At first glance, it sounds like Magisk is doing surgery on two completely different partitions ( vbmeta and boot ) at the same time. But here’s the secret:
Reboot: fastboot reboot . The device will now boot without verification errors. patch vbmeta in boot image magisk
: It is typically required only during the initial modification of a stock ROM. At first glance, it sounds like Magisk is
The boot image ( boot.img ) contains the kernel and a minimal root filesystem (initrd). When you root with Magisk, you do not modify system partitions (system-as-root). Instead, Magisk patches the boot image, injecting its own code into the init process. This is called . At first glance
To bypass AVB, Magisk targets the struct. The critical operation is modifying the flags field.