I soft bricked my G930FD when going from v14.0 to v15 using the in-app update but got it back by dirty flashing my stock ROM thanks to the help I got here.
Now I'd like to install the latest Magisk to get root back but despite reading a lot of threads where people solved similar issues going to v15 on Samsung devices and following their suggestions, I can't get Magisk to work and always get stuck on boot, either a boot loop, or more often, the pulsating Samsung logo.
If I try using the patched_boot.img.tar method with v15.3, which is technique I used originally to install v14.0, then I get stuck at the the pulsating Samsung logo. If I use TWRP to flash the v15.3 zip, I get a boot loop. At that point, flashing the stock boot.img allows me to boot or if I flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 then I get to the pulsating Samsung logo. I did select 'Preserve AVB 2.0/dm-verity' in Magisk Manager.
I also tried again with a clean stock ROM install and flashed the v15.3 zip and immediately flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0, as suggested by someone who'd successfully installed v15.3 on an S7, but again, stuck at the pulsating Samsung logo.
One clue perhaps, 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 before I dirty flashed the ROM, so perhaps I've inadvertently encrypted this. I was careful to uncheck 'Preserve force encryption' in Magisk Manager , which seemed to default on.
I'm at a bit of a loss so would really appreciate it if you can tell me how to get up and running with Magisk v15 on my Samsung Galaxy S7 if you've managed this yourself.
Can anyone share how they've done this?
Hi,
I need some help
Today I successfully installed the newest stable Xiaomi.eu-ROM on my finally unlocked Mi8, using TWRP from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-3-1110-t3869729
TWRP is working flawlessly, but I didn't succeed in making root with Magisk to work.
What I did:
- I booted into TWRP
- formatted data
- rebooted back into TWRP
- flashed DM-verity disabler from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/universal-dm-verity-forceencrypt-t3817389
- flashed Magisk v18.0 right after from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445
- wiped dalvik cache
- rebooted the phone
But everytime I did it, I didn't had root access (checked with Root Checker app) when the phone finally booted up to MIUI 10.1.2.0 (PEACNFI).
I even didn't have Magisk Manager showed up.
Can you tell me what I did wrong? I don't have a clue
Thanks a lot and best regards
Mischa
what does magisk manager tell you about your magisk installation status?
Strange thing...
After I rebooted the phone, there was no Magisk Manager nor the phone was rooted, what I checked with Root Checker app.
Then I used it a couple minutes before it became really laggy. My chosen theme disappeared back to stock theme, scrolling was nearly impossible and the screen went black.
I was not able to wake up the display again, so I held down the power button a couple seconds until the phone rebooted.
Now I saw that the Magisk Manager was installed, without me doing anything else than rebooting after the phone got unusable.
Weird, right? I read that there might be lags after installing Magisk, but that it's going to be like that was surprising.
Anyway, I have root now, TWRP works, Magisk v18 is installed. Now I only have to find some must-have-modules, e.g. like stereo-mod.
BTW, could it be that Netflix isn't working on rooted phones? I always get error 14 saying that the Netflix-service is not reachable even though I have internet connection.
hey dude i know this isnt a guide
but i followed your kind of direction after spending the whole afternoon and few hours in the evening to figure how to root this phone and finally it worked (so far)
thanks a lot my man
and i didnt even format after flashing twrp i hope it didnt **** up my phone
Hello everyone,
I recently wanted to root my galaxy tab s2 and install a custom rom on it to enhance performance, someting i've done before with my old phone where everything worked fine. So i used autoroot to root the tablet which worked fine and choose to install lineageos afterwards. i found a fitting version of lineage on their official website, installed twrp on my tablet and used it to install lineageos and GApps. However i did not unlock my bootloader using adb since i didnt have to do that back when i rooted my phone and i read on a forum that unlocking oem in the developer settings would be enough. This is where the problems start. After i installed the custom rom the tablet would try to boot into the os for a couple of minutes only showing a loading animation just to boot straight into recovery mode afterwards. In an attempt to fix the error i used odin to install a stock rom from sammobile on the tablet. However now it doesnt even boot into recovery anymore. instead it only shows the stock rom loading animation until the battery emptys. Though i can enter download mode from that position and then cancel it in order to reboot the device which enables me to enter recovery mode. Does anyone have an idea how i could boot a normal os again or is the device hard bricked? The only idea i have left is trying to install a new os from an sd card.
I have the same issue. I installed unofficial lineageos 16 to exynos 2015 t810. I have newest odin and twrp. Im wondering if i need to install or unlock the bootloader to get past the logo loop then recovery bootup after 5 minutes. I followed clean tutorials.
