Hello, I need help installing and configuring Magisk on my tablet. Here is why and what I'm trying to do:
On my Samsung SM-T350, I originally installed TWRP and then installed a custom ROM which has root access (as far as I know, stock recovery is no longer on device). I recently installed a particular app and it indicates the program will not run all of the features because it has detected 'root' access. The suggestion online to work around this problem has been to install Magisk.
From this, I first went to the Magisk Manager website and download the 5.4.3apk and installed it. Then when I open the Magisk Manager app, it asks me if I want to 'Install Magisk-v14.0.zip now'. If I click 'install', a list of choices pop up (Download Zip Only, Patch Boot Image File, Direct Install). Which should I choose? I don't remember which of these I tried, but I recall it didn't work or didn't do anything.
So in the mean time, I downloaded the Magisk-v14.0.zip file locally to my tablet (Downloads folder). I 'think' the proper way to install is to boot into TWRP, then select 'Install', then navigate to the Magisk-v14.0.zip and then install image? Is that correct, or will this attempt to install over my custom ROM? What is the proper way to finish the installation?
Thanks in advance!
Does anyone have any suggestions?? Thanks
First - the "Magisk Manager website" is not a place you want to visit. It is not an official source for anything Magisk and should not be trusted. Only download from xda or @topjohnwu's GitHub.
Second - if you're already rooted you need to first unroot. Read more on installing Magisk in the release thread and the Installation and troubleshooting thread. Most, if not all your queries should be answered there.
I attempted to go from Magisk v16 to Magisk v17 from the app, Install > Patch Boot Image File > Magisk-v17(1700).zip and I get the below .
I opened up Root Checker and it let me know that the device no longer has Root.
- Copying image to cache
- Device platform: arm64-v8a
- Existing zip found
- Extracting files
! Installation Failed
Magisk Log File
- Copying image to cache
- Device platform: arm64-v8a
- Existing zip found
- Extracting files
boot_patch.sh[73]: can't create /proc/self/fd/: Is a directory
MagiskBoot v17.0(17000) (by topjohnwu) - Boot Image Modification Tool
Parsing boot image: [/data/user_de/0/com.topjohnwu.magisk/install/boot.img]
No boot image magic found!
boot_patch.sh[91]: can't create /proc/self/fd/: Is a directory
boot_patch.sh[91]: can't create /proc/self/fd/: Is a directory
! Installation failed
Device Stats
Nexus 6P
Lineage 15.1
TWRP - latest
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
monteie2016 said:
I attempted to go from Magisk v16 to Magisk v17 from the app, Install > Patch Boot Image File > Magisk-v17(1700).zip and I get the below .
I opened up Root Checker and it let me know that the device no longer has Root.
- Copying image to cache
- Device platform: arm64-v8a
- Existing zip found
- Extracting files
! Installation Failed
Magisk Log File
- Copying image to cache
- Device platform: arm64-v8a
- Existing zip found
- Extracting files
boot_patch.sh[73]: can't create /proc/self/fd/: Is a directory
MagiskBoot v17.0(17000) (by topjohnwu) - Boot Image Modification Tool
Parsing boot image: [/data/user_de/0/com.topjohnwu.magisk/install/boot.img]
No boot image magic found!
boot_patch.sh[91]: can't create /proc/self/fd/: Is a directory
boot_patch.sh[91]: can't create /proc/self/fd/: Is a directory
! Installation failed
Device Stats
Nexus 6P
Lineage 15.1
TWRP - latest
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Happened with me also...i gues the only solution is you have to uninstall mafisk via magisk uninstaller and flash it once again via whatever recovery you are using...i am also using lineage os 15.1 but with RN4....
Happened to me as well. HTC u11, ViperU 1.8.0, Android 7.1.1, TWRP 3.2.2. Tried flashing it though TWRP got a bootloop. Had to revert back to my previous nan which luckily I made yesterday.
I attempted the same, now my galaxy s6 is in a boot loop
Look other posts in this section - you should flash latest uninstaller before Magisk v17 package. It seems that some residues from v16 prevent v17 from installing correctly.
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how to uninstall magisk completely without custom recoery
Hello Guys
I can not install Magisk v17.1
I delete it complete with the uninstaller
And then flashed again in TWRP, but dont work
Magisk icon is not visible and I can not manually install the Magisk Manager
Pls Help
edkmho said:
how to uninstall magisk completely without custom recoery
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I had to reflash stock (OTA sideload version, in stock recovery) via adb sideload. Essential phone. Wifi is working now, didn't lose any data.
I'm also having the issue on my OnePlus 5T. I was running v16.0, and when I tried to flash the v17.1 zip in TWRP like usual, but it said zip signature verification failed. I flashed the Magisk uninstaller zip and tried again, but still had the same problem. I've lost root, but all my data is still intact and it never had boot issues.
After using uninstaller in recovery, restart into recovery to flash v17
aydinbahadir88 said:
And then flashed again in TWRP, but dont work
Magisk icon is not visible and I can not manually install the Magisk Manager
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Do you update from 16.0? If Yes test following:
Download the seperate MagiskManager-v5.9.1.apk
Make sure that you adb is working, connect your phone to computer
Code:
adb devices
must show your phone, if not adb is not proper set
Code:
adb install MagiskManager-v5.9.1.apk
if you get a error message like
the sign with the installed apk has not matsched..aborted
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the uninstaller not proper delete the old magisk manager
try
Code:
adb uninstall com.topjohnwu.magisk
the result must be an sucess
then again
Code:
adb install MagiskManager-v5.9.1.apk
result must also sucess
Reboot, voiala its done....
You see the Magisk Manager
Does anyone have a working solution?
1.download magisk 17.zip from inside magisk 16
2. uninstall magisk 16 (i do from inside, not twrp)
3. instal magisk 17.zip from twrp
4. open magisk 17 and get notification for downloaded magisk 17.apk
5. download and instal it,
tested by my phone
mi5 Lineage Os 15.1
How I recovered from this on a Pixel 2 XL
I'll chime in with my experience here, as it might save someone else a lot of time if they are at my skill level with this stuff (which is only moderate, I suppose, although I do always get things to work eventually!).
As of yesterday, I had a Pixel 2 XL, rooted with Magisk, and working great. This morning, during the middle of the night, Magisk innocently asks if I want to upgrade to a new version. I was very tired (in fact, I think I was sleeping when my phone buzzed to alert me of the upgrade message) and don't even know how I responded except that it was "yes" to the upgrade part. By the time I'd fully awakened, I had a phone that waw in a boot loop. I went back to sleep, figuring I'd have better luck looking at it after a little rest.
Getting out of the boot loop was easy: I just reinstalled the August 2018 factory image for the phone. However, getting Magisk reinstalled was an adventure. I saw posts that said I should run the Magisk uninstaller, but when I did it just said that Magisk was already uninstalled. And yet, whenever I tried to apply either v16.0 or v17.1, I got errors (error codes 1, 2, and 255 at different times).
Up until this event, I'd always upgraded Magisk by installing it via TWRP. However, that was not working, so I thought I needed to try patching the boot image, something I'd never done before. Because I'd never done it before, it took me a while to understand the steps, which are actually quite simple. This is where I'm hoping I might save someone some time. Basically, my fear was not knowing which file the "boot image" was. Seasoned Android veterans might get a chuckle out of this, and that's fine, but I was looking at the file in the factory image download and basically saw only two image files: bootloader-taimen-tmz20j.img and radio-taimen-g8998-00253-1805232234.img. I was trying to figure out if either of those could be the boot image, and they both seemed pretty big to be a boot image! Finally it dawned on me that the much larger file in the directory was a zip archive (named image-taimen-ppr1.180610.009.zip). I looked inside there, and sure enough, there was a rather small file named boot.img. I was pretty sure that was the "boot image" file!
Here's what I did after that, again just hoping to help anyone who finds themselves in the same predicament I was in: Magisk is broken, root isn't working, and I can't install any of the Magisk *.zip images via TWRP.
- First, I downloaded a copy of Magisk Manager: this version is named MagiskManager-v5.9.1.apk.
- Next, I ran a couple adb commands to send the Magisk Manager apk and the stock boot.img to my phone:
Code:
adb push MagiskManager-v5.9.1.apk /sdcard/Download
adb push boot.img /sdcard/Download
- Next, I installed /sdcard/Download/Magisk-Manager-v5.9.1.apk by nagivating to it (I use ES File Manager) and launching it from there.
- Next I opened Magisk Manager
- Magisk Manager detects that there is a newer version available and asks if I want to upgrade
- I said yes
- I told it that I wanted to patch a boot image
- I chose /sdcard/Download/boot.img as the "unpatched" (stock) boot image
- Magisk Manager churned away for maybe half a minute and then produced a new file called patched_boot.img, saved in the same directory as boot.img.
After that, all I had to do was run these commands:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
fastboot reboot
As soon as the phone restarted, I opened Magisk Manager again and it verified that its upgrade was successful, and root began working for me again also.
Like I said, I hope this helps someone else. If not, it's probably good for me to just write it all out anyway.
Cheers,
Sky Captain
_sky.captain_ said:
I'll chime in with my experience here, as it might save someone else a lot of time if they are at my skill level with this stuff (which is only moderate, I suppose, although I do always get things to work eventually!).
As of yesterday, I had a Pixel 2 XL, rooted with Magisk, and working great. This morning, during the middle of the night, Magisk innocently asks if I want to upgrade to a new version. I was very tired (in fact, I think I was sleeping when my phone buzzed to alert me of the upgrade message) and don't even know how I responded except that it was "yes" to the upgrade part. By the time I'd fully awakened, I had a phone that waw in a boot loop. I went back to sleep, figuring I'd have better luck looking at it after a little rest.
Getting out of the boot loop was easy: I just reinstalled the August 2018 factory image for the phone. However, getting Magisk reinstalled was an adventure. I saw posts that said I should run the Magisk uninstaller, but when I did it just said that Magisk was already uninstalled. And yet, whenever I tried to apply either v16.0 or v17.1, I got errors (error codes 1, 2, and 255 at different times).
Up until this event, I'd always upgraded Magisk by installing it via TWRP. However, that was not working, so I thought I needed to try patching the boot image, something I'd never done before. Because I'd never done it before, it took me a while to understand the steps, which are actually quite simple. This is where I'm hoping I might save someone some time. Basically, my fear was not knowing which file the "boot image" was. Seasoned Android veterans might get a chuckle out of this, and that's fine, but I was looking at the file in the factory image download and basically saw only two image files: bootloader-taimen-tmz20j.img and radio-taimen-g8998-00253-1805232234.img. I was trying to figure out if either of those could be the boot imag, and they both seemed pretty big to be a boot image! Finally it dawned on me that the much larger file in the directory was a zip archive (named image-taimen-ppr1.180610.009.zip). I looked inside there, and sure enough, there was a rather small file named boot.img. I was pretty sure that was the "boot image" file!
Here's what I did after that, again just hoping to help anyone who finds themselves in the same predicament I was in: Magisk is broken, root isn't working, and I can't install any of the Magisk *.zip images via TWRP.
- First, I downloaded a copy of Magisk Manager: this version is named MagiskManager-v5.9.1.apk.
- Next, I ran a couple adb commands to send the Magisk Manager apk and the stock boot.img to my phone:
Code:
adb push MagiskManager-v5.9.1.apk /sdcard/Download
adb push boot.img /sdcard/Download
- Next, I installed /sdcard/Download/Magisk-Manager-v5.9.1.apk by nagivating to it (I use ES File Manager) and launching it from there.
- Next I opened Magisk Manager
- Magisk Manager detects that there is a newer version available and asks if I want to upgrade
- I said yes
- I told it that I wanted to patch a boot image
- I chose /sdcard/Download/ as the "unpatched" (stock) boot image
- Magisk Manager churned away for maybe half a minute and then produced a new file called patched_boot.img, saved in the same directory as boot.img.
After that, all I had to do was run these commands:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
fastboot reboot
As soon as the phone restarted, I opened Magisk Manager again and it verified that its upgrade was successful, and root began working for me again also.
Like I said, I hope this helps someone else. If not, it's probably good for me to just write it all out anyway.
Cheers,
Sky Captain
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I too have a Pixel 2XL but had a much easier upgrade experience. I downloaded the latest version of Magisk files (3 files: MagiskManager-v5.9.1.apk, Magisk-uninstaller-20180901, and Magisk-v17.1 from here https://www.xda-developers.com/magisk-v17-1-android-pie-a-b-support/) and put them on my phone.
Rebooted into recovery TWRP run the Magisk-uninstaller-2018090 file, then ran Magisk-v17.1 rebooted and all worked (thanks to ALL the developers out there!!!)
