Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Magisk Canary adds support for rooting Huawei / Honor devices in EMUI 9



Huawei has taken a firm stand to avoid modifying your smartphone. While it is not possible to officially unlock your own phone. It will cost you, but it allows you to root your smartphone and have total control over it. There is only one problem: EMUI 9 prevents access to the root by modifying the kernel ramdisk even if its boot loader is unlocked. Topjohnwu, recognized developer and collaborator recognized by XDA, has discovered a way to avoid it, and Magisk now works in EMUI 9 in the latest versions of Canary.

One warning: you are subject to other errors by using the Canary compilations. It really is not a good idea to use it unless we know what you are doing. If you are willing to accept those risks, you can go to the forum to download the latest version. For most users, we recommend waiting for the next stable version.

Getting access to the root in EMUI 9 turned out to be difficult, and that eventual solution means that you can no longer have a custom recovery installed on your device. When organizing the smartphone, to access the root, we must hold the button to increase the volume. That is, where Magisk can run and organize your device normally. As a result, in EMUI 9, Magisk is now installed in the recovery_ramdisk partition, which is where TWRP would normally go. You can check the change log of the latest compilation of Magisk Canary and the last Magisk administrator below.

Magisk Canary 18003 Changelog

  • Support EMUI 9.0: patch `recovery_ramdisk.img` with Magisk Manager, and install with `fastboot" flash recovery_ramdisk <patched image>`.In order to boot with Magisk, you have to always reboot to recovery (press volume up while booting)
  • Simplify `su_info` caching system
  • Remove requirement of system C++ STL, use internal `new` and `delete` implementation

Magisk Manager 170 Changelog

  • Support EMUI 9.0
  • The “Reboot” button will reboot to recovery if EMUI 9.0 is detected

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