Android recovery, re-engineered

AERA Recovery

A fast native recovery environment with a focused touch interface, built-in OTA updates, and an extensible plugin system.

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Open source32 languagesPlugin ready

Native LVGL interface

Integrated OTA updates

Runtime plugins

Recovery networking

The interface

Built for the moment you actually need it.

AERA keeps recovery tasks readable, direct, and touch-friendly without hiding the controls advanced users expect.

AERA Recovery Plugin Manager with installed and available plugins — **Native plugin system**Signed recovery tools, installation states, and updates in one place.

Purpose-built touch UI

Three interface sizes, runtime themes, light and dark surfaces, and layouts designed for modern phone displays.

Updates without guesswork

Background checks, clear progress, visible installer output, and device-aware recovery packages.

Recovery-grade access

Decrypt storage, manage slots, flash packages, work with files, and handle backups from one coherent environment.

AERA Recovery quick settings — **Quick settings**Session controls at a glance.

AERA Recovery partition backup screen — **Backups**Clear partition and storage choices.

AERA Recovery theme engine — **Theme engine**Size, layout, keyboard, and accent.

AERA Recovery tools menu — **Recovery tools**Advanced controls, kept organized.

Plugin ecosystem

More than a flash screen.

Install capabilities when you need them. AERA detects plugin updates and can keep installed tools current automatically.

AERA Browser

Mobile WebKit access directly inside recovery.

AERA Media

Music and video playback from local storage.

App Backup Vault

Back up and restore installed Android applications.

AERA Gallery

Browse, inspect, and zoom photos without leaving recovery.

Open plugin platform

Plugins use a documented runtime protocol and are distributed through the AERA registry.

Browse plugins

Current builds

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The project

A recovery environment with its own direction.

AERA is being rebuilt around a native interface and a modular tool ecosystem. It is developed openly, tested on real devices, and shaped by the workflows recovery users actually repeat.

Recovery source Plugin registry

About AERA screen in AERA Recovery — About AERA, inside AERA.

The people behind AERA

Jonas Salo - koaaNFounder, lead developer and interface direction

Daniel Springer - Daniel210191Core developer and recovery engineering