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How to Root Android 5.0 (LRX21O) for Nexus 5

Hey guys,
So i'm sure this is probably already out there, but I wanted to give everyone my method of success with rooting the latest version on Android (5.0) on our N5. Here it is:
Prereqs: You'll need to have these downloaded first
TWRP - Download to your Computer
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hammerhead/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hammerhead.img
SuperUser v2.19 - Download to your Phone
http://click.xda-developers.com/api...ainfire.eu/593/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.19.zip
Platform Tools - Download to your Computer
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390355257214632011
Steps
1) Download SuperUser v2.19 to your phone.
2) Turn off your phone, and reboot into the BootLoader by holding Power + Vol (-). Wait until you see the Green Android Robot.
3) Plug your phone via Micro USB to your Computer.
4) Download and Extract Platform Tools in a "New Folder" on your C: Drive. Give the folder an easy name such as "N5" or something similiar
5) Download and Extract the TWRP recovery image to the "New Folder". Rename the "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hammerhead.img" to "Recovery". NOTE: It may ask you to overwrite the exisiting recovery image (if applicable). Select Ok/Yes
6) Open your Command Prompt (Windows) and type the following: (You can copy and paste if you'd like)
* cd..\..
* cd c:\(Your New Folder)
* fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
6) Let TWRP flash to your phone (Should take no more than ~10 secs).
7) Toggle your phone to "Recovery" by using the Voume Up/Down keys. Press the Power button to select/confirm.
8) Once TWRP has loaded, press the "Install" icon, followed by "Zip File", and proceed to the "Downloads" folder that you have the SuperUser v2.19 zip downloaded.
9) Select the zip and confirm by swiping at the bottom.
10) Reboot back to the "System"
11) Done
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I tried to be as clear as I could with this write up, so I hope this makes sense. It really is straight forward.
Although I'm definitely not the one who came up with this method or files, I wanted to share what worked best for me to Root my N5 running the 5.0 OTA.
If this helped you get root back or makes sense, give a "Thanks".
Take it easy...

Thank you for posting this. I tried three other methods to get root back before this, and none of them worked. This one did the trick without any problems at all. Thanks again!

Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit 1.9.4

kyoshiro22 said:
Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit 1.9.4
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I know there's Toolkit's out there, but this is for those who choose to take the "Fastboot" approach.

gestevez1213 said:
Hey guys,
So i'm sure this is probably already out there, but I wanted to give everyone my method of success with rooting the latest version on Android (5.0) on our N5. Here it is:
Prereqs: You'll need to have these downloaded first
TWRP[ - Download to your Computer
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hammerhead/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hammerhead.img
SuperUser v2.19 - Download to your Phone
http://click.xda-developers.com/api...ainfire.eu/593/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.19.zip
Platform Tools - Download to your Computer
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390355257214632011
Steps
1) Download SuperUser v2.19 to your phone.
2) Turn off your phone, and reboot into the BootLoader by holding Power + Vol (-). Wait until you see the Green Android Robot.
3) Plug your phone via Micro USB to your Computer.
4) Download and Extract Platform Tools in a "New Folder" on your C: Drive. Give the folder an easy name such as "N5" or something similiar
5) Download and Extract the TWRP recovery image to the "New Folder". Rename the "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hammerhead.img" to "Recovery". NOTE: It may ask you to overwrite the exisiting recovery image (if applicable). Select Ok/Yes
6) Open your Command Prompt (Windows) and type the following: (You can copy and paste if you'd like)
* cd..\..
* cd c:\(Your New Folder)
* fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
6) Let TWRP flash to your phone (Should take no more than ~10 secs).
7) Toggle your phone to "Recovery" by using the Voume Up/Down keys. Press the Power button to select/confirm.
8) Once TWRP has loaded, press the "Install" icon, followed by "Zip File", and proceed to the "Downloads" folder that you have the SuperUser v2.19 zip downloaded.
9) Select the zip and confirm by swiping at the bottom.
10) Reboot back to the "System"
11) Done
I tried to be as clear as I could with this write up, so I hope this makes sense. It really is straight forward.
Although I'm definitely not the one who came up with this method or files, I wanted to share what worked best for me to Root my N5 running the 5.0 OTA.
If this helped you get root back or makes sense, give a "Thanks".
Take it easy...
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This is NOT working.... I tried it 3 times on 2 devices

papayayoghurt said:
This is NOT working.... I tried it 3 times on 2 devices
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What part are you stuck at?

For me, I needed to erase cache for the TWRP to stick. Otherwise, when I rebooted it was gone and was using the default recovery.
Use the command:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
before
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
if you have the same problem installing TWRP.

