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SwordfishII

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« on: February 13, 2020, 01:09:22 pm »
As you may know, yesterday PC released the beta Linux and Rooted Android image. I installed both of those yesterday but I have a few questions before I mess with it.

Currently the boot loader only allows you to install rooted android and linux in boot 3 and 4 so your boot loader looks like this:

1. Android
2. Other recovery (if installed)
3. Linux or rooted Android
4. Linux or rooted Android


My questions are these:

1. Does the rooted android install another full android image or just a boot image with root access that basically symlinks to the normal android distribution?

Looking at the files from pc it doesn't look like a full android image (but I could be wrong). The linux image looks to be about 3GB which is about right for a linux full image.

I would like to remove a bunch of stuff (A lot of PC's preinstalled stuff, youtube, movies app etc). If it is a symlink I would be purging stuff from the normal android install. I am a bit concerned about breaking stuff and not being able to get back to full functionality since there is no recovery image yet. If it is a full rooted android install I am not concerned as I can simply reflash the rooted image if I break something.

Which brings me to question 2

2. If there are two full android images, normal and rooted, is there and will there ever be a way to remove/replace the normal android image?

Obviously I will likely only use the rooted and tailored image and don't need or want to take up space with the normal image once things settle out. I understand you can root the stock android but I am hesitant to do so because 1. There is no recovery image 2. It cant take OTA without flashing again then flashing back.

I have rooted and modified many phones in my time, but this is different because there aren't many cosmos and there are currently no real images aside from the PC provided ones so I am a bit more leary.

Appreciate any help
« Last Edit: February 13, 2020, 01:12:21 pm by SwordfishII »

klampfenfreak

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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2020, 01:52:46 pm »
Where can I find the rooted Android image, please?
« Last Edit: March 09, 2020, 08:16:09 am by Varti »

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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2020, 08:46:59 pm »
Oh, already found it in the cosmo_linux downloaded zip file.

Is there a way to make an image from my actually non-rooted android installation? I launched the recovery menue and selected the OS installation menue. But then I get the message that I have to partitioning first to get that free space.
How can I flash TWRP or root-boot.img to make a full dump without loosing my data?
The idea is to dd my actually android installation into an image, prepare and formate the required partitions, install linux and android (rooted and non-rooted, provided there are two full android images) an than flash back the full backup.


Can you step me thrue this, please?
« Last Edit: February 13, 2020, 08:51:04 pm by klampfenfreak »

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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2020, 05:41:03 am »
Maybe a dumb question, but can you install OTA updates from the official rooted Android (not the unofficial one posted on this forum) or do you need to boot into the unrooted Android? (perhaps a Gemini owner knows the answer?)

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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2020, 05:31:19 pm »
yes, i too would be very interested in a way to get the root without wiping my current install... maybe there is a way to backup, install root, and restore on top of that? wishful thinking?

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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2020, 01:48:44 pm »
Quote from: ianisthewalrus
yes, i too would be very interested in a way to get the root without wiping my current install... maybe there is a way to backup, install root, and restore on top of that? wishful thinking?

Someone posted another thread on how to partition without losing data. Partitioning is the only thing that wipes data.

The rooted android is basically only a rooted boot image that symlinks to the unrooted android.

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« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2020, 02:38:47 pm »
Magisk Manager on PC's rooted Android image notifies me that there's a Magisk update (Magisk, not Magisk Manager). Can I safely install that update or do I need to wait for PC to push an update or something?

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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2020, 10:53:27 am »
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Magisk Manager on PC's rooted Android image notifies me that there's a Magisk update (Magisk, not Magisk Manager). Can I safely install that update or do I need to wait for PC to push an update or something?

Anyone?

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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2020, 05:27:56 am »
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Anyone?

The chance it works for you is probably 99%. Never failed for me, your miles may vary. Try it and you know

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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2020, 04:24:30 pm »
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The chance it works for you is probably 99%. Never failed for me, your miles may vary. Try it and you know

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« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2020, 04:28:53 am »
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Anyone?

The chance it works for you is probably 99%. Never failed for me, your miles may vary. Try it and you know

Did not work for me. After rebooting, the Android screen (black background with the green Android on it) shows, but it also shows that it can't find some required root file or something.

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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2020, 07:32:22 am »
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Anyone?

The chance it works for you is probably 99%. Never failed for me, your miles may vary. Try it and you know

Did not work for me. After rebooting, the Android screen (black background with the green Android on it) shows, but it also shows that it can't find some required root file or something.

I found that although it downloaded the update, it didn't apply it, even after a reboot. (I checked magisk had permission to access storage as advised by a quick google for the problem, and it did.)  I also tried downloading a zip file, but couldn't see how to apply that (I'm relatively inexperienced Android user, and was horrified to discover it doesn't seem to have a built in method of tackling zip files?!). But Titanium Backup seems to work even without the update applied, so for the moment I shall live with the message that there is an update available.
Grateful if anyone can suggest a fix though.