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Some experience after upgrading to Oreo (root)

Hi all,
Not even sure I'm in the right place, still I'd like to share my own experience after upgrading to Oreo last few days. So moderators, if you guys find this irrelevant, or it is in the wrong place, please help me move it accordingly.
I am using XZ F8332. Last few days I decided to say hello to Oreo after some time being patient with the pretty annoying "Upgrade your system" notification. I finally managed to have a fully working Oreo + DRMfix + Magisk + SafetyNet passed and root. Unfortunately good things usually come with bad things too...
At first, I was trying to patch my boot image using ta_poc method. Believe me ta_poc seems to be working on Oreo too, I got all the DRM functionalities working thanks to munjeni & serajr. However, it doesn't seem to be working with both Magisk and SuperSU. I tried all recent versions of those two e.g. Magisk v14, Magisk v14.5 beta, SuperSU v2.79 SR3, SuperSU v2.82 SR5, etc... ALL cause bootloops! I had to come to a conclusion that any methods that patch your modified (with ta_poc) boot image will cause bootloops. There's one thing I didn't try: SuperSU system mode which installs to /system. What's the point of system-less then? But it's up to you to try this.
The above means you are most likely gonna lose root if you go with ta_poc on Oreo. So I had to give ta_poc up and go with DRMfix instead. I got into a few troubles then.
I was initially trying to keep my userdata intact, so I didn't do a full wipe, I actually wiped everything except only my userdata (including data in sdcard). DRMfix didn't fix at all. All I got was only "FIDO_KEYS: Provisioned", the rest was "general error!" and of course DRM functionalities didn't work. I did some search, followed some guides saying about removing these directories: /data/credmgr, /data/drm and /data/mediadrm. There's even a script named "SafetyNet-Cleaning-Tools" also does exactly the same. Perhaps I wasn't that lucky enough. It just didn't work. Until I had to pull all of my data out, do a FULL WIPE including userdata, DRMfix worked then.
Next thing is to get Magisk (or SuperSU) working to have root. I knew recent update of SuperSU causes Xperia devices into bootloops. I also used Magisk on Nougat too. Why not now? So I flashed Magisk v14. Uh oh... I met my old dear friend again, Mr. Bootloops. So Magisk v14 doesn't work on Oreo. But v14.5 beta does. That's how I got it fully working.
Then I pushed my data back to sdcard (including a nandroid of course), did a restore DATA ONLY in TWRP and manually delete the folders mentioned above. After phone started, everything went back. I smiled.
Some existing Magisk modules started to work without any problems. But some other they need busybox. Without any thoughts, I immediately installed osm0sis' busybox installer, the one on Magisk repo. Weirdly it said "Magisk is not activated". I tried other modules, same issue. So only existing modules work, I couldn't install any new modules using Magisk Manager. "Use TWRP then" I thought. I went to TWRP and flashed the busybox installer. My old dear friend came and said "Hi! Bootloops!!" to me again. This time I used Magisk uninstaller to clear magisk files and re-flashed it again. I was able to get back in. I tried YashdSaraf's busybox universal installer. Same issue. Maybe I haven't tested well enough or maybe I went completely wrong way, but looks like busybox isn't working on Oreo? Also, I'm not sure this is the right way to do it, or we have to "clean install" Magisk too? Like uninstall everything first and re-install module by module all over again?
Also, after some Magisk uninstalls and reflashs, suddenly my DRMfix was no longer working. It displayed "general error!" in Service tests -> Security. I tried to fastboot the modified boot image again. Not working. There's no way to get it back except a FULL WIPE. I didn't get it. System-less approach is supposed to have nothing to do with our files. Somehow it does leave some traces, which we need a FULL WIPE to get rid of it? Maybe it isn't just the 3 folders mentioned above, there's maybe more?
Additionally, on Oreo I got some other bad stuffs:
- Adaptive brightness keeps adjusting, going darker and brighter very very quickly. It's no doubt an Oreo's bug.
- Cannot open Titanium Backup. It crashes right after you open it. I tried v8.0 and v8.1. Same issue. Maybe it's because busybox isn't installed?
- I have a feeling battery drains issue comes back. Looks like its consuming more battery than latest Nougat I'm not sure. Haven't got time to do some stats yet.
Last but not least. When I was pulling / pushing data to / from, I noticed that the storage space somehow changed! My phone is 64gb but the second time I got it fully working, it said "storage is 80% full..." and when I opened Settings -> Storage it showed only 21gb! What I did to get it fixed was to run fastboot format userdata. Then I let the phone start normally (without old data), after finishing setup, I turned off and went to TWRP to restore DATA ONLY. Problem solved. I got my storage back. But I have never figured out why. Maybe something wrong with adb pull / push in recovery?
If you've read down this far, I hope my experience could somehow help you avoid encountering the problems that I did.
Me personally I think I will go back to Nougat and stay low for a while. You understand why. Another reason is I also wanna try the "official" xposed for nougat for a little more. rovo89 is freaking awesome. man, he's a legend.
References:
I used this tool to patch my boot image (kernel). This tool origins by tobias.waldvogel but I used the "unofficial" one here and here modified by serajr for the ta_poc method. Thank you guys for this amazing tool.
Magisk latest versions here
SuperSU v2.82 SR5, v2.79 SR3
SuperSU System Mode v2.82 SR5 here
osm0sis' Busybox installer here
YashdSaraf's Busybox universal installer here
Special thanks to serajr, juanpirulo, munjeni, rovo89 and tobias.waldvogel for your amazing works & supports. I dont tag you guys here coz I dont wanna bother you guys

