How to root Huawei P20 with TWRP

A guide to Unlock Bootloader, Install TWRP and Root Huawei P20 with image guide. After root you can install custom Rom, App and Setting.

Hi, This is a tutorial to Unlock Bootloader, Install TWRP and Root Huawei P20. In this guide you will find all steps with image, therefore it is safe and easy method of Unlock Bootloader, Install TWRP and Root Huawei P20.

Huawei P20 has Octa-core (4×2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) Hisilicon Kirin 970 processor along with 4GB RAM and 128GB ROM. This phone has 5.8 inches LTPS IPS LCD screen size with 1080 x 2240 pixels. Huawei P20 has Dual 12+20 mega pixels rear camera with LED flash and 24MP front camera in Huawei P20.

Huawei P20 is great phone and you must be root Huawei P20, because root allows for you to use a maximum of your phone without any restrictions. After root you will install custom Rom, apps, and setting in your phone. But before root you must read root advantage and disadvantage by this post. Then after follow these steps to root your phone.

Preparation of flash or update:

1. First you should take a backup of your phone.
2. Your phone battery should be charge minimum 80%.
3. Make sure proper power backup of your PC.
4. Unlock bootloader of Huawei P20

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Download tool for Unlock Bootloader, Install TWRP and Root Huawei P20

FILE NAME DOWNLOAD LINK
Huawei P20 USB Driver Download
Huawei P20 Unlock bootloader Download
Huawei P20 TWRP Recovery Download
Huawei P20 SuperSU Zip Download
Huawei P20 Fast-boot tool Download

Steps to Unlock Bootloader, Install TWRP and Root Huawei P20:

Step 1: Download and install Huawei P20 ADB driver on your PC and enable USB debugging mode on your Huawei P20 Smartphone by this guide . Download and copy SuperSU Zip file in the phone SD card. Now download and extract TWRP Recovery and Fast-boot tool and move TWRP Recovery (recovery.img) file in the Fast-boot tool folder. Then press and hold shift key in the keyboard and right click on extracted Fast boot tool folder and select “Open command window here”. See in this image.Run fastboot command window for Huawei P20

Step 2: Now connect your Huawei P20 Smartphone with PC via USB cable and type adb reboot bootloader to boot your phone in the bootloader or fastboot mode. Now your phone in the bootloader or fastboot mode, here you type fastboot devices in the command window then press enter key.

Note: This command show connected device in the command window and you can see your Smartphone serial number. If command window is not show your device serial number, then install USB driver correctly or change your USB port of the PC.

Flash TWRP recovery on Huawei P20 by Fastboot

Step 3: If your Huawei P20 connected, then type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img command in the command window and press enter key to flash TWRP recovery on Huawei P20.

Step 4: Now type fastboot boot recovery.img to boot in recovery mode. Then tap on install tab or button and select “SuperSU.zip”file from your save location on your phone SD card and install this file.

Root process

Now reboot your phone. If you want to check your Mobile rooted or not try this app root checker.

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How to unroot Huawei P20:

It is must for you to know, how to unroot Huawei P20 Smartphone. When you feel that you don’t want rooted phone, then you can easily unroot your phone by un-install root app. Here is simple steps to unroot your device. You can also see unroot process in this image.

Step: First of all open Su App from your app menu and tap on Setting. Now scroll and find “Full Unroot” option and tap on it. that’s all.

Unroot Huawei P20

I hope you like this Unlock Bootloader, Install TWRP and Root Huawei P20 guide from which you will be able to easily Unlock Bootloader, Install TWRP and Root Huawei P20 without any extra efforts. If feel any problem in this guide then please use comment box. Thanks to all.

Note: I am not responsible if you make Mistakes and Bricked Devices.

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