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how to switch from super su to magisk?

Hello, I am currently rooted on stock oos 4.0.3, with latest TWRP and super su free v2.79, can anyone help me out and tell me how to switch to magisk please, thank you!
Can I just use super su full unroot option then flash magisk?

Either reflash the original boot.img or download the unsu script from https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63615067, then flash magisk again.

palesaint said:
Either reflash the original boot.img or download the unsu script from https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63615067, then flash magisk again.
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so flash unsu, then flash magisk. simple?

Dr Grato said:
so flash unsu, then flash magisk. simple?
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If you use the unSU script the process is:
unSU
stock boot image
Magisk

This method did not work for me.
I am on KETAN n10 and initially, viper did not work. I installed magisk but that didn't fix it. nor the meefik busy box. So i decided to uninstall magisk and go back to superSU and it magically worked...

I unrooted from SuperSU itself like shown on the app's forum I believe. It rebooted my phone, I went into recovery first and then just flashed the latest magisk and made the switch :laugh:

SourPower said:
I unrooted from SuperSU itself like shown on the app's forum I believe. It rebooted my phone, I went into recovery first and then just flashed the latest magisk and made the switch :laugh:
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So you just went into the SuperSU app and used the built in Unroot option, and when the phone rebooted, you went back into recovery and flashed the latest Magisk and did NOT flash a boot.img and everything worked fine? you have root with Magisk now instead of SU and you didnt get a bootloop at all??? (i really want to swap out SU for magisk in my sons LG G2, so he can play PoGo again lol) (His G2 is running CRdroid custom rom, I wonder if that effects the steps I'll need to take)
Can anyone offer me some guidance or assistance please and thank you?

JG420 said:
So you just went into the SuperSU app and used the built in Unroot option, and when the phone rebooted, you went back into recovery and flashed the latest Magisk and did NOT flash a boot.img and everything worked fine? you have root with Magisk now instead of SU and you didnt get a bootloop at all??? (i really want to swap out SU for magisk in my sons LG G2, so he can play PoGo again lol) (His G2 is running CRdroid custom rom, I wonder if that effects the steps I'll need to take)
Can anyone offer me some guidance or assistance please and thank you?
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If there's a proper backup of the boot image for the SuperSU app's full unroot option to restore, then that process should work perfectly (I've done it on a few devices myself). It's when it can't properly restore the boot image you might have issues and you'll have to do it yourself.
Take a look in the Magisk Troubleshooting guide, under "Moving from another systemless root solution to MagiskSU".

The nuclear method might be, to just flash the full stock OOS zip (can flash in TWRP) which will unroot and restore the boot.img (and everything else!). Then immediately flash Magisk before rebooting (so have the Magisk zip on the phone before updating). This should fully remove SuperSU, install Magisk, and keep TWRP on the phone.
Seeing as the original poster is still on OOS 4.0.3, you may want to update, anyway!

JG420 said:
So you just went into the SuperSU app and used the built in Unroot option, and when the phone rebooted, you went back into recovery and flashed the latest Magisk and did NOT flash a boot.img and everything worked fine? you have root with Magisk now instead of SU and you didnt get a bootloop at all??? (i really want to swap out SU for magisk in my sons LG G2, so he can play PoGo again lol) (His G2 is running CRdroid custom rom, I wonder if that effects the steps I'll need to take)
Can anyone offer me some guidance or assistance please and thank you?
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I've done this on my 3t but I do have a G3 coincidentally lol, but yes I unrooted from su, it restarted my phone, before booting back into the system I went in twrp right away and then flashed magisk.

There are two options given in the SuperSU app, one is clean up to switch to a different SU app and the other is to permanently unroot. Which option is better?

hypothrax said:
There are two options given in the SuperSU app, one is clean up to switch to a different SU app and the other is to permanently unroot. Which option is better?
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I chose the Full Unroot option. Then flashed magisk. Worked perfectly.

Use the full unroot option. Catch here is that you might get dm-verity warning. It won't affect the phone in anyway but Android Pay might not work and you will see the warning for 5 seconds, everytime you restart the phone.

