For People High On Android
In this Android Root 101 tutorial, we are going to learn how to install TWRP recovery & root your Android using Fastboot. This tutorial is a “universal method”, meaning you are going to be able to use on any Android device except the following:
Samsung Android devices use ODIN so you will want to follow How to Install TWRP & Root w/ Magisk using ODIN on Samsung Android instead.
In this Android Root 101 series, we are going to learn how to install TWRP & root with Magisk on any Samsung Android(that has an unlocked bootloader). This is the “universal method” you can use to install TWRP recovery on any Samsung Android device with unlocked bootloader and also root easily using Magisk.
For those of you who want to install Project Treble GSI(Generic System Image) ROM on your Android device with unlocked bootloader, you can use TWRP recovery to install them. The process is actually not entirely different from flashing a regular custom ROM in TWRP, the only difference is that you will be using “Install from image” option instead of the default “Install from zip” option. (If you don’t know what Project Treble is, please see “What is Project Treble for Android”.
What are GSI ROMs?
This tutorial will teach you how to install a custom ROM using TWRP for Any Android that has TWRP installed already. By using this tutorial, you will learn how to install custom ROM on ANY Android smartphone or tablet using TWRP recovery.
Having trouble installing an Android 6.0 Marshmallow or Android 7.0 Nougat custom ROM? Our failproof method for TWRP has worked flawless for many phones on Lollipop but with Marshmallow you may still have FC (force closing) problems when installing a custom ROM.
For those of you who want to install custom ROM using TWRP recovery, here’s a fail-proof method that will make your new custom ROM boot every time (in my experience).
In this tutorial, I show you how to install Android 10 or Android 11 GSI ROMs on the Samsung Galaxy S10 series(S10 Plus, S10 5G, and S10e), S20 series(S20, S20 Plus, S20 Ultra), Note 10(Note 10, Note 10 Plus) and Note 20(Note 20, Note 20 Plus). This will work on ANY Exynos models or Chinese Snapdragon models. If you have U.S. model you cannot unlock the bootloader so please next time buy an Exynos model or Chinese Snapdragon model.
In this tutorial I show you how to update your firmware(OxygenOS) to latest and install custom ROM on a rooted OnePlus 5T. Why do this? Well, a lot of custom ROMs like Havoc ROM I am installing here does require you to have installed the latest factory firmware(OxygenOS) at least once before you can even install the ROM. This is case with most newer custom ROMs.
OnePlus 6 custom ROMs do require certain steps different from normal Android smartphones, especially on Android 9.0 Pie ROMs. In this video tutorial I outline the following steps to ensure your custom ROM boots and also camera/sound works flawless. This is one of the “quirks” of installing ROMs on the OnePlus 6 but with this method you will be able to install ROMs and make them work flawless.
Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to install the latest Android Pie Beta 2 ROM for your Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9+ Exynos models along with Samsung One UI. For rooted users, you will be able to enjoy the latest Samsung One UI along with ton of customization such as mapping your Bixby to Google Assistant, enable call recording, and lots more.
