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Rooted testers needed for Edge Sense Plus, to customize Active Edge Actions

Mod was already available for the Pixel2.
If you don't know what Edge Sense Plus is, you can check it here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2/themes/root-custom-active-edge-actions-edge-t3732368

Just curious but do we know it can be rooted?

krabman said:
Just curious but do we know it can be rooted?
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@topjohnwu will take care about that.
Sent from my HTC U11 using Tapatalk

Will get pixel 3xl by November 8 9. I am willing to test it for you.

ill have mine by 18th or 19th ill help out if still needed.

Mine is supposed to arrive today. I am hoping that root will be as simple as unlocking the bootloader, patching stock boot.img and flashing. I suspect that it'll be a while before we have a custom recovery though.
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@topjohnwu will take care about that.
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Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

WisdomWolf said:
Mine is supposed to arrive today. I am hoping that root will be as simple as unlocking the bootloader, patching stock boot.img and flashing. I suspect that it'll be a while before we have a custom recovery though.
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Doing this would be extremely unwise without a copy of the stock boot image. I would advise you to wait till the factory images come out. Which should be soon. If you bootloop, highly likely, you will have a unusable phone until the factory images get posted.

Well considering that I would need a copy of the stock boot.img to accomplish this process it seems like we are in arguegreement. [emoji6]
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Has anyone unlocked the bootloader? That's all I care about (for now). Is it the same process as the Pixel 2 XL? I'm just curious if anything has changed with Titan being a part of the hardware now.

WisdomWolf said:
Well considering that I would need a copy of the stock boot.img to accomplish this process it seems like we are in arguegreement. [emoji6]
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Your phone comes with a boot image.
You can patch the boot image with Magisk Manager. Which saves a copy of the patched boot image on your device. Then it needs too be transferred to a PC to be flashed in fastboot. My advice is still relevant. As soon as I have factory images, I will try and root.

I have mine. I'm willing to test whatever/whenever it's safe to do so.
I did enable the "OEM Unlocking" in the developer settings. It didn't come with a USB-C to USB -A cable, so I cannot connect it to a PC anyway.

I have phone in hand.
I would love to test, once the root situation has been figured out. Links to how to get phone rooted appreciated (I'm already aware of how to root it via Magisk (once factory image or standalone boot.img is released), and how to root via TWRP (once TWRP is released)).
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Your phone comes with a boot image.
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Where is the standalone boot image? Did not come with my phone (no boot.img other than the boot.img that is in slots A and B).

lensgrabber said:
Has anyone unlocked the bootloader? That's all I care about (for now). Is it the same process as the Pixel 2 XL? I'm just curious if anything has changed with Titan being a part of the hardware now.
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I just unlocked mine. It's the unlocked version, not the VZW version though. Same commands as the XL 2.

sd_matto said:
I have phone in hand.
I would love to test, once the root situation has been figured out. Links to how to get phone rooted appreciated (I'm already aware of how to root it via Magisk (once factory image or standalone boot.img is released), and how to root via TWRP (once TWRP is released)).
Where is the standalone boot image? Did not come with my phone (no boot.img other than the boot.img that is in slots A and B).
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There is no "standalone" boot image yet. It comes with factory image. Which should be out soon. The boot image is in your device. You can patch the boot image with Magisk Manager or sideload the Magisk zip. I would not do either of those until you have the factory image. If you bootloop, your device will be useless without factory images

mattj949 said:
I just unlocked mine. It's the unlocked version, not the VZW version though. Same commands as the XL 2.
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Did you use the "unlock_critical" version of the command or just "unlock"?

