Hi folks,
i hope i im the right Forum as it seams more a xposed as supersu problem.
I have a Moto X Style rooted with System-less SuperSU 2.78 and Xposed "xposed-v86.1-sdk23" by romracer, Stock ROM 6.0.
Just got a notification that there is a security update available, proceeded but won´t flash. Stops with Error Code 7.
I thought OTA would work with system-less.
Tried also with disable Xposed. Same result. By the way when the phone reboots for flashing it goes into The Recover TWRP 3.0.2 GUI. Anyway i saw the error when switching to the log view.
Any idea whats wrong or i miss?
May i have to restore custom recovery, and if so can i flash the stock recovery with the existing TWRP or do i have to go ADB?
Thanks
Thomas
You have to flash stock recovery image (and probably also boot image) for OTA to work.
Simply use fastboot to flash those. Leave system intact.
Thanks, will do so.
I want to switch from SuperSU 2.79 to Magisk. I tried the unrooting option in SuperSU but the phone doesnt boot, it stays on the google image. Reflashed SuperSU 2.79 and phone boots without a problem.
Then i booted into botloader and flashed the original stock boot.img from n6f27c factory image, but same result, phone stays at the google image and doesnt boot. Reflasing supersu 2.79 fixes the problem.
What would be the best way to move from supersu to magisk without having to completely wipe phone and flash n6f27c factory file.
Would flashing boot.img and system.img be enough? And then install magisk from twrp to get root again or is there another option that works.
TMG1961 said:
I want to switch from SuperSU 2.79 to Magisk. I tried the unrooting option in SuperSU but the phone doesnt boot, it stays on the google image. Reflashed SuperSU 2.79 and phone boots without a problem.
Then i booted into botloader and flashed the original stock boot.img from n6f27c factory image, but same result, phone stays at the google image and doesnt boot. Reflasing supersu 2.79 fixes the problem.
What would be the best way to move from supersu to magisk without having to completely wipe phone and flash n6f27c factory file.
Would flashing boot.img and system.img be enough? And then install magisk from twrp to get root again or is there another option that works.
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Try using unsu.zip. You can find it in osm0sis' odds and ends thread. Scroll down through the first post.
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Try using unsu.zip. You can find it in osm0sis' odds and ends thread. Scroll down through the first post.
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Thanks, that did the trick. Rooted with Magisk now.
I had Magisk v14.0 running on my phone, which was installed using the patched_boot.img method. I had the stock recovery, stock ROM and kernel. But... a Magisk module I wanted to install required me to update Magisk, which I did using the in-app updater. On rebooting, the phone hung with a pulsating Samsung logo. I left it overnight to ensure it wasn't just a very long boot up.
I have seen a number of threads with people with the same solution. A fix appears to be to flash the latest Magisk-uninstaller zip then move back to Magisk 14.0. In order to do this, I flashed TWRP after reading the official thread but didn't swipe right (step 9 of the official guide) to allow system modifications and I didn't install SuperSU. I figured this may interfere with Magisk's systemless root. I did immediately flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 after flashing TWRP but I was still stuck at the pulsating Samsung logo. Since flashing TWRP, I have tried uninstalling Magisk, flashing no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 and reinstalling v14.0, v15.3, or removing Magisk completely. Doing combinations of these in the various sequences as suggested by those who have solved the issue from reading this thread and similar ones.
Should I allow TWRP to modify the system by swiping right and try the steps above again?
Assuming it's my boot.img that's cuasing this, I have tried signing but boot image with Chainfire's .zip that's mentioned here but that zip stopped flashing with an unexpected error.
The last thing I tried was to flash the original unpatched boot.img via TWRP. This gave a boot loop initially but when I reflashed it and immediately flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0, it progressed a bit further but got stuck at the pulsating Samsung logo again.
This thread shows someone who fixed the issue by installing a custom kernel. I haven't tried that yet. Is this a good idea?
I would be very grateful if you can suggest a way to repair my phone.
ssteward said:
I had Magisk v14.0 running on my phone, which was installed using the patched_boot.img method. I had the stock recovery, stock ROM and kernel. But... a Magisk module I wanted to install required me to update Magisk, which I did using the in-app updater. On rebooting, the phone hung with a pulsating Samsung logo. I left it overnight to ensure it wasn't just a very long boot up.
I have seen a number of threads with people with the same solution. A fix appears to be to flash the latest Magisk-uninstaller zip then move back to Magisk 14.0. In order to do this, I flashed TWRP after reading the official thread but didn't swipe right (step 9 of the official guide) to allow system modifications and I didn't install SuperSU. I figured this may interfere with Magisk's systemless root. I did immediately flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 after flashing TWRP but I was still stuck at the pulsating Samsung logo. Since flashing TWRP, I have tried uninstalling Magisk, flashing no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 and reinstalling v14.0, v15.3, or removing Magisk completely. Doing combinations of these in the various sequences as suggested by those who have solved the issue from reading this thread and similar ones.
