Today I updated my magisk installation from v17.3 to v18.0 using the Magisk Manager app, I rebooted my phone and I'm stuck on the phone logo.
I can get into TWRP, from there I tried to reinstall v17.3 and also uninstall v18.00 but for both cases I get "unable to open boot image" followed by a red "Error 1" in TWRP.
I have a OnePlus Two, running stock MM rom from OnePlus. Never had a problem with Magisk, any tips on how to fix it?
It's not a bootloop, I think boot image is broken.
Thanks for your help
I managed to fix this by downloading the stock rom and flashing the boot.img file inside using TWRP, reflashed Magisk 18.0 without problems.
Hello,
I have been struggling to root my device. I have not wiped and rooted it in some time and now coming back to it again magisk keeps breaking my device.
I have clean flashed the latest android 9.0.0 build. I have flashed TWRP custom recovery 3.3.0 successfully. I have tried to flash magisk 3 times now and afterwards my phone wont boot. I originally used magisk manager to get the latest zip and patch my boot image. I then rebooted to to bootloader and ran fast boot flash boot patched_Magisk.img. This wiped out my twrp recovery and my phone wouldn't boot, i couldn't get back into twrp recovery. I reflashed latest 9.0 build and wiped everything. I flashed twrp again and tried to flash Magisk 20.0 from recovery. It was successful but again i couldn't boot into my phone and it eventually restarted back into recovery which i still had twrp this time. I then tried it again with 19.3 and the same thing happened. can anyone tell me what is going on here? What am I missing? I have been having reflash factory 9.0 build each time just to get it to remove the patched boot image and boot up again.
Was either the TWRP version or the two check boxes it has now to install twrp app as system. Installed 3.2.3-1 and didnt install the twrp app through the recovery check boxes and it worked.
For some odd reason Magisk breaks auto-rotation and sets selinux to permissive on boot after updating to 25.2 (from 25.1).
This is not the first time Magisk messes up Selinux rules. I usuall solved this by making a fresh OS install already with patched boot and by installing the managing app afterwards.
However, this time autorotation stopped working for some reason. And when i try to uninstall Magisk using its app -- OS no longer boots, as if it fails to restore initial boot image.
This selinux problem began since v25.
I use latest official build of Lineage OS 18.1. I have TWRP installed, which i use to install LineageOS.
What am i doing wrong? Has anyone experienced such issues?
I posted the same problem here (did not notice/checked SELinux back then and sound is probably also not working), figured out that all sensors do not work, checked with "Sensor Test" app. I was already considering a separate thread, thus I'll continue here, because this issue definitely deserves a separate thread. Documentation is so scattered and sometimes so confusionly described, that it was hard to make sense of it all...
(Disclaimer: Although I have necessary experience with installing custom ROMs etc., everything stated below is at my own understanding ).
My device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e LTE
My goal was: TWRP, LineageOS and Magisk. How hard can it be?
Problems are that (most of the) Samsung devices do not have a "ramdisk" partition where Magisk is normally installed, also the increasingly complexity of encryption en integrity checks makes this more annoying.
First, let me retrace my steps, as far as I can.
When reading the TWRP page, we get a clue where to start: "You are therefore strongly advised to first root your device with Magisk and then pre-root a TWRP image before flashing it to recovery", this is because "Both TWRP and Magisk-rooted Android boot using the recovery kernel, with the device's hardware keys used to choose between TWRP and Android at boot time".
(Magisk "hijacks" part of the recovery partition, since the absence of a ramdisk partition.)
Spoiler: later on you learn this is not completely the case any more, but I would still recommend to hold on to this method, because the TWRP page also states that: "The usual path of installing TWRP prior to rooting is problematic on this device, because the Magisk installer does not support installation to recovery from TWRP. Furthermore, prior rooting of the device with Magisk carries the significant advantage of disabling various device protection mechanisms that you will otherwise need to take care of manually.", and it continues with more scary warnings...
1. Thus followed the Samsung section of the Magisk documentation to have the bootloader unlocked and Magisk installed, but stock firmware is still installed, no problem whatsoever.
Then decipher the already mentioned instruction: "...pre-root a TWRP image before flashing it to recovery". This apparently means that Magisk has to patch the TWRP image, just like as was done with the Samsung firmware.
2. Downloaded the *.tar file of TWRP, extracted the image, patched with Magisk and repacked to the *.tar file with 7-Zip in order to be able to flash it with Odin (see step 4).
*3. I do not recall when I installed the "VBMeta file", although this is instructed in the Lineage OS installation instructions, when following the TWRP instructions it says "...you can now jump to its own section", thus skipping it?? (I did it somewhere in the process...)
