Can't seem to patch stock rom using magisk v23, do I have the right file? What am I doing wrong? - Google Pixel 3a XL Questions & Answers

I'm new to rooting and I'm trying to root a Pixel 3a XL I've just inherited. Following steps from a tutorial, I've unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk v23.0 on the phone, and I copied on the internal storage all the files from the zip file I downloaded from Google that are supposed to be the stock ROM for my build #. There are 2 .img files in there: bootloader-bonito-b4s4-0.3-7062600.img and radio-bonito-g670-00105-210113-b-7078968.img (there are a few scripts and another zip file in there too). The first one seems to be the boot file (Ramdisk is YES in Magisk), but when I try patching it (Magisk Install > Select and Patch a File > I choose the file via my file manager), I get the following error messages: 'Unsupported/Unknown image format' 'Installation failed'. The same thing happens if I try the other image file.
I obviously don't want to trial and error too much patching a rom that I'm going to flash my phone with. Any idea what I'm doing wrong there? Thank you!
EDIT: I had also done a checksum of the archive I downloaded from Google and it all lined up, so that shouldn't be the issue.

you need to patch the kernel. inside the zip is a second zip. in there is a file boot.img. that is the kernel. extract and copy it to your phone, then you can patch it, copy it back to your fastboot capable machine, and flash
ei: boot.img within a .zip within a .zip

hp420 said:
you need to patch the kernel. inside the zip is a second zip. in there is a file boot.img. that is the kernel. extract and copy it to your phone, then you can patch it, copy it back to your fastboot capable machine, and flash
ei: boot.img within a .zip within a .zip
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It worked, thank you so much!

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[Q] Astro- copy,paste files option is grayed out

Im trying to copy and paste a recovery file in a zip file "3e_recovery_no_sig_check1" from another post which is supposed to allow unsigned zip files to be flashed in 2.2. I extracted the "Recovery File" from the zip and placed it in the Sdcard folder. I downloaded Astro in order to access the extracted Recovery File so I could replace the existing Recovery File located in the System/Bin location.
However, the cut and paste option in Astro is grayed out not allowing me to replace the recovery file. Is there a way to activate the cut and paste (rw)feature? All files in System/Bin are labeled -r-.
Previous Post: "I have noticed some of you are having issues after installing a new kernel or rom, when you boot into recovery you now have 3e, which does not allow unsigned zips to be flashed. With this version of 3e it has no-verification check, now allowing you to flash whatever you want.
This zip has
1) 3e recovery modified to disable signature checking
2) disables the forced wipe after installing any update.

[Guide] Root Oppo F1s(A1601) + SuperSU without custom recovery or unlocked bootloader