I used chainfires auto root for the N5 (stock lollipop Boot loader). Worked great. Just download to a PC put phone into boot loader and run the bat file. I can't link but a quick google will find it for you.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

andrelessa said:
For me, I needed to erase cache for the TWRP to stick. Otherwise, when I rebooted it was gone and was using the default recovery.
Use the command:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
before
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
if you have the same problem installing TWRP.
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Good find. Didn't happen to me, but i'm sure it may to others. Were you all set afterwards with Root?

Personally, I'm using the autoroot from chainfire. Works like a charm, no custom recovery is needed (I have the stock recovery).

gestevez1213 said:
What part are you stuck at?
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Everything is working, but then SuperSU can´t find a Binary.

gestevez1213 said:
Good find. Didn't happen to me, but i'm sure it may to others. Were you all set afterwards with Root?
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Yes, I read somewhere that TWRP need this...

papayayoghurt said:
Everything is working, but then SuperSU can´t find a Binary.
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Are you running the official lollipop release? It should work with that. Delete the app, and try again.

Just put your phone in bootloader and run cf-autoroot from windows if you dont want twrp.

I have twrp but its not working like that

papayayoghurt said:
Everything is working, but then SuperSU can´t find a Binary.
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Had the same issue and needed to flash the updated kernel from chainfire : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95747613655047375

Why are you trying to do this the hard way? Just use chainfire's autoroot.
It works perfect and it's literally one command
fastboot boot CHautoroot.img (or whatever the file name is)

cf-auto-root is the way
I agree, just use cf-auto-root. You should be good to go in no time.
Just for FYI, if you already have unlocked bootloader, it won't wipe your data, if you are concerned.
CF-auto-root roots N5 without modifying your kernel. I believe, if you flash the SuperSU in TWRP, it would modify the kernel. It's nothing bad, but if you want to remain "stock" and don't want to reflash stock ROM later to get the OTA, just use "Full unroot" from SuperSU app and you are stock and ready for next OTA.

I have encrypted the storage on my Nexus 5. Will CF-Auto-Root wipe my storage?

papayayoghurt said:
Everything is working, but then SuperSU can´t find a Binary.
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I have the same error.

Rooting my lg g4 h811 20x

Plzzz guyzz help me to root my lg g4 h811 20 x...
Tried all method... Any suggestions... Or ways to get result.. Want to root and install twrp on it..

Somnathdey said:
Plzzz guyzz help me to root my lg g4 h811 20 x...
Tried all method... Any suggestions... Or ways to get result.. Want to root and install twrp on it..
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Can you share what sort of error messages you are getting? Screenshots, copy and paste, something? It'll give us a good starting point.

Somnathdey said:
Plzzz guyzz help me to root my lg g4 h811 20 x...
Tried all method... Any suggestions... Or ways to get result.. Want to root and install twrp on it..
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Is your bootloader unlocked?
If so....
you need to put a copy of twrp in the adb/fastboot folder on your pc
Copy these files provided below on to your sdcard
1. twrp
2.SuperSU,
3. opengapps,
4. ROM/ROMs
to avoid mistakes name TWRPXXXXXXXXX TO recovery.img and SUPERSUXXXXXXX TO Supersu.zip
1. Activate developer settings by entering the about section and tapping build number 7 times.
2. Enter your developer settings and MAKE sure you have 'Allow OEM unlock' and 'USB Debugging' enabled.
4. download Minimal ADB and Fastboot and install it....Y ....Y .Y ...... ( yes yes yes )http://www.devfiles.co/download/P4Yv....4.1_setup.exe
5. Once the Command window is linked to the folder adb connect your device via USB and allow the connection.
This is hardest step for most.
Adb will be installed c:/minimal adb and fastboot
Open command prompt
Type " CD.." Without quotes till you are in C:/ directory
Once you are in C:/ directory you type "dir" without quotes
There will be a folder named Minimal adb and fastboot
Now type
"CD Minimal adb and fastboot" without quotes
You are now in the adb folder
6. On the command window type 'adb reboot bootloader' and the device should reboot with the fastboot options on the upper left of the phone screen
7. Once again on the command window type 'fastboot oem unlock' and the command window should say OKAY and complete the action.
8. To Confirm that the device is unlocked type 'fastboot getvar unlock' and the window should respond with 'Unlock: YES'
9. Now download the latest available TWRP and drop it into c:/minimal adb and fastboot
10. On your Command Window type 'fastboot flash recovery "NAME OF TWRP FILE" if you get the error ' cannot load recovery' you need to add .img to the end of the filename (name of twrp in this case will be recovery.img to make things easy)
11. Once the process completes you will see 'target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (32968 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.088s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time:'
THE FAILED UNKNOWN COMMAND NOTICE CAN BE IGNORED
12. Once the process completes the device may not let you enter recovery from the traditional method using the buttons on the back of the phone so the easiest method is to, on your command window, type
'fastboot boot recovery.img' and the device should respond within just a few seconds and reboot into TWRP.
13. Once the device reboots, enter twrp
THIS IS WHERE IT GEETS CONFUSING
* this will boot twrp on the phone itself, YOU WILLL NOW FLASH TWRP onto your device from sdcard
In TWRP hit Install > Images... (bottom right corner) > select recovery.img on ext sdcard > select "recovery" > swipe.
This time you are flashing it onto your device. You only entered it before
Power off
To enter twrp you will
1. Press power and volume down
2. While holding volume down release power and press power again
3. Select yess >power button
4. Select yes > power button
NOW that you have custom recovery installed and you are in TWRP(custom recovery)
Say goodbye to your LG recovery....
Select BACKUP
Make a backup of everything ....save it to sdcard.
NEXT ...
Select WIPE....WIPE EVERYTHING......GOODBYE LG ROM. We backed it up step before
Flash the ROM you put on your sdcard (press install .....select sdcard....install ROM you downloaded)
Press back
Flash open gapps (press install .....select sdcard....install gapps you downloaded)
Press back
Flash Supersu (press install .....select sdcard....install ROM you downloaded
14. Once the process completes successfully, wipe cache to be safe and reboot your device.
YOUR DEVICE WILL NOW LOOP FROM FLASHING SUPERSU
ROM INSTALATION WILL TAKE 5-10 min
15. Resetup your device and restore your data if necessary and install a root checker from Google Play to confirm root!
Enjoy!