I'm running rooted Pie (standard google Pie) with Rootchecker, 4.4.153-FlashKernal-Wahoo-v3.06, Greenify, AdAway, and of course Magisk 17.1.
Hope this helps.
akohle said:
After using uninstaller in recovery, restart into recovery to flash v17
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flashed uninstaller in recovery
flashed v17
rebooted
it worked
If patch boot image is getting failed in magisk latest version v17.1 then enable storage permission for magisk app manually in Device/OS setting. Now patch boot image again, It will get patched successfully.
I
pierro78 said:
flashed uninstaller in recovery
flashed v17
rebooted
it worked
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OK...im a relative newbie here...first post actually....but Im a bit stuck in a fastboot boot loop
LG G5 tmobile running fulmics
I decided to try this exact process to get my root back by updating Magisk
booted into TWRP through ADB
flashed uninstaller using TWRP
(cleared cache/dalvik)
flashed v 17.1 (not 17) using TWRP
(cleared cache/dalvik)
rebooted
now i'm stuck in fastboot bootloop….can reboot from fastboot but nothing else
any advice would be appreciated!
update: I am able to get to TWRP using reboot command and holding power and volume down. flashed uninstaller wiped cache/dalvik...rebooted into TWRP long way and then installed 17....still fastboot at startup again
Art1mis said:
If patch boot image is getting failed in magisk latest version v17.1 then enable storage permission for magisk app manually in Device/OS setting. Now patch boot image again, It will get patched successfully.
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many thanks for the tip!!
spent like an hour trying to figure out why my pixel 2 was failing to patch the boot image.
Allowed storage permissions, flashed the patched boot and now im rooted
I have the root with Magisk in Android 8.0. At first, the warning always came out asking if you wanted to grant root rights to the application that you just opened. However, this warning is no longer displayed, even though the configuration of Magisk Manager is configured in this way.
In the Magus Superuser section, I do not see any trace of the applications that I can not 'root'.
I have updated Magisk Manager, but the error continues. I also removed BusyBox, but the error continues.
I can not give root permission to any other application. But the mobile is rooted, since the first applications that I installed that require root continue to function normally. I can even deactivate the root and then activate it again.
Reinstalling the applications is not solved. With Dalvik and Caché wipe either.
That could be happening? How is it solved?
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Magisk Manager has all the permissions of everything (memory, background, manual battery mode). I have tried to reinstall Magisk Manager and nothing.
Deactivating BusyBox (Magisk module) and Xposed and restarting still does not work.
Returning to install the Magisk image by TWRP or Fastboot is not fixed either.
I have removed all the fret that I had done to the phone (BusyBox, Xposed, root Magisk and boot modified for the root) and the problem has not been solved. I do not know what may be happening. I do not have other rare applications.
I have installed Device Control and the TWRP application. I have not gotten the root request to skip (although it has activated that option in Magisk Manager).
Definitely, it is not the fault of the new applications, which was the first question I wanted to solve.
Magisk version:
19.3 (19300)
And from Manager 7.2.0 (213), although I have also tried 7.3.2 (224).
The root is done with patching (via Magisk) of RAMDISK.IMG.
I understand that some applications are not compatible with systemless. But I'm not going any of the new ones that I'm trying. Interestingly, other applications compatible with Magisk (except those that installed the first days of the mobile) do not work either.
I have installed Magisk Manager 7.0.0 (and also 6.1.0), but the bug is still there. It seems that it does not depend on the APK.
As my Magisk file to root consists of a patch of RAMDISK.IMG created directly from Magisk Manager I do not know how to create one based on a lower version (for example, version 18.1). It only gives me the option to patch with the latest Magisk Manager version (if I have a lower one, it asks me to update the APK).
Whenever I generate the IMG of my patched RAMDISK.img it is based on 19.3.
How could I generate a patched IMG based on a lower version?
I have microG, not the GApps. Could that influence? Does Magisk need them?
@rovo89
@topjohnwu
https://www.didgeridoohan.com/magisk/MagiskHelp
I have added much more information.
Reinstall firmware???
LoneWolfz said:
Reinstall firmware???
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I'm going to do it today. Will I lose data if I install SYSTEM.img via Fastboot?
535iu said:
I'm going to do it today. Will I lose data if I install SYSTEM.img via Fastboot?
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No maybe but i suggest you to backup all your data etc. just to be safe
Good evening lads. I've been having problems installing Magisk.