Golf c said:
You can patch the boot image with Magisk Manager.
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To which boot image are you referring:
1. The boot image in the factory image (I know how to do this), or
2. The boot image already in the device (I would love to learn how to do this)?

sd_matto said:
To which boot image are you referring:
1. The boot image in the factory image (I know how to do this), or
2. The boot image already in the device (I would love to learn how to do this)?
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No 2 the boot image in the device. Unlock bootloader.
Download Magisk Manager apk. Im about ready to unlock mine right now. In Magisk Manager select patch boot image file. It will save a copy to your device. Transfer to PC.
Fastboot flash boot image. You will bootloop im sure. AVB has changed with crosshatch.
DO NOT attempt this without factory image.
I will be doing this when factory image comes out.

nirenshah said:
Did you use the "unlock_critical" version of the command or just "unlock"?
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Just "unlock" the other one is not valid for this one. Sorry, I should have mentioned that!

My apologies gentlemen. You do need a separate copy of the the boot image from the factory image to patch in Magisk Manager. Sorry for the wrong info. Actually it makes sense doesn't it.

Golf c said:
Your phone comes with a boot image.
You can patch the boot image with Magisk Manager. Which saves a copy of the patched boot image on your device. Then it needs too be transferred to a PC to be flashed in fastboot. My advice is still relevant. As soon as I have factory images, I will try and root.
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I got my Pixel 3XL last night. Excited to get things going on the Pixel 3XL, coming from a Nexus 6P.
I was sad that the factory image isn't immediately available on google's site for this phone, and I don't want to brick it trying to install Magisk without a factory image to fall back onto.
In any case, woot, woot! Phone looks great and I'm going to transfer over my line today.
Cheers,
B.D.

T-Mobile Root

Has anyone successfully rooted their T-Mobile variant as of yet? My bootloader unlock token should be available in a couple hours, and I'm trying to decide which is the best method. I was thinking of going with patching the boot.img myself, however I can't find a full ROM zip of 9.5.5 (which I'm on now). The next choice is obviously TWRP...I'm just hesitant because of the encryption issue. Does anyone know if formatting data and then moving files back to my internal storage will allow me to decrypt, just as it did on the 6T? Thanks in advance

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Has anyone successfully rooted their T-Mobile variant as of yet? My bootloader unlock token should be available in a couple hours, and I'm trying to decide which is the best method. I was thinking of going with patching the boot.img myself, however I can't find a full ROM zip of 9.5.5 (which I'm on now). The next choice is obviously TWRP...I'm just hesitant because of the encryption issue. Does anyone know if formatting data and then moving files back to my internal storage will allow me to decrypt, just as it did on the 6T? Thanks in advance
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Mine should be here today. And I'll tell you my plan.
I'm going to try to flash twrp and try to get the stock img files from the unmodified slot. Then I will feel safe. To do anything

Well, I did it! I unlocked my bootloader and flashed TWRP! I then formatted data, and transferred the TWRP installer and Magisk to internal storage. I flashed both, and rebooted to recovery. Both files were still there, and did not get encrypted! Now, my wifi and sound seem to be broken, but I did see something about that somewhere else...now to find it, hah!

sabrdawg said:
Well, I did it! I unlocked my bootloader and flashed TWRP! I then formatted data, and transferred the TWRP installer and Magisk to internal storage. I flashed both, and rebooted to recovery. Both files were still there, and did not get encrypted! Now, my wifi and sound seem to be broken, but I did see something about that somewhere else...now to find it, hah!
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Did it come exactly 7 days later

twinnfamous said:
Did it come exactly 7 days later
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Mine came 7 days later almost exactly to the minute

ScottOtis said:
Mine came 7 days later almost exactly to the minute
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I still got an HR left then.
I'll make sure to post all img files I extract if no one else does.

It did! About 10 minutes later than the time I applied for it Now, I rebooted to recovery again, and now I don't see my files anymore I guess formatting data DIDN'T fix decryption. Now to get my sound and wifi working again...

Figured I'd try formatting data a second time. It's worked for me on the 6T in the past

I think your going to need the boot.img to restore WiFi and sound.

