Get to know TWRP: Functions and how to use it(Full Guide).

Get to Know TWRP: Full Features and Usage

Explore TWRP: Full Features Tutorial and Guide on Using TWRP Recovery AndroTech - All Android smartphones usually come with a default recovery pre-installed in a recovery partition with different names.

Xiaomi mobile phone called Mi Recovery;

Lenovo mobile phone called Lenovo Recovery;

OPPO mobile phone called ColorOS Recovery;

Samsung mobile phones and many other Androids use Android recovery.

But the name is default, of course it has limited functions, like it can only flash official ROMs or install .zip files that are signed first. Also, default recovery cannot wipe dalvik cache or backup/recovery ROM.

Due to the limitations of this feature, many Android users use custom recovery instead of stock recovery. During custom recovery, users will find many features that are really useful.

A custom recovery widely used by Android users today is TWRP recovery, link (https://twrp.me/)

What is TWRP recovery?

TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) is an open source software that allows Android users to repair and install open source Android operating system more easily.

What are the benefits of TWRP recovery?

TWRP has many very useful features including:

Installing Custom ROMs, Kernels, Plugins, GApps, Fix 4G, SuperSU, Magisk and other mods;

Perform backup/restore process of system, boot, user data, IMEI, modem, sensor partition, cache, dalvik cache to internal storage;

Can be used to transfer files via MTP, file manager and terminal emulator;

And many other uses.

Continue reading this article for more information.

Features and How to Use TWRP

In general, you can read about installing TWRP here.

However, each ROM and Android version has its own TWRP compatibility, so before installing TWRP, first check if the TWRP you are installing is compatible with your current ROM.

For example, MI 4C with Lollipop ROM cannot be installed with TWRP for Nougat ROM, it may cause Mobile Phone boot loop and/or TWRP hang.

Ok continue again..!

Once TWRP is installed, here is a complete guide on how to use it.

The above menu appears when you boot into TWRP recovery for the first time.

There are 4 menu options:

"Never show..." » check if you won't see this option again the next time you enter TWRP;
Keep read-only » choose whether you want to set TWRP as read-only or view-only, you can't edit or write on Android;
Select a language » selects a language, but Indonesian is not available. In custom TWRP like ZCX TWRP By BY~XM, the login start is usually Chinese, please change the language here.
Swipe to Allow Modification» Swipe means Confirm or OK in TWRP. Swipe on the screen above to allow TWRP to make changes to your Android system.

In this menu, usually select option number 1 and go to number 4

After Swipe, this is how you go to the main menu or TWRP home page

The menu has 8 options:

Install;
Wipe;
Backup;
Restore;
Mount;
Settings;
Advanced;
Reboot.

.. I rate one by one.

1. Install

Install is a menu to install/flash .zip or .img files like ROMs, Patches, Mods, Magisk, SuperSU and so on.

When select this menu, the following screen will appear.

In this menu you can find the location to save the zip file which usually starts in /sdcard folder first but sometimes it can go to /root folder. If so, find the .zip file in the /sdcard folder that you copied to your phone's internal storage.
If you use other media such as USB OTG, choose number 2 attached storage.
To install image files (.img) as recovery files, kernel / boot.img, etc., select Install Image (number 3) and then select the .img file you copied to internal storage.

But by default, TWRP Official can only flash an image in the recovery partition and run it.

Once you find the .zip or .img file, tap the file, then tap Swipe to confirm Flash.

If you want to install multiple ZIP files at once, select Add more ZIP files, then select the next file and swipe to confirm Flash.

Also read:

2.Wipe

To remove or restore a partition.

This menu allows you to format hardware partitions in system, data, cache, dalvik, sdcard, external storage, USB OTG etc.

1.Factor Reset

The above image appears when you tap on the Wipe menu, there are 2 options, such as from developer ROM to stable ROM and vice versa, or you want to update the operating system.

By default, a factory reset deletes this partition:

/data without media;
cache and
Dalvik cache.

So if you want to change ROM type, this step is enough.

2. Advance Wipe

Advance Wipe allows you to choose which partitions you want to format such as Dalvik, Cache, Data, Internal Storage, System and Micro SDCard.

Full guide to using twrp recover advance wipe

Mark the section you want to wipe. Swipe to Wipe Slide to start sliding.

Repair or Change File System is useful to repair device, resize, correct permissions and also change partition format.

Select one of the sections and then Repair or Change File System, the following menu will appear.

Repair file system to repair the system in the selected partition, while changing the file system allows you to change the disk format, for example, from FAT to EXT4 and so on.

