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[GUIDE] Root using Magisk, keep stock recovery for OTA

This is a guide for people who want a rooted MIUI. It will keep stock recovery and system partitions untouched to allow MIUI OTAs to install without problems. It will also pass Google's safety net test so bank apps keep working. The best of both worlds really
Requirements:
- Unlocked bootloader
- Windows PC
- fastboot (present in the miunlock app folder)
- Latest TWRP (download here)
- Latest Magisk (download here)
Steps:
- Install latest Magisk app
- Put latest Magisk zip on your device storage (SD)
- Shut down device
- put latest twrp.img in miunlock folder
- Connect phone to PC
- Press volume down and power button to boot to fastboot mode
- Open "Command Prompt" on your PC
- Type: (without quotes)
----- "cd C:\Users\[your name]\Desktop\miflash_unlock-en-2.3.803.10" . (or wherever the folder is)
----- "fastboot devices"
----- "fastboot boot twrp.img"
- In a few seconds, TWRP will boot on your phone. DO NOT swipe to make changes to system.
- In TWRP, flash the Magisk zip
Enjoy root
Disclaimer: I will not be help responsible for any damage or loss caused by following those steps.

Does it mean I can install TWRP and flash xposed etc and still have OTA updates?
What is the difference to this one: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4/how-to/red-wolf-install-twrp-root-device-t3708337
Best,
kn1g

kn1g said:
Does it mean I can install TWRP and flash xposed etc and still have OTA updates?
What is the difference to this one: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4/how-to/red-wolf-install-twrp-root-device-t3708337
Best,
kn1g
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Same as my question. Let say system partition won't touch by root, but twrp is installed over the Mi stock recovery. Will it install Eta?

This guide DOES NOT flash TWRP. Stock recovery remains so OTA updates work.
The only thing that is touched by this guide is the "Boot" partition to install magisk. You can restore stock "Boot" using magisk manager's uninstall option at any moment and be 100% stock again.

Ok, but is Xposed etc. possible?

kn1g said:
Ok, but is Xposed etc. possible?
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I haven’t tried but should work.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-systemless-xposed-t3388268

It is really works! Thank you!

gonna check this cause i wanna root the phone but keep enjoying updates

I just rooted my Note 4 Qualcomm by this method, so far so good. Really easy and dummy-proof tutorial

I bump this because it worked. Quite easy, clean and fast. Thanx!

I already install latest TWRP for mido and latest magisk, but still I can not update my mido using OTA updater
Anyone can help me?

masri.razak said:
I already install latest TWRP for mido and latest magisk, but still I can not update my mido using OTA updater
Anyone can help me?
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Wrong...u need to boot twrp not to install. Read the OP for steps.

Dadovvv said:
Wrong...u need to boot twrp not to install. Read the OP for steps.
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Well... That's I mean, boot TWRP using adb
After have TWRP, how can i get update via OTA?

it successfully worked for Redmi Note 4 global beta/stable MIUI9.2
even installed camera api 2 using magisk module

Just a quick question. I've TWRP right now with SuperSU. So I'll remove SuperSU, flash Magisk in TWRP. All good till now, but I'd want the stock recovery, a flash-able zip maybe. How can I get it? From where?
**[EDIT]**
Okay. One can get it from fastboot ROMs available at MIUI website (here), extract the pack and get recovery.img.

Installed successfully on miui 9.2.1.0 stable
Now when a new update for magisk is released, how should i update it??

I have two questions:
1. Why does the bootloader need to be unlocked and how can I do that?
2. What happens to Magisk if I install an OTA?
I'd like to keep the phone untouched but I need to change emojis and with Xposed I can use Youtube in background.

Giacomo_ITA said:
I have two questions:
1. Why does the bootloader need to be unlocked and how can I do that?
2. What happens to Magisk if I install an OTA?
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1. sign on en.miui com and you can use xiaomi unlocker (after 72 hours)
2. two OTA updates and I had to reroot it
but it seems that it is not necessary, I can not post the link
google --> github magisk tips (it should be the first result)

Baxeisindi said:
1. sign on en.miui com and you can use xiaomi unlocker (after 72 hours)
2. two OTA updates and I had to reroot it
but it seems that it is not necessary, I can not post the link
google --> github magisk tips (it should be the first result)
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Do you mean this?
When an OTA is available, please go to Magisk Manager → Uninstall → Restore Images. Do not reboot immediately or you will have Magisk uninstalled. This will restore your boot (or dtbo if available) back to 100% untouched stock images in order to pass verifications. This step is required before doing any of the following steps written below!
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Giacomo_ITA said:
Do you mean this?
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Yes, I hope it works, anyway at the next update I will reroot it in a few minutes.

