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Rooting the Pixel after a failed attempt

I recently followed the instructions in this video to root my Pixel 1 (non-XL, Verizon version unlocked bootloader, updated to final version of Pie). I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong, but my phone went into a bootloop and I couldn't get any adb command to work (it said phone not authorized even though it clearly was before the bootloop), so I went ahead and did a factory reset using the Recovery mode.
Now, after the factory reset, I have Magisk Manager appear in my list of apps. When I open it it asks if I want to upgrade to the full Magisk Manager, and if I go ahead with that it finally says "App not installed". I've tried uninstalling the app but it reappears after every reboot.
I'm trying to start afresh with the root now, but I'm not sure if I need to uninstall Magisk first, or just go ahead with following #7 in this XDA guide? Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks!

Run the Magisk uninstaller and reboot, then reinstall Magisk.

post-mortem said:
Run the Magisk uninstaller and reboot, then reinstall Magisk.
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Hi, thanks for posting. I'm kinda new to this so I'm not sure how to do that. Can you give me a little more help as to how I should go about uninstalling it? I have downloaded Magisk-uninstaller-20180719.zip. Thanks a lot!

hassanrashid3 said:
Hi, thanks for posting. I'm kinda new to this so I'm not sure how to do that. Can you give me a little more help as to how I should go about uninstalling it? I have downloaded Magisk-uninstaller-20180719.zip. Thanks a lot!
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Transfer that Fe to your phone. Boot to recovery (TWRP), a d install the Magisk uninstaller zip file. That will remove all files related to Magisk. Reboot,* then reboot to TWRP and you can try to install Magisk again.
*If your device doesn't boot, use fastboot to install the boot.img. If it seems a bit daunting, you can sideload the most recent OTA. You won't lose data.

post-mortem said:
Transfer that Fe to your phone. Boot to recovery (TWRP), a d install the Magisk uninstaller zip file. That will remove all files related to Magisk. Reboot,* then reboot to TWRP and you can try to install Magisk again.
*If your device doesn't boot, use fastboot to install the boot.img. If it seems a bit daunting, you can sideload the most recent OTA. You won't lose data.
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I actually did these steps just a few hours ago and rooted my device successfully. After uninstalling Magisk my device wouldn't boot, so had to use ./flash-all.sh (I'm on a Mac) after removing -w from the file, then installed Magisk.
Anyway, thanks for the reply! I'm sure someone will find it useful.

hassanrashid3 said:
I actually did these steps just a few hours ago and rooted my device successfully. After uninstalling Magisk my device wouldn't boot, so had to use ./flash-all.sh (I'm on a Mac) after removing -w from the file, then installed Magisk.
Anyway, thanks for the reply! I'm sure someone will find it useful.
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I've been trying to get rooted all day. It took forever to get TWRP flashed, but when I finally did, I installed Magisk, in accordance with that same video you watched. Installed the Magisk app and it was totally worthless. Nothing but ads. Still not rooted. I'd love to know what you did to finally get root if you have a second.

Hmm, I'm not sure what version of Magisk you installed but mine didn't have ads. I'd recommend uninstalling Magisk (there's an uninstaller that you can install to your phone just as you installed Magisk) and then again using TWRP to install the correct version. Look at the instructions here. You'll need to download the Magisk uninstaller, the latest version of Magisk, and the latest version of platform-tools.

hassanrashid3 said:
Hmm, I'm not sure what version of Magisk you installed but mine didn't have ads. I'd recommend uninstalling Magisk (there's an uninstaller that you can install to your phone just as you installed Magisk) and then again using TWRP to install the correct version. Look at the instructions here. You'll need to download the Magisk uninstaller, the latest version of Magisk, and the latest version of platform-tools.
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Yeah, it was a big ol' mess. The Magisk I had installed was from the app store. That was the worthless one. Apparently the real Magisk hadn't been flashed correctly. When I ditched the store app and then re-flashed Magisk, suddenly I was rooted and everything went smoothly. Worst rooting experience ever, but man does it feel good to have control over my phone again. Been kicking bloatware extra hard just because can.
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By the way, hassanrashid, thanks for the reply and for posting this in the first place. I'm not so sure that I would have gotten rooted at all if I hadn't stumbled upon this thread.