After typing fastboot oem unlock
Nothing working... In command it showing some error like cant find or such a things...... Cant do anything.. Tried.. Is there any other solutions...

Somnathdey said:
After typing fastboot oem unlock
Nothing working... In command it showing some error like cant find or such a things...... Cant do anything.. Tried.. Is there any other solutions...
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Can you copy and paste the error to here on xda or post a screenshot? It would help if we knew exactly what it was doing.

Kudos to you for documenting a comprehensive and clear procedure for rooting this device... regardless if the advice was used.
deltadiesel said:
Is your bootloader unlocked?
If so....
you need to put a copy of twrp in the adb/fastboot folder on your pc
Copy these files provided below on to your sdcard
1. twrp
2.SuperSU,
3. opengapps,
4. ROM/ROMs
to avoid mistakes name TWRPXXXXXXXXX TO recovery.img and SUPERSUXXXXXXX TO Supersu.zip
1. Activate developer settings by entering the about section and tapping build number 7 times.
2. Enter your developer settings and MAKE sure you have 'Allow OEM unlock' and 'USB Debugging' enabled.
4. download Minimal ADB and Fastboot and install it....Y ....Y .Y ...... ( yes yes yes )http://www.devfiles.co/download/P4Yv....4.1_setup.exe
5. Once the Command window is linked to the folder adb connect your device via USB and allow the connection.
This is hardest step for most.
Adb will be installed c:/minimal adb and fastboot
Open command prompt
Type " CD.." Without quotes till you are in C:/ directory
Once you are in C:/ directory you type "dir" without quotes
There will be a folder named Minimal adb and fastboot
Now type
"CD Minimal adb and fastboot" without quotes
You are now in the adb folder
6. On the command window type 'adb reboot bootloader' and the device should reboot with the fastboot options on the upper left of the phone screen
7. Once again on the command window type 'fastboot oem unlock' and the command window should say OKAY and complete the action.
8. To Confirm that the device is unlocked type 'fastboot getvar unlock' and the window should respond with 'Unlock: YES'
9. Now download the latest available TWRP and drop it into c:/minimal adb and fastboot
10. On your Command Window type 'fastboot flash recovery "NAME OF TWRP FILE" if you get the error ' cannot load recovery' you need to add .img to the end of the filename (name of twrp in this case will be recovery.img to make things easy)
11. Once the process completes you will see 'target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (32968 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.088s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time:'
THE FAILED UNKNOWN COMMAND NOTICE CAN BE IGNORED
12. Once the process completes the device may not let you enter recovery from the traditional method using the buttons on the back of the phone so the easiest method is to, on your command window, type
'fastboot boot recovery.img' and the device should respond within just a few seconds and reboot into TWRP.
13. Once the device reboots, enter twrp
THIS IS WHERE IT GEETS CONFUSING
* this will boot twrp on the phone itself, YOU WILLL NOW FLASH TWRP onto your device from sdcard
In TWRP hit Install > Images... (bottom right corner) > select recovery.img on ext sdcard > select "recovery" > swipe.
This time you are flashing it onto your device. You only entered it before
Power off
To enter twrp you will
1. Press power and volume down
2. While holding volume down release power and press power again
3. Select yess >power button
4. Select yes > power button
NOW that you have custom recovery installed and you are in TWRP(custom recovery)
Say goodbye to your LG recovery....
Select BACKUP
Make a backup of everything ....save it to sdcard.
NEXT ...
Select WIPE....WIPE EVERYTHING......GOODBYE LG ROM. We backed it up step before
Flash the ROM you put on your sdcard (press install .....select sdcard....install ROM you downloaded)
Press back
Flash open gapps (press install .....select sdcard....install gapps you downloaded)
Press back
Flash Supersu (press install .....select sdcard....install ROM you downloaded
14. Once the process completes successfully, wipe cache to be safe and reboot your device.
YOUR DEVICE WILL NOW LOOP FROM FLASHING SUPERSU
ROM INSTALATION WILL TAKE 5-10 min
15. Resetup your device and restore your data if necessary and install a root checker from Google Play to confirm root!
Enjoy!
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marcgo said:
Kudos to you for documenting a comprehensive and clear procedure for rooting this device... regardless if the advice was used.
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I have H81120X
The link posted does not work. It is taking me to a web page not found.
Anyone have a link to the required software?

