Download TWRP 3.2.1-0 For Xiaomi Redmi 5A

(Xiaomi Redmi 5A) is the number 1 smartphone company in the Indian market. And now the much-awaited TWRP 3.2.1-0 is officially released for Xiaomi Redmi 5a. All the credits go to the Team Win Recovery Project Team (TWRP) for giving support officially to the Xiaomi Redmi 5a. Now users can flash custom zips, root their device, and so on using the TWRP.

New Official Release – TWRP 3.2.1-0 for Redmi 5A

The Xiaomi Redmi 5a has a 5.0-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display. Further, it has a display of 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. Moreover, it has a 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor with 2GB of RAM. The Redmi 5a has 16/32 GB internal storage. It has a dual camera with 13 megapixels back and a 5-megapixel front camera. Further, it has a non-removable Li-Ion 300 mAh battery. What’s more, it runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and it will soon get Android 8.0 Oreo update.

Now let’s find out what TWRP is and how to install TWRP Recovery for Xiaomi Redmi 5a.

What is TWRP?

Team Win Recovery Project (or TWRP in short) is an Android Custom Recovery initiated in 2011 with a full touch UI. The recovery brought in and made a new trend of Touch-based recoveries. Further, it adds customization support and other huge and amazing features to the AOSP recovery code. With that said, it makes it one of the top Android Custom Recoveries available today.

On the other hand, the GUI is fully XML-based. This allows you to modify each aspect of this recovery according to your wishes (of course, if you have the required knowledge of XML and Android).

How to Install TWRP on Redmi 5A

There are two methods for how to install the TWRP Recovery for Xiaomi Redmi 5a. First, download TWRP from the following link. Then perform one of the following methods.

Method #1

fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-0-riva.img

Method #2

Boot to OLD TWRP > INSTALL > Select Image > Navigate to twrp-3.2.1-0-riva.img > Select it & Swipe to Install

Version 3.2.1-0 Changelog:
  • Default to TWRP restore rather than adb backup restore to fix restore on fresh TWRP boot (black)
  • Better Android 8.0 compatibility in ROM trees (Dees_Troy)
  • Fix inconsistent SD Card naming (DevUt)
  • Fix missing library in Android 8.0 (nkk71)
  • Miui fixes (crypto milk)
Version 3.1.1-0 Changelog:
  • Updated TWRP source code to AOSP 7.1.2 (Dees_Troy) Updated TWRP source code to AOSP 7.1.2
  • Backups will now include adopted storage keys (Dees_Troy)
  • Fixed rebooting when no OS is present (Dees_Troy)
  • Fixed line wrapping in the GUI terminal (_that)
  • Fixed an adb restore issue (big biff)
Version 3.1.0-0 Changelog:
  • Vold decrypts on several select HTC devices, TWRP will not try to use the system partition’s vold, VDC binaries, and libraries to decrypt the data partition (CaptainThrowback and nkk71)
  • Support POSIX file abilities backup and restore to fix VoLTE on select HTC devices and perhaps other issues (Dees_Troy)
  • Support new Android 7. x xattrs for backup and restore to fix data loss after a restore (Dees_Troy)
  • Adb backup to stream a backup directly from or to your PC, see documentation here (big biff)
  • Support for FBE decrypting and restoring and backing up FBE policies (Dees_Troy)
  • Better indicate to the users that internal storage isn’t backed up(Dees_Troy)
  • Try mounting both f2fs and ext4 during decrypt (jcadduno and Dees_Troy)
  • Numerous improvements and bug fixes by too many people to mention
  • Improve automatic determination of TW_THEME (mdmower)
  • Support new Android 7.x log command (Dees_Troy)
  • Timeout during FDE decrypt (nkk71 and Dees_Troy)
  • Update recovery sources to AOSP 7.1 (Dees_Troy)
  • TWRP app installs fast during reboot (Dees_Troy)
  • Shut off the backlight with the power key (mdmower)
  • Minimal set cap and get cap support (_that)
  • Tweak MTP startup routines (mdmower)
  • Support for AB OTA zips (Dees_Troy)
  • Boot slot support (Dees_Troy)

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