Using the popular Team Win Recovery Project program, users of mobile devices on the Android platform have the ability to carry out a large number of operations related to optimizing the structure of the device’s software interfaces. How can these actions be implemented? What are the main features of the corresponding program?
What is a Team Win Recovery Project, or TWRP solution?
The Team Win Recovery Project mobile application, the installation and use instructions of which will be studied by us today, is a multimedia device system recovery tool that allows you to back up files, install various types of software and firmware.
The solution in question is installed in a special section of the device’s internal memory and thus replaces the branded interface for system recovery. The practical significance of the corresponding solution may lie, in particular, in the ability to restore the mobile system to operability even in cases when the device experienced such a significant failure that it does not turn on at all.
Team Win Recovery Project interface - the instructions for it should be read carefully, allowing you to restore, including those files in which the system and application settings are written.
Benefits of TWRP
It is worth noting that the solution in question is not the only one that can restore the system on mobile devices. Competitive products are also available for download online. However, the Team Win Recovery Project (instructions for it, again pay attention to this, should be carefully studied before work) has a number of significant advantages. These include:
- interface adapted to touch control;
- the ability to fine-tune key options related to managing system files;
- the presence of interfaces for the formation of the optimal data packet placed in the backup system;
- ZIP file support.
These options are of great importance in terms of ease of use of the program, as well as the involvement of its basic functions. Actually, it will be useful to consider a list of those.
Main features of TWRP
The main functions of Team Win Recovery Project (instructions for their use describe the process in detail) are as follows:
- installation of custom firmware and cores;
- installation of branded updates to system files;
- ensuring the operation of the device in flash drive mode;
- the ability to create both a full backup copy of the firmware of the mobile device, and a partial one, for example, represented mainly by system files;
- system restore from backup while maintaining interface functionality;
- the implementation of operational reset to those installed in the branded version of the system;
- creation of partitions for storing data on a memory card, as well as the implementation of their formatting;
- launch of various commands through the terminal;
- accessing files hosted on the device.
Features of program installation
Consider the moments that describe how the solution in question can be installed on a mobile device. For these purposes, common interfaces can be involved, such as, for example, GooManager. You need to download this program in a trusted application store, start it, and then select the Install Open Recovery option.
If the user owns a smartphone from Nexus, then he can use another popular utility - Google Nexus 7 Toolkit. In principle, there are quite a few programs that allow you to solve the problem in question. But the noted 2 solutions are among the most convenient.
Let us consider in more detail how the TWRP installation programs can be used in practice.
Using TWRP: Launching System Restore
Difficulties in installing Team Win Recovery Project usually do not arise. However, there are nuances that characterize the launch of the program directly - in fact, the inclusion of a mobile device in the appropriate mode. If the GooManager program is used, then you need to start the corresponding application, then select the Reboot Recovery option, then select the item that allows you to download the recovery mode.
In principle, you can run the program in question by using a special combination of keys to control the mobile device. But in this case, it’s rather difficult to choose their universal combination: it is determined by the specific device manufacturer. Also, in order to launch the solution in question, you can use the popular ADB application. It involves connecting a mobile device to a computer. Using the specified application, you can boot a smartphone or tablet in recovery mode by means of special commands entered via ADB interfaces.
We will now study in more detail how to use the program in question in one version or another, for example, Team Win Recovery Project in versions 2.8, 2.8.7.0, 2.8.7.3 or Team Win Recovery Project 3.0.2. The instructions for each of these versions of the solution as a whole will be similar. The same can be said about earlier modifications of the corresponding application, for example TWRP 2.6.3.0.
TWRP Interface: Usage Features
As soon as the smartphone or tablet is loaded in recovery mode, the main menu of the Team Win Recovery Project application will appear on the screen - 2.8 or in some other of the marked versions, which are generally similar both in terms of the location of the controls with various options and in terms of view of recovery interface management functionality.
If the smartphone or tablet is touch-sensitive (it is likely that this will be so), then you can control the interface of the application in question using finger movements on the screen. But it is important to do this not in random order, but in accordance with what the instruction used as a guiding document in using the Team Win Recovery Project solution prescribes. How to exit the interface that was selected from the main menu by mistake in order not to accidentally activate any inappropriate procedures? Very simple: you can use the return button, which is equipped with a mobile device. It is often located just below the screen if it is a smartphone, or in its upper right corner if it is a tablet.
Let us consider in more detail the main options of the Team Win Recovery Project 2.8.7.0 menu or another version of the solution close to it, in particular from the ones indicated above. The interface of the application in question is generally English. We will focus on him. Thus, the main options that will be available to the TWRP user:
- Install
- Wipe
- Backup
- Restore
- Mount.
