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Pixel 2, OTA update, and Magisk question

Trying to get the recent OTA to work on my Pixel 2, Google edition on Verizon. Rooted with Magisk, but while following the instructions on the Magisk site regarding "uninstalling" Magisk to allow OTA to go through, I am noticing that after I uninstall Magisk without rebooting (as directed), my phone is still rooted. The instructions say not to reboot, else Magisk actually will be uninstalled, so I guess I am confused here.
Furthermore, the update is stalling at "downloading" or "installing" (...after 10 hours still not on step 2...) depending on whether I am on original Play Services or updated Play services, so I am wondering if the Magisk unrooting process is not working properly.
I know I can flash the entire OTA and reroot, but trying to avoid, as I thought this was supposed to work without having to do so.
Thanks in advance!

Search the forum on how to update.
There are a few walk through guides.
Snapshot :
Download factory image
Remove "-w" (so it doesn't wipe user data)
In fastboot, run flashall
You will now be updated without root
Remove pin/fingerprint security (issue with Feb update and TWRP)
Boot TWRP image
Flash TWRP zip
Reboot
Reboot into TWRP
Flash kernel then Magisk (I prefer ElementalX)
Reboot
Reset pin/fingerprint security
Profit.
Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk

Diesel_Jeremiah said:
Search the forum on how to update.
There are a few walk through guides.
Snapshot :
Download factory image
Remove "-w" (so it doesn't wipe user data)
In fastboot, run flashall
You will now be updated without root
Remove pin/fingerprint security (issue with Feb update and TWRP)
Boot TWRP image
Flash TWRP zip
Reboot
Reboot into TWRP
Flash kernel then Magisk (I prefer ElementalX)
Reboot
Reset pin/fingerprint security
Profit.
Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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Understood, and thanks. I was trying to do this with the Magisk website instructions for taking an OTA normally. Are you saying that this can't be done on Pixel 2?

amajamar said:
Understood, and thanks. I was trying to do this with the Magisk website instructions for taking an OTA normally. Are you saying that this can't be done on Pixel 2?
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As far as I know, no. OTAs cannot update and maintain root at this time.
Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk

Updating to 9.0.2 on a rooted device

Will there be any incompatibility issues with magisk and xposed?

No problem with rooted device on updating, althought you will get unrooted once you update with OTA.
Also, there is no xposed for Pie.

Not yet faced any issues. After OTA update done don't reboot the device. just come to Magisk manager -> install -> select install after OTA option and reboot so that you won't lose root.

Ok, I will stay on oreo for now then. Does Pie run better than Oreo on stock?

Should've read this **** before updating to Pie.
Currently in a bootloop after going from oreo to Pie :'(
What is the latest version of Oreo I should be able to get to with Xposed on OP6?

I faced some issues. After updating to 9.0.2 TWRP and Magisc were gone. So had to reroot and reinstall TWRP via fastboot.

Yes.. this will ALWAYS happen. if you want to keep root when doing OTA you have to do this after install is done, but before reboot!
open magisk app
press downloads
search for TWRP A/B
Install that module ( :::::...:.:..:...::::O NOT REBOOT:::::...:.:..:...::::
Go to main screen of magisk again
press install
press install to inactive slot (after ota)
NOW you can reboot and all will be kept.
If you do it from TWRP (like i prefer, since its just faster)
Flash full rom
flash Twrp (blu_spark latest)
reboot to twrp
flash magisk (latest)
done.
flashing roms will ALWAYS override recovery and boot partition

If I understand you precisely, you say, that this is a question of OTa roms. I am not very keen for OTA. Would TWRP and Magisk stay when flashing a non-OTA rom? If yes, are there non-OTAs of OOS?

No what I ment was using the update function from within android.
You will ALWAYS override recovery and Magisk. Follow the steps above when you flash..
Always like this from twrp
Flash Rom
Flash Recovery
Reboot to twrp
Flash magisk
And u be good...

OK thanks. I did wrongly to accept the automatic update instead of downloading the zip and install it via TWRP.

Anyone able to root the Dec update?

