magisk on gt king

[ddogishere]

Hi look here developer Sasvlad managed it on his Rom:

https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/amlogic-based-tv-players/s922x/others-s922x/firmware-roms-tools-dq/788993-gs-king-x-and-gt-king-pro-androidtv-by-sasvlad-android-tv-9-0-pie

"newest su binary installed
installed patched SuperSu 2.82, which does not require updating".

So I'm sure it's possible just need to know how. Thanks.

[ddogishere]

Yes but i don't want to use paper clip every time to get root so need something permanent.

There are Roms with SuperSu installed permanently just want to know how to do it yourself on stock rom.

I believe the system 'root switch' is pseudo root as when using Termux to mount GDrive in Emulated/0/GDrive: Permission Denied.

[syked69]

Even SuperSU must be installed on the recovery partition. There's no way around this on the GT King.

[ddogishere]

Help install SuperSu GS-King. I believe the system 'root switch' is pseudo root and you can't write to the/system/bin: Permission Denied.

I can unroot with impactor app but need help to install SuperSu permanently as I believe that gives full root. I tried it with Twrp using R2-SuperSu version but I think I need a signed one for the GS-king.

Thanks.

[syked69]

hi once permanently installed the patched do you have to do the pinhole after each rebboot?
basically i want root back with either supersu or magisk but without constant booting into recovery.

Not possible on this device.
boot once into recovery with magisk installed then leave the device on (standby should be ok)

[ddogishere]

hi once permanently installed the patched do you have to do the pinhole after each rebboot?
basically i want root back with either supersu or magisk but without constant booting into recovery.

[syked69]

Would it work with A95x max plus?

Yeah I don't see why not. You can install magical to recovery partition on any device where 'normal' installation doesn't work.

[Khaledsce]

Would it work with A95x max plus?

[syked69]

Looking for MAGISK root too. Any news on this?

Did I read right that you guys install MAGISK to recovery partition?

That's right. It has to be installed in the recovery partition and there's no other way around this.

You need to make a "patched Magisk recovery" image then either boot off that without flashing it or flash the image to the recovery partition.

[soldiaz]

Looking for MAGISK root too. Any news on this?

Did I read right that you guys install MAGISK to recovery partition?

[hossamkalleh]

Did you actually read my post?

I've listed step by step instructions which you need to follow. I've done it and it works but there is no video of this.

The key point is that you need to load Magisk into recovery which will then remove TWRP then you have to boot into recovery and use the GT King like that.

Sorry for disturbing you...
as I have said from the beginning that I'm new in this kind of works....
That's why I asked you for more help
sorry again...

[syked69]

Dear Syked69...
actually Im searching long time ago on how to get magisk on Gt king.... and fortunately I found it in your post here...
I'm just trying to understand what you mean since it's my first time doing this kind of work, but unfortunately I didn't understand...
actually I just installed a custom rom which has been done by Sasvlad, and I'm trying to know how to get magisk install on my box coz my tv not working (rooted device)
so I'm trying to find way on how to hid root from some apps, and that's lead me to magisk
sorry for this long explanation...
Can you please provide us a video on how you can install magisk on Gt king ( as I read Sasvlad has TWRP) so please can you provide a video or at least lead me to someone who did...
thanks a lot
And highly appreciated

Did you actually read my post?

I've listed step by step instructions which you need to follow. I've done it and it works but there is no video of this.

The key point is that you need to load Magisk into recovery which will then remove TWRP then you have to boot into recovery and use the GT King like that.

[hossamkalleh]

Magisk in Recovery mode

Before anything always back up your box. If you use TWRP then create a whole back up which makes it easier to restore and if don't use TWRP then maybe you should.

To get Magisk working on the GT-King follow these steps.

Magisk will be installed into the recovery partition so if you flash the image to recovery, you will loose TWRP or default recovery but you could use an SD card to load into TWRP or default recovery and similarly you can use the patched recovery image from Magisk too and load that from SD card when required.