Xshooter726 said:
I think your going to need the boot.img to restore WiFi and sound.
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Where can I get it for T-Mo? I'm wondering how I lost them :\

sabrdawg said:
Where can I get it for T-Mo? I'm wondering how I lost them :\
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Go into twrp.
Did u use installer or flash twrp img

twinnfamous said:
sabrdawg said:
Where can I get it for T-Mo? I'm wondering how I lost them :
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Go into twrp.
Did u use installer or flash twrp img
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I flashed the img, and then installer while in TWRP, thinking I needed to do that to keep TWRP (which Iater learned I didn't as I had flashed TWRP, not just booted it).

sabrdawg said:
I flashed the img, and then installer while in TWRP, thinking I needed to do that to keep TWRP (which Iater learned I didn't as I had flashed TWRP, not just booted it).
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I'm going to upload a boot.img give me a few. Then just flash it to both slots

Interested in this thread bc of possible decrypt solution

twinnfamous said:
I'm going to upload a boot.img give me a few. Then just flash it to both slots
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Omg, you're a lifesaver!

sabrdawg said:
Omg, you're a lifesaver!
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I'm real sorry my bootimg got twrped by accident. So until we get a stock.boot we only have stock system and vendor img files from twrp backup.

twinnfamous said:
I'm real sorry my bootimg got twrped by accident. So until we get a stock.boot we only have stock system and vendor img files from twrp backup.
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Hmm...shoot. well, maybe someone will come up with something soon enough. Thx for trying, though!

twinnfamous said:
I still got an HR left then.
I'll make sure to post all img files I extract if no one else does.
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Im going to get my unlock bin hopefully this afternoon. What is the best way to do that before messing with anything?

Try flashing this patched 9.5.5 boot.img . The boot image has to match the same version your currently on. From your screen shots it looks like your on 9.5.5 so it might be your best bet in restoring your Sound and Wifi.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0nnqtvfuhbavrl5/AADyGWwA2UmIi_ivbQ7MGHSsa?dl=0

Xshooter726 said:
Try flashing this patched 9.5.5 boot.img . The boot image has to match the same version your currently on. From your screen shots it looks like your on 9.5.5 so it might be your best bet in restoring your Sound and Wifi.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0nnqtvfuhbavrl5/AADyGWwA2UmIi_ivbQ7MGHSsa?dl=0
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Thx! I was able to fix sound and wifi by flashing SkyDragon kernel. I appreciate your help

Oneplus 7 Pro won't boot into system on partition B after root

Hi, I just rooted my 7 Pro with the official guide video ( https://www.xda-developers.com/unlock-bootloader-root-oneplus-7-pro/ ). I've done all the steps correctly but when I try to boot into system on partition B, my phone goes straight back into TWRP Recovery.
The A partition works fine.
Am I supposed to use the A partition?

Mine does the same, I had to reflash twrp from fastboot on slot b to make it work.

JedixJarf said:
Mine does the same, I had to reflash twrp from fastboot on slot b to make it work.
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How do you do that?
I'm not too keen with rooting

Xpelazus said:
How do you do that?
I'm not too keen with rooting
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If it's anything like the pixel it's really only made to boot the active slot. So I'm going to say it's pretty normal that you can only boot one slot they both share the same data.

mac796 said:
If it's anything like the pixel it's really only made to boot the active slot. So I'm going to say it's pretty normal that you can only boot one slot they both share the same data.
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I read somewhere that if you use the B partition, then you can save the A partition for system updates and not delete your rooting in the process

Xpelazus said:
I read somewhere that if you use the B partition, then you can save the A partition for system updates and not delete your rooting in the process
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Every time you flash the OTA it's going to go to the other slot. Really all its for is fast seamless updates

General Oneplus 9 and / 9 Pro TWRP

Just a reminder for people who only read the oneplus 9 forum and not oneplus 9 pro one:
[RECOVERY] [11] [OFFICIAL] TeamWin Recovery Project
Introduction: Team Win Recovery Project or TWRP for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added...
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I tested it and flashed it on my oneplus 9 LE2110 and it works.
Again, as i always have to write to people.
Be careful, only do something you can undo.
Before you "Flash Current TWRP" do a full BACKUP!

