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10i for T-Mobile V20 H918 is out.
It's still anti-rollback v00. :good:
Android Security Patch: 2016-12-01 (dirtycow/recowvery patched)
Download Link
UPPERCUT should work if using LGUP/KDZ.
If you flash this KDZ there is no current root method for 10i... so no TWRP etc (at this very moment anyway).
Everyone who can only boot to download mode.. this should save you.
those w/TWRP already can use the images (or wait for someone to make a flashable "rom" zip.
H91810-system.img.zip is just the system.img compressed, not a flashable zip.
if flashing the stock system.img/boot.img be careful not to lose TWRP..
delete the "recovery-from-boot.p" in system while still in TWRP if you want to be extra safe.
I don't have a V20 and won't be supporting this thread. Just providing files.
Thanks for this. Wonder what the changes from v10d are (other the exploit patch)
If and when someone creates a flashable zip, can we flash SuperSU after we flash the ROM to still have root?
Great.. My replacement is coming today which means it'll probably self update on first boot before I can do anything about it..
I love you daddi
Is this also OTA? I see nothing
kyledowling said:
If and when someone creates a flashable zip, can we flash SuperSU after we flash the ROM to still have root?
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yes, that's how it works. tho.. idk if it's user-error or what... sometimes people flash supersu and it doesn't patch the boot.img and when they boot into android they lose twrp. hasn't happened to me but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . so that's why I also suggested removing the recovery-from-boot.p as an option.
people could also just dd the images manually if they don't want to wait for a zip... but I guess those comfortable with dd already know that.
Swizzle82 said:
Great.. My replacement is coming today which means it'll probably self update on first boot before I can do anything about it..
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lol just don't put a sim in or connect it to wifi before you use recowvery.
autoprime said:
yes, that's how it works. tho.. idk if it's user-error or what... sometimes people flash supersu and it doesn't patch the boot.img and when they boot into android they lose twrp. hasn't happened to me but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . so that's why I also suggested removing the recovery-from-boot.p as an option.
people could also just dd the images manually if they don't want to wait for a zip... but I guess those comfortable with dd already know that.
lol just don't put a sim in or connect it to wifi before you use recowvery.
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Great idea.. Sometimes you're smart, lol
Swizzle82 said:
Great idea.. Sometimes you're smart, lol
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altho now that i think about it.. they may force you on the setup screen. but theres no way it'll download/install in the time it takes to get through setup. so just disable internet as soon as you're setup. :good:
autoprime said:
altho now that i think about it.. they may force you on the setup screen. but theres no way it'll download/install in the time it takes to get through setup. so just disable internet as soon as you're setup. :good:
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What I usually do is make a twrp back up from my old phone and restore it on the new phone after making a fake backup and moving the old one in the new folder the fake backup created. Theoretically this should restore my google account without ever having to initially setup my account when I turn on the new phone. Right? Or do you think it'll cause authentication issues?
Swizzle82 said:
Great.. My replacement is coming today which means it'll probably self update on first boot before I can do anything about it..
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As long as it isn't preloaded you should be able to get around it...
Common sense isn't all that common
ZDeuce2 said:
As long as it isn't preloaded you should be able to get around it...
Common sense isn't all that common
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I'm sure I'll get it figured out.
Hopefully @Eliminater74 will make part 1 & 2 ROM for H918 users.
mingkee said:
Hopefully @Eliminater74 will make part 1 & 2 ROM for H918 users.
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Is he coming to the v20. Plz say yes.
System.img.zip, do I just rename it to system.img? Cause I extracted from zip file and system.img did not flash. But when I renamed it, it flashed but wouldn't boot.
kcsevo said:
System.img.zip, do I just rename it to system.img? Cause I extracted from zip file and system.img did not flash. But when I renamed it, it flashed but wouldn't boot.
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If you really want this, just use the LG Bridge and update it through that. It's much easier than flashing manually and accomplishes the same thing.
kibmikey1 said:
If you really want this, just use the LG Bridge and update it through that. It's much easier than flashing manually and accomplishes the same thing.
