Maybe someone can help with Lineage and rooting
Maybe someone can help with Lineage and rooting
Hey all, I have been trying to revitalize a Galaxy S5. I installed Lineage 17 and while the performance is AMAZING and I mean that seriously, I can't figure out how to root. I got Magisk, but it's asking me to patch a file. I don't know what now. Prior to Lineage, I rooted the stock android with a rooting tool that was extremely quick and easy. Just sent a file in Odin while in download mode and it did the rest. But I'm fairly sure that same utility can't be used on Lineage as it's a whole new system.
What I would like is either help doing this, or if anyone knows a better rom to use that comes with root ability - and also the ability to move apps to the SD. For some reason, Lineage won't do this adequately, and stock android has no problem with it whatsoever. That's a step down in my opinion just because of dev's personal philosophy but whatever.
Anyway. Thanks if anyone can help.
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As a previous Rooted Lineage OS + MicroG user I have to warn you to be careful on how you update your phone( i.e do not just go into settings amd click update)
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Magisk needs to patch the boot.img file somehow.
Here's how I did it:
- Download the Magisk apk from Github
- Rename it from
Magisk.apktoMagisk.zip - Reboot into Lineage recovery on your device
- Sideload
Magisk.zipand let it install - Boot back into Lineage
- Open Magisk and it'll likely tell you it needs to install.
- Click through, and it should patch the boot partition in-place
- Reboot
- Open Magisk and make sure it shows as installed.
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I will try this, thank you!! I appreciate the fast response, too!
Question: sideload how? Sorry, I am not completely familiar... should I just adb push it onto the internal disk? Also, should I leave the existing installation on there?
One last question: why is the latest shown on github as 27 yet the app downloads 28 to update?
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Sideloading should be the same way you installed Lineage, assuming you used the official instructions and Lineage recovery.
I'm doing this from memory, so the steps may vary a bit.
Boot to recovery, click "Install", then choose "ADB Sideload".
From your PC, run
adb sideload Magisk.zip(assuming Magisk.zip is in your working directory).Then the phone should show progress; ignore anything pertaining to inability to verify. That's normal since the app you're installing isn't signed by Lineage.
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