A couple quick apologies, this is my first post here so I'm not familiar with every rule and also this post may be too similar to some others like it (although I couldn't find any solutions, some examples will be below). Also, I'm rather new to this.
As a relative newbie, I managed to install TWRP with no issues. After, when I installed the magisk zip through TWRP I got stuck in a bootloop similar to the issue described in this thread.
However, I managed to boot simply by uninstalling magisk (again through TWRP).
I was unable to get magisk to work, but here's what I tried:
-Installing through the .zip downloaded from the magisk thread, v. 18.0 (bootloop, or would boot but no magisk manager installed & when installed would say that magisk itself wasn't installed).
-Installing through the .zip downloaded through magisk manager (bootloop).
-patching the boot image through magisk manager (recieved error saying that Sony ELF32 format detected, and to use BootBridge to flash magisk. However, I couldn't find anything about bootbridge relating to the Pixel 3, and so I was hesitant to try anything while blind at the risk of causing permanent problems).
-Reflashing the boot image (partition not found, similar to another thread but I can't quite find that to link here at the moment).
Is there any reliable way I'll be able to come out at the end of this with working magisk and root?
SpicyCheesePizza said:
A couple quick apologies, this is my first post here so I'm not familiar with every rule and also this post may be too similar to some others like it (although I couldn't find any solutions, some examples will be below). Also, I'm rather new to this.
As a relative newbie, I managed to install TWRP with no issues. After, when I installed the magisk zip through TWRP I got stuck in a bootloop similar to the issue described in this thread.
However, I managed to boot simply by uninstalling magisk (again through TWRP).
I was unable to get magisk to work, but here's what I tried:
-Installing through the .zip downloaded from the magisk thread, v. 18.0 (bootloop, or would boot but no magisk manager installed & when installed would say that magisk itself wasn't installed).
-Installing through the .zip downloaded through magisk manager (bootloop).
-patching the boot image through magisk manager (recieved error saying that Sony ELF32 format detected, and to use BootBridge to flash magisk. However, I couldn't find anything about bootbridge relating to the Pixel 3, and so I was hesitant to try anything while blind at the risk of causing permanent problems).
-Reflashing the boot image (partition not found, similar to another thread but I can't quite find that to link here at the moment).
Is there any reliable way I'll be able to come out at the end of this with working magisk and root?
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First, make sure you have the latest sdk platform tools, r28 (that's probably why your getting partition not found). Then you're going to want to start over by flashing the stock boot image to both slots. Reboot your system to make sure everything works. Then boot into twrp (don't flash the image file, just boot it), intall the twrp zip if you want it, then boot back into recovery with twrp. Then flash the magisk zip.
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I have TWRP installed but any time I try to Flash magisk, the boot image seems to corrupt and leaves me on the 'Bootloader unlocked' screen. I have to boot back into bootloader and use the 'repair recovery boot loop' option just to get back into my phone which then doesn't have Magisk available and root has not taken. Does anyone have any advice? Is there a boot image I need to flash after Magisk maybe? I'm fairly new to all this.
Isadorian said:
I have TWRP installed but any time I try to Flash magisk, the boot image seems to corrupt and leaves me on the 'Bootloader unlocked' screen. I have to boot back into bootloader and use the 'repair recovery boot loop' option just to get back into my phone which then doesn't have Magisk available and root has not taken. Does anyone have any advice? Is there a boot image I need to flash after Magisk maybe? I'm fairly new to all this.
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Hello, would love to know because I have same issue here …
In fact I could effectively have root and magisk installed once, then I installed viper which didn't work... I removed viper module from Magisk Manager, then reboot, then got into the issue you describe. The 'repair recovery boot loop' allows booting but magisk is removed. And if I flash magisk again from TWRP, then the phone won't boot.
I tried reinstall TWRP/Magisk without success, tried lock/unlock bootloader (don't do that ! I could get out of it but no more success with magisk), also tried to remove the viper module with TWRP file manager (I could but it did not solve the issue), not sure what to do now.
What versions TWRP and Magisk?
After i tried to install busybox trough magisk manager on my 7 pro i can't boot in to the system anymore, I already deleted all magisk modules trough recovery and it is still booting directly in to fastboot mode.
Is there any way to boot in to the system again without flashing stock rom ?
Twrp is still accessible.
Im running Android 10, the newest magisk and the newest twrp.
