When it comes to modding Android, there's no bigger apparatus than Team Win's TWRP custom recovery. You can use it to basis your phone, beam mods like Magisk or Xposed, and alike alter the absolute operating arrangement with a custom ROM like LineageOS — honestly, there's not abundant this account can't do.
TWRP will alter the banal accretion software on your OnePlus 6, but you won't be missing out on a thing. Instead of the gimped, ADB-powered accretion that came with your phone, you'll get a touch-based interface that lets you beam any angel or ZIP. There are bags of added features, too, like careful wiping and the adeptness to absolutely restore your phone with NANDroid backups. This adviser will booty about 20 account to follow, but back you're done, you'll absolutely acknowledge yourself.
Requirements
- Windows, Mac, or Linux computer
- ADB and Fastboot installed
- USB abstracts cable
Step 1: Alleviate Your Bootloader
Before you can beam annihilation "custom" on your OnePlus 6, you'll charge to alleviate your bootloader. This will acquiesce you to amount actionable software like TWRP. It's a somewhat complex process, so if you haven't already taken affliction of this step, use our abounding adviser at the afterward articulation to get boxlike away.
Step 2: Download the TWRP Files
Now that your bootloader is unlocked, there are two files you'll charge to download. One should be downloaded to your phone, and the added should be adored to your computer. To start, grab the bootable TWRP angel book and save it to your computer:
Next, grab the TWRP ZIP on your phone:
Step 3: Accomplish Abiding You Accept a Countersign or PIN Set
Next, there's a little basic assignment to do on your phone. First, you'll charge to accomplish abiding you accept either a countersign or a PIN set as your lock awning security.
The acumen for this is TWRP will charge this PIN or countersign to break your phone's accumulator partition. If your lock awning uses a pattern, it's a lot harder to access that in TWRP with the keyboard they provide. So to simplify, arch to Settings –> Security & Lock Screen, again accomplish abiding "Screen lock" is set to either PIN or password.
Step 4: Accredit Avant-garde Reboot
To accomplish it easier to get into Fastboot approach to beam TWRP, and to accomplish booting TWRP in the approaching simpler, we acclaim enabling your OnePlus 6's Avant-garde Reboot menu. If you followed the adviser in Footfall 1, you already accept this ambience enabled. But if not, arch to Settings –> Developer Options, again accredit the about-face abutting to "Advanced reboot."
Step 5: Cossack into Fastboot Mode
Next, long-press your ability button to accompany up the ability menu, again baddest "Reboot." Afterwards that, accept "Bootloader" and affirm your choice. Back your phone endless the Fastboot menu, affix it to your computer with a USB abstracts cable.
Step 6: Accessible a Command Window on Your Computer
Over on your computer now, you'll charge to accessible a command alert in the platform-tools binder central of your Fastboot accession directory. For Windows users, this can usually be begin at C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools. For Linux and Mac users, the folder's area will vary, so use your computer's chase action to acquisition the platform-tools folder.
Once you've begin the platform-tools folder, archetype the area from the abode bar at the top of your book browser (e.g., Windows Explorer). Then, accessible a command alert or terminal window. To do that on Windows, columnist the Windows button on your keyboard, again blazon in "cmd" and hit enter. On Linux or Mac, accessible "Terminal" from your Applications folder.
Once you've got the command window open, you'll charge to change directories to the platform-tools binder afore you can accelerate the Fastboot command to cossack TWRP. To do that, blazon "cd" (without the quotes) followed by a space, again adhesive in the abounding area for your platform-tools folder:
Step 7: Verify the Connection
Now it's time to get bottomward to business. To accomplish abiding everything's affiliated properly, blazon the afterward command into the command alert or Terminal window, again hit enter:
fastboot devices
Note: Most Mac and Linux users will accept to add a aeon and a carve to the avant-garde of all Fastboot commands (e.g., ./fastboot devices)
If the terminal window spits out a alternation of belletrist and numbers followed by the chat "Fastboot," you're acceptable to go. Otherwise, analysis your ADB and Fastboot accession and accomplish abiding your USB cable isn't faulty.
Step 8: Briefly Cossack TWRP
You'll absolutely be application a acting adaptation of TWRP to assuredly beam TWRP on your phone. It's a bit confusing, but the absolute action is appealing simple.
Start by accounting the afterward command into the prompt. Then, add a distinct amplitude afterwards the command, but don't hit access aloof yet.
fastboot boot
Note: Don't balloon the aeon and carve if you're on Mac or Linux.
Next, acquisition the TWRP angel book in your computer's download folder. Drag it over to the command window and bead it appropriate in — this will abide the abounding book name and binder area for the TWRP angel file.
Once the command alert looks article like what you can see beneath (complete with the book name and location), hit access on your keyboard to briefly cossack into TWRP.
Step 9: Assuredly Beam TWRP
Over on your phone now, you'll see that TWRP booted up. It's safe to abstract the USB cable at this point back the blow of the assignment will booty abode on your phone.
First, you'll accept to access your PIN or countersign on the alert to break your phone's storage. Back you do, you'll be asked if you'd like to "Allow arrangement modifications." This agency changes you accomplish with this temporarily-booted adaptation of TWRP can be permanent, so bash the slider at the basal of the awning to do so.
Next, tap the "Install" button on TWRP's capital menu, again cross to your device's Download binder and baddest the TWRP ZIP book you downloaded in Footfall 2. From there, bash the slider at the basal of the awning to accomplish TWRP your new abiding recovery.
When the action is done, tap the "Reboot System" button. You'll be asked if you'd like to install the official TWRP app at this point. It's not needed, so my advocacy actuality is to attenuate the two analysis boxes and tap "Do Not Install."
And that's all there is to it — you now accept TWRP assuredly installed on your OnePlus 6! In the future, you can cossack into TWRP at any time by selecting the "Recovery" advantage from the avant-garde reboot menu. What's the aboriginal mod you plan to flash? Let us apperceive in the animadversion area below.
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