Ive been searching for ages and still havent found how to install twrp on my a33, is it even possible? Im trying to root my a33 with magisk but i need twrp. Im stuck and i dont know what to do
I've rooted through Odin by following this post https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/are-these-rooting-guides-for-the-samsung-a33-5g-good.4475163/ but I'm waiting for TWRP to install custom rom too...
ive rooted my phone with magisk by using odin and a patched ap file by magisk, i installed my official software back because magisk kind of slowed down my devices, but now im waiting for twrp so i can install lineage os
Is TWRP the onl way to install lineage OS?
yes i guess
Dryfty said:
ive rooted my phone with magisk by using odin and a patched ap file by magisk, i installed my official software back because magisk kind of slowed down my devices, but now im waiting for twrp so i can install lineage os
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how do you want to install Lineage OS? There is still not version of Lineage for A33
you can only get lineage on a33 if you have twrp but a33 doesnt "support" twrp
Dryfty said:
you can only get lineage on a33 if you have twrp but a33 doesnt "support" twrp
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there is an experimental version of TWRP working, I am using it
Arcangel3 said:
there is an experimental version of TWRP working, I am using it
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on the a33? can you explain how to install it
Dryfty said:
on the a33? can you explain how to install it
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attached to you here. Bear in mind it is experimental, but it might work
EDIT: deleting it because it is unstable version, a stable version will be released soon by @Zillion (no pressure )
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attached to you here. Bear in mind it is experimental, but it might work
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Hey, thanks for sharing! Could you say what's the best custom ROM for this device for the moment? Or where is the list of ROMs? thanks!
vovaxxxx said:
Hey, thanks for sharing! Could you say what's the best custom ROM for this device for the moment? Or where is the list of ROMs? thanks!
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there is none yet.
But some poeple said that stock ROM for A33 is good enough to not need a custom ROM.
Arcangel3 said:
attached to you here. Bear in mind it is experimental, but it might work
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Give credits to the guy that made it
Zillion said:
Give credits to the guy that made it
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I am not sure who made it, was it you? hehe
Dryfty said:
Ive been searching for ages and still havent found how to install twrp on my a33, is it even possible? Im trying to root my a33 with magisk but i need twrp. Im stuck and i dont know what to do
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bro try this way to root
I want to root my A12 but it not work for my phone.please send me a latest version for A127FXXU7BVI1 isBaseband version
I want to root my A12 but it not work for my phone.please send me a latest version for A127FXXU7BVI1 isBaseband version
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I am not sure who made it, was it you? hehe
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Yup, it got its reasons to not be released.
Zillion said:
Yup, it got its reasons to not be released.
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should I delete it?
Do we have any better version now?
@Zillion any progress with a relesable version???
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@Zillion any progress with a relesable version???
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I don't own A33 and I don't know how to make any progress on this :c
I managed to get the Lineage OS "Light" GSI version by AndyYan https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/gsi-13-lineageos-20-light.4509315/ and it works well, but the process to install it is pretty involved and if you do anything wrong, you can easily soft-brick your phone. This process should also work for other gsi roms
First Download the Latest Version of Lineage OS "Light", of which the download link can be found in the thread above or here https://sourceforge.net/projects/andyyan-gsi/files/lineage-20-light/ (There are three versions, vS "Vanilla with Superuser installed" vN "Non-SU Vanilla" and gN "Non-SU with GApps") If you want root, I suggest choosing one of the Non-SU versions and patching the stock AP tar with Magisk before starting this process as the Superuser version provides you a generic superuser app and installing magisk with it greets you with a abnormal state message every time you launch the Magisk Manager.
Second: Unpack the downloaded tar file using 7zip if on windows or with the tar command on linux, and then rename the unpacked .img file to system.img
Third: Get the stock firmware for your device using samloader or some other Samsung firmware downloader and unpack the archive file you get to a directory
Fourth: Unpack the AP tar file, you should get a bunch of files in .img.lz4 format.
Fifth: Find the super.img.lz4 file and decompress it using https://github.com/lz4/lz4/releases and this command
Code:
lz4.exe -d super.img.lz4 super.img
From this point onwards you are better off on linux (I've only tested this on Ubuntu WSL so far), if you're on windows 10+, I suggest enabling Windows Subsystem for Linux and downloading and running the Ubuntu distro from the Microsoft store, you can google how to do that.
Sixth: Within Linux (Ubuntu in my case), install the "android-platform-system-core" package using your preferred package manager (I know that package is available on Ubuntu, but I haven't researched whether any other linux distro has that package available). The main thing we want from that package is the shell script "simg2img" as the super.img is currently sparsed (compressed using the Android Sparse image format).
Seventh: If you already did the steps so far in Linux, just go to whatever directory you have the super.img stored, otherwise if you did everything in windows and have a Ubuntu WSL distro ready, you can copy the super.img directly into the ubuntu distro by going into file explorer and scrolling all the way to the bottom of the navigation pane till you see Linux, of which you can expand to find a Ubuntu network share folder, expand that and drag and drop the super.img into your root folder, as well as the system.img file (renamed gsi rom file).
Eighth: Unsparse the super.img using the command:
Code:
simg2img super.img *whatever*.img
This will give you a raw disk image of super.img that's about 9-10 gb. You can name the output file to whatever you want as long as you can discern which img is which, in fact after running the command you can delete the original as you no longer need it.
