Last Updated on September 20, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

Android being based on open source software means that you get to use what Google developers have created out of the box and the chance to swap it over for a ROM that has been made by third-party developers instead. The version of Android that Google makes also comes with a recovery partition, commonly referred to as the “stock recovery.” Third-party developers have also come up with a recovery image that they’ve pieced together, known as the “custom recovery.”

Technically you can install a custom ROM just by getting root access and installing the root applications that support them, but if you ever want to flash a custom ROM manually yourself you can only do it through the custom recovery. A custom recovery has an option that allows for the installation of unsigned zip files. The stock recovery doesn’t allows this, and would only enable you to flash signed zip files, which are limited to official version of the Android operating system.

As far as custom recovery images go, it’s really a no-brainer to install TWRP recovery whenever you get the chance as it is the only custom recovery image that is currently being developed, making the others likely not compatible with all the ROMs that you want to try.

This is what you need to install TWRP Recovery on the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus smartphone.

Details of Note

  • The custom recovery images available in this guide are only to be installed on the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus smartphone. Most devices have a custom recovery image developed specifically for it, and you shouldn’t install one that is intended for another device unless advised it is okay by a professional.

Files Required

How to Install TWRP Recovery on Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus Smartphones

1. Make sure you’ve installed the universal ADB drivers on the computer.

2. You need to have the platform-tools part of the Android SDK on your computer. From the download link scroll down until you get to the command line tools section and then download the package that is made for your operating system.

3. Once you have the SDK Manager on your computer, check the box only for the platform-tools, so you end up with the adb and fastboot binaries installed on the computer. (You could also install the drivers from there as well if you wanted.)

4. Pick up the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus smartphone and navigate to the Settings > About and tap your finger over the build number at least seven times so that the Developer Options menu becomes unlocked. Then go back to the Settings, enter the Developer Options menu and then enable the USB debugging mode.

5. Connect the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus smartphone to the computer by using the USB cable that it comes with.

6. Now on the computer open the Command Prompt and type the adb reboot bootloader command and hit “Enter” on your keyboard to get the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus smartphone into the bootloader mode and ready for the flashing.

7. Make sure you have copied the TWRP image file to the same folder as the adb and fastboot binaries. Also when you’re there, change the name of the TWRP to “twrp.img” by right-clicking the mouse pointer on it and selecting the “Rename” option from the menu.

8. From the command line type the fastboot flash recovery twrp.imgcommand and hit “Enter” on your keyboard to flash the custom recovery.

9. Lastly type the fastboot reboot command and as soon as the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus smartphone reboots, hold down the key combination to boot directly into the recovery mode. (If you don’t sometimes the stock recovery will wipe over the custom recovery you just installed.)

The custom recovery image for the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus smartphone is now installed, and you are ready to boot into recovery mode and start flashing the custom ROM or rooting zip files.