How to install Magisk on your Android mobile

  • Xposed Framework allows you to customize Android, but it affects the system partition.
  • Magisk operates on the boot partition and avoids conflicts with Google SafetyNet.
  • A device with Android 4.2 or higher and a custom recovery is required.
  • Magisk can be installed by flashing a .zip or via Magisk Manager if you don't have custom recovery.

Xposed Framework It is a really interesting utility for Android phones, but it has a problem: it works on the system partition. magick, However, it works on the boot partition and therefore does not generate conflicts with Google SafetyNet. So, if you want to make modifications to your Android and add useful functions and features, we explain how to install This tool.

Before proceeding to Magisk installation on your Android device, make sure you meet the requirements. You need a cell phone with Android 4.2 or a later version and you must have installed a custom recovery. If you already comply with the above, you can proceed to download Magisk in its latest available version, as a compressed file in .zip format. The most practical thing, to follow this procedure, is to download directly to the mobile phone or tablet, something that we can also do with the Magisk Manager app.

How to install Magisk, all possible ways depending on your mobile

There are different ways to install Magisk on an Android mobile, but the most recommended is flash the .zip file through a custom recovery. If you can do it, because you have a custom recovery, then you will have to turn off the phone and start it by pressing the volume and power buttons –depending on models-. It will start in recovery mode, and now we will have to click on Install; Then we will look for the folder in which we have saved the Magisk .zip file, we will select it and proceed to install the tool. When the process is finished, we will simply have to restart our device.

But what if we don't have a custom recovery? Then we could patch the boot partition, customizing it with Magisk files –complicated-, something that depends on the brand and model of device. Or we can choose to install Magisk Manager by following the previous link, and using direct installation. To do this, the first thing we will do is install the APK of the Manager in the usual way.

As soon as we open the Magisk Manager application, it will tell us if there is an update for this application, or if we have the latest version available. And also, it will tell us if we have Magisk installed or not, and it will give us the possibility of installing the utility. Something that, on the other hand, cannot be done on any smartphone. But, if we have problems with custom recovery, we can try to do it this way. It is advisable to check beforehand, in the official forum, the availability for our device and the compatibility of the tool with it.