yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] freezerfall:
Many thanks, i tried so hard to find this answer.

It worked on a Moto G10 Capri XT-2127-2.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Edenzero69:
Hello is this method the prefered one for root Motorola X4 in 2022?

The phone is XT1900-4

android 9: PPWS29.69-40-3-1

security patch: 1 september 2019
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nexus7lte:
Instructions SHOULD be updated so other people do not go through the drama I did. Moto Rescue and Smart Assistant will download the MOST CURRENT firmware, if you are not on it (check ABOUT PHONE- BUILD NUMBER), and you flash that you will have most things broken like touch screen, thankfully a USB mouse with a USB-C connector got me around.

Instructions for firmware SHOULD read-

Look up your build number and search for that on https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/

Download the matching file and extract the Boot.Img from the zip file downloaded.

That is the MATCHING file which you copy over to your phone, patch it with Magisk, then copy back to your laptop and flash it with Fastboot.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Old_Mil:
Stuck at this step. I have a Moto G (2022) XT-2213-3. I've successfully unlocked the bootloader, installed Magisk 25.2 from github and downloaded the LMSA tool and downloaded (apparently) the latest firmware that matches what I have installed. However, I can't find boot.img.

I changed folder permissions to view hidden files and found ProgramData\LMSA\Download but it doesn't have a subfolder titled RomFiles?

The downloaded firmware is shown by the program as AUSTIN_G_SISA32.47_77_subsidy_DEFAULT_regulatory_DEFAULT_cid50_CFCxml.zip but I can't seem to find this .zip file anywhere either?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd_shadow:
Disable "Hide extensions for known file types"
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Old_Mil:
Already did that, still can't find the folder or what LMSA downloaded. The firmware is listed as a .zip that LMSA downloaded, I just can't find it using the file explorer to unzip it and extract boot.img...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nexus7lte:
the boot.img was not in that folder when I looked for it. just trying to savce others from falling into what I had to deal with. The rescue smart assistant is pretty awful to work with and the third party download I mentioned was much easier.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] whodisname:
Ok folks, so I am using my rooted moto G6 play to root this. I unlocked the bootloader already, however, when I type fastboot boot boot.img (cuz I just wanna see first ;}) it doesn't find the file (I put it in /system/bin, where magisk seems to have put adb and fastboot. Anybody can help? No pc at all. At all :'(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] whodisname:
I'm trying to root with a rooted android phone. I already bootloader unlocked with my moto G6 play, but I don't know where to put the patched bootloader (boot.img) for magisk fastboot.

/system/bin. Ain't it. Help?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MuffinGod:
If I have a lineage gsi installed through fastbootd, do I need to find it's boot img or can I use the Borneo stock img? If needed where is the best place to search for the lineage boot img? Thx
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MuffinGod:
I tried flashing a magisk patched .img from the latest LMSA firmware installed on my borneo through fastbootd. Lineage booted but touchscreen was unresponsive. I know I was able to flash magisk on stock rom but I don't remember exact steps and I can't find the visual guide I referenced. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] _generic:
I had the same problem and exact same error with my Motorola One action and couldn't root it just with magisk.

Instead I had to root it with TWRP and then flash magisk.

Today I decide to give it one more go and I found what was causing the error when flashing patched boot image.

1. While the phone is in fastboot mode, ran a command on PC fastboot flash vbmeta_a vbmeta_patch.img

2. On a Phone in Fastboot mode --> use volume + and - to navigate to option "Switch tools mode" --> press power button to change

Tools Mode Config: ENABLED

my was DISABLED as I presume your was too.

After enabling and flashing vbmeta_patch.img you can flash magisk patched boot file.

sorry, I tried to root it again and got in a bootloop.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] art99:
How can I make an update with an unlocked bootloader without erasing the tablet?