Should I allow TWRP to modify the system by swiping right and try the steps above again?
Assuming it's my boot.img that's cuasing this, I have tried signing but boot image with Chainfire's .zip that's mentioned here but that zip stopped flashing with an unexpected error.
The last thing I tried was to flash the original unpatched boot.img via TWRP. This gave a boot loop initially but when I reflashed it and immediately flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0, it progressed a bit further but got stuck at the pulsating Samsung logo again.
This thread shows someone who fixed the issue by installing a custom kernel. I haven't tried that yet. Is this a good idea?
I would be very grateful if you can suggest a way to repair my phone.
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Try flashing magisk 15.3 + no verity stuff as suggested on that thread...
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ssteward said:
I had Magisk v14.0 running on my phone, which was installed using the patched_boot.img method. I had the stock recovery, stock ROM and kernel. But... a Magisk module I wanted to install required me to update Magisk, which I did using the in-app updater. On rebooting, the phone hung with a pulsating Samsung logo. I left it overnight to ensure it wasn't just a very long boot up.
I have seen a number of threads with people with the same solution. A fix appears to be to flash the latest Magisk-uninstaller zip then move back to Magisk 14.0. In order to do this, I flashed TWRP after reading the official thread but didn't swipe right (step 9 of the official guide) to allow system modifications and I didn't install SuperSU. I figured this may interfere with Magisk's systemless root. I did immediately flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 after flashing TWRP but I was still stuck at the pulsating Samsung logo. Since flashing TWRP, I have tried uninstalling Magisk, flashing no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 and reinstalling v14.0, v15.3, or removing Magisk completely. Doing combinations of these in the various sequences as suggested by those who have solved the issue from reading this thread and similar ones.
Should I allow TWRP to modify the system by swiping right and try the steps above again?
Assuming it's my boot.img that's cuasing this, I have tried signing but boot image with Chainfire's .zip that's mentioned here but that zip stopped flashing with an unexpected error.
The last thing I tried was to flash the original unpatched boot.img via TWRP. This gave a boot loop initially but when I reflashed it and immediately flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0, it progressed a bit further but got stuck at the pulsating Samsung logo again.
This thread shows someone who fixed the issue by installing a custom kernel. I haven't tried that yet. Is this a good idea?
I would be very grateful if you can suggest a way to repair my phone.
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Dont flash unpatched boot images using twrp
flash unpatched boot image or v14 boot image(that you made earlier) using pc ODIN/ any other prefered tool. Just flash the boot.img nothing else or you can use fastboot to only flash boot.img, it works 100% all times,after flashing it should boot normal
then make a new patched boot image for v15.3 from magisk app just as you made for v14 and flash using pc,then it should boot normally
many phones seem to show stuck at boot logo after moving from v14 to v15(especially v15.1 and v15.2) and also some some devices with f2fs storage seems working weirdly with audio mods.
teddy0209 said:
Try flashing magisk 15.3 + no verity stuff as suggested on that thread...
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I'm pretty sure that's one of the permutations I tried before but having just flashed those two zips again, after making sure any previous Magisk installations had been removed, I get the same result - stuck at the pulsating Samsung logo.
If someone can tell me what parts of the system the problematic in-app upgrade from v14.0 to v15.0 would have affected then I could perhaps have a better idea of what I need to fix to get my phone starting up again.
ssteward said:
I'm pretty sure that's one of the permutations I tried before but having just flashed those two zips again, after making sure any previous Magisk installations had been removed, I get the same result - stuck at the pulsating Samsung logo.
If someone can tell me what parts of the system the problematic in-app upgrade from v14.0 to v15.0 would have affected then I could perhaps have a better idea of what I need to fix to get my phone starting up again.
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Have you tried flashing your stock boot image or even dirty flashing your entire system with ODIN (as suggested above)? Magisk only edits the boot image, nothing else.
Supreme Genius said:
Dont flash unpatched boot images using twrp
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Sorry, my mistake. I did flash boot.img via Odin. It was the original boot.img file that I fed into Magisk v14.0 so it could create patched_boot.img.tar that originally worked. I'm going to try that again now.
Didgeridoohan said:
Have you tried flashing your stock boot image or even dirty flashing your entire system with ODIN (as suggested above)? Magisk only edits the boot image, nothing else.
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That's good to know, thanks. I do have the full system from sammobile from which I extracted boot.img, so could try that if the 'lighter touch' approaches fail.
UPDATE:
After using TWRP to uninstall Magisk v15.3, which restores the stock boot.img, the phone hangs with a pulsating Samsung logo.
Using Odin to flash boot.img.tar (which I extracted from stock ROM) in the AP slot, I get a different behaviour - a boot loop which shows the "Samsung Galaxy S7 | powered by android" screen momentarily before going black and repeating.
So, even with a stock boot.img (assuming I've got the correct .img, which I'm pretty sure I have) and that I flashed it correctly, again, I think I have) then there seems to be more going on than just a corrupted/incorrect boot.img.
