However, before you could welcome any of these mods, you need to pave their territory. And that is only possible with the help of a custom recovery. Be it for flashing Custom ROMs or modules, ZIP, and IMG files, all these could easily be carried out via TWRP. Along the same lines, you could also take a complete device backup and restore it as and when required via the Nandroid Backup feature. Then it also allows you to delete various device partitions, which is a prerequisite before flashing any customized firmware. So with this, you would have got a decent idea regarding the perks of having a custom recovery, let’s now make you aware of its installation steps. Given here are the detailed steps to install the TWRP Recovery onto your Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro device. Follow along.
How to Install TWRP Recovery on Poco X3 Pro
The below instructions are listed under separate sections for ease of understanding. Make sure to follow in the exact same sequence as mentioned. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.
STEP 1: Install Android SDK
First and foremost, you will have to install the Android SDK Platform Tools on your PC. This is the official ADB and Fastboot binary provided by Google and is the only recommended one. So download it and then extract it to any convenient location on your PC. Doing so will give you the platform-tools folder, which will be used throughout this guide.
STEP 2: Enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking
Next up, you will also have to enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking on your device. The former will make your device recognizable by the PC in ADB mode. This will then allow you to boot your device to Fastboot Mode. On the other hand, OEM Unlocking is required to carry out the bootloader unlocking process.
So head over to Settings > About Phone > Tap on Build Number 7 times > Go back to Settings > System > Advanced > Developer Options > Enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking.
STEP 3: Unlock Bootloader on Poco X3 Pro
Next up, you will also have to unlock the device’s bootloader. Do keep in mind that doing so will wipe off all the data from your device and could nullify its warranty as well. So if that’s all well and good, then please refer to our detailed guide on How to Unlock Bootloader on any Xiaomi Device.
STEP 4: Download TWRP Recovery for Poco X3 Pro
Let’s make you aware of the working and non-working (bugs) functionalities of the recovery. Follow along.
What’s Working
ADB workSD card and USB OTG are workingDecryption is working
Bugs
While the developer hasn’t listed any specific bugs as such, but the recovery is still in an Alpha stage, so you might face some occasional issues, though nothing has been documented as such.
Download Link
STEP 5: Boot to Fastboot Mode
STEP 6: Flash TWRP Recovery on Poco X3 Pro
That’s it. These were the steps to install the TWRP Recovery onto your Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro device. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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