Masik is the main application used today for everything that has to do with rooting and modifying a phone. Huawei will block its use in one of your next OTAs, avoiding the easiest way to root a mobile nowadays.
Magisk will stop working on Huawei phones: goodbye to root
Magisk is the application you have to go to today if you want to root your mobile or install a module that allows you to modify some aspect of your terminal. In short, it is an all-in-one toolbox that usually stands out because it works almost always. Mobile phones that are updating to Android Pie continue to use it without problem, and its efficiency has been demonstrated over the last few years. If you see a root development, it is likely to be installed as a module for this application.
However, rooting and custom roms are not in good taste for all companies. This is how we are seeing it recently in Huawei, which is making some decisions that annoy the community that likes to tinker with Android the most. On this occasion, one of the developers of Magisk has reported that one of the next OTA updates from the Chinese firm will block the installation of Magisk on the devices. Accompany this statement by hinting that it may be time to start ignoring the brand entirely in your developments.
I am informed that a new Huawei OTA will make installing Magisk unable to boot at all. At this point I might just simply ignore this brand even exists.
- John Wu (@topjohnwu) August 23, 2018
A slipstream decision to avoid unlocking the bootloader
This decision is not surprising considering that not so long ago Huawei closed the door to unlock the bootloader on your brand devices. Unlocking the bootloader is what allows access to more parts of the mobile and root it, being able to acquire complete control over what is done with it. The Chinese brand allowed it to do so without much trouble, but it ended up changing its mind and closed this route. With locking Magisk, this war against root is raging by leaps and bounds.
Meanwhile, and from the same country of origin, we have the presentation of Pocophone F1 in which Poco, Xiaomi's company, claimed that it would support community developments and allow AOSP and custom ROM installation as well as unlocking the bootloader without complications. Two totally different approaches that talk about how the conversation between company and users works and what root looks like depending on which company we are talking about.
