The Android ONE is released in India for around 6.5k by Karbonn, Spice and Micromax and gained lot of popularity due to official declaration on the Android blog. After the release of Android one, many tried to root the phone for unlocking the potential. And here is ClockworkMod recovery which is essential before rooting the phone.
/* * Your warranty is now void. * * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please * do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this recovery * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if * you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you. */
Requirements:Any Android One device with Unlocked Bootloader
Unlocking the bootloader:Reboot to fastboot mode
Execute following commands
fastboot oem unlock fastboot format userdata
Note: You will lose all data of your's after thisInstall recovery through fastboot:Download the recovery.img from
hereReboot the phone into bootloader/fastboot mode
adb reboot bootloader
Flash the recovery image and reboot
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
Note: In the install menu, do not select /sdcard because we don't have internal storage which is meant for anything other than installing apps. We only have external sd which is /external_sd which you have to select. This applies for backup and restore and every other operation involving the sdcard.