Anyone help with the Z301ML (P00L)? - Asus ZenPad 10 Questions & Answers

Been searching for hours, but seems there's no info on successfully rooting the Z301ML?
Can anyone help or point me in the right direction?

My progress so far:
Managed to get it tether rooted using Magisk. I let Magisk mod the boot.img and then fastboot boot the image.
While in this state, tried some apps like root explorers, lucky patcher, root checker etc. They all seemed to work.
This is not permanent and only lasts until the next reboot. I cant flash the changes probably coz I havent unlocked bootloader
I attempted to fastboot into TWRP as well but it doesnt work, just ends up booting normally.
Questions:
a)Does anyone know if unlocking the bootloader will basically let me flash the Magisk boot.img and if so, is that all I need to do, are there any other steps to be done for a full-root?
b)Why cant I fastboot into TWRP?

I guess I've rooted the Z301ML
Update
Ok, I used the unlocker for the bootloader, ran Magisk to patch a boot.img, tested it to make sure. Everything worked, so I "fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img" to make it permanent. Reboot, everything seems fine..
Tried out some apps that need room (like Titanium backup) all working well.
Still havent managed to get TWRP working though...

@kidpunk, nice job & thanks for reporting your progress. It looks like this tablet has a tethered boot vulnerability like the Z500M model does.... which means there's literally no security on it. I'll leave it up to you to decide if that's good or bad. But your method is correct for installing root without TWRP. By the way, which TWRP are you asking about? I'm not sure anyone compiled a version for the ML....

I tried using the TWRPs for the Z301MF or MFL ... and also generic ones... probably not the right way heh.. But they just rebooted straight back to normal startup anyway.
diplomatic said:
@kidpunk, nice job & thanks for reporting your progress. It looks like this tablet has a tethered boot vulnerability like the Z500M model does.... which means there's literally no security on it. I'll leave it up to you to decide if that's good or bad. But your method is correct for installing root without TWRP. By the way, which TWRP are you asking about? I'm not sure anyone compiled a version for the ML....
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Your device is corrupt. It cant be trusted and may not work properly. FIXED!

