Root and Install TWRP recovery on Galaxy J3

TWRP recovery is now available for the Samsung Galaxy J3 Android smartphone. This one is the official TWRP recovery, not the modified or unofficial. All credit goes to the TEAMWIN team to releasing the TWRP recovery for the Galaxy J3 Smartphone. Now with the help of this TWRP recovery, you can quickly flash the Super SU Zip file and rooted your phone. Here in this guide, i will show you how to TWRP recovery on Galaxy J3 and get the root access.

Note: Make sure you backup all important files on your phone before proceeding.

Install Galaxy J3 TWRP recovery and get Root

1. Download & save the Galaxy J3 TWRP recovery .tar file from here

2. Now Download Odin 3.10.7 here to flash the recovery file on your phone. Unzip the folder

3. Now Enable OEM unlock on Your phone. To do this go to Settings » About phone » and tap “Build number” seven times to enable “Developer options”.

Now back to the Settings page,> “Developer options”. Under Developer options, look for “Enable OEM unlock” checkbox/toggle and make sure you Check it or turn it ON.

4. Boot Galaxy J3 in download mode. To do this turn off your android. Press and hold “Home + Power + Volume down” buttons for a few seconds until you see a warning screen.

Now press the Volume Up on the warning screen to accept it and boot into Download mode.

5. Once your phone in download mode, use the USB cable to connect your phone to the PC.

6. Now run the ODIN.exe file that you downloaded above.

7. On the ODIN screen, you will see the “Added!!” message.

8. Now click on the AP tab on Odin window and select the TWRP recovery .tar file that you downloaded for your device.

NOTE: on- Don’t select or check any other option in the ODIN screen.

9. Click the Start button in Odin and wait for it to finish the process.

10. Once the flashing process is done, you will see the pass message on the Odin screen.

Your device will automatically reboot when Odin is done flashing. You can then disconnect your device.

11. Now to root the phone. Download SuperSU v2.78 (latest) here and save the zip file on your phone.

12. Boot your device into TWRP recovery. Switch off your Phone and hold “Home + Power + Volume Up” buttons for a few seconds and as soon as you see your device’ logo on-screen, release three buttons altogether. Your device will boot into TWRP recovery.

13. Tap on “Install” and select the SuperSU zip file and flash the same on your phone to get the root access.

14. Once SuperSU is flashed, you’ll get “Reboot System” option, select it.

That’s it! Now your phone is rooted, and TWRP recovery installed on Galaxy J3

One-Click ToolKit to Install TWRP on Redmi Note 3

 WARNING!

Your warranty is void if you follow the given instruction in this guide. We the Howtorootmobile.com team or the developers are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards. Read all the instruction very carefully and Perform everything at your risk.

 CHECK PHONE MODEL

This guide is only for the Redmi Note 3 Android smartphone. Don’t try this method on any of other Android devices; It may hard brick your device. So, first, confirm your phone model number in your android phone settings. To do this Go the Settings page of your device and check out the “About Device” option.

Requirements to Apply

a) Bootloader Unlocked

b) FLASHER TOOLKIT Redmi Note 3

c) Minimal ADB and Fastboot

Use One-Click ToolKit to Install TWRP on Redmi Note 3

Step 1. Download “Minimal ADB and Fastboot” and install from the above mention link.

Step 2. After doing this connect your phone to the PC with USB cable.

Step 3. Now unzip the FLASHER TOOLKIT and run the “FLASHER TOOLKIT LANDv1.bat” in Administrator mode.

Step 4. Next, you will see the menu for what you want to do, as mentioned on the highlight, choose Menu #1 to flash TWRP 3.0 and follow the on-screen instructions.

Step 5. Once the flashing is done successfully, Reboot your phone. Now you can also Root Your phone by installing the Super SU zip file from the TWRP recovery.

