Flash using crDroid Recovery

How to flash FBE enabled Android 12 Custom Roms

Note :- This process is for FBE enabled Android 12 crDroid Android but can follow this process for any rom if the maintainer mentioned that you can follow.

Installing crDroid recovery using fastboot

1. Download the crDroid Recovery. Simply download the latest recovery file of your device.

2. Connect your device to your PC via USB.

3. On the computer, open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window, and type:

adb reboot bootloader

You can also boot into fastboot mode via a key combination:

- With the device powered off, hold Volume Up + Power. Keep holding both buttons until the word “FASTBOOT” appears on the screen, then release.

4. Once the device is in fastboot mode, verify your PC finds it by typing:

fastboot devices

5. Flash recovery onto your device:

fastboot flash recovery <recovery_filename>.img.

6. Now reboot into recovery to verify the installation:

- With the device powered off, hold Volume Down + Power. Keep holding both buttons until the “Realme” logo appears on the screen, then release.

You can Flash pixel experience recovery through the custom recovery like twrp/pbrp/orange fox without following above process.

Installing crDroid-Android from crDroid recovery

1. Download the crDroid package that you would like to install for your device.

2. If you are not in recovery, reboot into recovery:

- With the device powered off, hold Volume Down + Power. Keep holding both buttons until the “Realme” logo appears on the screen, then release.

3. Now tap Factory Reset, then Format data / factory reset and continue with the formatting process. This will remove encryption and delete all files stored in the internal storage, as well as format your cache partition (if you have one).

4. Return to the main menu.

through adb sideload

5. Sideload the crDroid-Android .zip package:

- On the device, select “Apply Update”, then “Apply from ADB” to begin sideload.

- On the host machine, sideload the package using: adb sideload filename.zip.

6. Once you have installed everything successfully, click the back arrow in the top left of the screen, then “Reboot system now”.

through sdcard

5. Install crDroid-Android .zip package through sdcard:

- On the device, select “Apply Update”, then “Choose from sdcard” to choose the package.

- Select the package for installation.

6. Once you have installed everything successfully, click the back arrow in the top left of the screen, then “Reboot system now”.

7. You can use the above process for flashing magisk or another other mods

Note1 :- If you are already on fbe enabled official crDroid you can start from point 5 of through adb sideload/sdcard

Note2 :- Since twrp or any other custom recoveries doesn't support fbe in Android 12 fully you are suggested to use crDroid recovery as long as you using crDroid with fbe enabled.