Update: i found this to try.
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Originally Posted by -beluga-
Hi, first of all thanks for the ROM. Unfortunately I am unable to get my T710 running properly with today's packages (it ran 15.1 so far)
- lineage-16.0-20191009-UNOFFICIAL-gts28wifi.zip
- addonsu-16.0-arm-signed.zip
- open_gapps-arm-9.0-pico-20191009.zip (some with nano or stock)
I am doing a full clean install every time (over 10x so far) but only get it to boot using the ROM alone. Any mod, such as addonsu, gapps or even trwp app cause it to show the Lineage boot screen for quite a while until dropping back into TWRP. Since there is a virtually infinite amount of permutations which versions to try - can someone who is successfully installed 16.0 with Gapps on a T710 let me know their version combination please?
Thanks.
pico-20191009 is giving problems with the 1009 build on my T810 too. Pico-20191006 and Magisk 19.4 are doing the trick for me.
Don't know about other combinations
BTW, it's advised not to install the TWRP app as it is known for causing bootloops on this rom.
Don't know for sure, but wiping internal storage before installing rom might be useful too.
Hello,
I purchased a G970F for the second time because I hard-bricked the first one due to not exercising as much caution, and since then, I've learned about the added difficulty the S10 generation has compared to the only other Samsungs I've had the displeasure of working with (S5, S4). I've read a number of guides since then, but I'm not entirely sure which still apply and which do not, since a lot of them are from 2019 / early 2020, and I've somehow managed to only soft-brick it once before bringing it back to current condition.
So, where I stand with my G970F:
Bootloader unlocked, downloaded the latest firmware via Frija (Android 11), patched the AP file, flashed the patched AP, along with BL, CP, CSC via Odin, booted with Magisk, then installed TWRP with SU privileges by downloading TWRP on the Play Store, going through the steps, yadda yadda. I've followed the two official guides (Official installation steps for Magisk by John Wu, and TWRP installation guide for Samsung Galaxy S10e (Exynos), also on the official page.
This is where I get stuck. I've come across some older guides on XDA that mention flashing multi-disabler, as well as mention of disabling FBE immediately after installing TWRP, on the TWRP 3.4.0 for Galaxy s10 Exynos thread on XDA. I don't know if these still apply (they're from 2019), because when I tried disabling FBE and booting to TWRP, it still shows the directories as encrypted hash, and when I tried flashing the multi-disabler on TWRP and rebooting, it gets stuck on Samsung splash (soft bricked), so I had to reboot to TWRP, reboot to download mode via ADB, then reflash the firmware with patched OS to start over. Multi-disabler soft-bricked my device, so I'm guessing it's not compatible with devices with Android 11?
The end goal for me here is to flash a custom rom safely, but I'm concerned about a few things:
The first time I hard-bricked my first G970F, it was during a root attempt, and the last thing I did was wipe data on TWRP, flash a zip, and reboot - and this essentially made it impossible to get into either Download mode or Recovery, it would just vibrate on black screen, stuck in a forever boot loop with no means to turn it off. I had to open the device to manually disconnect the battery.
I'm being extra cautious not to repeat the above scenario, so here is where my concern is: I've read that S10 series only have an A partition which leads to Magisk having to reside in a parasite-like existence with recovery, and the other landmine is that there is a 'VaultKeeper' that locks up the bootloader if an unauthorized OS is detected or some sort? I'm thinking that maybe either of these was responsible for my first G970F being stuck in an unbootable state, so I want to navigate carefully here.
I want to flash one of the unofficial roms linked on XDA by @expressluke , and I have Magisk patched AP + stock firmware + TWRP, only steps I have taken were from the two official guides (not XDA threads) for TWRP and Magisk, which never mentioned 'multi-disabler' nor disabling FBE. From my current state, how do I go about flashing the custom rom without potentially damaging recovery / partitions / triggering some Samsung trap like VaultKeeper? I'm a bit keen to do this, since it looks like having Magisk + stock firmware for some reason only recognizes my storage as 32GB instead of 128GB.
For some odd reason Magisk breaks auto-rotation and sets selinux to permissive on boot after updating to 25.2 (from 25.1).
This is not the first time Magisk messes up Selinux rules. I usuall solved this by making a fresh OS install already with patched boot and by installing the managing app afterwards.
However, this time autorotation stopped working for some reason. And when i try to uninstall Magisk using its app -- OS no longer boots, as if it fails to restore initial boot image.
This selinux problem began since v25.
I use latest official build of Lineage OS 18.1. I have TWRP installed, which i use to install LineageOS.