Edit: found the solution, i Just used the fix Recovery bootloop option in twrp and it worked all fine but i needed to flash magisk again
powerbuffboy said:
After i tried to install busybox trough magisk manager on my 7 pro i can't boot in to the system anymore, I already deleted all magisk modules trough recovery and it is still booting directly in to fastboot mode.
Is there any way to boot in to the system again without flashing stock rom ?
Twrp is still accessible.
Im running Android 10, the newest magisk and the newest twrp.
Edit: found the solution, i Just used the fix Recovery bootloop option in twrp and it worked all fine but i needed to flash magisk again
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Hey powerbuffboy, I have the same issue,
I can't seem to find this "fix recovery bootloop" option.
What version of TWRP are you running?
powerbuffboy said:
After i tried to install busybox trough magisk manager on my 7 pro i can't boot in to the system anymore, I already deleted all magisk modules trough recovery and it is still booting directly in to fastboot mode.
Is there any way to boot in to the system again without flashing stock rom ?
Twrp is still accessible.
Im running Android 10, the newest magisk and the newest twrp.
Edit: found the solution, i Just used the fix Recovery bootloop option in twrp and it worked all fine but i needed to flash magisk again
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You can also try to flash boot.img ... It may fixed the issue
powerbuffboy said:
After i tried to install busybox trough magisk manager on my 7 pro i can't boot in to the system anymore, I already deleted all magisk modules trough recovery and it is still booting directly in to fastboot mode.
Is there any way to boot in to the system again without flashing stock rom ?
Twrp is still accessible.
Im running Android 10, the newest magisk and the newest twrp.
Edit: found the solution, i Just used the fix Recovery bootloop option in twrp and it worked all fine but i needed to flash magisk again
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Same problem, solved in same way, but i cant install Magisk again without going to bootloop
Cronoss said:
Hey powerbuffboy, I have the same issue,
I can't seem to find this "fix recovery bootloop" option.
What version of TWRP are you running?
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Go to TWRP/ Advanced and click on Fix Recovery Bootloop
PS.
Im talking about TWRP 3.3.1.79-maurofrio
PPS.
You will lose ROOT
Hello.
After the 12.1.3 update, with the new Magisk app the instructions state that we should extract the recovery.img patch it and flash it to the device in fastboot. After a restart the phone should be rooted. This is however not the case. When I try to flash OrangeFox, and flash the avb patcher from Mauronofrio, OrangeFox remains after a reboot and I can enter it any time holding the volume up at boot. So in theory the recovery partition should not be overwritten to default on restart.
But when I flash over a default-magisk-flashed image, the phone remains un-rooted.
Am I doing something wrong or is this an on-going issue?
Intruder_Alert said:
Hello.
After the 12.1.3 update, with the new Magisk app the instructions state that we should extract the recovery.img patch it and flash it to the device in fastboot. After a restart the phone should be rooted. This is however not the case. When I try to flash OrangeFox, and flash the avb patcher from Mauronofrio, OrangeFox remains after a reboot and I can enter it any time holding the volume up at boot. So in theory the recovery partition should not be overwritten to default on restart.
But when I flash over a default-magisk-flashed image, the phone remains un-rooted.
Am I doing something wrong or is this an on-going issue?
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When u have a customer recovery, download the last magisk.zip and flash it. Simple
Release Magisk v22.0 · topjohnwu/Magisk
RESTORE THE EXISTING MAGISK MANAGER BACK TO NORMAL BEFORE UPGRADING IF HIDDEN! Another major Magisk release! This time our focus is not the core Magisk implementation, but rather on improving the w...
github.com
In the installation guide they wrote that u have rename only the apk to zip. Very simple
joke19 said:
When u have a customer recovery, download the last magisk.zip and flash it. Simple
Release Magisk v22.0 · topjohnwu/Magisk
RESTORE THE EXISTING MAGISK MANAGER BACK TO NORMAL BEFORE UPGRADING IF HIDDEN! Another major Magisk release! This time our focus is not the core Magisk implementation, but rather on improving the w...
github.com
In the installation guide they wrote that u have rename only the apk to zip. Very simple
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That is only for the Magisk app, not to root the phone. Rooting the phone is a totally different procedure.
Number ome was the last zip with I root my phone with simple flash and number 2 is the new one.
Look inside.
Here the how to from magisk for a customer recovery.
Download the Magisk APK
Rename the .apk file extension to .zip, for example: Magisk-v22.0.apk → Magisk-v22.0.zip. If you have trouble renaming the file extension (like on Windows), use a file manager on Android or the one included in TWRP to rename the file.
Flash the zip just like any other ordinary flashable zip.