Been there... I feel like that phone don't want to work with poc and Magisk...

FakeMobile said:
Been there... I feel like that phone don't want to work with poc and Magisk...
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ta poc needs to be rebuild, but munjeni probably dont wanna work in his tool anymore. But serajr´s tool works well so you can root xz oreo with magisk. cheers

Yeah it what I have atm, but I still can't mirror cast to my tv because it not real drm keys

Rooting OREO (41.3.A.2.24)

I was waiting for a root enabler for oreo (41.3.A.2.24), and I could find https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-x-performance/how-to/guide-stock-kernel-root-twrp-drm-fix-41-t3711837.
But this link is for version 41.3.A.0.401 and it does not work for everybody including me.
Since androplus still didn't bring out a new version of his kernel I tried the method from the above link.
But I'm using newer versions than in the description, I use TWRP 3.2.0, Magisk manager 5.2.2 and Magisk 15.2.
I can install the new version, twrp, the new boor image and Magisk 15.2.
I can boot and Magisk runs but the Safetynet control failes and Magisk does not enable root.
On the installation of the boot image, twrp and magisk I got some messages (marked in red)
unable to mount storage
failed to mount
Before I tried with magisk manager 5.5.1 and magisk 15.1 but then I got stuck at boot time at the sony logo.
Does anybody have a way to root Oreo (the latest version), enable DRM and enable root?

Ok I started all over again and I noticed I didn't follow the procedure first time.
So I excluded the FOTA kernel but whatever else I check no full wipe is done, I can always see the previous installed apps, it does not matter if I check Cust-reset, master-reset or reset-wipe-reason, the system is not wiped.
So that's my first problem, how to wipe the previous install.
Flashing the rom seems to be OK, same thing for flashing boot_oreo.img and twrp-3.1.1-0-dora.img.
I'm not sure about twrp 3.2.0.0 because this version is off-line now, so I tried with TWRP 3.1.1.0 and 3.2.1.0 but they all gave me the same result.
Problems start when I have to flash drmfix.zip, safety-net cleaner or magisk 15.2. The procedure tells me the flash is ok but have a look at thet attached images, I get errors while flashing. One picture for drmfix, one for safety-net-cleaner and one for magisk 15.2
After flashing all of this I can boot successfully but when I try to get root in ES File Explorer pro, it does not work. When I go into Magisk and try the afety-net check I get ctsProfile false and basicIntegrity False.
So the rom does work but I do not get root.
I tried all of this with the Italian rom 41.3.A.2.24.R1E ? I can start all over again with the UK version 41.3.A.2.24.R2E but I do not know if this makes any sense.
So can anybody tell me what to do to get it all going?

deboopi2 said:
I was waiting for a root enabler for oreo (41.3.A.2.24), and...
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1 - Do use always Adrian DC latest fully working TWRP build for dora.
2 - You don't need a 3rd party kernel to achieve that, instead, you can easily create your own one, based always on stock kernel!

