Hello everyone,
I'm thinking about buying an Xiaomi Mi 9 and I have some questions:
1) How simple is rooting it?
I read this guide and I would know if I need to download the Full ROM, or can I simply install Magisk. Indeed I don't understand the steps about going in Magisk Manager Settings (I never done it).
Can't I simply download Magisk Manager and install it as usual (adb sideload in recovery mode), after unlock the bootloader?
In an other guide I've read that LazyFlasher is required! Is it?
2) If I succed in rooting the Mi 9 with Magisk, when some OTA update is available, may I have some problems when I update it?
I mean... with my old Samsung Galaxy S5 (with LineageOS and rooted with Magisk) when I have an OTA update I simply download it, starting the install the phone starts in recovery... it flash the update, and after the first boot (not rooted anymore) I go in recovery again and I install Magisk for restore the root. Can I do the same thing with the Mi 9?
If someone have a tested guide or some advice about rooting I appreciate it.
Thanks everyone.
I think it's simpler to root with TWRP. I never really got the hang of the method where you use Magisk Manager to flash the stock boot image so you can perform a normal OTA. I tried on a couple phones but never got it to work right. Maybe you will have a better result.
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Hello everyone, I've tried to search on the web about this issue since the OTA for Android O is finally out for the Oneplus 5 and couldn't get a satisfying solution. I rooted my OP5 a while ago with Magisk and now that this update is out and tried to install it, It just wouldn´t let me, searching I found that my locked swich to relock the bootloader was because I had to enable it on Magisk, so I opened magisk and couldn´t find that option, and now that I searched on how to enable the "Lock bootloader option" in the Magisk app and found nothing, I'm just out of ideas, so guys, could you help a (noob) brother out with this?
Ps.: If you could attach some screenshots about where to click or what to do, I'll apreciate it a lot (yeah, I'm that stupid when I freak out and don't find how to undo mi mess)
No... Do not lock your bootloader! Since you've been modifying your device that would potentially brick it.
What you're probably looking for is to restore your boot image. That's what Magisk modifies and is the reason why a normal OTA doesn't work. If you have TWRP installed, that would also be an issue.
The easiest way for you to update would be to download the full OTA zip, flash that in TWRP directly followed by the Magisk zip. That way you'll be nice and updated and still rooted.
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No... Do not lock your bootloader! Since you've been modifying your device that would potentially brick it.
What you're probably looking for is to restore your boot image. That's what Magisk modifies and is the reason why a normal OTA doesn't work. If you have TWRP installed, that would also be an issue.
The easiest way for you to update would be to download the update, flash that in TWRP directly followed by the Magisk zip. That way you'll be nice and updated and still rooted.
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Allright! I've downloaded the zip with the update, now: do I have to get the latest magisk zip, flash the update and then immediately flash the newest magisk zip?
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Allright! I've downloaded the zip with the update, now: do I have to get the latest magisk zip, flash the update and then immediately flash the newest magisk zip?
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Yes.
Hi guys I'm a beginner so sorry if i did so many stupid mistakes.
I succesfully rooted my Xiaomi Mi A1 with Magisk about 3 months ago and tried to ignore OTA updates until today
I tried to follow a guide in github which i can't link because i'm new in this foru.
Since i rooted with Magisk i followed the first method
I "restored images" then tried to update but still doesn't work
Then i decided to reboot and then tried to update but it doesn't work
So then i tried to uninstall Magisk by dragging it from the home Just like any other app but didn't work
Then proceded to delete all Magisk folders from my downloads but the update still doesn't work
Then desperately tried to reinstall Magisk but it isn't the v16 version so i tried to install it(i don't know which file i need to select so i tried selcting any image files) says it worked but it didn't so i rebooted and tried over and now i'm stuck with incomplete rooting, non-working Magisk and no OTA update.
I'd like to update OTA and bring back Magisk and root.
Ibra2800 said:
Hi guys I'm a beginner so sorry if i did so many stupid mistakes.
