How to Install a Custom ROM on Android Wear? Root and install TWRP

As we learned, custom ROMs can be installed on any android device. But you will be surprised to know that even android wearables have the option to install custom ROM. However, doing the same thing on an Android wearable is somewhat different, but it is possible. Like an android phone, you must set up TWRP recovery and install a custom ROM.

You can only access your Android Wear operating system once you set up TWRP recovery. You can install a custom ROM so that ordinary Android Wear has a different look and feel. But saying these things is more complex than doing them. To accomplish this, you need proper guidance. That’s what we’re trying to give you here.

How to Install a Custom ROM on Android Wear? Root and install TWRP

The Android Wear operating system can be modified by custom ROMs. It doesn’t matter what brand your android wear; you can instantly change its appearance. All you need to do is install TWRP recovery to access your OS settings. Once you set up TWRP, the next and last thing is to set up a custom ROM. I understand all of them would be challenging for you. To ease you, here are the step-by-step instructions.

Pre-Requisites

• Enable USB Debugging on your Watch from Settings.
•  Make sure to fully charge the battery of your watch.
•  Setup ADB and fastboot on your PC

Note: There are numerous custom ROMs available; for your reference, we are considering “Huawei-ROMNX” will be installed on the Huawei watch below. Also, remember that installing a custom ROM will void your android wear’s warranty.

1. Download TWRP Recovery Image and Custom ROM for your Huawei Watch.
2.  Connect your watch to your PC using the USB cable.
3.  Now switch off your watch and boot it into bootloader and fastboot mode using the volume down + Power button.
4.  On your PC, head to the folder where you downloaded the TWRP recovery image.
5.  At that moment, open the command prompt there.
6.  Enter the “fastboot devices” command to check device connectivity.
7.  Then flash the recovery image using the “fastboot flash recovery recovery.img” command.
8.  Now boot into TWRP recovery using “adb reboot recovery” command.
9.  Next, use “adb oem unlock” to unlock the bootloader.
10.  From there, Install the above-downloaded custom ROM.
11.  Lastly, Reboot the device, and congratulations, your Android wear got a custom ROM.

Besides that, if you want more advanced functionality for your android wear. You have only option to root it. But before that, note that your device loses all its official identity, and you will not be considered the actual owner of that watch. If you still want to root, after setting up the TWRP recovery, take a Nandroid backup and flash the latest available SuperSU 2.74+. Here the flash command is the same as we used above. 

Moreover, Along with the concern about installing custom ROM on android wear. There is a concern about any way to wirelessly exchange files between android wear and phone. For such concern, the answer is yes; there is an app called ES file explorer to make it possible. To have a clear view, you can follow the below steps to exchange files between android wear. And phone wirelessly over Bluetooth.

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1. Simply, Install ES file explorer on your Android Wear and Phone.
2.  Then Open the ES file Explorer app on both your phone and watch.
3.  Head to the network section appearing in the top left menu.
4.  Under Network, Select Bluetooth and send a connection request to your phone using a watch.
5.  Once connected, you can share files between your phone and android wear.

Conclusively, These are the relative things you can do on your android wear. Either you install Custom ROM or root your device. You can follow all these steps accordingly to get succeed. Now I hope whatever the custom ROM you have to install. You cannot install it easily using these steps. If any users have a query with the above guide, ask them all below.

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