How to Root Samsung Galaxy J7 and Install TWRP Recovery

Samsung Galaxy J7 smartphone is a newly launched android handset that runs on android 5.1 Lollipop from the box, and powered by a Quad-core 1/1.4 GHz Cortex-A53CPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 or Exynos 7580 chipset, Adreno 405 or Mali-T720MP2 GPU, coupled with 1.5GB RAM and a 16GB internal storage memory.

Assuming you purchased a new galaxy J7 smartphone, the first operation to click your mind is installing TWRP recovery on the smartphone, and rooting follows.

Installation of TWRP recovery on Galaxy J7 smartphone renders administrative option on the smartphone, thereby, letting you root the smartphone, and also flash custom roms on the smartphones. However, once your smartphone becomes rooted, there would be improved RAM management and special apps would be compatible with the smartphone.

In this guide, I would walk you through the process on how to install TWRP recovery and root galaxy J7 smartphone.

How to Install TWRP Recovery on Galaxy J7

Step 1: Download and install Samsung Galaxy J7 drivers from here, to your PC

Step 2: Enable USB debugging on Samsung Galaxy J7.

Step 3: After that, download TWRP recovery file from here, and move the downloaded files to the internal storage of Samsung Galaxy J7 device.

Step 4: After that, Boot your Galaxy J7 into Download Mode. To perform the operation, you have to power off your device and then press, Volume Down + Power + Home. Press Volume Up now to continue to Download Mode.

Step 5: Once your device is in download mode, simply connect the phone to your PC via the use of USB cable and the ODIN application would notify an added message.

Step 6: After that, choose PA in Odin and select the TWRP Recovery file in which you have downloaded. Also endeavor that the re-partition is not ticked in the odin.

Step 7: Finally, click on the start button, and the process would begin immediately. Once the process is completed, you would notice the RESET or PASS message on the ODIN screen. Then your device would boot into recovery mode, and the device would be restarted automatically.

How to Root Samsung Galaxy J7

Now that you’ve successfully installed TWRP Recovery option on your Galaxy J7 smartphone, then you can easily root the smartphone, following the procedures below;

Step 1: Firstly, download SuperSU from here on your computer, and move the downloaded files to the internal storage of your Samsung Galaxy J7 device.

Step 2: Now, switch off your device and boot to recovery mode (press and hold Volume Down button + press Power button).

Step 3: After that, go to the recover main menu, then choose install, then select the SuperSU file and install immediately.

Step 4: Once the flashing process is completed, simply reboot your device via the recovery main menu.

That’s it. Your device would be completely rooted. You can make use of root checker app to verify.