Use Flasher ToolKit To Root Redmi 3S/Prime/3X & Install TWRP

Flasher ToolKit is now available for the Redmi 3S/Prime/3X. With this tool, you can easily Root and Install TWRP on Redmi 3S/Prime/3X phones. Now no need to run any command on your Windows PC to Install TWRP or root your Redmi 3S. Just install this new Flasher ToolKit on your Windows PC and you can do all these tasks in a simple click. We tested this tool on our Redmi 3S and it works like a charm. Once the Redmi 3S/Prime/3X rooted you can install custom ROM on your phone and install all the rooted applications. ‘

 WARNING!

Your warranty is void if you follow the given instruction in this guide. We the Howtorootmobile.com team or the developers are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards. Read all the instruction very carefully and Perform everything at your risk.

 CHECK PHONE MODEL

This guide is only for the Redmi 3S/Prime/3X Android smartphone. Don’t try this method on any of other Android devices; It may hard brick your device. So, first, confirm your phone model number in your android phone settings. To do this Go the Settings page of your device and check out the “About Device” option.

Requirements to Apply

a) Bootloader Unlocked

b) FLASHER TOOLKIT Redmi 3S/Prime/3X

c) Minimal ADB and Fastboot

d) UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76

Using FLASHER TOOLKIT To Root Redmi 3S/Prime/3X

Step 1. Download “Minimal ADB and Fastboot” and install from the above mention link and download “UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76.zip” and move to the “Download” folder of your phone.

Step 2. After doing this connect your phone to the PC with USB cable.

Step 3. Now unzip the FLASHER TOOLKIT and run the “FLASHER TOOLKIT LANDv1.bat” in Administrator mode.

Step 4. Next, you see the menu for what you want to do, as mentioned on the highlight, choose Menu #1 to flash TWRP 3.0.0 and follow the on-screen instructions.

Step 5. Once the flashing is done successfully, you will be asked to install UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76.zip.

Step 6. Install the Same and once finished your phone will reboot.

Now your Redmi 3S/Prime/3X is rooted, and TWRP recovery is successfully installed.

Guide to Root Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 & Custom Recovery Install

If you are the Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 user and looking for a guide to Root your Device and install custom recovery on Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500. Then you are at the right place, today in this post we let you know how you can Root Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 & Custom Recovery Install. There are lots of benefits of rooting the device such as install rooted apps on your device, take nandroid backup, customize your device as per your need. After rooting your device you can enjoy lots of custom ROM’s on your device and remove unwanted bloatware applications from your device.

Disclaimer: Follow this guide at your own risk.HowToRootMobile.com won’t be responsible in case your device gets damaged in any other way during the process.

Before doing anything follow the below mention steps on you device:-

a) Take the Full Backup of your device with these application

b) Enable USB debugging mode on your device, read the guide here how to enable USB debugging mode.

c) Download and install Samsung Drivers from here.

After this follow the below mention guide to root your Galaxy S4 and Install custom recovery. Remember this guide only for the Galaxy S4 I9500 (Exynos version) users and not the I9505 (qualcomm version). So make sure first that you have the Galaxy S4 I9500 (Exynos version). You can confirm this at the booting screen itself or via “Settings -> More -> About Device”.

How to Root Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 & Install Custom Recovery

Step 1. Install the Samsung Drivers on your Windows PC and enable USB debugging on your device.

Step 2. Now Download the ODIN flash tool and download Adam Kernel to root your Samsung Galaxy S4.

Step 3. Now Download the ClockworkMod Recovery on your Windows desktop, this will help you to install Custom recovery on your rooted Samsung Galaxy S4.

Step 4. Now lets start the rooting process. Turn off your device so that it can be entered in the Download Mode. Once the device id off hold down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons together for about 5 seconds. When you see the warning screen, let go of all buttons then hit the Volume Up button to enter ODIN Download mode.

Step 5. Now you are on the Download mode, now run the ODIN application on your desktop that your download on Step2 and connect your device with the computer via USB cable.

Step 6. Now in ODIN screen choose PDA, then browse the Adam Kernel file that you download on step 2 (choose the file “GT-I9500_AdamKernel.V1.2.Odin.tar”). Next, ensure that the check boxes “Auto Reboot”, “F. Reset Time” and “PDA” are the only check boxes checked and the rest are not.