From here is where the process gets a bit tricky and I fully recommend reading through this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...are-binary-3-may.4053065/page-4#post-82241115
Ignore the fact that the thread is for the Galaxy a51 as the steps work for the a33 as well. When you get to the point where you've unpacked the Super.img, copy the GSI system.img over the stock one.
Now the part that can easily cause you to mess up is that when repacking super.img, you have to get the size of each file, including the unsparsed super.img and input the size in bytes of each file in place of what is given in the long command used to repack the image. The numbers you have to change are as follows:
--device super:4294967296 (Change to the file size of super.img)
--group main:4293513600 (Calculate the sum of the size of each of the .img files that were contained in the super.img, minus product.img as that's not needed)
--partition vendor:readonly:342155264:main (Change to the byte size of your vendor.img, same goes for system, odm and vendor_dlkm. Not sure if vendor_dlkm is required as it's not shown in the guide, but just to be safe, I'd recommend adding that in the same format as shown above for vendor just change vendor to vendor_dlkm)
File sizes can be acquired using the command:
Code:
ls -l
Another thing to note is that all of the file sizes must be divisible by 512 as that's the block size the img uses, if they all are, then you're good to go, if one or more aren't you're probably dealing with a corrupt file or that one of the img files is sparsed or compressed in some way. Once you've confirmed the file sizes are good, run the command. You can ignore the "Invalid sparse file format at header magic" message as it doesn't seem to mean anything bad for the process. You don't have to worry if the sparsed image file size is divisible by 512 as it more than like won't be evenly divisible as the file is compressed now.
Once that's done you can take the new modified super.img (make sure it's named that) out of the linux distro and back to windows.
Recompress the super.img back into super.img.lz4 using the command:
Code:
lz4.exe -B6 --content-size super.img super.img.lz4
Now package the super.img.lz4 file with all of the other files from the AP back into a tar file, I suggest using the tar-md5-script-tool.zip from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...sing-odin-without-twrp-phh-lineageos.4114435/
At this point, you can skip to step 24 on that guide and continue from there to install the custom rom, just remember to use super.img.lz4 instead of system.img.ext4.lz4, also ignore the .ext4 part, I think that's a device specific thing and the a33 from what I know doesn't have that.
Once you're done and you've booted up after flashing with ODIN, you should be greeted with the lovely Lineage OS Boot Screen
Bare in mind this is a barebones rom and many features may not work as intended since it's an unofficial build of Lineage OS and is intended to work with many devices without too many issues.
Related
What?
A TWRP bootable-image and installer ZIP for stock-based ROM's (i.e. not LOS 15.1) and maybe others (untested).
Based on:
Latest TWRP build provided by @pl_blaze
The official TWRP installation script for Pixel 2 by Dees_Troy (will install to both slots automatically - more resilient than the other TWRP script)
The IMG uses official kernel 8.1.10 so might be flashable (not tested!)
Not compatible with LineageOS 15.1 because it uses some custom update API that isn't in this TWRP. I considered using the LOS 15.1 TWRP build in this, but it's not compatible with stock encryption (it always thinks the passcode is wrong).
Full credits to @pl_blaze and Dees_Troy for this. I just packaged up something new and wrote clear instructions.
Why?
The old TWRP thread is not maintained and people keep asking/reporting the same questions/problems. I will try to keep this up to date as long as necessary. This is also a more robust installation script, using magiskboot binary to unpack/repack the boot image.
How?
Uninstall Magisk first if you have it installed, just to be safe. Or reflash stock boot.img. (Might not be necessary - a dirty flash worked OK for me but YMMV).
Fastboot boot (hotboot) any existing working TWRP image. Don't worry about working encryption/data, we only need kernel access. For example...
Code:
fastboot boot oreo_3.2.2_recovery.img
... which can be downloaded from Google Drive here (thanks to whoever shared this, I think it's a pl_blaze reshare).
Download attachment ZIP installer and flash in hot-booted TWRP (it will flash to both slots)
Reboot to Recovery and (re-)flash Magisk, if you use it.
Profit
@pl_blaze brother always thank you for the contributions that you do without coming to the light .and thanks for you @op to post working twrp for stock
this twrp will work on 7.1.2 ? i'm now on aex rom
Thanks @CosmicDan for starting this thread. I started to implement @pl_blaze changes into the official TWRP but I've been failing miserably (I'm a noob). Can you provide sources for the images?
I can't trust binaries floating all over the internet if it's not from a reliable dev. If you've compiled it yourself I'll give a try.
I reshare this twrp img on Telegram group,I tested it, works without problem
Flash of permaent twrp not tested by me
It's a good twrp!
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What?
A TWRP bootable-image and installer ZIP for stock-based ROM's (i.e. not LOS 15.1) and maybe others (untested).
Based on:
Latest TWRP build provided by @pl_blaze
The official TWRP installation script for Pixel 2 by Dees_Troy (will install to both slots automatically - more resilient than the other TWRP script)
The IMG uses official kernel 8.1.10 so might be flashable (not tested!)
Not compatible with LineageOS 15.1 because it uses some custom update API that isn't in this TWRP. I considered using the LOS 15.1 TWRP build in this, but it's not compatible with stock encryption (it always thinks the passcode is wrong).
Full credits to @pl_blaze and Dees_Troy for this. I just packaged up something new and wrote clear instructions.
Why?
The old TWRP thread is not maintained and people keep asking/reporting the same questions/problems. I will try to keep this up to date as long as necessary. This is also a more robust installation script, using magiskboot binary to unpack/repack the boot image.
