Unlock Rog Phone 2 & Install TWRP Recovery 3.4.0-0 - Easy Tutorial

If you are looking for a way to unlock Asus Rog Phone 2 and install the latest TWRP recovery, then you are in the right place. Unlocking your smartphone/tablet is the first step to extract the complete juice of your device hardware. Once Asus Rog Phone 2 is unlocked, you can then easily install a 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.

How To Unlock and Install TWRP Recovery On Asus Rog Phone 2

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 (SavvyUpdate Team) are not responsible if anything happens 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 Asus Rog Phone 2

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 Asus Rog Phone 2 to fastboot mode by pressing Volume Down + Power when the device power is off, until a boot menu appears.
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 3.4.0-0 on Asus Rog Phone 2

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 Asus Rog Phone 2 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-mauronofrio.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 Asus Rog Phone 2 and then press and hold Volume Up and Power button together until you see 'ASUS' logo on your screen. 

That’s it! You now have an unlocked Asus Rog Phone 2 with the latest supported TWRP Recovery installed.

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