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Open-source software custom recovery image for Android-based devices

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What is TWRP Recovery?? We will do an overview of the most popular Android recovery apps and finish with a few advices on how to use TWRP Recovery on your Android phone.

We’re here to show you the best Android data recovery software on the market, some require a PC or Mac to work, while others can be directly installed on your Android phone/tablet. It’s up to you to choose which one to go and try. In short, if you can’t find or access those precious data (e.g. Contacts, photos, videos, text messages, call logs, etc.) from your Android phone or tablet, and you haven’t set up any backup options. Then your best bet is to try a data recovery program. Here’s a list of specific Android data loss scenarios: You accidentally deleted some photos, contacts, etc. The SD card attached in your device became corrupted. Failure of rooting your Android device. And more.

I’ve tried a lot of data recovery tools in the past months and I’m sure FonePaw is one of the best. With this reliable software, you can easily recover lost or deleted text messages, photos, videos, audios, contacts, call logs, and documents from any Android phone, tablet, or SD card. If we talk about effectiveness, this wonderful tool can detect and recover deleted or lost files from Android devices with a user-friendly interface that’s painless to use. Combined with its powerful capacity and its ability to adjust to multiple Android OS versions (yes, it’s compatible with numerous devices), it’s a must-have item to be included in your arsenal for hunting lost files or data. FonePaw can recover data of phones and tablets from HTC, LG, Google, Sony, Motorola, Samsung, ZTE, Huawei, Asus, Acer, and more.

MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android is a professional-level data recovery software that can help users restore their data whether it’s lost, deleted, or even corrupted. This software comes with two recovery modules: one for the internal storage of your device, and the other for the SD card. Not only can you recover contacts, call history, messages, and document data, but you can also restore lost media files, audio recordings, videos, and WhatsApp attachments. Whether you’ve installed insecure applications, had an error during an update, a virus attack, or a rooting that went wrong, this software will help restore to your previous state.

You’ll need the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) installed on your computer to perform this process, as well as your phone’s USB drivers. If you unlocked your bootloader the official way, you probably have them already, but if not, check out this guide for instructions on how to get them. Lastly, back up anything on your phone that you want to keep. This process shouldn’t wipe your phone, but copying your photos and other important files to your PC is always a good idea before you go messing with the system. Next, you’ll need to enable a few options on your phone. Open your phone’s app drawer, tap the Settings icon, and select “About Phone”. Scroll all the way down and tap the “Build Number” item seven times. You should get a message saying you are now a developer.

Short Guide: First, download the latest version of the TWRP Recovery and move it into the same folder where is your ADB and Fastboot are available. Then rename this file to simpler such as recovery.img for the future convenience. Now please right click your mouse with the shift key, then go to the menu and select Open Command Prompt. Next, you should boot your device into fastboot mode, you may use the following keys. Press the Power Button and Volume Up keys both at the same time). After that, connect it with your PC/laptop, and type the following command to confirm the connection: fastboot devices. If everything’s fine, you should see your device connected in Fastboot mode with a serial identifier next to it. Now, proceed with installing the recovery using the following command: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (First Replace the filename that you have downloaded and remember what you have saved). Read additional information on Install TWRP Recovery.

TWRP lead explains why it’ll take time for the custom recovery to support Android 10: As Dees_Troy puts it bluntly, TWRP support for Android 10 is going to take a while. His statements are made in relation to the Google Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 4, as well as for devices that will ship with Android 10 as their base version. Older non-Pixel devices that shipped with older versions of Android and have subsequently been updated to Android 10 are not affected. According to the dev, Android 10 brought about some of the biggest changes to AOSP’s recovery implementation in recent years. Components in the AOSP recovery have been moved into subfolders, which makes merging changes into TWRP more time consuming.