Step 7. Now hit the Start button form the ODIN application screen and rooting process will start and it will take some time. After this the phone should reboot on its own. After the phone restarts, you should see the “Superuser” application installed on your device and the phone already rooted automatically by this kernel. That’s it now your Galaxy S4 is rooted and now its time to install custom recovery on the device.

Step 8. To install the Custom Recovery, turn off the devic eagain enter in Download mode as you done on Step4. Once your are on Download mode, connect your device again with PC and run the ODIN application and this time you have to flash ClockworkMod Recovery file “recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.2-i9500.tar.md5” with the help of ODIN (Same as Step 6).

Step 9. Hit the “Start” button and wait a few seconds till it gets done and the phone restarts automatically.

Congratulation now your Galaxy S4 is rooted and custom recovery is installed on your device.

How to Install Custom Recovery and Root the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

I. Before You Begin

1. This could void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible for anything that happens from doing this tutorial so please proceed at your own risk.

2. You must have a Windows based PC in order to do this procedure as the tool that you’re going to use is Windows only.

3. You should have Samsung USB drivers installed on your PC. If they aren’t, install them first.

4. This should also flash a custom recovery called TWRP on your device.

5. You should only try this on the SM-J110 variant of the device. To find out what variant you have, head to Menu > Settings > About phone and you should see it listed there.

How to Root the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

To root the device, what you’ll do is first flash a custom recovery and then use that recovery to flash SuperSU to obtain access to the root. Here’s how that is done:

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Odin and save it to your desktop.

Odin

2. Download TWRP Recovery and save it to your desktop.

TWRP Recovery (Download the one that has .tar as its extension)

3. Download SuperSU and save it to your desktop.

SuperSU

III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

1. Extract files from Odin over to your desktop by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.

2. Double-click on the Odin executable and it will launch.

3. When Odin launches, click on the button that says PDA and navigate to your desktop and select TWRP Recovery .tar to be flashed on your device.

4. Uncheck Repartition in the Odin if it’s already checkmarked.

5. You can checkmark both Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options in the Odin.

6. Turn off your device.

7. Turn your device back on in download mode by holding down Volume DOWN, Home, and Power buttons together for a few seconds.

8. Press Volume UP and you should be in download mode.

9. Plug in your device to your PC using a USB cable.

10. Click on Start in the Odin and it should start flashing TWRP on your device.

11. Wait for the Odin to flash TWRP on your device.

12. When the Odin’s done flashing TWRP, your device should automatically reboot.

Congrats! You have successfully flashed TWRP custom recovery on your Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace, and now here’s how you can use this newly installed recovery to root your device:

IV. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

1. Connect your device to your PC using a USB cable.

2. Copy SuperSU .zip from your desktop over to the internal SD card storage on your device.

3. When SuperSU is copied, disconnect your device from your PC.

4. Turn off your device.

5. Turn your device back on in TWRP Recovery mode. To do that, hold down Volume UP, Home, and Power buttons together for a few seconds.

6. Your device should reboot into the recovery mode.

7. Tap on Install in the recovery menu.

8. Navigate to the internal SD card storage and select SuperSU .zip to be installed on your device.

9. Hit Swipe to Confirm Flash when prompted.

10. TWRP should begin flashing SuperSU on your device. It should not take too long to do that.

11. When TWRP’s done flashing SuperSU, reboot your device by selecting Reboot followed by System in the recovery menu.

12. Your device should reboot.

How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (AT&T)

I. Before You Begin

1. This could void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible for anything that happens from doing this tutorial so please proceed at your own risk.

2. You must have a Windows based PC to do this procedure as the tool that you’re gonna use is Windows only.

3. Ensure that Samsung USB drivers are installed on your PC. Install them if they aren’t already.

4. This should also flash a custom recovery called CWM on your device.

5. You should only try this on the SM-G730A variant of the device. You can find out your variant name in Menu > Settings > About phone on your device.