Thanks so much for ths thread. I am on Resurrection Remix OS and inititally installed SuperSU over Magisk (which came with the ROM). I decided that I wanted to use Magisk instead and followed the instructions in this thread and it worked a treat.

Help in sideloading custom ROM from ADB

Hey everyone. I just got my new OnePlus 3T a week back. I was loving it till today but I wanted to mess with my phone and I guess I did just that. Long story short, I was on 7.1.1 and unlocked OEM and installed TWRP. Phone booted up and i went into recovery and installed Super SU and the dm verity. After this step, my phone is stuck on the boot animation. I'm able to access TWRP as well as Fastoot ADB. I want to sideload the stock OxygenOS ROM into my phone through ADB, but i'm unsure which file to flash and the exact process. Could someone please help me out? :crying:

That's why you always make a nandroid back up

I figured out why the adb sideload wasn't working. I tried to do the sideload directly from the ADB cmd while my phone was in fastboot mode. So, I tried an alternate method by going into TWRP and doing the sideloading from the advanced menu. It worked and I'm setting up my OP 3T now Guess I jumped the gun by posting here without thinking.
On a side note, my device doesn't have root access now. Maybe it never got installed properly before getting bricked. I think it had to with the fact that I had updated to 7.1.1 by using a VPN. I'm pretty good at following instructions so i couldn't have gone wrong. Can anyone tell me if i can go ahead and root my device now that I'm back on stock OS?

You dont flash supersu and dm verity files at the same time
No wonder you end up in bootloop
Multiple threads are already there about the same issue.
For root just flash supersu

kunal1540 said:
You dont flash supersu and dm verity files at the same time
No wonder you end up in bootloop
Multiple threads are already there about the same issue.
For root just flash supersu
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Damn, I didn't know that. I only searched for the bootloop issue and didn't really find something that seemed simple enough for me. Almost all the guides I read had similar instructions so I flashed the Dm-verity first and then the Super SU immediately after that. What does dm verity do if it doesnt need to be flashed? And just so that I'm clear - flashing Super SU is enough and no need to bother with the dm verity?

Rahulsingh9367 said:
Damn, I didn't know that. I only searched for the bootloop issue and didn't really find something that seemed simple enough for me. Almost all the guides I read had similar instructions so I flashed the Dm-verity first and then the Super SU immediately after that. What does dm verity do if it doesnt need to be flashed? And just so that I'm clear - flashing Super SU is enough and no need to bother with the dm verity?
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There's a much much simpler solution, you just use magisk. There's no need to flash supersu or dm-verity fix, just flash the latest magisk zip file in TWRP -> reboot -> install Magisk manager from playstore and you have perfectly working rooted phone.

fluster84 said:
There's a much much simpler solution, you just use magisk. There's no need to flash supersu or dm-verity fix, just flash the latest magisk zip file in TWRP -> reboot -> install Magisk manager from playstore and you have perfectly working rooted phone.
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Tried flashing the Magisk v9 zip and checked the option that goes something like "verify after flashing" and it failed. Should I uncheck both those options before flashing or flash the phh super user zip too?

Azar_98 said:
Try the latest version of magisk, v11.6.
http://tiny.cc/latestmagisk
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Worked perfectly and no hassle at all. Thank you so much!

Rahulsingh9367 said:
Tried flashing the Magisk v9 zip and checked the option that goes something like "verify after flashing" and it failed. Should I uncheck both those options before flashing or flash the phh super user zip too?
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Always flash the latest magisk, and you don't need to flash phh or anything else. Magisk now comes with magisksu that works great with OOS 4.1.1.
Check the link below for latest magisk
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless
If you don't mind losing your data, you can try this 100% clean but slightly painful install. It might be overkill for most but you can start from a clean slate. Backup your stuff to the PC before you do this.
1. Flash compatible stock recovery (stock recovery for android N) in fastboot
2. Now choose to wipe everything (even music, photos) from stock recovery. You will lose everything on your phone.
3. Sideload OOS 4.1.1 rom
4. Reboot and complete phone setup
You are now completely stock except with a unlocked bootloader. In order to gain root, continue further -
5. Enable developer options in Settings and then enable Advanced Reboot and USB debugging
6. Reboot to fastboot and flash twrp 3.0.4.-1
7. Reboot to twrp and flash Magisk v11. 1 zip
8. Reboot and install Magisk Manager from playstore.
Congratulations, you have a stock 4.1.1 with working root and it will even pass safety net check (enable magisk hide in magisk manager)

Can i Install Magisk using temporary twrp ?

