[Nokia X] pvkiniyan95:
Being a LINUX user I hate toolkits and always loved to play in the terminal, So here comes a simple, noob friendly step by step tutorial to flash custom recoveries or ROMS on your Nokia X

Disclaimer : I'll laugh at you if you blame me for any consequences ;)

Requirements :

1) Nokia X

2) PC (WIN/MAC/Linux) with adb device setup.

How this guide different from others??

As the title says,

u dont need to root ur device,

u dont need to use any toolkits

u can use any pc be it mac or linux or windows

and it is from my own experience and not a copy paste work from other blog or something. It might look long 15 steps but they are so simple and easy. Try em and enjoy.

Step 1

: I assume that u have already done these steps to setup adb. Windows users need device drivers while MAC and Linux user need not worry as it is built in the kernel.

Step 2

: In the device Enable USB Debuggin and connect the device (Powered ON) to the PC (WIN/MAC/Linux).

Step 3

: Open a terminal in the PC and type

adb devices

to check if the device is connected. If it says

List of devices attached
"a number.." device

you are good to go.

Step 4

: Now Download the required ROM, Mods and recovery of your choice

Lewa Recovery

WHMod Recovery

MIUI Recovery

CWM Recovery

TWRP Recovey

My personal choice is CWM recovery.

Step 5

: Now store the downloaded mods, recoveries, roms etc. to a seperate directory which is always a good habit, although this step is optional i recommend it for future accessibility.

Step 6

: Now move the download roms and mods to the

internal storage

of the device and not the sd card because some times the recovery do not read the sd cards properly.

Step 7

:

Backup ur data to the pc, well this is the 1st and foremost and important step

Step 8

: Unplug the device and turn it off, for confirmation remove the battery once and insert it.

Step 9

: After turning it off, continuously press the VOLUME + and connect the device to the computer, do not release the volume + button till u boot into the recovery.

Step 10

: The device will be in stock recovery, NOW in your terminal

cd /path/to/the/recoveryimages

Step 11

: After cd into the directory where u stored the recovery images type this in the terminal,

check if the device is connected with

adb devices

then

adb reboot-bootloader

Step 12

: Now u are in bootloader, which is fastboot mode, now in the terminal

fastboot -i 0x0421 flash recovery cwm-6048-normandy.img

and the terminal will show the confirmation of sending and writing the recovery img to the device, u can use ur preferred recovery.

Step 13

: After flashing the recovery, unplug the device, remove the battery and reinsert it,

do not turn it on

. Because if u reboot into the device, a script in the nokia os replaces the custom recovery with theirs.

NOW As said in step 9, press the VOLUME + and connect the device to the computer, do not release the volume + button till u boot into the recovery that u flashed.

Step 14

: Voila, now u are in the recovery u flashed. Now immediately take a back up of ur device with that recovery,

Wipe system, data, cache and flash the rom, mod u wanted.

U can root the device by flashing super su zip file by chainfire from here

If u just want to use the stock Nokia OS then flash supersu, reboot to device, using RootExplorer rename the file install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak in /etc and then redo the whole procedure to flash recovery permanently

Step 15

: Enjoy ur NOKIA X...:highfive::highfive: