LeEco Le Pro 3 (codename: zl1) was launched in the year September 2016. The phone came out of the box with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Recently this device has received the official TWRP recovery support. So, on this page, we will guide you to install the TWRP Recovery on LeEco Le Pro 3. This guide contains both written instructions and a video tutorial to help you install it quickly. Make sure to download the files required and then jump straight into instruction on how to install TWRP Recovery and Root your LeEco Le Pro 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 LeEco Le Pro 3 device and root as well. The TWRP Recovery can also take Nandroid backups, restore, wipe out system/data/cache, and more.
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TWRP Recovery and Its Benefits
Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) is an open-source custom recovery software for Android devices. It features a user-friendly, touchscreen-enabled interface that allows you to install third-party firmware, create backups of your current system, and perform various tasks that are often not supported by stock recovery images.
Benefits of TWRP Recovery:
- Install Custom ROMs: Easily flash custom ROMs on your LeEco Le Pro 3 to enhance performance and add new features.
- Flash Modding Zip Files: Customize your phone by flashing modding zip files for additional tweaks and improvements.
- Xposed Modules: Install and manage Xposed Modules effortlessly using TWRP for advanced customization.
- Root and Unroot: Use TWRP to flash SuperSU or Magisk for rooting, or unroot your device when needed.
- Magisk Installation: Seamlessly install Magisk for systemless root and gain access to various mods.
- Create and Restore Nandroid Backups: Back up your entire system (Nandroid Backup) and restore it anytime you want, ensuring you always have a fail-safe option.
- Flash Image Files: Flash image files directly using TWRP, such as custom kernels or other system images.
- Remove Bloatware: Get rid of unnecessary pre-installed apps (bloatware) on your LeEco Le Pro 3 with ease.
- Underclock and Overclock: Adjust CPU frequencies to improve performance or battery life.
- Wipe Cache, Data, and System: Clean your device by wiping cache, data, or system partitions to resolve issues or prepare for a fresh ROM installation.
How to Install Official TWRP Recovery on LeEco Le Pro 3 (zl1)
Before going to the TWRP installation process, make sure to follow all the pre-requirements mentioned below properly.
Pre-Requirements:
- The file and guide are supported for the LeEco Le Pro 3 (zl1) model only. Don’t try it on other devices.
- LeEco Le Pro 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).
- Charge your device battery to full.
- Download All Required Files:
- No Verity opt Encrypt
- Download SuperSU Zip – For root using SuperSU
- Download Magisk Zip – For root using Magisk
- USB Drivers: LeEco USB Drivers
- Download ADB and Fastboot and install it on your PC
TWRP Recovery Details
| File Name | TWRP Recovery |
| Version | V3.4.0 and Higher |
| Support | Official |
| Developer | TWRP Team |
| Download Link | Download |
Disclaimer:
Method: 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:
fastboot flash recovery twrpname.img
- To just boot, you can use the command fastboot boot twrpname.img
- That’s it. You’ve successfully installed the TWRP Recovery on the LeEco Le Pro 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.
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 LeEco Le Pro 3, even the files which present in the root directory of your phone.
- You can increase the performance of your LeEco Le Pro 3 by overclocking.
- By rooting you can increase battery life by underclocking LeEco Le Pro 3.
- Uninstall Bloatware on LeEco Le Pro 3.
- You can block Ads on any Android applications such as Youtube and other game-related applications.
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- By Rooting LeEco Le Pro 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.
Steps to Root LeEco Le Pro 3
Guide to Root LeEco Le Pro 3 via SuperSU
Guide to Root LeEco Le Pro 3 via Magisk
We assume that this full-depth installation guide will be helpful to you. For any queries, feel free to ask in the comments below.
The above procedure works to unlock the bootloader, but does not work to flash twrp to the recovery partition.
When attempting to flash on a LEX727, it produces a “oem remote partition flashing not allowed’ error.
Since the LePro 3 (LEX 727) does not have su compiled in binary, the su and sudo commands are not found, and there is no way to unlock the recovery partition.
The fastboot unlock command does not unlock any partition for flashing. The ADB root command is not allowed either.
As far as I can tell there are no working methods to either root or flash twrp or anything else for a LEX727. Lots of tutorials like this one none of which work. My phone is about 6 months old and is running the stock kernel.
Any ideas?
Thank a ton
Did u ever figure out how?
also how did u unlock bootloader it always fails even tho i hav oem unlocked
This works on lastest USA update Stock (21s).
Have ADB/Fasboot tools on your computer
Make sure you have enabled the developer tools, turned on USB debugging, and authorized your computer on your device
Put emmc_appsboot.mbn from this zip (Download: x727-5.8.019s_bootloader-unlock.zip) in your adb directory on your PC
Put twrp.img from this zip (Download: TWRP) in your adb directory on your PC
On PC open admin CMD prompt
go into fastboot mode on phone (hold power and VOL -)
on PC type:
fastboot devices
fastboot flash aboot emmc_appsboot.mbn
after flash force reboot using Power button. It will ask for a password, just ignore it and reboot back to fastboot by forcing power down then reboot to fastboot (hold power and VOL -)
on PC type:
fastboot devices
fastboot oem unlock-go
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
boot into twrp (force power down, then hold POWER and VOL +)
TWRP will boot, choose modify system. Choose wipe – then swipe to factory reset, when that is done – then advacned then format data
In TWRP ensure MTP is enabled. In Windows File Explorer the phone should be visibile. Drag and Drop your new ROM.zip, gapps.zip, SU.zip etc…
In TWRP INSTALL new ROM and other zips; choose wipe/dalvik/cache
Reboot System.
DONE!