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[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] tcat007:
I was rooted for 2 months and went back to stock for December patch. I'm not missing anything and it's much easier just to take the OTA. More accent colors is all I miss, but happy enough with stock options. Probably root again once there's a functional easy to use TWRP.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] miko12312:
Has anyone been able to get viper4android to work , or any audio mods using magisk or through recovery on android 11 stock or custom rom
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] crackerjack1957:
If you prefer your audio mods best to stay on Android 10 until mods have advanced for Android 11..............latest Viper just doesn't have the sound that previous version did.

This guy claiming this 2.7.16 version working with Android 11

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-all-roo...android-fx-2-7.3774651/page-248#post-84080803
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] miko12312:
I tried android 10 also didn't work I was able to get it to work on one rom of android 11 but I lost the zip file but I need a sound mod close to a.r.i.s.e or viper4android
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] miko12312:
Also most roms on here are just the full ota firmware just modified with some extras I've noticed sice it's stock android with gapps
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] crackerjack1957:
Stock Android 10 here.....V4A 2.7.1.6 & Ainur Narsil working well for me.

May give this a go this weekend:

Release Dolby Atmos RC4 Ryuki Mod v1.6 · reiryuki/Dolby-Atmos-RC4-Ryuki-Mod-Magisk-Module

Fix SE patch

github.com
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] miko12312:
Did you just flash it to stock recovery and what is ainur narsil?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] crackerjack1957:
Magisk modules/flash with Magisk...........only to stay on V4A 2.7.1.6 you have to install apk......if you install V4A Magisk zip it will automatically update to latest buggy version.

More on Ainur:

Account Suspended

https://xdaforums.com/t/ainur-audio-sauron-mk-iii-paused-narsil-mk-i-upd-27-03.3450516/
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] ReservedName:
Why hasn't anyone posted the patched boot.img yet. It was requested ten days ago and it's a ***** for each person to do on their own with the new compression. I posted mine last time but I'm barely active on here. What's going on xda users
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] grognaz:
i was trying to create a patched boot.img but the file always ends up being about half the size of the original file and when i flash it i cant boot any longer.

Is there a specific version/combination of softwares that i need to produce a valid patched boot image? im currently using magisk manager 8.0.3 and 11.0.0 (RQ1A.201205.008, Dec 2020)

EDIT: got it sorted out, as many stated before i needed to use the Canary Magisk apk to make it work. it was not so obvious where to get and the provided links are not working. In case anyone is looking for the link its on the github page in the readme
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] TheSayaMan:
Correct, and after its rooted, you can open the app back up and switch to stable or beta if you want. You only need canary to root.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] T0unet:
The beta channel is the channel for android 11 under Magisk. ;)
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Scientiam:
Still on October build, I unroot but I'm not seeing any updates available for Nov/Dec.

What's the safest way to upgrade and re-root without losing data?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] miko12312:
I was actually able to get it viper working on android 11 any roms pixel 4a and stock
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] miqcea3:
Make your own magisk boot image and install the rom from google with chrome and flash magisk boot image.

Did this yesterday and worked flawless.

Factory Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices | Google Play services | Google for Developers

developers.google.com
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] ReservedName:
here is the patched boot.img for rq1a

64 MB file on MEGA

mega.nz
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Okluzhion:
Has anyone noticed switching camera modes and from front to back and vice versa is very slow with root? I tested it with and without root and there's a big difference. Is there any fix for that?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] fq9228:
Everything OK here. Just very, very short transition effect - almost instantly switching

from front to back and the opposite way.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] T0unet:
No problem with this
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Okluzhion:
That's really strange. I compared root to stock, nothing else changed, and the transition is really long, as in the image on the screen will freeze for ~3 seconds. Stock is perfectly fine.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] ahhlun:
My bootloader is unlocked, but I wonder if I hard bricked this phone or soft bricked?

I went through the step trying to root my December build.

I was following the instructions at How to unlock the bootloader and root the Google Pixel 4a (xda-developers.com)

But later came to this thread to find that I actually need the canary build of magisk ...

Anyways I reached this state when the root failed, and I got the error message "error boot prepare" in fast boot.