What next? A dirty flash of the stock rom?
ssteward said:
UPDATE:
After using TWRP to uninstall Magisk v15.3, which restores the stock boot.img, the phone hangs with a pulsating Samsung logo.
Using Odin to flash boot.img.tar (which I extracted from stock ROM) in the AP slot, I get a different behaviour - a boot loop which shows the "Samsung Galaxy S7 | powered by android" screen momentarily before going black and repeating.
So, even with a stock boot.img (assuming I've got the correct .img, which I'm pretty sure I have) and that I flashed it correctly, again, I think I have) then there seems to be more going on than just a corrupted/incorrect boot.img.
What next? A dirty flash of the stock rom?
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Probably try that... Hope it's not a corrupt boot partition...
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ssteward said:
UPDATE:
After using TWRP to uninstall Magisk v15.3, which restores the stock boot.img, the phone hangs with a pulsating Samsung logo.
Using Odin to flash boot.img.tar (which I extracted from stock ROM) in the AP slot, I get a different behaviour - a boot loop which shows the "Samsung Galaxy S7 | powered by android" screen momentarily before going black and repeating.
So, even with a stock boot.img (assuming I've got the correct .img, which I'm pretty sure I have) and that I flashed it correctly, again, I think I have) then there seems to be more going on than just a corrupted/incorrect boot.img.
What next? A dirty flash of the stock rom?
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did you flash the previous v14 patched boot image again using ODIN? this should work
same boot loop problem prevailed on my s7 active and lenevo k8 and flashing the v14 patched boot image and then making new v15.3 boot image gave a perfectly working magisk, although my redmi 3 was showing same boot loop problem and i have to flash the stock rom ( used twrp to restore nandroid backup but boot loop was not solved )
It seems your lots of permutations and combinations have damaged post_fs config of the kernel so you have only option left is to dirty flash the ROM.
teddy0209 said:
Probably try that... Hope it's not a corrupt boot partition...
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Sounds ominous. How would I recognise this and fix it?
Supreme Genius said:
did you flash the previous v14 patched boot image again using ODIN? this should work.
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I don't seem to be able to find the patched_boot.img.tar that I used originally with Odin. I've checked a few different machines and on various SD cards but I only have the unpatched boot.img.
ssteward said:
Sounds ominous. How would I recognise this and fix it?
I don't seem to be able to find the patched_boot.img.tar that I used originally with Odin. I've checked a few different machines and on various SD cards but I only have the unpatched boot.img.
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Then you need to flash the ROM , if you got another device then you can make a patched v15.3 image and flash it
I used another phone to created a patched_boot.img.tar for v15.3 and flashed that with Odin but that gave me a boot loop. Trying this again but flashing no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 afterwards allowed me to get to the pulsating Samsung logo. So giving up on this approach, I dirty flashed my stock ROM and this worked but I was left looking at a pulsating Samsung logo for a nerve-racking 5 mins or more.
Thank you everyone for your help. I have my phone booting up again!
Now I need to work out install the latest Magisk successfully. If I try using the patched_boot.img.tar method with v15.3 then I'm back to the pulsating Samsung logo. Again. Using TWRP to flash the v15.3 zip gives the pulsating Samsung logo. I did select 'Preserve AVB 2.0/dm-verity. I also tried again with a clean stock ROM install and flashed the v15.3 zip and no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0, as suggested by someone who'd successfully installed v15.3. I'm at a bit of a loss.
One clue, TWRP couldn't see the internal SD card data (iow /data). I wasn't able to check this option in the 'Mount' menu in TWRP either. I think this points to /data being encrypted. TWRP could see it yesterday, so perhaps I've inadvertently encrypted this. I was careful to uncheck 'Preserve force encryption' in Magisk Manager. I guess now that I've unbricked my phone, I should start another thread for this magisk install issue but any help or pointers to relevant threads that I may have missed would be great.
Thanks again for all your help.
Title explains pretty much all of it. I tried to install SuperSU via TWRP, but I ended up installing it twice on accident and as a result I cannot fully uninstall (doing so from SuperSU fails) it so I can use Magisk instead. Problem is, in double flashing I deleted the boot image backup it made when it did it the first time. In order to maintain most of the stock functionality while being rooted with Magisk, and am I going to need to relock the bootloader and revert it back to stock and start over, or does someone have the backup files that I can use to revert it to the stock, unrooted 6.0.1 ROM so I can flash Magisk on?
It's a VM/Sprint 626S on Marshmallow, stock ROM.
After installing Magisk succesfully,I try to revert back to stock boot.img used fastboot flash.
Then My phone stuck in fastbootmode,no matter which methode used to reboot.
Only solution is flash Magisk patched boot.img,then everything goes ok.
My question is how can I revert back to stock boot.img to get ota update?
use DM-VERITY & FORCEENCRYPT DISABLER