Android uses EXT4 disk type by default, but you can change it to EXT2, FAT, EXT3, exFAT or F2FS.

Changing the type of this partition may result in a bootable device if the kernel and ROM do not support this partition, so be careful even if some custom ROMs support the F2FS partition, as this partition is said to be faster than EXT4.

Some TWRPs have a Resize File System option.

This menu is used to reset the volume device of the indexed partition. For example, you want to install a 29 MB .img file, but you get a message about the full partition (not enough), although after checking there are still 50 MB free.

If this happens, you can use this menu to resize the partition or check its volume again.

3. Backup

As the name suggests, the Backup menu works for device backups.

When you select this menu, you will see a list of partitions ready for backup, which are usually as follows.

In some unofficial versions of TWRP, it usually supports IMEI, Modem, Persist backup and several other important sections, but the most common one is like the one in the picture above.

1. Backup/Setting/Encryption

In the Settings tab Option , you can compress the backup file to a smaller size or ignore the remaining space check before backup.

In the tab Encryption , you can set a password for the backup file if you are concerned about irresponsible people using the backup file.

2. Auto-generate

Skip if you want the backup name to be automatically generated, or enter a backup filename as desired in this section.

3. Select a partition to back up.

A normal backup actually only consists of system, data and boot, so that the backup doesn't get too big.

But if you want to repair the system, you can backup only the system disk, or if you want to repair the kernel, only the boot partition will be backed up.

If for some reason you want to check everything, is the internal memory enough to backup things like IMEI, modem, EFS disk and others.

4. Select storage mode

This menu is used to select the storage location for backup files, such as internal memory, SDCard (external memory) or USB OTG.

5. Update size

This menu is to update the available volume size, for example backup fails because the memory volume is full.

You can move some files and then select this menu and repeat the backup process to make sure there is enough storage space or not.

6. Wipe to Backup

If yes, sliding Swipe to Backup to start the backup process. By default, backups are stored in the following folder:

Media Storage/TWRP/BACKUPS/KodeDevice/here

4. Restore

Restore menu is useful for restoring backup results. When you select this menu, the following screen will appear.

Select Package to Restore » List of files from previous backups;
Select Storage » choose another storage media where you save the backup file.

Restore only the partition that is considered to be restored, for example, if you run out of system oprek, it's only the System partition that you restore.

If you want to restore the Boot partition because you have tried the kernel, you should wipe the dalvik cache after the restore process is complete.

For more details, read the article How to Backup and Restore Android ROM with TWRP.

5.Mount

works to download data from either Micro SD or USB OTG to Android system.

If you select the Mount button, you will see that there are options to connect microSD and USB OTG.

Using the pin feature means you can boot a USB stick using the USB OTG or MicroSD option to mount an Android ROM from a flash/microSD card.

6. Settings

I'm sure you already know what this means, in this menu you configure the configuration of TWRP recovery.

When you select Settings, the following screen will appear:

In the Settings section, you can change the language, time zone, screen time, vibration, screen brightness and several other settings.

7. Advanced

This menu is an advanced menu where you can do 7 functions here.

Copy log » to copy logs from TWRP process to storage which is usually used for error checking;
Fix contexts » maybe some MODs cause changes in selinux device, fix it with this option;
File manager » same as normal file management functions like copy or move files, rename files etc;
terminal » Terminal emulator, similar to CMD (Command Prompt) inWindows
Reload theme » restart ethos;
ADB Sideload » TWRP also supports ADB Sideload, which allows you to send files from your computer to your device in ADB Sideload mode. Apart from that, you can also flash your device in this mode;
Disable Verify » disables the process of checking files to be installed.

ADB Sideload works when the device is booted, but can still flash into TWRP, but can't flash a ROM file (.zip) that you think could bring your smartphone back to life.

Now in this mode you can push a file through the terminal and connect it in ADB mode.

To do this, activate ADB Sideload and type the following command.

adb sideload file.zip

The.zip file will be automatically pushed to the smartphone. Once it's done, either flash TWRP Recovery or install it directly.

More information about ADB Sideload can be found in this article.

8. Reboot

As the name suggests, it works on reboot.

When you tap Restart, you will be presented with the following options.

System » to access the home screen (main menu) yes, the purpose is to launch the mobile phone;
Power off » to turn off the smartphone;
Recovery » re-enter TWRP recovery mode;
Bootloader » enter fastboot mode.

How to Know TWRP: All Features and How to Use It.

Hope useful..!