tsmith154 said:
I have H81120X
The link posted does not work. It is taking me to a web page not found.
Anyone have a link to the required software?
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The h811 Has an unlocked bootloader.
Go into settings, then developer settings and enable bootloader unlock.
Then follow any guide for rooting a Nexus 5x.

deltadiesel said:
Is your bootloader unlocked?
If so....
you need to put a copy of twrp in the adb/fastboot folder on your pc
Copy these files provided below on to your sdcard
1. twrp
2.SuperSU,
3. opengapps,
4. ROM/ROMs
to avoid mistakes name TWRPXXXXXXXXX TO recovery.img and SUPERSUXXXXXXX TO Supersu.zip
1. Activate developer settings by entering the about section and tapping build number 7 times.
2. Enter your developer settings and MAKE sure you have 'Allow OEM unlock' and 'USB Debugging' enabled.
4. download Minimal ADB and Fastboot and install it....Y ....Y .Y ...... ( yes yes yes )http://www.devfiles.co/download/P4Yv....4.1_setup.exe
5. Once the Command window is linked to the folder adb connect your device via USB and allow the connection.
This is hardest step for most.
Adb will be installed c:/minimal adb and fastboot
Open command prompt
Type " CD.." Without quotes till you are in C:/ directory
Once you are in C:/ directory you type "dir" without quotes
There will be a folder named Minimal adb and fastboot
Now type
The link is down so I have been looking up the latest versions of everything. So far I have found:
*
"CD Minimal adb and fastboot" without quotes
You are now in the adb folder
6. On the command window type 'adb reboot bootloader' and the device should reboot with the fastboot options on the upper left of the phone screen
7. Once again on the command window type 'fastboot oem unlock' and the command window should say OKAY and complete the action.
8. To Confirm that the device is unlocked type 'fastboot getvar unlock' and the window should respond with 'Unlock: YES'
9. Now download the latest available TWRP and drop it into c:/minimal adb and fastboot
10. On your Command Window type 'fastboot flash recovery "NAME OF TWRP FILE" if you get the error ' cannot load recovery' you need to add .img to the end of the filename (name of twrp in this case will be recovery.img to make things easy)
11. Once the process completes you will see 'target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (32968 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.088s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time:'
THE FAILED UNKNOWN COMMAND NOTICE CAN BE IGNORED
12. Once the process completes the device may not let you enter recovery from the traditional method using the buttons on the back of the phone so the easiest method is to, on your command window, type
'fastboot boot recovery.img' and the device should respond within just a few seconds and reboot into TWRP.
13. Once the device reboots, enter twrp
THIS IS WHERE IT GEETS CONFUSING
* this will boot twrp on the phone itself, YOU WILLL NOW FLASH TWRP onto your device from sdcard
In TWRP hit Install > Images... (bottom right corner) > select recovery.img on ext sdcard > select "recovery" > swipe.
This time you are flashing it onto your device. You only entered it before
Power off
To enter twrp you will
1. Press power and volume down
2. While holding volume down release power and press power again
3. Select yess >power button
4. Select yes > power button
NOW that you have custom recovery installed and you are in TWRP(custom recovery)
Say goodbye to your LG recovery....
Select BACKUP
Make a backup of everything ....save it to sdcard.
NEXT ...
Select WIPE....WIPE EVERYTHING......GOODBYE LG ROM. We backed it up step before
Flash the ROM you put on your sdcard (press install .....select sdcard....install ROM you downloaded)
Press back
Flash open gapps (press install .....select sdcard....install gapps you downloaded)
Press back
Flash Supersu (press install .....select sdcard....install ROM you downloaded
14. Once the process completes successfully, wipe cache to be safe and reboot your device.
YOUR DEVICE WILL NOW LOOP FROM FLASHING SUPERSU
ROM INSTALATION WILL TAKE 5-10 min
15. Resetup your device and restore your data if necessary and install a root checker from Google Play to confirm root!
Enjoy!
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The link is down so I have been looking up the latest stuff. So far I have:
* SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815
* twrp-3.0.2-0-h811
* open_gapps-arm-6.0-stock-20180401
* I also have found: open_gapps-arm-8.0-stock-20180401
Which one should I use Open-Gapps 6.0 or Open-Gapps 8.0
My phone is h81120x with 6.0.
I want to get my phone up to rooted, custom rom, with 8.0
* adb and fastboot