Thats the SELinux's problem.
Flash this first then flash magisk
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xp...ment/mod-sony-stock-patcher-xperia-x-t3528148

F2FS loopback workarround not sticking after magisk update

After the last magisk update all of my magisk modules disappeared. I tried to reinstall them in magisk but discovered that the loopback fix was also gone. I rebooted into recovery and reflashed the f2fs bug fix, rebooted and then all my modules were back. But they disappear again every time I reboot and I have to again boot into recovery and flash the bug fix to get them back. Ive updated magisk several times over without having this problem. It seems to be a bug in the latest update. Any ideas?

AMShiech said:
After the last magisk update all of my magisk modules disappeared. I tried to reinstall them in magisk but discovered that the loopback fix was also gone. I rebooted into recovery and reflashed the f2fs bug fix, rebooted and then all my modules were back. But they disappear again every time I reboot and I have to again boot into recovery and flash the bug fix to get them back. Ive updated magisk several times over without having this problem. It seems to be a bug in the latest update. Any ideas?
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The Magisk module for that is old and won't work with newer versions of Magisk. You'll have to revert to an older version of Magisk. I think 14.x or 15.x is the latest one compatible with that fix. It also needs to be installed in TWRP recovery, rather than a direct install within that Magisk apk or it won't work.

Jason M. said:
The Magisk module for that is old and won't work with newer versions of Magisk. You'll have to revert to an older version of Magisk. I think 14.x or 15.x is the latest one compatible with that fix. It also needs to be installed in TWRP recovery, rather than a direct install within that Magisk apk or it won't work.
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I've been using magisk v16 the whole time but this time I updated the apk as well as flashing the zip. Usually i just flash the new zip which never seems to be a different zip. I just lose root randomly if I ignore the update notification too long. But the zip never changes. It's always 16.00. Did you mean to use an older version of the apk?

AMShiech said:
I've been using magisk v16 the whole time but this time I updated the apk as well as flashing the zip. Usually i just flash the new zip which never seems to be a different zip. I just lose root randomly if I ignore the update notification too long. But the zip never changes. It's always 16.00. Did you mean to use an older version of the apk?
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Go back and read the op of the f2fs loopback bug fix module, and the last couple of posts in the thread. A few people have said 16. 3 is the last version that works completely properly. the developer of the module then made a recent update that may fix the issue but you need to go back and read the thread to be sure.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...icial-version-including-t3577875/post77520587

bootloop after magisk update

after uptade magisk my phone stuck in fastboot . i cant go to recovery . what i can do ?
phone is over or i can fix it ?

Open Magisk Github, and try to find a solution in the Magisk Troubleshooting
You say you "updated Magisk". Since you didn't describe how, supposidely you did by flashing Magisk through TWRP or by Direct method from Magisk app/mngr
Unfortunately, those two ways are most risky. If anything goes wrong (if you don't have TWRP backup) you cannot go back to the previous working configuration
It takes just few minutes more to extract and patch the boot.img and to flash it. If anything goes wrong, you flash the original unpatched boot.img or boot.img that was patched by your older Magisk and you are back in business.
To fix the bootlop now, it will take more than few extra minutes for extracting, patching and flashing the image every time when installing and updating Magisk

zgfg said:
Open Magisk Github, and try to find a solution in the Magisk Troubleshooting
You say you "updated Magisk". Since you didn't describe how, supposidely you did by flashing Magisk through TWRP or by Direct method from Magisk app/mngr
Unfortunately, those two ways are most risky. If anything goes wrong (if you don't have TWRP backup) you cannot go back to the previous working configuration
It takes just few minutes more to extract and patch the boot.img and to flash it. If anything goes wrong, you flash the original unpatched boot.img or boot.img that was patched by your older Magisk and you are back in business.
To fix the bootlop now, it will take more than few extra minutes for extracting, patching and flashing the image every time when installing and updating Magisk
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I did update magisk by direct method from the app. Now i am in a bootloop. I always had and still have the teamwin recovery project. Can you help me how to get out of this bootloop without losing my data?
Add me on discord for live support :
SneezeOnYou2#8507