How?
Uninstall Magisk first if you have it installed, just to be safe. Or reflash stock boot.img. (Might not be necessary - a dirty flash worked OK for me but YMMV).
Fastboot boot (hotboot) any existing working TWRP image. Don't worry about working encryption/data, we only need kernel access. For example...
Code:
fastboot boot oreo_3.2.2_recovery.img
... which can be downloaded from Google Drive here (thanks to whoever shared this, I think it's a pl_blaze reshare).
Download attachment ZIP installer and flash in hot-booted TWRP (it will flash to both slots)
Reboot to Recovery and (re-)flash Magisk, if you use it.
Profit
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what does mean "hot boot", sorry am novice, Not even he could boot boot recovery from Minimal ADB and fastboot ,,, What am I doing wrong?
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teacapan said:
Fastboot boot (hotboot) anwhat does mean "hot boot", sorry am novice, Not even he could boot boot recovery from Minimal ADB and fastboot ,,, What am I doing wrong?
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Hot boot means you are not flashing the recovery image just running it temporarily. Stock boot image is untouched in this process.
Run
fastboot devices
To check whether your device is connected.
alkesh95 said:
Hot boot means you are not flashing the recovery image just running it temporarily. Stock boot image is untouched in this process.
Run
fastboot devices
To check whether your device is connected.
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thanks for reply, if you look at the screenshot it looks I am connected, the point is that it does not load the file, it does not find it, so if it does not start in recovery I can not do anything I'm stuck.
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thanks for reply, if you look at the screenshot it looks I am connected, the point is that it does not load the file, it does not find it, so if it does not start in recovery I can not do anything I'm stuck.
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Did you put your recovery into the fastboot forder?
Did you unpack the zip ?
Also check if the name of recovery image is the same
It's possible to make password for twrp
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Did you put your recovery into the fastboot forder?
Did you unpack the zip ?
Also check if the name of recovery image is the same
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1-yes
2-yes
3-yes
Anyway thanks for try help me.
Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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this twrp will work on 7.1.2 ? i'm now on aex rom
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Not sure, I've only tested on stock Oreo. Try and and let us know!
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Thanks @CosmicDan for starting this thread. I started to implement @pl_blaze changes into the official TWRP but I've been failing miserably (I'm a noob). Can you provide sources for the images?
I can't trust binaries floating all over the internet if it's not from a reliable dev. If you've compiled it yourself I'll give a try.
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Indeed, no I have not compiled it myself - just ripped from pl_blaze.
I have a Oreo source repo cloned now for other reasons, but I might try and compile TWRP myself. Although it's been a couple years since I've tried to compile device-specific stuff from an AOSP tree so I don't know how long that will take.
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thanks for reply, if you look at the screenshot it looks I am connected, the point is that it does not load the file, it does not find it, so if it does not start in recovery I can not do anything I'm stuck.
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Sounds like you just need to learn more about how to use console tools. You need to make sure the "fastboot boot filename.img" command will have a "filename.img" that matches the img filename in the current directory. This is just an example - substitute "filename.img" for the real filename. Use the CD command to change directory to where the img is.
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Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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Try renaming the img file to something simpler like oreo_twrp.img
Edit: ah yes, the file you are pointing to has to be in the same directory where you opened cmd window, as cosmicdan stated above
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Indeed, no I have not compiled it myself - just ripped from pl_blaze.
I have a Oreo source repo cloned now for other reasons, but I might try and compile TWRP myself. Although it's been a couple years since I've tried to compile device-specific stuff from an AOSP tree so I don't know how long that will take.
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Glad you open this thread. I'll wait for your compiled version to give it a try
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Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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I don't know man, these adb and fastboot binaries look old (2014?). Try to get recent ones. And repeat the process.
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Glad you open this thread. I'll wait for your compiled version to give it a try
I don't know man, these adb and fastboot binaries look old (2014?). Try to get recent ones. And repeat the process.
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Thanks, i will.
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Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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Before flashing recovery
CD C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Desktop\Adb
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Yeah well, I'm still stuck where, some help would be very appreciated.
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The name of the file is ending with .img, delete ending " .img ", see below that patched_boot without .img in the end
Thanks for this. I checked out the differences between this and the flashable zip I was using (twrp-3.2.1-1-installer-tissot-FIXED_By_DroiDMester) and found this:
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# write the new boot image to boot block
write_boot() {
print "Writing new boot image to memory..."
cd "$tmp"
if $use_dd; then
dd if=boot-new-a.img of="$boot_block"_a
[ $? = 0 ] || abort "Failed to write boot image A! You may need to restore your boot partition"
dd if=boot-new-b.img of="$boot_block"_b
[ $? = 0 ] || abort "Failed to write boot image B! You may need to restore your boot partition"
else
flash_image "$boot_block" boot-new.img
fi
[ $? = 0 ] || abort "Failed to write boot image! You may need to restore your boot partition"
}
This also flashes it into boot_a and boot_b correct?
What other differences does this have over that?
Hi,
my Samsung GT-I9001 runs with LineageOS 14.1 (Nougat 7.1.2):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...opment/i9001-lineageos-galaxy-s-plus-t3793783
As recovery TWRP 2.8.1.0 (F2FS-support) is installed.
Wenn trying to install Magisk 19.3 using magisk-v19.3.zip via TWRP it does not work: Error message ""Error execute updater binary in zip" and no flash is done.
