How To Root And Install Official TWRP Recovery On Moto Z2 Force

If you are Moto Z2 Force user and want to install TWRP Recovery on your phone, then you are at right place. Motorola launched the Motorola Moto Z2 Force in July 2017. The phone came out of the box with Android 7.1.1 Nougat and later upgraded to Android 8.0 Oreo. Installing TWRP on android is not very difficult. If you follow the steps very carefully, then you will be successful in your work.

TWRP Recovery is a Custom Recovery which is also known as TeamWin Recovery built with a touchscreen-enabled interface which allows users to install third-party firmware and backup the current system, which are often unsupported by stock recovery images.

Installing TWRP Recovery very advanced feature and you need to follow the steps very carefully. So, before starting the procedure, first let’s see some advantages of it.

Advantage Of TWRP Recovery

Before starting the guide, first look at the advantages of TWRP Recovery installed on your Moto Z2 Force.

• With the TWRP Recovery Installed on your device, you can easily root and unroot flashable zip SuperSU.
• You can flash modding zip files to customize your phone.
• You can flash the image file using TWRP Recovery.
• You can easily remove all bloatware using TWRP Recovery.
• The TWRP Recovery allows you to underclock and overclock your phone.
• After installing the TWRP Recovery, you can install Custom ROM, Custom Mods, Custom Kernels or any zip file such as Xposed.

Prerequisites:

These are the points which you have to take care of before starting the rooting process for your Moto Z2 Force.

1. First, you have to Unlock the Bootloader of your Moto Z2 Force.
2. Install the ADB and Fastboot on your Windows or Mac PC. For this, you can check these articles:

How to Download and Install Android ADB and Fastboot on Mac

How to Install ADB and Fastboot on Windows

1. Make you charged at least 70% to avoid any trouble at the time of rooting.
2. Take the backup of your Android device. If the data get lost, this backup will help you after.
3. The process of rooting, unlocking bootloader and flashing is not recommended by the company. Doing these may void the Warranty of your phone.
4. This article contains steps for Moto Z2 Force only. Don’t try it on any other smartphone.

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Steps to Install TWRP Recovery on Moto Z2 Force

Step 1: First, you have to Enable the Developer Options on your Moto Z2 Force. For this, go to the “Settings” and then head towards “About Phone” at the end of the settings menu. Now scroll down and tap the “Build number” option 7 to 8 times rapidly. After this, you will see a message “Congratulations, you are now a developer!“.

Step 2: After enabling the Developers Mode, now go back to Settings. Now, scroll down and there you will see the Developers Option is now available. Now, tap on the Developer Option and enable the switch next to the “OEM unlocking” setting.

Step 3: Now, download the ADB Fastboot tool by clicking the link and Extract it on your PC. For your reference, go through this article: How to Install ADB and Fastboot on Windows.

Step 4: After the successful extraction of ADB Fastboot tool and installing, go to that extracted folder and Open Command Window by pressing Shift Key + Right Mouse Click.

Step 5: After finishing the above step, you have to now connect your Device to PC via USB cable.

Step 6: After connecting your phone, check whether your device is connected to Command window properly by typing the following command:

adb devices

Step 7: Now, you have to Reboot the phone into Bootloader. For doing this, type the following Command in the Command Prompt windows:

adb reboot bootloader

Step 8: After executing the above command, your device will boot into bootloader. If it doesn’t boot, then please make sure your cable and USB drivers have been installed properly.

Step 9: Now, type the command given below in Command Prompt:

fastboot devices

The above command will display all the connected devices. If your phone’s serial number shows up there, then you can proceed further.

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

Make one thing clear that in the place of twrp.img, you have to write the name of the file which exists in your PC which you have extracted after downloading it from the internet. One the command will run successfully, you are done then. The TWRP Recovery is now installed on your Moto Z2 Force.

So, this is all for this article. I am wrapping up this post with the hope that you have successfully installed the TWRP Recovery on your Moto Z2 Force smartphone. Now, your phone is ready to root. If you have any doubt in the above steps, you can comment below. We will definitely try to give you the best solution for your problem.

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