Safe to install Magisk Modules? - ASUS ROG Phone II Questions & Answers

I recently updated, rooted, and changed the fingerprint on my ROG 2 Tencent Edition and I'm curious if it's safe to install Magisk Modules on it? I have NOT installed TWRP yet, so I can't take a whole system wide backup. So I just want to make sure using Magisk Modules isn't gonna cause a bootloop or something...

It's perfectly safe. I also didn't install TWRP as it's a hassle on this phone but I do just connect to my PC , fastboot boot to TWRP and make a backup. There's also a module that you can use to remove other modules from recovery, useful for this scenario.

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Encrypt process after already installing Magisk

hey guys, so I want to encrypt my phone but I want to stay rooted with magisk and xposed. (Using SuperSU 2.78 SR3). Device: OnePlus One running SultanXDA's CM13.
Are there any special steps I need to take before I start the encryption process? do I need to completely unroot and remove all traces of all these before going back or will it just work?
I haven't seen this question addressed before and this would help others with the same questions.
Thanks for any advice!
Since there was no support from anyone, I decided to just remove everything (xposed, magisk and supersu) then encrypt, and finally re-add everything back. I did this just to avoid any complications and all works fine without issue.
@Nomelas what version of magisk did you use? and did you sideload them or just flash with the cache work around?
I've been at this all day with no luck
@GbizzleMcGrizzle what phone are you using? I had to completely remove everything before encrypting. Also reflashed stock system
@Nomelas Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F) it wont encrypt with magisk installed and magisk wont install after it has been encrypted.
@GbizzleMcGrizzle are you flashing through twrp? (are you decrypting when you boot into twrp)
i've tried flashing in twrp and sideloading. I don't think I can decrypt in twrp but magisk says it has a work around for not beiing able to boot /data and supposedly put in in cache and then moves it to data after boot so IDK

Is it possible for me to have this root combo?

