Moritz Meißelbach

Phase 02 — Rooting

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Phase 02 — Rooting the Note Air 1

Status: ✅ Complete. Prerequisite: Phase 00 + Phase 01 (pristine backup must exist).

Establish persistent Magisk systemless root. Required for Phase 01 Step 7 (vendor HAL inspection), Phase 03 (TWRP), and deep system inspection throughout Phase 05.

Procedure

  1. Extract stock boot.img from EDL pristine backup
  2. Install Magisk APK on device: adb install Magisk-v30.7.apk
  3. Push boot.img to device: adb push firmware/na1-stock-boot.img /sdcard/boot.img
  4. Open Magisk → Install → Select and Patch a File → select /sdcard/boot.img
  5. Pull patched image: adb pull /sdcard/Download/magisk_patched_*.img firmware/na1-magisk-boot.img
  6. Test with fastboot boot (non-destructive): fastboot boot firmware/na1-magisk-boot.img
  7. Verify root: adb shell su -c "id" → expect uid=0(root)
  8. Make permanent: fastboot flash boot firmware/na1-magisk-boot.img

Completion State

CriterionStatus
adb shell su -c "id" returns uid=0(root)✅ Confirmed
Magisk app shows installed status✅ Confirmed
Rooted boot.img stored✅ firmware/na1-magisk-boot.img
Rooted backup stored✅ builds/backup-2026-03-16-1637-rooted/
Vendor HAL inspection (Phase 01 Step 7)✅ Completed with root

Important Notes

  • Systemless only — do not modify /system directly. Magisk handles all modifications as overlays.
  • OTA will break root — applying a full firmware OTA overwrites boot.img. Re-root by repeating Steps 2–4. Do not apply incremental OTAs while rooted (they will fail).
  • Re-rooting after OTA — always patch the new stock boot.img, not a previously patched one.

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