I downloaded the new firmware on the PC with LSMA.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] c0deur:
@Ms.Swali were you able to find the solution? I am also facing the same issue with my moto g60
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] c0deur:
I used this way to root Moto G60. Everything went well. But after reboot touch is unresponsive. could anyone help to resolve this issue? I used LMSA rescue to download the software.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd_shadow:
Reflash the full firmware and try again
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] c0deur:
could you please share any resources/guides for Reflash? new in the rooting. Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] c0deur:
Reflashed using the LMSA tool and repeated the process again. Same error.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gevo354:
Hi, I followed all of the steps in the guide from unlocking the bootloader to flashing the right boot.img with magisk. After I flash boot with the magisk boot.img and reboot the phone, magisk says Installed: N/A and root checker says root isn't properly installed. My phone is a 2023 Moto Edge Plus running Android 13 on the latest update. I'm not getting any bootloops or bricks so that must mean my boot.img is the right one. Can anybody help with this please? Thank you @sd_shadow

EDIT: So for Motorolas and other androids that launch with Android 13, you have to patch boot_init.img instead of boot.img. Doing that worked for me.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vishal1540:
hey one problem can't find the img file in the download folder in lmsa pls tell wht to do
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gevo354:
Go to C\ProgramData\RSA\Download\RomFiles.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vishal1540:
Wait I'm not getting any rom file after download....there are 3 small files 1kb 2kb and 1kb
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gevo354:
Are those .json files in the LMSA\Download folder?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vishal1540:
Yes
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gevo354:
Go to the RSA folder and see if there is anything after you installed the Motorola firmware from LMSA.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd_shadow:
You downloaded the firmware?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ford_Tech:
Just to add that once you unlock the bootloader, Magisk works on the newest Razr+ 2023 model. Just did it on mine.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vishal1540:
Yes i did as per the instructions after download...i rescued it
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jurisquo:
Hello Dev - Thank you for maintaining this site. Great resource; much appreciated.

I followed your procedure to patch and flash magisk_patched.img, but get "error: cannot load 'magisk_patched.img". Output attached. I'm stumpted. Please help.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Goagid:
Motorola.com has a bot Moli. Bot propose to download a special tool for unlock.

Anybody trying this tool?

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jkkopp:
Rom File has different Location with my installation:

C:\ProgramData\RSA\Download\RomFiles
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd_shadow:
Did it suggest RSA? RSA cannot unlock the bootloader.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jkkopp:
I used the hcX-af fastboot installation.

This was the only one which worked (for me, Moto 6(g)plus) to unlock the bootloader.

I used RSA in the step after unlocking to patch the system to android 9 and get an up to date boot.img

My contribution was related to your instructions in which you write:

Find the boot.img in the LMSA Downloads Folder

"ProgramData\LMSA\Download\RomFiles\"

But this Folder does not exist for me. The correct Path was "ProgramData\Location was RSA\Download\RomFiles"
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ibex333:
the guide doesn't mention that in order to find the boot.img one must actually connect the phone to RSA and download it. Why are we assuming this is something obvious. It's not.

Also, no explanation on how to install Safetynet fix. And not true that all providers lock their phones. Metro by Tmobile was easy to unlock bootloader.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sd_shadow:
It’s almost never.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] skateguy1234:
@sd_shadow You're a legend for keeping this thread updated, thanks so much. I'm about to update from 10 to 11 and then root again, and needed a refresher.

