Magisk Support for Beelink GT-King Android Box 9.0

[denzele]

Hi there ,

just wondering if there's any way of getting Magisk successfully working on this Android TV Box that runs Android 9.0 . I got Magisk installed with TWRP but once rebbot happens there's no magisk installed and also root is gone . Thanks

[osm0sis]

I explained this in the Magisk thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/mod-magisk-v1-universal-systemless-t3432382/post81048673#post81048673

Also likely the same issue as #2063, which is where I directed people to post about it to keep it in one place, so check my latest comment there as well.

[osm0sis]

Hmm, can you guys give me output from ls -alR /dev/block for this device?

[Syked69]

Ls output - GT King.txt
hi osm0sis,
the output is attached in the txt file

[Syked69]

Brand: Beelink
Model: GT-KING
Type: TV Box
System: Android 9.0 (non ATV)
CPU: Amlogic S922X

[osm0sis]

Thanks. All is named as it should be, so this might actually be a different issue than the Nvidia Shield TV.

[osm0sis]

What I said in the Nvidia Shield TV Issue before we knew a bit more still stands here though:

For A-only SAR devices that don't accept the cpio ramdisk magiskboot creates, the only option is to patch the recovery partition instead.

You need to dump the stock recovery partition to recovery.img, then use the latest Magisk Manager Canary to patch it, with likely all 3 Advanced Settings checked for stock ROM.

Then you need to flash that recovery.img back to the recovery partition and then always only reboot the device to recovery.

I believe @Syked69 already confirmed this works in the Magisk thread, so you guys may be in the same boat as Samsung devices that just do not accept the cpio ramdisk magiskboot creates.

If someone could get a logcat and dmesg/kmsg from the device trying to boot up with a patched boot partition that might shed some more light on the matter.

[topjohnwu]

Try installing Magisk to the recovery image

[Genxster1998]

But I don't have a way to boot directly in recovery mode through hardware buttons.so I have to first boot in system then use adb to reboot in recovery.
Amlogic T962x A only sar device.