AC420 said:
I did update magisk by direct method from the app. Now i am in a bootloop. I always had and still have the teamwin recovery project. Can you help me how to get out of this bootloop without losing my data?
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You should better have updated Magisk by patching the boot.img, then flashing (from Fastboot or TWRP) - in that case, if you have bootloop you simply flash back your previously patched img that used to work
I cannot know what went wrong. Maybe, there is a module that is no more compatible and causing the bootlop:
- Reboot to TWRP, Advanced, File Manager and navigate to /data/adb/modules
Each folder corresponds to one module.
Add an empty file named: disable (exactly as that) to each folder/module (or only to those modules you suspect they might be causing the bootloop).
Once you disabled the critical module, you can boot to system and from Magisk app further manage your modules.
Or, from TWRP flash to Boot the original boot.img extracted from your OTA zip file.
When you reboot to system, there will be no Magisk but next time you install Magisk it will find and activate old modules, probably causing again the bootloop
Or, download Magisk apk, rename to uninstall.zip and flash from TWRP to fully uninstall Magisk (and all its modules, everything)
Recommending first method, but you see the other two options as well

zgfg said:
You should better have updated Magisk by patching the boot.img, then flashing (from Fastboot or TWRP) - in that case, if you have bootloop you simply flash back your previously patched img that used to work
I cannot know what went wrong. Maybe, there is a module that is no more compatible and causing the bootlop:
- Reboot to TWRP, Advanced, File Manager and navigate to /data/adb/modules
Each folder corresponds to one module.
Add an empty file named: disable (exactly as that) to each folder/module (or only to those modules you suspect they might be causing the bootloop).
Once you disabled the critical module, you can boot to system and from Magisk app further manage your modules.
Or, from TWRP flash to Boot the original boot.img extracted from your OTA zip file.
When you reboot to system, there will be no Magisk but next time you install Magisk it will find and activate old modules, probably causing again the bootloop
Or, download Magisk apk, rename to uninstall.zip and flash from TWRP to fully uninstall Magisk (and all its modules, everything)
Recommending first method, but you see the other two options as well
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Connect me pls on discord fkr me its like chinese now it would be easy if you tell me live what to press on the teamwin mode. The reason i update magisk was because i had a module to block ads but suddenly it didnt work so i opened magisk and i saw the update and did the direct update like how i always updated my magisk before.

AC420 said:
Connect me pls on discord fkr me its like chinese now it would be easy if you tell me live what to press on the teamwin mode. The reason i update magisk was because i had a module to block ads but suddenly it didnt work so i opened magisk and i saw the update and did the direct update like how i always updated my magisk before.
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I don't use discord and I have work and private life
I gave you directions that if you knew just basic things about flashing and File mngr in TWRP, about using Magisk, etc, would be nite than enough to follow directions
Most annoying users are those who install'nuclear bomb' like Magisk, do updates, etc, but never spent their time to learn (when things work and it's easier) how to use, read the Instructions (available by one click to Github from Magisk app), etc, and then when (sooner or later) get a brick, cry for somebody to guide them to click here, there, etc.
You can still use PC and google and fill the gaps from my instructions to what/how you must click here and there
Sorry to be brutal but I really don't have time

zgfg said:
I don't use discord and I have work and private life
I gave you directions that if you knew just basic things about flashing and File mngr in TWRP, about using Magisk, etc, would be nite than enough to follow directions
Most annoying users are those who install'nuclear bomb' like Magisk, do updates, etc, but never spent their time to learn (when things work and it's easier) how to use, read the Instructions (available by one click to Github from Magisk app), etc, and then when (sooner or later) get a brick, cry for somebody to guide them to click here, there, etc.
You can still use PC and google and fill the gaps from my instructions to what/how you must click here and there
Sorry to be brutal but I really don't have time
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Its not that i didnt look up on youtube about flashing in revovery mode. When i did search for more information i get those videos of people in india talking their own language. Np if you dont have time and on other topic someone said that they wint use discord because it wont be public for someone else with the same problem but i was gonna make photos with the steps i did for fixing it. The thing is i cant find the uninstall. File or the older version of twrp. Skip i wont takr your time good luck with your private life

