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Magisk and custom ROM update

Hi, I'm using Magisk on my LG G2 with RessurectionRemix 5.7 and am looking to update to the Nougat version 5.8. I want to start clean, so will wipe system before the update, but will I have to flash Magisk again after that? What are the steps here, flash the ROM + gapps, unroot, flash Magisk?

de.er said:
Hi, I'm using Magisk on my LG G2 with RessurectionRemix 5.7 and am looking to update to the Nougat version 5.8. I want to start clean, so will wipe system before the update, but will I have to flash Magisk again after that? What are the steps here, flash the ROM + gapps, unroot, flash Magisk?
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Yep that should be about it. To be sure try safetynet after unrooting and after magisk

guessingagain said:
Yep that should be about it. To be sure try safetynet after unrooting and after magisk
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Flashed the ROM and magisk last night, so far so good, safetynet passes I went for a clean install this time, but if I was to dirty flash an update now would magisk survive that?

de.er said:
Flashed the ROM and magisk last night, so far so good, safetynet passes I went for a clean install this time, but if I was to dirty flash an update now would magisk survive that?
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No because Magisk modifies the boot image, which gets overwritten with a new one when you flash a ROM, clean or dirty. So you'll need to flash Magisk again.

The Flash said:
No because Magisk modifies the boot image, which gets overwritten with a new one when you flash a ROM, clean or dirty. So you'll need to flash Magisk again.
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Was suspecting this might be the case, thanks for clarifying this. At least I know all the steps now, should be only getting more familiar with every flash

de.er said:
Flashed the ROM and magisk last night, so far so good, safetynet passes I went for a clean install this time, but if I was to dirty flash an update now would magisk survive that?
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afaik Resurrection Remix has addon.d (check if /system/addon.d exists)
you can test this https://github.com/osm0sis/GN-Synap...mdisk/res/synapse/scripts/999-customkernel.sh or modify it to flash magisk instead of the backup (in case you got an updated kernel)

crusader727 said:
afaik Resurrection Remix has addon.d (check if /system/addon.d exists)
you can test this https://github.com/osm0sis/GN-Synap...mdisk/res/synapse/scripts/999-customkernel.sh or modify it to flash magisk instead of the backup (in case you got an updated kernel)
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wow, that'd be great if it worked. I can confirm addon.d exists, I might try this next time. Do I just put the script into addon.d and flash ROM?

de.er said:
Do I just put the script into addon.d and flash ROM?
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yes :good:
//btw:
yesterday I posted a feature request to add this to Magisk Manager: https://github.com/topjohnwu/MagiskManager/issues/72

crusader727 said:
yes :good:
//btw:
yesterday I posted a feature request to add this to Magisk Manager: https://github.com/topjohnwu/MagiskManager/issues/72
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Flashed an RR update to 5.8.1 over the weekend and it went smoother than I expected, to be honest. Didn't use the script you mentioned in the end, just flashed the new ROM, gapps, unsu.zip, magisk and phh's su in TWRP and rebooted. Simple.

de.er said:
Flashed an RR update to 5.8.1 over the weekend and it went smoother than I expected, to be honest. Didn't use the script you mentioned in the end, just flashed the new ROM, gapps, unsu.zip, magisk and phh's su in TWRP and rebooted. Simple.
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Yes, of course the manual method works :good:
phh-SU was removed in Magisk v11 btw - root is now integrated (MagiskSU).

I still need to have phh's Superuser management app installed. And now on boot I get a notification that my SU binary is out of date. The transition here has been a bit rough.

sweenish said:
I still need to have phh's Superuser management app installed. And now on boot I get a notification that my SU binary is out of date. The transition here has been a bit rough.
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Are you on about updating your ROM or magisk? Phh su app is required for magisk v10.2, you need to remove it if you're using magisk v11 or later

The Flash said:
No because Magisk modifies the boot image, which gets overwritten with a new one when you flash a ROM, clean or dirty. So you'll need to flash Magisk again.
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In reference to this, does reflashing Magisk alter anything within Magisk? Namely and really the only thing that would come to mind is it downgrading the Manager app to whatever is in the installer and possibly resetting it settings.