Does said recovery perform full back-ups of partitions and restore features ?
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I booted it up . Decrypts perfectly. Backed up modem just to see for myself. Rebooted back onto system . Booted twrp again and it found saved partition to restore. This makes life so much easier. Time to go get a full system backup !! Cool

Exactly. I'm super happy. Now the OnePlus 9 Is finally a good phone. Without TWRP it's just risky.
Im sure some bugs are still there but it looks very promising.

noname122414 said:
Exactly. I'm super happy. Now the OnePlus 9 Is finally a good phone. Without TWRP it's just risky.
Im sure some bugs are still there but it looks very promising.
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And this is huge for many people roaming around here on carrier variants . Now super easy to restore modems to make switch to global.or eu or whatever.

Hi there, I have a question:
When you have a new device, would the following work:
1. Unlock bootloader
In fastboot mode:
2.
Code:
fastboot boot c:\twrp.img
In TWRP
3. Install TWRP
4. Install Magisk
5. Reboot - then you have Root, TWRP?
6. Upgrades can than be done in TWRP by installing the files and than intalling again TWRP and afterwards Magisk?
Best
Axel

It appears you are asking. If I am incorrect, my apologies. With the 6t (also a a/b OP device)
The process I always used was
1) reboot to bootloader
2) boot twrp.img
3) install twro zip
4) reboot recovery
5) upon TWRP reboot, install magisk
6) profit.
Anytime I tried to go ahead and install Magisk in the same round as installing TWRP, it would install to the opposite slot making me have to do the whole process over again. Ymmv

XDA is Great, and, yet, at the same time: XDA is very challenging.
With so many able to contribute, and the lack of external editing capacity ( unlike SO ),
it's difficult to distill the information.
Okay, Great! There's a TWRP for the OnePlus 9 !
I used TWRP 3.5 and Magisk to root a Lenovo Tab M10, without any need for external input.
The Answer I'm looking for here is: Am I able to install / root / whatever my T-Mo OP 9 with TWRP ?
Does anyone have any definitive solutions ?
Thank You, in Advance, for any assistance !

barguybrady said:
XDA is Great, and, yet, at the same time: XDA is very challenging.
With so many able to contribute, and the lack of external editing capacity ( unlike SO ),
it's difficult to distill the information.
Okay, Great! There's a TWRP for the OnePlus 9 !
I used TWRP 3.5 and Magisk to root a Lenovo Tab M10, without any need for external input.
The Answer I'm looking for here is: Am I able to install / root / whatever my T-Mo OP 9 with TWRP ?
Does anyone have any definitive solutions ?
Thank You, in Advance, for any assistance !
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Is your bootloader unlocked? If yes then you could boot to fastboot and fastboot boot twrp.img. You will have your answer then.

MrSteelX said:
Is your bootloader unlocked? If yes then you could boot to fastboot and fastboot boot twrp.img. You will have your answer then.
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Sadly, No, boot-loader is locked. Never encountered this on both previous OP 6t's.
Hence my confusion. When I walked out of the t-Mo store with my 6t, I had No issues.
I used the wonderful mauronofios tool, to do it All with no troubles.
crash my 6t, forced to take a "9 5g" from t-Mo, and now I am regretting it.
Wondering what has changed, and by whom..? t-Mo change policies, or OnePlus ?
Actually, I've been a t-Mo customer for 16 Years ! First time I've ever had to "Ask Permission" to have my phone, or my SIM unlocked...

