Update a Rooted Pixel Device to Android 11 (R) Final Release

[@Carxstreetaccounts24]

Bro I swear I was waiting for this I'm not even lying I kept checking your channel I knew you were going to do it lol bless you my brother thank you Good job

[@MaowDroid]

I appreciate that :D Thanks for your comment. :)

[@Carxstreetaccounts24]

No sir thank you man for the knowledge

[@Carxstreetaccounts24]

Do you know if it exposed the stable?

[@dauniqueone52]

This is one of those videos where you have to come back every month whenever there is an OTA and you have to reroot

[@philippetremblay2557]

After sofbricking my device following an XDA guide, I was able to revert it back to the stock image thanks to the Android Flash Tool. I then followed your guide and it worked beautifully without a hitch. Thank you so much!!!

[@Bnhershy]

Bless you and this video; your casual tone kept me calm in what is usually a panic-inducing nightmare of flashing, unflashing, and reflashing.

[@Absarock1]

Hey you! yuou are awesome. Using this tutorial for Dec 2021 Update on 4a 4G. Still works like a charm

[@Absarock1]

and again in April 2022

[@MaowDroid]

Thanks for reporting back Absar! 😸

[@juangonzalez9500]

Worked perfectly on my Pixel 3A XL. The only thing I did differently is that I had the regular version of Magisk Manager installed and just changed the update channel to Beta, allowing me to install Magisk 21.1 on my boot image. Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial!

[@power21100]

i checked your channel 2 days ago, i ended up using the old video for pixel 2/2xl. Thanks again!

[@MaowDroid]

That's awesome! Usually the secret sauce is just using the canary build of Magisk/Magisk Manager and you're good to go!

[@techwolf89]

Just flashed Android 12 on my Pixel 4XL as per your instructions here, just as I did last year for 11!

[@bundrew_11-11]

Thanks, as always your video tutorials are straightforward and easy to follow. Still humming along on my Pixel 2XL. Cheers!

[@MaowDroid]

Thanks for your comment Andrew! I'm glad you found this video good and helpful. :) Enjoy your rooted 2 XL on 11!

[@ruben79nyc]

Thank you for another great video!

[@MaowDroid]

My pleasure! Nice to see you again! I hope you've been well. :) I think you mentioned getting a new phone sometime ago, did you end up jumping anywhere?

[@ruben79nyc]

@@MaowDroid Unfortunately, no. Still rocking my Pixel 3 XL for now. I messed up in not being patient for your video last night in updating to Android 11 and now stuck on the G logo.

[@MaowDroid]

@@ruben79nyc ah I see, I hope you got that sorted out, however I think we solved it on discord (unless we have a similarly named person there too haha)

[@ruben79nyc]

@@MaowDroid Yeah, that's me on Discord. Thanks!

[@zdog90210]

Thank you for this video. I got it working perfectly. The only step I forgot was to retransfer the modified boot img but i was able to reboot and get it then back into fastboot to flash it it worked

[@MaowDroid]

Good to hear! Thanks for reporting back, and yeah haha sometimes I forget too, but yeah a quick boot up and copy and flash, & you're good to go :D

[@bobbymiller6548]

Thank you much sir! Great instructions right on time.

[@MaowDroid]

Thanks for your comment Bobby! I'm glad you found it useful! :)

[@HellenKillerProject]

Thanks so much. I had a blood clot in my brain that made things that were once so easy a serious issue. I had been trying to work through this for several days and quite a few serious issues. Having very little short term memory I have to learn things over and over like a Goldfish ... Eventually they stick. I didn't really need to root it but my Note 3 just decided it wasn't happy and I had moved it up to Android 9 ... so it is a habit .. Appreciate your effort ,,.,,.,,

[@MaowDroid]

I think the thing that causes the slip ups are either the Magisk Modules or people not aware of which version of Android which build of Magisk supports hehe; and yeah they stick after a while :D Thanks for your comment :)

[@fergulator7297]

Brilliant ,spent hrs trying to root my pixel 3 ,then found this video,works perfect

[@MaowDroid]

Glad it helped! Thanks for your comment Scott!

[@orbit9221]

What about the method of installing the OTA update straight via the system and before rebooting installing magisk into idle slot? Does that work for you?

[@MaowDroid]

On the latest versions of Magisk Manager the option to install to inactive slot (used for OTA updating) has been removed temporarily due to bootloop issues from how Google has changed how OTAs are handled, hence I couldn't demonstrate with the OTA. It did work previously when the option was available, I think if you're not coming from the canary builds of Magisk Manager and if you're using a version prior to 8.0 you'll get the option, but you might end up in a bootloop.

