The group behind the famed third-party Android recovery tool TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) has released something many users have been likely wanting for some time; an official app in the Google Play Store.
The Google Play Store app allows users a quick and easy way to check to see if a new version image of TWRP for your smartphone is available, and if so to download it to your device. An app that installs and updates the recovery on your device is nothing new, not even for TWRP as there have been unofficial apps from other developers that did the job quite well. The official TWRP app has both root and non-root functions, the former obviously requiring the appropriate permissions.
The app doesn’t require root to check for the versions, but to do any flashing it will need root access, obviously. As you can see in the screenshots above, the app gives the option of flashing to either the recovery or boot partitions. As always with things related to flashing and rooting, you should know what you’re doing. For instance, flashing a TWRP image to the boot partition is a no no. Only flash boot images to the boot partition.
For now, TWRP can only apply the images that are in the internal memory of the phone, but Team Win is already looking for a way to be able to apply these images from any memory connected to the phone.
The app has been labeled by its developer as an “open beta” so there might be a few bugs that will show up that will have to be fixed in future versions.. However, it’s certainly cool that TWRP updates can be accessed through an official Google Play Store app for the first time.
If you are a TWRP user then this is the application you are looking for. Almost automatically, custom recovery will be applied, so, the users can use this application for the whole process. Click here to download the official application directly from the Google Play Store.
The Google Play Store app allows users a quick and easy way to check to see if a new version image of TWRP for your smartphone is available, and if so to download it to your device. An app that installs and updates the recovery on your device is nothing new, not even for TWRP as there have been unofficial apps from other developers that did the job quite well. The official TWRP app has both root and non-root functions, the former obviously requiring the appropriate permissions.
The app doesn’t require root to check for the versions, but to do any flashing it will need root access, obviously. As you can see in the screenshots above, the app gives the option of flashing to either the recovery or boot partitions. As always with things related to flashing and rooting, you should know what you’re doing. For instance, flashing a TWRP image to the boot partition is a no no. Only flash boot images to the boot partition.
For now, TWRP can only apply the images that are in the internal memory of the phone, but Team Win is already looking for a way to be able to apply these images from any memory connected to the phone.
The app has been labeled by its developer as an “open beta” so there might be a few bugs that will show up that will have to be fixed in future versions.. However, it’s certainly cool that TWRP updates can be accessed through an official Google Play Store app for the first time.
If you are a TWRP user then this is the application you are looking for. Almost automatically, custom recovery will be applied, so, the users can use this application for the whole process. Click here to download the official application directly from the Google Play Store.
The Official TWRP App is Now Available On Google Play Store
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Saturday, December 17, 2016
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Reviewed by Tech Ugly
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Saturday, December 17, 2016
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