How to flash CWM/PHILZ/TWRP temporarily/permanently on Redmi 2
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Redmi 2 LTE comes as HM2014811,HM2014818,HM2014817 all are same only HM2014813 is different.Use HM2014813 Recoveries if your Device ID is HM2014813 orl else you Have ti use HM2014811 recoveries.
1. Install MiFlash from here http://bigota.d.miui.com/tools/MiPhone20140509.exe
2. Go to C:/Program Files(x86)/Xiaomi/MiPhone/Google/Android/ you will find files like adb.exe,fastboot.exe,AdbWinApi.dll, etc.
3. Now switch off your Redmi 2.
4. Press and hold Power+Volume Down till you get this
5. Now connect your Redmi 2 to your PC
6. Hold down Shift and press the Right Mouse Button and you will get something like this
7. Left Click Open Command Window Here . You will get Something like this
8. now type
And the result should be like this
9. Download cwm/twrp/philz recovery for your device (these are not flashable zips) extract the zip files and get the .img file
10. Copy the desired recovery to C:/Program Files(x86)/Xiaomi/MiPhone/Google/Android/
TO FLASH TEMPORARILY
11. Now type the following in cmd
*this will be different for different devices (HM2014813/HM2014811) and recoveries(twrp/cwm/philz)
12. You should get something like this
13. Done! you will boot into the recovery 14. And after flashing and everything when you boot to system and do a reboot the recovery will be gone i.e you will be reverted back to the previous recovery you had.
TO FLASH PERMANENTLY (but you can always wipe the recovery or you can flash another recovery by the same method)
15. If you want to flash the recovery over the previous one then in step 11 instead of that code type this
*this will be different for different devices (HM2014813/HM2014811) and recoveries(twrp/cwm/philz).
16. and you will get something like this
17. Done! you have successfully permanently flashed the recovery(its not completely permanent you can flash/ wipe recovery again)
DOWNLOADING LINKS
Lollipop Devices
For 2014811/17/18/19/21:
For 2014813/816/2014112:
For kitkat devices
For 2014811/17/18/19/21:
For 2014813/816/2014112:
Philz recovery only kitkat devices
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