How to Install TWRP Recovery Via Fastboot On Android Device.

Install TWRP Recovery Via Fastboot.  This guide will show to you how to install TWRP via fastboot on android smartphone devices. When you enter bootloader or fastboot mode this will allow you to flash any partition on the android device. which you can divide the partition by system, boot, recovery, cache and anything else. Besides the partition images from OEM's, you can also flash the custom ROM files via fastboot too. on this example, we will flash custom recovery TWRP.

There are several custom recoveries available for most Android devices, the most popular ones available today are ClockworkMod Recovery (also called CWM) and TWRP (TeamWin Recovery Project). There are primarily three standard methods of installing a custom recovery to your android devices.

1. Using ROM Manager or GooManager
2. Using Fastboot
3. Using flash_image.

Guide To Install TWRP Recovery Via Fastboot.

We make this guide assumes that your android device has an unlocked bootloader.

1. D0wnload a TWRP recovery .img file is compatible for your device.
2. Setup ADB and Fastboot on your PC, How to do it?
• D0wnload ADB Installer (here) 
• After finish download, this file, extract it on your computer.
• Run adb.setup-1.4.2.exe file
• Then you will see a command prompt window with a blue background.
• Enter Y to all prompt on this screen.

  

  Install TWRP Recovery Via Fastboot 

• Once ADB, Fastboot, and Drivers are installed on your computer, the setup window will automatically close and you’ll have a working ADB and Fastboot set up throughout your system.
• Finish!
3. Enable USB debugging on your android device:
• Go to Settings on your device.
• Go to About phone and tap seven (7) times on Build number, 
• This will enable Developer options.
• Now go back to Settings and you’ll see “Developer options” there, open it.
• Tick the USB Debugging checkbox.
4. Now, Open the folder where your TWRP Recovery .img file is saved on your computer folder.
5. Now press and hold “Shift + Right click” on any empty white space inside the folder and then select “Open command window here” from the context menu. This command will open a command window.

   

   Open command window here

6. Then, connect your android devices to your computer, And type the following into the command window, to boot your Android device into bootloader/fastboot mode:

• adb reboot bootloader

7. Once your device boots into bootloader mode,  type command into command window to flash the TWRP recovery .img file:

• fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.x.x-xxx.img

8. You can change the file name, like your twrp recovery image file name. for an example : twrp-2.8.7.0-h901.img
    
   
9. Once TWRP is successfully flashed on your Android device, now type this command to reboot your devices.

• fastboot reboot

10. Finish.

Guide To Access TWRP Recovery On your device. 

1. Switch off your android device. And then switch On Again by pressing the combination button.
2. Each manufacturer has a different standard to enter recovery mode. 
• LG: Press and hold Volume Up + Power buttons 
• Samsung: Press and hold Volume Up + Home Button + Power buttons 
• Sony: Press and hold Volume Down + Power buttons, Quickly release the Power button, but keep pressing Volume down.
3. Release all button when you see TWRP logo on your Android device.

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