Guide | How to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen.

Install TWRP & Root Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen. Below you can learn how to install TWRP (Teamwin Recovery Project) recovery and get root access on Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen. This guide work only at official Android Lollipop installed OS on Moto G 3rd Gen. TWRP is one of popular Android recovery. This is a powerful recovery you can choose to install on your Moto G 3rd Gen. By installing TWRP recovery on Android device you can create and restore a backup image, flashing custom ROM, edit and manage file on internal memory, boot device without Android operating system, and much more. 

Before we start this guide, here is detail specs of Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen. This device released on 2015, July. Comes with 5.0 Inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors display. Powered by Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 chipset, Adreno 306 GPU. Supported by 2 GB of RAM. Featured with 13 MP of primary camera, 5 Mp of secondary camera. Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen run on Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0 (Marshmallow).

Now, let we proceed this tutorial, how to flash TWRP recovery on Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen.

Unlock Bootloader.

Before installing TWRP recovery on the Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen, you must unlock bootloader on this device. You can follow this guide below how to do this.

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. To follow this guide make sure your device is Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen.
3. Make sure fastboot is installed correctly on your computer.

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

4. USB Motorola driver should installed on the computer or laptop. If you don't have this driver yet get from link below.

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

5. Download the latest TWRP recovery for Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen from here.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=11051#downloads

6. Then, download the latest SuperSU from here.

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

7. Copy all downloaded file to the same folder name, for example C:\twrp
8. Then enable developer options on your phone. (Settings - Tap 7 times at build number until you see you are now a developer.)
9. Then, enable OEM unlocking.
10. Enable USB debugging.
11. Now turn off Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen.
12. Then enter Moto G 3rd Gen.to fastboot mode. (Press and hold Power Button + Volume Down)

    

    enter fastboot mode - Moto G 3rd Gen

13. Now connect Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen to the computer via USB cable.
14. Now open command prompt at this folder (C:\twrp), how to do it.
• Press and hold shift key on keyboard.
• Then right click at empty space - select open command window here.
15. Now the following command below to make sure your phone is connected to the computer.
• fastboot devices
16. 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-osprey-3.0.2-r5.img
17. Now type the following command below to boot Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen to recovery mode.
• fastboot boot twrp-osprey-3.0.2-r5.img
18. And your Moto G 3rd Gen will reboot into recovery mode now.
19. Now boot your Moto G 3rd Gen to the system.

Root Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen.

Once TWRP recovery already installed on your Motorola phone, now continue to root your device by following this guide below.

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

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