TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) is one of the most popular and custom recovery is available for Android. It’s a touch-based recovery comes with many features including a file manager and terminal emulator. TWRP updates their recovery to v3.1.0. Here provides a link to download TWRP 3.1.0 featuring ADB backup, A/B OTA zip, Android 7.1.1 Support and many more. It is a most commonly used recovery that supports many official and unofficial devices. With TWRP, we can flash custom ROMS, modem and firmware files.
[ad type=”square”]TWRP is a commonly used recovery that supports many official and unofficial devices. With TWRP we can flash custom ROMS, modem and firmware files, backup and restore your current ROM. After a long time, TWRP gets a major update with many bug fixes and features. The new update of TWRP 3.1.0 support for ADB backup to PC, AB OTA support, stability support for Android 7.1 firmware, decryption support, etc.,
TWRP 3.1.0 Features and Changelogs:
- vold decrypt on a few select HTC devices, TWRP will now attempt to use the system partition’s vold and vdc binaries and libraries to decrypt the data partition (nkk71 and CaptainThrowback)
- adb backup to stream a backup directly to or from your PC.
- tweak MTP startup routines (mdmower)
- support new Android 7.x xattrs for backup and restore to fix loss of data after a restore (Dees_Troy)
- support POSIX file capabilities backup and restore to fix VoLTE on HTC devices and possibly other issues (Dees_Troy)
- better indicate to users that internal storage is not backed up (Dees_Troy)
- improve automatic determination of TW_THEME (mdmower)
- minimal getcap and setcap support (_that)
- try mounting both ext4 and f2fs during decrypt (jcadduono and Dees_Troy)
- shut off backlight with power key (mdmower)
- timeout during FDE decrypt (Dees_Troy and nkk71)
- support for FBE decrypt and backing up and restoring FBE policies (Dees_Troy)
- boot slot support (Dees_Troy)
- TWRP app install prompt during reboot (Dees_Troy)
- support for AB OTA zips (Dees_Troy)
- support new Android 7.x log command (Dees_Troy)
- update recovery sources to AOSP 7.1 (Dees_Troy)
- numerous bugfixes and improvements by too many people to mention
Download TWRP 3.1.0 Recovery for all Supported Devices
How to install TWRP Recovery on Android Devices
- First, enable ‘USB debugging’ option from setting>developer option>. To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.
- For this method, you have to install ADB and Fastboot on your PC first. Check this How to setup ADB and fastboot on Windows or Setup ADB and fastboot on Mac.
- Download TWRP 3.1.0 image file, rename it to recovery.img (optional) and place it in a folder where adb and fastboot installed.
- Now go to installation directory open ADB folder and open the command window there by pressing and hold the ‘shift’ key and right-clicked anywhere in that folder.
- Now connect your phone to PC and reboot the device into fastboot mode by typing “adb reboot bootloader”.
- Type “fastboot devices” in command prompt and hit enter, it gives you serial numbers in return means your phone connect properly.
- Type the “fastboot flash recovery recovery.img” command correctly in command prompt and then press enter. It starts flashing recovery on your phone.
- Now type “fastboot reboot “in command prompt it will restart your phone.
- Download and install flashify from play store. (This process needs your phone to be rooted)
- Download TWRP 3.1.0 image file.
- Now open flashify and it will ask for SuperSu permission, grant it.
- Now in the main page click on recovery image and choose recovery.img file or twrp.img file.
- Now click ok to flash TWRP 3.1.0 recovery on your device.
- For this method, you must have a rooted phone and custom recovery installed.
- Download TWRP 3.1.0 zip file.
- Reboot your phone into Recovery mode by pressing a combination of buttons.
- Now in recovery mode select the ‘twrp.zip’ and swipe to flash the recovery.