EDIT: This root method has been outdated, see the newer guide instead https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/tutorial-root-oppo-f1s-flashtool-6-0-t3651220
Why I made this tutorial:
Recently some members claimed that KingRoot is not working for Oppo F1s(A1601) anymore, I assume it's because Kingroot uses cloud based root method, means Kingroot downloads root package and command from cloud and execute on your phone. Maybe the problem was caused by the change of their server, some configuration has been replaced? At this time, I still have a working root method working now, so I would like to share it with everyone Also, you can follow this guide to get rid of the superuser App from those android root exploit app and use SuperSU.
In short, this tutorial tells:
1.How to Root Oppo F1s(A1601) with KingoRoot.(Though cloud based root App Kingroot is not working at this period but KingoRoot the offline one is still working)
2.Though KingoRoot prevent you to switch to other superuser App, we can still replace it with SuperSU with few steps, no custom recovery needed.
****NOTE****
There're various version of KingoRoot apk over the Internet, use the APK version I provided at attachment can guarantee there're no unexpected errors.
The script to replace kingo root was based on the one here but with a little modification, I've added a infinite loop for the script because KingoRoot cause a force reboot(soft reset) right after you delete root from the app, I assume its because KingoRoot want to prevent you to replace it. A infinite loop can make sure the file copying action has been done before your phone reboot.
Steps to Root F1s and Install SuperSU:
1.Install android terminal from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm
2.Download the attachment, extract the zip archive, you get an APK "KingoRoot.apk" and a folder "rmkingo", copy the APK and the folder to your Internal storge(Sdcard)
3.Use any file management App to open KingoRoot.apk and install KingoRoot.apk
4.Open KingoRoot and click "one click root" then wait it to obtain root
5.After root succeeded, Open previous installed "Terminal Emulator for Android" and type
Code:
su
. Now KingoRoot's Superuser should pop up and ask you if you want to grant root access, allow it.
6.Now change terminal directory to the script folder, terminal type
Code:
cd /sdcard/rmkingo
7.Now execute the first script, terminal type
Code:
sh step0.sh
8.If there's no error on the previous action, Now proceed to execute the second script which is an infinite loop, you might see infinite error message after you executed it, terminal type
Code:
sh step1.sh
9.Now make sure the Terminal emulator is still open and the script is still running in background, just open SuperUser(installed by KingoRoot), find and click "Remove root" in the option of the App.
10.Your phone should be forced reboot now, after reboot, install SuperSU from google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=zh_TW
11.Open SuperSU and update su binary file with normal mode and wait, it should finish in 2-3 minutes.
12.Hit thanks(My pleasure)
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above method has been confirmed working with the latest rom from my region,(date 2017/02/12 still working)
Rom: A1601_TW_11_A.17_161003
I am on build a1601ex_11_a27_170111
its currently letest update in india
sagargjasani264 said:
I am on build a1601ex_11_a27_170111
its currently letest update in india
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Wow, Taiwan haven't receive any update since October........Looks like the rom of our region is terribly outdated,lol
A lot of people complaint on oppo forum of our region why there're no updates........
Is it method work for the rom from india?
evilhawk00 said:
wow, taiwan haven't receive any update since october........looks like the rom of our region is terribly outdated,lol
a lot of people complaint on oppo forum of our region why there're no updates........
Is it method work for the rom from india?
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kingoroot is on 90% since last 20min
---------- Post added at 12:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:10 PM ----------
sorry bro but kingoroot faild...
Sorry kingoroot failed error code : 0x196514
Lyes2 said:
Sorry kingoroot failed error code : 0x196514
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Hi, I assume you have to downgrade your rom. Find a older version of your rom, flash it via OPPO stock recovery and this method will work.
In my region, Taiwan's newest rom date is 2016 October, so this method work. OPPO might fixed this CVE exploit in their new rom.
The rom I currently use can be downloaded from OPPO Taiwan website, however I'm not sure if it can work on your device, so you might need to find an older version of your region
You can try to get root with older firmware, flash twrp recovery with root app, such as rashr,then once you have twrp recovery, you can flash the new OTA update package, but be sure to modify the update package so you will not loose root after update. However, I think just stick with older firmware will be easier
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Directory not found bro
evilhawk00 said:
Hi, I assume you have to downgrade your rom. Find a older version of your rom, flash it via OPPO stock recovery and this method will work.
In my region, Taiwan's newest rom date is 2016 October, so this method work. OPPO might fixed this CVE exploit in their new rom.
The rom I currently use can be downloaded from OPPO Taiwan website, however I'm not sure if it can work on your device, so you might need to find an older version of your region