barguybrady said:
Sadly, No, boot-loader is locked. Never encountered this on both previous OP 6t's.
Hence my confusion. When I walked out of the t-Mo store with my 6t, I had No issues.
I used the wonderful mauronofios tool, to do it All with no troubles.
crash my 6t, forced to take a "9 5g" from t-Mo, and now I am regretting it.
Wondering what has changed, and by whom..? t-Mo change policies, or OnePlus ?
Actually, I've been a t-Mo customer for 16 Years ! First time I've ever had to "Ask Permission" to have my phone, or my SIM unlocked...
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You should start a separate thread for all that. Kinda want to keep on topic to make it less confusing for everyone

Has anyone been able to mount a usb drive? ive tried everything and it just looks to not be functional.
strangely enough, i heard TWRP backups are iffy right now but have already restored from one using this release in the past week. happy that works

mattie_49 said:
And this is huge for many people roaming around here on carrier variants . Now super easy to restore modems to make switch to global.or eu or whatever.
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Just installed it - thanks OP.
Does anyone know if I can jdirtyflash the global rom 11.2.7.7 over the EU rom which is currently on 11.2.7.7 in twrp?
I was originally on global (le2110) but flashed EU via update. Now I want to go back to global.

applyscience said:
Has anyone been able to mount a usb drive? ive tried everything and it just looks to not be functional.
strangely enough, i heard TWRP backups are iffy right now but have already restored from one using this release in the past week. happy that works
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Full system everything. User data. ? Did it work

mattie_49 said:
Full system everything. User data. ? Did it work
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i dont know i have been bricked for 5 days ever since i attempted the lineage release

applyscience said:
i dont know i have been bricked for 5 days ever since i attempted the lineage release
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Just lineage no kernel no special cam?

mattie_49 said:
Just lineage no kernel no special cam?
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nah. just lineage. pretty sure i deal with support again tomorrow. fun...

Need help...
I typed Fastboot boot twrp.img instead of fastboot flash boot twrp.img
And that was to boot_a
So then i tried fastboot flash boot_b twrp.img
It wont load the recovery now. Phone wont boot up unless i
fastboot boot patched11.2.7.7DA.img
I even try to install Magisk directly and it fails.
Can I get some help. Dont even wanna restart my phone.
Thank you
All Good Now..... I Figured It Out!

How to fix this

id avoid TWRP if on 11.2.8.8 already. it can boot from fastboot and even install itself as your recovery but it will not mount data. i tried the refresh sizes trick in backup and then the default_password for password to decrypt and nothing. pretty sure twrp mishaps are what bricked my phone last too . thankfully it still boots, just the recovry section is effected
ill try and flash the OTA zip tomorrow. sick of messing with it for now lol

Are we still avoiding twrp

[Tutorial] Magisk on GSI on devices with dynamic partition

I hope you already know how to flash GSI on devices with dyamic partition already. If not then you can follow this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ynamic-super-partition.4256667/#post-85271987
If youre on stock before flashing GSI then dont "fastboot delete-logical-partition product" like other tutorials may suggest. Just flash the product image (fastboot flash product [insert img here]) attached below and it will get resized automatically as well, giving you plenty of space to flash your GSI.
If youve already flashed GSI before following this guide and have done "fastboot delete-logical-partition product" then just create product partition (fastboot create-logical-partition product [size]) and flash the img on product.
whichever course youve taken you can now flash magisk through twrp or patch the boot img and flash that.
Please note that this product image wasnt made by me and the credit for it goes to: @Allexwin50
tested on infinix zero 8 X687

Thanks for the tutorial, I will give it a try but have one question: you said to" create product partition and give size " I don't understand about size!

shjeanpy said:
Thanks for the tutorial, I will give it a try but have one question: you said to" create product partition and give size " I don't understand about size!
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when you create partition you also need to specify its size, just add some number

kusti420 said:
when you create partition you also need to specify its size, just add some number
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What size would you advise me please

shjeanpy said:
What size would you advise me please
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idk, i used 400000000

Thank you very much for your great tutorial. it worked for me on my device.

