Trying to root moto g8 play with Magisk, with no results. - Magisk

I'm trying to root the motorola moto g8 play (lima XT2015-2 32GB PVT), baseband: MT6771_V16.03.01.88R, BL: MBM-2.1-lima_32_retail-c3fab9-19118.
I already did the process, trying to doing with magisk (downloading the firmware, coping the boot.img into internal storage, patching with the magisk manager app and doing the comands with the adb (bootloader already unlocked)). With no avail, and the manager says "Installed: N/A".
Trying to see if someone can help trough here (seems there isn't an unofficial twrp recovery for this model, only found for the g8 play and g8 power)

What adb commands? Unless Motorola has done something weird, the patched boot image should be flashed with fastboot.
One thing you could check is if the Manager is installed to adoptable/external storage. That usually causes issues, so if it is move it to the internal storage instead.
Providing the installation log from when you're patching the boot image is also a good idea, to rule out any errors during patching.
Edit: Is that a MTK device? If so that could also be a problem... It's not uncommon with problems to install Magisk on MTK devices. Example: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/issues/3042

Didgeridoohan said:
What adb commands? Unless Motorola has done something weird, the patched boot image should be flashed with fastboot.
One thing you could check is if the Manager is installed to adoptable/external storage. That usually causes issues, so if it is move it to the internal storage instead.
Providing the installation log from when you're patching the boot image is also a good idea, to rule out any errors during patching.
Edit: Is that a MTK device? If so that could also be a problem... It's not uncommon with problems to install Magisk on MTK devices. Example: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/issues/3042
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I used an app called Cpu-Z, and yes, it's a MTK device. Is there a solution for that or is this phone unrootable? By the way it's Android 9 in this phone.

I have no idea if it is unrootable. The Github issue I linked was just an example... Try the other things I talked about first before we can draw any conclusions.
Edit: and of course, you could try the test variant of Magisk linked in that Github issue to see if it's relevant or not.

Ok, I tried downloading the version that is in the link you provided me, still doesn't work. About the comands I used, i wil share an image and the log of the magisk instalation. Don't know what else I can do to root this phone. Curiously my bank aplication says my phone is rooted or jailbreaked, but checking on the app: "Root Checker Basic" says root is not installed and the Magisk manager is still unchanged: Latest: 20.4(20400)/// Installed: N/A /// Ramdisk: Yes /// A/B: Yes /// SAR: Yes ///Crypto: File
Log: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xtof3728b937vks/magisk_install_log_2020-12-11T163209Z.log?dl=0
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What about my first suggestion about external/adoptable storage? You haven't mentioned if you've checked that.

Didgeridoohan said:
What about my first suggestion about external/adoptable storage? You haven't mentioned if you've checked that.
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Well, this model doesn't allow storing apps on external storage unless I format the whole SD into adoptable storage. Don't want to do that, so the app, the boot.img and the patched file are in internal storage

In that case I'm currently out of ideas... Doesn't necessary mean it's hopeless though, just that I have no experience with MTK devices (other than seeing a lot of people having troubles with them when trying to install Magisk).
Unfortunately the activity in the Moto G8 Play forums look rather underwhelming... Otherwise I would have adviced you to seek help there.

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! /data/adb/magisk_merge.img mount failed

