Umidigi is a Chinese smartphone vendor which launched their new generation Power series with Umidigi Power 3.  The smartphone packs awesome specifications include 6.53-inch IPS LCD Fullview display (2340 x 1080 pixels), Mediatek MT6771 Helio P60, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Want to install a custom recovery on your UMIDIGI Power 3? then you are in the right place.

In this guide, we will help you to install TWRP Recovery on the UMIDIGI Power 3 device. This guide contains both the written instruction and video tutorial to help you install it quickly. Make sure to download the files required and jump straight into instruction on how to install TWRP on UMIDIGI Power 3.

Keep in mind that before heading over to the process, you will need to unlock the device bootloader at first. As the smartphone OEMs provide a locked bootloader to its devices due to some security concerns, in order to install any third-party file, you will need to unlock the bootloader. Then you will be capable to install TWRP Custom Recovery on your UMIDIGI Power 3 device and root as well. The TWRP Recovery can also take Nandroid backups, restore, wipe out system/data/cache, and more.

Umidigi Power 3 Device Overview

Umidigi Power 3 comes with a 6.53-inches IPS LCD Full-HD+ FullView display (1080×2340 pixels) and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The handset packs a MediaTek Helio P60 SoC, Mali-G72 MP3 GPU. It’s paired with LPDDR4X 4GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage capacity which is expandable up to 256GB via a dedicated MicroSD card slot. It runs on the Android 10 stock interface with the system-wide dark theme support.

The device has a 48MP AI Quad Rear Camera setup of a 48MP primary lens (f/1.79) + a 13MP (ultrawide, 120°) lens + a 5MP depth camera + a 5MP macro camera. It packs 4-in-1 image sensor, 6-element lens, steady night photography, AI scenes detection, Portrait mode, Panorama, HDR, AI Beautify, Face Recognition, Real-time filters, a Dual-LED flash, etc. While the front packs a 16MP AI Selfie camera with an f/2.0 aperture lens, AI Beautify, Selfie countdown, Face recognition mode, etc.

Now, talking about the connectivity options, it has a 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi IEEE802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, a dual Nano-SIM, 4G VoLTE, GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BeiDou, USB Type-C port, etc. While the device sports a massive 6,150mAh battery with 18W fast charging support and 10W reverse charging support. It features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, proximity, an ambient light sensor, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an e-compass sensor, etc.

TWRP Recovery and its Advantages

Steps to Install TWRP Recovery on UMIDIGI Power 3

Before going to the TWRP installation process, make sure to follow all the pre-requirements mentioned below properly.

Advantages of TWRP Recovery:

  • You can flash Custom ROM on UMIDIGI Power 3 using TWRP
  • You can flash modding zip files to customize your phone
  • Easy to flash and use Xposed Modules using TWRP
  • Easy to Root and Unroot using TWRP Recovery flashable zip SuperSU
  • You can install Magisk on UMIDIGI Power 3
  • Easy to Create and Restore Nandroid Backup using TWRP Recovery.
  • Easy access to restore the Nandroid Backup.
  • You can flash the image file using TWRP Recovery on UMIDIGI Power 3
  • Easy to remove all bloatware using TWRP Recovery on UMIDIGI Power 3.
  • To underclock and overclock.
  • You can clean Wipe, Cache, and Data.

Pre-Requirements:

  • The file and guide are supported for the UMIDIGI Power 3 model only. Don’t try it on other devices.
  • UMIDIGI Power 3 bootloader should be unlocked.
  • A PC/Laptop and a USB cable are required for this process.
  • Make sure to take a Full Backup of Device Data (No Root).
  • Download Magisk or SuperSU file for rooting. You can follow one method from below.
  • Charge your device battery to full.

TWRP Recovery Details

Download TWRP Recovery 3.4.0-0

  • No Verity opt Encrypt
  • Download SuperSU Zip – For root using SuperSU
  • Download Magisk Zip – For root using Magisk
  • Umidigi USB Drivers | MTK USB Drivers
  • Download SP Flash Tool
  • Download ADB and Fastboot and install it on your PC
  • For scatter file, either extract the Stock ROM for UMIDIGI Power 3 or create scatter txt file

Method 1: By Smartphone Flash Tools

Follow the instructions given down below to install TWRP on your phone (need scatter text file):

Disclaimer:

Method 2: ADB and Fastboot Tool

After downloading all the required files, drivers, and tools, follow the installation process.

  • First of all, enable the Developer Options and USB Debugging mode on your device.
  • Head over to the device Settings > System > About Phone > then tap on the Build Number for seven times to enable Developer options mode.
  • Now, go to the Developer options in the Settings menu and turn on the toggle to enable USB debugging.
  • Next, open the ADB & Fastboot folder on your computer. Then press and hold the Shift key and right mouse click to open the command window.
  • Turn off your device > Press and hold the Volume Up + Power button together for a few seconds to enter into Fastboot mode.
  • Connect your device with the PC via a USB cable and type the following code on the command windows and hit enter:

adb reboot bootloader

  • Now, your device is connected successfully as a fastboot device.
  • Type the following command and hit enter to check the fastboot device connected or not:

fastboot devices

  • Now, in order to install TWRP Recovery on your phone, type the following command and press enter:

  • To just boot, you can use the command fastboot boot twrpname.img

  • That’s it. You’ve successfully installed the TWRP Recovery on UMIDIGI Power 3 device. Now, you have to flash the Root.

What is Root?

Smartphone Rooting is the unofficial way to enable an administrator or superuser access to your device system and subsystem. Therefore, the user can easily tweak, change, edit, or delete system files and apps easily.

fastboot flash recovery twrpname.img

With the help of rooting, you can uninstall bloatware, increase device performance, reduce battery draining, install Xposed modules, and more. However, smartphone rooting will void the device warranty and you may not get software OTA updates anymore. Improper way of rooting can also brick your device easily. Therefore, make sure to follow the guide properly.

The advantage of Rooting:

  • You can get access to all files on your UMIDIGI Power 3, even the files which present in the root directory of your phone.
  • You can increase the performance of your UMIDIGI Power 3 by overclocking.
  • By rooting you can increase battery life by underclocking UMIDIGI Power 3.
  • Uninstall Bloatware on UMIDIGI Power 3.
  • You can block Ads on any Android applications such as Youtube and other game-related applications.

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  • By Rooting UMIDIGI Power 3, you can View, Edit, or Delete any system file inside the root directory.
  • You can install the Xposed Framework and many Xposed module support.