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need help with magisk root, twrp and xposed (update 2017)?

Hey all,
Just purchased a LG U2 and now trying to make it work in the way i want it.
All informations here seem very old, so I wanted to open an update thread, with all what is possible on th lgu2, while
I found only very outdated informations...:crying:
So far:
First I setup the watch with AW2.0, after that flashed twrp 3.1.1.0 and supersu wear 2.82
I managed to get busybox installed and wanted further add Xposed.
There my problem starts, flashing xposed didn't work out.
So right after that, I switchd to Magisk root, to try work with the modules supplied.
(Steps -> use script UnSU, after that flash boot.img again, than flash MAgisk through twrp)
But after that the same with the modules. I try to install busybox, magisk tell me its no magisk module (i've downloaded the module and pushed it on the sd through adb, while the download button isn't reachable in magisk dialogue menu)
in twrp the module tells me there is no magisk installed.
so how can we go on from here? is there a way to make it all work?
did somebody try to change dpi and download the module directly through magisk? does it work?
also if somebody could help with an updated list of sideload able full android apps?
would need an email that can handle at least two accounts directly on the watch (please not advice outlook, its working from the phone i know)
thanks to all in advance

sebj84 said:
Hey all,
Just purchased a LG U2 and now trying to make it work in the way i want it.
All informations here seem very old, so I wanted to open an update thread, with all what is possible on th lgu2, while
I found only very outdated informations...:crying:
So far:
First I setup the watch with AW2.0, after that flashed twrp 3.1.1.0 and supersu wear 2.82
I managed to get busybox installed and wanted further add Xposed.
There my problem starts, flashing xposed didn't work out.
So right after that, I switchd to Magisk root, to try work with the modules supplied.
(Steps -> use script UnSU, after that flash boot.img again, than flash MAgisk through twrp)
But after that the same with the modules. I try to install busybox, magisk tell me its no magisk module (i've downloaded the module and pushed it on the sd through adb, while the download button isn't reachable in magisk dialogue menu)
in twrp the module tells me there is no magisk installed.
so how can we go on from here? is there a way to make it all work?
did somebody try to change dpi and download the module directly through magisk? does it work?
also if somebody could help with an updated list of sideload able full android apps?
would need an email that can handle at least two accounts directly on the watch (please not advice outlook, its working from the phone i know)
thanks to all in advance
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Ok i did a fresh flash.
i see my fault was to install busybox the first time after installing supersu.
did it this time without and mgisk works so far fine. granting access for total commander no problem.
but now another thing. i installed now busybox from the repos in magisk, he say installation successful, but the module isn't there after reboot?
anyone got the same?

sebj84 said:
Ok i did a fresh flash.
i see my fault was to install busybox the first time after installing supersu.
did it this time without and mgisk works so far fine. granting access for total commander no problem.
but now another thing. i installed now busybox from the repos in magisk, he say installation successful, but the module isn't there after reboot?
anyone got the same?
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another try. i switched back to supersu wear 2.82, installed stericsons busybox. works.
installed xposed sdk25 via twrp, says success, but after reboot xposed installer says no active framework.
i used a systemless framework... will search for the link again.
anybody got it done this way?

Android Q Open Beta and Magisk Hide

Hi!
This morning I ran into some trouble while running the Android Q Open Beta rom that I've been using since release. I have downloaded and flashed the zip of the open beta with TWRP recovery and flashed Magisk afterwards. After the install was complete I booted in to Android Q and checked Magisk Manager to see if it installed correctly, which it did. I have some apps like Pokémon Go that require Magisk hide and they also worked fine for days. Until today, out of the blue Magisk Hide didn't seem to work anymore and those apps knew the devices was rooted.
I have then tried to:
1. reflash Magisk (although it was still installed)
2. reinstalled Magisk Manager
3. Reapplied Magisk Hide for those apps and rebooted
Between every step I also removed cache and data from the applications (even reinstalled), however I couldn't get the hide the root for the apps.
Anyone else encountered this? It's strange that it only failed after a few days of working on Android Q. Anyway I'm back on Android P at the moment.