You can try to get root with older firmware, flash twrp recovery with root app, such as rashr,then once you have twrp recovery, you can flash the new OTA update package, but be sure to modify the update package so you will not loose root after update. However, I think just stick with older firmware will be easier
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what kind of modification do you exactly need to do to the update package to not loose root after update?
ngoralph said:
what kind of modification do you exactly need to do to the update package to not loose root after update?
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I made one and got root with A27 , all you need is a twrp and a twrp flashable firmware zip.
Here's what I did,first I found that the TWRP by @BouyaPK did not have the same device model settings in comparison with the stock recovery, so I made a little modification to his TWRP image, now the offical firmware zip can pass Device detection test.
!!Before doing it , make sure you have flashed the modified recovery(the one from attachment) to your phone, official firmware is only flashable via this modified recovery and stock recovery
Download here
View attachment OPPO_F1s_twrp3.0_modified_devicemodel.zip
this is the example with the ota update package (A19 to A27 upgrade package around 150mb via coloros update manager app)
Now lets start to modify official firmware, follow my steps:
1.extract the newest official firmware zip.
2.now open the extracted folder, navigate to \META-INF\com\google\android\
3.find the file updater-script and open it with text editor( I suggest NotePad++)
4.you'll find a lot of lines start with apply_patch(xxxxx), remove the one with this file "/system/recovery-from-boot.p"
5.(if needed) also remove boot image sha1 check, in my case I have magisk installed, my boot image do not have the same sha1 value with stock boot image, so I found the line that checkes boot.img and remove it
6.done the file edit and save the file
7.repack it back to a zip file and sign the package with test keys
How to sign?
1.Download the sign package from attachment
2.have Java installed on your PC
3.Open a terminal at the same location with the keys and signapk.jar
4.terminal type
Code:
java -jar signapk.jar -w platform.x509.pem platform.pk8 my_modified_firmware.zip my_modified_firmware-signed.zip
8.install with twrp and you still have twrp exist, flash supersu zip or magisk zip
above is the way to modify a PATCH zip ota file, if you are modifying a full package, which may be easier,
the full package's update script write full image to phone instead, so you just need to modify the image in the ota package.
all you just have to make sure the new firmware do not replace twrp with stock recovery, so
1.try to extract the image in the package and modify the image file, remove files such as "recovery-from-boot.p" from the image then rebuild the image and calculate the new sha1 value of the new image(CarlivImageKitchen is a good tool to rebuild image)
2.replace the old sha1 hash in updater-script, repack and sign the zip.
3.flash with twrp
4.flash superSu zip or magisk zip after the firmware flash with twrp can get root.
evilhawk00 said:
I made one and got root with A27 , all you need is a twrp and a twrp flashable firmware zip.
Here's what I did,first I found that the TWRP by @BouyaPK did not have the same device model settings in comparison with the stock recovery, so I made a little modification to his TWRP image, now the offical firmware zip can pass Device detection test.
!!Before doing it , make sure you have flashed the modified recovery(the one from attachment) to your phone, official firmware is only flashable via this modified recovery and stock recovery
Download here
this is the example with the ota update package (A19 to A27 upgrade package around 150mb via coloros update manager app)
Now lets start to modify official firmware, follow my steps:
1.extract the newest official firmware zip.
2.now open the extracted folder, navigate to \META-INF\com\google\android\
3.find the file updater-script and open it with text editor( I suggest NotePad++)
4.you'll find a lot of lines start with apply_patch(xxxxx), remove the one with this file "/system/recovery-from-boot.p"
5.(if needed) also remove boot image sha1 check, in my case I have magisk installed, my boot image do not have the same sha1 value with stock boot image, so I found the line that checkes boot.img and remove it
6.done the file edit and save the file
7.repack it back to a zip file and sign the package with test keys
How to sign?
1.Download the sign package from attachment
2.have Java installed on your PC
3.Open a terminal at the same location with the keys and signapk.jar
4.terminal type
8.install with twrp and you still have twrp exist, flash supersu zip or magisk zip
above is the way to modify a PATCH zip ota file, if you are modifying a full package, which may be easier,
the full package's update script write full image to phone instead, so you just need to modify the image in the ota package.
all you just have to make sure the new firmware do not replace twrp with stock recovery, so
1.try to extract the image in the package and modify the image file, remove files such as "recovery-from-boot.p" from the image then rebuild the image and calculate the new sha1 value of the new image(CarlivImageKitchen is a good tool to rebuild image)
2.replace the old sha1 hash in updater-script, repack and sign the zip.
3.flash with twrp
4.flash superSu zip or magisk zip after the firmware flash with twrp can get root.
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Can you send me a stock recovery for Oppo F1s or Color Os 3.0 version
[email protected]
I want ask to my friend to build the custom rom with latest version of TWRP.