*** NOTE: Please excuse my English.
*** WARNING: I'm not responsible if anything happens to your device, I'm just sharing my experience and what I did to fix my own phone. Proceed at your own RISK.
I bought my Nexus 6p 64gb and as soon as I took it out of the box, I went directly and followed the guide here. So i unlocked the bootloader, flashed TWRP as a custom recovery, flashed CM13 + OpenGapps.
I noticed that every time I boot my device I get this warning:
Your device is corrupt. It can’t be
trusted and may not work properly.
Visit this link on another device:
go.co/ABH
and it does not seem to be a normal warning because when my OS boots up it shows me this
"Android system:
There’s an internal problem with your device. Contact your manufacturer for details"
Later on when I updated to the latest nightly image my camera crashes and doesn't function properly. I also already has an issue with Bluetooth and "Bluetooth share" crashing but that was unrelated. Anyways I was crippled in my day to day usage. Then I thought that I need to fix this asap because it might cause performance/security/hardware problems in the future.
So basically the fix is you should flash the latest bootloader image and radio image. Personally I wanted to start clean and make sure I have no corrupted files so here is what I did,
1. What i did is erase all boot, system, kernel & recovery files by typing the below command using fastboot just incase they were corrupted,
(Note: YOU DONT NEED TO DO THIS STEP, but i prefer starting clean incase i had some corrupted files. YOU WILL ALSO LOSE ENCRYPTION DOING THE FIRST STEP)
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
Source: http://devs-lab.com/...i-nexus-6p.html
2. Then i flashed the latest factory images in this sequence using fastboot, which can be found here: https://developers.g...s/images#angler
(Note: 6.0.1 (MMB29M) was latest image at the time i did this. For people who are doing this for the first time, then you just need to download the image then extract the needed files from it)
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-angler-angler-xx.xxx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
fastboot format userdata
fastboot reboot
Source: http://forum.xda-dev...operly-t3268407
3. From there i reflashed TWRP using fastboot, then flashed the latest beta SuperSU v2.62 at the time, and then CM13, then OpenGapps, then again reflashed SuperSU v2.62 just incase, lol. (Do not flash the version of SuperSU that TWRP offers to flash for you in order to give you root, it is not compatible and will cause problems. When using TWRP before you've actually flashed SuperSU 2.50+, when you attempt to reboot out of TWRP it will tell you that it's detecting that you don't have root and it will offer to root for you, skip past this.)
What got fixed ?
-FIXED, this won't show up anymore:
Your device is corrupt. It can’t be
trusted and may not work properly.
Visit this link on another device:
go.co/ABH
-FIXED, this won't show up anymore:
Android system:
There’s an internal problem with your device. Contact your manufacturer for details.
-FIXED, Camera is working !
-NOT FIXED, "Bluetooth share" still crashes but I think its unrelated to this issue.
Hope this helps everyone as it helped me, thanks.
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Thanks, but better option? Don't reboot.
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Ur welcome [emoji1]
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Followed your guide, thanks, but the message "Your device is corrupt. It can’t betrusted and may not work properly." still appears during a CM boot.
The message "There’s an internal problem with your device. Contact your manufacturer for details" appears when I boot into recovery (TWRP)
The camera is working now.
Also, before I was able to flash CM-13 I had to do "WIPE >> Format Data" from TWRP, otherwise CM was exiting with error 7.
The following packages were used:
original 6.0.1 (MMB29P) factory image
BETA-SuperSU-v2.66-20160103015024.zip
cm-13.0-20160115-NIGHTLY-angler.zip
open_gapps-arm64-6.0-micro-20160115.zip
twrp-2.8.7.2-angler.img
I also noticed that when rebooting into factory image, the same warning message appears as well.
Any way to fix it or did I do something wrong?
Why are people trying to fix an non issue? To get rid of the message you need to relock the bootloader which is more of a risk if your rooted. Its a message that only appears for a few seconds when you reboot and you don't need to do anything to get past it.
There is no corruption and the phone is trusted by YOU as you unlocked it and nothing else cares. Where is the issue?
g_kos said:
Followed your guide, thanks, but the message "Your device is corrupt. It can’t betrusted and may not work properly." still appears during a CM boot.
The message "There’s an internal problem with your device. Contact your manufacturer for details" appears when I boot into recovery (TWRP)
The camera is working now.
Also, before I was able to flash CM-13 I had to do "WIPE >> Format Data" from TWRP, otherwise CM was exiting with error 7.
The following packages were used:
original 6.0.1 (MMB29P) factory image
BETA-SuperSU-v2.66-20160103015024.zip
cm-13.0-20160115-NIGHTLY-angler.zip
open_gapps-arm64-6.0-micro-20160115.zip
twrp-2.8.7.2-angler.img
I also noticed that when rebooting into factory image, the same warning message appears as well.
Any way to fix it or did I do something wrong?
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It's just telling you what you already know. You modified your system partition yourself so don't worry about it.
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6185381?hl=en
XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
It's just telling you what you already know. You modified your system partition yourself so don't worry about it.
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6185381?hl=en
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Thanks. I read it in the original Heisenberg's unlock guide and was surprised when I read this post that it was possible to get rid of the warning message without locking the bootloader .
