Unlock BQ Aquaris U Plus & Install TWRP Recovery 3.2.3-0 - Easy Tutorial

If you are looking for a way to unlock BQ Aquaris U Plus and install latest TWRP recovery, then you are in right place. Unlocking your smartphone/tablet is the first step to extract the complete juice of your device hardware. Once BQ Aquaris U Plus is unlocked, you can then easily install custom recovery such as TWRP recovery, can root it using Magisk or SuperSu. Once rooted you can perform various system related task which otherwise isn’t possible.

Also Read: How to root BQ Aquaris U Plus easily with Magisk

Talking about hardware BQ Aquaris U Plus comes with 5.0 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display which support 720 x 1280 pixels screen resolution. The screen comes with Dinorex glass protection. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 octa-core SoC and Adreno 505 GPU. The device comes with 2 GB and 3 GB RAM options as well as 16 GB and 32 GB of storage variants to pick. The mobile feature a 16 MP rear camera as well as 5 MP selfie camera. BQ Aquaris U Plus comes with non-removable Li-Po 3050 mAh battery. BQ Aquaris U Plus comes with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out of the box.

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How To Unlock and Install TWRP Recovery On BQ Aquaris U Plus

WARNING: Unlocking the bootloader will erase all data on your device! Before proceeding, ensure the data you would like to retain is backed up to your PC and/or your Google account, or equivalent. We (ShizHub Team) are not responsible if anything happen to your device while following this tutorial.

Requirements:

1. Make sure your computer has working adb and fastboot. Setup instructions can be found here.
2. Enable USB Debugging on your device. [Tutorial]
3. Proper USB driver is installed. [Download]

How To Unlock BQ Aquaris U Plus

1. Enable OEM unlock in the Developer options under device Settings, if present.
2. Once done, connect your device to your PC using a USB cable.
3. Now on your computer open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window, and type: adb reboot bootloader . You can also boot your BQ Aquaris U Plus to fastboot mode by pressing Volume Down + Power when the device power is off.
4. To confirm the device is connected in fastboot mode or not, type: fastboot devices.
5. Once confirmed, type the following command to unlock the bootloader: fastboot oem unlock.
6. The device should automatically reboot, if not then reboot it manually.
7. Since the device resets completely, you will need to re-enable USB debugging for the next recovery installation process.

How To Install TWRP Recovery 3.2.3-0 on BQ Aquaris U Plus

1. Download TWRP.
2. Once done, connect your device to your PC using a USB cable.
3. Now on your computer open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window, and type: adb reboot bootloader . You can also boot your BQ Aquaris U Plus to fastboot mode by pressing Volume Down + Power when the device power is off.
4. To confirm the device is connected in fastboot mode or not, type: fastboot devices.
5. Once confirmed, type the following command to flash TWRP Recovery: fastboot flash recovery twrp-x.x.x-x-tenshi.img. [Note: Replace TWRP file name with your downloaded file name]
6. The device should automatically reboot, if not then reboot it manually.

Tip: To boot into recovery first turn off your BQ Aquaris U Plus and then press and hold Volume Up and Power button together until you see recovery screen.

That’s it! You now have an unlocked BQ Aquaris U Plus with latest supported TWRP Recovery installed.

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