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Does anyone know if any of these can be rooted or custom ROM very easily? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don’t need it to be with zero effort, but most of the instructions I find these days on XDA forums are extremely ambiguous and assume the reader is someone who does this every day and therefore knows most of the steps and what the terminology means.

Years ago when I used to do stuff like this more, directions were written meticulously and without abridgment of any elements. Seems today it’s not common for someone to go to the effort.

I’m extremely proficient, that’s not the issue. It’s just most instructions say stuff like “Step 1: root the phone. Step 2…” I’m like “whoa excuse me… how do I root this phone?”

Anyway, so all I’m asking is are there just comprehensive directions for any of these.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Check the Lineage website first, they may show up there. It's a good, easy start, though not definitive.

If you can unlock the bootloader, it can most likely be rooted (I've never had a phone with an unlock able bootloader that I couldn't root).

Rooting today us largely done with Magisk. The sequence is:

Extract the boot image from a rom (I've always done it with a rom zip I've downloaded, usually Lineage or Divest). So this will be dependent on ability to get the boot partition image (not sure if it can be extracted from the phone, I would think there's a way).

Copy the boot image to the phone along with Magisk. Install Magisk, use it to patch the boot image.

Copy boot image back to PC, flash the boot image to phone. Now it's rooted.

Run Magisk and configure root options.

Check xdadevelopers.com for latest info on Magisk, I believe it's pretty well documented there.

Edit: If any of them are Verizon phones, it's less likely to be rootable, though I've found the Vzw Moto's tend to be unlockable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Many thanks!