Magisk root for KB2007?

[kevinco1]

Hey everyone so I have my OnePlus8T all unlocked and ready to be rooted via Magisk. This includes both OEM unlocking turned on and I have successfully gone through the SIM unlock process with T-Mobile.

However....how can I root with Magisk by doing the step of payload dumper without being able to obtain the latest firmware online? I've looked everywhere but looks like T-Mobile keeps it on a tight leash.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Rootk1t]

Hey everyone so I have my OnePlus8T all unlocked and ready to be rooted via Magisk. This includes both OEM unlocking turned on and I have successfully gone through the SIM unlock process with T-Mobile.

However....how can I root with Magisk by doing the step of payload dumper without being able to obtain the latest firmware online? I've looked everywhere but looks like T-Mobile keeps it on a tight leash.

Thanks in advance.

Hello!

As you haven't specified what firmware is installed on your phone at the moment, i see several variants:
1. You can find patched boot.img here on xda for your firmware and boot it, after install Magisk app as usual (Magisk -> Magisk Install -> "Direct Install (Recommended)")
2. If you're unable to find patched boot for your firmware version, you can temporary boot twrp recovery, and install magisk apk with it.

 

[kevinco1]

Sorry should have indicated my firmware which is the latest:

11.0.16.18.KB09CB

After doing another search I find no links through Google or XDA

It's possible to use TWRP temporarily even without root?

 

[BillGoss]

Sorry should have indicated my firmware which is the latest:

11.0.16.18.KB09CB

After doing another search I find no links through Google or XDA

It's possible to use TWRP temporarily even without root?

Yes you can. Follow the process in A.2 of https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-root-and-keeping-root-options.4387977/

 

[kevinco1]

Yes you can. Follow the process in A.2 of https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-root-and-keeping-root-options.4387977/

Those instructions apply to the KB2007? I'm not seeing the model discussed anywhere in that thread and don't wanna brick my phone.

If so, when I go through the process to patch the IMG file through Magisk will it wipe the phone like it did when I unlocked the bootloader?

 

[BillGoss]

Those instructions apply to the KB2007? I'm not seeing the model discussed anywhere in that thread and don't wanna brick my phone.

If so, when I go through the process to patch the IMG file through Magisk will it wipe the phone like it did when I unlocked the bootloader?

The rooting process isn't device specific. And it doesn't wipe your phone.
Also, if you are going to use TWRP, you could take a backup of your phone (see https://xdaforums.com/t/recovery-11...ect-8t-kebab-2022-03-09.4302449/post-85292199) which you could use to restore your system.
But, as always, there are no guarantees and you do this entirely at your own risk.
And, yes, I understand how scary it is to do these things the first time.

 

[mAJ087]

I want to root my device