Install TWRP Recovery and Root Moto G5S Plus [Sanders]
In this article, we will guide you How to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Moto G5S Plus [Sanders]. Follow the below step by step guide to root your Moto G5S Plus and Install TWRP recovery on it.
Moto G5S Plus is the budget-friendly smartphones. Moto G5S Plus is packed with a 5.5-inch Gorilla Glass Scratch Resistant display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels at 401 PPI and 4GB of RAM with Snapdragon 625 chipset and Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery.
TWRP recovery is a custom version of stock recovery which is used to flash custom ROMs. It is highly popular and is one of the most preferred methods used while rooting or installing custom ROMs.
If you are a user of Moto G5S Plus, then there is incredibly good news for you. You have the opportunity to easily root your device by installing TWRP. All that is needed is unlocking the bootloader of your device which will grant you the root access on your phone with the assistance of TWRP recovery.
The whole process is fairly simple and can be completed within 10-15 min. We have already mentioned that one of the most preferred uses of TWRP recovery is that you can use it to flash custom ROMs on your device with the help of stock recovery. So let us see How to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Moto G5S Plus.
Pre-requisites
- This guide only for Moto G5S Plus.
- Unlock Bootloader of Moto G5S Plus
How To Unlock Bootloader of Moto G5S Plus - Remember to take a backup of your files before beginning to install TWRP and root your device.
- Your device must have more than a battery to prevent the sudden shutdown.
Downloads
ADB and Fastboot Drivers for Windows | Mac
TWRP Recovery zip for Moto G5S Plus
TWRP Recovery (Sanders) r16.img
Latest Magisk ZIP | Magisk APK
Steps to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Moto G5S Plus [Sanders]
Install TWRP Recovery
- Download and Install ADB drivers.
- Now, download Moto G5S Plus TWRP recovery .img.
- Move downloaded TWRP file to ADB folder (In C: Drive) and rename the file to “TWRP”.
- Enable the USB debugging on your device after enabling ‘Developer Options’ by going to ‘About phone’ and tapping build number 7 times.
- Go to the ADB folder (In C: Drive) and then press “Shift + Right mouse key” and tap on the “Open command window here.”
- Now connect your device to the PC using a USB data cable.
- Boot your device into “Fastboot” mode and give the following command reboot bootloader
adb reboot bootloader
- Your device will start booting in fastboot mode. Now to flash recovery image on the device type the following command.
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
- To Bypass device encryption you have to format user data.
fastboot format userdata
That’s all! You have rooted your Moto G5S Plus using TWRP recovery. It can be checked by long pressing “Volume down + Power” buttons until your device boots into recovery mode.
Root Moto G5S Plus
FOLLOW THIS GUIDE TO ROOT Moto G5S Plus WITH MAGISK
So, we hope that you have understood How to install TWRP Recovery and have also learned to Root the HTC One M8. Let us know if you have any queries in the comment section below.
im currently on oreo update 8.1 and whenever i try to flash twrp it shows image not signed or corrupt. can you please help me
I have the exact same problem! It would be great to get advice on this!
It has still flashed, just have to reboot to recovery you will see twrp
r16 version to be flashed which is 64bit, thank me later ,,search for twrp sanders r16.img
Thank you… no need to put extra effort into searching… We have added download links and also updated the dead link. 🙂
doesn’t work
any errors?