【HELP!】Installed a module in Magisk Download manager and now i'm f*****

Sup guys, i had this problem with the SafetyNet Check that always kept failing, done some tutorials here at the forum but none of them worked, so i gave up... yesterday i was searching for some modules at the download page in the Magisk Manager app and found a module that was supposed to correct SafatyNet problema, after that installation my Magisk don't want to open anymore, all my modules still installed but i can't open the app anymore, i rooted my cellphone without TWRP so i can't use it to manage the dependencies of the app... any suggestion?
obs.: I'm not using TWRP cuz i just keep having a problem at the installation, i'm runnig the last version of the Android Pie OS (Beta 3)

You could temporarily boot into TWRP via ADB and a PC and flash the uninstaller.

DiGtal said:
You could temporarily boot into TWRP via ADB and a PC and flash the uninstaller.
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He can boot it through fastboot, adb push the uninstaller and flash it.*
But isn't the safetynet fix just a build.prop tweak?
He can technically adb pull the build.prop, fix it and put it back in. Or just take a working build.prop from a fellow OB3 user ( me included ) and push it into the system through adb.

The Marionette said:
He can boot it through fastboot, adb push the uninstaller and flash it.*
But isn't the safetynet fix just a build.prop tweak?
He can technically adb pull the build.prop, fix it and put it back in. Or just take a working build.prop from a fellow OB3 user ( me included ) and push it into the system through adb.
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I think the OP mentioned the problem they are having is from a Magisk module that is incompatible with the OP6. My recommendation, without TWRP on the phone, might be a Fastboot Rom to get your phone functional again.

tabletalker7 said:
I think the OP mentioned the problem they are having is from a Magisk module that is incompatible with the OP6. My recommendation, without TWRP on the phone, might be a Fastboot Rom to get your phone functional again.
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I know that and the OP probably does too, but I guess they don't want to lose their current data?

The Marionette said:
I know that and the OP probably does too, but I guess they don't want to lose their current data?
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I don't know if that can be helped at this point. That bad Magisk module may have made that decision for him

The Marionette said:
I know that and the OP probably does too, but I guess they don't want to lose their current data?
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That's right, i know that i can fix this issue just installing the ROM again but i don't want to lose my data, i just want to delete a specific module from Magisk

s3nn4 said:
That's right, i know that i can fix this issue just installing the ROM again but i don't want to lose my data, i just want to delete a specific module from Magisk
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restore stock boot.img. no root, no mods to load. fix it then reroot.

You don't need to restore. Follow this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-core-mode-bootloop-solver-modules-t3817366
It's called CoreOnlyMode4Magisk and it's flashed through TWRP. Magisk modules are systemless and this module will fix your problem.

mdl054 said:
You don't need to restore. Follow this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-core-mode-bootloop-solver-modules-t3817366
It's called CoreOnlyMode4Magisk and it's flashed through TWRP. Magisk modules are systemless and this module will fix your problem.
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he does not have twrp installed, but your way would work as well. the choice is up to op then to make.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5h1hzimcj1irbn5/stockboot.img stock boot.img for OB3

MrSteelX said:
he does not have twrp installed, but your way would work as well. the choice is up to op then to make.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5h1hzimcj1irbn5/stockboot.img stock boot.img for OB3
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Oh sorry I missed that part

You can use the modified boot.img with TWRP preinstalled from the OB3 thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77390204&postcount=2

Just reflash OB3 from system updater and that will get rid of root and also keep your data. Then start over.
Sent from my OnePlus6 using XDA Labs

The Marionette said:
I know that and the OP probably does too, but I guess they don't want to lose their current data?
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MrSteelX said:
he does not have twrp installed, but your way would work as well. the choice is up to op then to make.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5h1hzimcj1irbn5/stockboot.img stock boot.img for OB3
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Already fixed it, installed the last version of blu spark TWRP along with the Magisk 17.2, all perfect, had a problem with my OS at the beginning but just flashed again and did all the process to root, thanks for your help!

Next time don't be a twrp and use twrp

dgunn said:
Next time don't be a twrp and use twrp
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The last update wouldn't let me install it, the Blu stuff made my day when I saw the compatible update

Warning - Notchbarkiller Magisk Module!

Be careful. Yesterday I have installed this module on my pie rom and had bootloop when I tried to uninstall it. Nothing cant solve this issue, I had to flash whole pie rom.