Hello.
Unable to flash magisk modules.
! /data/adb/magisk_merge.img mount failed.
Even via twrp recovery is no possible to flash magisk modules, says something like error 1.
The device is a doogee mix 2.
I was forced to install the normal xposed framework just to use it.
Root works; only modules have problems.
Can some expert find a solution, please?
Thank you in advance to everyone gives good news!
MasterSheea said:
Hello.
Unable to flash magisk modules.
! /data/adb/magisk_merge.img mount failed.
Even via twrp recovery is no possible to flash magisk modules, says something like error 1.
The device is a doogee mix 2.
I was forced to install the normal xposed framework just to use it.
Root works; only modules have problems.
Can some expert find a solution, please?
Thank you in advance to everyone gives good news!
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Hi, Can you attach logs while flashing ?? from both MM and recovery
MasterSheea said:
Hello.
Unable to flash magisk modules.
! /data/adb/magisk_merge.img mount failed.
Even via twrp recovery is no possible to flash magisk modules, says something like error 1.
The device is a doogee mix 2.
I was forced to install the normal xposed framework just to use it.
Root works; only modules have problems.
Can some expert find a solution, please?
Thank you in advance to everyone gives good news!
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Known issue on some MTK devices. Loop mounting doesn't work.
There are lots of reports like this for Doogee... There's been some investigating into it in the beta thread, but as of yet there's no solution, I believe.
Hello!
Yes, of course!
Logs of magisk installer and TWRP recovery here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vzWdbQfTtlmdc7VchaKxSGU4RkaOcog/view?usp=drivesdk
Ignore the crittografy error; I have tried to disable the crittografy and all is the same. Same problem.
In more, yesterday I had another annoying problem with magisk: before the options of the magisk app disappeared (there is the pic in the folder I attached. Then magisk is totally disappeared: magisk is not installed anymore in your device.
Tried to re-install magisk: nothing happens.
I have re-flashed the ROM and re- installed magisk: at moment is working.
Root files and SuperSU are not working.
I will open a new forum discussion for this problem.
Thank you in advance.
Greetings
MasterSheea said:
Hello!
Yes, of course!
Logs of magisk installer and TWRP recovery here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vzWdbQfTtlmdc7VchaKxSGU4RkaOcog/view?usp=drivesdk
Ignore the crittografy error; I have tried to disable the crittografy and all is the same. Same problem.
In more, yesterday I had another annoying problem with magisk: before the options of the magisk app disappeared (there is the pic in the folder I attached. Then magisk is totally disappeared: magisk is not installed anymore in your device.
Tried to re-install magisk: nothing happens.
I have re-flashed the ROM and re- installed magisk: at moment is working.
Root files and SuperSU are not working.
I will open a new forum discussion for this problem.
Thank you in advance.
Greetings
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The file is not accessible
Sorry.
Try now, please.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vzWdbQfTtlmdc7VchaKxSGU4RkaOcog/view?usp=drivesdk
MasterSheea said:
Sorry.
Try now, please.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vzWdbQfTtlmdc7VchaKxSGU4RkaOcog/view?usp=drivesdk
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Looks like recovery can't decrypt /data, so that's likely an issue there. But it'd be easier to tell if you had provided the recovery log rather than a screenshot (Advanced - Copy log after trying to flash).
And, it would also be very useful if you had provided a Magisk log rather than only installation logs.
But, it's probably a moot point anyway. Like I said earlier, this is a known issue with loop mounting on Doogee devices (and other devices using Mediatek). No solution as of yet...
Didgeridoohan said:
Looks like recovery can't decrypt /data, so that's likely an issue there. But it'd be easier to tell if you had provided the recovery log rather than a screenshot (Advanced - Copy log after trying to flash).
And, it would also be very useful if you had provided a Magisk log rather than only installation logs.
But, it's probably a moot point anyway. Like I said earlier, this is a known issue with loop mounting on Doogee devices (and other devices using Mediatek). No solution as of yet...
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Same here, provide good logs
Ok, thanks.
I will try to send you good logs.
About encryption, I have tried to disable encryption and to install all without encryption: nothing changes.
Before I must understand why magisk disappears from system, then I will collect logs about modules installation. Magisk is the only way to root this damned phone, SuperSU does not works.
Thank you in advance
MasterSheea said:
Ok, thanks.
I will try to send you good logs.
About encryption, I have tried to disable encryption and to install all without encryption: nothing changes.
Before I must understand why magisk disappears from system, then I will collect logs about modules installation. Magisk is the only way to root this damned phone, SuperSU does not works.
Thank you in advance
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There was no need to start a new thread about that... You've already got this one going.
The screenshot of the Manager you provided simply showed a Manager without internet access. Completely normal.
About losing root completely, make sure you don't have any aggressive battery optimisation on the Manager. More here:
https://www.didgeridoohan.com/magisk/Magisk#hn_Randomly_losing_root
Ok, good, I close the other thread
Yes true, that is a normal screenshot of magisk offline. Yesterday I did formatted data to disable encryption and I lost all the other screenshots, but was like this: before all options disappeared, then magisk disappeared.
No, no aggressive battery optimization running, but I have installed greenify and amplify... Perhaps one of this app makes problem?
I wish to close the other thread, but I do not know how to do it.
How to do it, please?
MasterSheea said:
Ok, good, I close the other thread
Yes true, that is a normal screenshot of magisk offline. Yesterday I did formatted data to disable encryption and I lost all the other screenshots, but was like this: before all options disappeared, then magisk disappeared.
No, no aggressive battery optimization running, but I have installed greenify and amplify... Perhaps one of this app makes problem?
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Make sure the Manager is removed from Battery optimisation and that it isn't selected I'm Greenify. It's not certain that this is the issue, but it's worth ruling out.
Other than that, a logcat of it happening, or even just a screenshot of the Manager when things aren't working. A Magisk log is also useful, of course.
MasterSheea said:
I wish to close the other thread, but I do not know how to do it.
How to do it, please?
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Just let it be...
Oki.
I removed magisk from battery optimization.
I hope that at least the root will work.
But I seen in another thread that there is a solution known as f2fs workaround bug fixer. But is still not working. I hope that someone will fix it soon.
Anyhow, thank you for all
Move to thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/guide-magisk-official-version-including-t3577875. Flash last zip. Move to magisk manager, install updated (2018.3.6) version. All modules should now install fine.
Hello.
Thank you for the answer.
I have tried to flash the zip without success.
No magisk installation found or installed version is not supported.
Error process 1.
The magisk version I have installed is v16. - 5.6.4(112).
The last one, suppose.
Any suggestions, please?
Thank you in advance ?
I made also the this attempt: I have flashed a magisk module using flashify.
The flashing was successful, but the module is not in the magisk list.
Can be a permission problem? Someone knows where is the folder of installed magisk modules, please? Perhaps is a permission problem and changing permissions will work...
Download f2fs-loopback-bug-workaround-2018.1.31.zip from the thread. Place it in Download folder of internal storage. Reboot to recovery. Flash zip in twrp. Reboot. Open magisk manager. F2FS Loopback Bug Workaround should be installed in modules. I hope any module can be installed from now on.
Dear Pragnan Saha,
Thank you for your answer.
I have tried to flash f2fs-loopback-bug-workaround-2018.1.31.zip, but without success.
TWRP says: No magisk installation found or installed version is not supported. Error process 1.
Some suggestions, please?
Thank you in advance
Didgeridoohan said:
There was no need to start a new thread about that... You've already got this one going.
The screenshot of the Manager you provided simply showed a Manager without internet access. Completely normal.
About losing root completely, make sure you don't have any aggressive battery optimisation on the Manager. More here:
https://www.didgeridoohan.com/magisk/Magisk#hn_Randomly_losing_root
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What thread? And is it about exact the same error ! /data/adb/magisk_merge.img ... What this thread is about?
Do you know if there's a fix already? I'm on ext4 so f2fs loopback makes no sense for me
And @MasterSheea do you have a fix?
I've got exactly the same error with flashing modules, after clean flask is possible to install modules but after 1 reboot it fails

Magisk Impact on Date/Time in TWRP on LG V40?

I am hoping that someone can help me. I have had an LG V40 with Android 9, Magisk, TWRP, and some Xposed Mods. At first all seemed fine in all respects. Then I noticed that the date/time in TWRP was not correct at all (2018 instead of 2020, etc). But I am 100% sure that at some point in the recent past it was correct (or at least close enough for me not to notice). So I am looking for the cause of this and how to fix it.
I noticed here that TWRP has some special code (cannot claim to fully understand it) that processes date/time differently on Qualcomm 800 series chips - which my phone has. In looking around at the code, I see that it is looking at ats* files so I have gone looking for them on my device. I find them in several places (nothing is ever easy):
/mnt/vendor/persist/time
/sbin/.magisk/mirror/data/vendor/time
/sbin/.magisk/mirror/persist/time
/data/vendor/time
In /mnt/vendor/persist/time I see:
ats_12 with modify at 2/9/2018 @ 10:39am
ats_13 with same
ats_15 with same
ats_16 with same
In /sbin/.magisk/mirror/persist/time I see the same as above.
in/sbin/.magisk/mirror/data/vendor/time I see:
ats_1 with modify at 5/1/2020 @ 6:09pm
ats_2 with same
ats_12 with modify at 5/13/2020 @ 11:49am
ats_13 with same
ats_15 with modify at 5/13/2020 @ 10:49am
ats_16 with same
And in /data/vendor/time I see the same as above.
What I am not understanding here is if these multiple sets are the result of Magisk and, if so, which are/were "original" and which are "mirrors" and in general what is Magisk doing with all this? I read here, under the heading MagicMount, that Magisk is doing things with /system and possibly with /vendor and /product. So I cannot really explain to myself what I am seeing here or why it is happening.
I apologize for the length of this and for veering off into TWRP a bit. But it is the only way I can describe my situation and conundrum.
I also have no idea how TWRP interacts with Magisk - if at all and how that might play into the date/time problems I am facing.
So thanks for your patience and help.
The files in the mirror directories are used by Magisk for Modules (magic mounting) and MagiskHide.
I'm guessing you found those files while booted up and not in TWRP. Thing is that those Magisk mirror directories won't be there when you boot into TWRP (they're mounted by Magisk during a normal boot) and thus they can't have any effect on what you are describing.
Magisk does not load at all when you boot to TWRP.
Didgeridoohan said:
The files in the mirror directories are used by Magisk for Modules (magic mounting) and MagiskHide.
I'm guessing you found those files while booted up and not in TWRP. Thing is that those Magisk mirror directories won't be there when you boot into TWRP (they're mounted by Magisk during a normal boot) and thus they can't have any effect on what you are describing.
Magisk does not load at all when you boot to TWRP.
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Thanks for the help. You are correct, I was looking while booted into the system.
Do you happen to know if, while Magisk is doing the mirroring and merging, it fiddles any folder/file permissions/ownerships? Or should these remain identical to the "originals"? Cheers!

