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If you're like me and have spent entirely too much time flashing ROMs and such over the years, then you know about TWRP. The Team Win Recovery Project took over what ClockworkMod started all those years ago. It's powerful, versatile, and supports a huge list of devices. Well, now you can add an official app from the team to the board of everything they offer (for free).
The Team Win Recovery Project can be considered the most popular, best supported custom recovery available for Android devices. This is the kind of software you need to flash custom ROMs or make a complete backup of your device. Recently Team Win introduced support for two more devices. Yes, those two, but also the HTC One A9 and the Galaxy Trend.
Nearly a year and a half after its launch, the NVIDIA SHIELD tablet remains one of the best ways to enjoy Android at over seven inches. Yet all this time it has existed without official support from the Team Win Recovery Project.
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- The developers have added a recovery for the Sprint variant of the Galaxy Note 5. Nice.
Samsung might be giving lip service to the new Note 5, but it's clear that the company (and a considerable portion of buyers) sees the more swanky Galaxy S6 Edge+ as the flagship device. Now those who've paid the premium for the curvy phone can use the most popular custom recovery out there: Team Win Recovery Project. The developers have posted an official build of TWRP for the GS6E+ to the website.
Samsung showed off the Galaxy Note 5 in mid-August, and shortly thereafter, the phone started making its way into the hands of consumers. Since the device remains one of the more popular ways to carry around Android in a larger pocket, it's no surprise that some owners will eventually want to root their devices and install a custom ROM. The Team Win Recovery Project's custom recovery will let them do that now that it's available for the Galaxy Note 5.
In our ongoing and exciting coverage of X Device Gets TWRP, today we bring you four new characters: the Galaxy J7 (Exynos), Xperia Z3 Compact, CAT B15Q, and the Oppo R7 Plus f. You can get TWRP for each at the links below.
Since the Team Win Recovery Project produces one of the best custom recoveries out there, many of you probably already have it installed on a couple of your devices. But you still have some, like Sony's sleek Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact and Samsung's old budget-friendly Galaxy Ace 3, that you haven't been able to install TWRP on. Well, that has changed. Support has arrived for both devices.
There are only a few people who have the original ADT-1 Android TV device - those who attended Google I/O 2014, or those who got lucky on eBay and bought one of them from attendees. That being said, the owners of the Tegra-powered set-top box are probably among the most dedicated of Android fans, being either developers willing to travel to Google's extremely limited and expensive conference or regular users willing to spend a ton of money on the aftermarket for a pre-release device.
You want to flash a custom ROM? You're going to need a solid custom recovery, and the Team Win Recovery Project happens to produce the most popular one out there. Now you can install it on four new devices that, for the most part, have little in common with one another.
The Team Win Recovery Project's custom recovery has come to a contrasting pair of smartphones from two separate manufacturers. One, the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, is a large gimmicky device that you might love, but probably don't. The other is a smaller version of the Sony Xperia Z, the ZL.
The Team Win Recovery Project has released version 2.8.7.0 of its custom recovery, known simply as TWRP. This update brings a system read-only option that's intended to help you make a pure backup of your system image that you can later flash to receive over-the-air updates after having rooted or ROMed your device.
The Galaxy Note 8.0 launched in early 2013, so it has been around for over two years now. But old hardware is just the kind of thing that could benefit from a custom ROM. And a custom ROM could benefit from a great custom recovery. So it's good to see the Team Win Recovery Project roll out support for Samsung's original 8-inch Note tablet.
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The Galaxy S6 is the Android phone to beat so far in 2015. That being the case, it's naturally going to be a big part of the modding scene from here on out, as have most of its predecessors. Right on time, Team Win has delivered their much-loved custom Android recovery to Samsung's new flagship. You can download it here.
The Team Win Recovery Project's custom recovery, affectionately known as TWRP, has received an update today. The latest version of the software is now 2.8.6.0, and it comes with a number of changes. There are some keyboard improvements here, some scroll bar adjustments there—that sort of thing.
Update: Oppo N3 owners can now fire up TWRP as well. A recovery image for the device has appeared over on the site, where it awaits your fastbooting commands.
ROM flashers and root fanatics who own a few more obscure Android devices have new options this morning. Official, straight from the source builds of the ubiquitous Team Win Recovery Project custom recovery are now available for the unlocked, dual-SIM card version of the HTC One M7, the carrier-customized version of the LG G3 for US Cellular, and the LG Optimus Fuel. Wait, the what? Let me check my notes... yup, says right here, "Optimus Fuel."
The Team Win Recovery Project (more commonly known as TWRP) is easily the most popular custom recovery used by Android enthusiasts at this point. The latest release, which should apply to all of the current official builds, adds a handful of new features and a bunch of bug fixes. The biggest change is that the ADB sideload method has been modified to more closely align with the AOSP implementation, which keeps the update ZIP file on your computer rather than your phone or tablet.
The Team Win Recovery Project is a great custom recovery, but it isn't pretty. Back in the Ice Cream Sandwich days, it kind of blended in. Nowadays, it's just that outdated screen you largely don't care about while you flash .zips.
Between low prices, Nexus-style Android builds, and updates straight from Google, the Android One phones currently on sale in India seem like ideal tinker machines. Now those who want to play with custom ROMs, software modifications, or just want an easy way to root and backup their phones have an official Team Win Recovery Project build available to them. The custom recovery can be downloaded from the official TWRP page. TWRP isn't the first recovery created for Android One, but it's probably the most anticipated.
I know there are more than a few American readers who took a chance on this post, clicking on the headline even though they know the presence of Huawei's name likely means that everything they're about to read won't apply to them. The Ascend Mate 2 is one device that runs counter to this expectation. Huawei sells the phone directly to consumers online, including folks who live in the US. People who have already purchased the flagship device, or those who opt to purchase one in the future, now have the option to flash a version of the Team Win Recovery Project's custom recovery to their devices.