I've successfully rooted my device (a Samsung J5 2016) and installed Magisk Manager. From there, I selected "Install" and after the confirmation that I want to install Magisk v20.4(204000) I choose "Direct Install" , which is also the recommended option but get an installation error.
Here's my log:
Code:
- Target image: /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
- Device platform: armeabi-v7a
- Unpacking boot image
- Checking ramdisk status
- Stock boot image detected
- Patching ramdisk
- Repacking boot image
! Unable to repack boot image!
! Installation failed
I'm very noob at this and barely have any idea with what I'm doing, so I'm asking you, what can I do? I checked other threads but their logs was very different.
I've never had any other problem with other root apps (Lucky Patcher, Titanium Backup, Root checker etc.) and all I want to do is hide my root so I can use the Nintendo Switch app, lol.
Thanks in advance for your help.
The usual answer is, into Recovery and flash Magisk Uninstaller, then install the Magisk file in Recovery.
I can't give any guarantees, but that always used to be the way to go, if Magisk did not install with Direct Install option.
Like I say, no guarantees.
Should have said, make a Recovery Backup before attempting.
Second thoughts, another poster has just reported a problem installing 20.4 in TWRP, so maybe it's not such a good idea after all.
I don't advise.
Sorry for wrong advice.
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if anyone is having trouble while installing magisk I have come up with solutions.
if you have installed magisk but it never detects as it is installed the following would be solutions i have found for my self
install magisk that is older than the one you are going to install in recovery with sideload for eg. to install magisk 25.00 from the recovery you need to install magisk 24.1 apk before that without shutting down your phone.
the second step you need to do is you have to side-load the latest version after you have installed the older version from the recovery
that is it simple as it is
Hello,
I stuck in quite specific situation. I am using OnePlus 7T Pro (HD1913) with installed the most recent stock Oxygen OS 12.1 MP2 - 11.F.17. EU (Android 12) and Magisk 25.2 (25200)(33) stable release.
What I did I used Magisk hide option and renamed package to random one. After this operation succeeded by mistake I uninstalled Magisk Manager from my device, and that was big mistake. Since I installed Magisk Manager from apk file once again it doesn't detect Magisk root installation anymore. In result installed apps for which there were granted root privileges when Magisk Manager properly detected Magisk Root installation (before hiding operation) still have root privilleges (e.g. Tasker, Total Commander in my configuration). Of course for new apps Magisk Manager behaves like there would be no root so it doesn't ask for granting root privilleges.
What can I do now to make Magisk Manager aware that Magisk root is installed in my system? Is there any way to achieve that (below there is some explanation why it is a bit tricky to root Oxygen OS 12.1 MP2)?
Below there are steps which I already done and some explanation why I cannot simply re-root my device with Magisk package with e.g. TWRP etc.
1. Currently there is no working TWRP compatible with Oxygen OS 12.1 MP2. Whenever I try to perform 'fastboot boot twrp.img' (and many other users confirm that in this forum) bootloader stuck and TWRP is not being loaded. I didn't found any resolution for that. This is the reason why I cannot simply reroot my device with Magisk package again.
2. I tried to extract 'boot.img' from Oxygen OS 12.1 MP2 firmware and used Magisk Manager to patch it. Unfortunately it didn't resolve the issue becasue after command 'fastboot boot patched_magisk_boot.img' Magisk Manager still doesn't detect Magisk root.
3. Before the whole described here issue occurred in order to root my device I had to use Magisk Manager with the last version of Oxygen OS working on Android 11 (rooted with Magisk) and performed patching to inactive slot directly from Magisk Manager just after installation (before reboot) of Oxygen OS 12.1 MP2. This is the only way which worked for me. This is the reason why I cannot simply perform this process again now because I would have to erase all my data / configuration and revert to the previous Oxygen OS.
Thanks
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Hi phidix, have you solved the problem? I got into exactly the same trap and still looking for a way out...
It looks like I found the solution.
First, I ensured that I had the latest stock ROM installed without any modifications. For that, I downloaded the official ROM and flashed it manually using the old system updater with the local upgrade option. Just to be on the safe side, I had repeated that twice, so both A and B slots eventually contained the same stock ROM.
Then I installed Cygisk, the same steps as for Magisk (I extracted boot.img from the firmware, patched it with Cygisk and flashed with fastboot).
Voilà, my phone reverted to being rooted.