Unlock Moto G4 Play & Install TWRP Recovery 3.2.1-0 - Easy Tutorial

If you are looking for a way to unlock Motorola Moto G4 Play 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 Motorola Moto G4 Play 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.

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How To Unlock and Install TWRP Recovery On Motorola Moto G4 Play

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 Motorola Moto G4 Play

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 Motorola Moto G4 Play to fastboot mode by pressing Volume Down + Power when the device power is off. On the next screen use Volume Down to scroll to fastboot and then press Volume Up to select.
4. To confirm the device is connected in fastboot mode or not, type: fastboot devices.
5. Once confirmed, type the following command to know the bootloader status: fastboot oem device-info.
6. If it confirm your bootloader isn't unlocked then follow the instructions at Motorola Bootloader Unlock Support to unlock your bootloader.
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 3.2.1-0 on Motorola Moto G4 Play

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 Motorola Moto G4 Play to fastboot mode by pressing Volume Down + Power when the device power is off. On the next screen use Volume Down to scroll to fastboot and then press Volume Up to select.
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-harpia.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 Motorola Moto G4 Play and then press and hold Volume Down and Power button together. On the next screen use Volume Down to scroll to recovery and then press Volume Up to select.

Checkout: How to Update Motorola Moto G4 Play to latest Android 9.0 Pie with Pixel Experience ROM

That’s it! You now have an unlocked Motorola Moto G4 Play with latest supported TWRP Recovery installed.

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