Check whether the Magisk app is installed. If it isn’t installed automatically, manually install the APK.
Intruder_Alert said:
Hello.
After the 12.1.3 update, with the new Magisk app the instructions state that we should extract the recovery.img patch it and flash it to the device in fastboot. After a restart the phone should be rooted. This is however not the case. When I try to flash OrangeFox, and flash the avb patcher from Mauronofrio, OrangeFox remains after a reboot and I can enter it any time holding the volume up at boot. So in theory the recovery partition should not be overwritten to default on restart.
But when I flash over a default-magisk-flashed image, the phone remains un-rooted.
Am I doing something wrong or is this an on-going issue?
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Did you solve it? After I've updated to V12.1.2.0.RFDMIXM Android 11, I can't install Magisk through TWRP, even with the latest canary release
Also tried installing through patching boot.img and recovery.img, with magisk 21.4, 22.0, and latest canary (22006). Everytime system refuses to boot (shows MIUI boot screen for a couple of minutes, then vibrator, then system reboots to recovery).
I've also searched in https://xiaomi.eu/ forums, and the official Magisk general support thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/magisk-general-support-discussion.3432382/ but can't find any solutions.
wedgehog said:
Did you solve it? After I've updated to V12.1.2.0.RFDMIXM Android 11, I can't install Magisk through TWRP, even with the latest canary release
Also tried installing through patching boot.img and recovery.img, with magisk 21.4, 22.0, and latest canary (22006). Everytime system refuses to boot (shows MIUI boot screen for a couple of minutes, then vibrator, then system reboots to recovery).
I've also searched in https://xiaomi.eu/ forums, and the official Magisk general support thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/magisk-general-support-discussion.3432382/ but can't find any solutions.
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Patching the images does not work. But installing the magisk.zip (the latest version) through TWRP or OrangeFox does work (tested and confirmed)! I don't get why it works when installing the zip and does not when patching a recovery.img but this is what we got...
Fun Fact, the instruction manual states you have to hold the HW key to enter recovery until the boot logo shows up, for me now the device is rooted on every boot without any issues, without the need to hold down any buttons.
wedgehog said:
Did you solve it? After I've updated to V12.1.2.0.RFDMIXM Android 11, I can't install Magisk through TWRP, even with the latest canary release
Also tried installing through patching boot.img and recovery.img, with magisk 21.4, 22.0, and latest canary (22006). Everytime system refuses to boot (shows MIUI boot screen for a couple of minutes, then vibrator, then system reboots to recovery).
I've also searched in https://xiaomi.eu/ forums, and the official Magisk general support thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/magisk-general-support-discussion.3432382/ but can't find any solutions.
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I just decided to update to V12.1.3 yesterday and got the same problem as yours. Keep trying every version of magisk, from latest and its previous to no avail. It got stuck at MIUI logo even when I left for good half an hour. If I didnt flash magisk zip it loads just as normal but without root, but I still want magisk.
Today I just thought of trying different version of recovery. The current one is TWRP-3.3.2B-0219-XIAOMI_CC9PRO-CN-wzsx150 that got me stuck. Then I flash [email protected]_2.zip recovery. Flash V12.1.3 followed by Magisk-v22-0.zip using OrangeFox worked wonderful. Hope it can help you if you are still stuck like me. Now I can sleep at night.
pawn_broker004 said:
I just decided to update to V12.1.3 yesterday and got the same problem as yours. Keep trying every version of magisk, from latest and its previous to no avail. It got stuck at MIUI logo even when I left for good half an hour. If I didnt flash magisk zip it loads just as normal but without root, but I still want magisk.
Today I just thought of trying different version of recovery. The current one is TWRP-3.3.2B-0219-XIAOMI_CC9PRO-CN-wzsx150 that got me stuck. Then I flash [email protected]_2.zip recovery. Flash V12.1.3 followed by Magisk-v22-0.zip using OrangeFox worked wonderful. Hope it can help you if you are still stuck like me. Now I can sleep at night.
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Right now I'm still in trouble, after a Magisk update, my phone got stuck in bootloop I had to wipe everything.
But nor the latest .Eu or Global ROM works with Magisk now. I followed the guide by topjonwho (Magisk dev) that says if I don't have a boot.img, I have to modify the recovery.
Well, no luck.
But! If I take the boot.img from the fastboot ROM, and modify that with Magisk, I can boot it up with root. But if I flash that boot.img I'm still stuck on boot. Same with original and TWRP recovery.