What am i doing wrong? Has anyone experienced such issues?
I posted the same problem here (did not notice/checked SELinux back then and sound is probably also not working), figured out that all sensors do not work, checked with "Sensor Test" app. I was already considering a separate thread, thus I'll continue here, because this issue definitely deserves a separate thread. Documentation is so scattered and sometimes so confusionly described, that it was hard to make sense of it all...
(Disclaimer: Although I have necessary experience with installing custom ROMs etc., everything stated below is at my own understanding ).
My device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e LTE
My goal was: TWRP, LineageOS and Magisk. How hard can it be?
Problems are that (most of the) Samsung devices do not have a "ramdisk" partition where Magisk is normally installed, also the increasingly complexity of encryption en integrity checks makes this more annoying.
First, let me retrace my steps, as far as I can.
When reading the TWRP page, we get a clue where to start: "You are therefore strongly advised to first root your device with Magisk and then pre-root a TWRP image before flashing it to recovery", this is because "Both TWRP and Magisk-rooted Android boot using the recovery kernel, with the device's hardware keys used to choose between TWRP and Android at boot time".
(Magisk "hijacks" part of the recovery partition, since the absence of a ramdisk partition.)
Spoiler: later on you learn this is not completely the case any more, but I would still recommend to hold on to this method, because the TWRP page also states that: "The usual path of installing TWRP prior to rooting is problematic on this device, because the Magisk installer does not support installation to recovery from TWRP. Furthermore, prior rooting of the device with Magisk carries the significant advantage of disabling various device protection mechanisms that you will otherwise need to take care of manually.", and it continues with more scary warnings...
1. Thus followed the Samsung section of the Magisk documentation to have the bootloader unlocked and Magisk installed, but stock firmware is still installed, no problem whatsoever.
Then decipher the already mentioned instruction: "...pre-root a TWRP image before flashing it to recovery". This apparently means that Magisk has to patch the TWRP image, just like as was done with the Samsung firmware.
2. Downloaded the *.tar file of TWRP, extracted the image, patched with Magisk and repacked to the *.tar file with 7-Zip in order to be able to flash it with Odin (see step 4).
*3. I do not recall when I installed the "VBMeta file", although this is instructed in the Lineage OS installation instructions, when following the TWRP instructions it says "...you can now jump to its own section", thus skipping it?? (I did it somewhere in the process...)
Unknown: whether it is still required to patch and flash VBmeta (to disable some verification process)...
4. Flash TWRP recovery, see YouTube video below. This video mentions the use of "multidisabler-samsung", which disables "FBE, proca, Vaultkeeper and auto-reflash of stock recovery on Samsung Pie devices". Current latest version was 3.1, downloaded from this XDA post, I think.
Just as in the YouTube video, I also was stuck at the Samsung logo. After booting into the stock firmware you can check if Magisk still works.
Not sure: "multidisabler-samsung" needed?
5. Install LineageOS (and GApps). The most straightforward step, just install LineageOS, read the instructions. Then install GApps (e.g., BiTGApps).
6. After booting (power and volume + button) and setting up LineageOS, a Magisk icon should be visible in the app drawer, click it and the Magisk app is installed, when opened, Magisk is setting up a few more things and reboots the tablet.
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This is the point were you finally think you made it, but no, here the issues arise.
Issues thus being SELinux permissive status (Xandros Darkstorm), no sound and non-working sensors, thus "auto rotating" feature is not working.
At this point I started to regret my purchase...
In the search of a solution to the problem I stumbled upon the following familiar and solved Magisk issue #4911 (LineageOS 18.1 no sound and no sensors after booting with Magisk), which refers to issue #4394 (Magisk > 21.4 is difficult to install on LineageOS (18.1) with TWRP (Direct Install not enabled unless you use old zip)).
In short: this post mentioned patching the boot image instead of the recovery image.
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I. I extracted "boot.img" from the LineageOS zip file, patched it via Magisk (ramdisk is added to the boot image) and replaced the "boot.img" in the zip file with 7-Zip.
II. Booted into TWRP, flashed an original TWRP image, so recovery is replaced. (Rebooted I guess.)
III. Then wiped previously LineageOS installation and, flashed the LineageOS zip file with patched boot image and GApps and rebooted to system.
IV. After setting up, install Magisk, let is do its thing.
V. I installed "Root Checker Basic" in order to check I gained root checker. It was a PASS! And checked with "Sensor Test" if all sensors worked, they did! And sound also worked .
Yay!
Clearly, all of this can be optimized. Some questions remain, what steps are really necessary and I am also still wondering how to apply a LineageOS update... Anyhow at least it is working.
