How to Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy A50s and Root it

The Samsung Galaxy A50s is a mid-range smartphone that comes under the 20K price segment. It was launched in September 2019 that offers good specifications including a nice-looking display. To be very specific, it has a Super AMOLED display with more than 85% screen-to-body ratio along with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a waterdrop notch as well. In this article, we will guide you on how to install the TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy A50s.

TWRP recovery is probably the most used and most popular custom recovery that we all know. For those who are quite accustomed to rooting and flashing custom ROM, etc. then, they know what TWRP Recovery is. However, for naive, the TWRP Recovery allows users to install custom ROMs/mods, take a complete backup of their phone, gain root access on their phone using Magisk Manager.

However, you are required to have TWRP access before you can go ahead and root your Samsung Galaxy A50s (codenamed SM-A507). And for flashing the TWRP recovery image, you need to follow the guide properly to avoid errors. And if you happen to own a Samsung Galaxy A50s and are looking for ways to download and install the TWRP Recovery on your phone then, you are at the right place as in this post, and we will guide you on how to download and install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy A50s and eventually root using Magisk. So, that being said, let us get straight into the article itself:

Samsung Galaxy A50s Specifications and Features

It has a 6.4-inches Super AMOLED display with 1080×2340 pixels resolution that offers Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It runs on Android 10 over One UI 2.0 and powered by Exynos 9611 SoC, coupled with Mali-G72 MP3 GPU. The handset packs 4GB/6GB of RAM, 64GB/128GB of internal storage option with a dedicated microSD card slot.

The device sports a triple rear camera setup of 48MP (wide, f/2.0) + an 8MP (ultrawide, f/2.2) + 5MP (depth, f/2.2) lens with PDAF, HDR, Panorama, an LED flash, etc. It has a 32MP (wide, f/2.0) selfie camera with HDR mode. The handset has a 3.5mm audio jack, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, NFC, FM Radio, USB Type-C port, USB OTG.

Talking about the battery capacity, the device packs a 4,000mAh battery with 15W fast charging support. It features an optical in-display fingerprint sensor, an ambient light sensor, an accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity, compass sensor.

What is TWRP Recovery?

Team Win Recovery Project or TWRP Recovery is a useful and popular custom recovery, which is open-source software. The touch-screen enabled interface allows users to flash third-party firmware and back up the system or data easily like never before. For Android customization lovers or developers, a custom recovery is a much-needed tool or software.

Additionally, you can install the kernel, modules, root or unroot, take Nandroid backups, etc. Meanwhile, you can wipe system partitions, internal storage, data, cache, vendor, etc. very easily.

Steps to Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy A50s (SM-A507)

Now before we go ahead and install TWRP Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy A50s, let us make a list of pre-requisites that are required to unlock it:

Charge your phone

You need to make sure that your Samsung Galaxy A50s is charged to about 60% before installing TWRP recovery to avoid any boot loop issues during the unlocking process.

Take a complete backup

Before rooting, one of the most important things that you need to do on your phone is to take a complete backup of your phone. For that, you can follow the guide by clicking the link below:

• How to Backup Your Data on Android device

Activate Developer Options

To Enable the Developer Option on your device, follow the below steps:

• Go to the Settings menu of your Android device.
• Then scroll down and go to About.
• Now you need to head to Software Information>> More.
• Here tap on the Build Number 7-8 times until you see a message “You are now a developer”.

You also need to enable USB Debugging and OEM unlock option under the Developer Options menu. And to do that:

• Head over to Developer Options and toggle ON the USB Debugging option as well as the OEM unlock option.

Install ODIN tool

You need to install the latest Odin tool on your PC. For that, you can follow the link mentioned below:

• Download ODIN Tool

Unlock the bootloader

In order to install the TWRP Recovery, you have to first unlock the bootloader on Samsung Galaxy A50s.

Download Samsung USB Drivers

You can follow the link below in order to download the correct OnePlus USB drivers for your phone.

Download Samsung USB Drivers for Windows and Mac

Download TWRP Recovery

Here you will find the latest and TWRP recovery for the Samsung Galaxy A50s.

Samsung Galaxy A50s TWRP Recovery

Instructions to Install TWRP

Follow the step by step instructions mentioned below to simply install the TWRP Recovery on your Samsung Galaxy A50s:

Guide to Install TWRP Recovery via Odin Tool

You can check out our full-depth tutorial video as well:

Watch the Video Guide on Steps to Install TWRP Recovery on any Samsung Device

• Once the device booted into TWRP Recovery mode, you need to decrypt data partition. In order to do it: Go to Wipe > Format Data and follow the on-screen instructions.
• Then reboot to recovery mode again.
• Now, flash the no-verity-opt-encrypt, Magisk, and RMM Bypass zip one-by-one to prevent boot loops.
• That’s it. Reboot to the system finally. Enjoy!

Root Samsung Galaxy A50s Using Magisk

So, there you have it from my side in this post. I hope you guys liked this post and were able to install the TWRP Recovery and root your Samsung Galaxy A50s smartphone. Let us know in the comments below if you faced any issues while installing the TWRP recovery on your phone and then rooting it using Magisk. Until the next post…Cheers!