Monday, March 14, 2016

Tutorial: How to install an alternative recovery (TWRP) on … – Frandroid

You just get your Galaxy S6 and S6 edge Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and want to go further? The first step is often to install an alternative recovery, which will allow you later to flash different files, but above all to make a backup of your entire system. How to install TWRP!

 SGS6-TWRP

TWRP?

If you have never heard of TWRP or Team Win Recovery Project to its full name, this is one of the most popular alternative recovery of these last years. Simple with its touch interface, it offers various possibilities, such as creating a phone backup file, it will be possible to charge for poor handling, a complete cleaning of the phone, or install unsigned packages by Google, allowing to push personalization smartphone in the smallest corners. If the adventure tempts you, let

Note . In this tutorial, we assume that you own a Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F) or a Galaxy S6 Edge ( SM-G925F) french. If your model number (visible in the “About Device” section of the settings) is different, the necessary files will be different and to experiment with those present here could create malfunctions.



The necessary

to perform this operation you need:

  • from your Galaxy S6 / S6 edge (preferably with more than 70% battery)
  • from a USB
  • from a Windows computer (in this case, manipulations are also available on Mac OS and Linux)
  • from the Odin software in version 3.10 .7 (or more) available on SamMobile
  • From TWRP file for your phone .tar.md5 format:

If questions files were to disappear you should find the relevant links from the associated page of XDA forum.

handling

If you have flashed yourself Android Marshmallow on your device, handling should sound here very banal. If it does not, so start by Odin unpack the archive and run the software. Meanwhile, turn off your phone and reboot it into Download mode supported letting the Power key, Volume Down and Home. A screen will appear asking you to press the Volume Up button to continue

Note . You will fall then face to face with the Download mode (or Odin Mode), represented with an arrow on a blue background. If at this point you change your mind, you can turn off your phone by pressing all buttons on your phone at the same time (Volume Up and Down, Power, and Home) and hold followed a few seconds.

then connect the phone to your computer, which will result to react bleutant Odin in a box and adding a line to the activity log. If this is not the case, ensure that the drivers of your phone are installed on your computer (usually just plug the phone to the PC, but you can find them on the Samsung website). Finally be noted that some front USB ports are inconsistent and it may be necessary to connect the phone to the back of his round. In case of problems, so feel free to try different USB ports.

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Then click on the button” AP “and pick the file .tar.md5 downloaded above. In the “Options” tab, check the boxes Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked, and that the Re-Partition do not . This is the default and you should therefore not have to change anything. Finally, click on the start .

 odin-TWRP

the installation should only take a few seconds, followed by a restart of the phone. To verify that the manipulation worked well (besides the presence of the & lt; OSM & gt;. All completed threads (Succeed 1 / failed 0) in the Odin newspaper), turn off the phone again and reboot it into recovery mode by holding down the Power , Volume Up and Home .

TWRP offers to choose a language and warns you that it can be used in read-only or write. To use all of its features, you will need to switch to writing by sliding the slide at the bottom of the screen to the right. Opens you to a new world of customization and other advanced editing ROM.



WARNING!

This version of TWRP may encounter some instability when attempting to reboot the phone. To avoid this, do not use the usual menus (restart), but go rather to the progress of the recovery settings, and then in the terminal and type the “Reboot” command before committing. Your phone will restart then correctly.

If you ever read this passage too late and your phone is locked, press all the buttons simultaneously (Volume Up, Volume Down, Home and Power) to force the extinction. If bootloop phone (reboot loop), restart it in Download mode and reflash the ROM STOCK Marshmallow.

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