[ROOT] Modified Magisk for Galaxy A21S (R)

[sahil_bhandari]

The 5587bb does not work being magisk manager. its work as direct install ,
pop up "Need additional setup" still.

Do the direct install and you are good to go... attach a screenshot of that popup too

 

[F308]

Did you try to Encforce Deny list on magisk ?
just Put your app into Deny List on magisk manager.

I did.
There is more question marks.
It worked on stock ROM, without root, but when I copied my stuff to phone it triggered security again. maybe because in the meantime I checked feature on other, rooted phone.
Still it should let me in on safe phone.
Bank knows from what device I log in.
That needs to be figured out yet but everytime it takes some hours.

Do the direct install and you are good to go... attach a screenshot of that popup too

When yesterday I rooted phone second time with 0c1f6881 it required additional setup too.
Cancel was not working, apk exited in such case.
I didn't want do direct install for not to lose root again, I agreed for additional setup.
Phone was thinking 3 seconds, rebooted and everything was ok.

 

[Steker Unik]

There is more question marks.
It worked on stock ROM, without root, but when I copied my stuff to phone it triggered security again. maybe because in the meantime I checked feature on other, rooted phone.
Still it should let me in on safe phone.
Bank knows from what device I log in.
That needs to be figured out yet but everytime it takes some hours.

So in short words your problem is that your app does not allow root to be used on the app right ?

i have a couple Method to fix it , Tell me if any of the method works :

Method 1
1. Go to Setting>Deny list> select the app you want to hide from the root

Method 2
1. Go to Setting>Deny list> select the app you want to hide from the root + Hide the magisk APP into whatever name

Method 3
1. Go to Setting>Deny list> select the app you want to hide from the root + Hide the magisk APP into whatever name + Add zygisk safetynet fix module ( you can get it from file below or sreach zygisk kdrag0n github)

Mostly it will work on Method 2 , Works for me.

 

[F308]

Do the direct install and you are good to go... attach a screenshot of that popup too

So in short words your problem is that your app does not allow root to be used on the app right ?

i have a couple Method to fix it , Tell me if any of the method works :

Method 1
1. Go to Setting>Deny list> select the app you want to hide from the root

Method 2
1. Go to Setting>Deny list> select the app you want to hide from the root + Hide the magisk APP into whatever name

Method 3

1. Go to Setting>Deny list> select the app you want to hide from the root + Hide the magisk APP into whatever name + Add zygisk safetynet fix module ( you can get it from file below or sreach zygisk kdrag0n github)

1. I did it. Not worked.

2. Is it possible to hide Magisk in our modified Magisk apk?
Need to check again.
I could miss something.

3. OK. Will try given SFN fix.

I wonder why this crap didn't work without root on stock ROM.
That is interesting question.

 

[Steker Unik]

2. Is it possible to hide Magisk in our modified Magisk apk?
Need to check again.
I could miss something.

yes , it can .
or just update to 92546e8a-Canary version of magisk and then hide the magisk

 

[F308]

yes , it can .
or just update to 92546e8a-Canary version of magisk and then hide the magisk

But this version was not modified by Sahil, right?
Won't it cause bootloop?

Well.
I have my whole life for trying.

 

[Steker Unik]

But this version was not modified by Sahil, right?
Won't it cause bootloop?

Well.
I have my whole life for trying.

yes it not a modified by sahil , its a official update for magisk canary on my m12 . i make it as magisk manager . and i direct install it . dont cause any problem no bootloop .

but if you want just update (92546e8a) it and make it magisk manager and hide the magisk app

if you want safer area try using 558710bb the new magisk by sahil

 

[F308]

That I will do.
I have 0c1f6881 (= modified) and in it Magisk hide possibility is greyed out.

 

[sahil_bhandari]

yes it not a modified by sahil , its a official update for magisk canary on my m12 . i make it as magisk manager . and i direct install it . dont cause any problem no bootloop .

but if you want just update (92546e8a) it and make it magisk manager and hide the magisk app

if you want safer area try using 558710bb the new magisk by sahil

That I will do.
I have 0c1f6881 (= modified) and in it Magisk hide possibility is greyed out.