xposed help

Ok I have read and searched I'm no newbie but this phone is so weird I have unlocked bootloader what order do I take to get Xposed working on official 8.1?

gtshiftin6 said:
Ok I have read and searched I'm no newbie but this phone is so weird I have unlocked bootloader what order do I take to get Xposed working on official 8.1?
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Root with Magisk. Inside Magisk download the Xposed systemless module and the Xposed Installer apk from the support thread
Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk

Do I need recovery to install magisk?

gtshiftin6 said:
Do I need recovery to install magisk?
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You need to root first.
See this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/how-to/guide-rooting-essential-ph-1-magisk-t3701976

gtshiftin6 said:
Do I need recovery to install magisk?
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Yes...

rignfool said:
Yes...
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No, you don't explicitly need recovery (TWRP) to install Magisk.
You do need recovery to install kernels or anything similar.
Magisk has a function that will patch the boot image file if you have a copy on the phone.
You can then copy that patched file to your computer and use fastboot to flash the patched boot image.
I have used that method before.

tech_head said:
No, you don't explicitly need recovery (TWRP) to install Magisk.
You do need recovery to install kernels or anything similar.
Magisk has a function that will patch the boot image file if you have a copy on the phone.
You can then copy that patched file to your computer and use fastboot to flash the patched boot image.
I have used that method before.
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Well... Here's my take...
You know how to do that... Therefore YOU don't need recovery...
If someone with all the information available is still going to ask the question... Then THAT PERSON will NEED recovery...
Welcome to XDA

Need patched boot file
Does anyone have a patched boot file for Magisk on Essential Phone for the latest Android P Beta? The Magisk app won't patch my boot image and won't tell me why. If I have the file from somewhere else I figure I can just flash that and be done with it. (New to XDA! )

Just install Magisk Manager, download latest pie fastboot zip from Developer Overview from Essential website and grab the boot img and patch it

Help with installing Magisk on Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900V

I have read many threads and lots of videos and cannot seem to get the Magisk installed.
I have flashed back to stock many times with (N900VVRUEOF1_N900VVZWEOF1_N900VVRUEOF1_HOME.tar.md5) in order to try multiple methods.
Rooted with Arabictoolapp - used rootchecker to verify/application also says true for root
followed: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...guide-ob6-of1-root-bootloader-unlock-t3439010
installed SU from playstore to unlock bootloader using the adp method - shows developer mode to verify - using eMMc to verify CID starts with 15
followed: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...l/official-note-3-verizon-bootloader-t3359370
installed twrp using official twrp app & also tried ODIN in another trial (picked verizon americas and got twrp-3.2.3-0-hlte.img.tar and twrp-3.2.3-0-hlte.img )
turned phone off and boot into recovery to verify; at this time i created a recovery
using MagiskManager i downloaded the zip (Magisk-v18.1.ip) and flashed using twrp - no errors but when i restart the phone it says Magisk not installed
next attempt was to extract the boot.img from the stock OF1 and then flash the Magisk - no errors but when i restarted the phone it says the same thing - Magisk not installed
another attempt was to patch the boot.img and got a patch_boot.img then using TWRP i flashed the patch_boot.img - restarted and magisk not installed
after further digging, i tried another method which was to unroot using SU, reboot, go into recovery to then install Magisk - magisk not installed
*note each attempt to install Magisk unrooted my phone
*was able to use Magisk-uninstaller-20190204.zip to uninstall Magisk manager from recovery - icon went away
anyways i am completely stuck now. any suggestions or comments on my approach?

jordanfan23 said:
installed SU from playstore to unlock bootloader using the adp method - shows developer mode to verify - using eMMc to verify CID starts with 15
followed:
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Did you uninstall SU before trying to install magisk. The two together may cause conflict.

cssr said:
Did you uninstall SU before trying to install magisk. The two together may cause conflict.
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Yes my last attempt i tried.

please help! there has got to be something i am doing wrong or missing. i can flash the uninstall zip and it does uninstall the magisk manager

@cssr any other input or suggestions?

jordanfan23 said:
@cssr any other input or suggestions?
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Try twrp 2.8.7 hltevzw. You are using the stock ROM which is android 5. Twrp 3.1 and higher is for android 7 and up. I missed that the first time I read your post.

cssr said:
Try twrp 2.8.7 hltevzw. You are using the stock ROM which is android 5. Twrp 3.1 and higher is for android 7 and up. I missed that the first time I read your post.
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no go =(

@cssr should i try another version of magisk?

jordanfan23 said:
@cssr should i try another version of magisk?
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Yes. Are you installing Magisk .zip in twrp and installing Magisk Manager APK after normal reboot?

cssr said:
Yes. Are you installing Magisk .zip in twrp and installing Magisk Manager APK after normal reboot?
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what do you mean after normal reboot? so flash magisk in twrp. reboot. reboot again then install magisk manager? do you know what version of magisk i should run and where i can find the dl link?