Did you try updating magisk in magisk manager? I wasn't passing safety net until I did so

ConsoleHax said:
Hi!
This morning I ran into some trouble while running the Android Q Open Beta rom that I've been using since release. I have downloaded and flashed the zip of the open beta with TWRP recovery and flashed Magisk afterwards. After the install was complete I booted in to Android Q and checked Magisk Manager to see if it installed correctly, which it did. I have some apps like Pokémon Go that require Magisk hide and they also worked fine for days. Until today, out of the blue Magisk Hide didn't seem to work anymore and those apps knew the devices was rooted.
I have then tried to:
1. reflash Magisk (although it was still installed)
2. reinstalled Magisk Manager
3. Reapplied Magisk Hide for those apps and rebooted
Between every step I also removed cache and data from the applications (even reinstalled), however I couldn't get the hide the root for the apps.
Anyone else encountered this? It's strange that it only failed after a few days of working on Android Q. Anyway I'm back on Android P at the moment.
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What version of magisk did you install? Try the magisk canary (debug) build. Works like a charm.

Magisk modules not working on Android 10

After updating I tried to flash TWRP to install magisk, but it failed. Then I found magisk patched boot image on xda and flashed it. Root works fine but the problem is my magisk modules are not working. I removed them and then again installed them but they doesn't seem to work.
Is it just me having this problem?
What to do?

No official TWRP for Android 10 yet. Android 10 just came out and a lot of developers have yet to update their modules. I would avoid TWRP and magisk for now

Magisk 20 works fine
Just be smart and don't use modules like audio mods and stuff for now
Things like FDE are updated, Vanced works, font changers will probably work, move certificates, call recorder, etc.

magisk problem

i had magisk running nicely since i installed debloater module ,,,after that my phone gone to bootloop.......now when i uninstall magisk then it turns on normally but if i install magisk then it bootloops again ...any fix for this ?

suhaibahmad said:
i had magisk running nicely since i installed debloater module ,,,after that my phone gone to bootloop.......now when i uninstall magisk then it turns on normally but if i install magisk then it bootloops again ...any fix for this ?
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Its because you didn't delete the magisk modules which are still on the phone and get active once you install magisk again. Goto /data/adb/modules and delete that module folder or delete all modules and restart. You can use twrp to delete the folder.

Effect of Uninstalling Magisk

My phone is rooted with Magisk after installing TWRP recovery and it's working fine except banking apps which do not run due to rooted phone
I don't use functions of rooted phone so much, only in extracting whatsapp keys to backup my whatsapp chats etc
1) Can I uninstall/unroot Magisk anytime and reinstall/root again smoothly whenever the need arises?
2) Does installing/uninstalling root wipe data?
3) I saw following para in https://magiskmanager.com/uninstall-magisk
Your phone will be rebooted automatically. Don’t worry it is normal
That’s it! You have successfully uninstalled Magisk from your phone.
This process will completely delete all the files from your phone, and you don’t need to worry about anything.
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What's meaning of "This process will completely delete all the files from your phone" here?
Thanks & regards,
Maria.

AFAIK any tampering of a phone's Stock ROM can get detectected by banking / payment apps - if they want to. IMO the very only method to remove all traces of modifcations applied to phone's Stock ROM is to re-flash phone's Stock what in turn causes the loss of all user data stored on phone.

1) Can I uninstall/unroot Magisk anytime and reinstall/root again smoothly whenever the need arises?
Yes.
2) Does installing/uninstalling root wipe data?
No. As long as you're not locking/unlocking your bootloader, you should be fine. Always a good idea to back up your data and system bacakup since you have TWRP anyway.
3) I saw following para in https://magiskmanager.com/uninstall-magisk
I believe this is reffering to all the MAgisk data only.