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Oh sweet! But for the file itself do I need to extracted or rename the file? I flashed the system.img and boot in twrp but it hung in LG logo. And I'm also trying to retain root.
kcsevo said:
Oh sweet! But for the file itself do I need to extracted or rename the file? I flashed the system.img and boot in twrp but it hung in LG logo
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You don't need the file at all. Just download the LG Bridge from the LG website, install the LG Universal mobile drivers, plug in your phone and use the software update option. It does it all by itself, and will restart your phone on it's own.
kibmikey1 said:
You don't need the file at all. Just download the LG Bridge from the LG website, install the LG Universal mobile drivers, plug in your phone and use the software update option. It does it all by itself, and will restart your phone on it's own.
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Do i need to be back factory stock including recovery to use this option? And I'm guessing this way would make me lose root? Thank you for your responses.
kcsevo said:
Do i need to be back factory stock including recovery to use this option? And I'm guessing this way would make me lose root? Thank you for your responses.
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You only need to plug in your phone and let it work. Since this is a stock image, you will lose root. Also, the as described in the original post on page 1, the December security patch also patches the dirty cow exploit used to achieve root, so once you flash this, you'll be stock unrooted until a new method comes along.
I have just received the OTA and it is failing to install...
Anybody else facing this issue? Any ideas on how to fix it?
I have my Pixel 2 rooted right now, not sure if this can affect OTA?
luizffgarcia said:
I have my Pixel 2 rooted right now, not sure if this can affect OTA?
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Being rooted is your issue
krelvinaz said:
Being rooted is your issue
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What is the easiest way around it then? Do i have to download the factory image and flash it losing everything i have configured? Or is there another way?
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/blob/master/docs/tips.md#ota-installation-tips
Follow them steps
Nothing seems to work for me though i cant install ota no matter what but hopefully it should work for you.
It has for everyone else!
UpGrad3 said:
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/blob/master/docs/tips.md#ota-installation-tips
Follow them steps
Nothing seems to work for me though i cant install ota no matter what but hopefully it should work for you.
It has for everyone else!
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Thanks but this also does not work for me, it starts step 1 but then the installation fails...
Any other options?
EDIT: LOL and now i lost magisk and root
luizffgarcia said:
Thanks but this also does not work for me, it starts step 1 but then the installation fails...
Any other options?
EDIT: LOL and now i lost magisk and root
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I'm in the same boat...dies at step 1. Look familiar?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74518728&postcount=53
Only I didn't lose root, as I re-installed Magisk before rebooting.
JayBlack_686 said:
I'm in the same boat...dies at step 1. Look familiar?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74518728&postcount=53
Only I didn't lose root, as I re-installed Magisk before rebooting.
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Yeah i sideloaded the OTA and it worked, but now i am struggling to put back snoke and magisk...
Every time i try i get stuck in the google logo, not sure whats going wrong
luizffgarcia said:
Yeah i sideloaded the OTA and it worked, but now i am struggling to put back snoke and magisk...
Every time i try i get stuck in the google logo, not sure whats going wrong
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That happened the first time I tried to root. Had to flash the factory image and start over. Guess I could do that...but seems there has to be an easier way. I'm really curious why the method in that guide doesn't work for me.
Does flashfire work to install the OTA?
luizffgarcia said:
Thanks but this also does not work for me, it starts step 1 but then the installation fails...
Any other options?
EDIT: LOL and now i lost magisk and root
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JayBlack_686 said:
I'm in the same boat...dies at step 1. Look familiar?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74518728&postcount=53
Only I didn't lose root, as I re-installed Magisk before rebooting.
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Download the full factory image. Open the flash all bat file with notepad and edit out the -w and save it. Then run it. That will flash the full factory image but leave apps and data in place.
Then you reroot it.
TonikJDK said:
Download the full factory image. Open the flash all bat file with notepad and edit out the -w and save it. Then run it. That will flash the full factory image but leave apps and data in place.
Then you reroot it.
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Thanks. When I re-root, do I need to do the whole patch boot image process again? Or should I reuse the patched_boot.img that I used when I rooted the first time?
JayBlack_686 said:
Thanks. When I re-root, do I need to do the whole patch boot image process again? Or should I reuse the patched_boot.img that I used when I rooted the first time?
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Redo it, otherwise you are a month behind on the boot IMG.
TonikJDK said:
Redo it, otherwise you are a month behind on the boot IMG.