Thanks a lot for putting this together. I was stuck for a day and a half trying to figure out how to flash Magisk with no product partition. Great work.

nickelnine said:
Thanks a lot for putting this together. I was stuck for a day and a half trying to figure out how to flash Magisk with no product partition. Great work.
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and i was stuck for multiple months...

@kusti420 if I've flashed a GSI on to stock (apart from flashing vbmeta and TWRP) can I fastboot flash that product.img and then successfully TWRP flash magisk or patch with app (using Phh SU temporarily for root) ? is that enough ?
EDIT 1: thought I'd just see for myself, flashed the product_gsi.img and my phone (S20FE 5G) still booted. tried flashing magisk 21.4 zip from TWRP and got a bootloop. will check later if I can patch my boot.img and post.

Hey, where did you take this product_gsi.img? I think it does not work with Android 12, I wonder if it can be updated or something like that.

felipecassiors said:
Hey, where did you take this product_gsi.img? I think it does not work with Android 12, I wonder if it can be updated or something like that.
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it was sent to me in telegram, where i also traced it back to @Allexwin50, afaik he made it. worked fine on android 10 and 11. asking him for img for a12 could be an option

Sir, When I Flashed any GSI rom A11 , any way to remove the standard superuser root from rom ? if some solution , please advise me , (my device use fastboot commands not use twrp)

gamal001 said:
Sir, When I Flashed any GSI rom A11 , any way to remove the standard superuser root from rom ? if some solution , please advise me , (my device use fastboot commands not use twrp)
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idk wtf u mean by "standard superuser root" prolly phh su, if yes then there is definetly a way to get rid of that

Right, so what to do after installing the GSI like this. How to install Magisk? I don't have TWRP. Do I have to "securize" first? Help.

K1569GHENT said:
Right, so what to do after installing the GSI like this. How to install Magisk? I don't have TWRP. Do I have to "securize" first? Help.
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maybe, cant remember by heart, dont have enough time to test it out myself

Working on Nippon Android Tiramisu SGSI on Pixel 3a, very nice

K1569GHENT said:
Right, so what to do after installing the GSI like this. How to install Magisk? I don't have TWRP. Do I have to "securize" first? Help.
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Obtain a stock copy of your boot.img.
Patch it through the magisk app before you do your whole thing installing your chosen gsi.
Once you have the patched image, you can fastboot it using fastboot flash boot boot.img in cmd onto your gsi ROM.
Make sure to install the boot.img to both slots A and B. Then go back to your active slot.

ninjasinabag said:
Obtain a stock copy of your boot.img.
Patch it through the magisk app before you do your whole thing installing your chosen gsi.
Once you have the patched image, you can fastboot it using fastboot flash boot boot.img in cmd onto your gsi ROM.
Make sure to install the boot.img to both slots A and B. Then go back to your active slot.
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he talked about removing phh-superuser

kusti420 said:
he talked about removing phh-superuser
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It's locked to your boot image, so using 100% stock image removes superuser since it's no longer system as root.

kusti420 said:
I hope you already know how to flash GSI on devices with dyamic partition already. If not then you can follow this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ynamic-super-partition.4256667/#post-85271987
If youre on stock before flashing GSI then dont "fastboot delete-logical-partition product" like other tutorials may suggest. Just flash the product image (fastboot flash product [insert img here]) attached below and it will get resized automatically as well, giving you plenty of space to flash your GSI.
If youve already flashed GSI before following this guide and have done "fastboot delete-logical-partition product" then just create product partition (fastboot create-logical-partition product [size]) and flash the img on product.
whichever course youve taken you can now flash magisk through twrp or patch the boot img and flash that.
Please note that this product image wasnt made by me and the credit for it goes to: @Allexwin50
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Hello kusti420
I had already deleted the product partition when I found your post.
The GSI was not cool.
I reflash the product partition and reflash the GSI, now it's good.
Thanks for the file and the tip.