[HOWTO] Flash custom recovery from the phone itself (Root)

Requirements:
1. Rooted Yuphoria phone
2. Any custom recovery image (.img) file like TWRP or CWM placed in phone/SD card.
3. Terminal Emulator app

Steps:

1. Open Terminal Emulator app..
2. Enter

Code:

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su

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and grant it root permissions.

3. To backup current recovery (to memory card), enter the following:

Code:

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dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery of=/storage/sdcard1/recovery_backup.img

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4. To flash a recovery (for example, if it is named TWRP.img and placed in Internal Storage's root), Enter the following:

Code:

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dd if=/sdcard/TWRP.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery

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Or for example, if the recovery to flash is placed in Memory Card's root and named TWRP.img, enter the following:

Code:

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dd if=/storage/sdcard1/TWRP.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery

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That's It!! The recovery is flashed from phone itself..

To boot into recovery from Terminal, use:

Code:

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su
reboot recovery

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Reply if you have any issues/doubts ;)