How to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Magisk All Razers Phone.
TWRP and Root Razer Phone. The following is the latest guide to root and install TWRP on all types of razer phones. Please use this guide, then you will be spared from root problem. Because this is an official way from xda member (nikitis). If using other methods, then your wifi cannot work. Once you have successfully install TWRP correctly, the next step is root razer using Magisk.
Then, how to install the correct TWRP and Root Razer. let's continue the following tutorial.
Prerequisite.
- Although installing TWRP does not erase all data, but we strongly recommend to backup everything stored on your phone.
- Always use a USB 3 Type-A to Type-C
- Download boot.img from the latest Razer factory image.
- If your Razer phone is not already at the latest, best to just flash it using Razers guide to restore using the factory image. You can see the following instruction below How To Flash All Razer Phone With factory Images.
- Download the latest USB driver.
- Download the latest fastboot tool version 23.0.1 or later. Store unzipped directories in a known path (for example C:\platform-tool )
- Then, Obtain TWRP.img and TWRP.zip at the following link.
- Download Magisk from here.
Root and TWRP Razer phone |
Step #1.
Push TWRP, Boot.img, and Magisk to Razer Phone.
- We assume that the platform-tools on drive C (for example C:\platform-tool )
- Make sure 3 files from prerequisite above are inside of your platform-tools folder with adb.exe and fastboot.exe.
- From C:\platform-tool
- Press and hold shift button, then right-click your mouse
- Now, select Open command window here
- Make sure your drivers are working, type the following command and press enter to test it.
- fastboot devices
- From the command prompt window, type the following command and press enter.
- adb push boot.img /sdcard
- Then type the following command and press enter.
- adb push twrp-installer-3.2.1-0-cheryl.zip /sdcard
- Now, type this command and press enter.
- adb push Magisk-v16.0.zip /sdcard
- Then boot your Razer phone, type the following command and press enter
- adb reboot bootloader
- Once your Razer phone in the bootloader and you see "Download Mode" on the phone screen, type the following command and press enter.
- fastboot flash boot twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img && fastboot reboot
- Now your Razer phone should enter TWRP.
- Select Reboot button.
- Then, check which slot you are on and follow instructions accordingly below.
- You can Skip down to "Slot B Guide" if you are starting out in Slot B.
Step #2
Slot A Guide.
- Boot your Razer phone into TWRP recovery
- Make sure you're in Slot A, how to verify it?
- Reboot your Razer phone.
- Then viewing what slot you are currently on. It should say Slot A.
- Now, back out and go to Install.
- Then, select "Install IMG" button at the bottom, then browse to the boot.img file.
- Now, select boot.img and swipe to install it
- Once it successfully installed, then back to TWRP main menu
- Now, select the "Reboot" button and change your slot to Slot B.
- Once your Razer phone in Slot B, you can back to "download mode" This will force it to Slot B.
- Then type the following command.
- fastboot flash boot twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img && fastboot reboot
- Once there, to go the "Install" button, and select "Install IMG" button, and select and flash boot.img again. This will give you a clean boot.img on Slot B, as well as Slot A. Your Razer is now corrected, and you can do it the proper way.
- Doesn't matter which flash you are on now, now install zip file.
- Goto TWRP main menu
- Tap Install
- Select TWRP-installer-3.2.1-0-cheril.zip file
- Then swipe to complete.
- This task will PATCH BOTH Boot.img images on your Razer phone. (this is required)
- Now, Reboot to System so that it can get a proper boot and verify that Wifi works. (It should if you followed instructions to the letter.)
- Once it has done, now type the following command and press enter.
- adb reboot recovery
- Here, please don't do download mode and boot the TWRP.IMG.
- Just go to Reboot Button, and change your slot, then select "Recovery" to force a reboot to force the slot change.
- Now, go to the Install Button and select Magisk-V16.0.zip and flash it over the boot.img from the new slot we just changed too.
- Now both slots are flashed properly, and it doesn't matter which one you boot from, it should work with Wifi.
Step #3
Slot B Guide.
- You can skip this guide, if you started originally on Slot A, you are done here.
