Friday, December 11, 2015
Install Twrp recovery on samsung galaxy note 3 neo hltexx
Flashing a custom rom requires a recovery installed on your samsung galaxy note 3 neo.If you want flash roms on your note 3 neo and enjoy variety of custom firmwares then recovery is must.In this post we will guide you to install Twrp recovery on galaxy note 3.Device specific code name for note 3 neo is hlltexx.
About Twrp recovery:
Twrp stands for team win recovery project.It is one first recovery to offer a completely touch driven interface.The ui is completely xml based so you can customise the interface with different themes and also this is only recovery that supports themes.Unlike the clockworkmod recovery this recovery has the option to wipe all the data,cache,dalvik,system,internal with just only one swipe.Of course you have to choose what to be wiped on the device.
There are two reasons why this recovery has to be chosen over other clockworkmod.First reason being the ability to restore the individual portions of the complete nandroid backup and other being the multi rom support.Only twrp has the multi rom support for now.
Prerequisites:
Method 1: Using Odin:
Twrp recovery for galaxy note 3 neo:
Twrp stands for team win recovery project.It is one first recovery to offer a completely touch driven interface.The ui is completely xml based so you can customise the interface with different themes and also this is only recovery that supports themes.Unlike the clockworkmod recovery this recovery has the option to wipe all the data,cache,dalvik,system,internal with just only one swipe.Of course you have to choose what to be wiped on the device.
There are two reasons why this recovery has to be chosen over other clockworkmod.First reason being the ability to restore the individual portions of the complete nandroid backup and other being the multi rom support.Only twrp has the multi rom support for now.
Prerequisites:
- You must have rooted your samsung galaxy note 3 neo.
- Enable usb debugging on your device.GO to settings and then to about device.Tap continuosly on build number until you see a toast message you are now a developer.Go back and you will find developer options click on it and mark on usb debugging.
- Download twrp for note 3 neo on your desktop.
- Download latest version of odin on your computer
- Download the latest odin and place it on desktop.
- Now download recovery tar file for the respective device and place it on desktop for easy access.
- Power off your note 3 neo completely and wait for few seconds.
- Now put the device in download mode by holding volume down,home key and power button at the same time.Once the device enters download mode using volume keys to navigate and press on continue.
- Now note 3 neo is ready to grab the files through Odin.
- Open the Odin on your desktop or computer.
- Connect the device to a computer using usb cable.
- Once the device is connected you will notice a blue tab in Odin with message added.
- Now click on pda and navigate to the file which you have placed before.
- Make sure you tick auto reboot and reset time and leave rest of them untick.
- Now click on start and wait till the flashing is completed.
- Once the flashing is done you will see a green tab with message pass and device should reboot automatically.
- Now you have twrp recovery on installed on your note 3 neo.
Method 2: Using fastboot:
- Make sure that you installed adb or fast boot on our computer.
- You must be familiar with basics adb and fastboot commands to try this method.
- After enabling usb debugging on your note 3 neo connect it to computer using a usb cable.
- Now open fastboot folder and copy and paste recovery image which you have download in from their official website..
- Type the command "adb devices" and you will notice a pop on your note 3 neo to grant access to your device.Grant permissions .
- Now type the command "adb reboot-booloader" and press enter and device enters boot loader mode.
- Once you are in boot loader mode type the command "fastboot devices" to know if your device is detected.If your device is detected you will get a key before list of devices.If not reinstall fast boot drivers.
- Now Type the command " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and recovery will be flashed on your phone.
- Disconnect phone from computer and using volume down key select recovery and click volume up button to confirm to boot into recovery.
- Once your device boots into recovery you can now flash roms,kernels or any other mods.
Method 3: Using Official twrp app
This is easiest way to install twrp on your galaxy note 3 neo but this method require root access.
- Open playstore app and search for twrp maanger app.
- Download app and open it.
- Grant super user permission when asked.
- Once you grant the permissions do a swipe from the left and you will find several options.
- Choose the options "Install twrp" and you will be greeted with two more options.One is device name and other to install.
- Click device name and scroll down and you will find samsung galaxy note 3 neo.Choose right variant of your device.
- Now choose which version to be installed and then click on install recovery.
- App downloads the recovery and flashes it.
- Once done you can reboot to recovery from the app itself.
Final words on twrp Recovery for galaxy note 3 neo:
By following any one of the above method you will be able to install twrp recovery on your samsung galaxy note 3 neo Hlltexx.Since flashing is a risky process we hold no responsibility if you brick the device in anyone of the process.If you have any other queries just leave a comment below.