Install TWRP on OnePlus One: Tutorial

Whether you are running the shipped CyanogenMod or the recently rolled out Oxygen OS on your OnePlus, at one point or another having a recovery is a boon, if not a necessity. It can help bring you back to stock condition or let you test new ROMs always coming out for this developer-friendly device.

Having used the default Cyanogen recovery, CWM recovery and TWRP, I have preferred TWRP personally [no specific reason of prominence over CWM]. Below, we’ll see how we can flash the TWRP Recovery on the OnePlus One.

In general, TWRP offers you the following utilities:

• Touch-based recovery interface
• Install ROMs, GApps, SuperUser as well as apps
• Mounting external storage
• Backing up a stable ROM in case flashing fails
• Restoring a prior ROM
• Wiping data as well as Advanced Wipe [System, Internal Storage, Cache, Dalvik]

What you need:

• A Oneplus One & a USB cable [duh!!]
• Latest TWRP image for your Oneplus [download links below]
• USB drivers installed on your PC [download links below]
• Platform tools installed [download links installed below]

Steps: Let’s get started

• Boot your device into Fastboot mode & plug in the USB to your PC. [holding the Power button & volume up button brings your device in Fastboot mode]
• Open a command prompt window and type in the following [for users whose bootloader is unlocked, skip to Step 3]

  fastboot devices

  [this helps to check if your device is indeed connected in Fastboot mode]

  fastboot oem unlock

  [this unlocks the bootloader]
• Type in the following command to flash TWRP
  

  fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

• That’s right. TWRP goodness now exists in your phone. Hold Power button and Volume Down button to enjoy.

Tested on:

• Oneplus One 16 GB JBL Edition
• Oneplus One 16 GB International version
• Oneplus One 64 GB

Screenshot:

Download links:

• TWRP for OnePlus
• USB Drivers
• Platform Tools