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[Q] SuperSU not listed after rooting Nexus 7

Yesterday I successfully rooted my Google Nexus 7 using the Nexus 7 toolkit. I noticed that Busy Box and SuperSU were among my apps. I then successfully installed the LiquidSmooth v.2.5 ROM. I then restored a device backup that the toolkit made (option 2). Now I don't see Busy Box or SuperSU listed in my apps.
Is this a problem?
Thank you very much!

Shouldnt b a problem
happyboy7 said:
Yesterday I successfully rooted my Google Nexus 7 using the Nexus 7 toolkit. I noticed that Busy Box and SuperSU were among my apps. I then successfully installed the LiquidSmooth v.2.5 ROM. I then restored a device backup that the toolkit made (option 2). Now I don't see Busy Box or SuperSU listed in my apps.
Is this a problem?
Thank you very much!
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This shouldnt be a problem at all. SuperSu can b rewdownloaded from the play store, but it isnt needed in my opinion. U are from what it sounds like still rooted, even though u dont have super su. The reason I can tell is that u were able to flash a custom rom.

Yeah you can download superSU from the playstore and the busybox also from the playstore. It happens with me to when i flash a custom rom, they get deleted. instead of superSU- superuser gets installed. man- just download them fromplaystore- it is very simple!!!

sralli said:
Yeah you can download superSU from the playstore and the busybox also from the playstore. It happens with me to when i flash a custom rom, they get deleted. instead of superSU- superuser gets installed. man- just download them fromplaystore- it is very simple!!!
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Thank you for the replies! I tried a test and downloaded My Backup Root from the Play store, installed it, and performed a backup. The app called for superuser and looked for busy box. It said it found both and the operation completed successfully. So, I guess this ROM has superuser or supersu and busy box included in the code.
Thanks again!

happyboy7 said:
Thank you for the replies! I tried a test and downloaded My Backup Root from the Play store, installed it, and performed a backup. The app called for superuser and looked for busy box. It said it found both and the operation completed successfully. So, I guess this ROM has superuser or supersu and busy box included in the code.
Thanks again!
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No problem!! you are welcome!!

SuperSU Binary update fail .... HTC One S >>>

Hello XDA members
i have a big problem, when i want to open SuperSU a box popup saying that you must update SU binary then it asks what kind of method do you want to update "Normal" or "TWRP/CWM", when i choose "Normal" it failed to update, when i choose "TWRP/CWM" it reboots into recovery, i don't know what to do. Any one can help please.
Thanks.

Superuser.apk
hbforce said:
Hello XDA members
i have a big problem, when i want to open SuperSU a box popup saying that you must update SU binary then it asks what kind of method do you want to update "Normal" or "TWRP/CWM", when i choose "Normal" it failed to update, when i choose "TWRP/CWM" it reboots into recovery, i don't know what to do. Any one can help please.
Thanks.
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I think it's much better if you install Superuser.apk rather than SuperSU.apk, you can find it here http://androidsu.com/superuser/
Download its files (superuser and su-binary) that appropriate to your device and then flash it via Recovery (CWM/TWRP).

im having the same problem, i will install superuser but how do i uninstall SuperSU ?

You must install supersu by recovery. Search for supersu on xda and download de latest version in zip version. Install it with e recovery and enjoy it.
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hbforce said:
when i want to open SuperSU a box popup saying that you must update SU binary then it asks what kind of method do you want to update "Normal" or "TWRP/CWM", when i choose "Normal" it failed to update, when i choose "TWRP/CWM" it reboots into recovery, i don't know what to do.
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Try to use the recovery method several times. It will probably work after some tries. Also, did you update superSU from the market? Do this first.

Try to install SuperUSER.zip via recovery.
It will root your phone and It will install Superuser apk.
I had the same issue and now, superuser works fine <3
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

xQubee5o3 said:
Try to install SuperUSER.zip via recovery.
It will root your phone and It will install Superuser apk.
I had the same issue and now, superuser works fine <3
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app
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I have SuperSU and I also have the problem with the binary update failing. Can you please tell me how to install supersu via recovery? How to install anything via recovery?
Thanks, I am good at administrating windows PCs, but android is a totally new field to me...

jantinak said:
I have SuperSU and I also have the problem with the binary update failing. Can you please tell me how to install supersu via recovery? How to install anything via recovery?
Thanks, I am good at administrating windows PCs, but android is a totally new field to me...
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SuperSU flashable zip can be found here.