Andrologic said:
1) Can I uninstall/unroot Magisk anytime and reinstall/root again smoothly whenever the need arises?
Yes.
2) Does installing/uninstalling root wipe data?
No. As long as you're not locking/unlocking your bootloader, you should be fine. Always a good idea to back up your data and system bacakup since you have TWRP anyway.
3) I saw following para in https://magiskmanager.com/uninstall-magisk
I believe this is reffering to all the MAgisk data only.
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Thank you very much for your reply

Maria2014 said:
I am having the same problem. I want to ask if you tried uninstall magisk ? What happened ?
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My dear, I install and uninstall Magisk all the time. Legitimately speaking, never once did it wipe my data ever. Unless you unlock or relock your bootloader, you will be completely fine.

Shabeeh Manappurath said:
My dear, I install and uninstall Magisk all the time. Legitimately speaking, never once did it wipe my data ever. Unless you unlock or relock your bootloader, you will be completely fine.
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Hi,
Could you advice pls.
After updating magisk it stopped working..
Shuld I uninstall it and then reinstall?
Will my modouls be earased? I am very worried taking this step..
Thanks in advance

tuvia_g123 said:
Hi,
Could you advice pls.
After updating magisk it stopped working..
Shuld I uninstall it and then reinstall?
Will my modouls be earased? I am very worried taking this step..
Thanks in advance
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My advise is, Incase you feel your modules will be erased, just take a screenshot of ur magisk Modules. Screenshot which you can use to later download the exact same modules. Or u can keep magisk module downloaded before hand. Now if magisk is not working, magisk Modules will not show for you.
If magisk is not working, you don't need to uninstall it. Just go to recovery and reflash the magisk.zip or magisk.apk. both will work, bcos that is how it is. Magisk.apk can be directly flashed from recovery menu. Once you reinstall magisk from recovery and it should start working. If after reboot, it is still not working, then just install magisk.apk while you are in android. (Not in recovery, but normal mode) and then open it and see what it says.
If I can help, I will surely. Let me know how it goes. Usually no data is erased. Don't worry. Magisk Modules or magisk, don't effect the system. U can also download magisk uninstaller.zip if you want to completely uninstall magisk.

Shabeeh Manappurath said:
My advise is, Incase you feel your modules will be erased, just take a screenshot of ur magisk Modules. Screenshot which you can use to later download the exact same modules. Or u can keep magisk module downloaded before hand. Now if magisk is not working, magisk Modules will not show for you.
If magisk is not working, you don't need to uninstall it. Just go to recovery and reflash the magisk.zip or magisk.apk. both will work, bcos that is how it is. Magisk.apk can be directly flashed from recovery menu. Once you reinstall magisk from recovery and it should start working. If after reboot, it is still not working, then just install magisk.apk while you are in android. (Not in recovery, but normal mode) and then open it and see what it says.
If I can help, I will surely. Let me know how it goes. Usually no data is erased. Don't worry. Magisk Modules or magisk, don't effect the system. U can also download magisk uninstaller.zip if you want to completely uninstall magisk.
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Thank you very much for your detailed and clear answer.
In the next few days I will find time and try.
Of course I will update you.

tuvia_g123 said:
Thank you very much for your detailed and clear answer.
In the next few days I will find time and try.
Of course I will update you.
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Alright Dear, take your time, and let me know, I hope everything works out for you. And Your Welcome