Once I reached this, I wanted to go back to the stock image and I did this with the flash-all.bat

C:\Users\l\Downloads\sunfish-rq1a.201205.008-factory-46217d49\sunfish-rq1a.201205.008>flash-all.bat

Sending 'bootloader_a' (8341 KB) OKAY [ 0.326s]

Writing 'bootloader_a' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version s5-0.3-6835615

(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 0

(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 1

(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 2

(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 4

(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 5

(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_config_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition aop_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition tz_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition hyp_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition abl_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition keymaster_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition cmnlib_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition cmnlib64_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition devcfg_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition qupfw_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition uefisecapp_a

(bootloader) Flashing partition logfs

OKAY [ 0.400s]

Finished. Total time: 1.014s

Rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.039s]

Finished. Total time: 0.054s

I flashed sunfish instead of bramble.... Pixel 4a instead of Pixel 4a (5g)...

Now my phone is just a black screen...

I tried holding Vol Down and power with USB plugged in and the device is recognized as QUSB_BULK_CID.

ADB nor android flash tool detects it.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] aaronisham95:
I am having problems doing this on chrome os. Nothing will recognize fastboot commands or my phone when it. Is in fastboot mode.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
My computer does NOT recognize when my phone is plugged in via USB.

It is not recognised in fastboot or even when the phone is booted normally (i.e. by ADB). Normally when a device is plugged into the PC, it makes a sound and the device manager shows the new device, and it possibly downloads a new driver for the device. None of this happens, and so when I type in "fastboot flashing unlock" it simply waits with the message "< waiting for any device >".

I am using the USB-A to USB-C adapter that came with the phone, so I am thinking that maybe the adapter is only connected to the power pins? and not the data pins?

Anyone got any other idea befiore I go out to buy a quality USB-A to USB-C cable, on a hunch?

I searched the thread and would of thought others would of had the same issue if the adapter that came with the phone was limited, and I have used it successfully to read the data off of a USB flash drive.

The only other idea I can think of is to manually install the USB drivers for the device, but I have no idea where to find them?

One thing that may make the connection harder for the PC is that I have plugged about 3 or 4 different phones (with their associated drivers) into this computer.

I have also tried switching to other USB ports to no avail. Both USB2 & USB3

Anyone got an idea of whats going wrong and how to fix it?

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Edit: I think I might know what is going on. I think that maybe the "adapter" is not really a straight adapter but a USB OTG (on the go) cable, so is not wired correctly.

Great if someone can confirm this for me?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] aaronisham95:
Can anyone point me in the direction of a guide specially for rooting on chrome os. I cannot get crosh to recognize my device when its in fastboot mode. And it keeps saying unrecognized command fastboot ??!
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DB126:
Avoid adapters for anything beyond trivial operations. You want a small collection of 'known good' USB cables in your toolbox for troubleshooting and before doing anything that may impact the health of your device. A minor glitch during a sensitive flash can ruin your day. Make the investment; Anker or Aukey are solid options.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
Yeah, I have my bunch of micro USB cables for my old phone, and yesterday I went out to get a good quality USB-C one for this phone. I was just too eager to get this thing rooted, and was not chuffed that the cable that came with the phone (ie for the charger) did not have a standard USB-A.

The adapter included (ie the card reader/USB OTG), although very useful, I would of thought as being less commonly useful than having a cable that could plug into a PC or any other standard USB port. I can only use all my old chargers (of which I have many including in my car) with the new cable; although not fast charge.(USB-A to USB-C)

So, in short, it all went fine now with the new cable. HOWEVER, I have some weird differences since rooting the device. NB: I applied all available updates before I rooted it, so I'm running build RQ1A.201205.008 now rooted.

Before rooting I was able to add a quick tile for ADB debugging over WiFI. After rooting, there is no such tile that I can add. Anyone know if there is some switch somewhere I havent turned on after the resetting due to bootloader unlock?

Before rooting, I was a little suprised that at the outskirts of my WiFi (ie furtherest point from router/modem), the WiFi was sketchy. Down to <1Mbps (its >90Mbs nearby the router). However, after rooting, the bad area is now up to >4Mbps! so its better, but I have no idea why.