I'm new here in the forum's..I usually just read and carry on..the one think I'd like to say is..I don't understand why people got to say 'why you doing that for, ya don't need to' far as I know..this an educational site to learn..if he wants learn how to get rid of the warning..I don't see any problems in that whatsoever.
The message "There is an internal problem with your device..." seems to be related to the security patch version. This was my biggest issue, the message I get when booting the phone was annoying and I knew it was not a big deal, but having an internal problem warning was concerning, flashing the vendor image was the solution for me. But if you like to start clean then I have the steps written, but if you update then again you'll get the warning when booting up.
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zooman31 said:
I'm new here in the forum's..I usually just read and carry on..the one think I'd like to say is..I don't understand why people got to say 'why you doing that for, ya don't need to' far as I know..this an educational site to learn..if he wants learn how to get rid of the warning..I don't see any problems in that whatsoever.
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I think what people are trying to say is the risk/reward for getting rid of the message is not worth it. Especially since its just a brief warning you only see during boot. Just flashing twrp recovery will give the red message. SuperSU will help get rid of it which is why the OP was able to remedy it. It will not work for everyone though. Modifying the bootloader is the only sure fire way to snuff it out for good and you would be a fool to try and mess with your bootloader for something aesthetic. That's how most real bricks happen, is when a bootloader gets corrupted.
XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
I think what people are trying to say is the risk/reward for getting rid of the message is not worth it. Especially since its just a brief warning you only see during bouot. Just flashing twrp recovery will give the red message. SuperSU will help get rid of it which is why the OP was able to remedy it. It will not work for everyone though. Modifying the bootloader is the only sure fire way to snuff it out for good and you would be a fool to try and mess with your bootloader for something aesthetic. That's how most real bricks happen, is when a bootloader gets corrupted.
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I assume that most people know the drill..you proceed to test at your own risk..the how to in the first post seemed to have worked after it was tested by the author.
zooman31 said:
I assume that most people know the drill..you proceed to test at your own risk..the how to in the first post seemed to have worked after it was tested by the author.
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Basically just flash SuperSU last in whatever sequence, and as long as it boots,the red message will be gone. But change anything after and it will probably come back. I have nothing negative to say about this thread. I originally posted the nexus link just so people can rest assured that it is not an actual problem and a normal, albeit annoying, side effect of modifying the Nexus 6p. Happy Flashing
XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Basically just flash SuperSU last in whatever sequence, and as long as it boots,the red message will be gone. But change anything after and it will probably come back. I have nothing negative to say about this thread. I originally posted the nexus link just so people can rest assured that it is not an actual problem and a normal, albeit annoying, side effect of modifying the Nexus 6p. Happy Flashing
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all i did was flash twrp and unlocked the bootloader and still got the red message. so all i have to do is flash supersu and root? to get rid of it?
TechMillz93 said:
all i did was flash twrp and unlocked the bootloader and still got the red message. so all i have to do is flash supersu and root? to get rid of it?
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Yes. The SuperSU beta 2.66 is what I use.
XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Yes. The SuperSU beta 2.66 is what I use.
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so i just reflashed the vendor and now im in bootloop ;(
TechMillz93 said:
so i just reflashed the vendor and now im in bootloop ;(
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Why did you flash vendor? Try clearing caches and then reboot. Let it sit for 10 min too while starting up.
XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Why did you flash vendor? Try clearing caches and then reboot. Let it sit for 10 min too while starting up.
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im good now i just reflashed all the images im good.
but i have to feflash twrp now, what would u recommend
systemless or traditional ?
TechMillz93 said:
im good now i just reflashed all the images im good.
but i have to feflash twrp now, what would u recommend
systemless or traditional ?
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Systemless unless you want to use xposed otherwise it doesn't matter. Systemless just makes it so you can use root apps like android pay. I use the 2.66 systemless. The instructions are a little all over the place on that thread. You no longer need a modified boot.IMG. the SuperSU zip patches whatever boot.IMG you have. So all you need to flash is the supersu2.66 for systemless or the traditional zip if going that route.
XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Systemless unless you want to use xposed otherwise it doesn't matter. Systemless just makes it so you can use root apps like android pay. I use the 2.66 systemless. The instructions are a little all over the place on that thread. You no longer need a modified boot.IMG. the SuperSU zip patches whatever boot.IMG you have. So all you need to flash is the supersu2.66 for systemless or the traditional zip if going that route.
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so i dont need gapps etc?
its all in there?