Use Open-Gapps 6.0 for Marshmallow

To regain root is easy.
Make sure you backup the phone just in case.
Copy root of you choice to external SD
Locate you TWRP and boot to bootloader.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
In bootloader
Code:
fastboot boot
Press space once at the end, drag and drop TWRP file, and press Enter
Install root of your choice in TWRP
That's it

Thanks so much... Working for me after a full day trying... Thanks

How to make Bank Application work on my unlocked K20 Pro Indian ROM?

as title ... How to make Bank Application work on my unlocked K20 Pro Indian ROM?
it was mi 9t pro and i switched to the Miui 11 Indian ROM.
kindly explain steps and include links if any.
appreciate help.

NaAZoOR said:
as title ... How to make Bank Application work on my unlocked K20 Pro Indian ROM?
it was mi 9t pro and i switched to the Miui 11 Indian ROM.
kindly explain steps and include links if any.
appreciate help.
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Flash magisk --> magisk hide.
Just watch that guy on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/MapOXLH5Gkg

Kollachi said:
Flash magisk --> magisk hide.
Just watch that guy on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/MapOXLH5Gkg
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How to flash magisk?
kindly provide steps & links if any
Sent from my Redmi K20 Pro using XDA-Developers Legacy app

NaAZoOR said:
How to flash magisk?
kindly provide steps & links if any
Sent from my Redmi K20 Pro using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/k20-pro/how-to/guide-redmi-k20-pro-unlock-root-t3974127

