Welcome, in this article I will demonstrate how to install TWRP Recovery on Honor Magic 2. 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 Magic 2.

About Honor Magic 2

Here are some of the key features and specifications of the newly launched Honor Magic 2 smartphone.

• Firstly, it has a 6.39 inches display with a resolution of 1080 by 2340 pixels. A total of 403 pixels per inch.
• And Honor Magic 2 also comes with Android 9.0 Pie.
• And under the hood, the phone has a Hisilicon Kirin 980 chipset.
• The Phone also comes with 8GB/6GB Ram and 128GB/256GB Storage. 
• Furthermore, the camera sensor is – 16MP + 16MP + 24MP triple rear camera and 16MP + 2MP + 2MP front shooter.
• Finally, the battery on the phone is a non-removable 3500 mAh.

MUST READ – Various Issues on the Honor Magic 2 & How to Fix Them. 

What are the Advantages of Installing TWRP Recovery on the Honor Magic 2?

There are quite a few benefits of installing TWRP on Honor Magic 2. 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 Magic 2.

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 Magic 2

Below are some of the cons of TWRP recovery which you should keep in mind before installing on your Honor Magic 2.

• 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 Magic 2, let’s start with the installation procedure.

How to Install TWRP Recovery on Honor Magic 2?

Prerequisite

Before starting the installation process on the Honor Magic 2, 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 Magic 2 phone. 

• 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.
• Also Read, Frequently Asked Questions About Honor Magic 2
• After installation of Custom Recovery, also, read. How to Root Honor Magic 2.

Let’s Install TWRP Recovery: Method 1

• First of all, download TWRP recovery image of the Honor Magic 2. (Check Below For The File)
• And rename it as TWRP.img
• Also, download appropriate USB drivers of the Honor Magic 2 and install it on PC.
• Reminder, Unlocking Bootloader is an important step before you install TWRP recovery. It is not recommended to install TWRP recovery before unlocking the bootloader.
• Now, set up 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 Magic 2 to PC.
• And, boot your Honor Magic 2 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 Magic 2.
• TWRP Image File for Honor Magic 2 will be added once available. The article will be updated 😀

NEXT – How to Install custom ROM on Honor Magic 2.

How to Install TWRP custom recovery on the Honor Magic 2? Method 2

• Firstly, Download Flashify app on the Honor Magic 2.
• 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 Magic 2. 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 Magic 2. Now, you can install your favorite custom ROMs and zip files on the phone.

Related Article. Unroot Honor Magic 2 and go back to stock ROM.

In conclusion, do the steps carefully to install TWRP Recovery on the Honor Magic 2 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.