How to root OxygenOS 12?

[andylmfao]

Hello there, I've never rooted a phone before but would love to try it with Android 12 finally coming out as stable on the OnePlus 8 Pro. So as a complete noob, can anyone walk me through it, or does anyone have a handy thread that takes me through all of it? Thank you!

 

[dangtoi1993]

Same method with OOS11 (other thread), u need full OTA OOS 12 to detached the boot.img and patch it with magisk.
- Or easier just on OOS11 rooted => update to OSS 12 (after install finished, dont reboot, go to magisk select install to inactive slot, now reboot)

 

[andylmfao]

Same method with OOS11 (other thread), u need full OTA OOS 12 to detached the boot.img and patch it with magisk.
- Or easier just on OOS11 rooted => update to OSS 12 (after install finished, dont reboot, go to magisk select install to inactive slot, now reboot)

Thank you! Although as I said I'm very new So if you could explain in a biiiit more noob friendly words, that would be appreciated!

 

[dangtoi1993]

Thank you! Although as I said I'm very new So if you could explain in a biiiit more noob friendly words, that would be appreciated!

As i know, there is still no downloadable full OTA file for stable OOS 12,
then root method is root at OOS 11 then update after.
to do that, imo, u need to find read and research some old thread to know about that phone before.
its easier than someone will write here for you.

 

[andylmfao]

As i know, there is still no downloadable full OTA file for stable OOS 12,
then root method is root at OOS 11 then update after.
to do that, imo, u need to find read and research some old thread to know about that phone before.
its easier than someone will write here for you.

Ah okay, thank you! Do you know how long it usually takes for an OTA file to come out? Or, if you could, help me through going back to OOS11, rooting it, and then updating to OOS12 and keeping root?

 

[xtcislove]

Ah okay, thank you! Do you know how long it usually takes for an OTA file to come out? Or, if you could, help me through going back to OOS11, rooting it, and then updating to OOS12 and keeping root?

I posted the patched boot img from latest OO12 Ota to another thread.

Flash it via fastboot and your are good.

BootIMG-Magisk24.3_IN2025_11_C.11

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

www.mediafire.com

 

[andylmfao]

I posted the patched boot img from latest OO12 Ota to another thread.

Flash it via fastboot and your are good.

BootIMG-Magisk24.3_IN2025_11_C.11

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

www.mediafire.com

Oh wow, thank you! How do i flash it via fastboot?

 

[xtcislove]

Oh wow, thank you! How do i flash it via fastboot?

I guess you already setup adb/fastboot on your pc. If not google it.

-connect phone to the pc and activate usb debugging in your phones developer settings(unlock developer settings by tapping 5 times about phone)
-run a windows shell in the folder where you setup adb and fastboot.exe
-type the following in shell

adb reboot bootloader

Your phone will boot into the bootloader

type:

fastboot flash boot BootIMG-Magisk24.3_IN2025_11_C.11.img

 

[andylmfao]

I guess you already setup adb/fastboot on your pc. If not google it.

-connect phone to the pc and activate usb debugging in your phones developer settings(unlock developer settings by tapping 5 times about phone)
-run a windows shell in the folder where you setup adb and fastboot.exe
-type the following in shell

adb reboot bootloader

Your phone will boot into the bootloader

type:

fastboot flash boot BootIMG-Magisk24.3_IN2025_11_C.11.img

And that's just it? Wow! Thank you!

Edit- It just say "Waiting for the device in the Shell. What do I do? And it doesn't show up with "fastboot devices" It also says there's no driver under windows device manager.

edit 2 - nvm I figured it out, turns out I hadn't installed the USB drivers

 

[xtcislove]

And that's just it? Wow! Thank you!

Edit- It just say "Waiting for the device in the Shell. What do I do? And it doesn't show up with "fastboot devices" It also says there's no driver under windows device manager.

edit 2 - nvm I figured it out, turns out I hadn't installed the USB drivers

I hope it works for you now. Have fun.

 

[paq1170]

Hi, will this boot.img work for 11 C.16? If not, do you know where i can get it? Thanks

 

[xtcislove]

Hi, will this boot.img work for 11 C.16? If not, do you know where i can get it? Thanks

IDk but i installed C.16 lately and have the patched image on my pc.

boot_11.C16

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

www.mediafire.com

Extracted from OnePlus8ProOxygen_11_C.16_15.E.16_OTA_1036_all_2204222258_57eced36 and patched with Magisk24.3.

 

[omega552003]

I'm guessing that it's not a good idea to OTA root from oos11 to 12?

 

[xtcislove]

I'm guessing that it's not a good idea to OTA root from oos11 to 12?

What do you mean? To preserve root with the inactive slot method within magisk?

I root my device with flashing a patched boot img.

 

[omega552003]

What do you mean? To preserve root with the inactive slot method within magisk?

I root my device with flashing a patched boot img.

Well that how yo'd normally do it, but for some reason when you do that on the OOS12 upgrade its get really weird.

 

[gzyms]

IDk but i installed C.16 lately and have the patched image on my pc.

boot_11.C16

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

www.mediafire.com

Extracted from OnePlus8ProOxygen_11_C.16_15.E.16_OTA_1036_all_2204222258_57eced36 and patched with Magisk24.3.

Do you have C.20 version?

 

[xtcislove]

Do you have C.20 version?

No.

Simply download the Prebuild binaries from here.