Ananaqil12 said:
Can you send me a stock recovery for Oppo F1s or Color Os 3.0 version
[email protected]
I want ask to my friend to build the custom rom with latest version of TWRP.
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If you want stock recovery image, check my reply here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71006625&postcount=26
evilhawk00 said:
I made one and got root with A27 , all you need is a twrp and a twrp flashable firmware zip.
Here's what I did,first I found that the TWRP by @BouyaPK did not have the same device model settings in comparison with the stock recovery, so I made a little modification to his TWRP image, now the offical firmware zip can pass Device detection test.
!!Before doing it , make sure you have flashed the modified recovery(the one from attachment) to your phone, official firmware is only flashable via this modified recovery and stock recovery
Download here
View attachment 4137856
this is the example with the ota update package (A19 to A27 upgrade package around 150mb via coloros update manager app)
Now lets start to modify official firmware, follow my steps:
1.extract the newest official firmware zip.
2.now open the extracted folder, navigate to \META-INF\com\google\android\
3.find the file updater-script and open it with text editor( I suggest NotePad++)
4.you'll find a lot of lines start with apply_patch(xxxxx), remove the one with this file "/system/recovery-from-boot.p"
5.(if needed) also remove boot image sha1 check, in my case I have magisk installed, my boot image do not have the same sha1 value with stock boot image, so I found the line that checkes boot.img and remove it
6.done the file edit and save the file
7.repack it back to a zip file and sign the package with test keys
How to sign?
1.Download the sign package from attachment
2.have Java installed on your PC
3.Open a terminal at the same location with the keys and signapk.jar
4.terminal type
Code:
java -jar signapk.jar -w platform.x509.pem platform.pk8 my_modified_firmware.zip my_modified_firmware-signed.zip
8.install with twrp and you still have twrp exist, flash supersu zip or magisk zip
View attachment 4137905
above is the way to modify a PATCH zip ota file, if you are modifying a full package, which may be easier,
the full package's update script write full image to phone instead, so you just need to modify the image in the ota package.
all you just have to make sure the new firmware do not replace twrp with stock recovery, so
1.try to extract the image in the package and modify the image file, remove files such as "recovery-from-boot.p" from the image then rebuild the image and calculate the new sha1 value of the new image(CarlivImageKitchen is a good tool to rebuild image)
2.replace the old sha1 hash in updater-script, repack and sign the zip.
3.flash with twrp
4.flash superSu zip or magisk zip after the firmware flash with twrp can get root.
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There are no lines that say apply patch
diosdetiempo said:
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There are no lines that say apply patch
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As I mentioned, only the small OTA Update package(smaller than 300MB) extracted from Built in update manager App has the line apply patch.
You are using a full package which is another situation.
If you have the full ota firmware downloaded from official website, you can try the follow steps
1.first make a nandroid backup of the old 5.1, make sure you can always restore your phone with backup
2.flash the official firmware zip with the twrp I attach( if any error occurred,do not reboot ,restore your phone with nandroid backup, also write down the error, and see which image file does not have the match SHA1, calculate and modify the sha1 of that line)
3.if step 2 succed ,do not reboot flash superSU zip file
4reboot, you may have superSU and your twrp may be replaced by stock recovery, use rashr flash twrp back again since you have root
evilhawk00 said:
As I mentioned, only the small OTA Update package(smaller than 300MB) extracted from Built in update manager App has the line apply patch.
You are using a full package which is another situation.
If you have the full ota firmware downloaded from official website, you can try the follow steps
1.first make a nandroid backup of the old 5.1, make sure you can always restore your phone with backup
2.flash the official firmware zip with the twrp I attach( if any error occurred,do not reboot ,restore your phone with nandroid backup, also write down the error, and see which image file does not have the match SHA1, calculate and modify the sha1 of that line)
3.if step 2 succed ,do not reboot flash superSU zip file
4reboot, you may have superSU and your twrp may be replaced by stock recovery, use rashr flash twrp back again since you have root
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It worked!
Here's a little guide
1) Put your TWRP, SuperSU and Android 6.0 Oppo F1S ROM onto SD card
2) Use Flashify to flash TWRP
3) Reboot into TWRP recovery
4) Flash Android 6.0 F1S ROM
5) Flash SuperSU
6) Reboot phone and you should be good to go
evilhawk00 said:
As I mentioned, only the small OTA Update package(smaller than 300MB) extracted from Built in update manager App has the line apply patch.
You are using a full package which is another situation.
If you have the full ota firmware downloaded from official website, you can try the follow steps
1.first make a nandroid backup of the old 5.1, make sure you can always restore your phone with backup