Kollachi said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/k20-pro/how-to/guide-redmi-k20-pro-unlock-root-t3974127
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the below quote includes steps to flash TWRP & Magisk from the link you provided, my question is:
after rooting via Magisk, am i able to get OTA updates from Xiaomi for the device normally or just like the old days, once rooted no more updates to come?
and is it sure that bank app will work normally after flashing Magisk??
FLASHING TWRP & ROOTING
Alright, you got all the software tools and now we're ready to proceed with flashing TWRP and Magisk.
With your phone powered on normally, plug your device into your computer with the USB cable.
Pull down on the screen to display the notifications. One of them should read "Android System" and indicate how the phone is interacting with your computer as a connected device. Switch it to "File Transfer." Your phone should now show up as a drive on your computer.
Open the "Redmi K20 Pro" drive on your computer and then open the "Internal shared storage" folder (it should be the only folder).
Drag and drop the Magisk.zip and the Disable-Force-Encryption-Treble.zip into that folder.
**SIDE NOTE: Some guides suggest that you wait until you're in TWRP to transfer these files. That's fine. To do so, wait until you're in the TWRP interface and then select "Mount" and "Enable MTP." Your phone's internal storage should appear as a device on your computer and you can then transfer the .zips.
Once transferred, unplug your phone from the computer and power it off.
Enter into Fastboot mode by pressing and and holding down the Volume Down button and the Power button at the same time. It may take several seconds. It will vibrate and then boot your phone into Fastboot mode.
Next, connect your phone to your computer with the USB cable.
Once you connect your phone to the computer via USB, you should hear the computer recognize the phone but you may not see it show up as a drive. That's okay.
Go to your computer and open a command line interface in the ADB folder (if you're sticking with my recommendation, it will be the "platform-tools" folder).
**NOTE: If you chose the Auto Install option of TWRP, you can simply double-click the file "flash_twrp.bat" and then skip to the next section (TWRP INTERFACE).
**TRICK: Go to the folder where you have the ADB file adb.exe and click in the file pathway (where it says "C:\Users\Username\Downloads\platform-tools_r29.0.4-windows\platform-tools" or whatever). Highlight and delete that file pathway, and instead type "cmd". Hit enter and it will open a terminal window already in the proper directory.
**SIDE NOTE: If you installed ADB/Fastboot universally, you can simply open the command line interface by clicking on Start and typing "cmd" to open a terminal window. Once in the terminal window, you can "cd" or change directory to the one where you have ADB. Also, you can use Powershell, but you may need to preference each Fastboot command with "./."
In that terminal window, make sure you're in the folder with adb.exe and then type this command:
fastboot devices
This command looks to make sure that the Fastboot platform recognizes your device. Next to "Fastboot Devices," you should see a series of numbers and letters. That series of numbers and letters is your phone identifier.. If you do not see any numbers/letters, then Fastboot does not see your phone and you need to troubleshoot the situation.
Next, type in the following command:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
What this is doing is identifying what platform to use (fastboot), telling it what you want to do (flash), in which directory you want to perform that action (recovery), and what file to use to flash it (twrp.img). It is important to note that, depending on how you installed TWRP, the .IMG file may be called "recovery.img" or "twrp.img" or some variation of the TWRP version number. You can either rename the file to "twrp.img" or you can type in the entire filename.
Once you hit enter, it will read something like:
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery' (65536 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.437s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.254s]
finished. total time: 1.696s
Once it's finished, enter this command to boot into the temporary TWRP recovery operating system:
fastboot boot twrp.img
Once you hit enter, it will read something like:
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.428s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.138s]
finished. total time: 1.566s
TWRP INTERFACE
Unplug your phone from the USB. The screen will go black and you may see the "Redmi" logo come on the screen. After a few seconds, the TWRP title page will appear. Once the TWRP operating system powers on, you may be presented with the option to enter a PIN code (if you previously had one on your phone) or a passcode. Enter the PIN or code to get into the TWRP interface.
Once in TWRP, you will have several options. Click "Install" and scroll to the bottom of the file list to find the magisk.zip that you transferred onto your phone. Go ahead and swipe right to install it. Once the installation is complete, click "Reboot System" to power the phone back on normally.
That's it. Your Redmi K20 Pro should now be rooted.
If there are any problems, start the process over from the Fastboot interface on your computer (where you flashed TWRP onto your phone with "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img"). Go through the same process, but before you install the Magisk.zip, first install the Disable-Force-Encryption-Treble.zip.
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NaAZoOR said:
the below quote includes steps to flash TWRP & Magisk from the link you provided, my question is:
after rooting via Magisk, am i able to get OTA updates from Xiaomi for the device normally or just like the old days, once rooted no more updates to come?
and is it sure that bank app will work normally after flashing Magisk??
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I don't know about OTA. I don't have Miui on my device. And bank apps work for me with magisk hide.

How To Guide Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Root Guide (No firmware download needed)

