yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Einheit-101:
I got my root setup.

Users need to take care:

-Its normal that patched_boot.img is only 24mb

-minimal adb+fastboot doesnt work, you need the latest fastboot official download, it works fine:

https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] miman04:
can we safely disable that... as there is no support of custom recovery. every xposed and magisk module and disabling system app come with a risk. cause we cant make a nandroid backup of the rom and no way recovering the phone.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
I did disable it and I solve the problem with whatsapp and titanium backup that didn't work (backup during the night) as device manager disabled the autostart

in order to disable it, it's enough going tosettings -> apps
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] hussain.ali:
hi all

I want to work root

I have a release

Version WW-15.1630.1902.80

can you help me:(
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Esja:
Any ideas on how the rooting process might change once Pie drops? Apparently it's just around the corner and I'm assuming most of us will want to upgrade.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Mcfeels_Guy:
I don't see how it would be different, although I could be wrong. As long as magisk patches the boot, should work. Regardless if its different or not, I would highly advise everyone to disable all of your magisk modules before updating. There's hardly any pie modules, if any. Some could cause bootloops or system crashes if not disabled. That happened to me previously with xposed on a different device and I had to factory reset. Hopefully we get pie soon. I have no idea why the last update wasn't pie. There's absolutely no excuse why asus isn't updating.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] XDevAbdullah:
Thanks is work

Thanks is easy and work just reinstall frimware and ptach new boot
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] naz1234:
Hi

I found Kingo Root apps.

It is advisable to use that app ?

Because it have one click root, look like very easy.:eek:
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I don't believe it will work.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] XDevAbdullah:
True King Root Never believe:D
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] naz1234:
Hi

I am stuck at adb sideload firmware.zip. I send command nothing happened

Actually after I unloaded bootloader, there is process encrypting 1%-100%. Is that normal ?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
These steps worked?

adb devices

-- To check the connection

adb reboot recovery

-- Select ADB on phone
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] naz1234:
Now everything was OK after I double check your post. I correct the connection of my Phone -PC. Which actually need to use side port not bottom. :fingers-crossed:

Now I am stuck at patched-boot-img. Right now mine boot-img. was 64mb and patched-boot-img. also 64mb. I read another post should around 24mb.

Then after flashed still not rooted. Pls help.

---------- Post added at 06:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:28 PM ----------

Disregard my last post :)

Actually

Original boot img = 65mb

Patched-boot-img = 24mb

Beginner like me should read post clearly. :fingers-crossed:

Right now my device is rooted :svetius:

Thank you all :svetius:
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Does anyone has updated magisk?

Yesterday I updated It , now magisk doesnt work anymore ... It doesnt install any module, It does download and install but nothing happen... In modules none appear

All the root apps keep asking to grab the root....

Any ideas to solve It?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I haven't updated. Are you on 19 or 19.1?

Edit: I updated from 18 to 19.1 and had no problems with root apps and they wall work fine. I didn't have any modules installed, so I tried to install the exposed framework and soft bricked the phone. It was an easy fix to just reinstall the firmware. I never used modules, but afraid to try others as I don't want to soft brick the phone.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
I'm running 19.1 with 7.1.2 manager.

I figured out that all tha modules which it try to install are 0byte (in the folder where they have to be installed)... I dont get why....

I've already reinstalled last firmware, reinstalled last working patched_boot with 7.1.1 manager even this one doesnt work anymore...

tried to updated again but it doesnt work...

(the modules which I used to use are: ios emoji, youtube vanced and busybox)

If I go to magisk Hide and i select an app, then go to home Page and back to magisk Hide, the app Is not selected anylonger...
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Yep.. I'm having same problem. The patch is not working from 19.1.. I'm going to try 18.1
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
I tried to go back, but doesnt work anymore :(
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I wonder if we need to go back to earlier Manager version? Weird that this broke with the latest update. Would be a big bummer if we could no longer root.

Edit: I see you tried earlier manager.. did you try magisk 18.1?

Edit2: I'm going to try Manager 7.0 and Magisk 18.1
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
I tried with 7.1.1 manager

I got to look for manager 7.0 and previous patched boot
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Not able to downgrade to 18.1.. even with 7.0.. forcing me to choose 19.1.. looking for a way to install manually.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Dont you have the patched boot (done with the previous version of magisk)?

EDIT

just flashed the previous boot_patched with manager 7.0, it doesnt work either...