This is Magisk Manager Canary Build b2cd24ed, as the app is not tested yet can you people try and tell me is it working as expected or not, please attach the screenshot of the problems if occurs, Thankyou

the list of changes are mentioned here: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/commits/master

 

[F308]

This is Magisk Manager Canary Build b2cd24ed, as the app is not tested yet can you people try and tell me is it working as expected or not, please attach the screenshot of the problems if occurs, Thankyou

the list of changes are mentioned here: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/commits/master

I don't expect to make any tests with phone soon. Have other things on todo list and this task is lower on it.

 

[sahil_bhandari]

I don't expect to make any tests with phone soon. Have other things on todo list and this task is lower on it.

 

[Steker Unik]

This is Magisk Manager Canary Build b2cd24ed, as the app is not tested yet can you people try and tell me is it working as expected or not, please attach the screenshot of the problems if occurs, Thankyou

the list of changes are mentioned here: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/commits/master

Well , tried on M127F Work fine to me , Root successfully, No malfunction . Good Work ! Keep it up

 

[sahil_bhandari]

Well , tried on M127F Work fine to me , Root successfully, No malfunction . Good Work ! Keep it up

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Thank for the response, I really appreciate

 

[sahil_bhandari]

Well , tried on M127F Work fine to me , Root successfully, No malfunction . Good Work ! Keep it up

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I don't expect to make any tests with phone soon. Have other things on todo list and this task is lower on it.

Here the is new magisk manager canary build version 76ddfeb9 there are huge changes in the manager so check those changes on official Magisk manager GitHub page. as always the app is not tested yet you people try and tell me, the app is working correctly or not, if any error occurs please attach the screen shot of it and let me know. Thank you

 

[sahil_bhandari]

Well , tried on M127F Work fine to me , Root successfully, No malfunction . Good Work ! Keep it up

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Here is the latest version of Magisk Manager f443cbaa, as usual the app is not tested yet please test and report me if any error occurs please attach the screen shot of it...

There are lots of changes in this version, to check what's new please visit the official Magisk manager github page.

please do me a favor, try Riru and Lsposed, please tell me weather they are working or not...

Thankyou

 

[sahil_bhandari]

It seems that the A21S hasn't had any root since it was released (other than pre-rooted GSI ROMS)
When flashing Magisk, the phone went into bootloop, and the only way to fix it was to flash stock rom via Odin.
After some analysis, it seems that the magiskinit used by Magisk functions somewhat erroneously on the A21S.
So, I modified the Magisk APK from https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk to get this solved.

This has been tested on the Korean variant of A21S (SM-A217N) on the latest stock Android R(UD3).

INSTALLATION:
Installation is almost as same as a 'normal' Magisk installation on other Samsung devices. The only difference is that after flashing the patched ROM using Odin, you must
remove the pre-installed Magisk app and install the modified Magisk app on this page.

DO NOT PATCH THE ROM WITH THE MAGISK APP FROM OFFICIAL GITHUB AS THAT WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE. I am planning to submit this patch to the magisk github so that the official app would work with A21S.

Installation Instructions for Magisk: https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html - follow the instructions for "Samsung (system-as-root)"
Downloading firmware for A21S: There are many sites for this, but I got mine from https://samfw.com/. You can also use tools such as Samloader.
Unlocking bootloader: I think this is a great guide for it. Keep in mind that you must unlock the bootloader before proceeding with installation, and you WILL trip knox when you do so. Also, unlocking bootloader and installing Magisk will wipe your data + internal storage, so please back up all of your data before installation.

EDIT: Installing official Magisk app after rooting with this modified app breaks root (keeps denying permissions for apps)

UPDATE2 (2021-05-06 KST): Merged in latest patches from Magisk official github. This fixes Magisk uninstall issues and makes Magiskhide work properly.
Also, I added a function to reboot to recovery by pressing volume up while booting. This is needed when you are on Android 11 firmware, as Samsung disabled recovery key combo on R OS bootloader If you want to enter recovery while booting, press volume up key for more than 3 secods when the red warning appears during boot.

PHOTOS (to show that this is not a hoax):

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DISCLAIMER:
Your are using this software at your own risk. I am NOT RESPONSIBLE for any bricked device or malfunction, etc. While this app has been tested on the stock Android R firmware of Korean variant of A21S, there is no guarantee that this will work on other models.

