How to Install TWRP Recovery and Root Honor 8

Huawei launched Honor 8 in July 2016.Honor 8 is a high-end Android smartphone with Kirin 950 chipset.It has 5.2 inches 1080p display and dual 12 cameras at back.Honor 8 is running on Huawei's own EMUI ROM on top of Android Marshmallow.Developers released TWRP recovery for Honor 8 which is a great news if you want to root your Honor 8.If you want to get root access on your Honor 8 and want to flash custom ROM on your Honor 8 then you need a custom recovery like TWRP.

Here we are going to show you how to flash TWRP recovery on Honor 8.We are also going to show you how to root Honor 8.So if you want to root your Honor 8 and install TWRP recovery on it then follow the below guide.You will need to unlock the bootloader of your smartphone before flashing TWRP and grant root access.First, You will need to flash TWRP and then flash the SuperSU file via TWRP to root your Honor 8.
 

ADB+TWRP Kit (For FRD-L09 or FRD-L19)

ADB+TWRP Kit(For FRD-AL00 or FRD-AL10)

SuperSU.zip

Step to flash TWRP and Root Honor 8

1. First, you need to Unlock the bootloader of your Honor 8.
2. Make sure that USB Driver for your smartphone is installed on your computer.
3. Connect your smartphone to your computer using a data cable.
4. Enable USB debugging by going to Settings>>Developer options>>USB Debugging.
5. Move SuperSU.zip file into your Honor 8.
6. Unzip the AD+TWRP Kit into your computer and open the folder where you unzip it.
7. In ADB+TWRP folder Press Shift and Right click and select Open command window here to  open ADB command window.
8. In command window type "adb reboot bootloader" and wait for your Honor 8 to boot into bootloader mode.
9. Type "fastboot flash twrp.img" to install TWRP recovery on your Honor 8.
10. Now, Type "adb reboot recovery" to boot your device into recovery mode.
11. In recovery mode tap on Install and select the SuperSU.zip file.
12. Swipe to confirm the flash.
13. Reboot your smartphone.

That's it! your Honor 8 is rooted.

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