Lineage OS 17 getting "Magisk is not installed"

I'm at my wits end trying to get Magisk back!
(The backstory is that I had been running a DirtyUnicorns OS for a year just fine, but then Pokemon Go started failing to login. So it was time to update.)
Using a Samsung Tab 4 (SM-T330NU)
Formatted and installed stock OS/boot
Used Odin to flash "twrp-3.0.0-3"
Used TWRP recovery to update to "twrp-3.3.1-0"
Installed "Lineage OS 17" (and added Gapps) - made sure it booted and all was well
Booted into TWRP recovery and installed the latest "Magisk-v20.4"
Wiped cache and rebooted
Installed the latest "MagiskManager-v7.5.1" and got "Magisk is not installed"
After a great deal of searching I learned how this is supposed to be corrected:
Took the boot.img from the Lineage OS 17 zip,
Used Magisk to patch it, creating "magisk_patched.img"
Used TWRP recovery to install "magisk_patched.img" to the boot section
Wiped cache and rebooted
Still getting "Magisk is not installed"
Booted into TWRP recovery and installed the latest "Magisk-v20.4" just in case
Still getting "Magisk is not installed"
This is all after roadblocks for hours a day for a week trying to pass safetynet using Magisk on Lineage OS 16 for about a week, so I thought this fresh start would be easier and now I'm pulling my hair out.
Any suggestions would be helpful. I just want to be able pass safetynet and my ctsProfile match fails. Which I can't even begin to work on without Magisk core.
Thanks in advance.
First thing I would check is if the Manager is installed to external/adoptable storage. The Manager can't work properly like that...
https://www.didgeridoohan.com/magisk/Magisk#hn_Magisk_not_installed
Didgeridoohan said:
First thing I would check is if the Manager is installed to external/adoptable storage. The Manager can't work properly like that...
https://www.didgeridoohan.com/magisk/Magisk#hn_Magisk_not_installed
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Thanks for the quick reply!
How do I check to see where it's installed and/or reinstall it to the proper storage? Because that could be it.
There's no SD card or USB device plugged in and I couldn't find more information online (I even scoured didgeridoohan.com before posting here).
Also, and this may be helpful, it appears the device is not rooted. Fx file explorer and root checker apps confirm this. So it's possible even with the steps I followed that Magisk core really isn't installed and the apk is telling the truth (I'm just at a loss to know how that's possible after flashing the zip and flashing the patched boot file, both in twrp).
If you have no SD card installed adoptable storage won't be an issue.
You can easily verify through TWRP if the core Magisk files have been installed. Check in /data/adb/magisk. It should contain busybox, magisk, magiskboot and magiskinit binaries, together with addon.d, boot_patch and util_functions scripts.
Seeing the recovery log from when you attempt to install the Magisk zip in TWRP might show us something. Also try the could also be a good idea trying the Canary release to see if there's any difference from stable v20.4.
(This thread can be locked/(closed?)/answered)
I tried my damnedest and nothing worked. So I wiped/formatted lineage-17.1-20200512 and installed lineage-17.1-20200419. THIS was the ease with which I was accustomed to installing Magisk (Recovery install and immediately working on boot). Sadly, other problems abound and they are outside the scope of this subforum.
Just in case anyone reads this and cares:
- GPS Joystick was a no-go because apparently Lineage has a not-so-nifty feature that blocks the "draw over apps" android feature if your RAM is below some secret threashhold, which prevents the entire app from functioning.
- Fake GPS can take getting used to, and I'm used to it and love it, but the location and routing keeps crashing in the background, which means pogo closes when I tab back to start it back up again.
- Regardless of which I use I am rubberbanding back to my house... despite using all the tricks I can find or think of (yes, including 'smali patcher', specific app settings, systemizing the GPS app, setting off/on mock locations, etc)... but I think it's because this OS has no unique setting for the GPS data to be "device only".
Problems one and two are due to the ****ty ram on this Samsung tablet, which I've always known was an issue, so I suppose it might just be time to buy a phone specifically for this purpose. From what I read, the best cost effective option is an iPhone SE, and I'm truly not an Apple fan (I certainly would not risk my own phone being bricked or even merely wiped).
Not sure how I used it for the last year without this many issues, but it seems like that's over now unless I want to deal with DirtyUnicorn OS again, and that was it's own nightmare sometimes.
Thanks all for reading, but especially Didgeridoohan for replying and for all the resources on your pages and threads.

