The Motorola Moto E5 Plus was released in May of 2018 and arrived with Android 8.0 out of the box. It comes with a 5000 mAh battery, which is exceptional for 2018 and still lovely today. It is safe to assume that many people bought the Moto E5 Plus because they wanted a smartphone with a big battery [so they […]
Magisk
Magisk was developed by John Wu and is the open-source successor to SuperSU, designed to give root access to the Android operating system. Magisk can root many devices running on Android 5.0 or later. In 2021, Google employed John Wu to work on Android’s security.
How to Install Magisk
Magisk is the most comprehensive rooting tool to date, though installing it is generally more effort as well. The general idea behind what is currently the most common rooting method is to get past SafetyNet so you can still use the root apps or modules you love but without getting Google angry in the process. Provided Google is happy with […]
How to Unroot Android Magisk
I have managed to get root access with Magisk; however, I can not work out how to unroot my smartphone with Magisk. Resolution: Magisk is a revolutionary Android rooting tool that, thanks to its modules, allows for easier operating system customization than ever before. The drawback with Magisk is that it’s not a simple task to get root access with […]
How to Install Magisk on Samsung SM-A022F
The Samsung SM-A022F smartphone was released on January 27 of 2021 and came with Android 10 out of the box. It has since been upgradable to Android 11 which is indeed a desirable operating system, but for some, it still comes overly bloated with Samsung’s default apps that cannot be uninstalled unless you were to have root access. That’s one […]
Where Are Magisk Modules Stored?
After learning how Android SafetyNet impacts Magisk, I decided to get root access with Magisk. I have already downloaded Magisk and managed to install it without TWRP Recovery. The only part I had difficulty with was trying to get the boot image for Magisk. However, now that I am rooted, I am unable to locate the Magisk modules and settings. […]
How to Install Magisk on LGE LM-Q730
I would like to install Magisk on the LG LM-Q730 smartphone but cannot find a guide. I have found other guides such as the one for the LG V35 and wonder if there is nothing simpler than at least similar. Resolution: There is no reliable rooting method for the LG LM-Q730 smartphone right now. We have looked through all our […]
How to Root with Magisk without PC
I am trying to get root access with Magisk without a PC and ideally without it being more than an issue than what finding someone’s PC would become. I don’t have a computer at the moment and won’t be buying another one just yet. But I also want to root my smartphone in the meantime. Resolution: Root Using Magisk without […]
How to Install Magisk without TWRP
Starting from Magisk version 22, the Magisk (core) and Magisk Manager (companion app) files were merged into one package for your convenience. And one of the advantages of that was the new all-in-one package would also be a flashable zip file recognized by the TWRP custom recovery image. However, it’s also true that you can get root access with Magisk […]
How to Get boot.img for Magisk
You can download and install the latest Magisk files from here. SuperSU was taken down from the Play Store years ago and Magisk is not allowed on the Play Store either. Once you open the Magisk app, you want to patch a boot image. This is done by downloading the firmware for your smartphone, extracting it, and then checking in […]
What Is SafetyNet on Magisk
I want to use Magisk but don’t quite understand what it’s SafetyNet feature is or how it works. Answer: Technically, SafetyNet is a Google feature and not one developed by Magisk. However, it is the feature that made Magisk a household name in the rooting community. Magisk has an option that allows you to turn off root access so you […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 7.1.2 (Nougat)
Rooting of the Android operating system has been something millions of people have been doing now for nearly a decade. Over that span, there were always different tools that would come and go, but there were also a few that seemed always to go on forever. However, times are rapidly changing; it’s not so much that people have lost interest […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Over recent years the development of the SuperSU tool has seen many changes. Android kept altering the security of its operating system to make it more difficult for the popular rooting tool’s development. When new applications like Android Pay and Netflix came out, it only got worse. . . . Android had always expressed its disapproval of having root access […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 7.1 (Nougat)
The contentious subject of whether rooting the Android operating system should, in fact, be legal or illegal, morally acceptable or completely unethical, has almost sorted itself out naturally no thanks to Android developers. With new applications like Android Pay now available, there’s never been a more important time to preach security than now. When you had a rooted Android operating […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop)
No thanks to new security advancements such as Google SafetyNet, the way people root their devices has now changed. Older versions of Android would allow rooting tools like SuperSU to root a device and use root apps as well as apps that didn’t require root access all at the same time. You don’t get that same kind of opportunity these […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 7.0 (Nougat)
The Android operating system has always been one with supreme security. When you install applications, they don’t have the chance to move from their own bit of land that they are fenced in by. When you root a device, however, which is something that people have been doing since the birth of the operating system, you are removing that fence […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Over the course of history, for as long as we’ve had the pleasure of knowing the Android operating system, gaining root access to it has always been possible. Up until lately, when a new feature called SafetyNet was first introduced, all root apps can always be run at the same time as the apps that didn’t require root access. In […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
Rooting has been around since the dawn of the Android operating system, and there have been many different tools that have come and gone since then. Oftentimes the Android developers change the way the operating system security works, and then the rooting developers need to create new tools to help get around the roadblocks. That same situation happened again when […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop)
If you have wanted to get root access by flashing a zip from inside a custom recovery over the years, the go-to method for getting that done has been to install SuperSU. In more recent times, however, SuperSU, while still being a reliable root method, hasn’t been able to get past Android’s SafetyNet, designed to stop certain applications from running […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop)
The Android operating system has always had the root user account tucked away ever since the dawn of the operating system. Rooting was more popular in years past because there were more applications out there for rooted users that stock Android didn’t have features that it could match. Now stock Android has more features and has taken many of the […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
If you went back five years ago, most Android enthusiasts used their operating systems with root access. There were so many additional things that people could do with root access that it made sense. These days getting root access has become more challenging for developers, and the number of applications that one needs to use with root access is less […]
Download Magisk APK for Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
For about as long as I can remember, SuperSU was always the most popular way for people to get root access. Sure, plenty of individuals preferred doing it the easier way with a one-click rooting method, but outside of the one-click root tools, it was SuperSU — and by a long margin. Even if you include the one-click rooting tools, […]