[TOOL] A QUICK Android OTA payload dumper

Made with Go. By utilizing goroutines, this can extract img files from (full) OTA payload.bin really quickly. See how fast this is: https://i.imgur.com/adpijqf Source Code: https://github.com/ssut/payload-dumper-go Prebuilt binaries...

forum.xda-developers.com

Edit: That is the payload dumper im using.

(ROOT) Android 11 / Latest stock and patched img's / payload dumper / magisk_patched guides

Hi all, Have seen a lot of requests for patched boot images on these threads so thought i'd share a guide on how to get it yourself as well as all the files required, plus the patched boot.img if you just want to go ahead and boot/flash it...

forum.xda-developers.com

6.58 MB folder on MEGA

4 files and 3 subfolders

mega.nz

And download the C.20 update from here.

[OnePlus 8 Pro][ROM][OTA][Oxygen OS] Repo of Oxygen OS Builds

As OnePlus doesn't always provide download links for all of their OxygenOS ROMs & OTA update zips, we've created an index to put the links in one post so that they're easy to find. Note: This is not a support thread for issues you may have with...

forum.xda-developers.com

Use payload dumper to extract the boot image and copy it to yout device

Install Magisk apk on your device (does not matter if it has root or not)

patch the boot image, copy the patched image to your pc and you have a patched boot image for C.20.

 

[Swap_File]

No.

Simply download the Prebuild binaries from here.

[TOOL] A QUICK Android OTA payload dumper

Made with Go. By utilizing goroutines, this can extract img files from (full) OTA payload.bin really quickly. See how fast this is: https://i.imgur.com/adpijqf Source Code: https://github.com/ssut/payload-dumper-go Prebuilt binaries...

forum.xda-developers.com

And download the C.20 update from here.

[OnePlus 8 Pro][ROM][OTA][Oxygen OS] Repo of Oxygen OS Builds

As OnePlus doesn't always provide download links for all of their OxygenOS ROMs & OTA update zips, we've created an index to put the links in one post so that they're easy to find. Note: This is not a support thread for issues you may have with...

forum.xda-developers.com

Use payload dumper to extract the boot image and copy it to yout device

Install Magisk apk on your device (does not matter if it has root or not)

patch the boot image, copy the patched image to your pc and you have a patched boot image for C.20.

This is not as easy as you might think. The default payload dumper (and the Go version) cannot handle these incremental OTAs:

Processing boot partitionUnsupported type = 9 · Issue #10 · vm03/payload_dumper

Hi, @vm03! :) Is there a solution to this problem? Only boot.img didn't succeed. I have Nokia 4.2 Thanks! Log: (.py) PS D:\Downloads\1> python payload_dumper.py --diff payload.bin Processing...

github.com

Instead you need to use this:

GitHub - mrslezak/update_payload_extractor

Contribute to mrslezak/update_payload_extractor development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Unfortunately, this payload extractor fork is broken on windows. I had to set up a Ubuntu VM to run it.

The entire process took the majority of my afternoon

Attached is the extracted boot.img, both magisk patched and unpatched. Hopefully it saves others some time.

 

[xtcislove]

This is not as easy as you might think. The default payload dumper (and the Go version) cannot handle these incremental OTAs:

Processing boot partitionUnsupported type = 9 · Issue #10 · vm03/payload_dumper

Hi, @vm03! :) Is there a solution to this problem? Only boot.img didn't succeed. I have Nokia 4.2 Thanks! Log: (.py) PS D:\Downloads\1> python payload_dumper.py --diff payload.bin Processing...

github.com

Instead you need to use this:

GitHub - mrslezak/update_payload_extractor

Contribute to mrslezak/update_payload_extractor development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Unfortunately, this payload extractor fork is broken on windows. I had to set up a Ubuntu VM to run it.

The entire process took the majority of my afternoon

Attached is the extracted boot.img, both magisk patched and unpatched. Hopefully it saves others some time.

You are right. I posted the wrong payload dumper.

I am using the one from here and it worked with every payload i tried.

(ROOT) Android 11 / Latest stock and patched img's / payload dumper / magisk_patched guides

Hi all, Have seen a lot of requests for patched boot images on these threads so thought i'd share a guide on how to get it yourself as well as all the files required, plus the patched boot.img if you just want to go ahead and boot/flash it...

forum.xda-developers.com

6.58 MB folder on MEGA

4 files and 3 subfolders

mega.nz

I guess the other one is quicker but im using this and it works. I edit my old post.

 

[NGowtham]

This is not as easy as you might think. The default payload dumper (and the Go version) cannot handle these incremental OTAs:

Processing boot partitionUnsupported type = 9 · Issue #10 · vm03/payload_dumper

Hi, @vm03! :) Is there a solution to this problem? Only boot.img didn't succeed. I have Nokia 4.2 Thanks! Log: (.py) PS D:\Downloads\1> python payload_dumper.py --diff payload.bin Processing...

github.com

Instead you need to use this:

GitHub - mrslezak/update_payload_extractor

Contribute to mrslezak/update_payload_extractor development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Unfortunately, this payload extractor fork is broken on windows. I had to set up a Ubuntu VM to run it.

The entire process took the majority of my afternoon

Attached is the extracted boot.img, both magisk patched and unpatched. Hopefully it saves others some time.

Can we use this attached boot img on IN2011_11_C.20 (India)?