(If you need my patched boot, i'm gonna send it to you)
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
back to 18.1 with 7.0manager but the modules are not working...
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I do, but I'll have to downgrade my firmware so it will match. I updated my firmware thinking that I could get a new patch. I'll stick a warning in OP not to try and root until we figure things out. I filed a bug report with Magisk. I'll see what they say. It is late for me and have to get some sleep, but will work on this more tomorrow.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
How did you get 18.1 installed?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
My patched_boot 18.1 is based on the latest fw version (80)

I keep all the patched_boot in my computer
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I see, it is the patch that installs it.. I wasn't sure how it worked. I'll have to downgrade my firmware to get it back for now. The warning has been posted in OP.. talk to you later.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I see, it is the patch that installs it.. I wasn't sure how it worked. I'll have to downgrade my firmware to get it back for now. The warning has been posted in OP.. talk to you later.

Edit: Can you attach your patch to your post? You might have to zip first. Thank you!

Edit2: That would be better than downgrading the firmware.. can't think clearly.. going to get some sleep now.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Here it is, this is my patched_boot based on firmware 1902.80 with magisk 18.1.

(just specified all details, because someone else might need it...)
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Einheit-101:
I updated magisk + xposed framework - bootloop. How can i fix that? We still have no TWRP (which is probably the biggest joke in smartphone history)
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
flash your stock boot.img via fastboot then your patched boot, let see if without xposed, it works..
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Einheit-101:
Can i also flash the working patched_boot.img that i used to install magisk in the first place a few weeks ago?

€DIT:: Yes, it worked, now i can "repair" my phone with a working Magisk, Thanks for the hint!
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
let us know if your old magisk works great (check the modules and the magisk hide)

PS on apkmirror you can find the old magisk manager.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Einheit-101:
I installed Magisk manager 7.1.1 but after flashing the patched_boot.img it tells me "Magisk is not installed"...... Houston we have a problem
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Yes we do. I filed a bug report and they just closed it without explaining why or letting me know of a workaround. Hopefully, it will be fixed in the next update.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Hi, I couldn't get it to work. Is this WW? Thanks
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Yes It Is
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
So strange! I don't know why everything just quit working. And the development team is ignoring me. :(
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
You are running the 1902.80 right?

Did you flash the stock boot first?

"Team "you mean magisk team?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Yes running 1902.80. Maybe I'll try reinstalling the firmware again.

Yes the Magisk development team. I opened an issue ticket and they closed it right away. They didn't say anything and there are no open issues addressing our problem. It wasn't a duplicate.

Edit: Conspiracy Theory: ASUS somehow did this because they're mad at me for pushing them to honor their warranty.... LOL
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
If you need just the boot.img ,i have It too

Btw It strange they close It.....
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Did you see my edit above.. LOL
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Didnt see It before ???
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I reinstalled the firmware and tried your patch again, and couldn't get it to work. I'm going to try my old firmware/patch.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Which error do you get?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
No errors. Phone boots fine and all, but when I open Magisk Manager it says Magisk in not installed.

Edit: I tried to load the previous firmware, but it wouldn't let me downgrade.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Which manager are you running?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
7.0
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
The same as mine...

???
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I'm out of ideas. I hope they quickly release a working Magisk update.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
It depends on how many people have our issue... And if they will ever find It out... As they removed your post..
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Einheit-101:
So even an old build doesnt work.... I did not flash stock image first, maybe i try that

€DIT: So you already tried it, pointless....
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
What I did is:

fw 80 patched boot 19.1 manager 7.1.1 doesnt work

fw 80 patched boot 19.1 manager 7.1.2 doesnt work

fw 80 patched boot 18.1 manager 7.1.1 doesnt work

fw 80 patched boot 18.1 manager 7.1.2 doesnt work

fw 80 patched boot 18.1 manager 7.0 more or less works

before loading the patched boot I loaded, everytime, the stock boot.

the modules are not working anymore
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Einheit-101:
So i can use this rootless opportunity to update my Firmware. Can i simply flash the nee Firmware with fastboot? Does it delete my data?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Yes, you can still update the firmware with adb (step 5 in OP). It won't wipe your data.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] naz1234:
Since magisk was really trouble-some, can we just use TWRP recovery and flash SuperSU ?

From current:

Magisk Update v18.1 (18100)

Magisk Manager 7.1.2 (208)

Most hard to get promp grant permission unless i open magisk first. Before this iam using superSu from old phone there no problem.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Using 7.0 manager the apps can Grant the permissions w/o issues.

The magisk Hide works, the app selected keep to be checked.