Any idea what is the reason? The TWRP 2.8.1.0 is the latest version I found for the I9001.
The I tried patching the stock-bootloader via the Magisk-Manager. The bootloader-file is a .tar-file, e.g. in
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24831012&postcount=1330.
Magisk works with .tar, too, but seems to exspect an .img-file inside. But inside the I9001-"Boot_loader.tar" is no .img-file but 3 .mbn-files and 1 .bin-file.
So I am asking for help. Is there no way using Magisk with the I9001 (and LineageOS 14.1/TWRP)?
You're not supposed to use the bootloader, but the boot image. Two very different parts of the system setup...
And since you have such an old TWRP you're going to have to use the patching method, but it is very far from certain that your device is compatible. Only way to know is to try though.
Oops. Sorry, my mistake. I am a newbie with this and until I was not aware of boot.img ... I supposed it as the "real" filename of the bootloader. And again learning something new. Thank a lot for teaching.
Fortunately I have made a backup of the stock-ROM with TWRP before flashing the ROM. In the backup I find the file boot.emmc.win. This seems to be the stock-boot.img. Is it corrcect that I only have to rename the file to boot.img?
If the I9001 is not compatible with Magisk, means patching of the boot.img would result in a not working code/boot.img (the patching-procedure itself worked w/o errors, but does thos mean, that the result is o.k.?) - is the real risk bricking the device?
That should be the boot image and it should work fine by just renaming it. But, if it's the boot image from the stock Samsung system it won't work with LineageOS. You'll find the boot image for the ROM inside the ROM zip.
If the boot image is incompatible the Manager will let you know by an error message. Save the installation log if that happens and it could possibly tell you in more detail what went wrong.
If everything goes smoothly and the Manager manages to patch the file without issue and you still end up not being able to boot your device after flashing it you can simply restore the unpatched boot image and everything will be back to normal again.
Thanks for the further explanations. But I am not sure understanding correct.
In my understanding of the Magisk-installation manual I have to use the original boot.img always, in every case.
Do I understand correct that this understanding is wrong and that I have to use for patching with the Magisk-Manager the specific boot.img of the actual running OS? So I have to extract the boot.img of the lineageos-14.1-.tar-file (or rename the boot.emmc.win from one of my later backups of the lineagos-14.1-system)?
I have tested patching meanwhile with the "original" boot.img from the old ("original") backup and also with a boot.img extracted from a complete stock-ROM I have found in the web. Magisk Manager patched both fles w/o problems.
btw: Need the patched file the name "boot.img" or doesn´t matter the ame of the patched file (when flashing with fastboot or Odin)?
Unfortunately - or fortunately - I was not able to flash the patched boot.img to the i9001:
adb can communicate with the i9001 when it is running normal (USB debug enabled) and attached via USB. But although Odin is realizing the i9001 attached in download-mode (what means that the USB-cable is working and the driver are installed) fastboot does not realize the i9001 attached in download-mode. I have tested a lot of cables, ports and USB-drivers - no success.
So I tried to flash the boot.img with Odin. For this the boot.img must be converted to a .tar- (or .tar.md5-)file. When searching for converting-tools I found the explanation how to change the output-format of the patched boot.img in Magisk-Manager to .tar. Unfortunately I do not find this option in the current/latest version of Magisk-Manager. What is wrong - is there a secret, a hidden way to activate this option or is this option available in older versions of Magisk Manager only - and if so can I use an older version only for patching and getting a .tar-boot-image-file?
What the documentation is talking about is indeed the untouched boot image of your currently running OS. Don't mix and match.
When flashing with Odin the image indeed need to be in tar-format. With the current Manager there is no option to change the output format because the Manager will take care of that itself. Feed it a tar file and it'll output a tar file. Unfortunately you'll likely get plain image files from the TWRP backups, so those files will be no good unless you convert them before patching.
But, you might not have to use Odin since you have TWRP. It can flash the patched boot image for you. No computer required...
Again thanks a lot for this teaching. I am a newbie in modifying, tuning, flashing smartphones, and although I have learned a lot in the last weeks there are yet a lot of thing I do not know.
I know that I can flash new OS as .zip-file with TWRP (and other files if the manual says that I have/can do it with TWRP ) but I did not know that I can flash with TWRP a boot.img-file. So I would like to ask for a brief guide how to do this. Or is this the same procedure as flashing any .zip-file?
Addition 1: TWRP 2.8.1.0 does not see/list the .img-Files ....
O.k., found in the web: Directly flashing .img: Version 2.8.4.0 and above ....
So I am back again where I started ... fastboot does not see the i9001 and Odin needs a .tar ...
Addition 2: In reg. of the boot.img of the actual used OS:
I have looked into the "original" flashed lineage-14.1-20180523-UNOFFICIAL-ariesve.zip and found the boot.img. But this boot.img is smaller (4.670 byte) than the boot.emmc.win of it´s backup (5.120 byte). In fact every boot.emmc.win of every TWRP-backup (doesn´t matter what OS I have tested) ist 5.120 bytes and larger than the boot.img of the .tar/.zip-file for flashing (different sizes). So if the files are not identical - how can just simply renaming the boot.emmc.win in boot.img result in a valid boot.img?
It's practically the same thing. You just have to switch to "Image" after choosing the install option and then pick what partition to flash to after selecting the file.
Didgeridoohan said:
It's practically the same thing. You just have to switch to "Image" after choosing the install option and then pick what partition to flash to after selecting the file.