I have OrangeFox recovery, but looks like people are having trouble flashing magisk that way, so looks like adb it is.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] panchomajagua:
I managed to unlock the bootloader and patch the boot image with Magisk but ended up with a bootloop. I flashed the original ROM but now it doesn't support OTA. Is there any solution??? Thank you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] panchomajagua:
I forgot to say that my cell phone is xt2205-1 (Edge 2022)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hazmat42:
could you give a little more details on the steps you took? im going to assume you got your boot.img/firmware from somewhere like mirrors.lolinet.com and not from your device since youve posted on this thread. I would guess that either you flashed a bad image or flashed it to the wrong partition. let us know more.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ninjakira:
I just got a quick question and it might sound stupid but I figured why not still lol, using moto edge 2021 berlna. for manual flash to just apply a new a13 update, can I jsut patch the boot.img from the new update, then manually flash/basically dirty flash Or do we still gotta factory reset still? Or is there a way to manually update stock firmware (not from ota) and keep magisk? I understand I can do backups, buts that's annoying lol
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mohsenzandieh:
دبلیوy good
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] bs3pro:
As stated, don't order from Slickwraps. They don't reply,. Good luck getting ripped off.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Maddmatt:
Hmm. Too late for me. Placed an order on Friday. Will report back how it goes. I'm in New Zealand so could be a week or so before my order arrives.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] SnMSlrC:
ordered from slickwraps last year. took a month before they even shipped it. and yes, no replies from them.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ajsmsg78:
I ordered a skin for my OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren from SlickWraps and compared to the Dbrand skin I ordered afterwards it was much thinner and cheaper. Installing it causes bubbles because the material is so thin. Peeling it back off basically rips the skin. I would never order anything from SlickWraps, only from DBrand as the quality of the materials are much better than most of the other companies.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] corwin_amber:
I also ordered from them once - never delivered, never replied.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] VICosPhi:
I always get mine from Sopiguard. Site looks weird but they ship it same day and I get it in a couple days. Prices are much better than others as well
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ivigneshwaran:
I am using a Gadgetshieldz screen protector on my phone and their quality is good. Also, they provide installation guide for screen protectors which was very helpful and It was really easy to install.

xxxxxx

Mod Edit: Link removed.
[General Questions and Answers] 爷乃天才:
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[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
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[Galaxy S6 General] MrNice:
Hello there,

I am a very, very, very newbie in mobile and android, event the vocabulary is new, so please be indulgent. Moreover, I am old school and running Linux (opensuse Leap 15.2) and I hate GAFAM stuff.

I got an old Galaxy S6 SM-G920F. I don't have access to it, no SIM card, I'd guess no data. I want to learn how to change the OS (I think the good word is mod) to something like Lineage.

I have read a lot but there has been evolution in methods and I can't find the easy way to do it.

As it seems WINDOWS OS is needed to success, I installed WIN 10 in a laptop (what a chit!). BUT if you have a way to go with Linux, please I'd prefer.

First I wand to know the main part of the process. I think the first on is to unlock the bootloader.

I tried the following in the phone: Press and hold three physical keys of Home, Power and Volume Down. Release them when the screen is lightning, and then press the Volume Up key. I got on the screen:

ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G620F
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
Secure Download : Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0x0500)
AP SWREV: B:5 K:2 S:2

I'd guess the bootloader is unlocked, could you confirm?

Now, what to do? Could you

- Explain the main steps without detail then

- Point me on a good recent HowTo or write it here.

Many thanks for your help

Edit: BTW what does mean debloat and deknox?
[Galaxy S6 General] MrNice:
Thank you waffelschnitten 🥨 (no waffel icon) for your extensive answer.

I've learn a lot yet.

As this phone is for experiment, I'll try your Howto.

Forgive my ignorance but the first step is not clear for me. TWRP looks to be an Android app. So I have to install it on the phone, but as I mentioned in my previous post I can't access in it, I don't have the code.

Is it possible to bypass the code? Maybe this device is only good for the recycling? Could you be more accurate in the process?
[Galaxy S6 General] waffelschnitten:
No worries. No your device should be fine.

TWRP stands for Team Win Recovery Project. It is a Custom Recovery System, it's not an app. You don't need to boot into your System OS to install it. You have to flash it onto your phone by using the Samsung Download Mode. Only with a Custom Recovery System such as TWRP you can easily install new ROMs, Root your phone etc.

To install TWRP, you first need to download TWRP for the S6 onto your PC: https://eu.dl.twrp.me/zeroflte/. Download the .img file version.

Now you have to boot into the S6 Download Mode. To do this, make sure your phone is turned off. Then boot it up by pressing and holding Volume Down Button+Home Button+Power Button at the same time for a few seconds. This should get you into Download Mode.

When in Download Mode, connect your phone to your Linux PC via USB.

