How to Root an Android Phone using Custom Recovery | How to install Magisk | Easiest method to Root and Install Magisk || by Vikzz Tech



This method will work best on Android 9,10,11. (Personally Tested and Worked Perfectly)

I haven't tried method on Older Android Versions like android 8.0 or lower.


How to Root/Install Magisk ?

Prerequisities

  • Unlock Bootloader
  • Custom Recovery Installed (TWRP, OFX, PBRP)
  • Magisk apk/ Magisk Zip file.(Latest)
  • After downloading this Magisk.apk rename it and instead of  .apk" change it to ".zip"
  • Then Boot your phone into Recovery
  • Go to Install and locate the Magisk.zip file (which we renamed earlier from apk to zip)
  • Click on the file and swipe to flash.
  • After you get the message as done click on Reboot.
  • Done! Now your Phone has been rooted
  • You can check the root using root checker
  • Now you will find icon in your app drawer as Magisk open it and it will ask you for installing the Magisk click on yes.
  • Stay on that screen after installing it ask for Installing click on ok and You are good to go!
  • You have successfully installed magisk and rooted your Android Phone



Introduction To Root, Magisk and Custom Recovery



If you are into custom roms or you are using an Android phone from years, once a while in your life you would have hear about rooting android phone, advantages and disadvantages of rooting and all that.
In older time apps like kingoroot, rootking etc... were famous and used for rooting. But at that time magisk wasn't that famous, yet the xposed frameworks and supersu were mostly known.

But In today's time Magisk is the most Famous app in the world of rooting and well known for modifying, tweaking, customizing modules of it while keeping the system safe as all the modules/mods are installed systemlessely.

What is Magisk?


If you’ve been around the Android world for the last few years, you’ve probably heard the term “Magisk” being thrown around. It’s a relatively new tool for customizing Android devices. It was developed by XDA Developer topjohnwu in 2016. Magisk is an alternative to the long-standing SuperSU, but it’s much more than just a root method. There are some key things you should know about this popular tool before you dive in.

Magisk is known as a “systemless” root method. It’s essentially a way to modify the system without actually modifying it. Modifications are stored safely in the boot partition instead of modifying the real system files. This is the most important feature of this tool. Since the original system files remain unchanged, modifications can go undetected by Google SafetyNet.

Googley SafetyNet is the reason why a lot of people use this tool over other methods. SafetyNet detects when the system has been tampered with and blocks certain apps from working properly. Google Pay, Netflix, and Pokemon GO are a few examples. SafetyNet is an important security measure, but it can be overly aggressive. Magisk allows users to have root and other modifications while still using these popular apps. Methods like SuperSU modify the system files, which triggers SafetyNet to block apps.

Magisk opens up your device to a world of modifications. Root is just one of the many modules you can install. A “Module” is an installable modification that allows for easy customization and tinkering. If you’ve heard of the Xposed Framework, this is a similar concept. These modules include things like ad-blockers, emoji replacements, CameraAPI2 enabler, and much more. They’re handy mods that can extend the functionality of your Android device. Tons of useful modules can be found right here on XDA and in the Magisk Manager app. You can find the modules in the Manager app from the slide-out menu.

(Source: XDA Developers)


What is Custom Recovery? What is TWRP, Orange Fox Recovery and PitchBlack Recovery?

TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project), Orange Fox Recovery (ofx), PitchBlack Recovery(PBRP) are the most well known custom recoveries.

All Android devices ship with a recovery environment preinstalled. This recovery software can be used to restore the device to factory default settings, update its operating system, and perform other diagnostic tasks.

The stock recovery is a minimal, limited system. It’s designed to be ignored, and it can generally only flash OTA updates and ROMs provided by the device’s manufacturer, not third-party ROMs.

A custom recovery environment will do the same things as the stock Android recovery. However, it will also have additional features. Custom recoveries often have the ability to create and restore device backups. Custom recoveries allow you to install custom ROMs.
(Source: howtogeek)