2.flash the official firmware zip with the twrp I attach( if any error occurred,do not reboot ,restore your phone with nandroid backup, also write down the error, and see which image file does not have the match SHA1, calculate and modify the sha1 of that line)
3.if step 2 succed ,do not reboot flash superSU zip file
4reboot, you may have superSU and your twrp may be replaced by stock recovery, use rashr flash twrp back again since you have root
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update: the only issue i find is that SIM card isn't recognized
diosdetiempo said:
update: the only issue i find is that SIM card isn't recognized
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sim card not recognized!? Sorry I can't really understand the reason of that because I don't have this problem.
Just a thought, maybe you lost baseband? Can you see your phone's IMEI number in settings? If you found null IMEI, that means you have lost your baseband, otherwise that's just something else maybe a small unknown issue, may also be the access point and protocol was not included in the 6.0 rom
If you lost your IMEI, I assume you already did the nandroid backup before, in twrp backup of NVRAM is the IMEI part, you should be able to recover your IMEI with that nvram backup
evilhawk00 said:
sim card not recognized!? Sorry I can't really understand the reason of that because I don't have this problem.
Just a thought, maybe you lost baseband? Can you see your phone's IMEI number in settings? If you found null IMEI, that means you have lost your baseband, otherwise that's just something else maybe a small unknown issue, may also be the access point and protocol was not included in the 6.0 rom
If you lost your IMEI, I assume you already did the nandroid backup before, in twrp backup of NVRAM is the IMEI part, you should be able to recover your IMEI with that nvram backup
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have you tested with 6.0?
evilhawk00 said:
I made one and got root with A27 , all you need is a twrp and a twrp flashable firmware zip.
Here's what I did,first I found that the TWRP by @BouyaPK did not have the same device model settings in comparison with the stock recovery, so I made a little modification to his TWRP image, now the offical firmware zip can pass Device detection test.
!!Before doing it , make sure you have flashed the modified recovery(the one from attachment) to your phone, official firmware is only flashable via this modified recovery and stock recovery
Download here
View attachment 4137856
this is the example with the ota update package (A19 to A27 upgrade package around 150mb via coloros update manager app)
Now lets start to modify official firmware, follow my steps:
1.extract the newest official firmware zip.
2.now open the extracted folder, navigate to \META-INF\com\google\android\
3.find the file updater-script and open it with text editor( I suggest NotePad++)
4.you'll find a lot of lines start with apply_patch(xxxxx), remove the one with this file "/system/recovery-from-boot.p"
5.(if needed) also remove boot image sha1 check, in my case I have magisk installed, my boot image do not have the same sha1 value with stock boot image, so I found the line that checkes boot.img and remove it
6.done the file edit and save the file
7.repack it back to a zip file and sign the package with test keys
How to sign?
1.Download the sign package from attachment
2.have Java installed on your PC
3.Open a terminal at the same location with the keys and signapk.jar
4.terminal type
Code:
java -jar signapk.jar -w platform.x509.pem platform.pk8 my_modified_firmware.zip my_modified_firmware-signed.zip
8.install with twrp and you still have twrp exist, flash supersu zip or magisk zip
View attachment 4137905
above is the way to modify a PATCH zip ota file, if you are modifying a full package, which may be easier,
the full package's update script write full image to phone instead, so you just need to modify the image in the ota package.
all you just have to make sure the new firmware do not replace twrp with stock recovery, so
1.try to extract the image in the package and modify the image file, remove files such as "recovery-from-boot.p" from the image then rebuild the image and calculate the new sha1 value of the new image(CarlivImageKitchen is a good tool to rebuild image)
2.replace the old sha1 hash in updater-script, repack and sign the zip.
3.flash with twrp
4.flash superSu zip or magisk zip after the firmware flash with twrp can get root.
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ok got it to work for a full firmware package here's what i did
1 . downloaded a27 (still 5.1 since 6.0 is not stable according to some)
2. using the twrp above flashed a27
3. flashed magisk
4. flash the twrp image again to make sure that incase it was overwritten by the update
NOTE: i did get an error like unable to mount dev/block/platform/...... it was fine for me
ngoralph said:
ok got it to work for a full firmware package here's what i did
1 . downloaded a27 (still 5.1 since 6.0 is not stable according to some)
2. using the twrp above flashed a27
3. flashed magisk
4. flash the twrp image again to make sure that incase it was overwritten by the update
NOTE: i did get an error like unable to mount dev/block/platform/...... it was fine for me
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6.0 would work if the sim card issue could be fixed. i can't work it out :/
diosdetiempo said:
6.0 would work if the sim card issue could be fixed. i can't work it out :/
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did you try restoring the nvram using twrp as stated before?
and did you wipe your data before flashing?? i think the transition from 5.1 to 6.0 may have broke some things read about it somewhere that wiping was necessary for LP to MM