Axon 7 : Can't get into recovery

Hi,
I'm not sure if it's the right place to ask this, but I need help. I just got my Axon 7 in the mail today so I was eager to root it and get started. It did not go well.
The version I got was on b27, and it had an update to b29 right out the box. I did not think too much of it and did the update. I realized later that if I wanted to root, I would need to be on b20 instead. No worries, I got into recovery, flashed the b20 stock image, and all went fine. I went on and rooted using tenfar's utility, and it also went fine. I rebooted went with DrakenFX's way to update back to b29, but something went wrong in the process, and I don't remember the exact message. I told myself that it might be cause I wasn't running the latest TWRP. When I first got into recover after using tenfar's utility, I noticed that the TWRP version was not the latest (3-0-2-0? maybe). I had just downloaded the most recent TWRP image from Unjustified Dev (twrp-3.0.2-2-a2017u.img), so I decided to update right away from within TWRP...I guess this is not something you can do.
Long story short, the phone simply won't get into recovery mode now. The led flashes red for a second, then the phone simply shuts down.
The weird part is that it boots just fine, and I can get into ADB and bootloader too. However, my bootloader is locked once more, and root does not work either. I am now on b29, so I cannot use tenfar's utility.
So, am I SOL? Is there a way to restore the stock recovery image via ADB? I tried flashing TWRP again, but I get a "FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)" in ADB, most likely because my bootloader is locked again?
The good part is that the phone is usable and everything seems to work, but having no recovery is a bit unnerving...if something goes wrong again, the phone will be a dead brick.
Thank you very much.
OK, I just realized that I could still use tenfar's utility even though I was on b29....pheww, what a relief. Back in TWRP. Sorry, you can delete this thread (I would do it if I knew how )
arky33 said:
OK, I just realized that I could still use tenfar's utility even though I was on b29....pheww, what a relief. Back in TWRP. Sorry, you can delete this thread (I would do it if I knew how )
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Can you link me in the right direction? I'm having the same problem where I can get to bootloader and fastboot, but no recovery. I'm on a2017u.x.x.b29, too.
Hi,
I am not sure anyone should follow my advice considering how I somehow managed to screw up a relatively simple process, but here's how I fixed it. I used tenfar's utility from this thread to flash TWRP again. Even though I was on B29, I used the B27 package and it worked fine. But don't flash the boot image, just the recovery! After that, I could boot into TWRP again. From there I followed this great instruction thread and got Lineage up and running in minutes.
I hope this helps you get going, but keep in mind that this might not be the proper way to do things, it's just what worked for me. Cheers.
arky33 said:
Hi,
I am not sure anyone should follow my advice considering how I somehow managed to screw up a relatively simple process, but here's how I fixed it. I used tenfar's utility from this thread to flash TWRP again. Even though I was on B29, I used the B27 package and it worked fine. But don't flash the boot image, just the recovery! After that, I could boot into TWRP again. From there I followed this great instruction thread and got Lineage up and running in minutes.
I hope this helps you get going, but keep in mind that this might not be the proper way to do things, it's just what worked for me. Cheers.
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Thanks, Arky!
I've been away from XDA for quite some time since I've had the S6 Edge on Verizon and there hasn't been any type of root action on it. I really appreciate the links you posted!

