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TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery For B&N Nook Tablet - How To Install - Tutorial

TWRP developer team recently rolled out TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery for various Android devices including B&N Nook. This new recovery comes with various improvement as well as new features that we will list out later part of this article. If you planing to flash an Android 4.4.2 KitKat based ROM on your device then you must install this latest TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery. Although,  TWRP Recovery 2.6.3.4 can flash KitKat ROM but having an improved custom recovery always best idea to enjoy all latest features. Continue reading this tutorial to learn how to install TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery on B&N Nook as well as how to upgrade from previous version.

About TWRP 2.7: Team Win Recovery Project 2.7, or twrp2 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added a lot of our own features. It’s a fully touch driven user interface – no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.

If you don’t know then, stock recovery comes with various limitation including lack of backup and flashing a custom firmware ability. On the other hand custom recovery such as TWRP recovery allow you to do various task including ability to flash custom ROMs and other signed zip, backup and restore whole system, can clear Dalvik cache, can fix permission and many more. The latest TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery also comes with various added features. Here is a list of features that added to latest TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery.

What's new in 2.7.0.0:
  • Faster graphics rendering by disabling alpha blending on fully opaque objects thanks to Tassadar
  • Allow sideloading from /tmp on encrypted devices
  • Check for a crypto footer before asking for a password to prevent user confusion
  • Additional checks for validity to auto generated backup names
  • Text wrap in the console output
  • Proper caps lock support in the keyboard
  • Mouse support via USB OTG for devices with a broken digitizer
  • Improve scanning of storage locations for OpenRecoveryScript
  • Haptic feedback for buttons, keyboard, and vibration at the end of longer running actions
  • Fixed ext4 wiping when no selinux contexts are defined for that partition (e.g. sd-ext)
  • Update SuperSU to 1.93 and improve installation process
  • Added selinux contexts restoration to fix permissions
  • Load RTC offset on Qualcomm devices to fix the date/time in recovery
  • USB Mass Storage fixes Add SELinux support checking
  • Add Disk Usage class to better handle excluded folders (e.g. Google Music cache)
  • Add 4.4 decrypt support
  • Add some toolbox utilities to TWRP (namely to support SELinux functions not supported in busybox)
  • Various SELinux fixes and bug fixes
TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery
Warning: This tutorial is only for B&N Nook. Don’t try this guide on any other Android device. Also, we (Android Pulp Team) are not responsible for any damage caused due to the instruction given in this page. Try this at your own risk. However, it is very unlikely that your device will be damaged if you follow all the instructions as it is which are mentioned in procedure.

Pre Requisites:

Though installing TWRP recovery don’t erase internal memory data but we recommend to back up your data first before proceeding to avoid any uncomfortable situation.

1. Although not required but you should backup your device data to avoid uncomfortable situation. You can follow our ultimate backup guide.

2. Make sure your device have at least 60% battery power. If your phone shut down during rooting then there is good chance to brick your device.You can install an app like Battery Notifier BT Free on your Android device to check it easily

3. You already have USB Driver Installed for B&N Nook in your PC. [Download USB Drivers]

4. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled otherwise you won’t able to transfer file between PC and B&N Nook. [Guide]

5. Your device is rooted (don't require if you upgrading). [Guide]

If you done everything that we mentioned above then you are ready to follow step-by-step guide on how to install TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery on B&N Nook.

File Required(Download by clicking on it)
  1. TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery For B&N Nook [Filename: openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-acclaim.img]
  2. Recovery Tools – Flasher or Flashify App Installed

How to Install TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery on B&N Nook

  1. Transfer openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-acclaim.img file to your device SD Card.
  2. For Recovery Tools – Flasher User:
    1. Open then app then tap on Flash other Recovery
    2. Now select your copied file (i.e. openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-acclaim.img) and follow onscreen instruction.
  3. For Flashify Users:
    1. Open the app and then tap on Recovery image.
    2. Now select your copied file (i.e. openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-acclaim.img) and follow onscreen instruction.
Congrats ! You have successfully installed the TWRP 2.7.0.0 Touch Recovery on B&N Nook and you are now free to test latest Android 4.4 KitKat based ROMs as well as old ROMs on your B&N Nook. To boot into recovery try this: Recovery Mode without Key Combination.

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