G9+ & Adaway: Ads show up

I have two G9+ phones, both rooted with Adaway installed. One has the stock ROM (Android 10) & the other has LineageOS 18.1.
On the phone with Lineage there are no ads when running a particular game. The same version of the game on Moto Android 10 has ads.
There is some app I don't understand called Moto GameTime that appeared when I started the game but I have disabled it. (I tried to move GameTime out of system using system/app mover but I got an error: "Could not remount /system".)
Still, Google ads appear with the stock ROM despite having Adaway.
Everything looked ok in Adaway. It tells me its three sources are up to date. When I try to reload & reinstall hosts from those sources I get an error: "Unable to copy hosts file to /system partition. Please check Magisk systemless module is enabled the reboot." (Magisk Manager shows Magisk 23.0 is installed.)
Something is causing problems that seem to involve lack of access to the /system partition. I don't know if that is related to the appearance of ads on the stock ROM, but any thoughts? How can I fix this?
As I've stimulated no response here, I took the ugly step of wiping the phone, flashing the experimental LineageOS and restoring everything from backup (not a fully successful process because the data for certain apps was not backed up by Super Backup & Restore).
At least there are now no ads getting through onto the phone.
The issue you are having is related to stock Android 10. It does not allow you to make any changes to the system partition, as it won't allow you to mount it as r/w. There is a workaround for it (currently in development stages). It's a flash able zip script that dumps the super partition "fixes" it and flashes it back. Your phone must have the bootloader unlocked and be rooted for it to work. It currently works for A only devices without any issues, but is throwing an lpmake error 73 for mysterious/unknown reasons, but a fix is in the works. I will post a link when I get home.
I assume the phone is rooted with Magisk which is a systemless root method. Even with older devices /system remains unmodified. All changes are only overlays/modules managed by the Magisk App.
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(I tried to move GameTime out of system using system/app mover but I got an error: "Could not remount /system".)
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This could also be done with a own module. See instructions here.
Keven11 said:
The issue you are having is related to stock Android 10. It does not allow you to make any changes to the system partition, as it won't allow you to mount it as r/w.
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Thanks. I decided to replace the stock ROM with LOS18.1. That problem solved. (Got a new one: can't use data over the phone connection.)
doktorspin said:
Thanks. I decided to replace the stock ROM with LOS18.1. That problem solved. (Got a new one: can't use data over the phone connection.)
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I fixed the issue by ditching Android 10 for LOS 18.1. But thanks for the pointer.
doktorspin said:
Thanks. I decided to replace the stock ROM with LOS18.1. That problem solved. (Got a new one: can't use data over the phone connection.)
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I'm glad you got it figured out. The data issue, along with many other bugs will be rectified any day now with the new release. The issue you are having with LOS 18.1 is because at the time of development the kernel for A11 hadn't been released by Moto yet. However, they did finally release it a little under 2 weeks ago. So the new version of it will be much much better. It will be linked to the same link I posted. It's just a matter of time now, and not much of it.
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Magisk help (please!)

