Intercept recovery for newbies

In this post I will be talking about what a recovery is and the different types of recoveries that exist out there for the Samsung intercept.

-What is a recovery?
Well, a recovery is the screen that appears in your phone that lets you install updates, ROMs (which is comparable to an operating system like windows XP or Ubuntu in terms of computers and most of the time change how your phone looks and function) , make backups of your data, install kernels, etc.

-What is a kernel?
A kernel is basically the bridge between applications and the data processing at the hardware level. Is the part that communicates hardware (the touchscreen, speaker, touchpad, etc. ) with the software (what you see in the screen)

-Why do I have to install a custom recovery?
The stock recovery, which is the one that comes originally with the phone, does not let you do much, besides for installing original updates and cleaning the phone’s cache. That is why to do more complicated stuff, like installing a new kernel or installing a new theme on the phone, you need a custom recovery that gives you more options.

-How can I get into recovery mode?
Each type of phone has a different way in which you can enter into recovery mode. In the case of the Samsung Intercept you first have to turn off the phone, and then make sure that the phone is not charging or connected to the computer. After all that, you press volume down + call button + end button. You cannot press the buttons at the same time, you firs have the press volume down (leave it press) then you press the call button (leave it press) and then you press the end bottom, the one to the right of the call button, and at that moment you leave all the buttons press at the same time until the recovery screens comes out.

-How do I know which recovery do I have?
Knowing which recovery you have is critical if you are going to flash (install) a new kernel or a new ROM because sometimes they are not compatible and you phone can break. If you have never change anything on the phone, your phone should have the stock kernel (the one that comes originally with the phone) and you can make sure of that by going to recovery mode and checking that you have only the basic options (reboot system, apply sdcard: update.zip , wipe date and wipe cache partition) . If you have a custom recovery you will have more options compared to the stock, up to know the only recoveries that I know are revoveryv14 and cm01. The reocveryv14 was the first to come out is simpler and does not have all the features that the cm01 has. The cm01 is the best one and you can recognize it by the black background and white letters that it has.

-Should I install custom recovery?
I do not recommend installing a custom recovery if you are not going to use it. Why? Well there are risks when you are installing a recovery, the phone can broke in the process or you can lose all of your data.