How to Install Carliv Touch Recovery and Root ZTE Blade L3/Digicel DL910

ZTE Blade L3 (also available as Digicel DL910) has just gotten itself a build of Carliv Touch Recovery, thanks to xda user ZonaRMR.

Carliv Touch Recovery is a CWM based recovery that is surviving to fulfill the need for custom recoveries for many lesser known Android devices. The recovery works with Lollipop and Marshmallow kernels on custom ROMs like CM12 and CM13.

With a custom recovery now available for ZTE Blade L3 and Digicel DL910, you can easily get root access on the said devices by flashing the SuperSU zip by Chainfire using the new recovery.

Grab the Carliv Touch Recovery .img file for your ZTE Blade L3 / Digicel DL910 from the download link below and follow the instructions to flash.

[icon name=”download” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Download Carliv Touch Recovery for ZTE Blade L3 / Digicel DL910 (.img)

How to Install Carliv Touch Recovery on ZTE Blade L3 / Digicel DL910

Note: This guide assumes that your device has an unlocked bootloader.

  1. Download the Carliv Touch Recovery .img file from the download link above.
  2. Setup ADB and Fastboot on your PC, follow this link .
  3. Enable USB debugging on your device:
    • Open Settings on your device.
    • Go to About phone and tap seven times on Build number, this will enable Developer options.
    • Now go back to Settings and you’ll see “Developer options” there, open it.
    • Tick the USB Debugging checkbox.
  4. Open the folder where your Carliv Touch Recovery .img file is saved.
  5. Now open a command window inside that folder. To do that, “Shift + Right click” on any empty white space inside the folder and then select “Open command window here” from the context menu.
  6. Connect your device to the PC. And type the following into the command window we opened in step 4 above to boot your device into bootloader/fastboot mode:
    adb reboot bootloader

    └ If your asks for permission to “Allow USB debugging”, tap OK.

  7. Once your device boots into bootloader mode, issue the following command into command window to flash the Carliv Touch Recovery .img file:
    fastboot flash recovery CTRv5.3-ZTEBladeL3.img
  8. Once Carliv Touch Recovery is successfully flashed on your device, issue the following command to reboot:
    fastboot reboot

    How to Root ZTE Blade L3 / Digicel DL910

[icon name=”download” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Download SuperSu v2.65 (.zip)
How to Flash SuperSU zip via TWRP Recovery
  1. Download and transfer the SuperSU zip file from the download link above to your device’s storage.
  2. Boot your ZTE Blade L3 into Carliv Touch Recovery recovery.
  3. Tap on “Install zip” and select the SuperSU zip file that you transferred to your device in Step 1.
  4. Select Yes to confirm flashing.
  5. Once SuperSU is flashed, reboot your device.

That’s it. Your ZTE Blade L3 / Digicel DL910 should be rooted now. Download and install any Root Checker app from the Play Store to verify root access. Happy Androiding!

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