HELP. Phone stuck on black screen after installing SuperUser.

Hey guys, I'm a little devastated. Hoping I didn't ruin my phone.
So, earlier today I unlocked my Moto G4 Plus's bootloader and installed TWRP recovery. I installed ElementalX and a superuser.zip file as well. After reboot, there was no superuser in my app drawer and when I checked my root status with Phh's Root Checker, it said that my phone was not rooted properly. I then found the guide here on how to root, and noticed that it had Phh's SuperUser. I changed the config.txt file like mentioned in the guide, booted into TWRP recovery and installed it and clicked on reboot. I got the usual bootloader unlocked message, but after that my screen went blackish-grey and has been that way since, which is about 15-20 minutes now. I (panicking and being a noob) tried switching it off using the power button which didn't work. I then checked to see if it showed up as connected device in android sdk/fastboot, which it didn't.
WHAT DO I DO? I can't just buy another phone since I can't afford it as I recently bought this one, so it's a really big deal for me. :crying:
PLEASE HELP ME.
Thank you.
UPDATE.
Hey guys,
First of all, thank you for the replies. I'm sorry I couldn't reply to them.
Secondly, a few things have happened since the OP. Keep in mind I had absolutely NO internet during the following events, so I couldn't do any research.
The night my phone went black screen, I went to sleep thinking i'll let it die out of battery and work the rest out in the morning. So the next morning I put the phone on charge and went into the bootloader. I tried doing a normal reboot which didn't work (I got the same screen) so I went into into bootloader again, connected the phone to my computer (it got recognized this time) and re-flashed TWRP. I went into recovery mode on the phone and tried re-flashing ElementalX and superuser. This time I got an error when trying to flash the superuser.zip, and the error was:
Updater process ended with ERROR: 1
Error installing zip file '/sdcard/superuser.zip'
I had another supersu.zip in my phone storage, tired installing it and got the same error.
When I tried doing a normal reboot into my system, it goes on a boot loop on the "your device is unlocked" screen and has been that way ever since.
What do I do now?
Should I try to re-flash TWRP and superuser with the right files, or should I restore stock recovery? I don't have any backup. (noob mistake)
I'd highly appreciate it anyone linked me the proper twrp and superuser or stock recovery files and if possible guided me on what to do.
PLEASE HELP ME.
thank you.
UPDATE #2
So I did what abhi212b told me to do and flashed the stock rom. Everything is fine now.
I'll try rooting it again a bit later. Thanks for the help.
UPDATE #3
I tried rooting my phone again, and it went flawlessly this time! Rooted successfully.
What an emotional rollercoaster lol.
Push the power button for at least 2-3 minutes. Worked for me and others in the past.
SSJGod said:
Hey guys, I'm a little devastated. Hoping I didn't ruin my phone.
So, earlier today I unlocked my Moto G4 Plus's bootloader and installed TWRP recovery. I installed ElementalX and a superuser.zip file as well. After reboot, there was no superuser in my app drawer and when I checked my root status with Phh's Root Checker, it said that my phone was not rooted properly. I then found the guide here on how to root, and noticed that it had Phh's SuperUser. I changed the config.txt file like mentioned in the guide, booted into TWRP recovery and installed it and clicked on reboot. I got the usual bootloader unlocked message, but after that my screen went blackish-grey and has been that way since, which is about 15-20 minutes now. I (panicking and being a noob) tried switching it off using the power button which didn't work. I then checked to see if it showed up as connected device in android sdk/fastboot, which it didn't.
WHAT DO I DO? I can't just buy another phone since I can't afford it as I recently bought this one, so it's a really big deal for me. :crying:
PLEASE HELP ME.
Thank you.
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Like the poster above stated, hold the power button until the screen shuts off. YOUR PHONE WILL AUTO REBOOT!!! The instant the screen turns off, begin holding the volume down button. When you see the fastboot screen pop up, begin flashing your N images again, or use a custom ROM (which are generally much faster, easier to mess with, and easier to recover from).
Ex didn't flash properly.. That is what I can estimate! If u root on stock kernel, it breaks the device.
As said above go to bootloader (works on any screen... Power and volume down) and then to twrp maybe (flash twrp from fastboot). And then restore any previous nandroid u have.. If not u will have to flash stock via fastboot and then flash ex kernel. When u flash, restart and go to about phone and see if the kernel shows elemental x.. If yes, go to twrp and root it via suoersu, phhh's superuser or magisk su.. Whichever u like.. That should be fine!
UPDATE.
Hey guys,
First of all, thank you for the replies. I'm sorry I couldn't reply to them.
Secondly, a few things have happened since the OP. Keep in mind I had absolutely NO internet during the following events, so I couldn't do any research.
The night my phone went black screen, I went to sleep thinking i'll let it die out of battery and work the rest out in the morning. So the next morning I put the phone on charge and went into the bootloader. I tried doing a normal reboot which didn't work (I got the same screen) so I went into into bootloader again, connected the phone to my computer (it got recognized this time) and re-flashed TWRP. I went into recovery mode on the phone and tried re-flashing ElementalX and superuser. This time I got an error when trying to flash the superuser.zip, and the error was:
Updater process ended with ERROR: 1
Error installing zip file '/sdcard/superuser.zip'
