Sept. Update, Official TWRP and Magisk Setup?
Hey fellow Essential owners, just curious to know how some of you are going about updating to September's build, while upgrading to Official TWRP, and also installing Magisk.
I have heard a few stories involving lost touch in TWRP or in System and was hoping to avoid that headache completely as I don't have access to a mouse for TWRP.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Posted Sep 11, 2018, 8:31 PM UTC
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Don't use twrp anymore for installing magisk. Removing fingerprints and adding them again after root isn't worth the hassle.
Instead, take ota update, patch boot and install it in fastboot.
The new TWRP doesn't require you to remove fingerprints. It can decrypt now.
That's good news, thanks for letting us know.
Is it just the fastboot image and magisk manager? The OTA? The stock image from XDA?
You can retrieve yourself the stock boot image from ota zip. Otherwise the main rooting thread on xda has a link to latest boot. Then magisk patches the boot that you finally install in fastboot, I think
or whatever the image file's called.
Okay, thanks
I don't use fingerprints, my work is very hands on and my fingers get damaged frequently. I was more or less looking for how other people had setup getting the new official TWRP, and Magisk while on Sept. build.
if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to give it a shot, I will try it on my own for now, and report back if and when I get through the process with touchscreen working.