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So I want to make sure I understand everything.

If I want a Recovery, I need to root my phone. I have an LG G2. Clockwork is a recovery; If I download ClockworkMod recovery and use Flashify without rooting my phone, will that eventually root my phone through ClockworkMod flashing? Or should I root my phone with ioroot.zip first, and then flash a recovery?

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    – dotVezz
    Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 15:49

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You don't need to root your phone in order to use a custom recovery like TWRP or ClockWorkMod.

It will only root your phone if you use it to...

  • flash a rooted image
  • flash a su binary
  • restore a rooted backup

It is common for recoveries to offer to root when you restart, but you can just say "No" if you don't want to root.

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  • So if I get Flashify, unrooted phone, I can take the Clockwork Image file and flash my phone successfully? And does Clockwork then afterwards ask to root? Doesn't Clockwork recovery come with the Superuser app (hence automatically rooting)?
    – user3038614
    Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 16:10
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    ClockworkMod is just that: a recovery mod. So it installs to /recovery, while the su binary and the SuperUser / SuperSU app reside in /system. Both are completely independend partitions. So when flashing the recover image, it should only go to /recovery – and might offer you to root your device when starting it (i.e. "booting to recovery"). I never noticed the latter, though – but that might well be because I've always rooted first ;)
    – Izzy
    Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 16:19
  • what rooting would you recommend? ioroot.zip?
    – user3038614
    Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 17:01
  • We don't usually offer recommendations around here because it's based on opinion. Personally, I use SuperSU. You should also check out this question.
    – dotVezz
    Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 17:17

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