What resolved
Xandros Darkstorm said:
For some odd reason Magisk breaks auto-rotation and sets selinux to permissive on boot after updating to 25.2 (from 25.1).
This is not the first time Magisk messes up Selinux rules. I usuall solved this by making a fresh OS install already with patched boot and by installing the managing app afterwards.
However, this time autorotation stopped working for some reason. And when i try to uninstall Magisk using its app -- OS no longer boots, as if it fails to restore initial boot image.
This selinux problem began since v25.
I use latest official build of Lineage OS 18.1. I have TWRP installed, which i use to install LineageOS.
What am i doing wrong? Has anyone experienced such issues?
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What fixed this for me is after re-flashing stock in Odin to get everything working again, just rename the magisk apk to install.zip and flash that in twrp, and open the magisk app once booted, no other steps needed for install, no image patching or anything.
Might be worth seeing if this is the same issue or if there's a more fundamental problem with 25.2
Hi,
I stumbled upon this thread while searching for a way to install Magisk on a S5e.
Following the guide here: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/gts4lvwifi/install I already unlocked the bootloader, flashed vbmeta.tar with Odin, flashed lineage-19.1-20221114-recovery-gts4lvwifi.img with Odin and flashed lineage-19.1-20221114-nightly-gts4lvwifi-signed.zip with TWRP-recovery.
Lineage is working fine, but I would also like to use Magisk.
I understood, that the order I follwed is not the recommended order for having both Magisk and Lineage. At least, that is, what you described at the beginning of your post.
But as with your last part you mentioned, that there where issues with sensors, ...
And the solution was to
I. Replace recovery with a patched boot.img of Lineage zip and wipe a prev. Lineage installation
I guess, I might be able to stiull do that though I already have Lineage on the S5e (currently with Lineage/TWRP recovery), right?
I can patch the boot.img from within lineage-19.1-20221114-nightly-gts4lvwifi-signed.zip with Magisk app, right?
Or would I have to patch lineage-19.1-20221114-recovery-gts4lvwifi.img
Is there anything to consider, when zipping the image with the patched boot.img again?
Which TWRP image did you choose to be flashed at step II.?
Barium said:
I. I extracted "boot.img" from the LineageOS zip file, patched it via Magisk (ramdisk is added to the boot image) and replaced the "boot.img" in the zip file with 7-Zip.
II. Booted into TWRP, flashed an original TWRP image, so recovery is replaced. (Rebooted I guess.)
III. Then wiped previously LineageOS installation and, flashed the LineageOS zip file with patched boot image and GApps and rebooted to system.
IV. After setting up, install Magisk, let is do its thing.
V. I installed "Root Checker Basic" in order to check I gained root checker. It was a PASS! And checked with "Sensor Test" if all sensors worked, they did! And sound also worked .
Yay!
Clearly, all of this can be optimized. Some questions remain, what steps are really necessary and I am also still wondering how to apply a LineageOS update... Anyhow at least it is working.
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Thanks
If this is also a solution, can you please let me know, if there is anyhting to consider, when flashing the stock (got it from SAMMOBILE)? Can the lineage-19.1-20221114-recovery-gts4lvwifi.img still be left on the tab?
After re-flashing the stock, I guess you flashed lineage again, right?
Or did you stay with the stock and just flashed magisk (after renaming the apk to zip)?
Thanks
TheTofu said:
What fixed this for me is after re-flashing stock in Odin to get everything working again, just rename the magisk apk to install.zip and flash that in twrp, and open the magisk app once booted, no other steps needed for install, no image patching or anything.
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I dared patching the TWRP recover for S5e and flashed it via Odin (AP).
S5e boots up in Lineage, Magisk is working fine.
But when I power off the tablet or restart, Lineage Recovery shows up telling me, that my data would be corrupt.
My only options are to try again or to do a factory reset.
Only way out of this is to re-flash the above mentioned recovery image again.
So how do I get the Magisk patched TWRP recovery permanent?
I wiped system? and re-flashed Lineage via TWRP, got "original" TWRP Recovery for S5e Magisk permanent.
I have to admid, I tried several things and got lucky I did not break something.
I had nearly, what I wanted - TWRP, Lineage and Magisk, but there were issues with the sensors (no auto rotate).
Again I helped myself:
1) flashed the original, unpatched TWRP Recovery for S5e
2) flashed unpatched Lineage for S5e
3) flashed MindTheGapps
4) flashed Magisk-v25.2.apk
No bootloop, original TWRP permanent, Magisks working fine, no issues with sensors.
Tried steps 1, 2 and 4 with the Lineage Recovery and it worked too.