Getting a custom recovery installed is the first step to take when you want to flash custom software on your device all by yourself instead of having a root application, when available, do it for you. There are a few custom recoveries out there that you still might be able to install on your device, but it’s TWRP that you […]
Custom Recovery
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 (Exynos)
A recovery image that comes as part of the Android operating system as a separate partition is essential for recovering your device from any position. A custom recovery image, on the other hand, is necessary for anyone who wants to modify the Android operating system. While the stock recovery that everyone gets offers the chance to flash signed zip files, […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Core 2 (SM-G355HN)
Using the Android operating system for the first time can be daunting. For starters, you don’t really get a manual letting you know what to do, so you’ll need to just dive right in and see how it goes. Anyone with experience in computing over the decades might be a bit hesitant of pressing too many buttons because they’ll be […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
In the earlier days of Android, it was thought that you need to have a rooted Android operating system before you could get a custom recovery image installed. These days, though, that is certainly not the case, and most people will get root access by flashing something along the lines of SuperSU from the custom recovery image after it has […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 (Exynos)
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Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J5 LTE (SM-J5008)
When it comes to good branding, you won’t get many ideas that leave a better impression on a person than “Team Win” so you’ll either be heading into the experience of sussing out custom recoveries feeling pretty good about the whole ordeal, or a bit skeptical. Thankfully, though, the people who come together to put the “team” in Team Win […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F)
Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) is an open source custom recovery image, designed for the Android operating system. Android comes with a stock recovery mode. Stock recovery has a limited set of features. One of the features that it doesn’t have is the option to install third-party firmware. Since Android is an open source operating system, it is possible for […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (Qualcomm CDMA)
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Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime VE
A stock recovery environment allows for the flashing of official software updates, but it won’t allow for the flashing of rooting files or custom software. For that, you’ll need to get a custom recovery instead. A custom recovery image is a different recovery environment, one that’s been developed by third-party and allows for the flashing of unsigned zip files which […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Express 2
If you want to install custom software, the easiest way to do it is through a custom recovery image. All Android devices ship with what is called a stock recovery environment. This only allows for the installation of signed zip files which restricts you from being able to upload custom software. Third-party developers have created another custom recovery, known as […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (SM-J110)
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Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J2 (SM-J200)
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Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J3 2016 Qualcomm (SM-J320YZ)
The Android operating system’s foundation is the Linux kernel, Yes, that Linux: the one that has it’s own operating system and is commonly used by tech enthusiasts on laptops and desktop PCs. Every operating system needs to have a kernel as the innermost piece of its foundation. From there the Android and Linux operating systems begin to change quite a […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J7 (2015 Qualcomm Sprint)
The Samsung Galaxy J7’s hardware looks great from the outside, but without the software that you see on the device’s display after turning it on, it wouldn’t be able to do very much. That software that you see when the operating system boots up is also what is known as a “ROM.” The ROM, or stock ROM as most people […]
Install TWRP Recovery Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos
If you’ve hunted around the Web and found the Android Open Source Project, then you’d likely be in the batch of people who think that Android is indeed based on open source software. Technically Android is open source, but Google also blocks it off so the official updates you get cannot be further modified. What can happen though is that […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935F)
The Android ROM that comes preinstalled on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone comes with a recovery image. While not used all that often, the recovery image is there for you to apply updates which can help you recover from common device related problems or just update you to a newer version of Android. When you accept an over the […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Express
The Google Android operating system that gets shipped on many a mobile device from a range of manufacturers is safe to use without antivirus, provided you don’t have root access. Root access on Android is the same as being in control of the administrator’s account. Like with all operating systems, it’s only when you use the administrator account that installing […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (Qualcomm)
Google’s version of the Android operating system has dominated the mobile landscape, partly due to Apple only choosing to run software on hardware that they own and partly due to the little green robots’ brilliance. Android can be found running on heaps of different manufacturers, not too dissimilar to how Microsoft’s Windows environment is seen running on devices made by […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J5 LTE (SM-J500F)
No other mobile operating system is used as much as Android. I wouldn’t for a second argue that Apple has a die-hard fanbase that will seemingly support the fruit company for a very long time, but Apple also limits its software to only its own hardware. Jobs’ once famously took a jab at Microsoft with Bill Gates next to him […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (China Qualcomm)
Before you can get updates installed on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone the device needs to boot into the custom recovery image which most people know as having a phone in recovery mode. Once it applies the update, it will then boot back into the system image and the operating system boots, and you’re viewing and starting to use […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J7 Exynos SM-J700
The Android operating system is a pretty safely structured piece of technology. Android is similar to the Windows environment in the sense that they both have administrator accounts. And it’s a well-known fact that the vast majority of viruses come about when people are logged into them. For Android, the solution was then simple: don’t let people use the administrator […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017 Qualcomm Sprint)
A custom recovery will replace the stock recovery environment. You can only have one of the two recovery environments flashed at the one time. You should think about your decision before going ahead and swapping that stock recovery over for a custom one because there are no guarantees your device is going to experience smooth sailing should you ever wish […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos)
ClockworkMod Recovery can create and restore NANDroid backups and give you everything you want out of a custom recovery image, including the chance to only backup those individual partitions to save yourself some space. So it might be tempting when you come across an article online for getting ClockworkMod Recovery installed on your device to follow it. But what you […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S8 (Exynos)
Have you ever thought about what websites such as XDA-Developers are all about when you’re browsing about online? There are entire blogs and forums dedicated to the Android operating system, and in particular, customizing it. Each device has a different bunch of options available for changing things up a little bit. When most people think about customization, they think about […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Exynos)
Android being based on the open source software that it is, means it’s possible to customize it. If you haven’t seen what customizing is all about, then you might be interested to learn that you can actually install other ROMs that have different features and designs when compared to the official version of Android that you get shipped with your […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Snapdragon)
If you’ve ever used a search engine to try to find out what is a custom recovery, then you would have likely stumbled across the words “Team Win Recovery Project” or “TWRP” for short. The TWRP recovery image is the only custom recovery image in the world currently being developed by roughly a group of four guys and being maintained […]
Install TWRP Recovery on OnePlus X
Before you can get a custom ROM installed, you’ll either need to root your Android operating system or install a custom recovery image. The option of getting root access via a one-click rooting tool and then installing a root application to flash your custom ROMs for you is there a lot of the time, but not always. Plus, even if […]
Install TWRP Recovery on OnePlus 3T
Every Android device right around the world ships with a recovery environment preinstalled, known as the “stock recovery.” The recovery environment is a seperate partition from the Android operating system itself so that no matter what problem the OS has, you can still always get access to the recovery partition to restore your device to its default factory state or […]
Install TWRP Recovery on OnePlus 3
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Install TWRP Recovery on OnePlus One
You can swap the stock recovery environment for a custom one so you can start installing custom software and get root access if you like. If the last time you installed a custom recovery image was back in 2011, then you probably only know the name Clockworkmod Recovery in the world of custom recoveries. Since then ClockworkMod has met its […]