Five things you should never do while using custom recovery on Android

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While a custom recovery like TWRP and CWM etc. provides us a wide range of facilities like flashing ROMs, taking full system backup, partitioning, restoring etc, there are some limitations.

These are the five most fatal mistakes you should stay away when using custom recovery.

1. Flashing a ROM without backing up previous running ROM: You never know when something will go errand and there's always a possibility of your device being bricked. That's why manufacturers in the fear of glitches don't roll out updates easily, and mostly for the old phones. They don't ever recommend to flash ROMs, and even forbid to root. So, taking a backup is really necessary. You can choose an external SD card for it.

2. Operating on a poor battery level: While you do such crucial operations on your phone make sure your battery level is adequate until all your stuffs get done. And if your operations interrupt in the middle, it can go wrong.

3. Stop messing up: While operations are being done, don't try to goto the previous screen (probably you can't go) or anywhere or remove your battery.

4. Flashing untested ROMs that are not made for your phone: You should always install ROMs that precisely match your phone's specs and already tested. And choose OSs of trusted developers only.

5. Flashing stock ROMs: Sometimes, after installing custom ROMs, we want to revert back to the previous OS for reasons like too much bugs and malfunctioning. But mind you, you should never flash the stock ROM using custom recovery, because manufacturers mostly make their OS that way that they can't be installed right away using custom recoveries. And there's 90% chances that your device will be dead. To revert back to your previous ROM, sijmply restore the backup you had made using TWRP, it will work without any errors. However there is another way to install the pure stock firmware (the stock recoevery and the stock OS, both) that the device came with using flash tools. Refer to my next article How to unbrick your Android even if it's hard bricked for that.

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