And about the installing nuclear bomb thing... magisk has the direct install option which is the nuclear bomb button (sometimes) the reason why my phone got into bootloop is a module which isnt working anymore its called energized its for blocking ads. I saw that it didnt work... before it worked fine i thought maybe i need to update magisk but thats why it went into the bootloop. I managed to delete the module through twrp mode and here this is for you

AC420 said:
And about the installing nuclear bomb thing... magisk has the direct install option which is the nuclear bomb button (sometimes) the reason why my phone got into bootloop is a module which isnt working anymore its called energized its for blocking ads. I saw that it didnt work... before it worked fine i thought maybe i need to update magisk but thats why it went into the bootloop. I managed to delete the module through twrp mode and here this is for you
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You don't need to delete modules (some of them, like V4A might be complicated to install again) - just disable them through still the working Magisk app before you go for updating
Or patch and flash the image instead of taking Direct install. There might be other reasons to cause bootloop, not just incompatible modules.
If it bootloops when you flash the newly patched img, just flash your old img, previously patched by the older Magisk version, that used to work for you
As simple as that - and no bootloops, no emergency help needed, etc

zgfg said:
You don't need to delete modules (some of them, like V4A might be complicated to install again) - just disable them through still the working Magisk app before you go for updating
Or patch and flash the image instead of taking Direct install. There might be other reasons to cause bootloop, not just incompatible modules.
If it bootloops when you flash the newly patched img, just flash your old img, previously patched by the older Magisk version, that used to work for you
As simple as that - and no bootloops, no emergency help needed, etc
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I am surei have the older backup in my internal storage of my phone but i dont know from where to recover that and on the internet they say everything and i am scared to make it worse than it is. I didnt use the phone for a long time because my lcd got a short circuit and i replacet it. On internet they say this bootloop problem can occure when you skip some updates some say to install a program on pc then go in download mode and fix with the program but i unpluggrd my pc and tv because me and they got too old for eachother.
Now i am just trying different things what i see on youtube and twrp says this: check picture.

AC420 said:
I am surei have the older backup in my internal storage of my phone but i dont know from where to recover that and on the internet they say everything and i am scared to make it worse than it is. I didnt use the phone for a long time because my lcd got a short circuit and i replacet it. On internet they say this bootloop problem can occure when you skip some updates some say to install a program on pc then go in download mode and fix with the program but i unpluggrd my pc and tv because me and they got too old for eachother.
Now i am just trying different things what i see on youtube and twrp says this: check picture.
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I've had this ****, i just used abd to flash a new twrp img and dirty flashed the ROM after it flashed magisk back on again, only problem I got was safety new which idk how I solved but I think was using lsposed

Samsung Galaxy A20e, Touchscreen not working with Magisk.

So i installed magisk, and booting normally works fine, but when booting into magisk (with the power button + volume up combo) the touchscreen doesnt work.
I saw somewhere that clearing cache fixed it, but that didn't help.
Anyone that has/had the same issue and knows a fix?
(Ik attaching a mouse and keyboard appearently works, but it's a phone i would like touchscreen)
As for why i installed magisk, im trying to install lineageos and i tried with twrp while installing it via heimdall/the leaked linux odin build but it started into a blackscreen, no logo or anything.
And since TWRP itself recommends installing by rooting with magisk first and then using the app i thought i would try that but sadly i cant boot into magisk since i dont have a working touchscreen.
(Also, if this isnt the right place to post it im sorry, im new to XDA and didnt know if i should post here or in the ROMS section, but this seems correct?)

SOLVED
Followed this guide, works great: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-twrp-and-root-for-a20e-a202f-updated.4384841/
I personally used the older magisk and twrp versions that are attached to the guide itself.
Edit:
Latest versions of magisk and twrp work too!
For twrp, extract the vbmeta thats already in the tar and make a new .tar with that and the newest twrp image from https://twrp.me/
For Magisk, replace Magisk.apk with the newest apk, and replace the Magisk.zip with the newest .apk file renamed to .zip (if youre having trouble with it, I can't help you since i use linux and not windows or mac, the best advise i can give is to enable file extensions in your file browser)
After that just do whatever the guide says.