Magisk General Support / Discussion

[jonh42]

Probably you have Magisk modules, not compatible with A12, that you didn't disable/uninstall before upgrading. They are installed at /dara/adb, hence they were not removed if you didn't ask for Factory reset

This problem has been discussed here several times, you can check in the previous posts
Actually, on Magisk GitHub, Wiki, there is a chapter on how to resolve

Thank you so much, I'm sorry I didn't check the previous post before asking my question!

 

[zgfg]

Thank you so much, I'm sorry I didn't check the previous post before asking my question!

NP but did you resolve?

 

[jonh42]

NP but did you resolve?

Yes, I removed the modules in /data/adb and it worked, thanks to you!

 

[pndwal]

When did Magisk Manager app stop displaying some mention of "A/B"-ness? I do not see any mention in @lindsaysxda's screenshot.

Yeah, I noticed this too, but some time back; doubt you'll see it for any device now... Maybe changed in this?:
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/commit/ca9f9fee9a9197b6a56f4bf5ed3d4ae26a7a6dd7

... did we lose encryption (cryptotype) info even earlier?

Seems John likes to simplify Magisk (for good reasons). My guess is that SAR, A/B, Crypto etc. states may now be considered confusing and largely irrelevant for Magisk purposes, and have been dispensed with in favour of Ramdisk and Zygisk state info... PW

 

[pndwal]

i delete magisk manger form my phone and install it if i need to use it so some apps don't find that i am rooted.

anyway the last update 24313 just add the manger shortcut every time i use an app with root access and that is vary annoying.

dose any one have the same problem? and how to stop it?

Yup, Magisk daemon will restore (rebuild) Magisk config files on bootup if deleted, and has similarly, for some time now, detected if Magisk app is missing and restored stub app at boot time if necessary.

In recent months I've noticed this has stopped functioning (removed / regression?), and I actually searched to see if it was removed on purpose... Couldn't find a commit, so guessing it was a regression, and it has been fixed or reinstated again here in any case:
Install stub if necessary
(topjohnwu committed 7 days ago)

So sorry, this is a feature, but I wondered myself if it is really necessary for the same reasons as you... I don't know how it can be easily bypassed... PW

 

[Kilolo]

i'm just wondering, does my device doesn't support the current version of magisk? because i can't open the menu to download the magic modules at all. i had to download it manually from external site and i read the solution online and it said i should downgrade it to version 21.4

i just wondering if there's a way to access the menu without downgrading it

 

[martyfender]

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i'm just wondering, does my device doesn't support the current version of magisk? because i can't open the menu to download the magic modules at all. i had to download it manually from external site and i read the solution online and it said i should downgrade it to version 21.4

i just wondering if there's a way to access the menu without downgrading it

As has been mentioned many, many times here, the module repository was closed long ago. Use this instead:

https://github.com/Fox2Code/FoxMagiskModuleManager

 

[Kilolo]

As has been mentioned many, many times here, the module repository was closed long ago. Use this instead:

https://github.com/Fox2Code/FoxMagiskModuleManager

Thanks

sorry about that, i tried searching at this thread but there's just too many replies about different topic

 

[m0han]

I have lineage 19.1 gravitybox is not compatible

if you're cool with using gestures, try this. (i'm not sure if it works with the standard navbar.) i started using it since there is no gravitybox yet for Android 12.x. (there was a lot of discussion of this on this thread )

 

[amk316]

Yup, Magisk daemon will restore (rebuild) Magisk config files on bootup if deleted, and has similarly, for some time now, detected if Magisk app is missing and restored stub app at boot time if necessary.

In recent months I've noticed this has stopped functioning (removed / regression?), and I actually searched to see if it was removed on purpose... Couldn't find a commit, so guessing it was a regression, and it has been fixed or reinstated again here in any case:
Install stub if necessary
(topjohnwu committed 7 days ago)

So sorry, this is a feature, but I wondered myself if it is really necessary for the same reasons as you... I don't know how it can be easily bypassed... PW

the rebooting is not the problem, i do it once a week and delete magisk app stub
but now every time i run an app with root access the stub appers without rebooting my phone
and some banking apps didactic that my phone is rooted

 

[Huyqwerty]

Hello, I heard that Magisk is systemless so I cannot modify file permission, am I correct ?