Could I have dm-verify disabled, Magisk root with AP working, bootloader unlocked, and twrp all on OOS 4.0.3? What would be the best process for doing this on a brand new 3t with stock OOS 3.5.4?
What I was thinking was first disabling dm-verify on 3.5.4 with fastboot commands, then flash 4.0.3 as it is less than 1 GB, unlock the bootloader, and install magisk and twrp w/ fastboot. Am I missing anything?
Ulti2x said:
Could I have dm-verify disabled, Magisk root with AP working, bootloader unlocked, and twrp all on OOS 4.0.3? What would be the best process for doing this on a brand new 3t with stock OOS 3.5.4?
What I was thinking was first disabling dm-verify on 3.5.4 with fastboot commands, then flash 4.0.3 as it is less than 1 GB, unlock the bootloader, and install magisk and twrp w/ fastboot. Am I missing anything?
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Just install FreedomOS, and judging by the performance and battery of 4.0.3 vs the new beta, get the CE version based on the beta. Im downloading it now. Some people are passing SafteyNet
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uudruid74 said:
Just install FreedomOS, and judging by the performance and battery of 4.0.3 vs the new beta, get the CE version based on the beta. Im downloading it now. Some people are passing SafteyNet
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What's CE?
Ulti2x said:
What's CE?
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Not entirely sure what it stands for, but its based on the 7.1.1 beta. Running it now. Not passing safetynet, but it has a checker telling me why. Working on it..
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To simplify this question, could I disable dm-verify and unlock the bootloader on OOS 3.5.4 and boot back into a wiped phone without any problems? After unlocking the bootloader and disabling dm verify, will I able to just update to 4.0.3 using the OTAs in settings?
Or does booting into the phone with an unlocked bootloader and no dm verify cause me to get stuck at boot? Thanks in advance.
Unlocking the bootloader does not trigger dm-verity or prevent you from installing via automatic OTA installs. Dm-verity is triggered if you flash TWRP and swipe to allow system modifications, which you will have to do if you intend to to root later.
You can use Oxygen OS's built-in OTA installer to update your phone as long as you have not rooted and have not installed TWRP yet. If you have either rooted or installed TWRP, it would be safer to flash the full ROM through TWRP for upgrades.
That said, everything you listed above can be accomplished. I would advise you take the following steps:
1) Use the phone's built-in OTA updater to upgrade to OOS 4.0.3*
*You can upgrade at a later step, though this way is more convenient as OOS will download and flash the patch automatically
2) Unlock bootloader (this will wipe everything)
3) Either move the Magisk.zip file to your internal storage at this point, or place it on a flash drive which you can access on your phone through USB OTG
4) Flash TWRP 3.0.4-1 through fastboot
5) Reboot to TWRP, swipe to enable system modifications (do not reboot until after you root)
6) Flash Magisk v11.1
7) Reboot into system, download Magisk Manager from the app store if the zip you flashed did not install the app automatically
8) Enable Magisk Hide in Magisk Manager, also hide Magisk from the play store app (prevents it from detecting root and labeling your device as uncertified).
9) Reboot phone for Magisk Hide to take effect.
Safetynet should be able to pass at this point. If you get a dm-verity message during boot, but everything else works perfectly, you can remove the message following this guide. I'm not sure if the stock kernel for OOS hides bootloader status, if you have problems with safetynet, you could try using a custom kernel.
At the moment, I am on OOS 4.0.3 with Franco's kernel and rooted with Magisk v11.1. My bootloader is unlocked and I have TWRP 3.0.4-1 as the recovery. Safetynet passes and my device is listed as certified in the Play Store. I can't test Android Pay as it hasn't been released here yet, though apps that checks safetynet like Pokemon GO work.
Anova's Origin said:
Unlocking the bootloader does not trigger dm-verity or prevent you from installing via automatic OTA installs. Dm-verity is triggered if you flash TWRP and swipe to allow system modifications, which you will have to do if you intend to to root later.
You can use Oxygen OS's built-in OTA installer to update your phone as long as you have not rooted and have not installed TWRP yet. If you have either rooted or installed TWRP, it would be safer to flash the full ROM through TWRP for upgrades.
That said, everything you listed above can be accomplished. I would advise you take the following steps:
1) Use the phone's built-in OTA updater to upgrade to OOS 4.0.3*
*You can upgrade at a later step, though this way is more convenient as OOS will download and flash the patch automatically
2) Unlock bootloader (this will wipe everything)
3) Either move the Magisk.zip file to your internal storage at this point, or place it on a flash drive which you can access on your phone through USB OTG
4) Flash TWRP 3.0.4-1 through fastboot
5) Reboot to TWRP, swipe to enable system modifications (do not reboot until after you root)
6) Flash Magisk v11.1
7) Reboot into system, download Magisk Manager from the app store if the zip you flashed did not install the app automatically
