[Root] How to root Phoenix OS without replacing system.img

[Seanie280672]

I'm glad you got it to work! I will update the OP with the new information. What made it work? Was it the fact that you could now escape the terminal or letting Superuser in AutoRun?

Being able to get out of terminal made it work, without having to force restart the laptop.

 

[meanhacker]

Being able to get out of terminal made it work, without having to force restart the laptop.

Interesting, I am running v2.2.0 64-bit and Alt+F7 works just fine. Maybe the new version changed this. I will have to investigate when I install the latest version.

 

[Seanie280672]

Interesting, I am running v2.2.0 64-bit and Alt+F7 works just fine. Maybe the new version changed this. I will have to investigate when I install the latest version.

I wouldnt worry too much about it, I tried with v5 too and had the same problem, its probably just my Crapard Bell laptop playing up and trying to be different.

I showed a friend at work today, who loved it and wants it on her laptop, this is an ASUS laptop, and although the bios is a complete nightmare, I got through it and installed Phoenix to it, then rooted it, ALT+F1 to open terminal works fine, and the ALT+F7 to close it works fine too, but my laptop for some reason require CTRL+ALT+F7

 

[meanhacker]

I wouldnt worry too much about it, I tried with v5 too and had the same problem, its probably just my Crapard Bell laptop playing up and trying to be different.

I showed a friend at work today, who loved it and wants it on her laptop, this is an ASUS laptop, and although the bios is a complete nightmare, I got through it and installed Phoenix to it, then rooted it, ALT+F1 to open terminal works fine, and the ALT+F7 to close it works fine too, but my laptop for some reason require CTRL+ALT+F7

Yes that is definitely odd haha. Thanks for the results, I already added the new keystrokes to the OP.

 

[BADA 187]

hi, can you plz make a tutorial to install magisk instead of supersu? or is ther a way to install supersu then replace with magisk? does the same method also work for the Phoenix OS 2.2.1 version?

thanks in advance

 

[VineethChandren]

Thanks for this wonderful tutorial mate. I successfully rooted a 32bit version of PhoenixOS with the help of your tutorial. By the way, in the 3rd step for 32bit machines, you made a mistake by adding "x64" instead of "x86" in the directory path. I got a "no such file or directory" error while following your tutorial, so I looked for su.pie file and found it inside the x86 folder. Then I corrected the directory and it worked like charm!

Thanks again..

 

[Mnky313]

Works fine for me Phoenix OS 2.2.1 x64 Dell Inspiron 7559

 

[meanhacker]

Thanks for this wonderful tutorial mate. I successfully rooted a 32bit version of PhoenixOS with the help of your tutorial. By the way, in the 3rd step for 32bit machines, you made a mistake by adding "x64" instead of "x86" in the directory path. I got a "no such file or directory" error while following your tutorial, so I looked for su.pie file and found it inside the x86 folder. Then I corrected the directory and it worked like charm!

Thanks again..

Thank you for the correction and confirmation. The reason why it said x64 for the 32bit version is because I followed a tutorial for rooting Remix OS and never actually had to root a 32-bit Phoenix OS. I updated the OP.

Works fine for me Phoenix OS 2.2.1 x64 Dell Inspiron 7559

Awesome, good to know.

 

[phnikola]

Issue

Hi - can you confirm this works with latest 2.2.1 update?
Having troubles with it - while on 2.2.0 worked just fine for me.

Also - can you clarify which SuperSU version you use?
Think that link to zip file changed in the first post so I downloaded latest flashable zip from SuperSU site, and extracted it to su folder as per instructions.

Many thanks for help

 

[OudomEver]

Thanks, it works

Me too...

 

[meanhacker]

hi, can you plz make a tutorial to install magisk instead of supersu? or is ther a way to install supersu then replace with magisk? does the same method also work for the Phoenix OS 2.2.1 version?

thanks in advance

Hi, I've never used magisk so I don't know how to work with it yet. Try asking for help in the Discord channel, I think people were talking about it

Hi - can you confirm this works with latest 2.2.1 update?
Having troubles with it - while on 2.2.0 worked just fine for me.

Also - can you clarify which SuperSU version you use?
Think that link to zip file changed in the first post so I downloaded latest flashable zip from SuperSU site, and extracted it to su folder as per instructions.

Many thanks for help

I haven't updated to v2.2.1 yet, but I will test it out once I get some free time. The SuperSU version I use is the latest one from Chainfire's website. It is linked in step #1. Does it not take you to his page to download the latest SuperSU? The zip file I attached was in case the site was down or any other reasons users might need an alternative way to download the file. I specifically left a comment regarding this on the very bottom of the OP. And that's good that you downloaded the latest flashable zip from the SuperSU site, that's what the tutorial asked you to do in the first place I hope you get it working.

Me too...

Awesome.

 

[phnikola]

I haven't updated to v2.2.1 yet, but I will test it out once I get some free time. The SuperSU version I use is the latest one from Chainfire's website. It is linked in step #1. Does it not take you to his page to download the latest SuperSU? The zip file I attached was in case the site was down or any other reasons users might need an alternative way to download the file. I specifically left a comment regarding this on the very bottom of the OP. And that's good that you downloaded the latest flashable zip from the SuperSU site, that's what the tutorial asked you to do in the first place I hope you get it working.

Hi confirmed that 2.2.1 can be rooted with your method using SuperSU 2.79.
Latest one on SuperSU website (2.82) does not work for me on Surface Pro 4 (CoreM)

Many thanks for the great tutorial!

 

[meanhacker]

Hi confirmed that 2.2.1 can be rooted with your method using SuperSU 2.79.
Latest one on SuperSU website (2.82) does not work for me on Surface Pro 4 (CoreM)

Many thanks for the great tutorial!

Wow! Thank you for the information!

 

[lfom]

Works for me in latest Phoenix OS (2.2.1.247_x86_64) with the linked ZIP from post #1. Thank you.

 

[meanhacker]

Works for me in latest Phoenix OS (2.2.1.247_x86_64) with the linked ZIP from post #1. Thank you.

Thanks for letting me know. I'm glad it worked for you.

 

[TommyRox]

Will this work on the latest version 2.5.0 64 as well? Same SU file?

 

[rebel1699]

Will this work on the latest version 2.5.0 64 as well? Same SU file?

I am testing that right now, and will let you know. I use a slightly different method to root, and it broke play store, and possibly all of play services on POS 2.5. To the point that you could not even add an account. I will try via this method. If not, I will also try with a more updated su binary and report back in the next few hours.

 

[TommyRox]

I am testing that right now, and will let you know. I use a slightly different method to root, and it broke play store, and possibly all of play services on POS 2.5. To the point that you could not even add an account. I will try via this method. If not, I will also try with a more updated su binary and report back in the next few hours.

Thank you so much

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[rebel1699]

Thank you so much

Verified that this method does work on Phoenix 2.5 64 bit. Play store and play services are fully functional and operating normally. My machine is a Dell Inspiron 15-5568 2-in-1 with skylake i3. Great work by @meanhacker and ikkun over on discord.

 

[TriMoon]

• If you have Phoenix OS 32-bit, type in these commands:
  

  cd /system/xbin
  mv su su.orig
  cp /sdcard/Download/su/x86/[B]su.pie[/B] su
  chmod 4751 su
  su --install
  su --daemon

• If you have Phoenix OS 64-bit, type in these commands:
  

  cd /system/xbin
  mv su su.orig
  cp /sdcard/Download/su/x64/[B]su[/B] .
  chmod 4751 su
  su --install
  su --daemon

Are you sure we don't need the other files inside the x86/x64 dir?