I succesfully rooted my Xiaomi Mi A1 with Magisk about 3 months ago and tried to ignore OTA updates until today
I tried to follow a guide in github which i can't link because i'm new in this foru.
Since i rooted with Magisk i followed the first method
I "restored images" then tried to update but still doesn't work
Then i decided to reboot and then tried to update but it doesn't work
So then i tried to uninstall Magisk by dragging it from the home Just like any other app but didn't work
Then proceded to delete all Magisk folders from my downloads but the update still doesn't work
Then desperately tried to reinstall Magisk but it isn't the v16 version so i tried to install it(i don't know which file i need to select so i tried selcting any image files) says it worked but it didn't so i rebooted and tried over and now i'm stuck with incomplete rooting, non-working Magisk and no OTA update.
I'd like to update OTA and bring back Magisk and root.
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Why you didn just flash Magisk uninstaller. Zip file?
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Why you didn just flash Magisk uninstaller. Zip file?
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Sorry, i thought that i could still keep Magisk and root intact if i didn't use the uninstaller.
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Sorry, i thought that i could still keep Magisk and root intact if i didn't use the uninstaller.
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No you cant. You are lucky you didnt brick your phone. Flash uninstaller and than try OTA update. Download TWRP for your phone/new rom and flash working Magisk again and root phone. Is simple. Of course, if you are on TWTP you will be unable to OTA update your phone. You need stock recovery or wait for ZIP flash file of newes rom
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@Ibra2800 There's no need to uninstall Magisk to update with an OTA. There are however a few prerequisites that need to be fulfilled:
You need to have the stock boot image installed. That can be done by using the restore images option in the Manager or manually flashing the boot.img file with fastboot or equivalent.
You need to have the stock recovery installed. This means the OTA will fail if you have TWRP or another custom recovery installed. Either keep the stock recovery installed and only boot the TWRP image when necessary (the fastboot boot command), or you make sure you restore the stock recovery image when you need to update.
You also need to have a few important partitions on your device untouched. Those include (but may not be limited to) /system and /vendor. If you've so much as mounted these as rw, the OTA will fail. This one can be tricky, because if an app has root access it can easily do this without you noticing.
If you manage to fulfill the above, you should be able to update your device. If the A/B method from @topjohnwu's OTA tips didn't work, use the general case instructions instead.
Right now, it sounds like you need to start from scratch though...
If you can get a hold of a full firmware file for your device, you might be better of flashing that instead. Or, wait for a flashable update, as stated above. And if you want to reinstall Magisk you might have to first uninstall it, to start clean. Use this uninstaller.
Thanks for trying to help me
Sorry to ask but i just can't wrap my head around it, how am i supposed to use the uninstaller, what are the steps ? Also i only user Magisk so i think i don't have any custom recovery and don't know what's TWRP purpose.
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Sorry to ask but i just can't wrap my head around it, how am i supposed to use the uninstaller, what are the steps ? Also i only user Magisk so i think i don't have any custom recovery and don't know what's TWRP purpose.
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The uninstaller is a zip that you flash in a custom recovery (i.e. TWRP) to uninstall Magisk completely. You should also be able to use the "Complete uninstall" option in the Magisk Manager.
TWRP is a custom recovery that you can use to make backups of your device partitions (so you don't loose any data if anything goes wrong, it's highly recommended to make regular backups in some way) and install custom ROMs and other modifications to your device. You can either install it permanently or just boot it whenever you need it (there are likely gonna be guides about this in your device's forum).
Since you seem to be quite new at this, I would suggest that you take some time to browse through your device's forum and familarise yourself with things like ADB, fastboot, custom recoveries, custom kernels, ROMs, etc. And if you have more questions like this, it's often best to ask them in the device forum, since there sometimes are device specific things that need to be done for everything to work right.
Is it possible to root MI 8 in MIUI keeping OTA updates with Magisk?
