Welcome, in this article I will demonstrate how to install TWRP Recovery on Meizu V8. 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 Meizu V8.

About Meizu V8

Here are some of the key features and specifications of the newly launched Meizu V8smartphone.

• Firstly, it has a 5.7 inches display with a resolution of 720 by 1440 pixels. A total of 282 pixels per inch.
• And Meizu V8also comes with Android 8.0 OREO.
• And under the hood, Meizu V8has a MediaTek MT6739 chipset.
• The Phone also comes with 3GB Ram and 32GB Storage. 
• Furthermore, the camera sensor on Meizu V8 – 13MP rear camera and 5MP front shooter.
• Finally, the battery on the Meizu V8 is a non-removable 3200 mAh.

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

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

What are the Advantages of Installing TWRP Recovery on the Meizu V8?

There are quite a few benefits of installing TWRP on Meizu V8. 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 Meizu V8.

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

Some Disadvantages of Installing TWRP Recovery on the Meizu V8

Below are some of the cons of TWRP recovery which you should keep in mind before installing on your Meizu V8.

• 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 Meizu V8, let’s start with the installation procedure.

How to Install TWRP Recovery on Meizu V8?

Prerequisite

Before starting the installation process on the Meizu V8, 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 Meizu V8 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 Meizu V8. (Check Below For The File)
• And rename it as TWRP.img
• Also, download appropriate USB drivers of the Meizu V8 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, 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 Meizu V8 to PC.
• And, boot your Meizu V8 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 Meizu V8.
• TWRP Image File for Meizu V8 will be added once available. The article will be updated 😀

NEXT – Install custom ROM.

How to Install TWRP custom recovery on the Meizu V8? Method 2

• Firstly, Download Flashify app on the Meizu V8.
• 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 Meizu V8. 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 Meizu V8. 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 Meizu V8 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.