Can i install magisk through temporary twrp (using fastboot boot recovery xxx.img) in my poco f 1 ?

The answer to that would be a definite maybe.
Joke aside, that should work fine as long as TWRP is otherwise working as it should. There's no difference in functionality between flashing or just booting TWRP.

Why not flash it directly? That is, if there is a twrp for your phone.
As to Magisk, ask XDA
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pr1jker said:
Why not flash it directly? That is, if there is a twrp for your phone.
As to Magisk, ask XDA
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But i want to flash OTA
And before flashing OTA i will uninstall magisk

Didgeridoohan said:
The answer to that would be a definite maybe.
Joke aside, that should work fine as long as TWRP is otherwise working as it should. There's no difference in functionality between flashing or just booting TWRP.
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If i flash temporary twrp , i can flash my OTAs too
I seen some of the people following this,
Flashing temporary twrp and flashing magisk and whenever OTA receives they are simply uninstalling magisk and flashing OTA.
Here my question if i go with this magisk will work perfectly or not ?

@Nicky Cheer There should be no issues with that setup. If you haven't already, I'd advice you to also take a look at @topjohnwu's OTA instructions.

Didgeridoohan said:
@Nicky Cheer There should be no issues with that setup. If you haven't already, I'd advice you to also take a look at @topjohnwu's OTA instructions.
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Tq @Didgeridoohan and @topjohnwu for clarifying
But one more doubt what is the difference between restore image and complete uninstall under magisk manager ?

Nicky Cheer said:
Tq @Didgeridoohan and @topjohnwu for clarifying
But one more doubt what is the difference between restore image and complete uninstall under magisk manager ?
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Restore image - only restore the stock boot image and leave all Magisk internals intact.
Complete uninstall - remove everything Magisk related from your device.
First option is preferred, since you then won't have to set everything up again afterwards.

After rooting G9+ & installing an unofficial LineageOS 18.1, root was lost & need help getting it back

I decided to upgrade to the G9+ after finding a LineageOS ROM for the phone. Root via TWRP & Magisk worked without a hitch. Then I installed the LineageOS 18.1 ROM from here: https://www.getdroidtips.com/lineage-os-18-1-moto-g9-plus/
Next I went to install GApps via the Aroma setup, but found that TWRP was gone. There was some limited recovery from the ROM installation which didn't seem to be of any use, so I reflashed TWRP & then Magisk, but I didn't get root back.
The phone now has a working version of LineageOS, but I can't even get the Google crap I need.
When I try to flash something via TWRP I get an error saying there was a "Zip signature verification failure", so I can't even get back to stock ROM to try again. (I guess this error is related to not having root.)
(I installed TWRP & Magisk on another G9+ with stock ROM and everything seems as expected. The phone is rooted. I just want to get rid off all the Google software I can.)
Anyone got an idea how I can get root back?
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And any reason why "ADB devices" doesn't list the attached phone? "Fastboot devices" works fine.

Have u tested lineage, is
everything working fine?

UsmanQ said:
Have u tested lineage, is
everything working fine?
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Everything seems to be there, seems normal. Except root.

doktorspin said:
Everything seems to be there, seems normal. Except root.
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doktorspin said:
Everything seems to be there, seems normal. Except root.
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Have u tried superoot or something else instead of magisk?

