How to install custom recovery Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) in Android

Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) custom recovery is one of the best recovery tool to use. I suggest everyone to install it, it can help you install update, backup, wipe cache and support many nice features, and it support touch screen which is very convenient. Its official website is: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2


To install TWRP, there are two ways:
The easiest way is to install an app called "GooManager" from Google Play.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.s0up.goomanager

But in case your network doesn't support you very well to download rom via GooManager, you need to manually install TWRP, and below are the steps:
1. Go to official site http://teamw.in/project/twrp2 to find the TWRP image for your device

2. Download it

For example, mine is: openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.4-hammerhead.img

3. go to the android SDK installation folder, go to directory platform tools
for example, mine is: D:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

4. Copy the download image into this folder

5. Press Shift key and at the same time, right click your mouse you will see a menu item "Open Command Window here"

6. boot your device to fast boot mode and connect it to USB
For my device, I power off my device, and then simultaneously press power and volume down button button it will to go fast boot mode

7 execute command fastboot flash recovery recoveryfilename.img
for example, I execuste
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.4-hammerhead.img

8. In fast boot mode, select Recovery mode



9. Go! You will now see the TWRP installed.
10. Last you can delete the img file in the SDK platform-tools folder.

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