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Thank you. One last question: when I rooted, I used the snoke kernel and pointed to that .img file when patching the boot image (no reason, other than that's what everyone seemed to be using when root first happened). It sounds like this time, I should get the full factory image, extract, grab the boot.img from within that and patch THAT to be up to date. Correct?
JayBlack_686 said:
Thank you. One last question: when I rooted, I used the snoke kernel and pointed to that .img file when patching the boot image (no reason, other than that's what everyone seemed to be using when root first happened). It sounds like this time, I should get the full factory image, extract, grab the boot.img from within that and patch THAT to be up to date. Correct?
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Correct, you can use whatever boot IMG you want. Snoke may be updated to November... don't know...bit if it is and you like it use it.
Waiting for answers. I finally succeeded with rooting my xiaomi mi a2 lite, everything works perfect, I was so excited to install Xposed but then my phone started to lag AF. I uninstalled it and then the update show up in the notification bar, great but "couldn't install system update". Is it because of the root or TWRP?
Edit: Update!
See My Guide: [Guide] Pixel 3 XL Android 9.0.0 (Pie) Unlock/Lock Bootloader + Install Stock Images/Custom kernels/TWRP Recovery/Systemless ROOT + September 2018 Security Patch
Doubtful being that the article's date is from May...
jrac86 said:
Doubtful being that the article's date is from May...
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Edit: OP updated!
Fake News...
It's a feature of Magisk. You install Magisk manager and it will save a patched version of your boot.img that you can pull and flash in fastboot mode.
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bxlegend said:
It's a feature of Magisk. You install Magisk manager and it will save a patched version of your boot.img that you can pull and flash in fastboot mode.
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Some think the link is "clickbait."
I thought if you installed MM only, you could patch a boot.img with MM. Are you saying that when you install MM it does it without intervention?
Last time I did it you had to get a boot image, transfer it to the device, MM can then patch it, you transfer it back to a PC, flash in fastboot.
Pretty sure we need to wait for a few things, twrp for the Pixel 3, and Google to release the images.
the phone is starting to get to hands on people
it's not like samsung where we can make twrp and root without the device
we need to get images and do testing too
kachaffeous said:
Pretty sure we need to wait for a few things, twrp for the Pixel 3, and Google to release the images.
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Edit: OP updated
TheUndertaker21 said:
the phone is starting to get to hands on people
it's not like samsung where we can make twrp and root without the device
we need to get images and do testing too
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Edit: OP updated.
I'm curious what the new Titan security chip will do for rooting and custom rooms. Sounds like something that if done right it can be flashed, but it could present a roadblock depending on how it was implemented.
Images are up.
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Current boot patch doesn't work. John will have his phone today.
https://twitter.com/topjohnwu/status/1052993970303889418
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I found this out the hard way
Thought I bricked my phone; black screen. Finally after holding down the power button for a second it said boot incompatible or something in the bootloader. There was a new message I hadn't seen before on a Pixel bootloader. (It also says "button combo" in that message area if you use the buttons to get to bootloader.)
Current boot patch doesn't work.
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No luck here. I patched the boot img with magisk and it fails to boot. @topjohnwu Please save us. I'll test if needed. I flashed back to stock boot and am good to go.
Factory images are up
Thanks for giving it a try,,,was hoping it would work but I doubted it. Hopefully Magisk can be updated for root! If not, this is going back,,,not enough of a worthy upgrade esp if root is not possible.
northmendo said:
No luck here. I patched the boot img with magisk and it fails to boot. @topjohnwu Please save us. I'll test if needed. I flashed back to stock boot and am good to go.
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I think I can still cancel my order but I''m hopeful it wont come to that.
Archangel said:
Thanks for giving it a try,,,was hoping it would work but I doubted it. Hopefully Magisk can be updated for root! If not, this is going back,,,not enough of a worthy upgrade esp if root is not possible.
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Root will come. Give it time
Same tried patching boot.img, fails to boot. Reflashing stock boot.img fixes it. Never really looked at the sizes before, but the patched_boot.img is roughly half the size of the stock boot.img
I've always wanted to post one of these
https://developers.google.com/android/images
How do we flash the update and not lose data and root? All the guides are still for 9.0 for updates
Androider4Life said:
How do we flash the update and not lose data and root? All the guides are still for 9.0 for updates
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There's a link to a how-to for 10 in the stickied how-to for 9 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117.