Welcome to my thread. Today I am going to teach you how to install a custom recovery on the device and how to recover the original boot files on the phone to modify them. After modifying those files you will have root on the device. A lot of time and effort has been put into getting this to work. The custom recovery that we will be using is TWRP Recovery.
Note: Modifying your device will void the manufacturer's warranty.
All modifications made to your device are done at your own risk and you claim full
responsibility if the device is damaged or if data is lost.​
First, we are going to enable OEM Unlock and USB Debugging. To do so, you will follow the steps below.
1. Sign in to your Mi Cloud Account on your phone.
2. Tap the “Settings” menu on your Mi 11 Ultra, then tap the “About Phone” option.
3. Tap the “MIUI Version” option several times until you see the “You are now a developer” message.
4. Tap the “Additional Settings” Menu, then tap the “Developer options” on your phone.
5. Activate the “OEM Unlock” option, then activate the “USB Debugging” option on your phone.
6. Tap the “Mi Unlock Status” option.
7. Tap “Agree” and then tap the “Add account and device” option on your phone.
8. Turn off your phone, then press the volume down button and the power button simultaneously to put your phone into fastboot mode.
9. Connect your phone to your PC via a USB cable.
10. Download the miflash ZIP file.
11. Extract the miflash unlock tool ZIP file. You will find the Mi USB Driver.exe file and the miflashunlock.exe file after extracting it.
12. Install the Mi USB driver on your PC.
13. Run the miflashunlock.exe file on your PC.
14. Tap the Agree button and then Sign in with your Mi Account after running the miflash_unlock.exe.
15. Click the “Unlock” button, then click the “Unlock anyway” button within the miflash tool to start the process.
16. Click the “Reboot phone” button after you see the “Unlocked successfully” message.
Downloads:
Unlock tool: https://en.miui.com/unlock/download_en.html
Additionally, we will need to have TWRP flashed to the recovery of the phone.
1. We will need to have ADB installed on the computer so download the 15 Second ADB Installer.
2. Run the ADB-Setup.exe.
3. Open a CMD terminal as an Administrator.
4. Type in the command: CD C:/ADB.
5. Type in the command: ADB Devices, make sure that there is a device showing up.
6. Download the TWRP.img to the ADB folder located on C:/ADB.
7. Make sure that you do not have a password or code lock on the device. There can not be any lock on the lock screen.
8. Type the command ADB Reboot Bootloader.
9. Type the command Fastboot Boot TWRP.img.
10. Navigate to the Advanced menu of TWRP and tap on “Install Recovery Ramdisk”.
11. Navigate back to the main menu then tap on Reboot and tap on Recovery.
Downloads:
15 Second ADB Installer: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...vers-15-seconds-adb-installer-v1-4-3.2588979/
TWRP image: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ztP266XjxteVk8pxcD7-sD-IxihmODPV?usp=sharing
Now we will copy the three boot files on the phone and make backups.
1. Navigate to Mount on the root menu or TWRP.
2. Select the System Partition and Data partition then go back to the menu.
3. Navigate to Advanced then Terminal.
4. Type the command dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img.
5. Type the command dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot_a of=/sdcard/boot_a.img.
6. Type the command dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot_b of=/sdcard/boot_b.img.
7. After all the commands have been entered you can now exit back to the system by rebooting to the system in the Reboot menu.
8. Next, we will install Magisk on the phone to modify the boot files, download the Magisk.apk file on your phone.
9. Open the apk and install the Magisk.apk on the device. You will have to enable Unknown Sources if you have not already.
10. Open Magisk and select install on the Magisk tab.
11. Under Method tap the Select and Patch a File and select the boot.img file.
12. Press the LET'S GO button after you have selected the file. (Make sure to note down the name of the Output file for each file).
13. Repeat steps 11 and 12 for boot file boot_a.img and boot file boot_b.img.
Downloads:
Magisk: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases
Now we will flash the boot files to the phone and we will be rooted!
1. Copy the files you just made from the storage of the phone under /Internal shared storage/Download/(Filenames) to the ADB folder located on C:/ADB
2. Restart the phone and once the phone screen turns off hold the Volume Down button to boot into fastboot.
3. Now this is where it is very crucial to ensure you know what each file corresponds to for the boot files. Type in the command Fastboot flash boot (Modified file name for boot.img).
4. Type in the command Fastboot Flash Boot_a (Modified file name for boot_a.img).
5. Type in the command Fastboot Flash Boot_b (Modified file name for boot_b.img).
6. Then type the command Fastboot reboot
7. Load Magisk and verify that it is indeed installed.
8. Boom rooted!

I don't get this I rooted much easier by simply flashing magisk.
I downloaded magisk zip
I then booted into fastboot connecting my ohone to the pc
I booted into twrp from fastboot with the command "fastboot boot twrp.img"
From twrp I simply flashed magisk.zip wiped dalvik and ART cache and rebooted the phone
Root done!
My question is now how can I update without loosing data.
I was thinking of installing the new rom via miflashtool without wiping data and then reflash magisk. It should work right?

xNAPx said:
I don't get this I rooted much easier by simply flashing magisk.
I downloaded magisk zip
I then booted into fastboot connecting my ohone to the pc
I booted into twrp from fastboot with the command "fastboot boot twrp.img"
From twrp I simply flashed magisk.zip wiped dalvik and ART cache and rebooted the phone
Root done!
My question is now how can I update without loosing data.
I was thinking of installing the new rom via miflashtool without wiping data and then reflash magisk. It should work right?
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In my testing I couldn't get my phone to root with Magisk. I haven't tested that but it sounds like it should work.

Look it is super simple, it can be done on every rom with an unlocked bootloader (this must be obvious)
Download the latest magisk.zip file on your phone
Download the compatible TWRP for your device on your computer and put it into your ADB and fastboot folder and rename it "twrp.img" (make sure you replace the file extension with the ".img")
Reboot your phone into fastboot
Connect the phone to the PC
Run the check command "fastboot devices" to check if your device is listed
Then run the command "fastboot boot twrp.img"
Your phone will now boot into twrp recovery and there is no need to flash it and overwrite the original recovery
Now give twrp the permissions to look into your folder by unlocking it at boot (password of pattern depends on what you use normally for your phone)
Now since the twrp is chinese you must change your language into english (3rd button on the right then click on the globe on the up right and select the language you want)
Now go into wipe and wipe manually cache and dalvik
Now go into your system and search for magisk.zip, flash it and wipe again dalvik and cache.
Reboot your phone
Now when you boot you must have magisk through your apps, boot magisk and complete the installation process.
Reboot again and enjoy!