I had another supersu.zip in my phone storage, tired installing it and got the same error.
When I tried doing a normal reboot into my system, it goes on a boot loop on the "your device is unlocked" screen and has been that way ever since.
What do I do now?
Should I try to re-flash TWRP and superuser with the right files, or should I restore stock recovery? I don't have any backup. (noob mistake)
I'd highly appreciate it anyone linked me the proper twrp and superuser or stock recovery files and if possible guided me on what to do.
PLEASE HELP ME.
thank you.
SSJGod said:
Hey guys,
First of all, thank you for the replies. I'm sorry I couldn't reply to them.
Secondly, a few things have happened since the OP. Keep in mind I had absolutely NO internet during the following events, so I couldn't do any research.
The night my phone went black screen, I went to sleep thinking i'll let it die out of battery and work the rest out in the morning. So the next morning I put the phone on charge and went into the bootloader. I tried doing a normal reboot which didn't work (I got the same screen) so I went into into bootloader again, connected the phone to my computer (it got recognized this time) and re-flashed TWRP. I went into recovery mode on the phone and tried re-flashing ElementalX and superuser. This time I got an error when trying to flash the superuser.zip, and the error was:
Updater process ended with ERROR: 1
Error installing zip file '/sdcard/superuser.zip'
I had another supersu.zip in my phone storage, tired installing it and got the same error.
When I tried doing a normal reboot into my system, it goes on a boot loop on the "your device is unlocked" screen and has been that way ever since.
What do I do now?
Should I try to re-flash TWRP and superuser with the right files, or should I restore stock recovery? I don't have any backup. (noob mistake)
I'd highly appreciate it anyone linked me the proper twrp and superuser or stock recovery files and if possible guided me on what to do.
PLEASE HELP ME.
thank you.
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That won't help!
Best is that u should flash stock rom, since the phone is bootlooping...
U can find it here https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-xt1640-43-athene-npj25-93-t3549369
Flash it on bootloader screen via fastboot.
Do not relock the bootloader. Skip that step and also do NOT flash bootloader.img and partition. That can mess up the device.
once this is done, boot the device once... Finish the setup and then flash twrp.. Then flash ex kernel then flash any root Zip. (supersu, magisk or phhh's superuser)
Twrp can be found from here. https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...p-twrp-3-0-2-2-recovery-moto-g4-plus-t3386586
abhi212b said:
That won't help!
Best is that u should flash stock rom, since the phone is bootlooping...
U can find it here https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-xt1640-43-athene-npj25-93-t3549369
Flash it on bootloader screen via fastboot.
Do not relock the bootloader. Skip that step and also do NOT flash bootloader.img and partition. That can mess up the device.
once this is done, boot the device once... Finish the setup and then flash twrp.. Then flash ex kernel then flash any root Zip. (supersu, magisk or phhh's superuser)
Twrp can be found from here. https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...p-twrp-3-0-2-2-recovery-moto-g4-plus-t3386586
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Thank you, will try this now.
Only the last SuperSU Beta defaults to systemless install. Any other ones require writing of a .SuperSU file to force systemless before rooting.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...de-root-moto-g4-plus-supersu-android-t3587918
SSJGod said:
Thank you, will try this now.
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If you have not done this already, you can give it a try by flashing the stock boot.img via twrp and see if that boots the device.
I am not sure that it will work since, i have not tried it.
Exact same thing with the XT1625. I have also found that the systemless method of rooting with SuperSU kills my wifi and cellular network's connection abilities, which might just be a standard G4 thing but the only way I know of to fix it is reflashing the OS (data wipe not necessary).
Just thought this might be helpful to anyone who ran into similar issues to the ones I had.
also i'm still having issues with the stupid thing actually rooting but i'm gonna try again some other day.
just_magikkal said:
Exact same thing with the XT1625. I have also found that the systemless method of rooting with SuperSU kills my wifi and cellular network's connection abilities, which might just be a standard G4 thing but the only way I know of to fix it is reflashing the OS (data wipe not necessary).
Just thought this might be helpful to anyone who ran into similar issues to the ones I had.
also i'm still having issues with the stupid thing actually rooting but i'm gonna try again some other day.
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I think that is the kernel issue.. you should try EX.. and then use SuperSU or maybe use Magisk SU..
abhi212b said:
That won't help!
Best is that u should flash stock rom, since the phone is bootlooping...
U can find it here https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-xt1640-43-athene-npj25-93-t3549369
Flash it on bootloader screen via fastboot.
Do not relock the bootloader. Skip that step and also do NOT flash bootloader.img and partition. That can mess up the device.
once this is done, boot the device once... Finish the setup and then flash twrp.. Then flash ex kernel then flash any root Zip. (supersu, magisk or phhh's superuser)
Twrp can be found from here. https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...p-twrp-3-0-2-2-recovery-moto-g4-plus-t3386586
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Had the same problem as OP and this fixed it, thanks a lot man!
Good to hear now the phone is alive!