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But not in version 2.8.1.0 - and there is no newer TWRP for the i9001.
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But not in version 2.8.1.0 - and there is no newer TWRP for the i9001.
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Yes. I'm going to forcefully introduce my palm to my face for a moment... Forgot about that tiny but crucial detail.
Just use the boot image file from the LineageOS zip. Patch it and flash the patched image to your device. If you can't get that working I'm going to have to hand this over to someone else, because I have practically zero knowledge on working with Samsung devices and their shenanigans.
Thanks. The small detail of "flashing" into the i9001 is the remaining problem.
As said fastboot does not see the i9001 in it´s download-mode although Odin sees the device and can flash e.g. the bootloader. Odin on the other hand needs a .tar-file and I do not find a way how to converting the (patched) boot.img into a .tar-file that Odin would accept as valid file.
In these cases I usually ask someone like @jenslody or @ianmacd. They usually have a lot more knowledge about Samsung stuff...
I have found a workaround:
1. Make a pure boot-backup with TWRP
2. Copy the backup-folder into/with a new name
3. Copy boot.emmc.win and boot.emmc.win.md5 from the backup to pc or root
4. Rename boot.emmc.win to boot.img
5. Patch boot.img with Magisk-Manager
6. Rename the result to boot.emmc.win
7. Copy boot.emmc.win to the new backup-folder
8. Make a RD5-hash of boot.emmc.win
9. Replace the hash in boot.emmc.win.rd5 with the new hash
10. Copy boot.emmc.win.rd5 to the new backup-folder
11. Boot into TWRP and restore boot from the new folder
It works with the i9001 and lineageOS14.1 and TWRP 2.8.1.0 and the newest Magisk, but it should work with all devices.
It seems that Magisk is more complicated to install now. I did flash the latest version as a zip, as I have always done, but I understand that method is deprecated and suppose it might break or otherwise go way in the future.
The whole process of getting one's boot.img seems complicated for people who are not seasoned ROM developers. Of course I understand there are instructions one can read and learn how to get the boot.img, etc., but given that one has to have a ROM .zip to install the ROM, couldn't an option for Magisk be to extract the boot.img from the ROM .zip if that's what the user has on hand?
Shred00 said:
It seems that Magisk is more complicated to install now. I did flash the latest version as a zip, as I have always done, but I understand that method is deprecated and suppose it might break or otherwise go way in the future.
The whole process of getting one's boot.img seems complicated for people who are not seasoned ROM developers. Of course I understand there are instructions one can read and learn how to get the boot.img, etc., but given that one has to have a ROM .zip to install the ROM, couldn't an option for Magisk be to extract the boot.img from the ROM .zip if that's what the user has on hand?
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The zip method still works fine for most devices, i still use it on my Pixel 2XL
Download the latest magisk-xxxx.apk, make a copy and rename it to magisk-xxxx.zip, flash via custom recovery
Or
If on Windows 64 Bit, you can use this payload dumper (which doesnt require Python to be installed) to extract the img files, including boot.img, doesnt get any easier:
payload_dumper-win64.zip | Tool by geminids14 for Utilities
Extract payload.bin in xiaomi weekly build zip for MI A1
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I still use the zip method as it requires less fiddly steps
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The zip method still works fine for most devices, i still use it on my Pixel 2XL
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I flashed it on my Oneplus6 (A/B device) running LineageOS 18.1 with TWRP and it worked, but it did not survive an OTA update, which I guess is topjohnwu/Magisk#3820. I was wondering if that not surviving an OTA update was one of the reasons ZIP flashing is being deprecated.
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If on Windows 64 Bit,
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Not. Am on Linux.
73sydney said:
you can use this payload dumper (which doesnt require Python to be installed) to extract the img files, including boot.img, doesnt get any easier:
payload_dumper-win64.zip | Tool by geminids14 for Utilities
Extract payload.bin in xiaomi weekly build zip for MI A1
androidfilehost.com
I still use the zip method as it requires less fiddly steps
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Understood. And I understand the palaver one needs to go through to use the boot.img patching once one has a ROM ZIP. It just seems that that is all something that could be baked into the Magisk Manager to make the whole process a bit less of an ordeal.
Hi all,
Thought i'd share a guide on how to get these boot images yourself as well as all the files required, plus the patched boot.img if you just want to go ahead and boot/flash it without obtaining one yourself
Please read the process before committing to proceeding, so you know what's required and what you should and shouldn't use!
Stock and patched images are UK/ EU NE2213 but the guides are universal and could be used on multiple devices.
NOTE:
For these guides the versions used are:
Stable, Canary or BETA depending on firmware, simply change the channel in Magisk settings then select install / update:
NE2213_11_A.12
Magisk Manager v24.3 (24300) Stable
NE2213_11_A.13
Magisk Manager v24.3 (24300) Stable
NE2213_11_A.14
Magisk Manager v25 (25000) Stable this version retains root after a restart, more stable version over previous iterations.
NE2213_11_A.16
Magisk Manager v25.2 (25200) Stable
NE2213_11_C_20
Magisk Manager v25.2 (25200) Stable
NE2213_11_C_21
Magisk Manager v25.2 (25200) Stable
NE2213_13.1.0.520 (EX01)
Magisk Manager v26.1 (25200) Stable
Oxygen OS NE2213_13.1.0.521 (EX01)
Magisk Manager v26.1 Stable
1st
Extracting a boot.img using Fastboot Enhance
Pre-requisites
A device with a working version of magisk manager installed, simply change the channel to the version outlined in the list above relevant to your firmware then select install / update:
A Windows 10 computer / laptop
A full update downloaded firmware zip for your model (recommend oxygen updater)
Payload dumper program for Windows.
