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Root then UnRoot?

Hey everyone,
So I just want to go stock because at this point it's the only good option for keeping Android Pay. It's become too troublesome to try and trick the SafetyNet into thinking im not rooted and I honestly don't use root much aside from (force doze). My big issue is I'd like to go to completely stock October security update, but I don't want to lose some of my app data and I hate setting up all my apps again. This is where Titanium Backup comes in handy...
Can I flash the October stock images, flash twrp, flash supersu, install tibu, install apps and data, then uninstall supersu?
The only problem I worry about is that last one, how do I completely wipe supersu after I'm done so that it will pass the SafetyNet?

GatorsUF said:
Hey everyone,
So I just want to go stock because at this point it's the only good option for keeping Android Pay. It's become too troublesome to try and trick the SafetyNet into thinking im not rooted and I honestly don't use root much aside from (force doze). My big issue is I'd like to go to completely stock October security update, but I don't want to lose some of my app data and I hate setting up all my apps again. This is where Titanium Backup comes in handy...
Can I flash the October stock images, flash twrp, flash supersu, install tibu, install apps and data, then uninstall supersu?
The only problem I worry about is that last one, how do I completely wipe supersu after I'm done so that it will pass the SafetyNet?
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Yes. Either uninstall in SuperSU or fastboot flash system and boot to wipe SuperSU away.
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Thanks! I didn't even think of just flashing system/boot again. Easy. I remembered there was a "unsu.zip" at some point, but it doesn't appear to be "supported" so I wasn't sure if I should use it. Flashing seems like a cleaner solution.
As a side note I installed SuperSU and Suhide.zip for now, it seems to work great....only a matter of time I suspect.

I am rooted, but not happy with my current state

Hey everyone,
I`m running LineageOS on my phone and am rooted using SuperSU which seems to work, according to Rootchecker and the feww apps I use, which make use of root privileges.
But I`m not entirely happy with my current situation, since it seems that more and more apps don`t tend to work with my rooted phone. So what are my ways out of this?
Can I easily unroot my phone, while keeping LineageOS?
Is there a working alternative to SuperSU, which would enable me to stay rooted on LineageOS without reflashing the OS and use Banking-Apps?
I`ve heard of Magisk, but I am unsure of how to switch over from my current state and I`am not sure whether or not it would solve my problems
Thanks for any help in advance!!

Magisk
You just have to go to SuperSU, then Full Unroot, then download Magisk 13.3 and flash it from TWRP. After that you should have Magisk Manager, if for some weird reason you don't, install it via apk
Then you just go to the settings, tick MagiskHide, then go back and open the side panel, MagiskHide - select the apps that you want Magisk to hide itself from

So I tried to do what you said.
I did the full unroot in the SuperSu App,
My phone rebooted
I shut it down again and booted into recovery
Tried flashing Magisk
But it failed, apparently due to my Boot image being patched by another program and told me to go with stock image
What do I do now? And will I lose any data by doing so? Thank you so much for any help!

Weird, but you can simply dirty flash LineageOS (the same one that you have now, or an update, doesn't matter) and it should let you install Magisk.

I did what you said and installed a delta update using LineageOS Downloader. Had to manually flash it in TWRP since I had no root permissions anymore. But I was able to install Magisk like a charm! Now I have to questions:
1. How do I update Magisk? Using the app?
2. Do I have to flash it again everytime I'm updating LOS?
Thanks for the great help so far!

And what exactly are those moduls? Should I be messing with them?

If updates come they will appear on the status bar and you can download them, and they'll install with the phone on. after that you have to (not quick) reboot your phone.
and about the modules, seriously? what do you think??

Best way to cleanup my nexus 6p

hey all!
I'm a newb....
I have a rooted 6p with the factory image installed, twrp recovery.
I don't recall doing a backup before rooting.....yeah I know not smart....didn't know what the heck I was doing in this process....never rooted a phone.
I installed Magisk......then in my infinite wisdom installed supersu
the phone for the most part works fine, but I am having a problem running frida, it complains about magisk hide. I have removed all the magisk modules...
I am hoping I can some how clean up this phone and completely remove magisk.....and get frida running.
am I toast without a backup?
what is the best way to completely remove and uninstall magisk.
tried to run magisk install again and also magisk uninstall gives me error 1, which I see there are videos for dealing with on youtube...though haven't gone done that rabbit hole
I am quite comfortable using adb
I see bits of magisk all through the file system, just not sure if I should be deleting as I might be getting myself into more trouble.
TIA

Well if you don't mind starting fresh (backing up all your data) as this would erase everything and set your phone back to "factory stock" on the latest official version from google and its as easy as clicking one batch file to get things sorted. You may have messed up some stuff permanently on your system partition by installing/uninstalling two incompatible root solutions etc.
Link: https://developers.google.com/android/images#angler
Direct link to latest file: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/angler-opm7.181205.001-factory-b75ce068.zip
Then you just plug your phone in and run the 'flash-all.bat' file.

Limitations/OTA updates after installing TWRP?

Hi,
I recently came up with the idea of installing the Stock Firmware on my S8, along with TWRP, but without root or anything like that.
Basically I just want Stock ROM + TWRP.
Will this limit the system in any way? Will banking apps still work, can I still get OTA updates, etc.?

Sleage said:
Hi,
I recently came up with the idea of installing the Stock Firmware on my S8, along with TWRP, but without root or anything like that.
Basically I just want Stock ROM + TWRP.
Will this limit the system in any way? Will banking apps still work, can I still get OTA updates, etc.?
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Will this limit the system in any way? - Generally no but Knox related apps won't work like secure folder, shealth, samsung pass etc. Tripping your knox is permanent and can not be fixed.
Will banking apps still work - I can't say to many banks apps out there but i would say generally yes.
can I still get OTA update - No not with TWRP installed. You will have to manually update the device.
The problem with TWRP is it can't read encrypted devices. This is why you need to format data in TWRP to unencrypt your device. So backup your phone before formatting data.

relock bootloader after removing magisk ?

Hello everyone.
I've been trying to find an answer, but everyone only asked if they can relock while having magisk installed. So my approach is a bit different.
What is I install magisk to remove some preinstalled apps (stock rom), and then remove magisk, flash the original boot.img and relock the bootloader ?
Is this going to work?

A little context:
I installed lineageos on my redmi 7a and it's really great and i wish i could keep it, but there's just one problem.... My banking app (unicredit) crashes on attempting to login.
I suppose there's no choice but to return to stock rom and locked bootloader.
Except i had a problem with the stock rom. I think it was spamming the read-only partitions with some caches and ended up filling the storage. I didn't even have a lot of apps installed and tried to empty some caches but it made no difference. So that's why i wanted to move to a custom rom, there was lots more free space that way. And yes i know about the user-level uninstalling of apps via adb but i wanted to free up more space by removing them from the system image, thus the need for root. But then when I'm done i want to remove root and relock the bootloader so this damn banking app could work.

About the banking app, have tried installing gapps and then hiding magisk ?