

Extract 4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.5_RC5_flashing_tool.zip to a folder on your desktop.Ĥ.

If your Windows PC installs drivers at this point, let it do so and then continue.ģ. To do this, go to Settings > Developer Options and tick the USB Debugging checkbox.Ģ. Installing TWRP Recovery on the HTC Butterflyġ. Necessary DownloadsĤEXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.5_RC5_flashing_tool.zip III. If not, go to HTCDev and follow the instructions there. Make sure that your device is bootloader unlocked. Charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.ģ. Back up everything you feel is important before you begin.Ģ. The guide below will show you how to install TWRP Recovery on the HTC Butterfly and later on, you can also root your device pretty easily! I. Of the custom recoveries available though, the TWRP Recovery seems to be the current popular choice as it offers touch-based menus rather than the older recoveries where you had to use the volume rocker and power/home buttons to navigate. Having a custom recovery (and being rooted) will give you the power to back up your device state before trying a new custom ROM just to fall back on if you don’t like what you flashed, or use the custom recovery to wipe cache/data/system so you can start afresh. To root the HTC Butterfly, you’ll need a custom recovery before anything else but on doing so, it’s not just root access you’ll be achieving.