- Make sure you're in Slot B, how to verify it?
- Reboot your Razer phone.
- Then viewing what slot you are currently on. It should say Slot B
- Now, back out and go to Install.
- Then, select "Install IMG" button at the bottom, then browse to the boot.img file.
- Now, select boot.img and swipe to install it
- Once it successfully installed, then back to the TWRP main menu
- Now, select the "Reboot" button and change your slot to Slot A.
- Once your Razer phone in Slot A, you can back to "download mode" This will force it to Slot A.
- Then type the following command.
- fastboot flash boot twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img && fastboot reboot
- Once there, to go the "Install" button, and select "Install IMG" button, and select and flash boot.img again. This will give you a clean boot.img on Slot A, as well as Slot B. Your Razer is now corrected, and you can do it the proper way.
- Doesn't matter which flash you are on now, now install zip file.
- Goto TWRP main menu
- Tap Install
- Select TWRP-installer-3.2.1-0-cheril.zip file
- Then swipe to complete.
- This task will PATCH BOTH Boot.img images on your Razer phone. (this is required)
- Now, Reboot to System so that it can get a proper boot and verify that Wifi works. (It should if you followed instructions to the letter.)
- Once it has done, now type the following command and press enter.
- adb reboot recovery
- WARNING. please don't do download mode and boot the TWRP.IMG as it will overwrite all of your work thus far.
- Just go to Reboot Button, and change your slot, then select "Recovery" to force a reboot to force the slot change.
- Now, go to the Install Button and select Magisk-V16.0.zip and flash it over the boot.img from the new slot we just changed too.
- Now both slots are flashed properly, and it doesn't matter which one you boot from, it should work with Wifi.
Step #4
Install TWRP for the First Time ( factory image shouldn't be required).
This guide is for the clean way for the first time. so you can skip step 2 and 3 above.
- Make sure 3 files from prerequisite above are inside of your platform-tools folder with adb.exe and fastboot.exe.
- From C:\platform-tool
- Press and hold shift button, then right-click your mouse
- Now, select Open command window here
- Connect your Razer phone to the computer via USB cable.
- Make sure your drivers are working, type the following command and press enter to test it.
- fastboot devices
- Now, type the following command and press enter.
- adb reboot bootloader
- Then type the following command and press enter.
- fastboot flash boot twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img && fastboot reboot
- Once your Razer phone booted into TWRP via the image, then Push the 3 files from prerequisite above to your phone.
- From the command prompt window, type the following command and press enter.
- adb push boot.img /sdcard
- Then type the following command and press enter.
- adb push twrp-installer-3.2.1-0-cheryl.zip /sdcard
- Now, type this command and press enter.
- adb push Magisk-v16.0.zip /sdcard
- Once all file pushed to the Razer phone, select the Install button,
- then select "Install IMG" button and select boot.img,
- Now swipe to start install it.
- Once step 12 above finished, go back to the Install button,
- Then "Install Zip", then select TWRP-Installer-3.2.1-0-cheryl.zip and install the zip.
- This task will Patch TWRP onto both boot.img's which should both be clean up to this point.
- Now that TWRP.zip has been installed to both boot.img's on your Razer phone, you must reboot to SYSTEM!
- Once back in the phone verify that your Wifi still works,
- Then type the following command and press enter
- adb reboot recovery
- WARNING. please don't do download mode and boot the TWRP.IMG as it will overwrite all of your work thus far.
- Once your Razer phone in recovery, go to the install button and select Install Zip, and select Magisk-v16.0.zip.
- Once this task is done, you should do this to the other Slot. How to change Slot?
- Reboot your Razer phone.
- Then viewing what slot you are currently on. It should say Slot A or Slot B.
- Once slots are switched, select Recovery to reboot your phone into recovery
- Even though you are already in Recovery, we need a reboot to force the slot change for it to flash the correct boot flash slot) and force a Slot swap.
- Now verify that the Slot swapped via the "Reboot" button,
- Then, back out,
- Select install,
- Then install zip,
- Now, select Magisk-v16.0.zip again.
- Then swipe to install.
- Once everything is done, now reboot into the system.