help making a recovery

[snakebyt]

everything i read for making a recovery image says to boot int recovery, (vol up, home, power) then use arrows to scrool to recovery.. well i boot using home, vol up and power and i dont get a recovery option. I get

reboot system now
apply update from ADB
Apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache

but no recovery.. Not sure what im doing wrong.. any suggestions?

 

[madbat99]

everything i read for making a recovery image says to boot int recovery, (vol up, home, power) then use arrows to scrool to recovery.. well i boot using home, vol up and power and i dont get a recovery option. I get

reboot system now
apply update from ADB
Apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache

but no recovery.. Not sure what im doing wrong.. any suggestions?

That is recovery. It is the stock recovery. You can only make images with custom recovery like twrp. You have to install twrp recovery with odin.
Are you trying to make a backup of your system? You can only do any of that in custom recovery. I don't understand what you mean by "make a recovery image". It doesn't mean the same thing as it does in Windows. Making a recovery image in Android is making a copy of the recovery system itself in image form, or creating one.
Those options you see on screen, that IS Android stock recovery. It's options are limited.
I think when you say you want to make a recovery image, you really mean you want to create a nandroid backup of your system. Which is a sort of " snapshot" of your system right now that can be restored later to go back to that point.

 

[snakebyt]

yes, you are correct. i am trying to make a nandroid back up. I have installed clockwork rom manager and twrp from the android market, maybe i need to install it using odin. I will look for a tutorial on that. I want to try marshmallow and a couple of other roms, but i want to make sure i have a good backup ya know. Thank you for the reply

 

[madbat99]

yes, you are correct. i am trying to make a nandroid back up. I have installed clockwork rom manager and twrp from the android market, maybe i need to install it using odin. I will look for a tutorial on that. I want to try marshmallow and a couple of other roms, but i want to make sure i have a good backup ya know. Thank you for the reply

Rom manager and twrp manager are just apps. They can only install the actual recovery system on a rooted device. If not rooted, you must use odin.
Download odin on your PC. Then download a .tar of twrp recovery from their site twrp.me
Use odin to flash twrp onto your phone.