An unlocked bootloader.
The local System Update Installer : normal local system update will not allow a reboot during installation, the one I've linked will.
Process
On your computer
1. Download and copy the fastboot enhance folder to your desktop or a location of your choosing.
Download from here: https://github.com/libxzr/FastbootEnhance/releases
2. Download the firmware of your choice (always use full zips, not incremental) and open it using Winrar or a similar zip program, extract the file called payload.bin to a folder of your choosing.
3. Run the program FastbootEnhance.exe, a window will appear, click Payload Dumper, then click browse and point to the payload.bin file, the contents of that payload.bin will now be shown, bare in mind you'll need to check the box "Allow incremental" even if it's a full zip
4. One of the files will be called boot.img, this is the file we'll be patching, click extract then copy this to your phone, root of storage which is called /sdcard.
On your phone
5. Open up Magisk and click Install / Update, if you don't see update then change channel, do this by changing the channel in magisk settings, it'll then show the install/ update buttons.
6. Select "Select and Patch a file" it'll open up a file browser, navigate to the boot.img you copied earlier and select it, allow it to complete (this will output a file called "magisk_patched" which will be output into the Downloads folder)
You now have a patched boot.img ready to boot or flash to either slot with fastboot or boot via fastboot.
I would recommend booting as this is risk free, if it's a bad image for whatever reason and you choose to flash then your phone will bootloop.
NOTE** Some people have noticed that an already patched boot.img when flashed can fail and cause a boot loop when flashed, so if you have downloaded a magisk_patched img from somewhere else then you WILL need to re-patch it on your own device preferably using the afore mentioned magisk manager based on what firmware it's from.
If you intend to follow the guide below with your own patched img then you shouldn't need to patch it twice but it won't hurt if you do.
2nd
Update from XX stable to XX+ stable whilst retaining root
Guide
**NOTE- Although this may work, the system may be unstable, especially when changing bases, eg: Android 11-12 or 12-13, so if you encounter strange behaviour then a factory wipe is advised.
1. Download the relevant firmware for your device via oxygen updater
2. Open Magisk and remove all the modules you have installed, then reboot
**NOTE- At this point I tend to copy out the whole firmware to my computer, incase I need it in the future, the boot img and patched boot img are at the foot of this guide, I'll always upload the latest firmware as soon as it comes out for the UK/EU model
3. Install the OnePlus local install apk listed below in downloads. Click the cog and select "Local Upgrade" the file should be listed on screen, if not then move the file to the root of your phones storage.
4. Click install and allow it to go through the process
**NOTE- DO NOT REBOOT AT THIS POINT YOU WILL LOSE THE ABILITY TO PATCH ON THE FLY, SIMPLY BACK OUT OF THE SCREEN WHICH SAYS "INSTALLATION COMPLETED. RESTART TO EXPERIENCE NEW FEATURES"
5. Open up magisk and click install (you may see two install buttons, top one is magisk and the bottom is magisk manager, we need the top one)
6. You'll be faced with a screen that has several options, you want to select "Install to Inactive slot (After OTA)" then select "LET'S GO" once complete click reboot.
7. Once your phones booted back up your system / files should all remain as they were and you should have root access.
You can now install all your modules again so long as they're compatible with the firmware you've just updated to.
3rd
Rooting using fastboot commands
Method 1
Booting the patched image
1. Obtain a patched boot image for your device variant preferably using payload dumper or download one of mine from the foot of this guide or if you've just performed the above guide you should already have a functional one, copy this file to your fastboot folder on your computer
**NOTE - The above suggested downloads are for the EU / UK variant- if you have another model / firmware please use that instead, If you did not obtain the boot.img from a firmware and patch it yourself, you will need to patch it again in magisk manager to avoid a bootloop, if you still get a bootloop it's best to obtain one yourself using the guide at the top of this post.
2. Reboot your phone to fastboot
and connect to your computer.
3. Boot the magisk patched img
fastboot boot magisk_patched (or name of your patched boot img)
Your phone should now boot automatically, you should now be rooted but we need to make this permanent, if you were to reboot you would lose root.
4. Open magisk manager and click install/update, if you are missing the install/ update buttons, change magisk version to beta in magisk settings and install the update, the buttons should then show.
5. Select Direct install (recommended) then click ok.
6. Allow magisk to permanently root your device then click reboot.
You should now boot and remain rooted.
Method 2
Flashing to both slots
1. Obtain a patched boot img for your device variant or download one of mine from the foot of this guide or if you've just performed the above guide you should already have a functional one, copy this file to your fastboot folder on your computer
**NOTE - Again the above suggested downloads are for the EU/ UK variant- if you have another model / firmware please use that instead, if you did not obtain the boot.img from a firmware and patch it yourself, you will need to patch it again in magisk manager, to avoid a bootloop
2. Reboot your phone to fastboot and connect to your computer.
Command: adb reboot bootloader
3. Open a command prompt on your computer and navigate to your ADB/fastboot folder.
4. Type the following.
fastboot flash boot_a magisk_patched
Press enter.
fastboot flash boot_b magisk_patched
Press enter
fastboot reboot
Press enter
6. Your phone should now boot, open magisk and verify you're rooted.
Troubleshooting
If flashing succeeds but you don't have root and you've followed all the instructions, you may have some magisk modules still active, try performing the following.