For the life of me I cannot root this latest patch. I have tried 6 times either with having the Magisk app repack the boot image or by booting TWRP to install the Magisk zip. Using either method forces my phone into the same state/condition. When the phone reboots, it goes into recovery which says the data on my phone may be corrupt and prompts me to either try again or factory restore (erase data).

i was able to. i booted into twrp, sideloaded the twrp installer, then the magisk zip and sultan kernel and everything is running smoothly for me

Ok, so I was able to recover and root from an answer given in a pixel 3 thread using:
Pixel 3/Pixel 3 XL
- fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img (from December factory image)
- fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-1...img
- install Magisk' uninstaller
- magisk-18.0.zip
- reboot system
What happens though is when I use adaway to update the hosts file, it breaks everything and I can't boot into system until I do the above steps again. Strange...
Do you have adaway install by chance?

Hi! I have no problem with last update, magisk nor adaway. I just flashed last update with flash-all.bat script, than fastboot twrp, install magisk ver. 18... and everything is working on 100%.

To successfully root on the Dec update you must use Magisk v18.0
[2018.12.8] Magisk v18.0 - Root & Universal Systemless Interface [Android 5.0+]
If you've used an older version, you'll get a boot loop into Recovery.
Side load / install the uninstaller from @topjohnwu's page linked above.
Then side load / install again with v18.0
Use the uninstaller first.

Diesel_Jeremiah said:
To successfully root on the Dec update you must use Magisk v18.0
[2018.12.8] Magisk v18.0 - Root & Universal Systemless Interface [Android 5.0+]
If you've used an older version, you'll get a boot loop into Recovery.
Side load / install the uninstaller from @topjohnwu's page linked above.
Then side load / install again with v18.0
Use the uninstaller first.
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I'm on the December patch and am rooted with Magisk 17.1.
I actually just noticed the new update and am fixing to update Magisk. But you don't have to use v18. 0 to root December update. I've been on December update since it came out and rooted like always right away and haven't had any bootloops.

I rooted okay today with Magisk 18.0. It sounds like some people have had problems if they did not first uninstall Magisk with the latest uninstaller. That's what I did as a precaution (rather than just restoring the stock boot.img with the Magisk app, before upgrading the factory image).

FilthyFord said:
I'm on the December patch and am rooted with Magisk 17.1.
I actually just noticed the new update and am fixing to update Magisk. But you don't have to use v18. 0 to root December update. I've been on December update since it came out and rooted like always right away and haven't had any bootloops.
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I had issues on both of my Pixel 2 phones trying to use any Magisk less than v18.0
I also had issues with v18.0 until I used the uninstaller first.
I read that other people were having the same issue.
I guess you got lucky?

Diesel_Jeremiah said:
I had issues on both of my Pixel 2 phones trying to use any Magisk less than v18.0
I also had issues with v18.0 until I used the uninstaller first.
I read that other people were having the same issue.
I guess you got lucky?
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I guess so. I always open the .bat file and remove the -w so that it don't we my phone tough. Not sure if that makes a difference.

somin.n said:
Hi! I have no problem with last update, magisk nor adaway. I just flashed last update with flash-all.bat script, than fastboot twrp, install magisk ver. 18... and everything is working on 100%.
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I enabled automatically granted root access and after a few mins after boot it granted access to adaway and after a reboot it seems to have worked again.

https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=249276&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC

May security update is out

https://developers.google.com/android/images
Still 9.0, but it's starting a new quarterly build so might have some updates. No change log yet
There is this
"All Pixel devices running Android 9 will receive an Android 9 update as part of the May OTA. This quarterly release contains many functional updates and improvements to various parts of the Android platform and supported Pixel devices."

i did clean install of the recovery image this morning. all seems fine. nothing visually different

Has anyone already rooted? With me, the carrier service crashes continuously after I installed Magisk 19.1.

Atomregen said:
Has anyone already rooted? With me, the carrier service crashes continuously after I installed Magisk 19.1.
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I can't speak to the 3XL since I am on dotOS, but I had no issues installing my wife's P3 with flash-all (minus -w), rooted with Magisk 19.1 and TWRP 3.3.0-0 fully installed using Advanced > Install Recovery Ramdisk method.

sliding_billy said:
I can't speak to the 3XL since I am on dotOS, but I had no issues installing my wife's P3 with flash-all (minus -w), rooted with Magisk 19.1 and TWRP 3.3.0-0 fully installed using Advanced > Install Recovery Ramdisk method.
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Thanks for replay,
I flashed the factory image (minus -w), booted TWRP 3.3.0-1 and installed magisk 19.1 many times but never had luck.
After that i flashed the factory image (minus -w) again, booted TWRP 3.3.0-1 and installed magisk 18.1 and now it worked, after that I was able to update magisk in the app to 19.1.
hopefully it is written understandably.

