Unlock Nexus 7 LTE 2013 & Install TWRP Recovery 3.2.3-0 - Easy Tutorial

If you are looking for a way to unlock Nexus 7 LTE 2013 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 Nexus 7 LTE 2013 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 Nexus 7 LTE 2013 - Simple Safe Method

Talking about hardware Nexus 7 LTE 2013 comes with 7.0 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display which support 1200 x 1920 pixels screen resolution. The screen comes with Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The tablet is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core SoC and Adreno 320 GPU. The device comes with 2 GB RAM and 16/32 GB of storage. The device feature a 5 MP rear camera as well as 1.2 MP selfie camera. Nexus 7 LTE 2013 comes with non-removable Li-Ion 3950 mAh battery. The tablet comes with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean out of the box and can be upgraded to Android 6.0 Marshmallow officially.

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How To Unlock and Install TWRP Recovery On Nexus 7 LTE 2013

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 Nexus 7 LTE 2013

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 Nexus 7 LTE 2013 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 Nexus 7 LTE 2013

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 Nexus 7 LTE 2013 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-deb.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 Nexus 7 LTE 2013 and then press and hold Volume Down and Power button and choose recovery.

That’s it! You now have an unlocked Nexus 7 LTE 2013 with latest supported TWRP Recovery installed.

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