But without twrp I don't think there's a way to retain root, I think you'll need to go the route of patching the boot image with Magisk. But for data just remove the -w switch from flash-all, that should be the same.
kerobrat said:
There's a link to a how-to for 10 in the stickied how-to for 9 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117.
But without twrp I don't think there's a way to retain root, I think you'll need to go the route of patching the boot image with Magisk. But for data just remove the -w switch from flash-all, that should be the same.
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I was looking thru that post and didnt wanna risk wiping the device. I just had to wipe a few days ago due to Edxposed bootloop issue lol
Ha, yeah, I feel your pain there, wiping is way too much of a pain to do that frequently
Androider4Life said:
How do we flash the update and not lose data and root? All the guides are still for 9.0 for updates
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You can also flash the OTA file in stock recovery and not lose data.
spotmark said:
You can also flash the OTA file in stock recovery and not lose data.
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Will it retain root or do you mean - https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/tutorials.html#ota-installation
Androider4Life said:
Retain root or have to re-root
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Have to re-root using the Magisk method. Put stock boot on phone, patch boot with Magisk, put modded boot back on computer, and flash in fastboot. AFAIK, there is no way to retain root. Every time you flash the latest monthly patch, it flashes a new stock boot. Therefore, no root.
kerobrat said:
There's a link to a how-to for 10 in the stickied how-to for 9 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117.
But without twrp I don't think there's a way to retain root, I think you'll need to go the route of patching the boot image with Magisk. But for data just remove the -w switch from flash-all, that should be the same.
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There's a way with taking the ota through settings I found out how from a user on here which is:
Once received the ota , go to magisk first uninstall/restore images then download/install ota then DONT REBOOT, go back to magisk install magisk to inactive slot from the app then reboot and all should work with new ota update and have root still.
What is this update 4.3mb
Once again, my phone got bricked. I wanted to sideload, so I tried to get it into recovery, it wouldn't, so I tried a few times, and decided screw it. Now my phone bootloops. So, download the image and try flashing, it won't go into fastboot and fails. No matter what I do, I can't seem to save it. Can anyone help me with this? I'm trying a different computer in a sec, but, not sure if that will work either.
Edit: The different computer doesn't see it... FML
gettinwicked said:
Once again, my phone got bricked. I wanted to sideload, so I tried to get it into recovery, it wouldn't, so I tried a few times, and decided screw it. Now my phone bootloops. So, download the image and try flashing, it won't go into fastboot and fails. No matter what I do, I can't seem to save it. Can anyone help me with this? I'm trying a different computer in a sec, but, not sure if that will work either.
Edit: The different computer doesn't see it... FML
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Just flash the factory image or ota thru flash.all bat file after you do/did the necessary steps like extract the images etc to platform tools folder on ur pc
Or visit here for more help/steps
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-progress-available-t3876849
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117
gm007 said:
What is this update 4.3mb
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Its just a security patch, we already had the updated rom in september, this just adds the latest security patch. Even though its only 4.3mb, its taking ages to patch, 10 mins still installing.
Jiggs82 said:
Just flash the factory image or ota thru flash.all bat file after you do/did the necessary steps like extract the images etc to platform tools folder on ur pc
Or visit here for more help/steps
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-progress-available-t3876849
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117
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You missed the part where I did try flashing the image. I've done this a hundred times, so, I did it right.
Anyway, I got it. I didn't realize my work computer had a USB-C port, so, I grabbed one and tried flashing the image with that. Worked! Thank God... I guess sdk tools doesn't like a USB 1 to C cable, and my phone doesn't like going into recovery...
Androider4Life said:
How do we flash the update and not lose data and root? All the guides are still for 9.0 for updates
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kerobrat said:
There's a link to a how-to for 10 in the stickied how-to for 9 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117.
But without twrp I don't think there's a way to retain root, I think you'll need to go the route of patching the boot image with Magisk. But for data just remove the -w switch from flash-all, that should be the same.