[@juangonzalez9500]

just want to add that I was able to update from Android 11 to 12 using this tutorial! I did it on my pixel 3a xl

[@notabadcookie]

Perfect job! Worked the first time, best tutorial hands down. ❤️

[@MaowDroid]

Great to hear that it worked well for you! Thanks for your comment! :)

[@GwynAndJulius]

11:51 in magisk i get no options at the bottom there to view downloads and stuff

[@kennethslagle4074]

EDIT - Success! The only strange thing was that every command in the log from flashing the image had an error after the command ie: 'Sending' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I did switch back to the Beta Channel before flashing. THANKS FOR THE GREAT TUTORIAL!!! Original post: I'm a bit nervous after having major issues several months ago. I've downloaded the October Android 11 files, have everything ready to go with Manager on Update Channel - Canary. From @O Book post it was suggested to use Beta, but there wasn't any feedback from him as to whether it worked for him. I have uninstalled all modules except for ViPER4Android FX (which is a nightmare to setup). Magisk has been updating frequently, currently on 21004 Magisk and 310 (12) Manager. Each time Magisk updates I create a new magisk_patched.img and replace the one in my Platform Tools folder. I've gone through your video several times and am ready to pull the trigger - am I missing anything?

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Ken, thanks for sharing your journey updating the phone; and yeah you should have been just fine in using either the Beta or Canary builds as they both support Android 11, with varying bugs between them. But that command prompt error is quite interesting; since 'sending:' should just be output that's shown in the window, I guess you can ignore that if things worked out. :D

[@michaellee213]

Solid video, mate. Thank you very much.

[@MaowDroid]

No problem 👍 I'm glad you found it useful. :D

[@kingofporotv]

UPDATE : The magisk canary manager do not exist anymore. Any solution ?

[@radupopescu2697]

Hey! Will this work updating to android 12 from 11?

[@radupopescu2697]

Update: I have tried it and it works just fine. Many thanks!

[@woutvangessel9412]

Great success on my 3xl. Thx!

[@MaowDroid]

Great to hear! I'm glad it worked out for you! :)

[@xX-zk4zq]

hey man, love your content. you present these in an easily consumable manner. i have a slight issue tho. Once I've selected and completed the download to the boot file, the edited one wont show up in the downloads of the phone. all the other things show up fine

[@MaowDroid]

Yeah that sometimes happens with MTP. If you've got usb debugging enabled you can run this command from the same 'platform-tools' folder and the magisk_patched.img will appear in the 'Android' folder (so the parent directory to the 'platform-tools' folder. adb pull /sdcard/Download/magisk_patched.img .. Or you can upload it somewhere and download it on your computer, but that ADB command should work well for you. :)

[@voyageur04]

Great Video as usual

[@MaowDroid]

Thanks for your comment! :D I'm glad you found it helpful. :)

[@voyageur04]

@@MaowDroid Thank you for all of your videos

[@mitsuda1984]

Im at 9:33 in the video and i have a dead android. The computer is not recozing the device (pixel3) how do i go about starting from scratch or even getting the computer to reconize the phone?

[@MaowDroid]

So after flashing the bootloader & radio images your phone is no longer detected in fastboot? Try rebooting your phone into the bootloader again and also try another USB port if you can. If your phone is still not detected, try boot into recovery mode and sideload the Android 11 full OTA using ADB. developers.google.com/android/ota Boot into recovery mode > (something like:) Install update from ADB sideload Then use this command: adb sideload [drag in OTA zip]

[@mitsuda1984]

@@MaowDroid it worked like magic when I switch usb ports.. I don't know why. It's weird because I knew the phone was connected after doing the fastboot devices command. Thank you for the response. Awesome guide.

[@MaowDroid]

sweet! I'm glad that was all it was. :)

[@kingofporotv]

UPDATE : We need a video for Pixel 4 XL ANDROID 12

[@marauderlife2886]

Knowing that this is possible now makes me want to pay my phone off faster, I have a Google Pixel 4. Thank you for the content.

[@MaowDroid]

haha awesome! Which carrier are you with that keeps your bootloader locked until you pay off your phone?

[@marauderlife2886]

T-Mobile, once the phone is fully paid off they will unlock the GSM..... Once that's possible, I'm hoping to learn how to mod and change ROMs, I really like the idea of having graphene OS on my phone. I've been surfing KZbin for a while, so far your videos are some of the best I've come across for this topic.

[@joog0]

Thank you! I was waiting for this! Will this result in a wipe or will my data remain?

[@MaowDroid]

Your data will remain! Check out the time where I reboot into Android :) But please make sure you make a backup just in case anything goes wrong.

