[Moto G8 Play Guides, News, & Discussion] CaruzoOnTop:
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Hello, I saw in the last posts that person couldn't install root in the Moto G8 Play, but I got it and I'll show how to do it.

First, you need the bootloader unlocked, if you don't know what is it, search in youtube how to do it.

Second, you need the motorola drivers, download here (run and install the file).

Third, you need the platform-tools with adb and fastboot, you can download here to Windows; here to Mac; here to Linux.

Get ready 'cause now it's time to pay attention because if you do something wrong, you'll get a bootloop.

First you need the ROM Stock (ROM Default), you have two ways to find it, the first is searching in Google "Moto G8 Play Rom Stock", I won't show a download link, 'cause it's variable, if I show a link, these link will be the brazilian ROM 'cause I'm from Brazil, but if you do this search, it'll work, the second option is downloading the Motorola Rescue and Smart Assintant. You just need to conect your cellphone in fastboot mode on your pc and open the Motorola Rescue and Smart Assintant, you select to rescue your device, log in your account and click to download ROM, the rom will be saved in a hide folder in Windows, you'll need to enable the hidden files. Follow those steps:

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After:

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Perfect, now you're able to see the hidden folder. After you opened the app, selected the rescue, loged in your account and with your device connected in fastboot mode downloaded the rom (after you download ROM, don't click in rescue device, it'll format your data"), you'll open the file explorer, open the Windows "C:", now open the hidden folder "ProgramData", now the folder "RSA", now "Download" and for last "RomFiles", your rom will be there. Open your rom folder and copy "boot.img" file to your device in a place that you can access because you'll need to use this ".img". An additional: if your Windows is in english, maybe those files will be in the normal folder "ProgamData", I don't know how it works when the windows is in english. I think if Windows is in another language, ir create a hidden folder to install 'cause the default name to install is "ProgamData", but Windows in another languages don't have this folder 'cause the folder is in another language. As I said, I don't know how it works, person with windows in english, tell me how this folder is wrote to me fix this in the future, thank you.

All right, now, paste this file on your device.

Open Magisk and click in install:

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Click in "Select and Patch a File":

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Choose your "boot.img" file:

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For last, wait it appear:

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Now, open your cellphone folder on pc, open the "Download" folder, and copy the ".img" that Magisk generated. Extract platform-tools with adb and fastboot that you downloaded here to Windows; here to Mac and here to Linux.

Open platform-tools folder that you extracted

And paste the Magisk ".img" that you copied

Now reboot your cellphone in fastboot mode

In the platform-tool folder type "cmd" in the search bar and press enter, like this:

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A window will be open:

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Now, type: fastboot devices

It'll show if the device is connected

If the device is connect, start the commands in these order:

fastboot flash boot_a "your magisk.img name"

fastboot flash boot_b "your magisk.img name"

fastboot reboot

Now, if everything worked, the device will reboot

If device rebooted normally, follow those steps:

Open Magisk and click in install again:

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Now click in "Direct Install (Reccommended)":

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Now click in rebbot at the bottom right of the screen:

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All right.

If device rebooted normally again, everything worked again.

Now, you can download a root tester in Play Store or you can download "Termux" (Linux terminal on Android) and type the command "su", if Magisk screen appear asking permission, it means it worked.

If the device enter in a bootloop, use the Rescue and Smart Assistant to rescue your cellphone, enter in the fastboot mode and open the app on pc, how you already had installed the ROM, you just need to click to start rescue, the app will flash the rom and the device will come back to the normal.

If you need some help, I'm here to answer you when you need and when I can.

Good luck, Android lovers!