I guess not everyone is familiar with the term TWRP, which is an acronym. The full name is Team Win Recovery Project. Every Android phone has a Recovery menu, where you can install a rom, do a factory reset, etc. Almost every manufacturer has their own, but it's very poor. The solution to this is TWRP 3.7.0, which has options for almost everything and more, with Android 12 support.
TWRP, goes beyond native recovery, with special features for Android users. It has a differentiated interface, is more complete and focuses on ease of use. It also enables touch controls. These two aspects are key differences compared to most native recovery modes. But if you browse through the options it offers, you'll get a much better understanding of what it is and what it's for.
The native recovery menu can be replaced by the TWRP super advanced menu, but this can only be done with an open bootloader. Recovery itself is best known in modder circles, i.e. it is essential for installing custom roms. Such roms can be found on the xda-developer forum, if you are tired of the current one or if the manufacturer has stopped developing Android. But that's another story...
The Team Win team has to develop a new recovery system after every Android version, because Google likes to change methods and security features. Bypassing these is a very difficult task, so it always takes time to find a solution. Bypassing the new security tools in Android 12 was one such huge wall, but finally a few days ago we managed to overcome this and release the next generation recovery menu.
Remove more deprecated code with encrypted backups - CaptainThrowback
Theme versioning ported to golang - AndroiableDroid
Python support in TWRP - CaptainThrowback
Chinese Language updates - bluehomewu
Exclude /data/extm - sekaicg
MTP fixes for copying files > 4G - sekaicg
Configure HW binaries in vendor - bigbiff
Do not force super volumes RO - me-cafebabe
Unlock all block partitions in setup - me-cafebabe
RapidXML bail on binary xml - me-cafebabe
symlink for logical partition created only when it exists - me-cafebabe
Theme variables for status bar icons - Yilliee
Board defined exclusions for backup directories - DarthJabba9
Polish language updates - kacskrz
include fastbootd with board variable - me-cafebae
unlock block devices during zip install - bigbiff
Mount partitions as RO when updating size - me-cafebabe
Allow unmap super devices on A only devices - me-cafebabe
Unlock block partitions before reflashing TWRP
Android 12.1 Branch
BASH and nano fixes during build - CaptainThrowback
zip install enhancements - DarthJabba9
Android 12 Encryption Support - bigbiff
Dependency fixes for A12 - me-cafebabe
cryptfs-hw fixes - me-cafebabe
FDE compatibility - me-cafebabe
boot-hal 1.2 support - tnakamur
boot-half library fixes - CaptainThrowback
Do not include fastbootd for all devices - me-cafebabe
kernel module loading - wait for battery sysfs to initialize - sekaicg
Fix installing a custom theme - sekaicg
Update handling of XML binary files in android 12 - me-cafebabe
Skip decryption fix - sekaicg
Integrated code for ABX xml files - _that and DarthJabba9
Android 11 Branch
Fix copying sepolicy on devices with no vendor partition - webgeek1234
set defaults for system_ext partition - me-cafebabe
Android 9 Branch
Chinese Language updates - bluehomewu
Polish language updates - kacskrz
Python support in TWRP for Oreo and above - CaptainThrowback
keymaster API V1 fixes - bigbiff
I apologise for not translating, but there are terms that simply cannot be expressed in English.
TWRP on its own is not worth anything, it has to be adapted to each phone, that's the port. This takes a little more time and of course the story doesn't end there, each phone has its own unique TWRP Recovery to add even more special features. From Xiaomi phones, so far the Xiaomi Mi 10/11 series has got it, Redmi K40, Poco F3, etc.