[@GARY-fromOntario]

@@MaowDroid I somehow LOST ALL my screenshots . Root is required for the app I am using to TRY and recover my screenshots but thought rooting required unlocking the bootloader which would WIPE my data . From this post / comment it looks like I may not wipe my data ? My phone is a pixel 3AXL. If I follow this video could I possibly get my DELETED screenshots back and NOT wipe my data before the recovery of them? Appreciate your advice. Thank you in advance.

[@malek3427]

when I install magisk manager canary "update" and "install" never pop up any help? and under magisk and manager sections"latest"is always N/A

[@malek3427]

any help?

[@MaowDroid]

Do you have trouble accessing GitHub at times? Or for some reason there's a firewall blocking Magisk Manager from accessing the internet?

[@k2In1]

uninstall current magisk manager and try to download canary from your PC and transfer the apk later.

[@malek3427]

@@MaowDroid nvm fixed the problem by using a vpn :)

[@MaowDroid]

@@malek3427 sweet, glad you got around it!

[@SweetCandy-rz9zv]

Hello i wanna ask something about my problem, I have google pixel 3xl and upgraded to android 11, all of my game like mobile legsnd have some frame drop If i downgrade to android 10 Witch the the stable version? Please reply, thank you

[@lauriebot3941]

Great video as always, but I wonder if you can help, I've had a problem this time. Just tried to update my pixel 2 to the december update, and it gets stuck on the "phone is starting" screen with the scrolling bar under the text. Even when I re flash the october update I now still have the same problem. Don't know where to go from here, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@MadMartian]

The latest Canary has an Option checked by default of "Recovery Mode". If I am going from Android 10 on my Pixel 4 XL, do I leave that checked or do I uncheck it? This appears right before the Method selection after clicking Update.

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Mad Martian, I would probably uncheck that as we don't use the recovery mode (from what I recall that was aimed at the S10). If it gives you problems, you can always repatch from Android 11.

[@ArisMelachroinos]

I am on android 11 on my pixel 2 xl and I would like to know how to root it. Could you make a video for that in the future? My main concerns are: What is going on with the slots... There are 2 slots but why this video doesn't mention something? When do I need to switch slots? Shouldn't I flash both slots? Also i read somewhere that I must not have a pin password when I want to root. Will it brick the device? Honestly a dedicated video for my situation would be so helpful but I know that it takes so much time and effort to make so I understand

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Aris! I'll be making a full-blown, start from scratch rooting video for Android 11 once Magisk stable supports Android 11, and hopefully that's over the next few days: twitter.com/topjohnwu/status/1308740670706708488 This video doesn't mention slots because they're not super important right now when updating (but I'll say that sometimes that makes updating a little more tricky as the system might swap slots for you without warning), and also when rooting it doesn't really matter which slot you're on if you're doing it for the first time. You don't need to switch slots unless you've also flashed the system images to a particular slot; flashing to both slots is useful but you would just need to flash to the current slot as we're not looking to swap slots. > Also i read somewhere that I must not have a pin password when I want to root. This is mainly focused on rooting using TWRP to flash Magisk, or back then, SuperSU. Removing your screen lock allowed TWRP access to your /data parition so you could flash Magisk after you had copied it over to your internal storage. As TWRP doesn't support Android 11 right now, we are just using Magisk Manager to patch the stock boot.img to install Magisk onto it, which doesn't require TWRP and doesn't require you to remove your screen lock. You'll hardly be able to brick your device, generally speaking if you can flash the stock images again you should be fine. I hope this helps. :)

[@ArisMelachroinos]

@@MaowDroid wow, this is so helpful for me. I am definitely looking forward to your video. I cannot thank you enough for your time.

[@JoshF151Tech]

Great video! If I install the Canary Build of Magisk would I eventually be able to switch from the Canary Build to the Stable Build of Magisk when it's ready for Android 11? Or would I have to completely ReRoot my phone in order to use the Stable Build of Magisk once it's released for Android 11?

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Josh, yep, once the stable version comes out with support for Android 11, just head back into the Magisk Manager > Settings and change the Update Channel to Stable.

[@JoshF151Tech]

@@MaowDroid Ok thanks!

[@ggkameleon1]

Thanks for all videos.. But you loose your data ? I have a Pixel 4a 5g no Twrp and root it on February. They had a new March update but don't know how update it !? I can use this method ? Thanks

[@achel2006]

Is this can be possible if I have a Custom ROM? I want to install the final release of pixel 2 xl but I don't know if I will lose my data.

[@jobanjitG]

Hello, i am getting "Installation Failed" at Copy boot.img to phone for patching when clicking "Let's Go". would you know why that might be? Thanks in advance

[@MaowDroid]

What's the output of the log that shows when you patch the image? What are the few lines before it?

