The most popular custom recovery TWRP has updated to version 3.3.0-0. The most important changes of this update are the EDL Boot mode button and Installation changes on AB system devices. The updated version of TWRP 3.3.0-0 includes several optimizations, bug fixes and added features as well.
With TWRP 3.3.0-0, users don’t need to first boot into TWRP temporarily to flash the recovery permanently on AB system devices. When installing TWRP, users will get a new option to ‘install recovery ramdisk’ which means users can install the recovery directly without the need of the separate zip installer.
Reboot into EDL boot mode button is another important feature of TWRP 3.3.0-0. This Emergency Download mode or EDL mode can help users to recover a bricked phone. Apart from above mentioned features, twrp 3.3.0-0 includes the following changes.
TWRP 3.3.0-0 changelog:
– Merge AOSP 9.0 r3
– Use ANDROID_ROOT variable instead of hard coding to /system
– Decrypt FBE on 9.0 and metadata decrypt
– Vold decrypt updates
– Support vibration on LED class devices
– Metadata decrypt support for Pixel 3
– Support rotating the display via build flag
– Reboot to EDL mode button
– Support MTP on FFS devices
– Update FDE decrypt to support keymaster 3 and 4
– Detect mkfs.f2fs version to properly format on f2fs partitions
– Allow TWRP to use md5 and sha256 checksums for zip installs
– TWRP can use /data/cache/recovery and /persist/cache/recovery on AB devices with no cache partition
– Switch part of advanced menus in TWRP to use a listbox of options
– Use magiskboot to allow repacking boot images for installing TWRP
Official TWRP support is always very important for tech-savvy users of Android smartphones. The good news is that the Team Win Recovery Project has already been released official TWRP for many devices. It is one of the most popular options for flashing custom ROMs and Zip files.
Latest version of TWRP is available for download from official TeamWin website. Choose your phone model and download recovery image file. (source)
