To flash TWRP recovery on Lenovo TAB 2 (TB2-30F) you have to follow a few steps. With TWRP recovery you can backup and restore completely all the data from the tablet, and you can install more system apps like SuperSU and Gapps.
These are the steps that you need to follow to flash the TWRP recovery on the Lenovo Tab 2 tablet:
- Make sure you have a good cable so the connection between PC and tablet is perfect;
- Download from here ADB and Fastboot (here are the drivers too);
- Unzip the zip archive and run with Administrator the apps from inside of the zip. To all the questions you must to press key Y to grant all the rights it needs;
- On the tablet, at settings, you must activate on the Developer Options the Bootloader Unlock and USB debugging;
- Power off completely the tablet;
- Press continuously the volume + and power key;
- When the screen on the tablet has started, release the power key and keep pressing the volume + key;
- We are in recovery menu on the tablet. In this menu we can navigate only with power and volume keys. The touchscreen does not work here;
- In recovery select “reboot to recovery” and press power key;
- The tablet will restart and will remain stuck on the Lenobo logo. This is fastboot;
- Connect the tablet on pc;
- Download from here, the TWRP image and copy it on folder adb from local disk C (installed on step 3);
- Run CMD with administrator and type cd C:\ to select the adb folder;
- In cmd type fastboot unlock-go and press enter; In case this command does not work, please try fastboot -s or fastboot oem unlock-go or fastboot oem unlock;
- To run only once the TWRP recovery, type fastboot boot twrp-tb2-x30f.img;
- To flash the TWRP on the tablet, type on cmd fastboot flash recovery twrp-tb2-x30f.img;
- The tablet will reboot and the android will start;
- To acces the recovery TWRP, you must power off the tablet, press continuously volume + and power key. After the screen is on, release the power key and, after 4 seconds release the volume key too. Now you are in TWRP recovery menu.
Caution! When you try to flash the TWRP recovery, you can brick completely the tablet. You do this on your own responsibility.
Here you have a tutorial with lineage OS for Lenovo Tab2
I’ve done everything stated but can’t get past bootloader unlock, it says it’s unlocked but Lenovo logo is still there. Fastboot flash recovery says error cannot load 👎🏻 same model tablet all steps followed exactly
Hi, the program stay in “waiting for device”
What can i do
For me “fastboot oem unlock-go” did not work but “fastboot oem unlock” did
Ai added also this command on the article, thank you!
buggered if I know what I’m doing wrong
managed to get into recovery, then reboot into boot loader
unlocked the bootloader in adb
but twrp just won’t load
any clues?
Do you have an error message when TWRP should load or what happens exactly at that point? What was the last thing you did?
I go into recovery mode and load the twrp image as per instructions
I even get some text in the cmd windows confirming the action
but when I reboot the tablet, just loads back into the default bootloader, no twrp
and NO errors
perhaps you should edit your tutorial to make it more accurate
as noted by Leif Neland, There is no “Reboot to recovery”, as you instruct
and in your “Install Lineage OS on Lenovo Tab 2 (TB2-X30F)” tutorial, it is noted in the comments by Tony that “the fastboot command unlock-go doesnt work”, whereas the commands “fastboot -s” or “fastboot oem unlock-go” do actually unlock the bootloader
I DO understand you are trying to help people, but please, be accurate
Unfortunately, we don’t have this device anymore to test again, however the instructions were specified as tested so when this was done by us, it worked exactly as mentioned in the steps above. Perhaps something changed on TWRP since then.
Nevertheless, I updated the article.
Thank you for the effort.
ok, FINALLY got twrp installed
but no luck with the Lineage OS image
ok, your tutorial is totally misleading
quite obviously you have written this tutorial from “memory”
your instructions are so far off, I’m sure there are plenty of people who have bricked their devices by following
I am fortunate enough to not be one of them
have, FINALLY, successfully installed twrp, as well as the Lineage rom, AND GAPPS!!!
the lineage file should NOT be unzipped, it should be selected to installed in its zipped state, then reboot, spend a brief time setting up Lineage, then back into twrp to finish by installing the GAPPS, although I would suggest going to gapps.org to get the mini version (ARM, 7.1), as the version being offered here gives you nothing but trouble
This was not done from memory, it was done in July 2018 when the article was published having the tablet and performing these operations on it.
I am stuck in TWRP mode. Tablet reaches first Lenovo sign then Blank screen. I was in the middle of Install Lineage OS on Lenovo Tab 2 (TB2-X30F) I can’t do anything other than load the TWRP menu. I am no tech king, I just followed your steps and now I need your help pleaseeee
cancel that, I found Stock Firmware and put the boot file on sd that way 🙂
Ok 🙂
There is no “Reboot to recovery”
Options:
* Reboot system now
* Reboot to bootloader
* Apply update from ADB
* apply update from external sdcard
* apply update from internal sdcard
* Wipe data/factory reset
* Wipe cache partition
* Mount system
* View recovery logs
* Power off
Select reboot to bootloader.
what is CMD can i have a link for that
CMD is command prompt in Windows, it’s not a link, it’s a tool on any Windows operating system. Just type in Start – search – CMD or command prompt.
i cant see the link where is it
Link for what? You have the needed links in the article above.
Run CMD with administrator and type cd C:\ to select the adb folder;
i cant get this step done
plss help me
Can you please give me some details, why do you not succeed to get this step done? Do you receive an error?
Enter in folder adb from C, press shift and right click “press open the command window here”.
It says that there is no such file in the directory. How do i solve this?
P.S: I tried navigating to the adb folder itself and the twrp file and the file that im running on cmd have the same name
I’d like to know if there is a way to update this twrp to 3.x version
Unfortunately, I can’t offer you support regarding this as we don’t have this tablet anymore for further tests with other versions.
so, how long since you have not had this tablet?
hi i get this when try to install lineage Os on Lenovo Tab 2 (TB2-X30F) legacy property environment did not init successfully, properties may not be detected.
Hi, did you try the image with twrp? This can be written only with twrp and can’t pe applied as an update. If you don’t have twrp installed, you cand find it in a tutorial on this site.
yes i did i follow
So, you have twrp installed?
yes twrp-tb2-x30f
What error do you receive when you try flashing ROM?
i get this when try to install lineage Os on Lenovo Tab 2 (TB2-X30F) legacy property environment did not init successfully, properties may not be detected.
Please let us know what is the extension of the image you’re using.
LiOS14-UNOFFICIAL-TB2-X30L.zip and twr twrp-tb2-x30f.img
Did you extract the archive you are flashing? Because I can see it’s a .zip
no i did not i try again.
Kindly try again and let us know if it works.
I try later tonight maybe the boot image should be in root sd card and not in folder
Ok.
the boot image should it be in root or in folder?
Doesn’t matter
I have a problem maybe that’s why it doesn’t work, TWR says E:
Unable to find partition size for ‘/ rercovery’
hi again it didn’t work to put in custom rom. so after much trouble I managed to install original room on my tablet.
update i have Lenovo Tab 2 (TB2-X30L) not F
Hi Mats,
This tutorial was intended for TB2-X30F, this is why it’s not working.
if you manage to fix the L version tell me then
I actually managed to install the f version on the plate. But then I took the entire zip file
We can’t provide you an image for the L version because we do not have a TB2-X30L tablet to test it.
Very good and useful tutorial. We’re waiting for more. 🙂