Unknown: whether it is still required to patch and flash VBmeta (to disable some verification process)...
4. Flash TWRP recovery, see YouTube video below. This video mentions the use of "multidisabler-samsung", which disables "FBE, proca, Vaultkeeper and auto-reflash of stock recovery on Samsung Pie devices". Current latest version was 3.1, downloaded from this XDA post, I think.
Just as in the YouTube video, I also was stuck at the Samsung logo. After booting into the stock firmware you can check if Magisk still works.
Not sure: "multidisabler-samsung" needed?
5. Install LineageOS (and GApps). The most straightforward step, just install LineageOS, read the instructions. Then install GApps (e.g., BiTGApps).
6. After booting (power and volume + button) and setting up LineageOS, a Magisk icon should be visible in the app drawer, click it and the Magisk app is installed, when opened, Magisk is setting up a few more things and reboots the tablet.
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This is the point were you finally think you made it, but no, here the issues arise.
Issues thus being SELinux permissive status (Xandros Darkstorm), no sound and non-working sensors, thus "auto rotating" feature is not working.
At this point I started to regret my purchase...
In the search of a solution to the problem I stumbled upon the following familiar and solved Magisk issue #4911 (LineageOS 18.1 no sound and no sensors after booting with Magisk), which refers to issue #4394 (Magisk > 21.4 is difficult to install on LineageOS (18.1) with TWRP (Direct Install not enabled unless you use old zip)).
In short: this post mentioned patching the boot image instead of the recovery image.
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I. I extracted "boot.img" from the LineageOS zip file, patched it via Magisk (ramdisk is added to the boot image) and replaced the "boot.img" in the zip file with 7-Zip.
II. Booted into TWRP, flashed an original TWRP image, so recovery is replaced. (Rebooted I guess.)
III. Then wiped previously LineageOS installation and, flashed the LineageOS zip file with patched boot image and GApps and rebooted to system.
IV. After setting up, install Magisk, let is do its thing.
V. I installed "Root Checker Basic" in order to check I gained root checker. It was a PASS! And checked with "Sensor Test" if all sensors worked, they did! And sound also worked .
Yay!
Clearly, all of this can be optimized. Some questions remain, what steps are really necessary and I am also still wondering how to apply a LineageOS update... Anyhow at least it is working.
What resolved
Xandros Darkstorm said:
For some odd reason Magisk breaks auto-rotation and sets selinux to permissive on boot after updating to 25.2 (from 25.1).
This is not the first time Magisk messes up Selinux rules. I usuall solved this by making a fresh OS install already with patched boot and by installing the managing app afterwards.
However, this time autorotation stopped working for some reason. And when i try to uninstall Magisk using its app -- OS no longer boots, as if it fails to restore initial boot image.
This selinux problem began since v25.
I use latest official build of Lineage OS 18.1. I have TWRP installed, which i use to install LineageOS.
What am i doing wrong? Has anyone experienced such issues?
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What fixed this for me is after re-flashing stock in Odin to get everything working again, just rename the magisk apk to install.zip and flash that in twrp, and open the magisk app once booted, no other steps needed for install, no image patching or anything.
Might be worth seeing if this is the same issue or if there's a more fundamental problem with 25.2
Hi,
I stumbled upon this thread while searching for a way to install Magisk on a S5e.
Following the guide here: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/gts4lvwifi/install I already unlocked the bootloader, flashed vbmeta.tar with Odin, flashed lineage-19.1-20221114-recovery-gts4lvwifi.img with Odin and flashed lineage-19.1-20221114-nightly-gts4lvwifi-signed.zip with TWRP-recovery.
Lineage is working fine, but I would also like to use Magisk.
I understood, that the order I follwed is not the recommended order for having both Magisk and Lineage. At least, that is, what you described at the beginning of your post.
But as with your last part you mentioned, that there where issues with sensors, ...
And the solution was to
I. Replace recovery with a patched boot.img of Lineage zip and wipe a prev. Lineage installation
I guess, I might be able to stiull do that though I already have Lineage on the S5e (currently with Lineage/TWRP recovery), right?
I can patch the boot.img from within lineage-19.1-20221114-nightly-gts4lvwifi-signed.zip with Magisk app, right?
Or would I have to patch lineage-19.1-20221114-recovery-gts4lvwifi.img
Is there anything to consider, when zipping the image with the patched boot.img again?
Which TWRP image did you choose to be flashed at step II.?
Barium said:
I. I extracted "boot.img" from the LineageOS zip file, patched it via Magisk (ramdisk is added to the boot image) and replaced the "boot.img" in the zip file with 7-Zip.
