Install TWRP Custom Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Phone or Tablet

TWRP custom recovery on Samsung Galaxy. Samsung Galaxy S7 freezing

Custom recovery opens a new way to explore features of your Android phone, which the stock recovery does not allow. You can perform several actions on your phone which are not readily available in stock recovery. In this guide, I will help you and guide you to install TWRP custom recovery on Samsung Galaxy phones or tablets.

I will cover every possible method that can be used to install TWRP custom recovery on Samsung Galaxy devices. First, there used to be two famous custom recoveries, ClockworkMOD and TWRP. Its developers no longer support CWM. So, it’s recommended that you install TWRP on your Samsung Galaxy.

Following are the features that can be accessed and applied once you have installed a custom recovery like TWRP on your Android phone:
  • You can make NANDROID of your Phone. It saves your current ROM and all the data in your phone.
  • You can install custom ROMs by flashing its ZIP file on your phone. You can not flash unsigned zip files from the stock recovery.
  • The Dalvik cache and the system cache can be wiped using TWRP.
  • You can format your SD card using a custom recovery.
  • You can Root your phone by flashing the SuperSU file.

TWRP offers many other features on Android devices.

Install TWRP Custom Recovery on Samsung Galaxy phone via ODIN

ODIN is the best tool to flash custom ROMs or recovery on Samsung Galaxy devices. It is simple and easy to use. It is also the official tool for flashing firmware on Samsung Devices. There is a small problem: it is only supported for Windows PCs. It’s not easy to use, but it is the most reliable software for flashing TWRP recovery on Samsung phones.

Pre-requisites:

  • First of all, download ODIN from this link.
  • Download Samsung Drivers for Windows. (The link to download the file is under the main heading)These drivers are to be installed on your PC; they are essential for your PC to recognise your device correctly.
  • Download the TWRP recovery file (.tar.md5) according to your phone model from here.

Note: To flash via ODIN, you need to download the TWRP recovery file with .tar or .tar.md5 extension.

After you have downloaded the above prerequisites, move on to the following steps to install TWRP custom recovery on a Samsung Galaxy phone:

  • Unzip ODIN on your desktop or anywhere you can access it easily.
  • Install Samsung drivers on your PC.
  • Now, turn off your phone and make sure it’s off.
  • Press Volume down, home button and power button. Keep on holding these three buttons till you see the download screen.
  • Now press the Volume up button to continue.
  • Now, Open ODIN on your PC.
    • Click on AP.
    • Locate and select the TWRP recovery (.tar or .tar.md5) file you downloaded recently.
    • In the logs, you will see that your phone has been added.
    • If your phone isn’t added, then there must be some error in your PC recognising your phone.
    • Make sure you have installed Samsung drivers on your PC.
  • You will see the screen below.

install-twrp-custom-recovery-on-samsung

  • Click on the options tab to ensure only Auto-Reboot and F.Reset time are checked.
  • Finally, click on Start.
  • ODIN will now install TWRP custom recovery on Samsung Galaxy phones. As the process completes, your phone will reboot.
  • Turn off your phone again.
  • Now, press Volume up, home button and Power button simultaneously. This time, it will take a bit longer to reboot. And the Samsung logo screen will flash a couple of times. Keep on holding the buttons till you see the TWRP custom recovery menu.

Note: If your phone reboots and the next time you get into recovery, it shows stock recovery even when the flashing of TWRP via ODIN was successful. Your operating system is hindering stock recovery. If flashing is unsuccessful, try some other version of ODIN.

Install TWRP Custom Recovery on Samsung Galaxy phone via ADB commands:

To flash TWRP custom recovery on Samsung Galaxy Phone via ADB commands can be a hefty process as it requires you to download Android SDK and drivers. But we will use a lightweight and handy tool which will make things very easy.

Pre-Requisites:

  • Minimal ADB Tool. Download it and unzip it somewhere on your PC. You can access it easily. (It’s a great tool developed by a recognised developer of XDA. It has several features; we will be using it to install TWRP custom recovery on Samsung Galaxy phones.)
  • Download the TWRP recovery file (.img) from the official site.
Follow the guide below to install TWRP custom recovery on a Samsung Galaxy Phone or Tablet via ADB commands:
  • Locate the Minimal ADB folder on your PC.
  • Move the TWRP Recovery file that you just downloaded to the Minimal ADB folder.
  • Rename the downloaded TWRP file to recovery.IMG (In Windows, the file extension is hidden; ensure you don’t save the file as recovery.img.img to avoid it. Goto Start-> Search for Folder Options-> Open it-> Click on View Tab -> Uncheck “Hide Extensions for Known File Types” -> Apply and hit Okay.)
  • Now open the Minimal ADB tool. Check if your phone is detected by the ADB Minimal tool.

fastboot devices

If you see the serial number or name of your phone, then your phone is detected. Enter the following code to install TWRP custom recovery:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

To recover after flashing TWRP custom recovery on a Samsung Galaxy phone. Enter the following command:

adb reboot recovery

Flash custom recovery using the TWRP Manager App:

This method is the most accessible, but to be honest, when I tried to install a custom recovery via TWRP manager, it didn’t work for me. Well, I am not saying it does not work; it works. But it didn’t work for me.

Note: This method requires your phone to be rooted.

  1. So, first of all, download TWRP Manager on your phone.
  2. Install the app on your phone and open it.
  3. Now select “Install TWRP”.
  4. Select your device from the list.
  5. Select “Install recovery“.
  6. Now, reboot your phone. TWRP will be installed.

You can reboot into the recovery menu using the TWRP manager or via the power button + home + Volume up while the phone is off.

Flash TWRP from ZIP file:

  • First of all, download the TWRP Recovery file. ( Select your Device -> Go to Download Links -> Click on Primary -> Download the Latest TWRP Recovery .zip file)
  • Move the file to your phone’s internal or external storage (Internal Storage is recommended).
  • Now, download Flashify on your phone.
  • Lastly, open Flashify, select the TWRP recovery .zip file and flash it into your phone.

That’s all. Now, Turn off your phone and press the Volume down, home button, and power button to boot into the recovery menu. Flashify App requires root access to flash .img files. So root your phone before flashing TWRP using this method.

That is all. In conclusion, I would like to ask if you know of some other method that can be used to install TWRP custom recovery on a Samsung Galaxy Phone or tablet. Do share with us. Suppose you have any questions or queries. Or do you have any confusion regarding any of the above-mentioned methods. Feel free to contact me. I will get back to you within 24 hours.

Ayybee
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