[Moto G8 Play Guides, News, & Discussion] Daniel69cc:
Moto G8 Play was a phone launched in October 2019 and that curiously had few (or none) mods created, and until today, February 2021, no one had managed to at least root this device, with

guides that bricked the device(or made it bootloop), or at least did not work

, where even with the boot.img patched, the magisk manager could not get root access on the device. Thinking about it and after losing many nights trying to do everything to root my phone, I finally got it, and decided to write this guide for you, with proof of operation and a lot of joy in having made such progress,

but enough with ceremonies, let's go to the guide in fact.

What do I need to do before read this guide?

First of all, backup all your data, you will surely lose it if you don't.

Second, keep in mind that I am not responsible for any errors or damage to the device, keep in mind that this is a mod guide that makes you lose the warranty on your device. What I did worked for me, and theoretically it works for you as long as you do everything correctly.

And lastly and most importantly, unlock the bootloader of your device, if you don't do this, it is possible to brick and transform it into a paper weight for lack of attention. Thinking about it,

I wrote a quick guide to unlock bootloader

, follow the steps:

1. Go to settings> System> About phone> Build Number and follow the image

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2. Still in the settings, go to System> Advanced> Developer options and again follow the image:

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3. On your computer, download platform-tools here and extract it to any folder you prefer. Also download and install Motorola USB drivers. After extracting and installing, open the platform-tools folder and copy the folder path, then open windows command prompt(cmd) and type the following commands:

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in cmd, type cd and paste the path you copied, and hit enter. After that, type "adb devices" with your USB connected device(Remember to authorize USB debugging when connecting your device to the PC), if you did everything right, you will see something like this:

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then type "adb reboot bootloader" to reboot your device for the correct mode. Once in bootloader mode, do not close cmd, it will still be useful. Access the motorola bootloader unlock site and follow the instructions provided. If you did everything right, your bootloader will appear with the status of flashing unlocked on the screen.

Ah, I talked about backup at the beginning, right? I'm glad you did the backup, because you just had your phone reset and data deleted. Now that you've installed everything right, let's start the hybridization process of your smartphone ... Let's install the Motorola One Macro ROM, which is basically the same thing as Moto G8 Play, but with more RAM, storage and 64- bit enabled, following this, download the One Macro Stock ROM here and extract it to the same folder as platform-tools:

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It will look more or less like the photo above. After that, you will need a script to transform flashfile.xml into an appropriate flashfile.bat, and you can download this script here. Extract the .exe in the same folder as the platform-tools and the one macro rom, after this run and it will generate a flashfile.bat file. If your device is connected to the usb in bootloader mode you can now run the .bat and flash the rom on your device. Always remember to leave the battery with more than 50% charge to avoid problems and brick the device. If you did everything right, your device will start up normally. Configure, then go to settings and activate debugging following the steps at the beginning of the guide. You can notice that virtually your device is now a Motorola One Macro with the hardware of a Moto G8 Play, done that, let's go to the root process.

Copy the boot.img file from the platform-tools folder to any folder on your android. After that, install the magisk manager on the official website and open the app. In the magisk tab, click install and then "Select and Patch a file", select the boot.img file, after that make the selection process again, click the arrow and wait for magisk to finish the patch. After that, open google files and copy magisk_patched_XXXXX.img to your phone's root folder, and copy it to your computer again, in the platform-tools folder. Preferably rename it to an easier name, like magisk.img.

Do the process of opening cmd and pasting the folder path with the command "cd" before it. Then restart to bootloader mode as you learned above, and enter the command "

fastboot flash boot_a magisk.img

"

after finishing the process, type "

fastboot flash boot_b magisk.img

" and restart your device. If all goes well the magisk manager will detect the root and your phone will be ready.

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This is the guide, I hope I have helped everyone who has gone so long without being able to root their devices. I wasted a night testing and writing this, so please consider giving feedback and if you post as a tutorial, leave the method credits to Daniel Santos (me).

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