xNAPx said:
Look it is super simple, it can be done on every rom with an unlocked bootloader (this must be obvious)
Download the latest magisk.zip file on your phone
Download the compatible TWRP for your device on your computer and put it into your ADB and fastboot folder and rename it "twrp.img" (make sure you replace the file extension with the ".img")
Reboot your phone into fastboot
Connect the phone to the PC
Run the check command "fastboot devices" to check if your device is listed
Then run the command "fastboot boot twrp.img"
Your phone will now boot into twrp recovery and there is no need to flash it and overwrite the original recovery
Now give twrp the permissions to look into your folder by unlocking it at boot (password of pattern depends on what you use normally for your phone)
Now since the twrp is chinese you must change your language into english (3rd button on the right then click on the globe on the up right and select the language you want)
Now go into wipe and wipe manually cache and dalvik
Now go into your system and search for magisk.zip, flash it and wipe again dalvik and cache.
Reboot your phone
Now when you boot you must have magisk through your apps, boot magisk and complete the installation process.
Reboot again and enjoy!
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is this working with EU ROM?

penyapu79 said:
is this working with EU ROM?
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On Xiaomi EU is simpler because it inject twrp itself so you don't need to push start via adb

xNAPx said:
On Xiaomi EU is simpler because it inject twrp itself so you don't need to push start via adb
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Ok thanks. I will try it later

On Xiaomi EU you can straight flash the update, wipe dalvik and cache and flash straight away magisk zip on top, rewipe dalvik and cache and reboot to system

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On Xiaomi EU you can straight flash the update, wipe dalvik and cache and flash straight away magisk zip on top, rewipe dalvik and cache and reboot to system
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any problem with bank apps after root?

I'm on official global ROM and I am using revolut with no issues

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I'm on official global ROM and I am using revolut with no issues
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I have the Chinese ultra with global rom but if I decide to sale how do I factory reset to do so? thanks ahead and wasn't sure where to post this.

If you want to sell it you must reinstall the original Chinese ROM and relock the bootloader

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Now give twrp the permissions to look into your folder by unlocking it at boot (password of pattern depends on what you use normally for your phone)
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Hi, xNAPx !
Thank you for this tuto, but i have a problem :/
At this step, twrp is booting straight on the menu, no password asked, and so, no access to data :/
Do you have an idea please ?
(i'm using xiaomi.eu_multi_MI11Pro_MI11Ultra_21.12.8_v12-12-fastboot)

I believe this is a known issue, there is a problem on some versions of twrp with encryption, to me never happened. What kind of screen security do you have on your phone?

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I believe this is a known issue, there is a problem on some versions of twrp with encryption, to me never happened. What kind of screen security do you have on your phone?
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A password

You can try 2 things, remove the screen lock protection or inject a different version of twrp, I never had this problem as I boot twrp via adb

xNAPx said:
You can try 2 things, remove the screen lock protection or inject a different version of twrp, I never had this problem as I boot twrp via adb
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Thank you
Removal of the screen lock resulted as a failure too (same problem than with the screen lock)
I don't know and can't seem to find another twrp for the mi11 Ultra than this one :
Mi11Ultra(Pro)-twrp3.5.1-recovery-21.5.9-decrypted.img | by Orjon for Generic Device/Other
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Sorry :/

Push it via adb then, in the shell type:
Fastboot boot twrp.img

xNAPx said:
Push it via adb then, in the shell type:
Fastboot boot twrp.img
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That's what i'm doing from the beginning, but it doesn't work

What does not work in specific? It's a bit too generic

Question Redmi note 11 se

Just trying to get a confirmation if I wanted to start rooting my device should I wait or is this the model I need to use?

slimjimz81 said:
Just trying to get a confirmation if I wanted to start rooting my device should I wait or is this the model I need to use?
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You must use the Boot.img corresponding to the rom and the code name of your device (ROSEMARY).
2 methods:
With the TWRP https://sourceforge.net/projects/recovery-for-xiaomi-devices/files/rosemary/
download Magisk app and rename it to Magisk.zip then flash it with TWRP.
or
1. Find or redownload the TGZ file for your current ROM or other rom.
2. Browse inside the zip file and find boot.img under the images folder
3. Copy this file to a temporary location in your PC first, and then transfer it to your phone
4. Install the desired version of Magisk app
5. Run the app and choose Install under Magisk
6. Choose Select and Patch a File, then select the boot.img that was transferred earlier
7. A process will run and create a new .img file in the same folder where the original one was
8. Transfer the new file to your PC in the same directory where fastboot.exe is located
9. Open a command prompt window in that same directory
10. Reboot your phone to fastboot mode and connect to PC, USB2.0 port. Check for connection by running command fastboot devices.
11. Run the command fastboot flash boot_ab magiskXXXX.img(*****command modified if necessary, A/B partitions).
Once it's completed, run command fastboot reboot and the phone should boot and be rooted.