Hey everyone.
Like many Android users, I've been struggling to find a ROM and systemless root combo that passes SafetyNet (ever since Pokemon GO 0.37 update). I eventually found a ROM that can be unrooted cleanly (AryaMod S7 Edge port), and managed to get SafetyNet working via Phh's Superuser (first with Magisk + r251, now using hidesu version r266).
However, I soon ran into a problem: The systemless root appears to be causing my phone to bootloop. There seems to be a gradual degradation of the bootimage somehow caused by systemless roots; my phone would work fine for a while, then gradually apps would force close or the phone would freeze. If I try to reboot, the phone then gets stuck in a boot loop (which occurs before the ROM even starts loading). I am very sure this is caused by an error in the bootloader because this bootloop behavior persists through nandroid restore or clean ROM installations. The only way to fix it is to flash the stock bootloader via ODIN.
I noticed a few users in the dev threads of ROM's I've tried reporting the same issue, but in the dev thread for Phh's Superuser there seems to be a lack of mention of this issue (likely model-specific, as I am using Phh's Superuser on my wife's Note 4 and her phone isn't bootlooping). Just wondering if anyone has experienced the same problem and found a solution?
Try the TMobile forum .
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I also have an N900T, and magisk v7 + phh is working fine for me if I don't install any extra systemless modules. When I installed the better battery stats module, I started getting bootloops, so there are definitely some issues with it.
Magisk is still being worked on, so it's probably only at alpha or beta status right now. Hopefully it will get more stable in the future.
btw.. I'm running the latest stock Samsung 5.0 rom (N900TUVSFPH3), which has the latest bootloader, since it seems the most stable to me.
So I just updated Magisk from v11 to v12 and my phone is totally douched up. After rebooting there's an "Unable to use fingerprints" message at the bottom of the screen, the touch screen is janky and my unlock pattern no longer works. The screen goes to sleep randomly too and then comes on without being touched. On the off occasson that the unlock pattern DOES work, the screen loads with no icons, just the page dots and status bar with my wallpaper and nav buttons. Uninstalled Magisk and got the same. Rebooted after uninstall, same thing. I guess I'll be reflashing the ROM, but this is a huge pain in the ass. :/
This isn't a question--more of an answer. DO NOT UPDATE to v12. If you did and have trouble, downgrade to 11.x.
I can second this. Updated to 12.0 and my phone started rebooting randomly and fingerprints started not working. Thought it was something with the rom so clean flashed it again, all was fine till I updated Magisk again. Downgraded to 11.6 and so far no more reboots and fingerprint works.
that's odd. it is working great for me. (currently using Weta 4.9.2 and Tilde's latest kernel + latest magisk manager and magisk 12.0 zip flashed)
Def breaks the systemui and causes the device to repeatedly crash on the ls997.
Was how it acted on pre 11.0 builds for us on v20.
Im testing with the dev on magisk now.
Updated to the latest, no issues here on RR with original kernel.
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Updated to the latest, no issues here on RR with original kernel.
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yeah aosp versus stock lg os act differently
i believe last time ls997 was the only one really having issues, but its breaking ui on the ls997
don't do it
I updated also, put phone in a never-ending 30 seconds to reboot. Had to restore.
Hi everyone. I downloaded the latest stock image from Google (OPR6.170623.017, Sep 2017), performed a factory reset, and flashed it in fastboot. Everything installed just fine and I'm using it without any major issues. In Settings -> System -> About phone it shows I am on Android version 8.0.0 with patch level September 5, 2017. However, I am receiving a system notification informing me that the OTA upgrade to Android 8.0 is available even after multiple reboots. Does anyone know why this might be occurring, and is there a fix for it?
Thanks!
Edit: Never mind, just found https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/update-notifications-wont-t3672599
Over the last few days I've been having seemingly random instances where the system slows right down, becomes almost completely unresponsive, the home screen goes blank and sometimes only half the screen displays. I then have to long press to power off, but instead of shutting down the phone reboots, then everything is fine again. Usually this has been happening once every few hours, and when left overnight the display doesn't even turn on prior to rebooting (I can use fingerprint sensor and feel it vibrate to unlock though). A few times I have seen the error message saying 'System UI has stopped' but most times I reboot before seeing that.