8) Enable Magisk Hide in Magisk Manager, also hide Magisk from the play store app (prevents it from detecting root and labeling your device as uncertified).
9) Reboot phone for Magisk Hide to take effect.
Safetynet should be able to pass at this point. If you get a dm-verity message during boot, but everything else works perfectly, you can remove the message following this guide. I'm not sure if the stock kernel for OOS hides bootloader status, if you have problems with safetynet, you could try using a custom kernel.
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Thanks so much. I don't need to wipe cache after I flash Magisk right? And what's the big deal if the play store detects my device as uncertified?
Might as well wipe cache afterwards for good measure.
At the moment, Play Store certification does not seem to affect anything, though you never know when Google is going to start blocking uncertified devices from certain apps.
Just a small note but you should be able to root without modifying system. They modify boot image now and don't touch system.
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Anova's Origin said:
Might as well wipe cache afterwards for good measure.
At the moment, Play Store certification does not seem to affect anything, though you never know when Google is going to start blocking uncertified devices from certain apps.
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Can I use fastboot commands just by opening command prompt right?
EDIT: This link okay? https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
That tool should work fine.
Be sure to install the correct drivers for the OP3T as well.
Anova's Origin said:
That tool should work fine.
Be sure to install the correct drivers for the OP3T as well.
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With this tool, I should be set for drivers right? https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/development/toolkit-oneplus-3-toolkit-unlock-t3398799
Ulti2x said:
With this tool, I should be set for drivers right? https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/development/toolkit-oneplus-3-toolkit-unlock-t3398799
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Yep
uudruid74 said:
Not entirely sure what it stands for, but its based on the 7.1.1 beta. Running it now. Not passing safetynet, but it has a checker telling me why. Working on it..
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Ulti2x said:
What's CE?
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CE stands for community edition
Anova's Origin said:
Unlocking the bootloader does not trigger dm-verity or prevent you from installing via automatic OTA installs. Dm-verity is triggered if you flash TWRP and swipe to allow system modifications, which you will have to do if you intend to to root later.
You can use Oxygen OS's built-in OTA installer to update your phone as long as you have not rooted and have not installed TWRP yet. If you have either rooted or installed TWRP, it would be safer to flash the full ROM through TWRP for upgrades.
That said, everything you listed above can be accomplished. I would advise you take the following steps:
1) Use the phone's built-in OTA updater to upgrade to OOS 4.0.3*
*You can upgrade at a later step, though this way is more convenient as OOS will download and flash the patch automatically
2) Unlock bootloader (this will wipe everything)
3) Either move the Magisk.zip file to your internal storage at this point, or place it on a flash drive which you can access on your phone through USB OTG
4) Flash TWRP 3.0.4-1 through fastboot
5) Reboot to TWRP, swipe to enable system modifications (do not reboot until after you root)
6) Flash Magisk v11.1
7) Reboot into system, download Magisk Manager from the app store if the zip you flashed did not install the app automatically
8) Enable Magisk Hide in Magisk Manager, also hide Magisk from the play store app (prevents it from detecting root and labeling your device as uncertified).
9) Reboot phone for Magisk Hide to take effect.
Safetynet should be able to pass at this point. If you get a dm-verity message during boot, but everything else works perfectly, you can remove the message following this guide. I'm not sure if the stock kernel for OOS hides bootloader status, if you have problems with safetynet, you could try using a custom kernel.
At the moment, I am on OOS 4.0.3 with Franco's kernel and rooted with Magisk v11.1. My bootloader is unlocked and I have TWRP 3.0.4-1 as the recovery. Safetynet passes and my device is listed as certified in the Play Store. I can't test Android Pay as it hasn't been released here yet, though apps that checks safetynet like Pokemon GO work.
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My Play Store says uncertified after I did the whole process, and hid Magisk from it. Anyway to fix it?
Ulti2x said:
My Play Store says uncertified after I did the whole process, and hid Magisk from it. Anyway to fix it?
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Go into settings, find Play Store and wipe cache. Then reboot.
Anova's Origin said:
Go into settings, find Play Store and wipe cache. Then reboot.
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Still says it. Maybe I need to wait?
Forgot, I actually had to delete Play Store's app data last time before rebooting. Then it worked.
Thanks a lot everybody! I have never used fast boot before (have only flash w/ sammy phones) and now I know. Thanks again all for helping me.