Shabeeh Manappurath said:
Alright Dear, take your time, and let me know, I hope everything works out for you. And Your Welcome
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Hello dear friend,
Looks like I deleted the original zip file.
Can you pls. attach a link that wont be malware of a magisk zip?
Thanks a lot

tuvia_g123 said:
Hello dear friend,
Looks like I deleted the original zip file.
Can you pls. attach a link that wont be malware of a magisk zip?
Thanks a lot
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The best, and only official place to download magisk from is GitHub. At least I think. And well there is one another website I download it from, it's not malware, but I will provide you with the GitHub link itself.
For Magisk v23.0 (One with MagiskHide)(This release also has online module repo, where you can download extra supported modules for your device from online repo of magisk)
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/v23.0/Magisk-v23.0.apk
For Magisk v25.2 (It does not have MagiskHide, but this is much more better, and there are more effective ways to hide root using Zygisk (new feature in Magisk v24 onwards I believe) (This one does not have Online Repo for Magisk modules, it was also removed in a previous version of Magisk, and you can use Fox's Magisk Modules manager if you want to access and download magisk Modules for any of the future releases for Magisk) If you want the link for Magisk v25.2 then here it is:
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/v25.2/Magisk-v25.2.apk
Just if u face any difficulty in flashing the apk file in recovery, just rename it to magisk v23/v25.2 (whichever u choose, I kinda recommend using the latest version) and rename it into . Zip. And if u plan on going with v25.2 and want to access the latest online repo and some of their own Magisk modules, then here is the link for the latest version of Fox's Magisk Modules manager:
Release 0.6.1 - Maintenance Update · Fox2Code/FoxMagiskModuleManager
Add Androidacy test-mode fix to non test-mode Update Brazilian translations by @DanGLES3
github.com
I am currently using the latest Magisk v25.2 on my phone, and currently running on the latest version of Fox's Magisk Modules manager as well. And also, using the method for hiding root that I mentioned before, I am completely successful in covering my root, and my safety net is passed. Completely Passed. Play store or any other app I don't want it detecting root, does not detect root. So we all good if you want to flash the latest update of Magisk.

Shabeeh Manappurath said:
The best, and only official place to download magisk from is GitHub. At least I think. And well there is one another website I download it from, it's not malware, but I will provide you with the GitHub link itself.
For Magisk v23.0 (One with MagiskHide)(This release also has online module repo, where you can download extra supported modules for your device from online repo of magisk)
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/v23.0/Magisk-v23.0.apk
For Magisk v25.2 (It does not have MagiskHide, but this is much more better, and there are more effective ways to hide root using Zygisk (new feature in Magisk v24 onwards I believe) (This one does not have Online Repo for Magisk modules, it was also removed in a previous version of Magisk, and you can use Fox's Magisk Modules manager if you want to access and download magisk Modules for any of the future releases for Magisk) If you want the link for Magisk v25.2 then here it is:
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/v25.2/Magisk-v25.2.apk
Just if u face any difficulty in flashing the apk file in recovery, just rename it to magisk v23/v25.2 (whichever u choose, I kinda recommend using the latest version) and rename it into . Zip. And if u plan on going with v25.2 and want to access the latest online repo and some of their own Magisk modules, then here is the link for the latest version of Fox's Magisk Modules manager:
Release 0.6.1 - Maintenance Update · Fox2Code/FoxMagiskModuleManager
Add Androidacy test-mode fix to non test-mode Update Brazilian translations by @DanGLES3
github.com
I am currently using the latest Magisk v25.2 on my phone, and currently running on the latest version of Fox's Magisk Modules manager as well. And also, using the method for hiding root that I mentioned before, I am completely successful in covering my root, and my safety net is passed. Completely Passed. Play store or any other app I don't want it detecting root, does not detect root. So we all good if you want to flash the latest update of Magisk.
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Hi,
I prefer v 23 because it has the hide option builtin.
However after flashing it(i think succesfuli) i do not find any new app in my fhone..

tuvia_g123 said:
Hi,
I prefer v 23 because it has the hide option builtin.
However after flashing it(i think succesfuli) i do not find any new app in my fhone..
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Alright your preference is your own, but maybe hear me out, v23 will soon become outdated, as in some magisk Modules will stop working for it. And the magisk hide, according to the founder of Magisk @topjohnwu, he said that magisk hide is become really ineffective in blocking root, or stopping apps from detecting root. If you want a more powerful version of Magisk hide, update to v25.2 and I will show you how to activate it step by step. It's not built-in, rather it is a new module. So yeah.
Alright and about your question; if you don't find the app in your phone, in your apps drawer, just open file explorer, go to the location where u have kept the magisk.zip file or magisk.apk file. If u have the apk file then just install it once more, from android while in normal mode. If you have the zip file, then just rename to .APK and install it same like above. Then open magisk to continue (mostly after proper install, magisk will reboot your phone once more). Any steps you are stuck in, pls sent me a screenshot, so that I can help.