How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (AT&T)

To root the device, you’ll flash a modified boot file, gain root using saferoot, and restore the original boot file using the Odin tool. Here’s how to do that:

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Odin and save it to your desktop.

Odin

2. Download Root Kernel and save it to your desktop.

Root Kernel (It’s attached in the first post)

3. Download Restore Kernel and save it to your desktop.

Restore Kernel (It’s attached in the first post)

4. Download Saferoot and save it to your desktop.

Saferoot (It’s attached in the first post)

III. Flashing the Rootable Kernel on the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (AT&T)

1. Extract files from all four archives you have downloaded by right-clicking on each of them and selecting Extract here.

2. Head to Menu > Settings > About phone on your device and tap on Build number for 7-8 times and it’ll say you’re a developer.

3. Head to Menu > Settings > Developer options on your device and turn on USB debugging.

4. Launch the Odin by double-clicking on its executable file available on your desktop.

5. When the Odin launches, click on PDA and choose Root Kernel .tar available on your desktop. It’s the .tar file that you’ve extracted from the Root Kernel archive.

6. Uncheck Repartition if it’s already checkmarked in the Odin.

7. You can checkmark both Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options in the Odin.

8. Turn off your device.

9. Turn your device back on in download mode by holding down Volume DOWN, Home, and Power buttons together for a few seconds.

10. Hit Volume UP and you should be in download mode.

11. Plug in your device to your PC using a USB cable.

12. Hit Start in the Odin and it’ll start flashing Root Kernel on your device. Wait for it to do that.

13. When the Odin’s done flashing Root Kernel, your device should automatically reboot.

Please do not panic if you don’t see anything on your device when it reboots as the kernel that you’ve flashed on your device has disabled the display. But you’ll fix that up in the following sections.

Now that you’ve a root-able kernel, here’s how you can root your device:

IV. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (AT&T)

1. Ensure your device is turned on and is connected to your PC.

2. Launch Saferoot by double-clicking on the install.bat file.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions for rooting your device.

4. When your device reboots, unplug it from your PC.

Your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini from AT&T is now rooted but you need to flash the original kernel to enable the display. Here’s how to do that:

V. Flashing the Restore Kernel on the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (AT&T)

1. Turn off your device.

2. Hold down Volume DOWN, Home, and Power buttons together for a few seconds.

3. Your device should reboot into download mode.

4. Plug in your device to your PC using a USB cable.

5. Double-click on the Odin executable and it should launch.

6. Click on PDA in the Odin and select Restore Kernel .tar available on your desktop. It’s the file that you’ve extracted from the Restore Kernel archive.

7. Ensure that Repartition isn’t checmarked in the Odin.

8. Checkmark both Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options in the Odin.

9. Click on Start in the Odin and it’ll start flashing Restore Kernel on your device.

10. When the Odin’s done flashing, your device should automatically reboot.

11. Head over to the Google Play store and download and install SuperSU on your device.

12. Open SuperSU from your app drawer and allow it to update the binaries.

13. Get back to the Saferoot window and let it proceed to disable KNOX on your device.

And there you go!

How to Install Custom Recovery and Root the Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon)

I. Before You Begin

1. This could void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible for anything that happens from doing this tutorial so please proceed at your own risk.

2. This uses the universal Towelroot method to gain root on the device.

3. This should also flash a safestrap recovery on your device.

How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon)

To root and flash a custom recovery on your device, what you’re going to do is use an app to first root your device and then use another app to install the recovery. Here’s how to do that:

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Safestrap APK and save it to your desktop.

Safestrap APK (Download link’s given in the first post)

III. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon)

1. Launch a web browser on your device and head over to the Towelroot website to download the app.

2. Click on the big Lambda icon on the site and the app should begin to download on your device.

3. When the app’s downloaded, close the browser.

4. Head to Menu > Settings > About phone and tap on Build number for 7-8 times and it’ll say you’re a developer. You just unlocked the developer menu on your device.