After installing magisk, root not working

After installing the magisk as I was rooted, I installed 2-3 mods ie flashed in twrp but after I rebooted my root is gone. Magisk manager is showing not rooted and when I re flashed supersu in twrp, installation was successful but still no root. What happened I don't know. Also I didn't install any phh supersu or busybox. Please help me regain my root.
HELP

It was a known bug in Magisk that you would lose root.
Magisk
v10.2
- [Magic Mount] Remove apps/priv-app from whitelist, should fix all crashes
- [phh] Fix binary out-of-date issue
- [scripts] Fix root disappear issue when upgrading within Magisk Manager
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So i'd make sure you flashed the latest version ? Pretty sure you have but if not might be worth flashing supersu then magisk over it again as it should recognise supersu and not modify it.

brichardson1991 said:
It was a known bug in Magisk that you would lose root.
So i'd make sure you flashed the latest version ? Pretty sure you have but if not might be worth flashing supersu then magisk over it again as it should recognise supersu and not modify it.
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Yeah I just installed the latest version 10.2 via play Store. Help me regain my root

Vaibhunk786 said:
Yeah I just installed the latest version 10.2 via play Store. Help me regain my root
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After installing from play store, did you "FLASH" magisk ?

brichardson1991 said:
After installing from play store, did you "FLASH" magisk ?
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No I didn't flash anything. It was an automatic process which installed magisk and prompted me that installation success and reboot. Then I rebooted and root was gone

Now should I run magisk unstaller zip in twrp followed by supersu and then again flash magisk v10. 2 via twrp.. Should I follow these steps to gain my root again.. Anyone please help. I'm stuck @brichardson1991

Try installing PHH superuser from play store.

I had a similar experience. Having to reflash stock now to try a different tact. I'd rather use SuperSU to be honest, rather than PHH superuser.

Same problem here, have to investigate whats going on.

MattBooth said:
I had a similar experience. Having to reflash stock now to try a different tact. I'd rather use SuperSU to be honest, rather than PHH superuser.
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yeah flashing the stock rom was the only viable option i think .

I have the same problem with latest magisk. After i installed mods root is gone and i can not root again. Only with supersu i have root. Magisk is very bugy.

Yeah it does appear the latest version now causes you to lose supersu

Same problem with me, on the OP3 running Open Beta 11. Reflashing SuperSU did not work. Rather than extract the boot.img to reflash that, I ended up reflashing the firmware (and ended up mistakenly using the 4.0.1 file instead of the OPB11 one!) ... Yet to try SuperSU and Magisk again on this, but figured better to investigate the issue before I attempt to reinstall.
From what I understand here, v10 won't have this problem, and its only on v11 that its cropped up again? Can anybody with v10 confirm this?

Magisk manager v13 not working

I have a blu r1 hd custom build v6.5 I have tried to install magisk manager (i have rooted with super su) but it fails every time I try I get an error message I'm the app and in TWRP I just want to know if anybody else has this problem and if there is any way to solve it

Jô$èph D said:
I have a blu r1 hd custom build v6.5 I have tried to install magisk manager (i have rooted with super su) but it fails every time I try I get an error message I'm the app and in TWRP I just want to know if anybody else has this problem and if there is any way to solve it
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I believe Magisk dropped SuperSu support at some point before v13. Magisk now includes its own systemless root solution, so SuperSu is not needed. Try uninstalling Magisk and SuperSu and flashing the latest 13.3 zip.

freespeechdev said:
I believe Magisk dropped SuperSu support at some point before v13. Magisk now includes its own systemless root solution, so SuperSu is not needed. Try uninstalling Magisk and SuperSu and flashing the latest 13.3 zip.
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Ok then ill give it a shot

freespeechdev said:
I believe Magisk dropped SuperSu support at some point before v13. Magisk now includes its own systemless root solution, so SuperSu is not needed. Try uninstalling Magisk and SuperSu and flashing the latest 13.3 zip.
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I need to get stock boot img I don't have it pls help

Jô$èph D said:
I need to get stock boot img I don't have it pls help
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Two options:
If you have a pre-supersu/Magisk backup, restore it (at least the boot part).
If you don't have a backup (I encourage you to make them in the future...):
You need to go to the forum post with the fixed prime 6.5 zip downloads. Download the ~1gb zip, unzip it, and grab the boot.img from there. Flash it in twrp by going to install, install image (bottom right). Choose boot. When the flash finishes, reboot to recovery and flash Magisk.

