[Magisk] binthe920:
Me TOO.... and another one,,, and another one,,, lol

Me too me too lol... Lineage OS on SGS5 here. Lots of trouble just getting root, then keeping it is next to impossible too. I have to say I don't think I had any issues when I used SuperSU, but I liked MagiskSU prompt better and liked the idea of it being inclusive. After restoring LineageOS boot.img, flashing unroot, then flashing Magisk v12 I end up with MagiskSU but only for so long, then it seems I might get lucky and have it back after a reboot but most the time I have to flash unMagisk, unRoot LineageOS, Magisk v12 again to get it back, no different when I was on v11.6. Shutdown, wait, boot, didn't work the once I tried it either. Even going thru the flashes doesn't guarantee a fix...

I do believe it has root at boot because lucky patcher is able to patch during startup, but even immediately opening Magisk app will show no root. It seems like when everything goes just right SEAndroid passes at boot screen and again when checked in Magisk and I think I rebooted once after that and lost root but it might have just been a matter of time, I'm not sure anymore.

Now I'm having trouble with SuperSU! Super seems to think it's rooted just fine, but Magisk doesn't. Lucky patched at boot just fine, but TiB says no root. Anyone know if there is something wrong with my flashing process/order? I start with Magisk uninstaller, follow with addonsu-remove-arm-signed (for lineageOS built in), SR3-SuperSU-v2.79, Magisk-v12.0, finish with a wipe and reboot. Maybe I have to boot between certain flashes?

I was able to get root again by flashing only SR3-SuperSU, and I still seem to have Magisk according to the Magisk app, SEA/SafetyNet fails from CTS profile mismatch though. Anyway, we will see if root holds now...

Also are Dalvik/Cache wipes necessary for these boot.img flashes??? Whew soo sorry for the exceedingly long post... :sweating:

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Well I had a random reboot while messing with ps3 controller connectivity and ofcourse lost root again, so I'm going to try and flash SR3-SuperSU again but this time after I verify root I think I'll Flash Magisk v12. I'll post results...

---------- Post added at 03:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:06 PM ----------

That was quick, no root this time after flashing just SuperSU again... Maybe just Magisk v12 this time? I don't get it, I thought Magisk was supposed to root for me if I'm not rooted!!!

Anyone know if the built in LinageOS root happens to be compatible with Magisk? I don't understand why the users that created the guides available for installing Magisk on Lineage OS didn't have any problems. I started with a clean install and Magisk v11.6 and didn't get root from the start.

---------- Post added at 04:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:17 PM ----------

Damn it all, so I flashed Magisk uninstaller, followed by addon-su-lineageos-remover, followed by SR3-SuperSU which said it was already patched restored stock blah blah don't care shouldn't be patched so at this point I'm just WTF!!!!! Lucky me I had a backup from when it all seemed to be working with SuperSU, at the time I had a problem with play services or maybe just the store, anyway, I restored just the boot.img from that backup. So once again I'll post results although they won't do anyone much good lol, that and I believe Magisk v12 wasn't out yet but if it's working I'm thinking it's not worth risking an update. Then again I can always restore again.......