Magisk on US996 (Unlocked) v20 -- Should we us it instead of SuperSU? If so, how?

I have a v20 US996 (unlocked) that I'm getting ready to unlock the bootloader and then I'll want to root. I've always rooted with SuperSU in the past, but now there is also Magisk.
For our v20s (US996):
1) Should we use Magisk instead of SuperSU?
2) Is it as stable as SuperSU (without random reboots, etc)?
3) If 1+2 are "yes" then where can I find out how to root with Magisk safely without any problems?
Thanks!
I say yes to your first two questions. I accidentally upgraded to 10H on the 996 and I thought I was stuck with an unrootable phone. I had already had an unlocked bootloader and I used ADB to flash TWRP, flashed Magisk and boom. Rooted again. Been happy ever since. I don't have the exact thread for Magisk but if you Google I wanna say Magisk 14.0 you should be able to find it. Been working great for me. Hope that helps.
Anyone else's thoughts?
Also, will I still be able to use the 2nd screen?
And where can I find instructions specific to the v20?
Magisk works great and passes SafetyNet. No reason to still use SuperSU. Switching can be problematic. You need to reflash the correct boot.img, then flash Magisk WITHOUT LEAVING TWRP.
Sizzlechest said:
Magisk works great and passes SafetyNet. No reason to still use SuperSU. Switching can be problematic. You need to reflash the correct boot.img, then flash Magisk WITHOUT LEAVING TWRP.
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Especially with chainfire retiring, now is all the more reason to use magisk only. I've been using supersu for the entire duration of my smart phones but I need to make the switch.
Thanks.
I have not yet rooted this phone. Should I follow the instructions from jcadduono to root this and then be sure to flash magisk instead of supersu?
(jcadduono's instructions are here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-recowvery-unlock-v20-root-shell-t3490594
baldybill said:
Thanks.
I have not yet rooted this phone. Should I follow the instructions from jcadduono to root this and then be sure to flash magisk instead of supersu?
(jcadduono's instructions are here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-recowvery-unlock-v20-root-shell-t3490594
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I had this same problem, I asked this question on the subreddit, I got an absolutely amazing response and I fixed the phone. Pretty much just flash the 10f kdz, and then re unlock the bootloader if needed, then flash twrp normally, DO NOT US RECOWVERY. here is the link to the person who helped me with all of this, https://www.reddit.com/r/lgv20/comments/73hsl3/upgrading/. Just read the comments from Pheonix591 and I.
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I had this same problem, I asked this question on the subreddit, I got an absolutely amazing response and I fixed the phone. Pretty much just flash the 10f kdz, and then re unlock the bootloader if needed, then flash twrp normally, DO NOT US RECOWVERY. here is the link to the person who helped me with all of this, https://www.reddit.com/r/lgv20/comments/73hsl3/upgrading/. Just read the comments from Pheonix591 and I.
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Thanks
(I've never rooted this phone, so it's not an issue of re-rooting, it's an issue of rooting to begin with)
Why not use recowvery?
baldybill said:
Thanks
(I've never rooted this phone, so it's not an issue of re-rooting, it's an issue of rooting to begin with)
Why not use recowvery?
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It isn't necessary for our device since we can just flash TWRP through fastboot after unlocking bootloader officially. If you need me to I can write you a step by step guide, it'll be done tomorrow after school but I can write it for ya if need be.
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It isn't necessary for our device since we can just flash TWRP through fastboot after unlocking bootloader officially. If you need me to I can write you a step by step guide, it'll be done tomorrow after school but I can write it for ya if need be.
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Please do, I don't want to mess up my phone.
It's never been unlocked or rooted. [Currently, I'm having trouble getting the unlock image from LG. ]
Okay i am going to copy the exact text that the person who helped me said. It is really well explained and he says the steps very clearly. To do a TWRP backup and restore it it's one of the main buttons on the screen, I highly recommend using an SD card. Use the select storage button to change between internal storage and the SDcard, just check the box for data, and that has all your apps and pretty much everything else. And when you do the kdz part below you can just restore the version f firmware and do the update that way and skip the ota. I copy and pasted most of the rest from the last time I typed this up.
Get a hold of LGUP and downloading the kdz, heres (https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/v20-kdz-restore-failing-9-completing-fix-t3546817) a good thread on it, with even all the tools attached except the kdz, for getting on the older more stable twrp just flash flash it in fastboot (use lgup to restore the kdz which gets back to full stock, then use fastboot to get the info needed to fill out the form on LG's site(https://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev), (basically this guide has it all listed out, plus once you've created an lg account and actually gotten to the form, the page with has directions too(http://www.droidviews.com/unlock-bootloader-on-lg-v20-us996/))
So heres how we're going to get twrp on here from a stock, but unlocked us996. You probably don't need the no-verity-opt-encrypt if also flashing supersu or magisk but I did it anyway to be safe.First get the latest version of no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip from here(https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/), and the stable version of Twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img from a different directory on the same site(https://build.nethunter.com/test-builds/twrp/lge/), if you have an sd card in your phone put the no-verity zip on it ahead of time (and if you want to save a boot, put magisk on there too) (if not twrp should let you transfer it from your pc, but I havn't done it that way). So go ahead and reboot into fastboot (adb reboot bootloader) mode, then fastboot flash the_FULL_PATH_to_twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img . once it successfully completes, until we flash the no verity zip in twrp if the phone boots into stock it will overwrite twrp and it will need to be reflashed in fastboot mode. So once you've flashed it the first time, pull the battery, wait a second, then put it back in, hold down volume down, hold the power button just until the LG logo appears, then let go of the power button, and immediately press (and release) it once while still holding down volume down, keep holding volume down until, if you've done it successfully, it will ask you to factory reset your phone (for future note, while twrp is installed this will NOT factory reset your phone), say yes both times and twrp will boot shortly.
From here, go to install, and then change to your sd card and install the no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip, then go back and hit wipe (in twrp), on the wipe screen, hit the format data button (the correct button will make you type out yes to confirm), from here twrp will be installed and not tampered with and you can safely install magisk or a custom rom, and/or boot back into stock.
I do not know where i downloaded magisk from but here is the latest version:https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445
I recommend getting version 13.3 and then upgrading to version 14. Hope this helps and if you have any questions feel free to ask, im just busy so i may not answer quickly, working on college applications so i apologize in advance
I'm in a similar situation, with a fresh US996 factory-unlocked. Does this method (stock + magisk + twrp) preserve Android Pay / SafetyNet?
I switched from SuperSU to Magisk and now I can download Netflix from Play Store.
Switch away if you want to.
Thanks, GreenDinaXD, I'll give that a try after a while.
Thanks
GreenDinoXD said:
I recommend getting version 13.3 and then upgrading to version 14. Hope this helps and if you have any questions feel free to ask, im just busy so i may not answer quickly, working on college applications so i apologize in advance
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Oh, why do you suggest using Magisk 13.3 and then upgrading? Why not just go straight to 14?
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Oh, why do you suggest using Magisk 13.3 and then upgrading? Why not just go straight to 14?
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Believe I read somewhere that it didn't work as well or gave someone trouble, so I just told you the way I did it and I had no problems. If you want to try going straight to 14, go for it.
With my experience from MagiskSU, absolutely, Magisk let's you use any anti-root app, like Snapchat, or Netflix, etc... So you don't need to go through the Xposed McCluster**** ordeal
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Believe I read somewhere that it didn't work as well or gave someone trouble, so I just told you the way I did it and I had no problems. If you want to try going straight to 14, go for it.
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Are there stability issues with Magisk? Random reboots?
I'm curious since this is my everyday phone and I want it to be running decently. Thanks!