Hi - I didn't have a problem finding the zip - that is easy. I don't know how to flash these things "via recovery" or whatever that means...
I found some guides which say how to flash zips through recovery CWM / TWRP, but as I dug deeper, these things require root to function properly, but that is the thing - I don't have the root, since I cannot update the SU binary library, see?
Also - when I tried to get to the recovery mode by pressing the buttons as it was stated in the guide, I got into some mode, but I got only an image of phone and cable connected to it, which was crossed by red lines. And no menu, nothing... it seemed, that the phone should be connected to the PC, but the guide didn't say anything about connecting phone to PC before entering recovery mode.
Could you help me solve this issue with binary thing from ground up?
Thanks

jantinak said:
Hi - I didn't have a problem finding the zip - that is easy. I don't know how to flash these things "via recovery" or whatever that means...
I found some guides which say how to flash zips through recovery CWM / TWRP, but as I dug deeper, these things require root to function properly, but that is the thing - I don't have the root, since I cannot update the SU binary library, see?
Also - when I tried to get to the recovery mode by pressing the buttons as it was stated in the guide, I got into some mode, but I got only an image of phone and cable connected to it, which was crossed by red lines. And no menu, nothing... it seemed, that the phone should be connected to the PC, but the guide didn't say anything about connecting phone to PC before entering recovery mode.
Could you help me solve this issue with binary thing from ground up?
Thanks
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1. Unlock your bootloader via HTCdev.com
2. flash a custom recovery via fastboot (This toolkit will help you --> LINK
3. flash superuser

LS.xD said:
1. Unlock your bootloader via HTCdev.com
2. flash a custom recovery via fastboot (This toolkit will help you --> LINK
3. flash superuser
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I have LG P880, not HTC phone...

Just how do I go about flashing it? It seems the only way to boot into recovery mode is to have root access which I don't have because Supersu needs an update. It's all a tiring cycle.

Trying to root with Saferoot but SuperSU fails to disable KNOX

I have gone to the Saferoot thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758 and am trying to root my S3 on the ML1 update. Everything in the install.bat runs fine, but when I get to the part where I need to open SuperSU and have it update binaries, I hit normal as instructed,KNOX is detected, and it fails to disable KNOX. No amount of searching is finding me an answer how to remedy this. I don't really care about trying 25 different ROMS or such, but just want root access again for Titanium Backup. Ideas?

voigts said:
I have gone to the Saferoot thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758 and am trying to root my S3 on the ML1 update. Everything in the install.bat runs fine, but when I get to the part where I need to open SuperSU and have it update binaries, I hit normal as instructed,KNOX is detected, and it fails to disable KNOX. No amount of searching is finding me an answer how to remedy this. I don't really care about trying 25 different ROMS or such, but just want root access again for Titanium Backup. Ideas?
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I'm not sure if this works at this point but Chainfire had a super SU zip especially for 4.3 roms on his website. This may fix your issue
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

voigts said:
I have gone to the Saferoot thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758 and am trying to root my S3 on the ML1 update. Everything in the install.bat runs fine, but when I get to the part where I need to open SuperSU and have it update binaries, I hit normal as instructed,KNOX is detected, and it fails to disable KNOX. No amount of searching is finding me an answer how to remedy this. I don't really care about trying 25 different ROMS or such, but just want root access again for Titanium Backup. Ideas?
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If you have root before 4.3, my experience may be helpful to you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49334077&postcount=21
Though, I didn't have problem with KNOX, my problem was SuperSU fail to update su binary.

voigts said:
I have gone to the Saferoot thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758 and am trying to root my S3 on the ML1 update. Everything in the install.bat runs fine, but when I get to the part where I need to open SuperSU and have it update binaries, I hit normal as instructed,KNOX is detected, and it fails to disable KNOX. No amount of searching is finding me an answer how to remedy this. I don't really care about trying 25 different ROMS or such, but just want root access again for Titanium Backup. Ideas?
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Have you verify that your phone successfully rooted? Check it with root checker from the market.

