Radiance
Well-Known Member
Thanks to shagerty for the original guide, I found it very helpful, but it did have me work around problems like my back cover being a PITA to take off to finish the fastboot step! I'm also a Mac user, so it just added to the difficulty. Luckily I pulled out the files I needed, and just used my existing ADB setup to do it.
This is mainly an OS X guide (all versions that support the Android SDK), but it should work on Linux too.
Step 1 - If you don't already have it, install the Android SDK from here:
Android SDK | Android Developers
Make sure you add it to your PATH environment (Google it
). You can run it from the folder (I keep mine in Documents) but it just adds too many extra steps when all I COULD be doing is opening Terminal and typing "adb whatever".
Step 2 - Download these two zips:
Huawei Fusion 2 Recovery Root
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pr70fitqpq9c4l6/Huawei-Fusion-2-Recovery-Root.zip
CWM Recovery Tools
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fekukwraac8o0gx/CWM 6 - HF2.zip
And unzip them. Now, since we are on non-Windows platforms, none of this is very useful to us. But here are the two files you need to drag out into the Desktop folder. Why the Desktop? It's just the easiest folder to deal with.
In Huawei Fusion 2 Recovery Root, you want the recovery.superrecovery.img file. When you open the folder, there will be the instructions, and then another folder called Huawei-Fusion-2-Recovery-Root, it's in there.
In CWM Recovery Tools, you want to download that zip, open the folder, and then scroll down to the bottom. The last file will be recovery.img. Move it with the root file to the desktop.
Step 3 - Turn USB Debugging on your device!
Open the Settings app and click on Applications. From there, scroll down to the bottom and you'll find the Development menu that says under it "Set options for application development".
Make sure a green check is next to USB debugging, and then you're good to go for the next steps.
Step 4 - Root and install CWM!
And that's pretty much it. Enjoy!
This is mainly an OS X guide (all versions that support the Android SDK), but it should work on Linux too.
Step 1 - If you don't already have it, install the Android SDK from here:
Android SDK | Android Developers
Make sure you add it to your PATH environment (Google it
). You can run it from the folder (I keep mine in Documents) but it just adds too many extra steps when all I COULD be doing is opening Terminal and typing "adb whatever".Step 2 - Download these two zips:
Huawei Fusion 2 Recovery Root
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pr70fitqpq9c4l6/Huawei-Fusion-2-Recovery-Root.zip
CWM Recovery Tools
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fekukwraac8o0gx/CWM 6 - HF2.zip
And unzip them. Now, since we are on non-Windows platforms, none of this is very useful to us. But here are the two files you need to drag out into the Desktop folder. Why the Desktop? It's just the easiest folder to deal with.
In Huawei Fusion 2 Recovery Root, you want the recovery.superrecovery.img file. When you open the folder, there will be the instructions, and then another folder called Huawei-Fusion-2-Recovery-Root, it's in there.
In CWM Recovery Tools, you want to download that zip, open the folder, and then scroll down to the bottom. The last file will be recovery.img. Move it with the root file to the desktop.
Step 3 - Turn USB Debugging on your device!
Open the Settings app and click on Applications. From there, scroll down to the bottom and you'll find the Development menu that says under it "Set options for application development".
Make sure a green check is next to USB debugging, and then you're good to go for the next steps.
Step 4 - Root and install CWM!
1 - If you haven't already, open up Terminal. It's a good idea to make sure ADB is working, so type in the following:
[HIGH]adb devices[/HIGH]
It should just say "List of devices attached" followed by nothing. THIS MEANS YOU'RE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP.
Otherwise, go back to step 1 and try installing the SDK again.
2 - You want to reboot the phone in fastboot mode. Turn it off as you normally would, and then hold down the VOLUME DOWN and POWER BUTTON. It should not go pass the first AT&T logo.
Plug the phone into the computer, and type the following in Terminal:
[HIGH]fastboot devices[/HIGH]
It should say something similar to "ae8d5be0 fastboot", if so, you can move onto the next step.
3 - Move into the desktop by typing:
[HIGH]cd Desktop[/HIGH]
Followed by:
[HIGH]clear[/HIGH]
This should clear the Terminal screen and make it easier for you to see if something goes wrong doing the next steps. Better troubleshooting.
4 - Now we're going to flash the original modified recovery and SuperSU by typing:
[HIGH]fastboot flash recovery recovery.superrecovery.img[/HIGH]
Wait for that to finish (should take less than a minute), and then get out of fastboot by typing:
[HIGH]fastboot reboot[/HIGH]
The phone should reboot normally, and you'll find a nice little SuperSU app in your applications drawer. If you do, it's time to install CWM!
5 - Repeat step 2: (you need to unplug your phone again by the way)
Install CWM with the following command:
[HIGH]fastboot flash recovery recovery.img[/HIGH]
And then get out of fastboot again by typing:
[HIGH]fastboot reboot[/HIGH]
Once that's done, there are two ways you can get into recovery. If you wanted to do it from the Terminal, you'd type:
[HIGH]adb reboot recovery[/HIGH]
To do it via the phone, you'd hold down the VOLUME UP and POWER BUTTON until the recovery pops up. It should look like this either way:
Image stolen from **************
[HIGH]adb devices[/HIGH]
It should just say "List of devices attached" followed by nothing. THIS MEANS YOU'RE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP.
Otherwise, go back to step 1 and try installing the SDK again.2 - You want to reboot the phone in fastboot mode. Turn it off as you normally would, and then hold down the VOLUME DOWN and POWER BUTTON. It should not go pass the first AT&T logo.
Plug the phone into the computer, and type the following in Terminal:
[HIGH]fastboot devices[/HIGH]
It should say something similar to "ae8d5be0 fastboot", if so, you can move onto the next step.
3 - Move into the desktop by typing:
[HIGH]cd Desktop[/HIGH]
Followed by:
[HIGH]clear[/HIGH]
This should clear the Terminal screen and make it easier for you to see if something goes wrong doing the next steps. Better troubleshooting.
4 - Now we're going to flash the original modified recovery and SuperSU by typing:
[HIGH]fastboot flash recovery recovery.superrecovery.img[/HIGH]
Wait for that to finish (should take less than a minute), and then get out of fastboot by typing:
[HIGH]fastboot reboot[/HIGH]
The phone should reboot normally, and you'll find a nice little SuperSU app in your applications drawer. If you do, it's time to install CWM!
5 - Repeat step 2: (you need to unplug your phone again by the way)
Install CWM with the following command:
[HIGH]fastboot flash recovery recovery.img[/HIGH]
And then get out of fastboot again by typing:
[HIGH]fastboot reboot[/HIGH]
Once that's done, there are two ways you can get into recovery. If you wanted to do it from the Terminal, you'd type:
[HIGH]adb reboot recovery[/HIGH]
To do it via the phone, you'd hold down the VOLUME UP and POWER BUTTON until the recovery pops up. It should look like this either way:
Image stolen from **************
And that's pretty much it. Enjoy!