What he means is you install the Magisk ZIP via TWRP in Recovery mode, reboot the phone, then you install Magisk Manager via the APK.
Go to magiskmanager dot com website which has the ZIP installer plus the APK for the Manager.

I only just recently tried to tackle this challenge. I also installed 0F1 with Odin, then rooted with Arabic. I was messing with Pokemon go and it wasn't happy I was rooted. I downloaded magisk manager, installed it that way. At reboot, angry message from Verizon that I have custom software and phone won't boot. I assume this is because I didn't install custom recovery.
If you figure a way to get this done, I will be grateful. One thing I don't quite follow. Magisk is a root method...so should we really be rooting the phone prior? Seems redundant and going against the whole point of magisk. Right?
I wanted to play around with spoofing GPS with PGO which requires making a GPS spoofer a system app (need root for that). Is that still possible using magisk?
I'll post any updates I have as well.

Root for RMX1931 Realme UI Android 10

fastboot flash recovery OrangeFox-R10.1_1.img
boot in twrp
flash OrangeFox-R10.1_1.zip
rebbot in recovery
flash magisk 20.4
reboot recovery
flash vbmeta.img (FOR RECOVERY)
Clean caches
Reboot
fingerprint, no

Files
https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-x2-pro/development/orangefox-recovery-x2-pro-t4063301
use vbmeta from this post
Magisk
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/tag/v20.4

hi, any idea to fix fingerprint?

[email protected] said:
hi, any idea to fix fingerprint?
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We need to wait for Realme to release a fix, just like what happened on color os when fingerprint wasn't working

On C.27 Bootloader Unlock and Root, Fingerprinter works

How to upgrade from Android 9 Color OS 6 rooted and with magisk 20.4 to new C.27? Is there a tutorial? Thank You

minoccio said:
How to upgrade from Android 9 Color OS 6 rooted and with magisk 20.4 to new C.27? Is there a tutorial? Thank You
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Uninstall Magisk with the .zip from their site. Github here
Instal stock recovery like you did to install custom recovery.
Next, download the C.27 update and run it from the file manager. Phone will reboot and start updating
After update, just do the whole process to root C.27 version like for Android 9.

deviantor said:
Instal stock recovery like you did to install custom recovery.
Uninstall Magisk with the .zip from their site. Github here
Next, download the C.27 update and run it from the file manager. Phone will reboot and start updating
After update, just do the whole process to root C.27 version like for Android 9.
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So basically if I'm on c27 already, it's okay to use the same root method?

adsubzero said:
So basically if I'm on c27 already, it's okay to use the same root method?
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Yea. I was on C27 total stock then followed these tips to root and custom recovery. Its all working well so far and fingerprint works.

deviantor said:
Yea. I was on C27 total stock then followed these tips to root and custom recovery. Its all working well so far and fingerprint works.
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I tried several thins to install Magisk succesfully with no luck.
I received my Global x2 Pro this thursday and i successfully unlocked the bootloader and flashed twrp recovery. But when I flask the magisk 20.4 zip and reboot my device, i get an error saying that my boot / recovery partition is corrupt. I have to install C27 again from twrp and it boots up.
Can anybody help me how to install Magisk succesfully? It's driving me nuts. Also, i cant download the vbmeta.img from the OP. So i tried to extract the vbmeta.img from the c27 image to flash, but also no lucck
Edit: Finally having it working with the Orangefox recovery with the vbmeta.img. I thought that the link in OneDrive wasnt working, but it was my home networks which was blocking OneDrive. Problem solved!

deviantor said:
Uninstall Magisk with the .zip from their site. Github here
Instal stock recovery like you did to install custom recovery.
Next, download the C.27 update and run it from the file manager. Phone will reboot and start updating
After update, just do the whole process to root C.27 version like for Android 9.
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Isn't it possible to install ota update from twrp? (I use mauronofrio). Is it mandatory to unroot, install C27 and then re-root?

minoccio said:
Isn't it possible to install ota update from twrp? (I use mauronofrio). Is it mandatory to unroot, install C27 and then re-root?
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It's possible if someone makes a flashable zip, though I dont know of that can be done for every phone. Otherwise you need a stock recovery to install the OTA.