freespeechdev said:
Two options:
If you have a pre-supersu/Magisk backup, restore it (at least the boot part).
If you don't have a backup (I encourage you to make them in the future...):
You need to go to the forum post with the fixed prime 6.5 zip downloads. Download the ~1gb zip, unzip it, and grab the boot.img from there. Flash it in twrp by going to install, install image (bottom right). Choose boot. When the flash finishes, reboot to recovery and flash Magisk.
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Can you pls link me the post for that file

freespeechdev said:
Two options:
If you have a pre-supersu/Magisk backup, restore it (at least the boot part).
If you don't have a backup (I encourage you to make them in the future...):
You need to go to the forum post with the fixed prime 6.5 zip downloads. Download the ~1gb zip, unzip it, and grab the boot.img from there. Flash it in twrp by going to install, install image (bottom right). Choose boot. When the flash finishes, reboot to recovery and flash Magisk.
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Never mind man. I can't say thank you enough I found the stock ROM with the info you gave me. Flashing boot.img was successful and so was flashing the Magisk.zip again thanks

Jô$èph D said:
Never mind man. I can't say thank you enough I found the stock ROM with the info you gave me. Flashing boot.img was successful and so was flashing the Magisk.zip again thanks and I will stay active on this and other threads
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Sure thing. See you around!

Why would someone use Magisk instead of traditional root? Are there some apps that you need to use that won't work on the rooted phone? I guess that there are a few, like snap chat and maybe Netflix but I don't use those on the Blu R1 HD.
I followed Colton's original root thread and while he, at first, included Magisk, he later advised switching to the non-Magisk root and I did. What would I gain by switching back to Magisk?

yaconsult said:
Why would someone use Magisk instead of traditional root? Are there some apps that you need to use that won't work on the rooted phone? I guess that there are a few, like snap chat and maybe Netflix but I don't use those on the Blu R1 HD.
I followed Colton's original root thread and while he, at first, included Magisk, he later advised switching to the non-Magisk root and I did. What would I gain by switching back to Magisk?
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I wanted to use systemless xposed framework because the official version is not supported on my device. Also I wanted to use the modules that are specifically for magisk

yaconsult said:
Why would someone use Magisk instead of traditional root? Are there some apps that you need to use that won't work on the rooted phone? I guess that there are a few, like snap chat and maybe Netflix but I don't use those on the Blu R1 HD.
I followed Colton's original root thread and while he, at first, included Magisk, he later advised switching to the non-Magisk root and I did. What would I gain by switching back to Magisk?
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Systemless xposed does not work either found this out earlier today device would not boot after installation of xposed through magisk

Ah, that would be a problem for me. I wouldn't want to use a phone without xposed. I have to have all the tweaking and customizations available in gravitybox and a few other modules.
So what will you do now? Give up xposed or Magisk? Or try to find or wait for a version of xposed that works on Magish?
It was a long time ago, but I think I remember running into problems running xposed on Magisk and Colton provided some helpful advice in his original thread about reflashing the rom, getting root, then installing xposed - he had seperate threads for those.

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Ah, that would be a problem for me. I wouldn't want to use a phone without xposed. I have to have all the tweaking and customizations available in gravitybox and a few other modules.
So what will you do now? Give up xposed or Magisk? Or try to find or wait for a version of xposed that works on Magish?
It was a long time ago, but I think I remember running into problems running xposed on Magisk and Colton provided some helpful advice in his original thread about reflashing the rom, getting root, then installing xposed - he had seperate threads for those.
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I will have to see if it works when a new version of magisk is launched.

Magisk and Xposed

Does it work for anyone?
I don't know what to do.
I get consistent bootloops after I install Xposed Installer.
It works until that point.
This is what I do:
1) reflash stock rom
2) use Xperifix to install TWRP and Magisk
3) install Magisk Manager
4) install Xposed Installer https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/material-design-xposed-installer-t3137758
After I reboot phone after step 4), the phone ends up in bootloops and I can't boot it up even in safe mode.
What do I do? What's wrong? Help!