Hi guys,
new here and went through quite a few threads on Magisk before posting.
Situation is as follows:
- got my Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra from Aliexpress a few days ago.
- the seller unlocked the bootloader and instealled global ROM instead of the original Chineese ROM.
- the phone works fine, but Google Wallet would not allow me to add any of my credit/debit cards for contactless payments showing the usual "Your phone doesn't meet security requirements"
- NETFLIX wouldn't work.
- Quite a few of my banking apps work fine, including HSBC bank, Paypal, Revolut, IG Index and some others as well.
The obvious solution is to go ahead with Magisk Hide (or what's currently available instead as Hide module is phased out as far as I understand).
Now, I'm really new to all this (have rooted a couple of phones/tablets a few years back) and have a few questions:
1. I was going through the process of installing Magisk on my phone, folloing the instructions here: https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-magisk/?newsletter_popup=1
So according to this, I'm supposed to find a boot.img file in the ROM archive as far as I understand, but my issue is that I don't have the installed ROM details or data as it wasn't me who installed the ROM in the first place.
Is there any way to find out what ROM is installed and perhaps I could download the package and get the boot.img file from there? (ramdisk parameter show YES)
2. I will be installing ADB on my computer to be able to install Magisk as per the following instructions: https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
is there anything else I'd need?
3. Lastly, there is a bunch of good tutorials on your tube on how to use the latest Magysk + shamiko module etc. If someone knows a really good one, I would appreicate if you could post it
Would really appreciate any other feedback etc for a person who is completely new to this
Thank you very much!
I'm not sure how to completely proceed as I am totally unfamiliar with Xiaomi, but I had a couple of ideas...
Kotofeus said:
- the seller unlocked the bootloader and instealled global ROM instead of the original Chineese ROM.
The obvious solution is to go ahead with Magisk Hide (or what's currently available instead as Hide module is phased out as far as I understand).
Now, I'm really new to all this (have rooted a couple of phones/tablets a few years back) and have a few questions:
1. I was going through the process of installing Magisk on my phone, folloing the instructions here: https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-magisk/?newsletter_popup=1
So according to this, I'm supposed to find a boot.img file in the ROM archive as far as I understand, but my issue is that I don't have the installed ROM details or data as it wasn't me who installed the ROM in the first place.
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I imagine you can find exactly what ROM you are using in the Settings -> "About Phone" or something similar; Probably under something like "Android version" or "Build number". You can google search (most likely by build number or something similar) and find the Factory image needed to flash/install the ROM. Once you download that specific ROM installation file (most likely a .zip file), you should be able to extract it (or go inside the zipped file and extract the specific boot.img file) to be able to patch it in Magisk.
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2. I will be installing ADB on my computer to be able to install Magisk as per the following instructions: https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
is there anything else I'd need?
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Best place to get the adb (and you'll also need fastboot.exe so you'll also get it from) is from the Platform Tools from Google's developer's site here: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
I'm unsure (but I doubt) if Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra has 2 slots (A and B), but if it does, don't download the latest version of platform tools but version r33.0.3 because any version r34.0.0 and above has a known bug that will wreck devices with 2 slots (namely Google Pixels).
Anything else you'd need is to be sure to have USB debugging enabled and the proper Google USB drivers installed on your computer (there are Windows, Mac, and Linux drivers that can be installed).
Kotofeus said:
3. Lastly, there is a bunch of good tutorials on your tube on how to use the latest Magysk + shamiko module etc. If someone knows a really good one, I would appreicate if you could post it
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There are a number of root hide methods that hide root from Netflix and Google Wallet. One usually starts with using Magisk and Zygisk Denylist and making sure that Wallet, Netflix, Google Play Services, Google Play Store, Google Play Protect, and Google Service Framework are all "ticked" with all their sub-selections ticked as well. Also, be aware that after implementing any/all of these, usually clearing all these Google services data and cache is required & a reboot of the device is a must, but re-entering your cards will also be required as well; as well as signing back into some Google services. Then, if all that doesn't work, there's Universal SafetyNet Fix -- or even Displax's Mod branch if the official USNF isn't enough. Then also any of the further root hiding methods; Shamiko, Magisk Delta, HideMyApp, etc..
Kotofeus said:
Would really appreciate any other feedback etc for a person who is completely new to this
Thank you very much!