[@jobanjitG]

@@MaowDroid I was able to get it to work after repeating all the steps.. Thank you so much for your help..

[@galion1991]

I'm getting an unknown error in the update step while sending the system.img "Sending sparse 'system_a' 2/6 (458752 KB) FAILED (Write to device failed (Unknown error))". Unless someone knows how to fix that, maybe there's a way to do this with the OTA image and update from adb? Maybe that'll work?

[@MaowDroid]

I'd probably try swap up the cables & USB ports and ensure that you're using a USB A to USB C cable (which seems to work best, rather than having a Type C to C cable). If it's still not working out for you, yep you can sideload the OTA for Android 11. Download the full OTA here: developers.google.com/android/ota Boot your phone into recovery mode and select install package from ADB sideload then use this command: "adb sideload [drag in OTA zip]" Then let your phone boot up. You can then flash the patched boot.img you made in this video to root your phone after.

[@Absarock1]

Trying for A13. Havent made any backup. Fingers crossed

[@Absarock1]

IT WORKS!

[@GB-it1sn]

If bootloader and radio flash fine, but you get an error like this: "Sending sparse 'vendor_b' 1/2 (262140 KB) FAILED (Error reading sparse file)" Try switching to a USB-A to C instead of a C to C cable. Switching cables worked for me.

[@MaowDroid]

Yep! C to C cables are usually the culprit with fastboot/bootloader sparse image failures. :) Thanks for reporting back!

[@GB-it1sn]

Also if you keep cycling to the bootloader with this message: enter reason: no valid slot to boot you may have flashed your magisk_patched.img file that was from the last time you rooted instead of the magisk_patched1.img 🤦‍♂️

[@999DonJulio]

got my pixel updated and rooted but now safetynet is false. any suggestions?

[@MaowDroid]

There's probably not much you can do, Google has been testing things with Google Play Services. You can read more about it here: twitter.com/topjohnwu/status/1237830555523149824 It currently passes for me on my Pixel 3 with GPlay Services checking in basic mode.

[@999DonJulio]

MaowDroid I got it now. 😁

[@GwynAndJulius]

@@999DonJulio how?

[@999DonJulio]

@@GwynAndJulius magisk hide. But now it's false again due to my hardware

[@MrTgcosine]

Thanks for the video. After the step: " fastboot flash boot ...", it succesfully flashes the patched boot image. Followed up with the Reboot system now. Google logo appears for a few seconds, then boots back into the fastboot mode. "Enter reason: NO VALID SLOT TO BOOT. I tried to redo all the steps until "flash update...", this time successfully booted into system but without root. Could you please advise? Also I aware that the logs on my phone while flashing the zip file is a bit different from yours, it shows "vendor_a", "system_a" instead of "vendor_b", "system_b" on yours, is this the reason why "no valid slot to boot" appears?

[@MaowDroid]

Hi M L, sorry to hear you had some trouble booting up with Magisk installed (it looks like). Flashing on different slots, it doesn't matter at all as it depends on if you've taken OTAs, or flashed ROMs before; but it shouldn't matter too much. Perhaps the patched image is corrupt in some way, but I would try patching the stock boot.img again using Magisk Manager (and make sure that the update channel is set to either Beta or Canary); and then flashing it. As always, you can revert this by flashing the stock boot.img to the boot partition so you don't have to flash the entire update again.

[@aldiki88_]

is this method works if i update to android 12, my device is 3a xl rooted and custom kernel, and i am in android 11. also is this method wipe all my previous data in android 11?

[@tongt.1141]

Is it possible to apply update to Android 11 on Pixel 2 XL without rooting?

[@OrbitFlux]

Not working on my pixel 2. Wondering if it is because the latest Magisk Canary now is 20425 instead of 20424 which is shown in your video. I have the zip file of 20424 download but not sure how I can patch the boot.img which the 20424 file. Any thoughts?

[@OrbitFlux]

Well, actually it worked. But it is weird that the latest manager doesn't show Magisk status but an earlier version of manager does

[@MaowDroid]

Yeah I'm not sure if Magisk Manager has the ability to patch a boot.img using a provided Magisk zip. Canary builds are subject to rapid change so you'll need to try it as they come along. I'm glad it worked but that's an interesting workaround.

[@NoahAnt]

Magisk_patch file reads 0bytes, everything works except the root. It says successful but still doesn't root.

[@MaowDroid]

I would try patching again; and perhaps copying over the boot.img again to your phone. The patched image size should match the size of the boot.img you had provided.

[@michellepark0954]

Hey i am new to rooting so if i install custom rom like lineage then would i have to go through all these process instead of simply clicking update in my settings? I am thinking about getting pixel 2xl.