minoccio said:
Isn't it possible to install ota update from twrp? (I use mauronofrio). Is it mandatory to unroot, install C27 and then re-root?
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Like @adsubzero said. Unless you have a custom ozip file to flash on TWRP, you need to have stock recovery to install a standard ozip.

ogutolopes said:
fastboot flash recovery OrangeFox-R10.1_1.img
boot in twrp
flash OrangeFox-R10.1_1.zip
rebbot in recovery
flash magisk 20.4
reboot recovery
flash vbmeta.img (FOR RECOVERY)
Clean caches
Reboot
fingerprint, no
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for recovery mean recovery ka option ckick krna hai..vbmeta krty huay

In the backup options I don't see system, only system image. Does anyone else have this issue?

Can't Root Samsung SM-T380

Hello,
I was wondering if the T380 is rootable?
I tried to follow [TWRP 3.2.1-1] [ROOT] Tab A SM-T380/T385 - 10/02/2018 but it didn't work ( as I assume) since the guide is quite old. I also tried patching the boot.img using the magisk tutorial but I end up with the Installed: N\A Ramdisk: Yes A\B & Sars: no.
I can't also downgrade since I have the latest 2021 patch and the binary is 4 while the version below that is on 3. ROM STOCK
PS: I can install TWRP without any problems, the only issue is rooting with magisk
Any help or suggestion really appreciated.

This is exactly the same problem that I've been having with my T380. I've flashed the stock rom and retried many different methods of rooting with Magisk but they all have failed. If you got it workiing, please tell me what made it work for you. Thanks!
These are the steps that I took using post by Winston Churchill as a guide:
1. Enable OEM Unlock
2. Use Odin to flash TWRP with twrp_3.2.3-1_sm-t380_oo_4119.tar on AP Slot
3. TWRP Wipe/Reformat Data then reboot to recovery
4. Install boot.img patched by Magisk using TWRP (I extracted boot.img from stock firmware and used Magisk to make patched boot.img)
5. Install Magisk.zip using TWRP (this didn't do anything, I had to manually install the apk later on)
6. Install Tab_A_2017_Pie_forced+encryption_disabler.zip using TWRP
7. Wipe Cache and Dalvik
8. Reboot System
I tried alternative approach for installing Magisk using this guide. It basically is extracting boot.img off your current device firmware and using Magisk to patch that boot.img. Then flash the patched boot.img using TWRP (it didn't work for me though)
These are the places I went to get my files:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rooting-sm-t380-with-pie.4049951/ (Post by Winston Churchill)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-comprehensive-t380-tab-a-2017-8-0-root-guide.3753203/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/twrp-3-2-1-1-root-tab-a-sm-t380-t385-10-02-2018.3747564/

Barto604 said:
Hello,
I was wondering if the T380 is rootable?
I tried to follow [TWRP 3.2.1-1] [ROOT] Tab A SM-T380/T385 - 10/02/2018 but it didn't work ( as I assume) since the guide is quite old. I also tried patching the boot.img using the magisk tutorial but I end up with the Installed: N\A Ramdisk: Yes A\B & Sars: no.
I can't also downgrade since I have the latest 2021 patch and the binary is 4 while the version below that is on 3. ROM STOCK
PS: I can install TWRP without any problems, the only issue is rooting with magisk
Any help or suggestion really appreciated.
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I haven't done this on the T380, but it works on other Samsung tablets. Instead of the rigamarole of patching the boot image, just flash Magisk-v21.4.zip with TWRP. It won't give you the latest version, but it installs Magisk Manager, and you can use that to update to the latest version of Magisk and Magisk Manager.

lewmur said:
I haven't done this on the T380, but it works on other Samsung tablets. Instead of the rigamarole of patching the boot image, just flash Magisk-v21.4.zip with TWRP. It won't give you the latest version, but it installs Magisk Manager, and you can use that to update to the latest version of Magisk and Magisk Manager.
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Hi, sorry for the late reply, I already tried using earlier versions of magisk it says it patch and everything via TWRP but when I reboot magisk app is not found and when I install the APK it says Installed: N/A

Barto604 said:
Hi, sorry for the late reply, I already tried using earlier versions of magisk it says it patch and everything via TWRP but when I reboot magisk app is not found and when I install the APK it says Installed: N/A
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Try flashing Magisk23.apk with TWRP as if it were a zip. That worked with latest 11 ROM with T500.

Tried it, didn't work either, I think them latest security patch for this tablet block root or something, I'm literally stuck.