HELP PLEASE!!PHONE not working after update

Guys help me please! After the last OTA update, I tried rooting as I always do through boot_a.img patching via magisk etc, and now the phone is not working appropriately. No network and no wifi, and after a while touchscreen stops working. I can't reflash the latest firmware I find on the official site as it's from February 15th and it says it's older than the one I have, so it doesn't allow me.
What can I do to fix my phone?
lowrider82 said:
Guys help me please! After the last OTA update, I tried rooting as I always do through boot_a.img patching via magisk etc, and now the phone is not working appropriately. No network and no wifi, and after a while touchscreen stops working. I can't reflash the latest firmware I find on the official site as it's from February 15th and it says it's older than the one I have, so it doesn't allow me.
What can I do to fix my phone?
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Use the MSM tool and restore your phone to older firmware that way.
I don't know about the boot_a.img process you've been following, but that is not how I would recommend rooting.
Using fastboot, boot (DO NOT FLASH) TWRP, and then use a dd command to pull the boot.img
Boot into Android, install Magisk, inject root into the boot.img you pulled in the last step
Boot into fastboot, boot (DO NOT FLASH) the boot.img you just injected root into
Using Magisk Manager, Direct Install the kernel you booted from, then reboot and you are rooted
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NotATreoFan said:
Use the MSM tool and restore your phone to older firmware that way.
I don't know about the boot_a.img process you've been following, but that is not how I would recommend rooting.
Using fastboot, boot (DO NOT FLASH) TWRP, and then use a dd command to pull the boot.img
Boot into Android, install Magisk, inject root into the boot.img you pulled in the last step
Boot into fastboot, boot (DO NOT FLASH) the boot.img you just injected root into
Using Magisk Manager, Direct Install the kernel you booted from, then reboot and you are rooted
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Thanks man, I managed to recover and boot again..now all I need is to reinstall magisk. Is there some guide you can point me to, that details the process you mention, mine is international unbranded and NOT-5G phone? I am not an expert so some of the things you say I am unsure how they are done...thanks again and very grateful for your time
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Thanks man, I managed to recover and boot again..now all I need is to reinstall magisk. Is there some guide you can point me to, that details the process you mention, mine is international unbranded and NOT-5G phone? I am not an expert so some of the things you say I am unsure how they are done...thanks again and very grateful for your time
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The rooting process is the same, regardless of 5G or not. Check this thread, and follow the steps that begin with booting from TWRP (Step 5):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/7t-pro-mclaren/how-to/how-to-guide-root-oneplus-7t-pro-t4021325
You should not need the final step of setting A or B active, so disregard that one.
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The rooting process is the same, regardless of 5G or not. Check this thread, and follow the steps that begin with booting from TWRP (Step 5):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/7t-pro-mclaren/how-to/how-to-guide-root-oneplus-7t-pro-t4021325
You should not need the final step of setting A or B active, so disregard that one.
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Thank you I am so grateful... you helped me and it worked!
I have one last question for you in case you found a possible alternative. I noticed the camera app is quite poor, it doesn't even allow to select video/photo resolution/megapixels. Is there any modded version of the camera app you'd recommend, that will allow me to keep the same quality and full triple camera utilization that the stock camera app offers, while adding some nifty extra options?
lowrider82 said:
Thank you I am so grateful... you helped me and it worked!
I have one last question for you in case you found a possible alternative. I noticed the camera app is quite poor, it doesn't even allow to select video/photo resolution/megapixels. Is there any modded version of the camera app you'd recommend, that will allow me to keep the same quality and full triple camera utilization that the stock camera app offers, while adding some nifty extra options?
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I haven't used it myself, but with root access, GCam ports are able to access all the cameras.

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