Sapper Morton said:
The ROM that you're using is not meant to be daily driven, Erfan compiled that for experimental purposes, but that aside, there's a few things that you should take in consideration when using Lineage; It's not meant to be used with TWRP, that's why they ship their own recovery (Lineage Recovery). It's still possible to flash custom files with it (That doesn't match their original signature), you just need to skip a warning.
For Magisk, download the latest stable build from here: Download
(The .apk has the flashing script built-in, so just rename that to .zip).
One major difference from TWRP, is that Lineage Recovery doesn't support decrypting userdata, so the files must be flashed using ADB or USB OTG.
Use ADB Sideload as follows:adb sideload magisk.zip
As for me, I didn't unlocked my device yet, so if you could confirm me something: I need to know if I will lose my DRM certification, used for Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video and such.
Download Castro from Play Store, go to the DRM tab, and check the Widevine status, tell me if it remains L1, or if it downgraded to L3. That's what's holding me back from testing, or even compiling for this device.
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Thanks for the response.
1. I'm using the Github Magisk 23.
2. Lineage Recovery is gone. I reflashed TWRP.
3. Attempting to use "ADB sideload Magisk-v23.0.zip" ADB responds "cannot read 'Magisk-v23.0.zip'"
4. I haven't got Play Store on the phone as I can't flash the aroma package (1.7GB) via TWRP.

UsmanQ said:
Have u tried superoot or something else instead of magisk?
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I don't know anything about the other methods for getting root. I've always used Magisk.
(I'm working under the idea that as TWRP + Magisk works fine on one phone, they aren't the problem.)

Sapper Morton said:
The idea is to rollback to Lineage Recovery, you can even flash only the boot.img that it's inside the ROM flashable file, instead of reflashing the whole thing again. It's probably in payload.bin format, so you'll need a payload firmware extractor (Easily found on GitHub), in case you choose the first option.
• Aroma is not supported on Lineage Recovery, so I would recommend something smaller, like OpenGapps nano or stock.
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<rant>
What sort of idiots build in a crap recovery when one has obviously already installed a functional recovery, needed in the process of gaining root and installing LineasgeOS? This unnecessary included recovery wasn't in previous versions of LOS I've used.
Yes, this is an unpleasant surprise and I'm ticked off. I'm an end user who wants a relatively de-Googled phone, but now to maybe get a functional recovery I have to extract stuff from a payload file, but to do that I have to install more crud so that I can run the tool that does the extracting.
And I need Aroma to be able to select what I must have from Google. My partner needs their voice tech. I could dump almost everything else and use Pico. </rant> Sorry.
Is there no way to wipe the slate clean, get rid of this Lineage, and start again?
(I don't understand how installing their recovery could ruin the functionality of another recovery.)

Sapper Morton said:
Download Castro from Play Store, go to the DRM tab, and check the Widevine status, tell me if it remains L1, or if it downgraded to L3. That's what's holding me back from testing, or even compiling for this device.
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On the second G9+ which I rooted but left the stock ROM, I installed Castro and it indicates L3.

doktorspin said:
I decided to upgrade to the G9+ after finding a LineageOS ROM for the phone. Root via TWRP & Magisk worked without a hitch. Then I installed the LineageOS 18.1 ROM from here: https://www.getdroidtips.com/lineage-os-18-1-moto-g9-plus/
Next I went to install GApps via the Aroma setup, but found that TWRP was gone. There was some limited recovery from the ROM installation which didn't seem to be of any use, so I reflashed TWRP & then Magisk, but I didn't get root back.
The phone now has a working version of LineageOS, but I can't even get the Google crap I need.
When I try to flash something via TWRP I get an error saying there was a "Zip signature verification failure", so I can't even get back to stock ROM to try again. (I guess this error is related to not having root.)
(I installed TWRP & Magisk on another G9+ with stock ROM and everything seems as expected. The phone is rooted. I just want to get rid off all the Google software I can.)
Anyone got an idea how I can get root back?
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Lineage is working fine, some details that will be fixed when releasing the new kernel

There is a method to root with magisk by patching the ramdisk its a way better rooting method then with twrp in fact magisk dev recommends this way of rooting if you have not tried this here is a magisk official link https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html
Hope This helped you bro