ShapesBlue said:
I'm not sure if this works at this point but Chainfire had a super SU zip especially for 4.3 roms on his website. This may fix your issue
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
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Have you got a link? I'm looking but not finding.
nook2hd said:
If you have root before 4.3, my experience may be helpful to you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49334077&postcount=21
Though, I didn't have problem with KNOX, my problem was SuperSU fail to update su binary.
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I did have my phone rooted prior to the OTA. I've been rooting my phones for years, but have never messed with adb shell. I read your post before posting this question but it is kind of greek to me. I've always used the usual run this, run that, Odin this, CWM that type approaches. My SuperSU binary won't update because it can't disable KNOX.
buhohitr said:
Have you verify that your phone successfully rooted? Check it with root checker from the market.
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I already used root checker to verify the phone did not root successfully.

voigts said:
Have you got a link? I'm looking but not finding.
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I have the zip file. I downloaded it awhile ago. It's dated from October.
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voigts said:
Have you got a link? I'm looking but not finding.
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Best bet is his thread here on xda. He has a flashable zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

I've been trying to get this OTA 4.3 rooted with no success. I ran the saferoot install.bat, and after multiple tries, it finally managed to disable KNOX. I cannot however get SuperSU to update the binaries. I've run it a bunch of times. SuperSU managed to turn off Superuser citing a conflict, but simply fails at installation. I downloaded the 1.91 SuperSU update, and have tried multiple times to flash via stock recovery. After verifying update package comes up, it fails to verify update signature, ends, reboots, and doesn't install. I uninstalled SuperSU and tried to flash and it doesn't install.
I have Googled and Googled with no solutions.
I am also finding that this OTA isn't very stable. I am having intermittent weird issues like today my camera just wouldn't work for a while until reboot, and the phone has turned itself off a couple of times.

voigts said:
I've been trying to get this OTA 4.3 rooted with no success. I ran the saferoot install.bat, and after multiple tries, it finally managed to disable KNOX. I cannot however get SuperSU to update the binaries. I've run it a bunch of times. SuperSU managed to turn off Superuser citing a conflict, but simply fails at installation. I downloaded the 1.91 SuperSU update, and have tried multiple times to flash via stock recovery. After verifying update package comes up, it fails to verify update signature, ends, reboots, and doesn't install. I uninstalled SuperSU and tried to flash and it doesn't install.
I have Googled and Googled with no solutions.
I am also finding that this OTA isn't very stable. I am having intermittent weird issues like today my camera just wouldn't work for a while until reboot, and the phone has turned itself off a couple of times.
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Use saferoot to install SuperSu, then run adb command as:
adb shell
You should see "$" prompt
Then type
/system/xbin/su
You should see "#"
Please verify.

buhohitr said:
Use saferoot to install SuperSu, then run adb command as:
adb shell
You should see "$" prompt
Then type
/system/xbin/su
You should see "#"
Please verify.
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I uninstalled SuperSU that I installed via Google play. I ran saferoot and let it do its thing and install SuperSU. When I get to the part of updating SuperSU, it fails to install. I ran your commands in adb, and I got the #.

voigts said:
I uninstalled SuperSU that I installed via Google play. I ran saferoot and let it do its thing and install SuperSU. When I get to the part of updating SuperSU, it fails to install. I ran your commands in adb, and I got the #.
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Once you got the # , then run the following:
mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/bin/su
mount -o remount,ro /system
After this open SuperSu app and see if you can update. If updated successfully then reboot your phone.

buhohitr said:
Once you got the # , then run the following:
mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/bin/su
mount -o remount,ro /system
After this open SuperSu app and see if you can update. If updated successfully then reboot your phone.
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Many thanks. It worked! :good: SuperSU updated just fine, and root checker shows root access. What did these commands actually do and what was the problem?

voigts said:
Many thanks. It worked! :good: SuperSU updated just fine, and root checker shows root access. What did these commands actually do and what was the problem?
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You have Superuser and SuperSu in your phone and the Superuser is the default one which root no longer working. So these commands basically remove the Superuser "su" executable file, which allowed your SuperSu to be updated and became a default root.

buhohitr said:
You have Superuser and SuperSu in your phone and the Superuser is the default one which root no longer working. So these commands basically remove the Superuser "su" executable file, which allowed your SuperSu to be updated and became a default root.
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Makes sense. I get the concept. Thank you very much for your help. I Googled over and over and couldn't come up with an answer.

Using Saferoot with Knox disable
voigts said:
I have gone to the Saferoot thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758 and am trying to root my S3 on the ML1 update. Everything in the install.bat runs fine, but when I get to the part where I need to open SuperSU and have it update binaries, I hit normal as instructed,KNOX is detected, and it fails to disable KNOX. No amount of searching is finding me an answer how to remedy this. I don't really care about trying 25 different ROMS or such, but just want root access again for Titanium Backup. Ideas?
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I had tried the saferoot and it failed several times, until i installed kies 3 here's how finally was able to root my SCH-R530u Us cellular phone with JB 4.3:
downloaded saferoot & unzipped, then installed kies 3 & run it (make sure your phone is detected ok in kies) after kies opens & your phone is recognized open saferoot and run it. wait for the phone to restart, then go to play store and download supesu and install it or update it, then open supersu & it should ask to install binary. that should do it! Hope this helps:victory:

voigts said:
I've been trying to get this OTA 4.3 rooted with no success. I ran the saferoot install.bat, and after multiple tries, it finally managed to disable KNOX. I cannot however get SuperSU to update the binaries. I've run it a bunch of times. SuperSU managed to turn off Superuser citing a conflict, but simply fails at installation. I downloaded the 1.91 SuperSU update, and have tried multiple times to flash via stock recovery. After verifying update package comes up, it fails to verify update signature, ends, reboots, and doesn't install. I uninstalled SuperSU and tried to flash and it doesn't install.
I have Googled and Googled with no solutions.
I am also finding that this OTA isn't very stable. I am having intermittent weird issues like today my camera just wouldn't work for a while until reboot, and the phone has turned itself off a couple of times.
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can you please tell me how did you manage to disable knox because i have the same exact problem tnx

LYwaa said:
can you please tell me how did you manage to disable knox because i have the same exact problem tnx
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I'd try to help but I know hardly anything about Knox. Try sending a PM to the person
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

SuperSU needs to update binary

Just updated my Nexus 5 using the OTA thread that went through fine,
I then proceeded to update SuperSU using the following link: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu which was the update v1.99r3.
Using TWRP I flashed this and root is working for most apps i have tested: titanium, adblock, root explorer. So root is back.
However whenever I load up SuperSU I keep getting the following message: "The SU binary needs to be updated. Continue?"
So of course I have done this and let it use TWRP to flash. Let the phone boot up and upgrade the app as it needed. However on next load up of the app it asks to do the same yet again.
I feel as though I'm forgetting something as it's been a while since I've done this. ( use to live on flashing when i had my SII)
My Nexus is Stock ROM. CF-Auto Rooted. TWRP Recovery. Nothing else is modified.
Help would be appreciated, even though I don't go into supersu all that often anyways.
Cheers all.

What if you upgrade it using the "normal" method?

If I do a normal install i get the following:
Installation failed!
Please reboot and try again.

brichardson1991 said:
If I do a normal install i get the following:
Installation failed!
Please reboot and try again.
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That message is usually indicative of not having root in the first place. What if you flash it via TWRP then do it normally? Could TWRP be removing it with its "Fix root" option?
What about other recoveries? Do they allow root to stay?

rootSU said:
That message is usually indicative of not having root in the first place. What if you flash it via TWRP then do it normally? Could TWRP be removing it with its "Fix root" option?
What about other recoveries? Do they allow root to stay?
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How odd like I said my apps are all receiving their root permissions...
What file would we be talking about flashing? The Temp one SuperSU makes to flash when you click install via TWPR?
I don't have any other recoveries on my phone, so I wouldn't know about that last option.

brichardson1991 said:
How odd like I said my apps are all receiving their root permissions...
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Are they though? SuperSU grants permissions but if the binary is not present, its irrelevant. Can you actually do root things with the root apps that have the permissions?
Have you tried other binary download?
brichardson1991 said:
What file would we be talking about flashing? The Temp one SuperSU makes to flash when you click install via TWPR?
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In SuperSU, do the TWRP flash install of the binary and reboot, then try the "normal" install immediately after
brichardson1991 said:
I don't have any other recoveries on my phone, so I wouldn't know about that last option.
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Theres a link in my signature to Philz recovery. In the settings is a root option, so the recovery itself can root without flashing any zips. Maybe try that if downloading an older flashable zip or the above hasnt worked.

rootSU said:
Are they though? SuperSU grants permissions but if the binary is not present, its irrelevant. Can you actually do root things with the root apps that have the permissions?
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It does seem that way Titanium has backed up an app just now, adblock has updated and Nova is hiding the time on the first screen.
rootSU said:
Have you tried other binary download?
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No, I shall give a older one a try.. Tried 1.97 as well and to no luck.....
rootSU said:
In SuperSU, do the TWRP flash install of the binary and reboot, then try the "normal" install immediately after
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This failed to do anything just got the install failed again.
rootSU said:
Theres a link in my signature to Philz recovery. In the settings is a root option, so the recovery itself can root without flashing any zips. Maybe try that if downloading an older flashable zip or the above hasnt worked.
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I assume this would override TWRP recovery?

brichardson1991 said:
I assume this would override TWRP recovery?
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Yes it would. You can always flash back to twrp afterwards

rootSU said:
Yes it would. You can always flash back to twrp afterwards
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Well considering that worked and I now can get into SuperSU I think I will stick with Philz. Even if I paid for the TWRP app

brichardson1991 said:
Well considering that worked and I now can get into SuperSU I think I will stick with Philz. Even if I paid for the TWRP app
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Good news. The latest version of Philz, s it is CWM based - uses the latest Cyanogen sources to build. I update the CM sources everytime I build Philz so hopefully there should be fewer issues when new stuff comes out.