I have not worked out how you can load Magisk recovery partition but also load TWRP without a separate image when required. Technically this is possible because it's a patched recovery image with TWRP. There might be some sort of key sequence that will allow this but have not played enough with it to work it out.

If you leave your box on all the time it should be fine because you can boot into "magisk recovery" once and then leave it on.

1) You need a recovery image.

a)If you have root already (such as default root), you can use this command in a terminal app which will covert the recovery file from the system to recovery.img and we will save it on the internal storage (home level).

dd if=/dev/block/revovery of=/mnt/sdcard/recovery.img

b) if you don't have root because you tried flashing Magisk through TWRP or have manually unrooted then or if you can't be bothered using terminal, you can use my recovery.img here recovery image and save this to a location of your choice

2) Download and install Magisk Manager APK from here
3) In Magisk manager main screen click advanced options tick Recovery mode
4) Now next to Magisk Click install then selection the option where you have to select the image
5) Select the image file from either step 1a) or 1b)
6) Give it a few moments and Magisk manager will create a patched recovery img named magisk_patched.img and will be located in your download folder in your internal storage.
7) Now you need to unroot your device if it's not already by trying to flash Magisk in TWRP. I use impactor universal unroot for this which can be sourced from the play store or other means and follow the instructions in the app. After you restart, the device is no longer rooted but we will need use the magisk patched recovery which will give you root

Now here is where you decide what to do next....
i) Do you boot into existing TWRP recovery via depressing the reset pinhole whilst plugging in the power and then permanently flashing the new patched recovery image or
ii) Do you copy that patched recovery image to a SD Card, renaming it to recovery.img and booting off that temporarily via depressing the reset pinhole whilst plugging in the power

Either way, once you boot into that "magisk recovery" it is now installed and works a treat and have root access but you can hide root per app via Magisk hide

The systemless-host module can be installed via the module manager if you use Hosts file to block ads (I use energized host file for this). I think the path for this after it's installed is /data/adb/modules/hosts

Dear Syked69...
actually Im searching long time ago on how to get magisk on Gt king.... and fortunately I found it in your post here...
I'm just trying to understand what you mean since it's my first time doing this kind of work, but unfortunately I didn't understand...
actually I just installed a custom rom which has been done by Sasvlad, and I'm trying to know how to get magisk install on my box coz my tv not working (rooted device)
so I'm trying to find way on how to hid root from some apps, and that's lead me to magisk
sorry for this long explanation...
Can you please provide us a video on how you can install magisk on Gt king ( as I read Sasvlad has TWRP) so please can you provide a video or at least lead me to someone who did...
thanks a lot
And highly appreciated

[syked69]

syked69 nice little guide to install Magisk that you posted.

One edit I would make, this section:

- You should just have a terminal app installed from playstore so you can just type "reboot recovery" and enter TWRP recovery then flash the Magisk-modified-boot.img to recovery partition, which TWRP allows flashing .IMG files to boot, logo, and Recovery.

At least that is how I did it when messing around with Magisk installation, I don't like having to fiddle with reset buttons if it just easier to type a command in terminal app.

You're right but some peoope want to remove the default root otherwise it defeats the purpose of Magisk hide as apps would think it's still rooted.

[RiCkLaR_atvX]

syked69 nice little guide to install Magisk that you posted.

One edit I would make, this section:

Now here is where you decide what to do next....
i) Do you boot into existing TWRP recovery via depressing the reset pinhole whilst plugging in the power and then permanently flashing the new patched recovery image or
ii) Do you copy that patched recovery image to a SD Card, renaming it to recovery.img and booting off that temporarily via depressing the reset pinhole whilst plugging in the power

- You should just have a terminal app installed from playstore so you can just type "reboot recovery" and enter TWRP recovery then flash the Magisk-modified-boot.img to recovery partition, which TWRP allows flashing .IMG files to boot, logo, and Recovery.

At least that is how I did it when messing around with Magisk installation, I don't like having to fiddle with reset buttons if it just easier to type a command in terminal app.