208.9mb too! Quite large for just a small incremental update too!

considering locking my BL and clean wiping...
google pay no longer works and its fustrating.

virtyx said:
considering locking my BL and clean wiping...
google pay no longer works and its fustrating.
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Try this first.
Factory reset in TWRP (after installing factory update and rebooting).
You'll have to set up as new but won't lose internal data.

Atomregen said:
I flashed the factory image (minus -w), booted TWRP 3.3.0-1 and installed magisk 19.1 many times but never had luck. After that i flashed the factory image (minus -w) again, booted TWRP 3.3.0-1 and installed magisk 18.1 and now it worked, after that I was able to update magisk in the app to 19.1.
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I had some issues getting the May update, TWRP 3.3.0-1, Kirisakura 2.3.0, and Magisk 19.1 to play nicely together. Lots of "rescue party" reboots at the "G" logo of booting after trying to install everything together. I basically did what you did to solve the issue too. Installed the May update (removing -w) then installed TWRP 3.3.0-1, Kirisakura 2.3.0 and Magisk 18.1 and restarted back to system to make sure it all worked (which it did). After that I upgraded to Magisk 19.1 via the Magisk app and everything seems to be fine now. My temp solution until this was just use TWRP 3.2.3-3 which I had been using up until this point. That worked too and allowed everything to play nice from the initial installation.

Aren't you supposed to boot system before flashing magisk?

Atomregen said:
Thanks for replay,
I flashed the factory image (minus -w), booted TWRP 3.3.0-1 and installed magisk 19.1 many times but never had luck.
After that i flashed the factory image (minus -w) again, booted TWRP 3.3.0-1 and installed magisk 18.1 and now it worked, after that I was able to update magisk in the app to 19.1.
hopefully it is written understandably.
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wangdaning said:
Aren't you supposed to boot system before flashing magisk?
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I was wondering the same thing about whether you finished booting before installing Magisk. I completely boot after every step (Image, TWRP, Magisk, Kernel - ElementalX installed with EX Kernel Manager) and don't stack installs in TWRP. Been doing that for years, and it has saved me some time long term despite the couple of extra minutes during installs. My other thought was possibly a bad 19.1 file.
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sstanton86 said:
208.9mb too! Quite large for just a small incremental update too!
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Looking at new apps to backup in TB, there were about 7 new system apps that I saw and one that had been removed.

since there is an auto reboot after flashing flash-all.bat, I did a reboot after flashing the factory image.
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Atomregen said:
since there is an auto reboot after flashing flash-all.bat, I did a reboot after flashing the factory image.
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I always reboot to the system after the factory image/monthly update is installed and allow it to finish setup. Then I fastboot into TWRP to install TWRP recovery, my kernel, and Magisk via the "add more zips" option in TWRP. I've been doing this ever since I got the device and never ran into issues until this May update. Doing this with the May update, TWRP 3.3.0-1, Kirisakura 2.3.0 and Magisk 19.1 caused reboots like I described. However, reverting to TWRP 3.2.3-3 instead (my initial solution/fix) or Magisk 18.1 then upgrading Magisk to 19.1 (like @sliding_billy suggested) worked fine. This to me implies a compatibility issue of some type and not an issue with the method of installation.

Tulsadiver said:
Try this first.
Factory reset in TWRP (after installing factory update and rebooting).
You'll have to set up as new but won't lose internal data.
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magisk and gpay dont work after googleplay services version 16.0.91
if i downgrade to 16091 it works - but i cant let it upgrade otherwise it breaks gpay
im not sure if its on all phones or just pixels with the titan chip that GPS is now interacting with, but if you try to upgrade to 17.x google play service with magisk - it doesnt work and detects root.
just FYI for people with issues with updates let it boot into OS before flashing TWRP / KERNEL / MAGISK otherwise you will get a bootloop.
and personally i flash TWRP/KERNEL/Magisk in that order and ive never gotten a bootloop (but have flashing kernel last a couple times)
my rationale behind flashing magisk last is because if you were on stock kernel, you would just flash magisk, you wouldnt flash magisk then stock kernel over it would you?