[@MaowDroid]

You would not be doing this, since this would flash the stock ROM on your phone, replacing LineageOS. Once you have LOS installed, you would take OTAs from their own System Updater, or you would sideload the update .zip in LOS recovery. Although, as you update LOS, you may lose root access if you just go through the normal system update, as Magisk is installed to the ramdisk.

[@MojoJojo11Apr]

I have a rooted google pixel 2 device running Android 10. I got a system update for android 11 on the phone, so do i need to follow these steps to update or can i directly update it from the settings option?

[@MaowDroid]

You can directly update but you'll lose root access until you can boot up and patch the boot.img again. We used to be able to take the OTA and keep root using Magisk Manager but that doesn't work anymore as Google has changed how they do OTA updates, which will lead you to a bootloop. I would probably just follow this if you haven't downloaded the system update yet.

[@LucasDanielOrban]

I got an ota for the update, can you make a video with that method? 🙏🙏🙏

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Lucas, you've found it already, but here's the link if anyone else is interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hp-zomaEarSJirc

[@PrachalNeema]

Is there any way to record calls on Pixel 2xl running Android 11 after magisk installed or without magisk.

[@MaowDroid]

Not from my knowledge unfortunately, I recall Google removed that funcationality from AOSP some time ago, but there has been some buzz that it may come back. www.xda-developers.com/google-phone-app-prepares-always-record-calls-numbers-not-your-contacts/ I guess Google is still working on it. There may be custom ROMs out there that have that feature.

[@DubEDoLLarS]

Just bought a pixel 2 xl. Updated to Android 11. Do I need twrp at all to root? I have downloaded all files needed. Will I be able to use magisk canary to patch the boot image without already being rooted? And if not can I downgrade to android 10?

[@MaowDroid]

Yep! You can patch boot.img-es using Magisk Manager without root, that's how we've been doing it whenever TWRP was not supported either by the phone or version of Android. :) You won't need to flash the factory images, just the right magisk_patched.img.

[@mgcreed]

Keeps going back to the bootloader pixel 4

[@troytian9041]

Can I do this on my pixel 3 xl which has rooted Android 9, I did it by following your first video on this series or I should upgrade according your all upgrade videos one by one? By the way I use magisk(20.4) and twrp(3.4.0). Thank you for doing this all videos, they helped me a lot.

[@MaowDroid]

You should be able to go all the way to 11 without needing to incrementally do it (so just this video), we won't be installing TWRP, but make sure you remove your Magisk modules before updating just to make sure we can boot up into Android 11. I would also make sure to backup anything you might need as well just in case the upgrade doesn't go well. :)

[@troytian9041]

@@MaowDroid thanks, bro. You really helped me a lot. Have a good day.😆

[@MaowDroid]

@@troytian9041 awesome! I'm glad I could help :)

[@Fred816]

Tried this on Pixel 3XL and now phone is stuck in fastboot mode and wont reboot. Says no valid slot to boot.

[@MaowDroid]

Did you use the beta (v21.0+) or canary build of Magisk? Does your phone boot up with the stock boot image? You can try flashing that the same way you flashed the magisk_patched.img. "fastboot flash boot [drag in stock boot.img].

[@Fred816]

@@MaowDroid I used Canary. I ended up having to sideload the OTA image just to get it to restart. Now I'm afraid to try to root it again.

[@MaowDroid]

Generally you should be able to revert to a working state if you flash the stock boot.img 👍 so you don't have to go through the whole OTA flashing. Try again if the latest canary build is newer than what you had flashed before. Sometimes things just don't work out with the canary builds as they don't go through testing (as thorough). 😁 Also sometimes it's a bad patch. If you'd like to have someone walk you through as you do it, feel free to join us on Discord: link.squabbi.com/discord

[@jasonlin9198]

Hello, my android version is 10, but a few days ago I saw that magisk had a prompt to update, so I pressed it. After the update, now I open magisk and cannot enter the console screen. Only one mask keeps flashing. Is there any way to solve it? ? ps. Could it be the reason why my Magisk changed its name?

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Jason! I would try uninstalling Magisk Manager (or maybe if you had hidden it before, it would just be called "Manager" by default), and reinstalling the latest version. You could also try clearing data for the stub (if hidden) or the app and try again.

[@jasonlin9198]

@@MaowDroid photos.app.goo.gl/xwgTAigKD8HopCHF6 Thank you for your reply. Magisk cannot be used after the name change. The screen after executing the app is the same as the video I provided. How can I remove magisk completely? Thank you!

