Welcome, in this article I will demonstrate how to install TWRP Recovery on Honor 9i or 9N 2018. So stay until the end of the article and with the help of step by step guide, install TWRP on your phone. 

What is TWRP Recovery?

TWRP or TeamWin Recovery Project is a custom recovery project and is flashable on Android smartphones. TWRP recovery, when installed on a smartphone over stock recovery, can provide more features. So, now let’s see about Honor 9i or 9N 2018.

About Honor 9i or 9N 2018

Here are some of the key features and specifications of the newly launched Honor 9i or 9N 2018 smartphone.

• Firstly, it has a 5.84 inches display with a resolution of 1080 by 2280 pixels. A total of 432 pixels per inch.
• And Honor 9i or 9N 2018 also comes with Android 8.0 OREO.
• And under the hood, Honor 9i or 9N 2018 has a HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset.
• The Phone also comes with 4GB Ram and64 GB Storage. 
• Furthermore, the camera sensor on Honor 9i or 9N 2018 – 13MP + 2MP dual rear camera and 16MP front shooter.
• Finally, the battery on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018 is a non-removable 3000 mAh.

Also, Read – Various Issues on the phone & How to Fix Them. Tips & Tricks.

Related – How to Fix Heating, Battery Issue & Laggy UI Problem on your Android Phone.

What are the Advantages of Installing TWRP Recovery on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018?

There are quite a few benefits of installing TWRP on Honor 9i or 9N 2018. Here are some of them :

• Firstly, you can root your phone.
• And also install ZIP files and custom Roms on the phone.
• You can wipe cache and reset your smartphone.
• And take a backup of your current data and restore it whenever you want to on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018.

Furthermore, let’s now take a look at some of the disadvantages of installing TWRP recovery.

Some Disadvantages of Installing TWRP Recovery on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018

Below are some of the cons TWRP recovery which you should keep in mind before installing on your Honor 9i or 9N 2018.

• First of all, it will void your warranty.
• And you may brick your Phone if you do not follow the steps correctly.
• Also, the user will not be able to get OTA updates anymore on the device.
• Now that you have read some of the Pros and cons of TWRP recovery on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018, let’s start with the installation procedure.

How to Install TWRP Recovery on Honor 9i or 9N 2018?

Prerequisite

Before starting the installation process on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018, do keep the following things in mind.

• First of all, make sure to charge your phone fully.
• And also get the certified USB cable by the manufacturer.
• Before installing, unlock the bootloader on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018 phone. Unlock Bootloader.

• We TechDroidTips, do not take any responsibility if anything goes wrong. And the steps below are unofficial and has not been certified by any user to date.
• You can also install CWM Recovery on this phone.
• After installation of Custom Recovery, also, read. Root the phone.

Let’s Install TWRP Recovery: Method 1

• First of all, download TWRP recovery image of the Honor 9i or 9N 2018. (Check Below For The File)
• And rename it as TWRP.img
• Also, download appropriate USB drivers of the Honor 9i or 9N 2018 and install it on PC.
• Now, setup ADB and Fastboot on your PC. To do that download ADB here.

Install procedure For ADB Fastboot :
1. Launch it That Require administrator privileges.
2. Click Yes to install ADB and Fastboot or No to not.
3. Press Yes to install ADB system wide or No for the current user only
4. Click Yes to install Drivers or No to skip
5. Continue the Driver installation
6. 15 seconds passed – it will finish the process                                    Source – XDA 

• And now open the folder – “TWRP.img“
• Furthermore, open a command window in the folder itself. To do that, Shift + Right-click on any empty space and then select open command window.
• Now, connect your Honor 9i or 9N 2018 to PC.
• And, boot your Honor 9i or 9N 2018 device into Fastboot mode. To do that type the following code in the command window

adb reboot bootloader

Now the device will boot into the Fastboot mode. After that type the following code –

fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.x.x-xxx.img.

• And do replace TWRP.img above with the name of your TWRP recovery image file.
•  Now it will start flashing TWRP Recovery and after that type the following –

fastboot reboot

• This command will reboot your device.
• And congrats, finally you have successfully installed TWRP Recovery on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018.
• TWRP Image File for Honor 9i or 9N 2018 will be added once available. The article will be updated 😀

NEXT – Install custom ROM.

How to Install TWRP custom recovery on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018? Method 2

• Firstly, Download Flashify app on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018. The app is available to download from play store.
• And open the app and furthermore you will see three options, “Boot Image” “Recovery Image” and “Zip File”. 
• First, click on “Recovery Image” as soon as you click you will be able to see some more options.

• Next, click on download TWRP. You will also see an option of downloading CWM custom recovery too, but consider downloading TWRP custom recovery.
• And now it will download TWRP file for the Honor 9i or 9N 2018. And after the downloading finishes. Finally, click on “Yes install custom Recovery”.
• That’s it now sit back and relax till the recovery installs on the phone.
• Finally, congratulations you have successfully install TWRP recovery on your Honor 9i or 9N 2018. Now, you can install your favorite custom ROMs and zip files on the phone.

Related Article. Unroot this phone and go back to stock ROM.

In conclusion, do the steps carefully to install TWRP Recovery on the Honor 9i or 9N 2018 and also make sure to see the pre-requisite before starting the process. Before flashing TWRP Recovery, check for the supported model number. And you can also check for your device here on TWRP website and make sure about the recovery file.