Rooting the Pixel after a failed attempt

I recently followed the instructions in this video to root my Pixel 1 (non-XL, Verizon version unlocked bootloader, updated to final version of Pie). I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong, but my phone went into a bootloop and I couldn't get any adb command to work (it said phone not authorized even though it clearly was before the bootloop), so I went ahead and did a factory reset using the Recovery mode.
Now, after the factory reset, I have Magisk Manager appear in my list of apps. When I open it it asks if I want to upgrade to the full Magisk Manager, and if I go ahead with that it finally says "App not installed". I've tried uninstalling the app but it reappears after every reboot.
I'm trying to start afresh with the root now, but I'm not sure if I need to uninstall Magisk first, or just go ahead with following #7 in this XDA guide? Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks!

Run the Magisk uninstaller and reboot, then reinstall Magisk.

post-mortem said:
Run the Magisk uninstaller and reboot, then reinstall Magisk.
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Hi, thanks for posting. I'm kinda new to this so I'm not sure how to do that. Can you give me a little more help as to how I should go about uninstalling it? I have downloaded Magisk-uninstaller-20180719.zip. Thanks a lot!

hassanrashid3 said:
Hi, thanks for posting. I'm kinda new to this so I'm not sure how to do that. Can you give me a little more help as to how I should go about uninstalling it? I have downloaded Magisk-uninstaller-20180719.zip. Thanks a lot!
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Transfer that Fe to your phone. Boot to recovery (TWRP), a d install the Magisk uninstaller zip file. That will remove all files related to Magisk. Reboot,* then reboot to TWRP and you can try to install Magisk again.
*If your device doesn't boot, use fastboot to install the boot.img. If it seems a bit daunting, you can sideload the most recent OTA. You won't lose data.

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Transfer that Fe to your phone. Boot to recovery (TWRP), a d install the Magisk uninstaller zip file. That will remove all files related to Magisk. Reboot,* then reboot to TWRP and you can try to install Magisk again.
*If your device doesn't boot, use fastboot to install the boot.img. If it seems a bit daunting, you can sideload the most recent OTA. You won't lose data.
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I actually did these steps just a few hours ago and rooted my device successfully. After uninstalling Magisk my device wouldn't boot, so had to use ./flash-all.sh (I'm on a Mac) after removing -w from the file, then installed Magisk.
Anyway, thanks for the reply! I'm sure someone will find it useful.

hassanrashid3 said:
I actually did these steps just a few hours ago and rooted my device successfully. After uninstalling Magisk my device wouldn't boot, so had to use ./flash-all.sh (I'm on a Mac) after removing -w from the file, then installed Magisk.
Anyway, thanks for the reply! I'm sure someone will find it useful.
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I've been trying to get rooted all day. It took forever to get TWRP flashed, but when I finally did, I installed Magisk, in accordance with that same video you watched. Installed the Magisk app and it was totally worthless. Nothing but ads. Still not rooted. I'd love to know what you did to finally get root if you have a second.

Hmm, I'm not sure what version of Magisk you installed but mine didn't have ads. I'd recommend uninstalling Magisk (there's an uninstaller that you can install to your phone just as you installed Magisk) and then again using TWRP to install the correct version. Look at the instructions here. You'll need to download the Magisk uninstaller, the latest version of Magisk, and the latest version of platform-tools.

hassanrashid3 said:
Hmm, I'm not sure what version of Magisk you installed but mine didn't have ads. I'd recommend uninstalling Magisk (there's an uninstaller that you can install to your phone just as you installed Magisk) and then again using TWRP to install the correct version. Look at the instructions here. You'll need to download the Magisk uninstaller, the latest version of Magisk, and the latest version of platform-tools.
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Yeah, it was a big ol' mess. The Magisk I had installed was from the app store. That was the worthless one. Apparently the real Magisk hadn't been flashed correctly. When I ditched the store app and then re-flashed Magisk, suddenly I was rooted and everything went smoothly. Worst rooting experience ever, but man does it feel good to have control over my phone again. Been kicking bloatware extra hard just because can.
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By the way, hassanrashid, thanks for the reply and for posting this in the first place. I'm not so sure that I would have gotten rooted at all if I hadn't stumbled upon this thread.