[@Axel27001]

I accidentally downloaded the OTA update and cant seem to find a way to find and delete the OTA folder. Can I follow this method if my system is already updated to the latest Android 11? (magisk manager is still installed but its not rooted)

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Micheal, this part of your question I'm not sure as you've mentioned that you've already updated to Android 11: I accidentally downloaded the OTA update and cant seem to find a way to find and delete the OTA folder. But for rooting, yep you can follow along and probably skip on flashing the factory image, but you'll still need to download it so you can use Magisk Manager to patch it (which does not require root).

[@Axel27001]

@@MaowDroid Thanks was curious if I could just skip right to the patching magisk part

[@MaowDroid]

@@Axel27001 no worries, yeah you can just do that :)

[@Axel27001]

@@MaowDroid Hey Maow I just flashed the magisk patched img, restarted and now it seems im stuck in a bootloop? Im currently stuck at the Google logo while its loading . Can you help me?

[@zaffirzainal]

If my phone is not rooted but already unlock bootloader and already install magisk, can I flash this way?

[@MaowDroid]

Hi there, sorry for the late reply. Well if you've got Magisk installed it means you're also rooted! All you technically need for this video is an unlocked bootloader, so you're good to go!

[@edwardlilley1705]

How can someone flash a rom without twrp? I am unable to install twrp on android 11. :(

[@MaowDroid]

Generally the ROM developer will provide the ROM's boot.img, so you can use the ROM's recovery to sideload the ROM.

[@jayantknaik]

Hey, man! Much love from India. I just wanted to know what steps shall I follow if I get into bootloop after successfully updating my device to Android 11. I enabled the existing modules from Magisk after updating and now I am stuck into bootloop :( Please do help me.

[@MaowDroid]

Hey! Sorry to hear that, but yeah be careful about that and future modules! You can boot into Safe Mode (Android) and Magisk will remove all modules when you reboot. If you can't use the button combination to boot into Safe Mode, try this: Flash stock boot.img Reboot phone into Safe Mode When phone is rebooting, force into bootloader by holding Power + Vol. Down Flash the magisk_patched.img and use this command: fastboot continue Otherwise, if your device is accessible by ADB when it is in the bootloop (G logo), you can run this command (ensure the ADB shell is elevated): > adb shell $ su # magisk --remove-modules

[@koopstamc]

My rooted Pixel 2 XL hotspot has "no internet" after updating to Android 11 smh... Is anyone else having this issue?

[@MaowDroid]

Hotspot is still working on my Pixel 3 however. :o If you unroot does it work again? 🤔

[@koopstamc]

@@MaowDroid the thing is I don't actually have hotspot on my plan. I was able to get it working by downloading tpn hotspot via play store... Hey, are you planning on doing a tutorial for the October update for rooted Pixel devices anytime soon? Thanks

[@toolanddie9789]

I updated before I saw your video and lost root. What can I do to get it back?

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Brian, sorry for the late reply, but you can just download the factory image and get the boot.img out of it. Then use Magisk Manager to patch it (you can choose the beta channel which supports Android 11 instead of the canary releases now). Then flash the magisk_patched.img through the bootloader (as demonstrated in this video). :)

[@toolanddie9789]

@@MaowDroid no worries. When I get magisk installed, under magisk manager it says update, so I updated and now magisk looks different with a blue background and theres no settings or modules. How do I install my tether enable now?

[@georgemusembi4257]

fast boot --skip-reboot update not working

[@bujararifi5681]

Hey there maowdroid :) As usual awesome video. I have a question/request, could you pls make a video tutorial on how to factory reset ( u had one for 2 xl with flashing 2 slots separately, it was the only method that removed all i mean all issues i had with my phone ) a Pixel 4 xl to Android 11 with CMD. I would really appreciate it

[@bujararifi5681]

i forgot to mention that i am not rooted and do not plan on rooting. Again thank u very much for the hard work, it is greately appreciated

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Bujar! For that same method to work (and it would for the Pixel 4, I don't have my Pixel 4 anymore so I can't make a video, although I already have made an 'unrooting' video for it, quite similar with flashing the factory images to both slots). All you would need is an unlocked bootloader to do that. The closest thing you could do without unlocking the bootloader is flashing the full OTA (although that might not change slots for you to do the other side).

[@abdel2439]

Would this work on a rooted Samsung S20 Plus on Android 10 if I follow the same instructions but download a Samsung firmware?

[@MaowDroid]

You wouldn't have fastboot to work with; but you'd be using Odin. I suppose you could do exactly this. Extract the boot.tar from the firmware.tar and you should be good to go. I haven't tested that before, so you'll have to let us know.

[@abdel2439]

@@MaowDroid Might wait a bit before trying it. Will do when I've got time. Thanks for the quick reply.

[@medbachirrekioua3345]

Great video bro ❤️ ; but a have a probleme in the last update i can't find "Data" file in "android " file anymore can u help me please ?