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If you are rooted flash the boot.img of the factory image you are currently on to both slots:
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fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Then Do #4 'keep Data'
Homeboy76 said:
If you are rooted flash the boot.img of the factory image you are currently on to both slots:
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fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Then Do #4 'keep Data'
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I am starting to feel more and more like a lot of the bootloop issues are being caused by OTAs swapping slots on install. Besides the --slot all patched boot, it might help to run the OTA twice to get it to install to both slots completely. Preferably though, quit using OTAs and work with -w removed flash-all installer (and even then possibly installing to both slots with an active slot swap in between and before rooting). The double install is common when installing custom ROMs, and the process for OTA sideloads is pretty similar.
Performance improvement, feels smooth and responsive. Glad i dont need to root this phone, ppl are having so many problems.
boe323 said:
Its just a security patch, we already had the updated rom in september, this just adds the latest security patch. Even though its only 4.3mb, its taking ages to patch, 10 mins still installing.
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My download was 1.3 gb and took forever to install. That's more than just the security patch.. Build number is different too.
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Worked exactly the same as the 10 and .C3 builds for me. Flash-all (minus -w) and patched boot in Magisk. No issues. It was not just security this month. See the functional patches in the bulletin.
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2019-10-01
is there new platform tools too?
Android 11 has been released. Anyone upgraded yet on a rooted device?
Subscribing for root results.
I will try later in a bit and let you know the results.
I need food and drink and the files. Note anyone from India - Please dont download the A11 Files as it isnt for your device.
fkofilee said:
I will try later in a bit and let you know the results.
I need food and drink and the files. Note anyone from India - Please dont download the A11 Files as it isnt for your device.
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I'm curious to know too!
We gots Root!
So far so good root is working
XMayhem2099 said:
So far so good root is working
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how did you root? same steps as before with the monthly Android 10 releases? which Magisk are you using?
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how did you root? same steps as before with the monthly Android 10 releases? which Magisk are you using?
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I'm guessing, take the OTA, install magisk to inactive slot, reboot and done?
antiochasylum said:
I'm guessing, take the OTA, install magisk to inactive slot, reboot and done?
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oops, I was hoping to do it via full image rather than OTA
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oops, I was hoping to do it via full image rather than OTA
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Probably better to do that lol. My ota is sitting at 1.72gb so it would seem to be a full image.
Did the 1st flash... Didnt boot - Unlocked BL - Looks like nothing flashed to Partition A / Boot A.
Flashing again now ^^
I can't get it to root. I do a fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img and it fails every time. Anyone had any luck rooting this way?
gettinwicked said:
I can't get it to root. I do a fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img and it fails every time. Anyone had any luck rooting this way?
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Do you use the canary build of Magisk or the stable release?
Anyone got a replacement for overscan?
matekaneve said:
Do you use the canary build of Magisk or the stable release?
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Canary
Well after redownloading the Core Files and updating ADB - Looks like we are alive...
Checking root now.
gettinwicked said:
I can't get it to root. I do a fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img and it fails every time. Anyone had any luck rooting this way?
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Not working here either, we need to wait for Magisk update, most probably.
gettinwicked said:
I can't get it to root. I do a fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img and it fails every time. Anyone had any luck rooting this way?
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Yes, successfully rooted this way. I didn't play around with any of the betas so this was my first time to just dirty flash right over 10. I patched my own boot.img like usual and transferred it over to my adb folder before flashing. Since you're using MM Canary already, I don't know what to tell you. Maybe your patched boot.img is corrupt? Did you flash the full image or OTA? Next step for me (after creating a new patched boot.img) would be to clean flash the full image. Best of luck.
do you have a link to the canary apk?
I tried going to the canary page, but the download link is dead. TIA
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Yes, successfully rooted this way. I didn't play around with any of the betas so this was my first time to just dirty flash right over 10. I patched my own boot.img like usual and transferred it over to my adb folder before flashing. Since you're using MM Canary already, I don't know what to tell you. Maybe your patched boot.img is corrupt?
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Further down the page youll see it
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk
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Also to add - Magisk Canary outputted a 4MB Boot Image which was wrong - Correctly patched it should be 32.55 MB roughly.
Make sure you pay attention that the boot.img has been patched properly.
I had trouble rooting but eventually got it to work. I deleted all previous boot images and patched images from phone and pc. Reinstalled platform tools. Grabbed fresh boot img from the factory image, patched it then flashed it. And we're in biz