virtyx said:
magisk and gpay dont work after googleplay services version 16.0.91
if i downgrade to 16091 it works - but i cant let it upgrade otherwise it breaks gpay
im not sure if its on all phones or just pixels with the titan chip that GPS is now interacting with, but if you try to upgrade to 17.x google play service with magisk - it doesnt work and detects root.
just FYI for people with issues with updates let it boot into OS before flashing TWRP / KERNEL / MAGISK otherwise you will get a bootloop.
and personally i flash TWRP/KERNEL/Magisk in that order and ive never gotten a bootloop (but have flashing kernel last a couple times)
my rationale behind flashing magisk last is because if you were on stock kernel, you would just flash magisk, you wouldnt flash magisk then stock kernel over it would you?
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This is the way Freak recommends flashing his kernel. Did Freak change something?
Freak07 said:
Flash factory image with -w removed (if you want to keep data intact)
Do a reboot
Then you can boot to twrp and flash twrp, magisk and kernel (in that order)
Afterwards all should be fine.
I personally do a reboot after flashing twrp. Then back to twrp and magisk plus kernel...
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Homeboy76 said:
This is the way Freak recommends flashing his kernel. Did Freak change something?
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I always flash kernel before magisk. I've never had issues.

Homeboy76 said:
This is the way Freak recommends flashing his kernel. Did Freak change something?
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not saying either way is right or wrong
but it makes sense to flash magisk LAST.

Anyone try to sideload the OTA? I believe the file is too big to sideload?

lucky_strike33 said:
Anyone try to sideload the OTA? I believe the file is too big to sideload?
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I sideloaded. Worked fine.

Anyone else unable to root the May update? I installed the update, TWRP, and the kernel I use and everything was fine. After installing Magisk 19.1 the phone boots straight to a "System UI has stopped" dialog box. Substratum overlays were uninstalled before updating and uninstalling Magisk fixes the issue, leading me to believe that it is the cause.
I tried installing Magisk 18.1 instead to see if it would work, but oddly it doesn't seem to install at all. When I boot the phone Magisk Manager was installed, but it claims that Magisk is not installed and no apps can get root access.

OTA with root and TWRP

Dears,
I have a OnePlus 6 unlocked and rooted with magisk and TRWP.
Currently I'm running stock firmware: oxygenos 10.3.
I got a message from system to update to 10.3.1.
Last time (when I have to update to 10.3) I tried to update in every way but without success and at the end I had to format everything and I lost my data.
So here is my question: which is the correct procedure to update software?
Thanks!

Look in TWRP and Root for OnePlus 6 on Oxygen OS 10 Stable/Beta thread

So you need to download latest Oxygen zip which is 042 buil if I'm not wrong...put it on your phone if you already didn't done that...then reboot to TWRP...and here starts the procedure....I HIGHLY RECCOMEND TO DO A WIPE WITHOUT FORMATTING INTERNAL STORAGE ONLY DATA...FOR AVOIDING ISSUES...but you can go without it...so here we start
Boot into twrp
Flash oxygen os zip(latest)
Flash twrp
Reboot to twrp(if it says no os installed just ignore it and swipe reboot anyway)
Flash magisk
and your done...thats it...nothing could go wrong.... I'm always doing it this way....

ilpratti said:
Dears,
I have a OnePlus 6 unlocked and rooted with magisk and TRWP.
Currently I'm running stock firmware: oxygenos 10.3.
I got a message from system to update to 10.3.1.
Last time (when I have to update to 10.3) I tried to update in every way but without success and at the end I had to format everything and I lost my data.
So here is my question: which is the correct procedure to update software?
Thanks!
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For me, the phone downloaded the whole package instead of just the little OTA. I let it install it, bit did not let it restart it. Then I went to magisk modules and installed "twrp-keep". Then in magisk manager I had it install magisk on the other slot. Then I restarted the phone. Everything worked great.

tabletalker7 said:
For me, the phone downloaded the whole package instead of just the little OTA. I let it install it, bit did not let it restart it. Then I went to magisk modules and installed "twrp-keep". Then in magisk manager I had it install magisk on the other slot. Then I restarted the phone. Everything worked great.
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Try this method... im also done my update like this!

my way of doing it
Here's what i did and it didn't took me long at all i'm a newbie
I unroot my phone via magisk
install os 10.3.1 then flash twrp and root my phone again.

Dears,
Thanks for the replay.
I forgot that I was without TWRP.
What I did, and it worked, is:
- uninstall magisk manager by magisk
- install full update
- reboot
- flash by fastboot boot.img patched by magisk.
Thanks again