Shabeeh Manappurath said:
Alright your preference is your own, but maybe hear me out, v23 will soon become outdated, as in some magisk Modules will stop working for it. And the magisk hide, according to the founder of Magisk @topjohnwu, he said that magisk hide is become really ineffective in blocking root, or stopping apps from detecting root. If you want a more powerful version of Magisk hide, update to v25.2 and I will show you how to activate it step by step. It's not built-in, rather it is a new module. So yeah.
Alright and about your question; if you don't find the app in your phone, in your apps drawer, just open file explorer, go to the location where u have kept the magisk.zip file or magisk.apk file. If u have the apk file then just install it once more, from android while in normal mode. If you have the zip file, then just rename to .APK and install it same like above. Then open magisk to continue (mostly after proper install, magisk will reboot your phone once more). Any steps you are stuck in, pls sent me a screenshot, so that I can help.
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Hi,i took your advice and flashed v. 25.2, however i think that the installation failed..

tuvia_g123 said:
Hi,i took your advice and flashed v. 25.2, however i think that the installation failed..
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Hey, I see, okay use magisk uninstaller to completely remove v23 first, and then flash v25.2 afterwards.
From what I researched, it seems u can easily uninstall magisk by renaming magisk v25.2.apk (the file we downloaded) rename it into uninstall.zip
And then reboot to recovery, flash it from recovery to completely uninstall magisk v23. (Make a copy of the file before renaming into uninstall.zip.) that way we can flash v25.2.apk /v25.2.zip directly.
Hope everything works for you.

Shabeeh Manappurath said:
Hey, I see, okay use magisk uninstaller to completely remove v23 first, and then flash v25.2 afterwards.
Just to be sure,v. 23 that I want to uninstall not to rename?
From what I researched, it seems u can easily uninstall magisk by renaming magisk v25.2.apk (the file we downloaded) rename it into uninstall.zip
And then reboot to recovery, flash it from recovery to completely uninstall magisk v23. (Make a copy of the file before renaming into Uninstall.zip.) that waysure that I understood.. we can flash v25.2.apk /v25.2.zip directly.
not sure that i understands.
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Shabeeh Manappurath said:
Not
Hope everything workNs for you.
Hey, I see, okay use magisk uninstaller to completely remove v23 first, and then flash v25.2 afterwards.
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From what I researched, it seems u can easily uninstall magisk by renaming magisk v25.2.apk (the file we downloaded) rename it into uninstall.zip
And then reboot to recovery, flash it from recovery to completely uninstall magisk v23. (Make a copy of the file before renaming into uninstall.zip.) that way we can flash v25.2.apk /v25.2.zip directly.
Hope everything works for you.
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Not sure that I understood.
Not to rename Version 23 that I want to uninstall?
Rename v25 that we want to keep?

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1XvA2wCzCfSgQGJRgzJ-yklOYn99DDjBQ
Just Flash that, in order to uninstall Magisk from your device. And then, install the latest Magisk v25.2

Shabeeh Manappurath said:
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1XvA2wCzCfSgQGJRgzJ-yklOYn99DDjBQ
Just Flash that, in order to uninstall Magisk from your device. And then, install the latest Magisk v25.2
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Hi dear,
First of all thank you again.
After flashing this when i am entering again to recovery I don't get the screen of twarp as before.
However installation of v. 25.2 (in recovery)failed again..
Atached screen shots.