How to install TWRP On Your Xiaomi Mi Not 5 Pro

How to install TWRP On Your Xiaomi Mi Not 5 Pro

1. Your Xiaomi Mi Not 5 Pro phone need to be recognized by your pc, if it’s not recognized please install Xiaomi Mi Not 5 Pro USB drivers (usually included in Mi PC Suite http://pcsuite.mi.com).
2. Download Android ADB and Fastboot directly from Google repository

Platform Tools: Windows

and extract the content of “platform-tools” folder in “C:/ADB” or from here (suggested)

15 seconds ADB Installer

and simply install it.
3. Rename your *.img file in recovery.img and move it to ADB folder (usually in C: drive).
4. Boot your Xiaomi Mi Not 5 Pro phone into fastboot mode pressing and holding volume down + power key and subsequently releasing power key after some seconds.
5. Connect your Xiaomi Mi Not 5 Pro phone to your PC with the USB cable.
6. Search for cmd in Windows search bar and right click on it => “Run as administrator”.
7.Type in the command prompt

“”””””cd C:\ADB“”””””

and press Enter, you will move to ADB folder (if installed in a different path please replace “C:\ADB” with your installation path, e.g. “C:\Program Files (x86)\ADB”).
8. Type

“”””””fastboot devices“””””””

and press Enter just to be sure your Xiaomi Mi Not 5 Pro device is correctly recognized.
9. Type

“”””””fastboot flash recovery recovery.img“”””””

and press Enter to flash the recovery (Warning: this is permanent and will replace your Mi Recovery and you’ll lose your warranty) or type

“”””””””fastboot boot recovery.img“””””””

and press Enter if you want to use the recovery without flashing it.
10. Type

“””””””fastboot reboot“”””””

and press Enter to reboot your Xiaomi Mi Not 5 Pro device after the flash is complete.

11. First time you boot in recovery you will shown a TWRP screen asking to allow modifications to system partition. Personally, I choose always Keep read only to have no issues with my ROM. If you want to know more about this visit THIS PAGE.