been done, you can now install root-only apps as well as flash custom ROMs on your device!

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