[@MaowDroid]

Android 11 restricted access for apps trying to access other data folders. developer.android.com/about/versions/11/privacy/storage#other-apps-data This probably says it well: Android 11 expands upon this restriction. If your app targets Android 11, it cannot access the files in any other app's data directory, even if the other app targets Android 8.1 (API level 27) or lower and has made the files in its data directory world-readable. Not sure if that can be worked around having root access + a root file manager.

[@Ariazxy]

TWRP for pixel 3 Android 10?

[@MaowDroid]

Still not yet, although I've read in a TWRP thread for one of the OnePlus phones is that it is quite close, they're looking to iron out some upstream bugs before another release is put out.

[@Jamims06]

Thanks just updated my pixel 4 xl

[@MaowDroid]

Great to hear Jared! Thanks for your comment. :)

[@abdallahabooda3167]

Is there an Edxposed tool that supports Android 11?

[@MaowDroid]

There are some that probably already do, you'll probably have to do some searching on your own for those modules.

[@RidwanAgusHoniardi]

Thank you!

[@MaowDroid]

You're welcome! Thanks for your comment, I'm glad you found it useful. :)

[@Jrekt]

Does smali work on 11? Gonna spoof on pogo but idk if i should do it on 10 or 11

[@MaowDroid]

Hi LUL! I saw your other comment, but just for anyone else that's passing by: Smali Patcher looks to be compatible with Android 11 and there's a post that sheds some details: link.squabbi.com/vbffot

[@Jrekt]

MaowDroid right on, pickup my 4 xl that has 11 on it in a few days. Guess I can keep 11 and root :)

[@fisherboy2026]

Do you know how to root android 11 or do I have to downgrade to android 10 and then root and do this

[@MaowDroid]

You don't have to downgrade, and I think if you did you'd be looking at resetting your phone! Basically all you need to do is download Magisk Manager Canary, grab the Android 11 boot.img and patch it. Then flash it to your boot partition in the bootloader. You don't need to have root already to patch boot images with Magisk Manager.

[@Carxstreetaccounts24]

I'm freaking rooted pixel 4xl Android 11!!!!!!!!!!🥰🥰🥰

[@MaowDroid]

booya! :D I'm glad it worked out for you.

[@mgcreed]

no valid slot to boot. I've tried 6 ways to sunday and cannot obtain root

[@MaowDroid]

Try flashing the factory images again on your current slot (so no need to change those around just yet) and don't flash the magisk_patched img just yet, see if you can boot up as it is. There could have just been a problem with the patched image.

[@Josh90265]

​@@MaowDroid​ Matt, did this work for you? Flashed the factory image again and didn't flash magisk_patched.img. Pixel 4 boots up fine. How do we flash magisk_patched.img?

[@MaowDroid]

@@Josh90265 just as it was shown in the later part of the video :D Boot into the bootloader and type: fastboot flash boot [drag in magisk_patched.img] I think the issue was that the slots swapped when they had booted into the bootloader, if that's the case, determine the current slot you're in by running: fastboot getvar current-slot It will return a or b. Then use this command to change slots: fastboot --set-active=a OR b Depending on which slot was reported back.

[@MattA-fi5qe]

@@MaowDroid I followed your steps in video and got into a boot loop issue (pixel 4XL). Your first comment (flashing to the original boot.img) did save my phone (Thank you!), but no matter what i do I cant get it to boot with magisk_patched. I've gone back and forth 3 times between the stock and patched images. I ran the commands to show active slot, and its always B. It never changes to A. I tried booting with magisk patched with it changed to slot A too, and still doesnt work. Any advice on why it won't take the magisk_patched? Thanks!

[@jayhuang23]

How to unlock oem for pixel 2 (android 11) ?? :(

[@MaowDroid]

If it is greyed out, then you're out of luck. I haven't heard of a workaround since the one method they had when the phone was new. :(

[@nicochoco03]

Hi man, i have buy pixel 5. I wait it. M'y last Google phone was Nexus 6P. Hope you'll make good vidéo on the pixel 5👍👍

[@MaowDroid]

Congrats on your purchase Nicolas! :D I may be getting the Pixel 5, but I can't make any promises! ;)

[@MojoJojo11Apr]

Will my data remain after this process or the phone will be formatted?

[@therealmrstaten1]

Data will remain

[@MaowDroid]

Yes sir, thanks Andre :)

[@therealmrstaten1]

@@MaowDroid thank you bro. I've been following your root tutorials since the P3 XL thank you bro 😎 *correction* since the ONE M8 lol

[@MaowDroid]

@@therealmrstaten1 woah ahhah I remember you during the Pixel days, but I had no idea since the M8 days, wow! Many many years ago 😹

[@therealmrstaten1]

@@MaowDroid lol again thanks man. You kept me rooted and S-off'd for years lol

[@saisonysrinu]

How to root android pixel 2 xl on android 11.

