How to Install Clock Work Mod Recovery in Samsung Galaxy Pop/Mini GTS5570?

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Clock Work Mod recovery is an alternate recovery that has many added options such as backup and restore your roms (system image), wipe dalvik cache, partition sdcard memory and many more handy options. So, if you want to install Clock Work Mode (CWM) recovery and if you are unsure about how to install/flash Clock work mod recovery then please go through this article.

So, first of all if you want to flash clockwork mod recovery then you need to have gingerbread operating system on your Samsung galaxy Pop/Mini gts5570 smart phone because CWM recovery is not compatible with Froyo rom on galaxy pop phone. If you need help on upgrading please go through the article Upgrading GTS5570 to Gingerbread. Once you are done please follow the instruction below to successfully flash CWM recovery in your galaxy pop/mini smart phone.

Before you begin please make sure your battery has at least 70% of charge.

1. Download Odin Multidownloader v4.38 for GTS5570,Tass_v1.ops  and Clockwork Mod Recovery v4.0.0.5 if you do not have them already.

2. Run Odin Multi downloader v4.38 and select the Tass_v1.ops by clicking OPS button.

3. Select One Package Option and Click One Package button and select the tass-recovery-cwm.tar file you downloaded.

 Leave other settings to default (i.e. don’t change any other options/settings)

4. When you are done reboot your phone in download mode (Press Volume Down + Home + Power button to go to download mode)

5. Connect your phone in download mode to your computer via USB Cable.

6. When Odin detects your phone (If you see a com port number written in yellow background at the top left, then your phone is detected. View image.), click Start button.

7. Wait till Odin finishes the job (approx. 3-5 minutes) and when it reports ‘PASS’, you can disconnect your phone.

Go to the recovery mode (Press Home + Power button) and see your new recovery with tons of useful options. Now that you have CWM recovery you will be able to do just more than nandroid backups. You can also partition your sdcard as well as flash a custom rom on your galaxy pop. Go ahead and experiment with various options. But, be careful playing with your device’s recovery is very risky task if you lack appropriate information or skill.