Before rooting, I tested my livewallpaper which is no longer on the playstore, but I have been loving it and using it since gingerbread, and it worked perfectly. After rooting, it now crashes/doesn't work. Yes, I know, logcat... just venting

Just for info at this stage. After rooting , I tested my launcher (Lightning Launcher). and it does not seem to work with A11. I didnt test before rooting, but this is really a big thing for me, its a really unique and mega powerful launcher. It allows free-sizing, free-rotation and anything else you could think of with widgets that have no idea its being done to them. I am hoping its got somethoing tpo do with the fact I am using anew test google store account on the new phone, and its failing due to some registration check

On previous phones, after unlocking the bootloader, there was a small bit of text or a tiny image warning you that the bootloader is unlocked. On rooting this phone, I am getting a whole warning screen now, which looks like it may be slowing down the boot process and I personally think is overkill. Is there a way to skip this screen?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] aaronisham95:
Everytime I install magisk module and reboot I boot back up without root. Amy help?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] banjker:
When you fastboot flash, make sure you flash the slot you're booting from. If you're feeling lazy, flash the patched boot.img into both slots

fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] wilspeak:
Hello, I am thinking about switching phone service from Verizon to Google FI and I would like to root a Pixel 4a or an Pixel 4a.(5G). Does this method work with the the Pixel 4a (5G)? Can anyone tell me the best rooted does this work method Rom has the Hotspot wifi tethering option included in the Rom? Thank You
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] EriecTan:
you can visit here for pixel 4a 5G type, since its different from regular 4a. the root method looks similiar tho
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] T0unet:
Same process with January update. Be careful, you must always be on the beta branch of Magisk.

Works well ;)
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] aaronisham95:
I got it I just had to pass the safety net for some reason. I eventually managed to brick it but I fixed that too thank you tho
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] arch111a:
Anyone else having issues with rooted Android 11 and misc ad-blocking methods ? Have AdAway, AdFree; Energized Protection & Systemless hosts through Magisk. Yet, it does not seem to get rid of the pesky ads for the most part. Did not have same issue with Android 9. Anyone else have the same issue ? Am I doing it wrong ? Is there some super secret to it ?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] tcat007:
I'm not rooted and using Adaway. Seldom see an ad. Only issue I have is Play Store not certified, but that's because of unlocked bootloader.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
I use to have an S4 as a daily running Oreo, with Adway (rooted, but not using Magisk for host, but direct file). I dont know why, but the past 6 montrhs or so, host blocking wasnt working; I didnt look into why.

When I got my 4a I did not root it the first few days, so was running Adawy in non-root mode, and its been blocking well. Probably will not be swicthing over to host file (ie rooted), at least for now.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] IntenseColor:
I use my Pixel 4a rooted with AdAway since the first day I got it and it always worked as it should.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] kzrussian:
I rooted and flashed the boot.img per instructions using canary build of magisk. My safetynet passes, but the play store Play Protect certification still says "not certified"

Is this what the rest of you experience as well?

Is there a way to bypass this, so that Netflix and other banking apps can be installed?

Thank you!
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] limuc:
Delete die storage and the cache of 'Play Store' and start again.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Okluzhion:
I had issues with Adaway long before, it simply wouldn't block half of the ads. Switched to Blokada (VPN-based adblocker) and all those ads went away. Now I use it if outside my home as I have Pihole to take care of my network.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] kzrussian:
I wasn't able to find a way to " Delete die storage and the cache of 'Play Store'" on Android 11, but after a few hours it automatically switched to "certified"

Thank you!
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
AdAway also has a VPN mode for non-root users. Its kind of a more recent feature.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Gentoo11:
Well, attestation is now failing. ctsProfile to be exact. I did do the forced basic key attestation thing.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Azor129:
Same here, started yesterday.

Tried to update to the latest Jan Update, and reapply magisk to the boot file. Tried to enable/disable magiskprohide as well but to no avail.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mikkoc:
Same here, woke up this morning, had a Google notification saying my device is rooted and contactless payments will stop working. Went and checked Magisk - it's now failing the safetyNet ctsProfile check - evalType is BASIC. Any workarounds?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Azor129:
It seems to be widespread and not only linked to Pixels 4a : https://xdaforums.com/t/module-magi...t-prop-edits-and-more-v5-3-6.3789228/page-244

No workaround yet.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
This seems like it would be a pretty often asked question, but my search of this thread did not result in anything.