That's why I bought this mobile with stock Android to be sure I'm not install something on it and the truth it's not worth to change something on it.
This mobile work pretty good without needing to root it.
No offense only my opinion.
Thanks
Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

wenna.speedy said:
Be careful. Yesterday I have installed this module on my pie rom and had bootloop when I tried to uninstall it. Nothing cant solve this issue, I had to flash whole pie rom.
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Same happened to me on Android Pie, it completely broke my phone and when restarting it I had bootloop as well.
Had to flash ROM from scratch.

Maj3sty said:
That's why I bought this mobile with stock Android to be sure I'm not install something on it and the truth it's not worth to change something on it.
This mobile work pretty good without needing to root it.
No offense only my opinion.
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Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk
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I dont think so. you havent right, because of magisk. Did you ever try viper4android? Its really some kind of magic! this is only one case. no root = no lot of great stuff. If anything bad happened, you have ever last option = flash vanilla rom

For anyone who gets bootloops caused by a magisk module: Just flash back stock kernel! Then Magisk is gone and the module doesn´t work too. You can delete the module from your magisk manager and root again - voilla!

Voodoojonny said:
For anyone who gets bootloops caused by a magisk module: Just flash back stock kernel! Then Magisk is gone and the module doesn´t work too. You can delete the module from your magisk manager and root again - voilla!
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I tried it and doesnt work. It seems the module changed any files in system(via root).

wenna.speedy said:
I dont think so. you havent right, because of magisk. Did you ever try viper4android? Its really some kind of magic! this is only one case. no root = no lot of great stuff. If anything bad happened, you have ever last option = flash vanilla rom
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Nice try, but looks like you are not the only person with the same issue! I'm using Jetaudio and I have great sound with my JBL (Bluetooth) & Sennheiser wired headsets. I'm pass!!!
Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

lbsilva said:
Same happened to me on Android Pie, it completely broke my phone and when restarting it I had bootloop as well.
Had to flash ROM from scratch.
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I get booloop from this module, now when i try to flash system, i get error: cannot load '.\system.img'. Pls i need help

hckrm said:
I get booloop from this module, now when i try to flash system, i get error: cannot load '.\system.img'. Pls i need help
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Did you place system.img into your fastboot folder? It sounds like fastboot can´t find the file you want to flash!

Voodoojonny said:
Did you place system.img into your fastboot folder? It sounds like fastboot can´t find the file you want to flash!
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yes, i have tried to flash the whole rom (except userdata) from .bat script of the official pie rom. But i get bootloop again. I have a lot of important data in my phone, is there a way to resolve without touching data?

hckrm said:
yes, i have tried to flash the whole rom (except userdata) from .bat script of the official pie rom. But i get bootloop again. I have a lot of important data in my phone, is there a way to resolve without touching data?
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You can try install twrp and mount internal storage. I dont know if exists new version with working mounting.

hckrm said:
I get booloop from this module, now when i try to flash system, i get error: cannot load '.\system.img'. Pls i need help
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Did you try using MiFlashTool?

hckrm said:
yes, i have tried to flash the whole rom (except userdata) from .bat script of the official pie rom. But i get bootloop again. I have a lot of important data in my phone, is there a way to resolve without touching data?
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Hmm, as told above, then your only option is a backup with twrp. If you can't decrypt data with twrp (after you installed it - not booting) you can try to boot to slot b - that sometimes help. Just select under reboot in twrp or type "fastboot set_active b"...

wenna.speedy said:
Be careful. Yesterday I have installed this module on my pie rom and had bootloop when I tried to uninstall it. Nothing cant solve this issue, I had to flash whole pie rom.
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There is no wipe required, I just got caught in the loop as well.
Two things you need:
-TRWP installed
-Uninmod installed (magisk module remover)
1. If you are stuck in the loop, boot into fastboot,
- connect your pc and run ADB & fastboot cmd, run the command fastboot boot recovery.img(or your TRWP image) and run TRWP
2. Download Uninmod zip, transfer to phone. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72542167&postcount=242&nocache=1
- Use TWRP to install Uninmod,
- remove the Notchkiller mod
- credits to veez21
3. find this file overlays.list and delete it from /data/resource-cache/overlays.list https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/NotchBarKiller/issues/3
- credits to MatChung
Reboot and there was like a minute of delay on same boot screen, but then it should boot fine.
If you are not stuck in the loop but just installed the module:
-remove the module in magisk
-find the file and delete it.
TLDR: remove the Notchbarkiller mod and remove overlays.list file. Reboot!
Hope it works. It did for me. Poco F1

I flashed this madule last night and found that it break calls. Could not make and receive phone calls. Huawei P20 Pro with EMUI 8.1 running.