The modules Is the issue, noway to install...
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I don't know of any working TWRP recovery for this phone. There was once a TWRP recovery that worked, but it was dependant on the firmware version and hasn't been updated to work with the latest firmware. If you find a working TWRP, that would be awesome!
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Einheit-101:
I updated to latest firmware, now lets wait for a Magisk fix...
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
[MENTION=5586074]Marco589[/MENTION]

[MENTION=5337218]Einheit-101[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4917503]naz1234[/MENTION]

I have a temporary fix that worked for me. It is a custom channel I made that will use the last known working Magisk Manager and Magisk. 7.1.1 and 19.0

Please test and if it works for you, I'll update the OP. I'm sure whatever they broke will be fixed in a future update, but until then we can use this. I'm not sure if it will fix the module problems.

First uninstall Magisk Manager and install Magisk Manager 7.1.1 (skip this step if you have this version)

Open Magisk Manager and click on the menu and select Settings

Select Update Channel and then Custom

Next type in this address: https://intrastorm.com/711-190.json

Next turn off Check Updates

Next click on Clear Repo Cache

Exit menu and swipe down to refresh the home screen.

Now the custom channel should be loaded and Magisk 19.0 will be used instead of Magisk 19.1

Let me know if this works for you. Thanks.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] miman04:
I go to this thread after I updated my magisk.. now my phone in a soft brick.. i push back the elier patch boot and the phone come back online but I dont have root anymore.. I tryed your method and revert back to 7.1.1 (203) and repatch back the boot.img.. the phone stuck with rog logo.. have to use back the the 1st patch I made elier.. how to fix this and get root back
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
It WOOOOORKS!!

Magisk Hide seems to work. now manager keeps the app checked.

I'm checking if the modules are back to work...

Thanks [MENTION=3342391]Tesla74[/MENTION]

EDIT

Modules work!! :D
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
:cool::good:

I'll update the OP to use the custom channel.

Edit: Done!
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
did you change the channel before patching the boot?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Delete all copies of boot.img and patched_boot.img off your computer and phone. You may be mixing up bad copies with the good. Start over. I have updated the OP with a fix to the problem. Follow the guide and you should be fine.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Einheit-101:
Everything works. You are a genius, m8.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] eecoog06:
I updated my Magisk to 19.1 and my Magisk Manager to 7.1.2 without reading this and oddly enough everything works great. For the first time Magisk Hide actually is working for me now. Not sure why I'm not having any problems but I updated everything through the app and updated Magisk via Direct Install method. My ROM is on 1902.80.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I was able to update via the app, but there may be problems with modules and the boot patch doesn't work.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] miman04:
I notice asus have updated rog phone.. who have already updated to .89 and rooted
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
I'm downloading it right now.

I'll patch the boot with the Magisk19.

Anyway as it is still oreo, it shouldnt be any issue on rooting it.

EDIT

there is an issue on the download page, the file downloaded is 270MB.... the CN is 1.9GB instead...

I'm gonna try later
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ss1224:
Why does Version WW-15.1630.1903.89 fail to use adb sideload?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
It is a corrupt file. Hopefully, they'll re-upload.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
No, you'll have to wait till someone makes a TWRP that is compatible with that firmware version. I have sent a request to shakalaca for updates, but no reply. There is the boot.img patch method that works with any firmware. I've updated the OP for that method. There was another update yesterday so the latest version is 48.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DaisukeVN:
Help,

I got into a Bootloop after installing TWRP. Is there a way out of the Soft-Brick?

I tried to flash the Stock Firmware "Version WW-15.1616.1809.48" but it fails. :/

Is there a way to get the old Bootloader & recovery back to reinstall the Stock Firmware?

TWRP works fine... Only the Bootloader not. (Bootloader unlocked with the apk in the TWRP Guide)

Okay, I found my fail. Have someone the Boot.img File (ww / not CN/JN) for me? x(

Thank You Guys
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I would first try to extract the boot.img from the firmware that is currently installed on your phone and flashing it. I would skip the patch part, but the rest of the instructions in the OP are the same. Once you have the latest firmware installed I would use the boot.img patch method of rooting instead of TWRP.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DaisukeVN:
Thank you for fast replying. :D

I found a page of a fix with "Fastboot". It auto-reinstall the whole device.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LSw6N0JIquE2cos9GMnPhOsPSWjejcpD/view

There you can download it. After Download. Extract and use "flashall_AFT.cmd" or "flashall_Linux.sh" in Fastboot-Mode.