The ROM in the O.P. works.​
Folks, I actually made a number of mistakes in this process.
The major one was to muff the fastboot command for flashing TWRP. I had followed instructions which said to boot TWRP, which didn't install TWRP, just loaded it into phone memory. But...
The ROM cited in the O.P. doesn't seem to have any problems that I have noticed in my usage, which is basically as a hand computer, not as a phone.
LineageOS now overwrites recovery with its own recovery, which is pretty moronic, because the user has already had to install a recovery to root the device.
But fortunately, if you have your ADB/fastboot apps handy with TWRP in the same folder it's an easy fix.
You should already have this stuff, but use the following software:
sebastian3367HD has provided TWRP for G9+ users onsight here. I'll assume it's called "twrp.img".
Magisk-v23 here -- put it somewhere easy on your phone.
Also get GApps 11. I used core NikGapps here, select latest date, then the version of GApps you want. (The core version 82MB just gives you Play Store & support software.) Put it the same place on the phone you put Magisk.
Assuming you've flashed the O.P. LineageOS ROM, which overwrites trusty TWRP, put your phone in fastboot mode, either using
1. power button + volume down
until you get the droid image on its back, or get there with your phone on, sending
2. adb reboot bootloader
via the windows command shell.
You're now in fastboot mode. You can now flash TWRP back onto the phone. Note that the phone has two slots of memory, so that the phone can hold two operating systems. If you send
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
it will be flashed to the current slot, either A or B. To be safe you should flash both:
fastboot flash recovery_a twrp.img
fastboot flash recovery_b twrp.img
That gives you the safety of having TWRP in both slots. (Incidentally, TWRP allows you to changes slots.) (Also remember if you reflash LineageOS you'll have to put TWRP back on if you want a decent recovery program.)
Use TRWP to Reboot to Recovery.
Now install Magisk using TWRP:
Spoiler: (You know this)
a) choose Install
b) if the bottom right button says Install Zip press it and it will change to Install Image
c) if you put Magisk on your external SD card Select Storage to choose the SD
d) find and select Magisk-v23.0.apk, then
e) swipe to flash.
Then install GApps, basically the same as for Magisk.
Reboot to System. You should be rooted now and should have Play Store (and whatever else you opted for).

M.Akram said:
There is a method to root with magisk by patching the ramdisk its a way better rooting method then with twrp in fact magisk dev recommends this way of rooting if you have not tried this here is a magisk official link https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html
Hope This helped you bro
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Thanks for the info. My problem was simple to fix, using the right commands!

I haven't installed that rom because afaik the source tree isn't available anywhere which seems kind of fishy, if anyone knows where they are please let us know

Remove Magisk module on unbootable Android 12

Recently I flashed and updated several magisk modules on my phone running Lineage 19.1 and got stuck in boot animation.
Unfortunately I hadn't enabled adb root access so can't remove the module by hand. Meanwhile there's no suitable recovery that can decrypt A12 /data so Magisk-Manager-for-Recovery-Mode just won't work either, nor can I access /data/adb/magisk.
I do want to escape from reflashing whole phone. Any hints are appreciated!

lineagefan0 said:
Recently I flashed and updated several magisk modules on my phone running Lineage 19.1 and got stuck in boot animation.
Unfortunately I hadn't enabled adb root access so can't remove the module by hand. Meanwhile there's no suitable recovery that can decrypt A12 /data so Magisk-Manager-for-Recovery-Mode just won't work either, nor can I access /data/adb/magisk.
I do want to escape from reflashing whole phone. Any hints are appreciated!
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Safe Mode is your only chance

Stillhard said:
Safe Mode is your only chance
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Thank you. Never noticed that the disabled state of modules persists after exiting Safe Mode. That does help.

lineagefan0 said:
Recently I flashed and updated several magisk modules on my phone running Lineage 19.1 and got stuck in boot animation.
Unfortunately I hadn't enabled adb root access so can't remove the module by hand. Meanwhile there's no suitable recovery that can decrypt A12 /data so Magisk-Manager-for-Recovery-Mode just won't work either, nor can I access /data/adb/magisk.
I do want to escape from reflashing whole phone. Any hints are appreciated!
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Hi will

If Debugging is enabled , Push while booting on ADB and thank me later
adb wait-for-device shell magisk --remove-modules
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yot2703 said:
If Debugging is enabled , Push while booting on ADB and thank me later
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It just removes all modules, which is not the optimistic way. Still a good choice if module disable takes no effect.

lineagefan0 said:
It just removes all modules, which is not the optimistic way. Still a good choice if module disable takes no effect.
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Yeah but if you got stuck in a bootloop, cause of a module it's a great way to rescue the device