Guys don't flash that LITERALLY SHIET module. It's bricking phones, i dirty flashed my rom and still couldn't recover it! I used Poco btw

D1stRU3T0R said:
Guys don't flash that LITERALLY SHIET module. It's bricking phones, i dirty flashed my rom and still couldn't recover it! I used Poco btw
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Written in the first post...

wenna.speedy said:
Written in the first post...
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I know...

Strange, I was using the January update when I first installed it and everything worked fine, no issues what so ever. I haven't tried it on the latest update but xiaomi's update might have messed the module. There's no reason what so ever to blame the module for not working on the latest update as they tend to break things. Just report back to the developer with something helpful like a logcat instead of making useless threads.
As of the bootloop there's no reason to wipe your data or reflash the ROM unless you have to. Just boot up in twrp and flash the magisk uninstaller which might be in the Magisk Manager folder or just search it online. Another way to do it is just to mount magisk in twrp and delete the module. Learn about how to mount magisk here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/magisk-mount-resize-img-t3675853

SnoopDoggyStyleDogg said:
Strange, I was using the January update when I first installed it and everything worked fine, no issues what so ever. I haven't tried it on the latest update but xiaomi's update might have messed the module. There's no reason what so ever to blame the module for not working on the latest update as they tend to break things. Just report back to the developer with something helpful like a logcat instead of making useless threads.
As of the bootloop there's no reason to wipe your data or reflash the ROM unless you have to. Just boot up in twrp and flash the magisk uninstaller which might be in the Magisk Manager folder or just search it online. Another way to do it is just to mount magisk in twrp and delete the module. Learn about how to mount magisk here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/magisk-mount-resize-img-t3675853
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UPDATE: This thread is a false alarm as I managed to install the module on the March update and the only crash I get is from google play services with no bootloop and everything working. Maybe the OP has another phone and except that a module that is on the Mi A2 Lite thread should work on any phone or he's done something wrong. I will attach some screenshots to confirm that the module is indeed working and OP's post is a false alarm for stock A2 Lite ROMs (No custom ROM and not other phones)
NOTE: As you can see in the YouTube screenshot there's no black back on the left side of the screen as it should be without the module installed

Brick after trying to install Xposed

Hi!
i rooted my oneplus 6 twice already, the root has been successful. But as soon as i try to install Xposed through Magisk, i install the modules (the latest from their website) and reboot, i am stuck in the boot window, in other words, a brick..
i have android 9.0.9
Thanks!

fenixsword said:
Hi!
i rooted my oneplus 6 twice already, the root has been successful. But as soon as i try to install Xposed through Magisk, i install the modules (the latest from their website) and reboot, i am stuck in the boot window, in other words, a brick..
i have android 9.0.9
Thanks!
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If you have twrp and still have access to it. This should be installed and run inside twrp. It will enable you to disable modules without booting your phone. As for why your module isn't working, I'm not sure. But at least this will save you and allowyou to boot again without losing data.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/tool-magisk-module-manager-recovery-t3917498

thejase said:
If you have twrp and still have access to it. This should be installed and run inside twrp. It will enable you to disable modules without booting your phone. As for why your module isn't working, I'm not sure. But at least this will save you and allowyou to boot again without losing data.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/tool-magisk-module-manager-recovery-t3917498
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and how do i use this tweak to bypass bootloop?

fenixsword said:
and how do i use this tweak to bypass bootloop?
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That didn't work for me when I tried it. Sorry. Try this which I have actually used before. Unimod. Follow directions there. https://magiskroot.net/uninstall-magisk-module-twrp/

thejase said:
If you have twrp and still have access to it. This should be installed and run inside twrp. It will enable you to disable modules without booting your phone. As for why your module isn't working, I'm not sure. But at least this will save you and allowyou to boot again without losing data.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/tool-magisk-module-manager-recovery-t3917498
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actually it worked great! helped me a couple of times now.. I just installed older version of exposed and that's it.. works as charm

fenixsword said:
actually it worked great! helped me a couple of times now.. I just installed older version of exposed and that's it.. works as charm
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Glad it worked for you!

