if you're familiar with Android devices
then you've likely heard of recovery
mode before this is a special boot mode
that is used anytime that you can't boot
into Android and you want to do say a
factory reset or you can apply an update
to your device in recovery mode and if
you end up installing a custom recovery
like T WRP then that is how you boot
into that custom recovery so today I
want to show you how to boot the
essential phone into recovery mode we're
going to start that by powering off the
device just wait until the device is
completely powered down then we're going
to boot up into fastboot mode and you're
free unfamiliar of how to do any of this
be sure to check the full tutorial that
will be linked below this video as I'll
have the step-by-step instructions
detailed there so as we get into
fastboot mode we're going to need to use
the volume up volume down and power
buttons so control this screen since the
touchscreen is not working it has been
disabled so we're just going to press
the volume up volume down button a few
times until the recovery mode option is
highlighted then press the power button
to select that option we're gonna see
the essential phone reboot and then it's
gonna boot us into this recovery mode
splash screen now if you sit here long
enough fun will actually reboot and take
you back into Android so from here you
want to press and hold the power button
and then immediately after you press the
power button and continue holding the
power button press the volume up button
the combination is rather tricky but
again you want to press down the power
button and as soon as you press that
power button press the volume up button
and then that will boot you and
you the actual recovery mode and just
like with fastboot mode you're going to
use the volume up and volume down
buttons to control the highlighter and
from here we can do things like reboot
back into fastboot mode we can apply and
over-the-air update via ADB we can wipe
the data and do a factory reset we can
mount the system partition view recovery
logs run our graphics test or just power
the device off so if you accidentally
boot into here or if you're done
tinkering with the recovery mode we just
want to highlight the reboot system now
button press the power button that's
going to reboot our device again and
this is just going to boot us back into
Android
you know if you have tea WRP installed
you will not get that recovery mud
splash screen and instead you'll just be
taken right into the tea WRP main menu
but that is how to boot the essential
phone into recovery mode