We study in more detail the specifics of each of them.
Install option
The considered option of Team Win Recovery Project 2.8.7.3 (the instructions for it will be generally the same in structure as in the case of other modifications of the corresponding solution) allows you to install various firmware primarily on the phone. Moreover, they can be either custom or branded. Also, through this option, you can install the software kernels, various topics and other types of software that the user needs.
An important nuance: the installation files of programs that need to be installed on a mobile device must be packed in a ZIP archive. It is advisable to place it on the memory card of your smartphone or tablet. Using TWRP interfaces, you must select the appropriate archive, then add it to the firmware queue. Using various options, you can verify the signature of the archive file, as well as the checksums of those files that are installed on your mobile device.
Let's move on to the study of other useful options of the Team Win Recovery Project program. How to install the firmware, we know, now we will consider the specifics of using the Wipe interface.
Wipe option
This option allows you to reset the software settings of the mobile device to the factory settings, as well as to clear a number of system sections of the OS, such as, for example, the cache. In addition, the interface in question allows cleaning the plug-in memory card, as well as the internal flash memory of the mobile device. If necessary, you can also clean the system folder, which is called android_secure.
Another noteworthy option available when using the Wipe interface is cleaning the smartphone or tablet of statistical files that reflect battery usage. If the user is not sure that he chooses the correct option within the Wipe interface, it is better to cancel it so as not to provoke any problem with the phone or Team Win Recovery Project itself. The instructions on how to exit the selected interface to the main menu are discussed above: all you need to do is press the return button on your smartphone or tablet.
Backup option
This option allows you to create a backup copy of the system files of the mobile device. Actually, many users install the corresponding solution mainly in order to use this interface of Team Win Recovery Project 2.6.3.0 (the instructions for it, as we already know, will be similar in structure to any other characterizing the above program modifications).
Using the Backup menu, the user can use the following application functions:
- selection of specific system partitions to be backed up;
- determination of free space on a flash drive;
- activation of the compression option for a copy of the system package;
- disable the option of checking checksums for backups;
- selection of a specific memory card as a resource for placing a backup copy of system files;
- specifying a name for the system data copy file;
- recalculation of the size of the partitions on the disk.
After the files for forming a copy of the system data are selected and copied in accordance with the algorithm defined by the user, you can restart the mobile device by clicking on the Reboot button.
Restore Option
The Restore interface complements the above program option. It allows, in fact, to restore the OS from a backup. This procedure may require a user of Team Win Recovery Project 2.8.7.0 (instructions for other versions of the program require similar actions):
- selecting a specific memory card to access backup files;
- selecting a specific backup file (for example, if there are several, you can sort by ascending or descending name, date or size);
- selecting a specific section of the operating system of the mobile device that you want to restore;
- renaming, deleting a backup of a system package;
- activating checksum checks on backups.
Mount option
Another useful option for this application is Mount. It allows you to mount various partitions on the disk, format them, as well as configure the mode of use of the device as a USB drive. This procedure may include mounting:
- system partition;
- the disk partition on which user files are located;
- the section where the cached data is located;
- external memory card;
- internal memory module.
Other options
So, now we know how with the help of Team Win Recovery Project the firmware on the phone can be installed, replaced with a branded one, saved as a backup. It will also be useful to study a number of additional settings of the program in question in order to detail our small instruction.
So, you can pay attention to the Settings option in the TWRP interface. First of all, it allows you to set the settings of the program under consideration by default as part of the creation, as well as the restoration of certain backups of system data, in addition, when installing files located in ZIP archives.
Another noteworthy menu item in TWRP is Advanced. It allows the user to carry out a large number of operations. Namely:
- copy operation data to a memory card;
- adjust access rights to various data;
- create partitions on the disk;
- use the file manager, through which it will be possible to copy or move them, set access rights, delete, rename;
- activate the commands entered through the terminal.
In addition, other options in the Advanced menu may be added by the developer of the software interfaces. Another significant interface of the Team Win Recovery Project 2.8 application or its analogue is Reboot. This option allows you to reboot the device completely, restart only the recovery program, or turn off the mobile device.
These are the main features of the popular Team Win Recovery Project. With its help, you can carry out a wide range of operations with the device in order to optimize its performance, including through the installation of updated firmware. The program is convenient to use, functional, sufficiently universal.
When carrying out certain operations with the device, especially those related to firmware changes, it is important to consult with specialists beforehand on whether it is worth changing the structure of the software interfaces of the mobile device in one way or another, and how relevant the changes can be effective.