TWRP

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Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) is an open-source software custom recovery image for Android-based devices. It provides a touchscreen-enabled interface that allows users to install third-party firmware and back up the current system, functions often unsupported by stock recovery images. It is, therefore, often installed when rooting Android devices, although it isn't dependent on a device being rooted to be installed.

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Functions

Since February 2016 the first three digits of the version number specify the version, and the fourth digit, separated from the others by a dash, specifies an update for a specific device. This could be a performance improvement or a bugfix.

As of 2017 it was the most widespread custom recovery. The main method of installing, or "flashing", this custom recovery on an Android device requires downloading a version made specifically for the device, and then using a tool such as fastboot, or ODIN for Samsung devices, on a PC to replace the stock recovery image with the TWRP one. Also, some custom ROMs come with TWRP as the default recovery.

TWRP gives users the option to fully back up their device (including boot, system, etc.) to revert to at any time, and a built-in file manager to delete files that may be causing problems on the device or add some to fix issues.

As of 2017 TWRP supported the installation of custom ROMs, kernels, add-ons (e.g. Google Apps, SuperSU, Themes), and other mods.

Wiping, backing up, restoring and mounting various device partitions (e.g. system, boot, userdata, cache and internal storage) are also supported. TWRP also features file transfer by MTP, a basic file manager and a terminal emulator. It is fully themeable.

In January 2017 the TWRP team released an Android application that allows flashing the recovery using root access; however, unlike the recovery, the app is proprietary. This app, with far reaching anti-features as is listed in the terms and conditions, is also shipped via the official TWRP images to rooted and non-rooted devices. It is offered to be installed without any warning that it is not free and open-source software, and installs as a system-level app by default, making it unremovable from within the OS without root access.

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See also

• ClockworkMod - an alternative to TWRP

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References

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External links

• Official website

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