[@MaowDroid]

I've just uploaded a video about rooting on Android 11 from scratch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYHZn6CdpNNrb7c :)

[@alii4691]

Ask for the download link for root android 11 gsi please :)

[@MaowDroid]

Not too sure about the different things you might have to do when rooting a GSI. :o

[@dealysnap6465]

May i use this tutourial to root my pixel 2xl android 11, thank u

[@MaowDroid]

Yes you can! You don't need root to use Magisk Manager to patch the stock boot.img and if you're already on Android 11 you don't have to flash the images again.

[@googas1]

@@MaowDroid Wait, so can I root my phone if it's on Android 11?

[@Carxstreetaccounts24]

Has anybody got it exposed to work on Android 11?

[@MaowDroid]

I recall a version working during the developer previews, but we'll just have to wait for EdXposed to be updated to support Android 11.

[@Abdulmalik009]

i cant do mount remount

[@MaowDroid]

I don't think /system has been re-mountable in that way since Android 10. :o

[@Abdulmalik009]

does it work pixel 2 xl

[@nabilhmidouch2019]

Yes! I just did the same. works like a charm!

[@MaowDroid]

Thanks Nabil! Yes, this will work fine with your 2 XL.

[@anto_gt]

hey there! so i'm in a bit of trouble because prior to starting with the process of this tutorial i accidentally uninstalled the magisk manager apk when it was still hidden and now i intalled it again but it appears as if my pixel is unrooted, how can i fix this? do i need to flash a new image? thanks for the help edit: grammar edit: contacted you on discord

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Antonov! I'm glad we could sort out something on Discord! Sometimes Magisk is just a bit funny like that, but for anyone else stumbling upon this problem, you don't need Magisk installed/root to use Magisk Manager to patch the stock boot.img :)

[@abvgdaika772]

LIKE BRO!!!

[@MaowDroid]

✌ thank you! :D

[@AS1837-w7m]

Thank you for the video. Here is what happened - I am new to the whole rooting and Magisk game and I think I flash Android 11 following this process without unistalling all the Magisk Modules. It's a pixel 2 xl. Now it's in bootloop; and I tried, it doesn't even go into the Recovery Mode. It just get's stuck on the Google Logo if you select Recovery. Really looking forward to a workaround please. My PC do recognize the phone still if we put the command Fastboot Devices

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Ashish, yeah perhaps it was one of your Magisk modules you had installed as I had mentioned. Strange that it can't boot into recovery mode, but we shouldn't need that to rescue your phone. Try this first: When at the G logo, see if you phone is accessible by adb. Try running: adb shell "magisk --remove-modules" Your phone will automatically reboot with all the modules removed. If that is not possible, try flashing the stock boot.img from the factory image (the one you used with Magisk Manager during the patching stage). The command goes: fastboot flash boot [drag in stock boot.img] Once you are in, uninstall Magisk Manager, then download and install Magisk Manager again; then reboot your phone back into the bootloader and flash the 'magisk_patched.img' again: fastboot flash boot [drag in magisk_patched.img]. I hope this helps. :)

[@AS1837-w7m]

@@MaowDroid Thank you. so the adb command gives an error = no devices/emulator found. When I am trying to flash the boot file, and start the phone, the google logo flashes for 5 seconds and then screen comes back to the Fastboot Mode screen. and this repeats Please please advice

[@AS1837-w7m]

Also - I am using the Boot file which we transferred from my phone to the computer, as per your instructions in the above video. Hope I am using the right Boot file

[@MaowDroid]

@@AS1837-w7m Yeah that's the right boot image (well, it should be called "magisk_patched.img"). Also did you try the second method that I wrote down? That should help.

[@aymona2275]

android 12 is indeveloper preveyou

[@obook9340]

Do not work for Pixel3.

[@MaowDroid]

Edit: I just checked that Magisk v21 was released! Could you try that instead of using the canary build? Change the update channel to beta. I can assure you that it should, as I did this on the Pixel 3. I did hear that some people were having issues with the latest canary build which is concerning since that is the RC build for Magisk v21. Could you also provide more details about what you did?

[@obook9340]

@@MaowDroid With Magisk Manager 8.0.1 channel set to bêta + Magisk 21.0 = Fastboot error : "error boot prepare"" ;(

[@k2In1]

Follow the instruction for my 4xl. Successfully! I did a research on xda but the guides are not noob-friendly like yours.

[@MaowDroid]

That's great to hear! Thanks for your comment and I'm happy to hear that you've been able to update and keep root!