5. Head to the newly unlocked menu at Menu > Settings > Developer options and turn on the option for USB debugging.

6. Head to Menu > Settings > Security and enable Unknown sources.

7. Launch File Manager and tap on the Towelroot APK to install the app on your device.

8. When the app’s installed, launch it from your app drawer.

9. Tap on make it ra1n in the app and it’ll start rooting your device.

10. Wait for the app to root your device.

11. When it’s done rooting, head over to the Google Play store and download and install SuperSU andBusyBox on your device.

12. Launch SuperSU from your app drawer and allow it to update the binaries.

13. Reboot your device.

And there you go!

Your Samsung Galaxy S5 from Verizon is now rooted and is all ready to be loaded with a custom recovery. Here’s how you can flash one on your device:

IV. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon)

1. Plug in your device to your PC using a USB cable.

2. Copy Safestrap APK from your desktop over to the internal SD card storage on your device.

3. When Safestrap APK’s copied, unplug your device from your PC.

4. Head to Menu > Settings > Security and ensure that Unknown sources is enabled.

5. Open File Manager and tap on Safestrap APK to install the app on your device.

6. Launch the app after it’s installed on your device.

7. Agree to the terms and conditions that are shown on the app screen to move forward.

8. Tap on Install Recovery in the app to install a custom recovery on the device.

9. Wait for it to install a custom recovery on your device.

10. When it’s done installing a recovery, reboot your device.

Congrats! A safestrap recovery was successfully flashed on your Verizon variant of the Samsung Galaxy S5.

How to Install Custom Recovery and Root the Oppo R7 Lite

I. Before You Begin

1. This could void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible for anything that happens from doing this tutorial so please proceed at your own risk.

2. You must have a Windows based PC in order to do this procedure.

3. You should have Universal ADB drivers installed on your Windows PC. Install them if they aren’t already.

4. This should also flash a custom recovery on your device.

5. You should only do this on a Oppo R7 Lite (R7kf) device.

How to Root the Oppo R7 lite

To root and flash a custom recovery on the device, you’ll use an app that will gain root and then you’ll use fastboot to flash the recovery. Here’s how you can do that:

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Fastboot and save it to your desktop.

Fastboot

2. Download Oppo Tools APK and save it to your desktop.

Oppo Tools APK (Download link’s given in the first post)

3. Download Custom Recovery and save it to your desktop.

Custom Recovery (Download link’s given at the bottom of the page)

III. Rooting the Oppo R7 Lite

1. Connect your device to your PC using a USB cable.

2. Copy Oppo Tools APK from your desktop over to the internal SD card storage on your device.

3. When the APK’s copied, disconnect your device from your PC.

4. Head to Menu > Settings > Security and turn on Unknown sources.

5. Launch File Manager and tap on Oppo Tools APK to install the app on your device.

6. When the app’s installed, launch it from your app drawer.

7. Tap on the Common tab in the app.

Photo Credit: oppomobile.vn

8. Tap on the Root button.

9. Tap on the One Key Root button.

Photo Credit: oppomobile.vn

10. The app should begin rooting your device and you need to reboot your device once it’s rooted.

And there you go!

Root access has been successfully achieved on your Oppo R7 Lite, and here’s how you can go about flashing a custom recovery on your device:

IV. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Oppo R7 Lite

1. Extract files from Fastboot over to your desktop by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.

2. Head to Menu > Settings > About phone on your device and tap on Build number for 7-8 times and it’ll say you’re a developer. It means it has unlocked the developer menu on your device.

3. Head to the unlocked menu at Menu > Settings > Developer options and turn on the option that says USB debugging.

4. Plug in your device to your PC using a USB cable.

5. Open a command prompt window on your desktop by holding down Shift and right-clicking anywhere on the screen and selecting Open command window here.

6. When the command prompt window opens, type in the following command and press Enter:

adb reboot bootloader

7. Your device should reboot into bootloader mode.

8. Next up, type in the following command and hit Enter. Make sure to replace recovery.img with the actual name of the recovery image you have downloaded on your PC.

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

9. It should start flashing the recovery on your device. Let it do so.

10. When it’s done flashing recovery, reboot your device using the following command:

fastboot reboot

11. Your device should reboot.