 

[zgfg]

Hello, I heard that Magisk is systemless so I cannot modify file permission, am I correct ?

You cannot modify if FILE SYSTEM is read-only on your phone (mostly for the phones released with A11 and newer, for the system partitions)

If File system on your phone is not read-only, you can still modify everything on the phone with root.
Hence if you have an old device,with old Android, sky is your limit

Hence it's not a 'defect' on the Magisk side. Magisk just provides Systemless mechanism (mounting over instead of overwriting) on devices where system-as-root comes read-only (not just that but there is no free room left) to overcome that limitation.
Because with root, you can still not change the SAR filesystem characteristics

But even if you have that old device/Android, you can still use the Systemless mechanism (all new modules use it, you like it or not), because it's safer - your real system partitions will not be affected - just boot without Msgisk

The whole story is not so easy but you can further search, read, etc

 

[Huyqwerty]

You cannot modify if FILE SYSTEM is read-only on your phone (mostly for the phones released with A11 and newer, for the system partitions)

If File system on your phone is not read-only, you can still modify everything on the phone with root.
Hence if you have an old device,with old Android, sky is your limit

Hence it's not a 'defect' on the Magisk side. Magisk just provides Systemless mechanism (mounting over instead of overwriting) on devices where system-as-root comes read-only (not just that but there is no free room left) to overcome that limitation.
Because with root, you can still not change the SAR filesystem characteristics

The whole story is not so easy but you can further search, read, etc

So is there any way I can overwrite files ?
Or disable scoped storage ?

 

[zgfg]

So is there any way I can overwrite files ?
Or disable scoped storage ?

As I said, the whole story is more complicated than yes or now

Pls read my edited prev answer

 

[J.Michael]

So is there any way I can overwrite files ?
Or disable scoped storage ?

If you have Magisk installed, you can get the effect of "replacing" or "inserting" files. I think if you make your own copy of an existing file, and change the permissions on the copy, it will have the effect of changing the permissions on the original.

For your own use (i.e., not for distribution), there is very little to making a module: just pick a name, make a directory "/data/adb/modules/m-name", then reproduce the directory structure of the file you want to replace or insert.

Read the document on creating a module.

 

[Huyqwerty]

As I said, the whole story is more complicated than yes or now

Pls read my edited prev answer

Ok, thank you for your support

 

[Huyqwerty]

If you have Magisk installed, you can get the effect of "replacing" or "inserting" files. I think if you make your own copy of an existing file, and change the permissions on the copy, it will have the effect of changing the permissions on the original.

For your own use (i.e., not for distribution), there is very little to making a module: just pick a name, make a directory "/data/adb/modules/m-name", then reproduce the directory structure of the file you want to replace or insert.

Read the document on creating a module.

Thanks for the advice

 

[m0han]

So is there any way I can overwrite files ?....

not sure if these apply to your case. wouldn't hurt to check, i suppose

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[pndwal]

Definition of rumor
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eg, Magisk 25 coming... PW

 

[pndwal]

Latest Official TJW Canary (release) & Debug (debug) Magisk builds:

Magisk (bf04fa13) (24314)​

• [App] Fix language switch
• [MagiskSU] Handle system_server restarts to prevent UID reuse abuse

Diffs to v24.3​

• [MagiskInit] Update 2SI implementation, significantly increase device compatibility (e.g. Sony Xperia devices)
• [MagiskInit] Introduce new sepolicy injection mechanism
• [MagiskInit] Support Oculus Go
• [MagiskInit] Support Android 13 GKIs (Pixel 6)
• [MagiskBoot] Fix vbmeta extraction implementation
• [App] [MagiskSU] Properly support apps using shared UID
• [MagiskSU] Fix a possible crash in magiskd
• [MagiskSU] Prune unused UIDs as soon as possible to prevent UID reuse attacks
• [MagiskSU] Verify and enforce the installed Magisk app's certificate to match the distributor's signature
• [MagiskSU] Handle system_server restarts to prevent UID reuse abuse
• [Zygisk] Fix function hooking on devices running Android 12 with old kernels
• [DenyList] Fix DenyList on shared UID apps
• [BusyBox] Add workaround for devices running old kernels

https://github.com/topjohnwu/magisk-files/blob/4cc20a9dfb66ddd96b88499c0f4fffeee357afe8/notes.md

PW