How to Install TWRP Recovery on Xiaomi Redmi Note 8

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 8 is experiencing great third-party support and the latest utility to arrive for the new device is TeamWin’s custom recovery — TWRP. If you are interested in rooting your phone, or trying out a custom ROM, this guide will be take you through all the steps required to install it. Apart from allowing installation of other mods, TWRP is a great utility in itself which allows you to carry out advanced tasks such as backup, run ADB and more.

The procedure for installing TWRP is quite similar across various devices. If you have installed TWRP on a modern Android device recently, you will find this guide easy to implement. As for users who are installing TWRP for the first time, don’t fret as our article breaks the whole process into simpler steps, includes tips and carries direct download links for all the supporting utilities required.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 USB Drivers

You will need to connect your Android phone with the computer. For that, please make sure you have installed the USB drivers for properly. If not, you can download the latest Huawei official drivers from our Android USB Drivers section here:

Download Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 USB drivers!

HOW TO: Install TWRP Custom Recovery on Xiaomi Redmi Note 8

Here is the complete and easy guide to install TWRP custom recovery on your Redmi Note 8.

Prerequisites:

• Make sure the bootloader of your phone is unlocked, if it isn’t you can unlock the bootloader easily by following this guide.
• Enable Developer Options by going to Settings>About Phone and tapping on build number multiple times.
• Enable USB Debugging in Settings>Developer Options. Make sure that the USB Debugging is checked.
• Backup all the data as installing a custom recovery might delete all of your data.
• Charge your phone up to 50% first and make sure your phone does not shut down during the procedure or it might damage your phone.

If you have fulfilled all the requirements above, then proceed to the actual tutorial.

Complete Step-By-Step Instructions:

Step 1 – Download Android SDK from the Android Developers website and install. Also set it up with downloading platform-tools and USB drivers package in SDK. Tutorial given here: How to Set up ADB and Fastboot on Windows.

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Step 1 – Download ADB / Fastboot – Android SDK Platform Tools separate package and install on your computer. Download from the following links depending on your OS and extract it anywhere in your computer.

• Windows: Download platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
• MacOS: Download platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip
• Linux: Download platform-tools-latest-linux.zip

Step 2 – Connect your Redmi Note 8 to your computer using a USB cable.

Step 3 – Download TWRP (twrp-3.3.1-2-ginkgo-mauronofrio.img) and save it into the same directory as the extracted Fastboot/ADB package files.

Step 4 – Navigate to the same directory now as where you have Fastboot (i.e. Step 1) and on Windows: Open Command Prompt (Shift + Right-click > Open Command Prompt). For Mac OS X and Linux, use Terminal to navigate to this directory.