How To Install TWRP recovery and Root Honor 6C and 6C Pro

For those who own Honor 6C or Honor 6C Pro, we have a great news as the devices have received unofficial build of TWRP recovery which means now both Honor 6C and Honor 6C Pro can easily be rooted.As you guys know rooting is a simple process but you have to follow every step carefully as there is always a risk of bricking the smartphone.We recommend users to follow each and every step carefully to safely Root Honor 6C and 6C Pro

About Honor 6C and Honor 6C Pro:

Huawei Honor 6C was launched in April 2017.It has a 5.00-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 pixels by 1280 pixels.The Huawei Honor 6C is powered by 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor which is paired with 3GB of RAM for better performance.The phone comes with 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card.The Huawei Honor 6C sports a 13-megapixel main camera on the backside and a 5-megapixel front camera for selfies.The Huawei Honor 6C runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box and houses a decent 3020mAh non-removable battery.

As the name suggests Huawei Honor 6C Pro is the specced out version of Honor 6C.It was launched in October 2017. The phone has a 5.20-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 pixels by 1280 pixels.The Huawei Honor 6C Pro is powered by 1.5GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6750 processor coupled with 3GB of RAM. The phone has 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card.The Huawei Honor 6C Pro sports a 13-megapixel primary camera on the back and an 8-megapixel front camera for selfies.It runs Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box and houses a 3000mAh non-removable battery.

Rooting  Honor 6C and 6C Pro give you additional benefits like you can install special apps, flash custom ROMs, you can streamline your phone performance and many extra features. The real performance of an Android smartphone can only be unlocked once it is rooted. Rooting your Honor 6C and 6C Pro, lets the user flash different Custom MODs, ROMs, and such stuff onto the device.

Now here we come with a full working guide on how to install TWRP Recovery and Root Honor 6C and 6C Pro. While rooting you have to be very careful and proceed with great caution, anything wrongs you may get your device bricked.

If you want to root your device without PC or Laptop using one click root tools, then you can follow our guide linked below

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What is Rooting An Android Device Mean?

Rooting is the process of gaining full admin control of the Android device. You can use the device to its full potential, ‘Rooting’ means giving yourself special privilege or “root permissions” on your phone. It’s similar to running programs as administrators in Windows.

After rooting your device you can install different MODs, kernel, ROMs on your device. You can install latest Android updates (like the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow) On old device by installing third party ROMs like CyanogenMod 13.You can overclock the CPU and GPU of your device to get the best performance. You can hibernate any app you want. You can underclock the CPU to get better battery life.

For more information about Android rooting, check out our detailed post here > What Is Rooting Android Phone? Advantages And Disadvantages

What Is TWRP Recovery and Some of its benefits?

TWRP is a custom recovery for Android. It is the most popular Android custom recovery. It replaces the stock recovery On Android devices. It comes with many extra features compared to the stock recovery. It needs the bootloader to be unlocked. If your bootloader is locked then check out the guide here > How To Unlock Bootloader Of Any Android Using Fastboot. Some devices like Xiaomi and Huawei phones need a unlock code.

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  • Users Can Install Custom ROMs, MODs, Kernel via TWRP recovery
  • Users can flash system image (.img) file via TWRP
  • You can flash modding zip files
  • It is being used to install Xposed Modules
  • Easy to Root and Unroot using TWRP Recovery flashable zip SuperSU
  • Users can root by flashing magisk via TWRP recovery
  • You can create nandroid backup via TWRP
  • Can remove all bloatware using TWRP Recovery.
  • You can flash Custom Kernel To underclock and overclock.
  • You can clean Wipe, Cache, and Data via TWRP recovery.

WARNING

rootmygalaxy.net will not be held responsible for any kind of damage occurred to your device while following this tutorial. Do it at your own risk. This will void the warranty on your device.

PRE-REQUIREMENTS

→ Full Guide to safely root Honor 6C and 6C Pro and Install TWRP Recovery

The first method you can Install the TWRP recovery then flash the SuperSu or Magisk to get your device rooted

Guide: Root and Install TWRP Recovery On Honor 6C/Honor 6C Pro

Install TWRP recovery and Root Honor 6C and 6C Pro

Step 1: Install TWRP Recovery On Honor 6C and 6C Pro

You can Install the TWRP recovery then flash the SuperSu or Magisk to get your device rooted

  • Check out the Pre-Requirement Section above (Important)
  • Make sure your device’s bootloader is unlocked.Check out the link given above to unlock the bootloader if you haven’t done it yet
  • First of all, make sure you have followed each and every step mentioned in the pre-requisites section
  • After that, you have to download the Download TWRP Recovery – Honor 6C or  TWRP For Honor 6C Pro (Coming soon) and transfer it to your Honor 6C and 6C Pro.
  • Once transferred, follow this guide from below to install TWRP recovery on your Honor 6C and 6C Pro. (Same as flashing the stock ROM)

Remember: Honor 6C is powered by Snapdragon SoC you hav eto flash the TWRP using ADB and fastboot but 6C Pro is powered by MediaTek Soc so you have to use SP-Flash Tool.

How to Install TWRP Recovery via Fastboot On Any Android Device (Honor 6 Guide)

Note: Find the Scatter File from the downloaded TWRP zip file, which you have downloaded. Rename the TWRP (.img) file to recovery.img. Now, on the flash tool interface, navigate and select the scatter file and At this stage, just leave the recovery as ticket/ checked. Now, at the location tab, click on the storage location field of the recovery and search and browse for the custom recovery image file which is device-specific

Download Smart Phone Flash Tool (SP Flash Tool) – Honor 6C Pro How to Flash TWRP With SP Flash Tool (Honor 6C Pro Guide)

Step 2: Root Honor 6C and 6C Pro

#1 Using SuperSu To Root Honor 6C and 6C Pro
  • Download the latest SuperSu zip (Download)
  • Now follow the given guide to Install SuperSu On your device to get root access
How To Flash SuperSU using TWRP Recovery & Root Any Android device
#2 Using Magisk To Root Honor 6C and 6C Pro
  • Download the latest Magisk
  • Now follow the guide to flash magisk via TWRP to get root access on your device.
How To Install Magisk On Android Device [Universal Systemless Interface for Android]

That’s it. Your Honor 6C and 6C Pro has been rooted successfully. Keep reading roomygalaxy for more news and updates.

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Dibyashree Sharma
Dibyashree Sharma
Dibyashree Sharma graduated in Computer Science from NIT Rourkela. For the past eight years, she has been blogging about Android, which she is really passionate about. She has built a good reputation as a reliable source. Away from the digital sphere, Dibyashree enjoys playing tennis, a sport she is as passionate about as she is about technology.

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