stock touchwiz rom for 2017 a5 sm-a520w

so i had an issue installing supersu on my sm-a520 and after searching everywhere for the proper firmware file i could only find firmware files in .lz4 format which odin3 would not flash to the device properly i then found a program that is free called classykitchen which allowed me to decompress the .lz4 files then create a system.new.dat file to flash via recovery so if you have run into this issue i recommend finding classykitchen and installing twrp via odin3 then download the firmware file from updato.com unzip that file then when your starting a new project in classykitchen make sure you put bl ap cp and home_csc all in the new project by highlighting all the files and make sure when its done extracting the lz4 files you select create system.new.dat once thats complete put that file to the sdcard wipe the device for a clean install and flash the file youve just created and bingo your phone will be back to stock other then the twrp recovery which i will say is the best recovery ive used in my mind there is no better.. now that ive explained that i'm gonna try installing supersu again and keep on keepin on have a good one
dirtdirte said:
so i had an issue installing supersu on my sm-a520 and after searching everywhere for the proper firmware file i could only find firmware files in .lz4 format which odin3 would not flash to the device properly i then found a program that is free called classykitchen which allowed me to decompress the .lz4 files then create a system.new.dat file to flash via recovery so if you have run into this issue i recommend finding classykitchen and installing twrp via odin3 then download the firmware file from updato.com unzip that file then when your starting a new project in classykitchen make sure you put bl ap cp and home_csc all in the new project by highlighting all the files and make sure when its done extracting the lz4 files you select create system.new.dat once thats complete put that file to the sdcard wipe the device for a clean install and flash the file youve just created and bingo your phone will be back to stock other then the twrp recovery which i will say is the best recovery ive used in my mind there is no better.. now that ive explained that i'm gonna try installing supersu again and keep on keepin on have a good one
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You shouldn't be installing SuperSU on newer versions of Android. Use magisk instead. Then you shouldn't have problems.