For everyone who get in a bootloop too. (Ver. WW__ZS600KL_15.1616.1808.23)

Thank You Tesla for you help. :D :victory:
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Cool! I'm glad you're up and going again. The problem with TWRP is that each firmware has to have its own TWRP that has matching encryption. I recommend rooting with the boot.img patch method.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
instead in my case, TWRP and root, how can I update the firmware? (without losing data)

(I'm asking because I'm used to flashing the firmware via TWRP without losing all my data)
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
That is a good question. I'm not sure the TWRP by shakalaca can flash new firmware because of the encryption mismatch. An option is to extract the images from the firmware and flash them separately but that takes time. You would flash all but the cache.img and userdata.img images. There is also an app called FlashFire that might work to backup the data. I don't know if it works. There might be other apps also.

Edit: I was looking at FlashFire, besides being able to make backups, it looks like it can flash firmware! Might work.

Edit2: Flash with stock recovery work?

https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-133157-1-1.html

Anyone else have ideas?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] faericia:
Okay. I seem to be stuck and have no clue what to do. Just unlocked bootloader. Asks for pattern and previous pattern does not work. WTF. I do not see the use google account option either. Any ideas?

EDIT:

Damn. Was looking in wrong place. That was dumb. lol.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] deep32:
Hi, Everyone.

I've unlocked bootloader but can't extract boot.img from payload.bin - AnyBurn says: "File format is invalid or unsuported" (https://www.dropbox.com/s/qaa4eigmkaaoesh/AnyBurn.jpg) and quite the same other ISO programs.

Does anyone have boot.img from latest version (WW-15.1616.1809.48) ?

Marek
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
In case I flash the stock recovery (got to look for it) I might flash the firmware via Fastboot :confused: or even without flashing the recovery before...
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] regenwurm16:
Has somebody tried formatting data partition to remove encryption, then flash on of the remove dm-verity and forced encryption zips? Does this work with this phone and shouldn't any TWRP version work with any system version then?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I would flash stock recovery and use it to flash the latest firmware. To get back to stock recovery, flash the boot.img from your current firmware (steps 4,5 in op). To be on the safe side you might make a backup of your data with FlashFire.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I don't think it has been tried. I don't have the phone yet or know enough to try myself.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] kgptzac:
I can confirm I'm getting the same error trying to extract payload.bin.

Also the official update 48 zip doesn't seem to trigger a manual update after copied to device's internal storage (after a reboot of course, following official steps...), which leads me to think the official zip is corrupted.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
I was going to try it, I downloaded the shakalaca boot.img (23), but I read this:

I will try with a "working" update :D
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] trias10:
I am also not able to extract boot.img from the payload.bin file. I have tried using both Anyburn, UltraISO, and 7zip on ALL of the official update zips posted on Asus's support website, and none of them work. Therefore, I do not think that the update 48 zip is corrupt, at least not in terms of payload.bin.

To anyone here who has successfully extracted boot.img from payload.bin, could you please post exactly how you did it and which software you used?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Rashad83:
Did you try payload dumper win64?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] trias10:
I'm afraid I've never heard of such a program. Where can I find it?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
I just tested and did a quick write-up. I've updated the guide.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] trias10:
Interesting, thank you kindly for the writeup, although I found a different link and procedure altogether, using the compiled binary available here: Moderator Edit: Link Removed

This one doesn't require Python as it's a compiled native binary and it seems to work (thanks Rashad83!), insofar as I am now able to get the boot.img from the payload.bin file.

Now, whether or not this boot.img is correct and actually works on the phone is something I'll need to test, but so far the binary available on that link seems to do the job well.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ss1224:
The new file is work now
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] miman04:
if we flash the rom trough sideload.. will all user data erased ? I updated from .60 to .80.. had to start fresh.. not sure what I did wrong
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
That isn't normal. You should still have your data.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Does anyone know if magisk has solved the issue?

EDIT

As i dont know if they did It, I flashed the 89 and rooted It with the 19 ?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] naz1234:
Iam also able flashed the Version WW-15.1630.1903.89,

and rooted with latest Magisk 19.1 and Manager v7.1.2 perfectly with no required any channeling update.

Does anyone works too ?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
Yep, 19.1 is broken. I'll test 19.2 when it comes out.
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Marco589:
Did you try to install any module?
[Asus ROG Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tesla74:
When I updated to 19.1/7.1.2 via the app using fw 80 everything was fine until I tried to install a module, then I got a soft brick. It would be interesting if fw 89 fixed our issues.