I have a Pixel 4a running the december patch, I saw on-line that a January patch is available, so I went through the process of un-rooting the device (as explained by the dev of magisk), in the hope that it would then show up as an available update. But it did not, it said my phone is up to date. do I need to do more than return my bootloader to stock (but still unlocked) to get the Jan patch? I'm hoping its just a regional thing. Would the update show in the settings but not be able to be downlaoded/installed?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mikkoc:
Looks

Looks like a workaround has already been found, only for Android 11 though. It works for me.

https://xdaforums.com/t/module-magi...p-edits-and-more-v5-3-6.3789228/post-84281817
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Azor129:
Yep, works for me too.

Had to wipe data for both google play / google pay for Google Pay to work again.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] cmstlist:
Since I cannot wipe Google Play Services data without destroying COVID exposure data, can anyone suggest a more targeted approach? E.g. delete specific files/folders from within Play Services data instead of a full wipe?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
I did not see your original post. What is it that you are trying to achieve?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] cmstlist:
I am passing SafetyNet again but Google Pay still says "Your phone doesn't meet security requirements".

Last time this happened the steps to get it back included clearing data of Google Play Services. However when I did this, it also cleared the COVID exposure data used by Canada's COVID Alert app. So I lost 14 days of anonymous Bluetooth codes that could be used to notify me if someone who'd been near me later tested positive for COVID.

I am trying to figure out what I can

selectively

clear from GP Services storage, that will get Google Pay working again without losing COVID exposure data.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] SpecialKCF22:
I haven't gone through all the replies here yet but, for some reason, in terminal, when I enter the su -c props command, on the next screen where I would choose "Force Basic Key Attestation" that option is not available. Any idea why?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] rjm12rjm12:
I did not see this either, tried to change fingerprint device, but I cannot pass safteynet.

I did some more reading and found that I had to also install this module: https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix

After that I passed, by just setting the fingerprint device to Pixel3a.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
In case anyone else has the same problem. I found the switch to turn the quick tile availability on/off.

Settings>System>Developer Options>Quick Settings Developer Tiles
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] oldseddie:
First time I used this method to root my phone it worked. Since I flashed a new custom kernel and had to re-flash a factory image I cannot get it to root. When I fastboot flash the magisk_patched.img I get the following error message:

FAILED (remote: Failed to write to partition Not Found). I'm on the latest update and magisk canery 21406.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] a1291762:
My last phone you had to specify the partition (boot_a vs boot_b). Apparently new enough fastboot can turn boot into the correct one of these, but maybe not in all cases?

You can avoid flashing the patched boot. This is the standard Magisk process that works for all A/B phones. Note that Magisk stable works with Android 11 now, no need for beta/canary build anymore.

1. Install Magisk Manager.

2. Copy the vanilla boot that exactly matches your version to the phone. eg. I got the latest fastboot image from Google and did OTAs until the version matched (RQ1A.210105.002). See Settings -> About -> Build Number.

3. Use Magisk Manager to patch the image.

4. Copy the patched image to your PC.

5. fastboot reboot bootloader.

6. fastboot boot patched_image.img.

7. Use Magisk Manager to install (direct).

8. Reboot and verify root status.

That's it. You're rooted and can easily take OTAs too.

1. Use Magisk Manager to uninstall Magisk.

2. Install OTA (DO NOT REBOOT).

3. Use Magisk Manager to install (after OTA).

4. Reboot and verify root status.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] nor-ric:
This info appears to be outdated. As of now I simply need to install this Magisk module: https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix/releases

YMMV
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
Hopefully this is the right thread for this question, if not please feel free to report this post to be moved to the correct location.

So the Puixel 4a feb 2021 patch is out. I am rooted via magisk, and before I do the upgrade, I just wanted to ask the following.

Does the Feb release "play nice" with the latest stable Magisk (i.e. v21.4)?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] YiPing_Huang:
Yes
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mbk17:
I am getting a "couldnt update" installation problem when trying to do the OTA update after uninstalling magisk. Any suggestions?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
I am rooted using Magisk. Should the updtae show up as being available> I know I wont be able to download it / instal it before ubinstalling Magisk, just wondering if I should see it as available in my region, before I uninstall Magisk only to find it is not available for me.

My fallback (actually may be my first line of attack) is to use the full downloaded image, with a change to the flash all script, to NOT wipe the phone. i.e. remove the "-w" in the line:

fastboot -w update image-sunfish-rq1a.210205.004.zip

Has anyone else here used this technique, successfully or failed?