I was running stock 8.0 unlocked and rooted with TWRP 3.1.1.0 and Magisk 14, and also using the pixel launcher installed as a system app, with no issues previously. I can't remember exactly now, but I am pretty sure I had this occur while on 8.0 prior to updating to 8.1 (possibly following an update to Magisk 15), but mostly it has been happening post-update to 8.1. I followed the stickied guide using step 9 first, and after that was getting very frequent instances. Then realized I was using an old 8.0 pixel launcher app so thought that might be the problem, so re-flashed everything, updated to TWRP 3.2.1.0, re-rooted and installed pixel launcher via the linked post below. Was then stable for almost 24hrs before having the issue re-occur, but with longer gaps between successive instances. Yesterday I re-flashed using the flash-all script (8.1) to try to clean out any gremlins - all went smooth, then re-flashed latest TWRP/Magisk and installed pixel launcher. Seemed fine for an hour or so...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/themes-apps/pixel-2-xl-launcher-google-feed-t3715294
Not sure what is going on, I don't think its the zip file, since I checked the hash prior to doing the very first update. Could be the launcher I guess, but wasn't having any issue before so don't see why that would be a problem. Only root apps I'm using are root explorer, naptime and f.lux. Naptime I haven't installed yet on this go around, and f.lux I uninstalled this morning to see if it makes the problem go away. I tried searching around and saw similar issues reported for people using substratum/themes, but I have never used anything like that.
I have a log but can't link it yet...?
cooke6 said:
Over the last few days I've been having seemingly random instances where the system slows right down, becomes almost completely unresponsive, the home screen goes blank and sometimes only half the screen displays. I then have to long press to power off, but instead of shutting down the phone reboots, then everything is fine again. Usually this has been happening once every few hours, and when left overnight the display doesn't even turn on prior to rebooting (I can use fingerprint sensor and feel it vibrate to unlock though). A few times I have seen the error message saying 'System UI has stopped' but most times I reboot before seeing that.
I was running stock 8.0 unlocked and rooted with TWRP 3.1.1.0 and Magisk 14, and also using the pixel launcher installed as a system app, with no issues previously. I can't remember exactly now, but I am pretty sure I had this occur while on 8.0 prior to updating to 8.1 (possibly following an update to Magisk 15), but mostly it has been happening post-update to 8.1. I followed the stickied guide using step 9 first, and after that was getting very frequent instances. Then realized I was using an old 8.0 pixel launcher app so thought that might be the problem, so re-flashed everything, updated to TWRP 3.2.1.0, re-rooted and installed pixel launcher via the linked post below. Was then stable for almost 24hrs before having the issue re-occur, but with longer gaps between successive instances. Yesterday I re-flashed using the flash-all script (8.1) to try to clean out any gremlins - all went smooth, then re-flashed latest TWRP/Magisk and installed pixel launcher. Seemed fine for an hour or so...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/themes-apps/pixel-2-xl-launcher-google-feed-t3715294
Not sure what is going on, I don't think its the zip file, since I checked the hash prior to doing the very first update. Could be the launcher I guess, but wasn't having any issue before so don't see why that would be a problem. Only root apps I'm using are root explorer, naptime and f.lux. Naptime I haven't installed yet on this go around, and f.lux I uninstalled this morning to see if it makes the problem go away. I tried searching around and saw similar issues reported for people using substratum/themes, but I have never used anything like that.
I have a log but can't link it yet...?
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Try using supersu again or maybe downgrade magisk. Mine for some reason after going back to supersu randoom reboot stopped. This even after ive downgraded to 8.0 thinking 8.1 was the reason though it was running fine before.
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Try using supersu again or maybe downgrade magisk. Mine for some reason after going back to supersu randoom reboot stopped. This even after ive downgraded to 8.0 thinking 8.1 was the reason though it was running fine before.
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Thanks will give it a shot and report back. Like I said I think the instability coincided with an upgrade from Magisk 14.0 to 15.0 which happened right before I went to 8.1, so going back to 14.0 might be the first step for me.
Were yours just random reboot or also the system glitching/freezing?
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Thanks will give it a shot and report back. Like I said I think the instability coincided with an upgrade from Magisk 14.0 to 15.0 which happened right before I went to 8.1, so going back to 14.0 might be the first step for me.
Were yours just random reboot or also the system glitching/freezing?
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Just random reboot so far
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Well... flashed the Magisk uninstaller from 15.1 and re-flashed 14.0 and no system crashes yet.
However now I can't enable assistant vice activation. Possibly a separate issue I suppose, but it was working before.
