[Help] Magisk not detecting patched image
several months ago, i made the mistake of getting myself a xiaomi device. a Redmi note 14 pro (4G version) to be exact. between one issue and another, the refund period slipped past me, and with no custom rom that i could find supporting it, my only options were to either try to work with the factory settings, or rooting the device to debloat and add actual QoL features through lsposed modules. long story short, HyperOS is unbearable for me in its default state, and so, the choice is made.
i've already gone through the grueling process of unlocking the bootloader >![2 months just to get the permission. definitely a sanity-expensive lesson about which brands to buy in the future]!< and followed all the steps to get root access with Magisk:
- extract the boot.img and vbmeta.img from the rom currently running on the device
- patch the boot.img with the Magisk manager
- in the fastboot mode:
--> flash the patched boot.img
--> the vbmeta.img with the verity and verification disabling flags (this step had some issues with the latest android sdk tools, but an older version of the sdk tools allowed the flashing without further issues)
--> do a factory reset
- reboot the device and do the initial setup to enter the magisk app and check the result
but, despite having no issues with any of these steps, the magisk app fails to detect the installation.
i've tried re-flashing both images (both with and without doing the factory reset), patching again the boot.img and using the verbose flag in the flashing steps in case any of the extra logs gave me a hint (they didn't. honestly, the one extra log was quite the underwhelming verbose output)
how can i troubleshoot this? thanks in advance