[Q] TWRP without root (or a question about fastboot)

[basilbasilisk]

Hello xda,

I've been reading through the forum regarding TWRP, and it seems that odin roots the device before flashing TWRP. Is there a way to flash TWRP without rooting?

I was trying to do it the fastboot way, but fastboot does not recognize the tablet in download mode (but odin does). Is there a separate mode for fastboot to work?

Thanks in advance!

 

[DUHAsianSKILLZ]

Hello xda,

I've been reading through the forum regarding TWRP, and it seems that odin roots the device before flashing TWRP. Is there a way to flash TWRP without rooting?

I was trying to do it the fastboot way, but fastboot does not recognize the tablet in download mode (but odin does). Is there a separate mode for fastboot to work?

Thanks in advance!

You need to find a recovery that has the .tar or .md5 extension at the end. Odin doesn't root the device before flashing twrp, it just flashes the recovery