How do you install TWRP after rooting?

Question

I have a 2012 Nexus 7 running 5.1.1 and I was wondering how you install TWRP after rooting? I rooted my device using v2.1.0 of the Nexus Root Toolkit with the "custom recovery" box checked and it said it would flash TWRP. My bootloader is unlocked.



I am new at rooting and maybe I don't know how to get to TWRP. You shut down the device, you hold Power+Volume Down for 5 seconds or so and you enter a screen that says start next to an Android guy. I used the volume keys to scroll to Recovery and pressed Power for Enter. Everything after that was just how it was before the root. I want install CM 12.1 and I want to be sure I have TWRP flashed already so I don't to flash again.


— redjack | Sources

Answer

To easily flash TWRP while already rooted, you can install TWRP Manager. After installation: Open it and select your device, select the version of the recovery that you want to use, hit Install Recovery and let the app download and install it. The app will automatically prompt you to reboot into the recovery.





If you want to ensure that's it's writing to the correct recovery partition, run this command in a root shell/terminal before you do the above:



ls -a -l /dev/block/platform/*/by-name


It should output a line that looks like this:



lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Dec 16 16:18 recovery -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p25


Ensure that TWRP Manager asks to write to that latter part (/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 or whatever the output is on your device.)





Another option for rebooting into recovery is to connect your device to a PC and run adb reboot recovery. ADB is part of the Android SDK Tools, which you can get as part of the Android Studio install or stand-alone here.


— Matthew Read | Sources

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