1. Connect your phone to your computer.
2. Reboot the phone, then during the boot animation enter this command via ADB.
adb wait-for-device shell magisk --remove-modules
3. Allow to boot, modules will be removed and root should then be active.
If there is no magisk install / update buttons.
1. Make sure you have granted permission to magisk in settings / apps / magisk / permissions
2. Make sure that the update channel is on canary, then force close magisk and then re-open
3. If it still doesn't work then update magisk using canary
4. Last method to check would be to change to the beta channel in magisk settings, then install it.
Or change the update channel, install the version on offer, then change back to canary, install and you should be good to go.
Window's version
Windows 7 will not work with fastboot, please use Windows 10
USB
Use USB 2.0 not 3.0 or 3.1
ADB
These are the files i use for ADB (in the below list) tested these on fresh installs of windows on several windows machines, all win 10
Place them into the root of C so it reads C:\ADB much easier to navigate to that way.
Bootloader unlock
Boot to the bootloader with adb reboot bootloader
type fastboot flashing unlock
Agree to unlock - allow to boot.
If you can't see the device using ADB
Make sure USB Debugging is turned on
Connect your cable to your phone and computer, when asked what you want your phone to do, click on transfer files, a driver will be installed.
After this reconnect your phone and it'll prompt you with a disclaimer with a check box, check the box and click ok, ADB / Fastboot should now work.
Files:
Local System update APK, this must be used as the local OnePlus 10 Pro one will not allow a reboot during the installation, so you cannot install the Magisk boot image during an upgrade, the android 13 local update apk is also required for rolling back to android 12.
Android 13 local update apk
3.27 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Android 12 local update apk
3.27 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
ADB Files for Windows 10:
7.69 MB folder on MEGA
5 files
mega.nz
Payload dumper program for Windows-
https://mega.nz/folder/vU00FZDa#PIEfjl5w5wonyNAwHW3FBQ
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_A.12 Stock boot image
0 byte folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_A.12 Patched boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_A.13 Stock boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_A.13 Patched boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_A.14 Stock boot image
384 MB folder on MEGA
2 files
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_A.14 Patched boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_A.16 Stock boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_A.16 Patched boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Android 13
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_C_20 Stock boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_C_20 Patched boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_C_21 Stock boot image https://mega.nz/folder/LNVxTDYA#yly9xpjFjQhe4De_jqyzbw
Oxygen OS NE2213_11_C_21 Patched boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_13.1.0.520 (EX01) Stock boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_13.1.0.520 (EX01) Patched boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_13.1.0.521 (EX01) Stock boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Oxygen OS NE2213_13.1.0.521 (EX01) Patched boot image
192 MB folder on MEGA
mega.nz
Glad to see you here bro with the 10 Pro and helpful guide's!!
Cheers
galaxys said:
Glad to see you here bro with the 10 Pro and helpful guide's!!
Cheers
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Slowly coming around to this phone mate, we desperately need a few custom ROMs..
EvoX on this would be phenomenal.
Nudge nudge @AnierinB
UPDATE: First patched boot image is up, using the latest stable Magisk v24.3 (24300)
dladz said:
Slowly coming around to this phone mate, we desperately need a few custom ROMs..
EvoX on this would be phenomenal.
Nudge nudge @AnierinB
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Yeh, it's early but hopefully a few Developer's will get this badboy device!
Thank you thank you THAAAANK YOOOOUUUU
meowmeowpewpew said:
Thank you thank you THAAAANK YOOOOUUUU
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Lol welcome mate
meowmeowpewpew said:
Thank you thank you THAAAANK YOOOOUUUU
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I honestly hope so..
I'm having a few issues isolating the correct files to make the center clock Magisk mod, but that's in the works. Will have it done soon hopefully.
OnePlus thought it would be a good idea to get rid of OPSystemUI.apk in place of systemui.apk so maybe more in line with stock android. But we'll see
@galaxys as if my prayers were answered, joined the Evo X TG group and there is now a OnePlus 10 group so it's in the works, seriously hope it's AnierinB, he did so well with the 8 pro.
Literally cannot wait
dladz said:
@galaxys as if my prayers were answered, joined the Evo X TG group and there is now a OnePlus 10 group so it's in the works, seriously hope it's AnierinB, he did so well with the 8 pro.
Literally cannot wait
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Hey that's great news and something to definitely look forward to!
Cheers
Very happy to see guides! Nice, thank you so much !
dladz said:
@galaxys as if my prayers were answered, joined the Evo X TG group and there is now a OnePlus 10 group so it's in the works, seriously hope it's AnierinB, he did so well with the 8 pro.
Literally cannot wait
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I cannot find that Evo X 10 Pro channel, have you got a link?
kouzelnik3 said:
I cannot find that Evo X 10 Pro channel, have you got a link?
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If you have telegram just search for evo x up the top, you'll see the main channel.
The the other is in that, i'm just in the middle of something, i'll send it once i'm done.
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I cannot find that Evo X 10 Pro channel, have you got a link?
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Evolution X - OnePlus 10 Series
Telegram: Contact @EvolutionXOnePlus10
t.me
Macke93 said:
Evolution X - OnePlus 10 Series
Telegram: Contact @EvolutionXOnePlus10
t.me
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Oh I've found it.
