To build CWM recovery here are the steps: ======================================== $ make -j4 otatools $ . buid/envsetup.sh $ lunch cm_a57-eng $ make -j4 recoveryimage ======================================= If you flash the recovery you will face black screen.. dont panic , its because of brightness problem.. to enable brightness permanently| unpack your builded recovery and place "qrdsys.sh" in /ramdisk/sbin/<here> & add the following lines in init.rc "service qrdtrd /sbin/sh /sbin/qrdsys.sh oneshot" repack and flash viola brightness is enabled :P