How To Guide [ROOT]ing Xiaomi 12 with Magisk

[C0rn3j]

Sources used: https://www.getdroidtips.com/root-xiaomi-12-and-12-pro/

1. First unlock your bootloader. This thread does not cover this. I suggest you do not try to tamper with the 1week~ time gate you will encounter else it may get longer should you fail.

2. Enable Developer mode and adb from Developer settings again.

3. Download the appropriate Fastboot files for your device. See the About section in your phone's settings to know what you are currently running.

4. Download latest Magisk-vXX.Y.apk and install it on your device. Magisk developer only provides files from Github, do not download it from anywhere else.

5. Extract(Install 7-zip if needed) the fastboot .tgz archive and copy the boot.img from it to your phone's sdcard through adb (or other means):

adb push cupid_eea_global_images_V13.0.16.0.SLCEUXM_20220408.0000.00_12.0_eea/images/boot.img /sdcard/

6. Open up Magisk on your phone, press Install and use the patch option to navigate to the boot.img you just copied. Select that, next next next.

7. Read the output to see where the patched boot.img got saved. Pull that.

adb pull /sdcard/Download/magisk_patched-24300_D2K9V.img

8. Reboot phone to fastboot.

adb reboot fastboot

9. Flash the modified boot image to both A and B partitions

fastboot flash boot_a magisk_patched-24300_D2K9V.img
fastboot flash boot_b magisk_patched-24300_D2K9V.img

10. Say your prayers and reboot, your device should now have functional root with Magisk

fastboot reboot

 

[lucascm08]

was anyone able to install viper 4 android in xiaomi 12 or xiaomi 12 pro? it aways ask me to install driver when i open the apk. im using v4a in poco f2 pro with android 12/miui 13 without issues

 

[sakline878]

can any one develop a custom recovery and rom for xiaomi 12? please......

 

[ydd0ras]

If you are on a custom ROM, for example LOS 19.1 with LOS recovery (and vendor_boot, dtbo and recovery), following step necessary:
fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta vbmeta.img
Otherwise LOS may not boot, after flashing the patched boot.img.
Happened here yesterday!

 

[Darkstriker]

If you are on a custom ROM, for example LOS 19.1 with LOS recovery (and vendor_boot, dtbo and recovery), following step necessary:
fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta vbmeta.img
Otherwise LOS may not boot, after flashing the patched boot.img.
Happened here yesterday!

Where did you get LOS for the 12?

 

[ydd0ras]

Where did you get LOS for the 12?

Release LineageOS 19.1 for Xiaomi 2201123G (cupid) · arian-ota/ota

📅 Build date: 2022-06-19 🛡️ Security patch: 2022-06-05 💬 Variant: VANILLA 🗒️ Changelog SHA-256 checksum 4b31804abcd9fc54afb8b89ec2ed2bde3aab49e78065b31bd02321281677c161

github.com

 

[Darkstriker]

Release LineageOS 19.1 for Xiaomi 2201123G (cupid) · arian-ota/ota

📅 Build date: 2022-06-19 🛡️ Security patch: 2022-06-05 💬 Variant: VANILLA 🗒️ Changelog SHA-256 checksum 4b31804abcd9fc54afb8b89ec2ed2bde3aab49e78065b31bd02321281677c161

github.com

Interesting. Care to share a user report. Any noteworthy issues you ran into?

 

[ydd0ras]

Interesting. Care to share a user report. Any noteworthy issues you ran into?

Selinux is still permissive, can't receive Sms, D2W doesn't work. Will be solved soon.i guess. The rest is fine

 

[Darkstriker]

Selinux is still permissive, can't receive Sms, D2W doesn't work. Will be solved soon.i guess. The rest is fine

Hm, so still pretty early. Is there a thread here or a community on telegram or something or is the dev just keeping a low profile? How did you find it?

 

[ydd0ras]

Hm, so still pretty early. Is there a thread here or a community on telegram or something or is the dev just keeping a low profile? How did you find it?