Make sure you have installed heimdall on Linux. Start Linux Terminal. Remember, your phone should be connected to your PC and in Download Mode. Now check if heimdall detects your phone with this command:

heimdall detect

If it is not detected, try and install Samsung USB drivers for Linux.

If it is detected, navigate to the folder with the TWRP file in your Linux Terminal with the Cd command.

Then, flash your twrp.img file on your phone with this command:

heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery.img --no-reboot

Replace recovery.img with your twrp.img file. For the latest one it should be twrp-3.3.1-0-zeroflte.img

So this would be the command:

heimdall flash --RECOVERY twrp-3.3.1-0-zeroflte.img --no-reboot

Just to make sure, do you know how to navigate/use the linux terminal?

If you have followed these steps, you should have installed your Custom Recovery. With this you have access to your File System etc. Continue as described in my first reply. As already said, to boot into your newly installed TWRP recovery, you have to press Volume up+Home Button+Power Button at the same time and hold for a few seconds, even after the S6 logo appears.
[Galaxy S6 General] MrNice:
Many, many thanks,

I am not too bad with Linux, user for around 10 years, only newbie with mobile devices and Android.

I had to wait long time for the battery be empty and the phone power off. I can't find other way with buttons.

I did a download mode restart and connected to my Linux box. Then detect OK, then flash the phone.

heimdall flash --RECOVERY twrp-3.3.1-0-zeroflte.img --no-reboot
Heimdall v1.4.2

Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/

This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.

If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/

Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...

Initialising protocol...
Protocol initialisation successful.

Beginning session...

Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!

Session begun.

Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.

Uploading RECOVERY
100%
RECOVERY upload successful

Ending session...
Releasing device interface...

After that I power off with Vol-, Vol+, Home, Power together long time but had no time to restart in TWRP mode.

I wait again to discharge the battery and try again.

See you
[Galaxy S6 General] waffelschnitten:
You can force your phone to turn off by pressing Vol- and Power Button together and holding it until it turns off, maybe this helps. Good luck!
[Galaxy S6 General] MrNice:
Very good, now I am in TWRP and I have a lot of questions.

I did WIPE, Format Data, "yes" and Back.

Should I reboot now? What will be the OS/ROM at self reboot? Should I reboot with Vol up, Home, Power instead?

I connected the phone to my linux computer but no connection.

How (with detail as you did perfectly) to upload the new ROM image to the phone?

As you are happy with Marduk Stock Rom, I'll try it.

Could you provide the link to the thread and the download to this rom?

Thanks a lot again

Edit:

In Marduk Stock Rom, is there any GAFAM app/link/account needed?

Is the version v4.5 (12/10/2019) the last one?

Is it the good link to the thread?

Edit 2:

After disconnect and reconnect, I got the phone in my file manager in Linux (Internal Storage). I can transfer the rom file. What should be the extension of the file? .img or .zip or other? Waiting to your confirmation for the version.
[Galaxy S6 General] waffelschnitten:
Advanced Wipe everything (but USB)

If you reboot without going into TWRP you will probably face bootloop. But that's no issue since you can always boot down and up into recovery. In TWRP, you can also go to Menu -> Reboot -> Recovery

If you connect your phone via USB to your PC in TWRP it should be detected, so that is weird. You can try to use different usb cables and USB ports on your PC, you can also try to install Samsung USB Drivers and ADB if nothing helps and try again.

Marduk ROM you can find here:

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-ese3-ma...stock-rom-v4-1-04-07-2019-g920-5-i-f.3812822/

See his/her instructions for your model:

You don't need GApps for this, but you need additional Magisk. magiskmanager.com

https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/v21.4/Magisk-v21.4.zip

When you have finished and installed your OS install the magisk manager app as an App.

Downloading Magisk App... | Magisk Manager

The download will automatically start in 5 seconds, please click here to access the download URL directly. If you are confused and want to know how to install the Magisk Manager on your phone you can click here.

magiskmanager.com
[Galaxy S6 General] waffelschnitten:
Extension should be zip. Version 4.5 is the right one. Dont forget to flash Magisk after installing the ROM and wiping Cache/Dalvik right after flashing Magisk. Then reboot into OS and wait
[Galaxy S6 General] MrNice:
Ahrrr...