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Again, I'm coming only from Pixels and have absolutely no experience with Xiaomi and I can't be sure any of these will apply since you have a "custom" ROM (sort of) so things might not be as usual. These are just general dealings with Magisk and Android OS as I know them... But you state that you are "completely new to this", so I'm just trying to cover all the bases as much as I can, even if you would be already knowledgeable of them. If anything, these can be taken as just ideas and/or pointing to a direction that might work...
simplepinoi177 said:
I'm not sure how to completely proceed as I am totally unfamiliar with Xiaomi, but I had a couple of ideas...
I imagine you can find exactly what ROM you are using in the Settings -> "About Phone" or something similar; Probably under something like "Android version" or "Build number". You can google search (most likely by build number or something similar) and find the Factory image needed to flash/install the ROM. Once you download that specific ROM installation file (most likely a .zip file), you should be able to extract it (or go inside the zipped file and extract the specific boot.img file) to be able to patch it in Magisk.
Best place to get the adb (and you'll also need fastboot.exe so you'll also get it from) is from the Platform Tools from Google's developer's site here: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
I'm unsure (but I doubt) if Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra has 2 slots (A and B), but if it does, don't download the latest version of platform tools but version r33.0.3 because any version r34.0.0 and above has a known bug that will wreck devices with 2 slots (namely Google Pixels).
Anything else you'd need is to be sure to have USB debugging enabled and the proper Google USB drivers installed on your computer (there are Windows, Mac, and Linux drivers that can be installed).
There are a number of root hide methods that hide root from Netflix and Google Wallet. One usually starts with using Magisk and Zygisk Denylist and making sure that Wallet, Netflix, Google Play Services, Google Play Store, Google Play Protect, and Google Service Framework are all "ticked" with all their sub-selections ticked as well. Also, be aware that after implementing any/all of these, usually clearing all these Google services data and cache is required & a reboot of the device is a must, but re-entering your cards will also be required as well; as well as signing back into some Google services. Then, if all that doesn't work, there's Universal SafetyNet Fix -- or even Displax's Mod branch if the official USNF isn't enough. Then also any of the further root hiding methods; Shamiko, Magisk Delta, HideMyApp, etc..
Again, I'm coming only from Pixels and have absolutely no experience with Xiaomi and I can't be sure any of these will apply since you have a "custom" ROM (sort of) so things might not be as usual. These are just general dealings with Magisk and Android OS as I know them... But you state that you are "completely new to this", so I'm just trying to cover all the bases as much as I can, even if you would be already knowledgeable of them. If anything, these can be taken as just ideas and/or pointing to a direction that might work...
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Thank you very much for taking time and going through all my queries, really appreicate it!
I started losing hope really as looked through a number of vide tutorials involving installing magisk via custom recovery, which would mean I needed to install a custom recovery first... so this was becoming a bit of a Russian Doll thing and a never ending quest.
Looked at "Detailed info and specs" on my phone and I have:
Baseband version
Kernel Version
I presume I can search by Kernel Version to find the ROM - will try that.
If I can't find the ROM, than the only way is to try and install custom recovery, download Magisk apk, rename it into zip, get into custom recovery mode and try to flash the zip file. Saw a few tutorials on youtube like that and it looked fairly straightforward, however not sure how easy or difficult it would be to install a custom recovery like TWRP on this phone.
I also looked through a tutorial of using Magisk with Zygisk and Denylist and again, looked pretty straightforward, but Magisk needs to be properly installed of course.
Yes, thank you - I understand that you need to clear cash and re-enter the cards once again, that would have been the least of my troubles.
Will try to search that kernel number on google once I have a moment and see if I get any luck.
Will also reasearch on how to install TWRP. If that's easier than I may go with that option instead of extracting and patching the boot.img
Kotofeus said:
Looked at "Detailed info and specs" on my phone and I have:
Baseband version
Kernel Version
I presume I can search by Kernel Version to find the ROM - will try that.
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You can't find what MIUI version you have? That's all you basically need...
From a small bit of research, you state you are on a "global ROM" of a Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, which should just be a "global" version of the MIUI. You just need to find the MIUI global version and extract it (boot.ini) from the firmware update file. Once you find the version, you could search and find the firmware update file in places like here: https://xiaomirom.com/en/rom/mi-11-pro-ultra-11-ultra-star-global-fastboot-recovery-rom/ or other sites I imagine.
It's just important that you get the exact right version of the MIUI Global ROM you are currently running as patching and flashing a boot.ini of a different version could soft-brick/bootloop your device....

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