Custom Recovery for Moto E

We'll be discussing how to install custom recovery on Moto E(Not rooted). We'll be listing down the steps that'll help you install either TWRP or CWM on your Moto E.

Prerequisite-
Drivers
Android
TWRP or CWM(Download and rename as recovery.img)


Steps-
1. Unzip the Android folder onto your Desktop

2. Install the drivers that you have downloaded

3. Paste the TWRP or CWM in the Android folder

4. Put your phone in fastboot mode, to do that first switch it off then. Keep the power and volume down button pressed for about 4 to 5 seconds then you'll enter a screen containing option such as recovery, factory reset. That's the fastboot mode of your device

5. Now open the Android folder  and press Shift+RightClick then select 'open Command Prompt here' option.

6. Connect the phone to the computer via USB.

7. Type fastboot devices to check if your phone has connected properly, if it has connected properly some result will be returned.

8. Now type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

9. Then select the recovery option from the fastboot screen.

That's it you have installed a Custom Recovery on your device.

Samsung Galaxy i5503 installing custom recovery

Installing custom recovery has many advantages like you'll be able to make a nandroid backup, do factory reset, wipe cache, install custom roms.

To install custom recovery on your device-
->Download these files.
1.Samsung Device Drivers- rar or exe

2.Odin-here

3.(ClockWorkMod Recovery)CWM

4.Europa.ops(here) 

i.Install Samsung Device Drivers (For windows 8 **.)
ii.Install and open Odin

->Switch off your phone and then hold volume down button along with menu button and the power button.

->You will see a message Downloading along with the android logo, now your phone is in downloading mode.

->Now connect your phone to the computer.

Note-Odin should be able to detect it, if it doesn't than try again after restarting your pc. Even this time if it's not detected than try re-installing the samsung drivers.
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**For Windows 8 users, simply clicking on the exe file won't install the samsung driver. You'll have to perform the following steps.
*Follow  these steps after connecting your phone to your pc, connect in downloading mode.
1.Go to control panel, choose device manager.

2.Under unknown devices sub-menu, right click on unknown device.

3.Select update device software

4.Select Browse my computer for device drivers

5.Browse to the folder where you downloaded the Samsung Device drivers.

6.Click on next and then you'll have the drivers installed.


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* Remember to check that the message box indicates as "Detected" before proceeding with the given steps.(Here i haven't connected the phone)

3.Under select ops, select the Europa.ops which you downloaded earlier

4.Then tick one package under the options, then under select integrate package select the CWM which you downloaded earlier.

5.Click on Start and let the process complete.

->This should install the CWM recovery. 

* You'll void your warranty by this process and
I am not responsible for bricked devices. Follow the steps carefully, i'll help you if you get stuck somewhere.
Post your questions below.

*Note- You'll have to install custom rom to boot directly into custom recovery. You will not be able to boot directly into recovery using stock rom, you'll always have to flash the recovery using odin.