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How to use twrp app google play archive#
That's about the nutshell of it, the difficult part is getting all the stuff you need: Odin to do the flashing, the TWRP archive (yes there is an app for Android to flash it but that requires you root the device first which to me is a chore since you can just do all this stuff without root at all by using Odin and flash directly - flashing a device running Android by using an Android app could potentially cause issues if there's a problem during the process, you could end up with a bricked device.
How to use twrp app google play install#
The basic gist of the process is as such (and it might or might not require unlocking the bootloader which is a given with most Samsung devices, even older ones, so that's something else you might have to do research into):ġ) Install TWRP so you have the custom recovery (this does NOT require root, it can typically be done using Odin which is Samsung's tool for flashing firmware after you put the device in what's commonly referred to as "download mode" which means it's USB connected and waiting to access firmware from the computer running OdinĢ) Once TWRP is installed you reboot into that recovery and then - highly recommended - back up the current firmware (stock I presume) on a microSD card (again, recommended), use compression (it's one of the options for the backup, just look for it and check the box)ģ) After the backup is complete (it's not required since you can always flash the pure stock Samsung firmware again if necessary), then you'd used TWRP to flash the LineageOS firmware/ROM on the device which will overwrite the factory/stock firmware entirely (but it won't touch TWRP in the process)Ĥ) Flash the Gapps (Google Apps) package which you can find at (this is where you get the Play Market, Gmail, Google Maps, etc) depending on which package you choose, the Pico package is basically the most minimal one to get you at least Play Market and Google Services access) - you'll need to make sure you pick the correct architecture for your device which would be ARM (since it's such an old device it's not 64-bit capable) and the correct version of Android per whatever LineageOS you choose (Lineage 14.x is Nougat, 15.x is Oreo)ĥ) You can then flash SuperSU with TWRP if needed (I say that because I'm not 100% sure the given firmware/ROM you choose will have it's own root app as part of the distribution, SuperSU by Chainfire is arguably the most popular root app out there by far) - if you don't actually require root in using the smartphone then don't bother flashing it, you can always flash it later if you do decide you need root access - some LineageOS builds on some devices have an internal root app you can enable in Developer optionsĦ) Reboot the device with the new firmware/ROM and make sure everything is functional - most devs that make LineageOS builds will list what works and what doesn't as they continually update them with newer builds and bug fixes.