II. Booted into TWRP, flashed an original TWRP image, so recovery is replaced. (Rebooted I guess.)
III. Then wiped previously LineageOS installation and, flashed the LineageOS zip file with patched boot image and GApps and rebooted to system.
IV. After setting up, install Magisk, let is do its thing.
V. I installed "Root Checker Basic" in order to check I gained root checker. It was a PASS! And checked with "Sensor Test" if all sensors worked, they did! And sound also worked .
Yay!
Clearly, all of this can be optimized. Some questions remain, what steps are really necessary and I am also still wondering how to apply a LineageOS update... Anyhow at least it is working.
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Thanks
If this is also a solution, can you please let me know, if there is anyhting to consider, when flashing the stock (got it from SAMMOBILE)? Can the lineage-19.1-20221114-recovery-gts4lvwifi.img still be left on the tab?
After re-flashing the stock, I guess you flashed lineage again, right?
Or did you stay with the stock and just flashed magisk (after renaming the apk to zip)?
Thanks
TheTofu said:
What fixed this for me is after re-flashing stock in Odin to get everything working again, just rename the magisk apk to install.zip and flash that in twrp, and open the magisk app once booted, no other steps needed for install, no image patching or anything.
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I dared patching the TWRP recover for S5e and flashed it via Odin (AP).
S5e boots up in Lineage, Magisk is working fine.
But when I power off the tablet or restart, Lineage Recovery shows up telling me, that my data would be corrupt.
My only options are to try again or to do a factory reset.
Only way out of this is to re-flash the above mentioned recovery image again.
So how do I get the Magisk patched TWRP recovery permanent?
I wiped system? and re-flashed Lineage via TWRP, got "original" TWRP Recovery for S5e Magisk permanent.
I have to admid, I tried several things and got lucky I did not break something.
I had nearly, what I wanted - TWRP, Lineage and Magisk, but there were issues with the sensors (no auto rotate).
Again I helped myself:
1) flashed the original, unpatched TWRP Recovery for S5e
2) flashed unpatched Lineage for S5e
3) flashed MindTheGapps
4) flashed Magisk-v25.2.apk
No bootloop, original TWRP permanent, Magisks working fine, no issues with sensors.
Tried steps 1, 2 and 4 with the Lineage Recovery and it worked too.
Device ZTE Quest 5, Z3351S
Android version: 9
Magisk version name: 831a398b
Magisk version code: 25206
After flashing the patched `recovery.img`, trying what the guide says (using recovery keys) will not boot Magisk. Even booting the image file itself just results in the phone refusing to boot until it reboots. Anyone know what is happening?
you do it wrong, flash boot.img with fastboot
I've done that and none of my connections will work. Magisk also says that I don't have boot ramdisk. The first time I did do the boot image, it wasn't fully rooted and root apps couldn't do much.
1> The Shamshung recent firmware upgrade CWD1 might have some patches that makes rooting problemtic. I flashed TukiROM1.2 with Magisk 26.1 (boot.img patch method) the first time and it worked but as soon as I connected to wifi somehow it upgraded to Magisk Delta (thats how I came to know about the existence of Magisk Delta). Both Magisk 24.3 & 26.1 are not surviving reboots even after flashing (Magisk.OTA.persistence-v1.zip). So staying rooted on a stock factory rom is still an issue. I will try TukiRom1.3 though I request OP to compress the ROM file from 2.7GB to lesser if possible.
2> GSI RAW image files don't go past the bootlogo screen. I tried system image files Elixir, LPOS, Crdroid, EvolutionX, Derpfest etc., none of them booted no matter what dmverity or multidisaabler etc. I flashed before or after. The same raw images used to boot on the same device when it was Andoid 11 but now on Andoid 13 Stock Factory ROM CWD1 GSI images dont boot.
3> Since Magisk is either bootlooping the device after reboot/ After flashing Magisk/or Magisk patched images not surviving reboots, so when I flash the Stock boot image it goes straight to download mode with Vbmeta signed using public key etc errors, or if I flash Magisk patched boot image from TWRP it stuck on Shamshung logo.
4> I have tried some of Dev Roynas ROMs [https://sourceforge.net/projects/a51-builds-by-royna/files/] but they all end up with [TWRP error : 1 Assert failed : update_dynamic_partitions(package_extract_file("dynamic_partitions_op_list")] also same error through Sideload.
5> I tried (systemrw_1.32_flashable) by Dev Lebigmac but since the altercation between XDA & Lebigmac on March 2023 he got banned from XDA, I cant get hold of (systemrw_1.4_flashable) to try to check if CWD1 Update is RO-Rom and anything other than 1UI5.1 based wont flash etc.
If anyone has any solutions for CWD1 Factory Stock Rom pls assist. TIA