How to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on Xiaomi Mi 3

Download Official TWRP 3.0.0 recovery for Xiaomi Mi 3 (cancro). Recently, TWRP recovery got updated with material designed to TWRP 3.0.0. Now you can install the latest TWRP 3.0.0 on Xiaomi Mi 3. The new update of TWRP 3.0.0 has a completely new appearance, true terminal emulator, support Android 6.0 and now you can flash image files also.
If you are a Mi 3 user, you can Root and Install TWRP Recovery On Xiaomi Mi 3. Already you have install custom recovery on Mi 3 then you can flash the latest version of the TWRP recovery to get more benefits.

Note:

• Rooting invalid in your phone warranty, and you won’t claim it back.
• It will erase all your personal data including data of internal storage, so we advise you first to take a complete backup of your phone and then proceed.
• Confirm your phone has at least 50-60% charged to prevent the accidental shutdown in-between the process.

Files required to Root and Install Custom Recovery on Mi3 

• Download and Install ADB and fastboot driver for windows or ADB and Fastboot for Mac on your Computer. This will also install your device driver.
• Download TWRP 3.0 Recovery
• Download SuperSu to root Mi3 and copy it to your phone sd card.

Steps to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on Xiaomi Mi 3

STEP 1:

• First, enable ‘USB debugging’ option from setting>developer option>.
• To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.

STEP 2:

• Download TWRP 3.0.0 for Xiaomi Mi 3 from above and place it in the folder where ADB installed and rename it to ‘recovery.img’.
• Now you can Root and Install TWRP Recovery on Xiaomi Mi 3 via fastboot method.

STEP 3:

• Now go to installation directory open ADB folder and open the command window thereby pressing and hold the ‘shift’ key and right-clicked anywhere in that folder.

STEP 4:

• Now connect your phone to PC and reboot the device into fastboot mode by typing below.

adb reboot bootloader

STEP 5:

• You are in Fastboot mode now to check your connection by entering below command in command prompt. It
• will return your device serial number means your device properly connected.
• Check your driver if the above command is not responding.

fastboot devices  

STEP 6:

• Type the below command correctly in command prompt and then press enter. It starts flashing recovery on your phone.

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

STEP 7:

• Now type below command in command prompt to reboot your phone into recovery mode.
• Now you successfully installed the custom recovery on Xiaomi Mi 3.

fastboot boot recovery.img

STEP 8:

• With above command your phone boot into the recovery mode.’

STEP 9:

• In TWRP recovery navigate to Install Zip and select ‘SuperSu.zip’ to root Xiaomi Mi

STEP 10:

• Swipe to install SuperSu and reboot your device. That’s it, you root Mi 3 and install custom recovery on Xiaomi Mi 3 successfully.