After Wipe, Advanced Wipe, select all but not USB Storage, Wipe then reboot, Recovery, when I connect to PC, I get SAMSUNG Android device and Internal Storage. If I open this directory I get error:

The forlder contents could not be displayed.
Sorry, could not display all the contents of "Internal Storage". The connection is closed

I tried to reboot with 3 buttons, same issue.

In Linux dmesg says:

[23088.108086] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 13 using ehci-pci
[23088.265639] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860
[23088.265647] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[23088.265652] usb 2-4: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
[23088.265656] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
[23088.265661] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 0815f83172eb2d01
[23088.267224] cdc_acm 2-4:1.1: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[23096.897800] pool[17212]: segfault at 54b62d50 ip 00007feb702ed9d6 sp 00007feb65ffab68 error 4 in libc-2.26.so[7feb70252000+1b1000]
[23383.203939] pool[17338]: segfault at 54b62d50 ip 00007f4154ef69d6 sp 00007f4142ffcb68 error 4 in libc-2.26.so[7f4154e5b000+1b1000]

I'll try more

Any idea?
[Galaxy S6 General] waffelschnitten:
Maybe install Samsung USB drivers
[Galaxy S6 General] MrNice:
More and more I think the issue is in the phone.

When I wiped with: Wipe, Advanced wipe, select all but USB Storage, this selection included "Internal Storage".

Now in this window, I can "Repair or Change File System" directories. When I select System or Data or Cache or USB Storage, and press "Repair or Change File System" button, I get info on the selected item and I could do more. When I select "Internal Storage" instead, I get error: "Invalid partition selection".

As I can;t find it with the file manager, my question is

This directory has issue, is it a real dir or a soft link to a real dir?

How to restore as previous?

Edit 1:

In phone, Wipe page I can read on top:

What does mean "not including internal storage"?

Should I not wipe it?
[Galaxy S6 General] waffelschnitten:
Did you allow modifications here?

https://www.android-hilfe.de/attachments/default-twrp-welcome-screen-jpg.643125/

You can try to mount partitions in TWRP mount option.

I dont know about the Repair options. I didn't have to do that. Also, I dont think your issue is with corrupted file directories.

I would first try to reboot into DOwnload Mode and try and see if USB works in Download Mode. Maybe ADB sideload is possible in Download mode? I don't know about this, though.

If I were you, I would try to connect it to the PC, install Samsung USB and ADB drivers. If it still doesnt work, connect to a different PC, maybe your Windows 10 OS. If that doesn't work, Flash TWRP again and try again.

Wipe/Cache Dalvik does not include internal storage. That is just to make clear that you can wipe it without losing your os or phone data. You should still wipe it, and it will not block wipe of internal storage.
[Galaxy S6 General] MrNice:
Following this howto I succeeded to transfer and install the new ROM.

I didn't reboot so far as I have to install Magisk.

I downloaded Magisk-v21-4.zip but I don't know how to transfer and install it as I still can't access to "Internal Storage"

I am in the good way, any help?
[Galaxy S6 General] waffelschnitten:
Nice. So you used ADB sideload to transfer your ROM onto your device? Do the same with the Magisk.zip and flash it just like you have flashed the ROM. Then wipe Cache/Dalvik and reboot into OS.
[Galaxy S6 General] MrNice:
I did the same process with Magisk, OK then wipe and reboot without TWRP install.

I had to wait at least 5mn then got the new screen.

It seems to work fine and I started to follow setting.... but I got a Google account to create and other thing like that I don't like at all...

I see this ROM is not what I want but I will try a bit

Thank a lot for your help

See you
[Galaxy S6 General] waffelschnitten:
Hey, yes this ROM is not de-googled. Sorry for that. Go ahead and try other ROMs. Good job installing the Marduk ROM though and have fun