a question about flashing magisk

I have the latest hydrogen OS and unlocked bootloader , and i want to root my phone but i just wants to know if theres any other files I need to flash other than magisk.zip
Nope, just flash the latest magisk zip and it's done. But yes, you also have to install the Magisk Manager when you boot up after flashing the zip.
I installed the latest one that came out today and my phone took a crap! Phone became very laggy and would freeze and sometimes not even detect root. I had to restore my phone back to last weeks version.
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I installed the latest one that came out today and my phone took a crap! Phone became very laggy and would freeze and sometimes not even detect root. I had to restore my phone back to last weeks version.
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Hm... Absolutely no issues on my OP3T, OOS 4.1.6 and Franco Kernel r25 with Magisk v13.1. Maybe you have a module causing issues (long shot, I know)?
No issues here with Open Beta 10, Stock Kernel, Magisk 13.1 and Manager 5.0.4.
Root is working, passes SafetyNet with all modules activated and properly hide root from my Banking App. All good!
Akhayev said:
I have the latest hydrogen OS and unlocked bootloader , and i want to root my phone but i just wants to know if theres any other files I need to flash other than magisk.zip
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Just Simple flash the Magisk v13.1 and install the latest magisk manager v5.0.4.
I feel you should flash magisk immediately, while flashing the ROM through custom recovery. Install magisk manager after first boot.
You can do a dirty flash without formatting anything to get rooted.
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Magisk bootloop from xposed

