How To Install CWM Recovery On HTC One S

HTC One S is among the new Android smartphones which are launched recently. In one of our articles, we showed you how you can root your HTC One S and in this article, we are going to show you how you can install ClockworkMod Touch Recovery on your HTC One S smartphone. After installing the custom recovery, you will be able to load custom ROMs on your phone to enjoy better performance. You can do much more than that using the CWM recovery, read on to learn how to install it on your phone.

I. BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

1. This is an unofficial ClockworkMod Touch Recovery for HTC One S.

2. Your phone should have 50% of battery life left to go through the process without any interruptions.

3. You must have unlocked bootloader of your phone, do it from here.

4. You must have a rooted HTC One S smartphone, if you haven’t rooted it yet, head to our tutorial on how to root HTC One S.

II. DOWNLOADING REQUIRED FILES:

1. Download Unofficial ClockworkMod Touch Recovery from here.

2. Download Fastbook package file from here.

III. INSTALLING UNOFFICIAL CWM TOUCH RECOVERY ON HTC ONE S:

1. Once the download of Fastboot completes, extract files from it to the Desktop of your PC.

2. Place the CWM Touch Recovery Image file on the Desktop of your PC where you have put the fastboot files.

3. Turn OFF your HTC One S smartphone.

4. Boot it in bootloader mode. To do so, press and hold Volume DOWN key and then press the Power key.

5. From the menu of bootloader, select Fastboot using the Power key.

6. When the phone is in Bootloader mode, connect it to your PC using the USB cable that came with it.

7. Open a Command Prompt Window (for Windows) or a Terminal Window (for Linux) on the desktop, where the fastboot and recovery files exist.

8. Type in the following command in the Command Window. If it shows your device ID, then go ahead else disconnect and connect your phone again.

fastboot devices

9. Enter following command in the Command Window to install the recovery:

fastboot flash recovery r1-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img

10. When it is done installing the recovery, just reboot your phone by entering the following command in the same Command Window:

fastboot reboot