Last Updated on September 18, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake
If you are going to go to the trouble of installing a custom recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone, you would want that custom recovery to be the open source work from Team Win. We call that work TWRP Recovery, and it’s the most popular custom recovery to install for any device in the world today for a reason. That reason is a pretty simple one: it’s the best custom recovery image. It’s also an incredibly reliable custom recovery image to run.
TWRP Recovery comes with all the features one could ask for in a new recovery image. From uploading your zip files, to taking your complete backups and everything in between, TWRP has it all.
Here is everything you need to install TWRP Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Duos SM-G930FD smartphone:
Files You Need
- Download the TWRP Recovery for the Samsung Galaxy S7 Duos (SM-G930FD).
- Download one of the latest Odin flashing apps.
Installing the TWRP Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Duos SM-G930FD
- Log in to your Windows operating system using an administrators account otherwise, the Odin flashing tool will not work.
- Download the USB Drivers from the link above and double-click the file from the downloads folder. Complete the on-screen instructions to complete the driver installation.
- Enable the USB Debugging Mode on the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone.
- Extract the TWRP Recovery and the Odin flashing application to the desktop of the computer.
- Double-click the Odin executable file and wait until it opens.
- Deselect the Auto Reboot box so it will not reboot automatically after the flashing completes.
- Click the AP button or the PDA button and upload the TWRP file that is on the desktop.
- Select the Start button when you want the flashing to start.
- Wait until the Odin application on the computer shows you the green box with the pass message inside.
- Manually reboot the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone and press the hardware button combination for recovery mode during the first time boot, so it boots directly into the recovery mode and not the normal mode.
In conclusion, that’s how to install TWRP Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone with the SM-G930FD model number. The recovery should always be on your device now that you have booted it up during the first time boot. Sometimes the stock recovery has a habit of wiping over your work if you boot into normal mode without accessing the recovery mode after the flashing. For all those times, you’ll just need to follow the guide again.