WalrusInAnus said:
What do I do? What's wrong? Help!
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First, what firmware are you using on your phone? The ONLY firmware that works with Xposed is .75 from April 2018.
If you flash .75 firmware and use Xperiafix to install magisk
Then open magisk and look in modules for Xposed framework (SDK 26)

What!!
This is not explained (warned about) anywhere!! Goddamn half a week wasted!
I have G8441_Customized CE1_1310-7123_47.1.A.16.20_R7B but also used .....12.270 or something before. Basically, the latest stock.
Why doesn't it work though?

look in Russel5 full_mod
post #47
It works for stock too.
customized DE 16.20

Updating Magisk version

First of all, I have very limited android experience but I need too root my phone for the functionality of an app that's critical to my business. Anyways, I'm running a Moto x4 with Pie. I already installed magisk 17.3 and magisk manager 6.0.1 using twrp recovery following a tutorial on youtube. When opening the magisk manager, it asked me to update to 7.1.1, which I did. Then it told me that I needed at least v18.0 magisk to be able to run the new magisk manager. Am I able to update magisk by flashing the new zip version in twrp, or is another method required since a prior version is already installed? Is this how I would install all future versions of magisk that comes out? Is there anything that I should know before flashing? I really don't want to get stuck in a boot loop or brick the phone.... Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

organicloot said:
First of all, I have very limited android experience but I need too root my phone for the functionality of an app that's critical to my business. Anyways, I'm running a Moto x4 with Pie. I already installed magisk 17.3 and magisk manager 6.0.1 using twrp recovery following a tutorial on youtube. When opening the magisk manager, it asked me to update to 7.1.1, which I did. Then it told me that I needed at least v18.0 magisk to be able to run the new magisk manager. Am I able to update magisk by flashing the new zip version in twrp, or is another method required since a prior version is already installed? Is this how I would install all future versions of magisk that comes out? Is there anything that I should know before flashing? I really don't want to get stuck in a boot loop or brick the phone.... Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
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You can update it from Magisk and as well as from TWRP...

organicloot said:
First of all, I have very limited android experience but I need too root my phone for the functionality of an app that's critical to my business. Anyways, I'm running a Moto x4 with Pie. I already installed magisk 17.3 and magisk manager 6.0.1 using twrp recovery following a tutorial on youtube. When opening the magisk manager, it asked me to update to 7.1.1, which I did. Then it told me that I needed at least v18.0 magisk to be able to run the new magisk manager. Am I able to update magisk by flashing the new zip version in twrp, or is another method required since a prior version is already installed? Is this how I would install all future versions of magisk that comes out? Is there anything that I should know before flashing? I really don't want to get stuck in a boot loop or brick the phone.... Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
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First of all: backup! Then you can bootloop, brick (or not!) with no worries. Do it with twrp.
Download latest (beta) Magisk 19.0, flash it under twrp and be happy.

Just to add to the above....
Since you're already rooted you don't have to flash the zip in TWRP. Just go to the Magisk Manager Modules section, click the "+"-button and select the Magisk zip. When it's done, reboot and you're updated.

Shubham259 said:
You can update it from Magisk and as well as from TWRP...
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I'm not able to open manager because it says I need at least v18.0. The app wont open.

Didgeridoohan said:
Just to add to the above....
Since you're already rooted you don't have to flash the zip in TWRP. Just go to the Magisk Manager Modules section, click the "+"-button and select the Magisk zip. When it's done, reboot and you're updated.
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If it's in the manager app, I'm not sure how to do it because it says that I can't open it with anything <v18.0.

wilsonhlacerda said:
First of all: backup! Then you can bootloop, brick (or not!) with no worries. Do it with twrp.
Download latest (beta) Magisk 19.0, flash it under twrp and be happy.
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Good news! The flash has been successful. And I learned about NANDroid backups. Super helpful! Thanks for the help!!

organicloot said:
If it's in the manager app, I'm not sure how to do it because it says that I can't open it with anything <v18.0.
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You could of course uninstall the incompatible Manager and reinstall the one that works with your Magisk version.
But, that's now besides the point.
A day when you learn something new is a good day. :good:

If you want to learn more, here's a trivia [emoji14]
Also install "Magisk Manager for Recovery Mode (mm)" module. Not promoting it, but I myself feel it's a good module that you need to have before playing with Magisk Modules
It allows you to manage Magisk Modules from TWRP itself. So next time you run into a bootloop, you know what to do
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