[Thinkpad Tablet General] kman1793:
Hi Jose,

Thanks for the reply. First off, i'm new to rooting and i've never done it before. I'm using a mac so i'm sure some of the programs and techniques might be a little different, but i can figure it out.

I guess i still find the step by step a little vague and maybe different to do it on a mac. I've read this post already and gone over and over it, but still seem super lost, and i'm usually very good with following instructions for things like this. Maybe a little step by step for doing it from a Mac might help.

n the very first instructions about rooting:

1. I download the twrp.img.zip to my PC and unzip it to PC right ?

2. And the SuperSu goes in my ext SD card, not on the PC ?

3. I assume I must connect the YT3 Pro to the PC at some point ? When would that be ??

4. I don't understand instruction 7. It says type "fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img". Do I need to have that file downloaded or something ? What is twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img file ?

And what does it mean, "This is a live session TWRP has not been flashed to your tablet" ?

I can see that in the section about unencrypting the data partition that there is a file with a similar name to " twrp-2.8.7.0(6)-x90.img' but it has the words "data-enabled" in the fine name. I'm not sure what to do with this ??

5. At what point do I take a back-up of the original YT3 Pro stock image ? It's listed between 7 and 8 ? Do I do it right after 7 ? How do you make the back-up please ? And I guess I better store another copy somewhere safe, off the SD card too ?

6. If I just root this, can I then get OTA updates normally ? (without having to restore to stock).

7. And, if I do root and/or data unencryption, can the YT3 Pro be put back exactly how it was before changing anything ? Including it getting OTA updates normally ?

8. How do I make back-ups of apps while the YT3 Pro IF I wanted to restore those apps later on on an UNrooted YT3 Pro ? I don't know why I'd want an UNrooted YT3 Pro in the future, but for instance, if I used Titanium Backup, that needs root right ?? For instance, if I want to restore data from a Titanium Backup on an UNrooted YT3 Pro, will it work ? Or can I use something else ?

Sorry about all the questions - I can't believe I've rooted and installed custom ROMs for 4 devices - for some reason this seems different to the others and it was a while ago !

Thanks in advance

Ok let me see if I can help.

1. Yes

2. Yes

3.you must have the yt3 connected to your pc as the commands will be sent from your pc. Tablet must be in fastboot mode.

4. Yes sorry, when you extract the twrp.zip the file is called "twrp-2.8.7.6(0)-x90.img"

the twrp recovery is not flashed to your tablet it is just loaded temporarily, in a live session. Once rebooted it is gone. Normal recovery is not overwritten.

To run the unencrytption script one must be in twrp.

5. As soon as you get twrp loaded make a backup to either external sd or usb and yes not a bad idea to have a backup of your backup.

6. No

7. Yes, simply restore your backup before taking an ota update.

8. not sure about this one.

Indeed it appears like a lot of instructions but once you get into it its just like any other device.

Hope that helps.