Just search for Xiaomi 12 official on TG. SMS issues seem to solved, D2W works as well.

 

[WilliWonka1987]

Can't patch the boot.img of my xiaomi 12 Pro in magisk, shows me an Error.

- Unable to unpack Boot Image
- Installation Failed

someone can help me?

 

[geraldine]

hi all,
i have a xiaomi 12 miui 13.0.18.0(SLCEUXM) android version 12 SKQ1.211006.001 security 2022-05-01
i have unlocked with official software and rooted with magisk 25.1, the root passed without error.
when i check with root checker i have congrats the device is rooted.
but i think it's a partial root, because impossible to change permissions on files on phone storage and the copy/paste files to /system/xbin/ in "root explorer" "ES explorer" "root browser pro" say same thing PERMISSION DENIED (all this soft are checked ON superUser in magisk).
i have change name of magisk and activate Zygisk.
i have try with adb and adb shell to copy/paste and the result is "read only files"
can you help me?

 

[geraldine]

i have try with magisk 24.3 and the same issue

 

[geraldine]

hi, what difference with this differents fastboot?
the blue one appear with the command "adb reboot fastboot" on platform-tools
and the orange one is with vol- + power

 

[andersonbless]

Can't patch the boot.img of my xiaomi 12 Pro in magisk, shows me an Error.

- Unable to unpack Boot Image
- Installation Failed

someone can help me?

Hello, good night, I'm having the same problem with Xiaomi 12, the only file that I believe to be the boot image is with the following name "payload.bin". I've been looking for a method here on the web for three days to root my xiaomi. Help please!

 

[dir05dp]

hai, apa bedanya dengan fastboot berbeda ini?
yang biru muncul dengan perintah "adb reboot fastboot" di platform-tools
dan yang oranye dengan vol- + power

itu karena MIUInya juga beda

 

[dir05dp]

Sumber yang digunakan: https://www.getdroidtips.com/root-xiaomi-12-and-12-pro/

1. Buka kunci bootloader Anda terlebih dahulu. Utas ini tidak mencakup ini. Saya sarankan Anda tidak mencoba mengutak-atik gerbang waktu 1 minggu~ yang akan Anda temui jika tidak, mungkin akan lebih lama jika Anda gagal.

2. Aktifkan mode Pengembang dan adb dari pengaturan Pengembang lagi.

3. Unduh file Fastboot yang sesuai untuk perangkat Anda . Lihat bagian Tentang di pengaturan ponsel Anda untuk mengetahui apa yang sedang Anda jalankan.

4. Unduh Magisk-vXX.Y.apk terbaru dan instal di perangkat Anda. Pengembang Magisk hanya menyediakan file dari Github, tidak mengunduhnya dari tempat lain.

5. Ekstrak (Instal 7-zip jika perlu) arsip fastboot .tgz dan salin boot.img darinya ke kartu sd ponsel Anda melalui adb (atau cara lain):

adb push cupid_eea_global_images_V13.0.16.0.SLCEUXM_20220408.0000.00_12.0_eea/images/boot.img /sdcard/

6. Buka Magisk di ponsel Anda, tekan Instal dan gunakan opsi patch untuk menavigasi ke boot.img yang baru saja Anda salin. Pilih itu, berikutnya berikutnya berikutnya.

7. Baca output untuk melihat di mana boot.img yang ditambal disimpan. Tarik itu.

adb pull /sdcard/Download/magisk_patched-24300_D2K9V.img

8. Reboot ponsel ke fastboot.

adb reboot fastboot

9. Flash image boot yang dimodifikasi ke partisi A dan B
[KODE]fastboot flash boot_a magisk_patched-24300_D2K9V.img
fastboot flash boot_b magisk_patched-24300_D2K9V.img[/CODE]

10. Ucapkan doa Anda dan reboot, perangkat Anda sekarang harus memiliki root fungsional dengan Magisk

reboot fastboot

this method is work, I'm using magisk v25.2, android 12 Miui 13.0.5.0