Prior to the official release of Android Q beta, it was increasingly looking likely that rooting is here to stay, as it has always been part of the Android community.
Magisk developer John Wu recently revealed that he had successfully rooted the unreleased Q beta, a move that sent sheer excitement among rooting enthusiasts. But in a turn of events, Wu now says that getting root access on Android Q would take months.
Wu disclosed this sad news on his Twitter account via a series of tweets. In his explanation, Wu says Google has apparently switched logical partitions for system block in Android Q, thus leaving no easy way for mounting the block because how the system works with root access has been “completely changed.”
Check out Wu’s tweets on this matter:
Bad news: Android Q root won't come anytime soon. Android Q has switched to logical partitions for the system block, which means there is no easy way to mount the block by any means. I'm currently thinking of what tricks can I do other than implement everything from scratch….
— John Wu (@topjohnwu) March 13, 2019
It will take me an extreme amount of time to figure out how to workaround all this mess. I won't expect Magisk to be even able to boot on Q in months.
— John Wu (@topjohnwu) March 13, 2019
Sigh… Google really like to rewrite things over and over again. So far I found out:
1. Completely changed how system as root works
2. Stop using DTBO for normal boot
3. Stop appending DTB after kernel
4. Stop placing fstab into DTB
And the journey continues…..— John Wu (@topjohnwu) March 13, 2019
On the brighter side, it seems the only problem here will be the wait time, with fans being forced to wait longer than expected.
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