I have LLD-L31(C432) and a while ago I went through the process of unlocking bootloader and flashing magisk. I did this without custom recovery as it caused problems but it worked and I had magisk and root fully working. However, I think I tried to install a version of xposed that was incompatible with my os (EMUI 9). This caused bootloop every time I tried to boot into recovery(system with magisk).
I can still use the device but some apps can still see xposed and won't work. I can try to boot into the system with magisk but it loops - maybe because of xposed.
I have seen that you can flash xposed uninstaller, will this wipe data and will it work? Or is there a way to remove it and get magisk back without loss of data.
Alternatively (if this option results in a more stable magisk installation),could I flash twrp to recovery and then flash magisk to my system boot to have magisk permanently? and will this method wipe data?
Edit: I flashed twrp to recovery but when I boot to it, it just loads fastboot with reason bootloader 1 any help?
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magisk 20.1 causes bootloop to recovery!

i run china k20 pro on indian miui 11.01.0
i installed twrp -21 version
installing magisk 20 provides root access however magisk manager asks to something which results in bootloop to recovery
ignoring that request, the module i wanted to install [energized ] asks for updating to magisk 20.1 which also leads to bootloop to recovery.
is there anything to do ? or just wait for magisk 20.2 to be released and then try it
p.s installing magisk was the only way to prevent redmi recovery from overwriting twrp, i don't know if this has any importance
i'm in kinda similar situation ,
installed magisk v20.1 and everything went fine , but when trying to install viper4android it asked me do install busybox , i did it within magisk now it only boots to fastboot , to fix it and make it boot agian i used magisk_uninstaller.zip
boots fine now but can't install magisk again if i do that it will stuck on fastboot screen .
so for your case i suggest using magisk uninstaller.zip
but hope that some one help to install magisk agian
eLcTrOn said:
i'm in kinda similar situation ,
installed magisk v20.1 and everything went fine , but when trying to install viper4android it asked me do install busybox , i did it within magisk now it only boots to fastboot , to fix it and make it boot agian i used magisk_uninstaller.zip
boots fine now but can't install magisk again if i do that it will stuck on fastboot screen .
so for your case i suggest using magisk uninstaller.zip
but hope that some one help to install magisk agian
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yeah i used magisk uninstaller to make the phone work normally
Glad it worked . Are u able to install magisk again ?
eLcTrOn said:
i'm in kinda similar situation ,
installed magisk v20.1 and everything went fine , but when trying to install viper4android it asked me do install busybox , i did it within magisk now it only boots to fastboot , to fix it and make it boot agian i used magisk_uninstaller.zip
boots fine now but can't install magisk again if i do that it will stuck on fastboot screen .
so for your case i suggest using magisk uninstaller.zip
but hope that some one help to install magisk agian
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Dont install Viper4android via magisk. Just download the package and install in via TWRP. Use this guide
I have this exact problem right now but even with other versions of magisk, I encounter the same issue. Any suggestions?
Same problem here with magisk I guess it is a compatibly issue with MIUI 11
Yep, it's a MIUI11 issue and the reason I haven't shifted over to it. I suspect whatever release of magisk is in the pipeline will fix it provided it's been reported.
In the meanwhile I've read 19.4 works; you could try the canary builds if that seems to old for your liking... just be careful.
Had the same problem, its because of data encryption.
You guys need to format data before installing magisk.
winesh said:
Had the same problem, its because of data encryption.
You guys need to format data before installing magisk.
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Even with data formatting 20.1 causes issues: In fact, it seems latest Magisk build seems to be causing issues on all (or, many) builds of MIUI 11.
For k20 pro, 19.3/.4 seems smartest to install and then update via magisk manager
I believe other phones (mi 9?) need even older versions like 17.2, so I wouldn't be surprised if future updates continue to push the installation build back.
AvgZing said:
Even with data formatting 20.1 causes issues: In fact, it seems latest Magisk build seems to be causing issues on all (or, many) builds of MIUI 11.
For k20 pro, 19.3/.4 seems smartest to install and then update via magisk manager
I believe other phones (mi 9?) need even older versions like 17.2, so I wouldn't be surprised if future updates continue to push the installation build back.
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I'm hoping the Magisk situation gets fixed. I checked the Magisk support thread and only saw one post about a bootloop with a Mi9T Pro (again, likely data encryption) so I'm given the impression MIUI might be off the radar for Magisk bug fixes.
I've had a couple of issues with Magisk 20.1 on MIUI10 - nothing critical but a couple times Magisk Manager has frozen (i.e. kill the process, relaunch and it works) and a couple hangs when root apps have been launched for the first time (again, kill + relaunch, a few times if necessary). Smooth sailing otherwise but gives me the impression that Magisk isn't without flaws on MIUI. One response was to dump MIUI altogether but I'd rather have a stable hardware experience for now. I tested a lot of custom ROMs on my last device and based on that, I'd like to stick to MIUI for a while.
Out of curiousity what are the other bugs with MIUI11 aside from it not working with encryption?
droident said:
I'm hoping the Magisk situation gets fixed. I checked the Magisk support thread and only saw one post about a bootloop with a Mi9T Pro (again, likely data encryption) so I'm given the impression MIUI might be off the radar for Magisk bug fixes.
I've had a couple of issues with Magisk 20.1 on MIUI10 - nothing critical but a couple times Magisk Manager has frozen (i.e. kill the process, relaunch and it works) and a couple hangs when root apps have been launched for the first time (again, kill + relaunch, a few times if necessary). Smooth sailing otherwise but gives me the impression that Magisk isn't without flaws on MIUI. One response was to dump MIUI altogether but I'd rather have a stable hardware experience for now. I tested a lot of custom ROMs on my last device and based on that, I'd like to stick to MIUI for a while.
Out of curiousity what are the other bugs with MIUI11 aside from it not working with encryption?
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Other than standard app compatibility issues, I haven't heard of any major MIUI11 bugs, which is fantastic to hear.
I have tried all sorts. MI9T MIUI 11.0.1.0 and magisk just causes recovery bootloop . Gonna try magisk 19.4 if thats a thing mentioned in a previous reply
I use Miui 11.0.3 together with Magisk. I used the following procedure:
1. Copy Magisk 20.1 (for twrp) to your internal storage (e.g. downloads)
2. Install Magisk via TWRP
3. Don't reboot (it will cause bootloop).
4. Do factory reset (it will remove your Data). Your bootloader will remain patched.
5. Reboot your phone, do initial config.
6. Install Magisk Manager and run it so you will see that Magisk is installed.
7. DON'T install additional files suggested by Magisk Manager (or you will end up in bootloop again)
8. Enjoy your rooted K20Pro!
I got the same problem on my k20 pro (with MIUI EU).I try driffent ways provided by magisk official but no one works.I have to flash the system. It's not a good idea for intalling V4A on this phone
XedosMD said:
I use Miui 11.0.3 together with Magisk. I used the following procedure:
1. Copy Magisk 20.1 (for twrp) to your internal storage (e.g. downloads)
2. Install Magisk via TWRP
3. Don't reboot (it will cause bootloop).
4. Do factory reset (it will remove your Data). Your bootloader will remain patched.
5. Reboot your phone, do initial config.
6. Install Magisk Manager and run it so you will see that Magisk is installed.
7. DON'T install additional files suggested by Magisk Manager (or you will end up in bootloop again)
8. Enjoy your rooted K20Pro!
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Does your phone remain encrypted after you do these steps? I doubt...
For some reasons, I wanna keep my phone encrypted.

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