Hello All,
Very many thanks for your guide. It really helped me root my OP 10 PRO
I was wondering if it is possible to flash my OP ColorOS with OxygenOS EU/UK version you have uploaded?
I copied the 02b0d1b2508744e3a41115aeb274cccf.zip to the root folder and I tried installing via Oxygen Updater using the automatic method, but it fails every time.
If I try installing it manually, I have to download the Oxygen Updater via oxygenos.oneplus.net/OPLocalUpdate_For_Android12.apk.zip and rename to .apk. - I then launch System Update , click on settings and it says 'Move installation package into root directory' (which it is).
Have I missed a step?
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Oh I've found it.
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Ah was just about to post it mate.
Glad you found it, it's only new but that fact that it's here is brilliant . I'm hoping AnierinB is the dev who makes the rom for the 10.
Lynxy0 said:
Hello All,
Very many thanks for your guide. It really helped me root my OP 10 PRO
I was wondering if it is possible to flash my OP ColorOS with OxygenOS EU/UK version you have uploaded?
I copied the 02b0d1b2508744e3a41115aeb274cccf.zip to the root folder and I tried installing via Oxygen Updater using the automatic method, but it fails every time.
If I try installing it manually, I have to download the Oxygen Updater via oxygenos.oneplus.net/OPLocalUpdate_For_Android12.apk.zip and rename to .apk. - I then launch System Update , click on settings and it says 'Move installation package into root directory' (which it is).
Have I missed a step?
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Honestly mate i'm not sure, you're essentially changing region.
Have you looked into fastboot enhanced?
You can obtain the firmware from oxygen updater (it's 4.15GB the one i uploaded is only the boot image and patched boot image)
Then copy it to your computer and allow it to flash to your phone.
This isn't without risk mate and i've not done this before myself.
dladz said:
Ah was just about to post it mate.
Glad you found it, it's only new but that fact that it's here is brilliant . I'm hoping AnierinB is the dev who makes the rom for the 10.
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I am hoping too, because in this state oxygen os in this device is bad. Yeah, it is quite new, but hey, it is halfly baked. And not only evo x, but other ROMs I hope will come.
dladz said:
Honestly mate i'm not sure, you're essentially changing region.
Have you looked into fastboot enhanced?
You can obtain the firmware from oxygen updater (it's 4.15GB the one i uploaded is only the boot image and patched boot image)
Then copy it to your computer and allow it to flash to your phone.
This isn't without risk mate and i've not done this before myself.
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Thanks for your swift reply. I will wait until there is a verified method. For now, I will tread lightly with the rooted version hehe
Any difference?
It depends on the device.
For devices where flashing individual partitions can be done directly via bootloader, patching the boot image is generally preferred. However, some devices don't allow this, such as Samsung, so you have 3 options, which may or may not work well:
Extract the boot image from the AP.tar and repack it, then flash in Odin (easy to get wrong)
Patch the AP.tar in Magisk (difficult because this is the "main" firmware package and is quite large)
Flash a custom recovery if one is available, then flash Magisk in recovery (seems to work pretty well)
V0latyle said:
It depends on the device.
For devices where flashing individual partitions can be done directly via bootloader, patching the boot image is generally preferred. However, some devices don't allow this, such as Samsung, so you have 3 options, which may or may not work well:
Extract the boot image from the AP.tar and repack it, then flash in Odin (easy to get wrong)
Patch the AP.tar in Magisk (difficult because this is the "main" firmware package and is quite large)
Flash a custom recovery if one is available, then flash Magisk in recovery (seems to work pretty well)
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I did number 2. How is it difficult? How is 1 more dangerous than 2?
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I did number 2. How is it difficult? How is 1 more dangerous than 2?
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It's difficult because it's a large file, and since Magisk doesn't run on PC, there's no easy and quick way to patch it.
I never said 1 is dangerous, just easy to get wrong. Samsung repackages their images as lz4 files, so while you can extract boot.img.lz4 from the AP.tar using 7Zip, extracting boot.img from the lz4 file is another story. I tried using a 7zip plugin; it didn't work for me. Then, once you've patched it, you have to figure out how to flash it to the device. If you want to use Odin, you have to repackage the file. You can use TWRP to install images, but at that point you might as well just install Magisk via TWRP and skip the whole process.
V0latyle said:
It's difficult because it's a large file, and since Magisk doesn't run on PC, there's no easy and quick way to patch it.
I never said 1 is dangerous, just easy to get wrong. Samsung repackages their images as lz4 files, so while you can extract boot.img.lz4 from the AP.tar using 7Zip, extracting boot.img from the lz4 file is another story. I tried using a 7zip plugin; it didn't work for me. Then, once you've patched it, you have to figure out how to flash it to the device. If you want to use Odin, you have to repackage the file. You can use TWRP to install images, but at that point you might as well just install Magisk via TWRP and skip the whole process.
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I did it the Al way becasue I don’t have twrp for my device. I used Adb push and pull for magisk. Btw after I rooted my device is expired int little problems (eg. When swiping out apps, the one on the top doesn’t move down, my device restarts upon connecting wifi). Do you think I’m okay like I am or I should redo?
Arealhooman said:
I did it the Al way becasue I don’t have twrp for my device. I used Adb push and pull for magisk. Btw after I rooted my device is expired int little problems (eg. When swiping out apps, the one on the top doesn’t move down, my device restarts upon connecting wifi). Do you think I’m okay like I am or I should redo?
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No idea how to help with that, sorry.
Thanks for explaination anyway