Edit: Uninstalled Google app updates and reapplied from play store and now working.
So just as a follow up I've been running fine on Magisk 14 without issue for some time now. Have not tried the recent 15.2 release.
However f.lux is not behaving normally and for some reason is acting almost like a yellow filter. I found the thread below which seems to indicate some issue between f.lux / Android 8.1 / Magisk.
https://forum.justgetflux.com/topic/4667/f-lux-not-compatible-with-android-oreo-8-1/7
I have been having this exact problem on my Nexus 6P. Glad to know that I'm not going crazy. The switchover point for me was exactly from Magisk 14.5 to 14.6. 14.5 works fine for me with no issues. 14.6 and onwards (including 15.2) has exhibited this behavior very regularly.
One thing that I just tried that might have "fixed" it is I recently was in 15.2 beta (installed via TWRP) and it was having the problem. I was on the beta in order to capture some of its verbose logs. At one point, I wanted to just try a different installation method so I made sure to check the two options in the MagiskManager ("forced encryption" and "dm-verity") so that they are on and then reinstalled Magisk 15.2 directly from MM. After doing that, I haven't seen the issue crop up, so maybe installing from MM to make sure that it uses those options on install is the way to address this? I'll update if I see any more issues.
Thanks for the replies here and in the Magisk beta thread.
After installing with your described method/settings I reinstalled f.lux, and had a couple of glitch/reboots. I then uninstalled f.lux and I'm now over 24hrs without going into the glitched state. So it seems maybe this a compound issue. Can you confirm whether you had this or another similar app installed? I've seen other reports of this kind of behavior when using substratum.
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I have been having this exact problem on my Nexus 6P. Glad to know that I'm not going crazy. The switchover point for me was exactly from Magisk 14.5 to 14.6. 14.5 works fine for me with no issues. 14.6 and onwards (including 15.2) has exhibited this behavior very regularly.
One thing that I just tried that might have "fixed" it is I recently was in 15.2 beta (installed via TWRP) and it was having the problem. I was on the beta in order to capture some of its verbose logs. At one point, I wanted to just try a different installation method so I made sure to check the two options in the MagiskManager ("forced encryption" and "dm-verity") so that they are on and then reinstalled Magisk 15.2 directly from MM. After doing that, I haven't seen the issue crop up, so maybe installing from MM to make sure that it uses those options on install is the way to address this? I'll update if I see any more issues.
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Hey just a heads up - I am now on opm3 (Jan) and 15.2 beta with the just preserve encryption checked and no glitches yet after ~15hrs. Will be installing f.lux soon to see if it triggers.
Installed f.lux and maybe an hour later started glitching. Uninstalled and had to reboot to clear things up, and now haven't had a glitch since. So definitely the source of the issue, but it's a compound thing since it only started happening since Magisk 14.6 onward. However, there are other reports saying f.lux hasn't been behaving properly on both 8.0 and 8.1, so likely not the fault of Magisk at all.
Hey, I was linked to this thread from Magisk thread, I had the same issue on my Nexus 5X with Magisk 14.6+, so I uninstalled f.lux and issue is gone as you said. Now I'm testing CF.lumen on Magisk 15.3 and it is w/o any issue so far.
Hi,
I'm looking for the best ROM (preferably based on 9 or 10) that can run bank applications and has the latest security updates with the least amount of bugs.
Here are the ones I tried so far:
- AICP 10 - many random reboots
- LineageOS 17 - hangs on lockscreen and would have to manually reboot - also excessive heat (no major heat issues on the 15.1 version)
- LineageOS 15 - currently on unofficial version, could not pass safetyNet except through Magisk to change fingerprint and hide (i even tried security date change), but still, some apps still detect jailbreak.
What ROM would you suggest?
Thanks
DarkHaH said:
Hi,
I'm looking for the best ROM (preferably based on 9 or 10) that can run bank applications and has the latest security updates with the least amount of bugs.
Here are the ones I tried so far:
- AICP 10 - many random reboots
- LineageOS 17 - hangs on lockscreen and would have to manually reboot - also excessive heat (no major heat issues on the 15.1 version)
- LineageOS 15 - currently on unofficial version, could not pass safetyNet except through Magisk to change fingerprint and hide (i even tried security date change), but still, some apps still detect jailbreak.
What ROM would you suggest?
Thanks
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Did you tried Extended7.1?