How to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on Honor 8

The latest version of TWRP 3.0.2.0 for Honor 8 is now available. You can download the recovery from below and flash it via fastboot. Today we explain to you how to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on Honor 8. TWRP recovery got updated with material designed to TWRP 3.0.0. That means you can install the latest TWRP 3.0.0 on Honor 8. The new update of TWRP 3.0.0 has a whole new look, true terminal emulator, support Android 6.0 and now you can flash image files also. Follow this guide to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on Honor 8.

If you are an Honor 8 user, then you can root and Install TWRP Recovery On Honor 8. And if you already install custom recovery on Honor 8 then you can flash the latest Official version of the TWRP recovery to get more benefits. So here is the step by step guide to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on Honor 8. Read the below note carefully before you Install TWRP 3.0.0 Recovery on Honor 8. Also, check the benefits of rooting from below.

Some benefits of Rooting –

• You can install custom ROM and custom kernel on your device for faster and better performance.
• Block Ads in apps with the help of ad blocker.
• Increase performance and battery life by killing background process automatically.
• You can use Titanium Backup to restore all of your apps and data.
• You can uninstall bloatware (Pre-installed Apps)

Note:-

• You need to unlock bootloader of Honor 8 first. (Check how to unlock bootloader of Honor 8)
• Rooting will void your phone warranty, and you won’t claim it back.
• Follow the steps correctly otherwise you may brick your device. We are not responsible for any damage to your phone.
• It will erase all your personal data including data of internal storage, so we advise you first to take a complete backup of your phone and then proceed.
• Ensure that your phone has at least 50-60% charged to prevent the accidental shutdown in-between the process.

Files required to Root and Install Custom Recovery on Honor 8 –

• Download ADB and fastboot driver for windows or ADB and Fastboot for Mac and install it on your PC. This will also install your device driver.
• Download TWRP 3.0 Recovery for Honor 8.
• Download SuperSu to root Huawei Honor 8 and copy it to your phone sd card.

How to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on Honor 8

Install TWRP on Huawei Honor 8 –

1) First enable USB debugging and OEM Unlock from setting>developer option>. To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.

2) Now go to installation directory open ADB folder and open the command window thereby pressing and hold the ‘shift’ key and right-clicked anywhere in that folder.

3) Now connect your phone to PC and reboot the device into fastboot mode by typing

adb reboot bootloader

4) You are in Fastboot mode now to check your connection by entering below command in command prompt. It will return your device serial number means your device properly connected. Check your driver if the above command is not responding.

fastboot devices

5) Type the below command correctly in command prompt and then press enter. It starts flashing recovery on your phone.

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

6) With above command, you installed the custom recovery on Honor 8.

Root Honor 8 –

1) To Root Honor 8, first, download the SuperSu zip file from above.

2) Now save the SuperSu zip file to your phone.

3) Boot your device into Recovery mode (TWRP) by pressing ‘Volume Down + Power‘ button.

4) In TWRP recovery navigate to Install Zip and select ‘SuperSu.zip’ to root Huawei Honor 8.

5) Swipe to install SuperSu and reboot your device. That’s it, you root Honor 8 and install custom recovery on Honor 8 successfully.

So this is the complete guide of how to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on Honor 8 with easy steps. If you have any questions, then comment below.

Source – Modaco