OnePlus 7 Pro OS Reinstall

I upgraded to Android 10 using a guide from someone who successfully kept root when upgrading from Android Pie to 10. I followed the steps exactly, but I still lost root. I'm using the latest version of TWRP Guacamole for the OnePlus 7 Pro. I fully understand that it's not fully compatible with my phone so I'm wanting to roll back to Pie. My phone currently does not have an OS on it because another guide I followed said to flash TWRP as the boot in the bootloader in order to reboot into TWRP to then reflash the OTA and then TWRP. I did this because TWRP would not mount my storage and therefore could not install or flash anything because it couldn't access storage. That didn't work. So now when I boot normally or into TWRP, it only boots into the bootloader. I need help fixing this because now I'm out of a very nice phone.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/msm-tool-guac-t3934691

unrated87 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/msm-tool-guac-t3934691
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That did not work. Everytime I hit the hyperlink for the tool, it redirected me to an ad for a network monitoring software called solarwinds.

BUZzZERBeater00 said:
That did not work. Everytime I hit the hyperlink for the tool, it redirected me to an ad for a network monitoring software called solarwinds.
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Just a few things before you flash. Don't worry about losing root, it's better to uninstall Magisk before upgrading, updates you can flash without uninstalling Magisk, although I wouldn't recommend it. I'm coming from the 5T, and it's basically the same process. The only difference is that I have a device with A/B partitions now
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-hard-bricked-t3934659

blas4me said:
Just a few things before you flash. Don't worry about losing root, it's better to uninstall Magisk before upgrading, updates you can flash without uninstalling Magisk, although I wouldn't recommend it. I'm coming from the 5T, and it's basically the same process. The only difference is that I have a device with A/B partitions now
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-hard-bricked-t3934659
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Thank you. I'm going to try it when I have time. I had to go through a few links that your initial link let me to. I found this thread. I'm hoping this will work. Sounds a lot like my problem.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/op3t-collection-unbrick-tools-t3896765/page2

blas4me said:
Just a few things before you flash. Don't worry about losing root, it's better to uninstall Magisk before upgrading, updates you can flash without uninstalling Magisk, although I wouldn't recommend it. I'm coming from the 5T, and it's basically the same process. The only difference is that I have a device with A/B partitions now
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-hard-bricked-t3934659
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I tried using the MSMDownloadTool, but the Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3) driver was grayed out in the device manager. When I would open the MSMDownloadTool, it would not recognize my device, and would not download anything. Any suggestions?

BUZzZERBeater00 said:
Thank you. I'm going to try it when I have time. I had to go through a few links that your initial link let me to. I found this thread. I'm hoping this will work. Sounds a lot like my problem.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/op3t-collection-unbrick-tools-t3896765/page2
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I fixed it. These links helped me along the way. Thanks again for the initial suggestion!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/one...t3896765/page2
https://piunikaweb.com/2019/05/29/how-to-unbrick-oneplus-7-pro-using-msm-download-tool/

BUZzZERBeater00 said:
I fixed it. These links helped me along the way. Thanks again for the initial suggestion!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/one...t3896765/page2
https://piunikaweb.com/2019/05/29/how-to-unbrick-oneplus-7-pro-using-msm-download-tool/
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Suggestion, when you get to stock, stay there. If it's taking you this long to figure things out, this is not your thing.

blas4me said:
Suggestion, when you get to stock, stay there. If it's taking you this long to figure things out, this is not your thing.
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Sorry. It's too late. I already have Magisk installed and Edxposed.

I just installed Edxposed

blas4me said:
I just installed Edxposed
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Ya. It worked perfectly as long as I flashed Riru - Core, rebooted, then flashed Riru - Edxposed, rebooted. Then installed the Edxposed apk. Flashing both Riru -Core and Riru - Edxposed back-to-back before rebooting put my OnePlus 7 Pro into a bootloop. I had to boot into TWRP and flash a "Magisk in TWRP" module and then in the terminal type "mm for first time" hit enter, and type "c" which put takingmy phone in Core Only Mode. This disabled the modules it out of the bootloop. But then after it reboots, attempt to uninstall the modules, which won't fully work. So basically you'd just have to flash the magisk uninstaller and flash the magisk installer to get rid of the bad modules. Moral of the story is don't flash both Riru - Core and Riru -Edxposed without rebooting between each install. Also, don't just flash the magisk uninstaller and flash the magisk installer to get rid of the bad modules and then not later flash the "Magisk in TWRP" module and disable Core Only Mode. Or just turn it off in Magisk Manager. Modules will install, but they won't work. And they won't uninstall either.