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My Nexus 7 is running on 4.2.1 and has the latest build version. According to the Nexus 7 Root Toolkit, it is giving me an option to flash one of the following recovery menus:

  1. CWM Touch
  2. TWRP Touch

What is the difference between them? How can I determine which would be most suitable for me?

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I voted to close this, as the "Which is better..." part cannot be answered on facts, it will be the opinion of the person answering. – Ryan Conrad Dec 18 '12 at 22:32
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I think the "What is the difference between them" makes this question fine, just delete the 'suitable' bit. – Peanut Dec 19 '12 at 1:43

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I'm partial to TWRP. The biggest difference I've noticed is that CWM requires you to either boot into recovery or use Rom Manager to flash a rom, while TWRP allows any program with root access (goo manager, Rom Toolbox, etc) to flash roms. There are probably some other differences, but this was the big one for me.

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That is the point of CWM, boot into a alternate rooted Android environment to perform the backup/restore in a "safe" manner... :) – t0mm13b Dec 18 '12 at 21:55
Are the backups generated by CWM and TWRP interchangeable? – Abhishek Sha Dec 18 '12 at 21:59
Yeah, TWRP can do that too, but you can also queue up actions from within the GooManager, at which point it will reboot and flash it for you. CWM requires you to use Rom Manager to do this. – Tim Dec 18 '12 at 22:00

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