You say using [email protected]_2.zip I can just simply flash Magisk 22.1 az a .zip, like in the good old days?
insetta said:
Right now I'm still in trouble, after a Magisk update, my phone got stuck in bootloop I had to wipe everything.
But nor the latest .Eu or Global ROM works with Magisk now. I followed the guide by topjonwho (Magisk dev) that says if I don't have a boot.img, I have to modify the recovery.
Well, no luck.
But! If I take the boot.img from the fastboot ROM, and modify that with Magisk, I can boot it up with root. But if I flash that boot.img I'm still stuck on boot. Same with original and TWRP recovery.
You say using [email protected]_2.zip I can just simply flash Magisk 22.1 az a .zip, like in the goof old days?
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Yup, tried that boot.img method doesn't work too.
It was magisk 22.0 when I upgraded to 12.1.3 but i guess 22.1 works the same. So nervous waiting the MIUI screen for about 15 minutes, relieved when it finally went through.
Now I'm already upgraded to 12.1.5 magisk 22.1 using the same method. Flash rom followed by magisk zip, like good old days.
pawn_broker004 said:
Yup, tried that boot.img method doesn't work too.
It was magisk 22.0 when I upgraded to 12.1.3 but i guess 22.1 works the same. So nervous waiting the MIUI screen for about 15 minutes, relieved when it finally went through.
Now I'm already upgraded to 12.1.5 magisk 22.1 using the same method. Flash rom followed by magisk zip, like good old days.
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So I'll have wait at boot for about 15 min? I'm afraid of screen burn-in.
Hi, I always use Orange fox but after the Android 11 update I am not able to see any files after installing custom recovery (Orange fox latest). When I boot my phone into orange fox recovery, it is not showing my files. Files are shown as renamed as fkffqwhfjkfhsf something like that
mdalarian said:
Hi, I always use Orange fox but after the Android 11 update I am not able to see any files after installing custom recovery (Orange fox latest). When I boot my phone into orange fox recovery, it is not showing my files. Files are shown as renamed as fkffqwhfjkfhsf something like that
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Can you see your files while your phone is booted into OS?
Chances are, the encryption type changed from FDE to FBE, meaning the master key no longer works.
I suggest you backup everything now to a computer, because you can end up like me, and lose access to any file on the phone.
If you saved everything you deem precious from your phone, you need to do a wipe, and then FORMAT /data in recovery.
This will factory reset your phone, but it will work proper with the recovery.
Hello everyone! Thanks in advance for taking a look at this thread.
I recently upgraded from a Pixel 2 to a Pixel 5 and decide to root my old phone and mess around with that before doing the same with my new phone. It's been several years since I've messed around with rooting a device, so I've spent some time this week refreshing myself on how to do so.
I've already unlocked my bootloader, but the main issue that I'm running into is when I try to install TWRP or Magisk. For some reason, when I try to flash TWRP (version 3.3.0.0), I've managed to install it properly but loading into recovery mode just leaves me stuck at the TWRP splash screen, while booting directly into it doesn't allow me to backup my data (kicking out an error 255 each time). It would be nice to have TWRP to be able to back up rather than starting from scratch each time, even if I've gotten quick at flashing the stock image when I screw up later.
As for Magisk, I've tried flashing the patched boot image through TWRP and received errors (size of image is larger than target device) as well as the .zip file which just caused a bootloop. I know you can install Magisk without TWRP, so I've tried doing that as well. I've been working with both Magisk 23.0 and the Canary build with no luck; after patching the boot image and attempting to flash it using fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img, I just repeatedly get an error showing "FAILED (remote: 'Error flashing partition')".
So far I've not really been able to find any solutions on how to fix this, so I feel a bit stuck at this point (and definitely questioning my ability to just follow directions). Any advice on how I might get around these errors?
Hello mate,
With regards to installing twrp, I think there is a workaround in the official twrp thread to get twrp installed with working decryption and working pin by rolling back to a pie build prior to encryption being broken for twrp. Personally I just fastboot it when needed to flash anything but sadly twrp back ups don't work (I'm on A11).
It sounds as if you have tried to install magisk a few ways but I found the simplest way was to install the latest magisk.apk then rename it to magisk.zip and flash it via fasbooted twrp.
It sounds as if you tried patching the image etc so may pay to reflash the stock boot.img and then do the APK/zip method to get magisk running.
Lastly, if you don't mind losing your data it may well pay to reflash a full stock.img and then try magisk again. It's solved a few dramas for me when stuff didn't seem to work first time round.