Guide How to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Motorola Moto X Play.

Root and Install TWRP Motorola Moto X Play. TWRP or Teamwin recovery project is one of popular Android recovery in the world, this TWRP has the large button to make easy user to operate this TWRP. If now you wish to install this recovery into your Motorola Moto X Play, you can follow this guide below. This guide is very easy to be followed for every beginner user. We know that installing TWRP is one of the conditions to flash custom ROM into Android device. Other than that TWRP recovery also used to flash SuperSU to get root access on the Motorola Moto X Play.

Make sure your device is Motorola Moto X Play which has this specs. This device released on 2015, August. Comes with 5.5 Inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors display. Powered by Octa-core (4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) CPU, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 chipset, Adreno 405 GPU. Supported by 2 GB of RAM. Featured with 21 MP of primary camera, 5 MP of secondary camera. Motorola Moto X Play run on Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), v6.0, planned upgrade to v7.0 (Nougat).

Now, let we proceed this guide, how to flash TWRP recovery and root Motorola Moto X Play.

Unlock Bootloader.

Unlock Bootloader on Motorola Moto X Play is needed, you can see this guide below to unlock the bootloader.

http://guidebelajar.blogspot.com/2015/11/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-motorola-smartphone.html

Installing TWRP recovery.

1. This guide only work on Android Lollipop device.
2. Install fastboot on the computer or laptop, fastboot used to send any command to the Android device via command prompt. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0MKgCbUM0itNVB1elljU2NPR0k/view

3. Make sure USB driver for the Motorola phone correctly installed on the computer, If you don't have this driver, get it from the link below.

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/88481

4. Download the latest TWRP recovery for Motorola Moto X Play from here.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=11587#downloads

5. Then, download the latest SuperSU from here.

https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/

6. Once everything downloaded, put all files at the same folder. for example C:\Motorola
7. Now, enable developer options on your phone. (Go to Settings - Tap 7 times at build number until you see you are now a developer.)
8. Then, enable OEM unlocking.
9. Enable USB debugging.
10. Now turn off Motorola Moto X Play.
11. Then enter Moto X Play to fastboot mode. (Press and hold Power Button + Volume Down)

    

    enter fastboot mode - Motorola Moto X Play

12. Now connect Motorola Moto X Play to the computer via USB cable.
13. Now open command prompt at this folder (C:\Motorola), how to do it.
• Press and hold shift key on keyboard.
• Then right click at empty space - select open command window here.
14. Now type the following command below to make sure your phone is connected to the computer.
• fastboot devices
15. Then, the type the following command below to flash TWRP recovery 
• fastboot flash recovery recovery name.img
• Change recovery name with the recovery name you just download at step 4 above, for example.
• fastboot flash recovery twrp-lux-3.0.2-r5.img
16. Now type the following command below to boot Motorola Moto X Play to recovery mode.
• fastboot boot twrp-lux-3.0.2-r5.img
17. And your Motorola Moto X Play will reboot into recovery mode now.
18. Now boot your Motorola Moto X Play to the system. to load Android operating system and normal boot. 

Root Motorola Moto X Play.

Below is link that explain you step by step installing SuperSU zip file into Motorola Moto X Play to get root access at this device.

http://guidebelajar.blogspot.com/2016/12/guide-how-to-root-all-motorola-phone.html

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