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Shreyas Khare | January 31, 2013 | How To | 16 Comments

HTC is very well known for their Android and Windows phones. With launch of One Series
and all new Desire devices, HTC have strengthen themselves on high end devices side. But it
doesnt mean that they are ignoring low end devices. Back in 2011 HTC launched their
economical device, HTC Explorer.
Main advantage of HTC Explorer over other low end devices is that it has got active
development. Officially HTC have given it support only up to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) only
but developers have ported custom ROMs based on Ice Cream Sandwich and even Jelly Bean
also. If you are not satisfied with current performance of your phone and you want

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something more, you can always go for custom ROMs. Custom ROMs give you the unique
Android experience along with several performance improvements.
But you cant flash these custom ROMs directly, you must have flashing tool called custom
Recovery installed on your device. A Senior XDA member oblikas ported a very famous
custom recovery called TWRP recovery for HTC explorer. Along with flashing custom ROMs,
custom recovery will also help you with backing up ROMs and again restoring them, wiping
data and cache, fixing permissions etc. Given below are features of TWRP recovery 2.2.2.
Features:
Ability to save custom recovery settings
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Ability to choose to compress backups.

And if you dont want to go for custom ROMs but you wish to have administrative permissions
you can root your device. By rooting, along with admin permissions you can use special
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before rooting you must have custom recovery installed. Now you are just few steps away
from rooting your device. Following article explains how to install TWRP recovery on HTC
Explorer and further how to root it.

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Disclaimer: The Procedure described in this article is risky & can cause damage to your
device. You should not try to attempt this if you are not aware of these things. Please follow
this guide completely at your own risk. If any damage happened to your device while
following this tutorial, we should not be held responsible for it.

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This guide is applicable only for HTC Explorer having model numberA310E. Trying it on any
other device, can cause damage to your phone.

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Prerequisites:
Your phone must be charged at least up to 70% battery level.
USB debugging mode must be enabled.
You must have unlocked bootloader of your device. If youve not unlocked you can unlock
it from official HTC website htcdev.com/bootloader
You must have mobile drivers installed on your computer. If you dont have them
download HTC Sync Software to install them.

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Procedure to Install TWRP Recovery on HTC Explorer:

First download image file of recovery
from Officialdevelopmentpage.

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You will also require fastboot files.

Here is the link is to download
fastboot files for your device.
Extract Fastboot.zip file in your PC.
You will find following four files in

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Now You need to enter into the bootloader mode. For entering intobootloader mode,
turn off your phone first.
HoldVolume Down + Power Buttonsimultaneously until bootloader mode appears.
Select Fastboot using Power Button. (Use Volume Up/Down to go up/down & Power
Button to select highlighted option).
After entering into the Fastboot mode, connect your phone to the PC.

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Open theFastbootfolder (Which youve extracted earlier).

Now Open command prompt & Point its directory to the fastboot folder (ORYou can do
the same as: open Fastboot folder, Press & hold shift key and then right click on the free
space in the same folder.When right clicked (holding shift), youll seeOpen Command

window here option.Click it & Command prompt will be open pointing to the Fastboot
directory).

Put this command in command prompt:fastboot devices(After entering this command,

youll see the random numbers appeared in the command prompt.This is to ensure that
your device is properly connected. If it doesnt appear then youneed to installHTC Sync
softwareto installessential drivers for your Explorer).

Transfer/Copy the downloaded image file of recovery to extracted Fastboot folder along
with other four fastboot files.
Now type/enter the following command in command prompt to flash custom TWRP
recovery.
fastboot flash recovery boot.img
As soon as recovery gets flashed, youll getfinished/OKAYmessage on the screen.
Now you need to reboot your phone. For rebooting, type fastboot reboot command in
the same command prompt window.
Youve now successfully flashed/installed custom TWRP recovery on your HTC Explorer.
To enter into TWRPrecovery, do the following steps :
1. Enter into the bootloader mode. To enter into bootloader mode, HoldVolume Down +

Power Buttonsimultaneously until bootloader mode appears.

2. In bootloader mode, highlight recovery by using Volume Keys & Enter into the TWRP
recovery by usingPower Key. Youll be landed into custom TWRPRecovery.
How to Root HTC Explorer A310E:
First you have to download rooting package. Here is link for rooting package.
Switch off your phone. Boot it into recovery mode. To do so, press & hold Volume down +

Power Button simultaneously until bootloader mode opens, further select recovery
option in it.

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In recovery use Volume up/Volume down buttons to scroll and Power Button to select.
Now select install zip from sdcard followed by chose zip from sdcard. Navigate
toSuperuser.zip file and then confirm it next step.
Once installation is complete, you will see recovery menu again.
After successful flashing rooting package, choose +++++go back+++++ option and then

reboot system now. Thats it; you have successfully rooted your HTC Explorer. You can
find Superuser application in your menu.
Thats it!! You have successfully rooted and installed TWRP Recovery on your HTC Explorer.
Enjoy flashing various custom ROMs and do let us know how it is working for you through
comments.

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Comments (16)
kotresh September 27, 2014
Is all ok can I also b doing it !! I havent tried any serious stuffs like ths
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Tushar Patel July 28, 2014

hii guys custom ROMs are awesome.
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royston November 4, 2013

to all d otrs.make sure you do d above procedure in winxp 64bit.it does not
run on win7 ..shows error.
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varun August 6, 2013

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Thanks i have twrp recovery now thanks a lot.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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anil July 12, 2013

after entering in recovery mode the phone image file of phone is displayed
with some red mark and remains untill i restart it
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VJA July 11, 2013

Same problem, After going to bootloader>Recovery the phone restarts.
And surprisingly my phone restarts only to display the welcome hTC screen
nothing beyond that happening. I think i bricked the phone. Any way to restore
factory settings??
I tried factory setting from Bootloader options but same thing happening. It
freezes at welcome screen which shows hTC logo.
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Pradip Doshi June 19, 2013

I have followed your steps in flashing the recovery. however whenever I am
selecting recovery from the bootloader, my phone reboots. i am not being able
to enter TWRP recovery. please help
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Pradip Doshi June 16, 2013

most of the tutorials suggest installing A310E recovery. Is TWRP better? or
A310E recovery more suited for my HTC Explorer?
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Sanket June 17, 2013

A310E is model number. TWRP is the best recovery.
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mathew June 15, 2013

PLEASE SAY HOW TO UPDATE MY ANDROID VERISION FOR HTCA310E ICANT
UNDERSTAND ABOVE PROCEDURE
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omkar June 12, 2013

i am unable to Root HTC Explorer A310E bcozzz
i m unable to get (select install zip from sdcard) this type of option.. urgent
please
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Rohit Panghal May 11, 2013

while following (You must have unlocked bootloader of your device. If youve
not unlocked you can unlock it from official HTC website

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htcdev.com/bootloader) = Unlocking Bootloader Instructions..i am unable to
do step 14 what can i do now..
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Rohit Panghal May 10, 2013

Procedure to Install TWRP Recovery on HTC Explorer:
First download image file of recovery from Official development page.
You will also require fastboot files. Here is the link is to download fastboot files
for your device.
the link in the second line have been deleted so please can u give me some
another link to download
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Viraj SK May 10, 2013

Link fixed
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Rohit Panghal May 11, 2013

thnx.but i am unable to Root HTC Explorer A310E bcozzz
i m unable to get (select install zip from sdcard) this type of option..
urgent please
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omkar June 12, 2013

install twrp from downloaded pakages
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