Technical Information:

<12>[    2.044416]  [0           init:    1] magiskinit: Kernel cmdline iofo:
<!2>[    2.044430]  [0:           init:    1] magiskInit: skip_initramfs=[1]
<12>[    2.044443]  [0:           init:    1] }agiskanit: dorce_normalWboot=[0]
<12>[    2.044451]  [0:           init:    1] magiskinit: rootwait=[1]
<12>[    2.044460]  [0:           init:    1] magiskinit: slot=[]
<12>[    2.044471]  [0:           init:    1] magiskinit: dt_dir=[]
<12>[    2.044479]  [0:           init:    1] m!giskiNit: fstab]suffix=[]
<12>[    2.044487]  [0:           init:    1] magiskinit: hardware=[exynos850]
<12>[    2.044517]  [0:           init:    1] magiskinit: hardware.platform=[]
<12>[    2.044691]  [0:           init:    1] magiskinit: Device tree info:
<32[    2.044700Y  [0:           init:    1] magiskinit: dt_dir=[/proc/device-tree/fizmware/android]
<1">[    2.044707]  [0:           init:    1] magisiinit: fstab_suffix=[]
<12*[    2.044718]  [0:           init*    1] magisk)n)t: hardware=[exyno3850]
<12>[    2.044'26]  [0:           init:    1] magiskinit: hardware.platfOrm=[]
<12>[    2.044735]  [0:           init:    1] magiskinit: SARInit
<12>[    2.045341]  [0:           init:    1] magisciniT: Earmy mount system_root

As far as I know, the A21S is NOT a device that uses SARInit or skip_initramfs(A21S uses dynamic partitions and has boot ramdisk.). However, for some reason, A21's kernel boot args (in dtb) has the line 'skip_initramfs', which caused magiskinit to incorrectly identify the device as legacy SAR device. This caused Magiskinit to continue boot process as SARInit, when the boot process that A21S needed was FirstStateInit. As a test, I modified the source code in the magisk/native/jni/init/init.cpp from

if (cmd.skip_initramfs)
   init = new SARInit(argv, &cmd);

to

if (cmd.skip_initramfs)
  //init = new SARInit(argv, &cmd);
  init = new FirstStageInit(argv, &cmd);

This made the device boot successfully with root. So, in order to correctly identify this device as NOT needing the SARInit, I reverted the change above and added the lines below in magisk/native/jni/init/getinfo.cpp, above "LOGD("Kernel cmdline info:\n");" part:

if (strcmp(cmd->hardware, "exynos850") == 0) {
    cmd->skip_initramfs = false;
}

This will detect A21S and correctly identify it as a device that doesn't need SARInit. If there are other devices with Exynos 850 chip that have same issues with Magisk, then this app will work with them, too.

When I analyzed Galaxy M12's kernel source and boot.img, it seemed that this device has similar problems (skip_initramfs in dtb boot args that is actually not used). I'm not sure if M12 has been rooted. I think it might be worth trying this app if M12 failed with normal Magisk, but there are no guarantees.

Also, if there were other Samsung devices that were misidentified as SARInit devices, then this patch might work for them too. (For this, we need to add their androidboot.hardware to the code mentioned above)

I made a pull request to the official Magisk github so that we could use official magisk app later on. Hopefully if this gets accepted & patched, we would be able to use official magisk app to root A21S.

Bro!!,
The line "LOGD("Kernel cmdline info:\n");" has been removed on latest version of Magisk canary build now i am facing problems while compiling the latest magisk canary builds. what is the solution on this ?? please help me .... Thankyou

 

[sahil_bhandari]

Well , tried on M127F Work fine to me , Root successfully, No malfunction . Good Work ! Keep it up

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Hello There, this is the latest version of Magisk Manager Version 256d7156, and this is not usual, This version of magisk manager is tested by me. Works Fine for me, as expected, please attach a screen shot of you problem if exist, and for the list of changes on the latest build please go to Official Magisk Manager GitHub Page.
Thank you .

 

[Malaahim]

Absolutely new to this forum and never rooted a phone by myself. Can someone kindly help me root my A21s (SM-A217/DS). Thank you.

 

[sahil_bhandari]

Absolutely new to this forum and never rooted a phone by myself. Can someone kindly help me root my A21s (SM-A217/DS). Thank you.

sure i can help you out what kind of help you need ??

 

[Malaahim]

sure i can help you out what kind of help you need ??

I need to root this device. And have to start from scratch since I've never rooted one myself I'd need a dummies guide lol