[GUIDE] Recovering from a magisk bootloop without twrp

Just to add my experience here, I flashed MARS_SOM magisk rom module which entered a seemingly unrecoverable endless bootloop. This was likely as it conflicted with another magisk module or xposed that I have installed, so not the fault of the rom!
However given we've no twrp yet, the best way (after a LOT of research!) to fix this wasn't easy or obvious. I thought I could just flash stock kernel, uninstall magisk, flash magisk again and uninstall the module. Which unfortunately you can't as they remain in the system files and without root, you can't touch them, though with root, it loads and you get the bootloop - so a vicious endless cycle!
The solution I managed to work out, rather than a full clean wipe was to extract the stock boot from downloaded firmware (using Xperifirm), convert it to an img file using UnSIN, use to unpack, place a certain folder in there (found via the link below), repack and then fastboot flash. This makes magisk operate in core root mode only allowing you to uninstall the module. Once the module is uninstalled, you can simply disable core only mode from the magisk settings.
This saved me from a full wipe!
See here for more details about that unpacking the img, copying a folder etc see here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...modules-disabler-booting-magisk-t3976621/amp/
This worked for me and so hope it helps someone out too!
cd993 said:
Just to add my experience here, I flashed MARS_SOM magisk rom module which entered a seemingly unrecoverable endless bootloop. This was likely as it conflicted with another magisk module or xposed that I have installed, so not the fault of the rom!
However given we've no twrp yet, the best way (after a LOT of research!) to fix this wasn't easy or obvious. I thought I could just flash stock kernel, uninstall magisk, flash magisk again and uninstall the module. Which unfortunately you can't as they remain in the system files and without root, you can't touch them, though with root, it loads and you get the bootloop - so a vicious endless cycle!
The solution I managed to work out, rather than a full clean wipe was to extract the stock boot from downloaded firmware (using Xperifirm), convert it to an img file using UnSIN, use to unpack, place a certain folder in there (found via the link below), repack and then fastboot flash. This makes magisk operate in core root mode only allowing you to uninstall the module. Once the module is uninstalled, you can simply disable core only mode from the magisk settings.
This saved me from a full wipe!
See here for more details about that unpacking the img, copying a folder etc see here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...modules-disabler-booting-magisk-t3976621/amp/
This worked for me and so hope it helps someone out too!
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With Unsin (on windows at least) you can just drag your file over the cmd without having to mess with command lines
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With Unsin (on windows at least) you can just drag your file over the cmd without having to mess with command lines
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Yeah that's a handy little feature, makes converting it super simple!
cd993 said:
Just to add my experience here, I flashed MARS_SOM magisk rom module which entered a seemingly unrecoverable endless bootloop. This was likely as it conflicted with another magisk module or xposed that I have installed, so not the fault of the rom!
However given we've no twrp yet, the best way (after a LOT of research!) to fix this wasn't easy or obvious. I thought I could just flash stock kernel, uninstall magisk, flash magisk again and uninstall the module. Which unfortunately you can't as they remain in the system files and without root, you can't touch them, though with root, it loads and you get the bootloop - so a vicious endless cycle!
The solution I managed to work out, rather than a full clean wipe was to extract the stock boot from downloaded firmware (using Xperifirm), convert it to an img file using UnSIN, use to unpack, place a certain folder in there (found via the link below), repack and then fastboot flash. This makes magisk operate in core root mode only allowing you to uninstall the module. Once the module is uninstalled, you can simply disable core only mode from the magisk settings.
This saved me from a full wipe!
See here for more details about that unpacking the img, copying a folder etc see here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...modules-disabler-booting-magisk-t3976621/amp/
This worked for me and so hope it helps someone out too!
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Hi there; I was in the same situation, flashing a corrupted magisk boot image from standard firmware for XQ-AT51, provided by same author for simple rooting Xperia 1 II; my phone was without xposed, it was in clean factory state. the magisk boot image was taken from another thread "[ROOT] Magisk patched Boot Images & Instructions" designated for rooting of Xperia 1 II;
unfortunately is the same author who build your ROM, he delivered also corrupted magisk image.
It was not enter in bootloop if you flash only one image on phone, not both; his instructions are wrong. the correct flashing instruction is below, at end of my comment.
I solved in smilar way like you: using flashtool to obtain XQ-AT51 ftf file: XQ-AT51_58.0.A.3.39_1321-7706_R13A.ftf;
Attention: the name of file depends of region firmware you want to flash and type of phone (single or dual sim); the given names are with title of example.
Then from download folder of flashtool form your disk C:\Users\username\.flashTool\firmwares\Downloads (username is your username on pc); check for file: boot_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.sin ( applicable for XQ-AT51) and convert the file to .img using unsin; check on xda for unsin, extract unsin archive in exe file and then drag & drop over unsin.exe the file boot_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.sin; will be generated boot_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.img file.
This name file can be other, is just an example, if you have another phone with firmware for other region, pay attention to this!
This can be flashed then back to phone using adb comands; fastboot flash boot boot_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.img;
The same image can be transfered to phone and used later to generate correct magisk image and root the phone.
Best to you all!
daphix said:
Hi there; I was in the same situation, flashing a corrupted magisk boot image from standard firmware for XQ-AT51, provided by same author for simple rooting Xperia 1 II; my phone was without xposed, it was in clean factory state. the magisk boot image was taken from another thread "[ROOT] Magisk patched Boot Images & Instructions" designated for rooting of Xperia 1 II;
unfortunately is the same author who build your ROM, he delivered also corrupted magisk image.
It was not enter in bootloop if you flash only one image on phone, not both; his instructions are wrong. the correct flashing instruction is below, at end of my comment.
I solved in smilar way like you: using flashtool to obtain XQ-AT51 ftf file: XQ-AT51_58.0.A.3.39_1321-7706_R13A.ftf;
Attention: the name of file depends of region firmware you want to flash and type of phone (single or dual sim); the given names are with title of example.
Then from download folder of flashtool form your disk C:\Users\username\.flashTool\firmwares\Downloads (username is your username on pc); check for file: boot_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.sin ( applicable for XQ-AT51) and convert the file to .img using unsin; check on xda for unsin, extract unsin archive in exe file and then drag & drop over unsin.exe the file boot_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.sin; will be generated boot_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.img file.
This name file can be other, is just an example, if you have another phone with firmware for other region, pay attention to this!
This can be flashed then back to phone using adb comands; fastboot flash boot boot_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.img;
The same image can be transfered to phone and used later to generate correct magisk image and root the phone.
Best to you all!
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Thanks for that, glad you managed to fix your situation too!
cd993 said:
Thanks for that, glad you managed to fix your situation too!
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What to posted you is very very usefull; it helps you to fix after flashing wrong magisk module.
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Question Kernel updated, root lost

Hi Guys,
For some reasons, my kernel got updated without any change from me, not sure how this is possible.
Now, because of that, I lost root, is there a quick way to restore root (magisk) ?
Thanks in advance !
Yep. Just download the matching factory image zip for your currently installed build of Android. Then, extract the boot.img file, copy it over to your phone, patch it within the Magisk app and it will spit out a patched boot.img file into your "Download" folder. Next, copy that patched boot.img file back to your computer and flash that patched boot file using fastboot.
That may look like a lot of different steps, however, the process usually takes less time than it has taken me to type this comment, haha. Enjoy your root access =)

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