And keeping bootloader locked? (I guess the answer for this is no right now, since there is no bug found already)
I've found this guide for Note 4 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4/how-to/guide-root-using-magisk-stock-recovery-t3718203) which, in a unlocked bootloader phone can root keeping OTA updates. It keeps the original recovery to achieve it.
Has anyone done something like it in the MI 8?
enable dm verity and everytime your phone boot it will replace recovery with original recovery, then ota updates will work. But everytime u update via ota, boot gets rewritten and your magisk will not survive. u have to fastboot flash via pc recovery rom then flash magisk again. U cant root a phone and keep bootloader locked, it doesnt work that way i dont think. Magisk modifys boot partition and relocking it will either softbrick or just not lock. Correct me if i am wrong
Hi
I have mi a2 rooted on 10.0.8.0 with magisk. I wanted to know how could update through OTA.
This is my first time rooting a device so I am a bit worried about bricking the device so please mention the procedure in detail.
As you obviously have unlocked phone, it is easier to flash via fastboot the latest stock 10.0.10.0 ROM image http://bigota.d.miui.com/V10.0.10.0...0.PDIMIXM_20190611.0000.00_9.0_9e6473956a.tgz
Guides are in corresponding section of this forum. Note to use "flash_all_except_data.bat" (and not other command files in ROM image) to have your data safe.
Then get patched boot image https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79757523&postcount=28 , boot into it and restore root.
If you still decide to update by OTA, read appropriate Guide in corresponding section of this forum (uninstall Magisk restoring stock boot., etc.), but even if you have not changed /system and correctly restore boot, you can encounter bootloop after "successful" OTA, nobody yet knows why... and then you'll still return to flashing stock ROM via fastboot.
There is a guide on Mi A2 lite's forum just for this thing. It's been 3 months since I rooted my phone and I've been following the steps mentioned there and it works. It's a bit hit and miss but I've learned to work my way around the problems.
Hello to all,
I tried 1 year ago to root my POCO M3 Pro 5G but could not succeed to install TWRP unofficial for this model because of the problem of non-existent recovery partition (see https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...oco-m3-pro-5g-redmi-note-10-5g.4474375/page-2) In short I bricked my device several times and then I had a boot with a weird screen that disappeared when I updated to MIUI 13.
Today I am on Android 12 MIUI global 13.0.3 and I would like to install magisk manager without the help of TWRP and I have the default recovery of MIUI with which I can not install anything.
I had also followed the procedure described https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...urself-and-optionnal-debloat-privacy.4337693/ but without success impossible to flash on A or B : error messages : too many links, the partition does not exist (see screen shot in PJ), no emulator etc
The bootloader is still unlocked
I would like to root my phone and use Magisk manager modules such as Skvalex without damage or install root apk with spyware and trojan.
Do you have any solutions for me?
Thank you very much for your answers.
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Ok tx I'll try this method and let you know
install magisk via fastboot is the easiest way for rooting. and more safe than using custom recovery. follow the guides with more attention. bad twrp can damage bootloader. bad flash of stock can damege device
i think the twrp have broked your boot, and i suppose u have flashed a wrong stock rom.
before made other damage, if can enter into fastboot: be sure to download right firmware. and flash it without relock option. if u dont do this, the risk is a serious hard brick. for who is not able to do a simply procedure like rooting, an hard brick is impossible to repair . be carefull
I have rooted my phone with magisk without any recovery, you just have to modify boot.img and flash it using fastboot.
I followed this method- https://www.getdroidtips.com/root-poco-m3-pro-5g/
Good evening
Thanks for your 2 answers.
I finally succeeded in laboriously rooting and patching on A and B but the modops on https://www.getdroidtips.com/root-poco-m3-pro-5g/ are incomplete and/or inaccurate. For example it is necessary to specify that it is necessary to download not the recovery version of the ROM but the fastboot version which is not underlined in the text of the link and other details of this type which avoid wasting time other example to find in the repertory the file of the patch.img even not hidden difficult to find even with the way and invisible via the directory of windows.
I have the root and I have installed modules on Magisk manager finally after the first attempt 12 months ago.
Cheers