Despite apropos with SafetyNet, Google absolutely cares about root. Every phone they advertise has an unlockable bootloader, so you can toggle a ambience and accelerate a Fastboot command, again alpha aflame custom firmware appropriate away. The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL abide this tradition, and now they accept an official basis method.
This basis adjustment uses Magisk, so you'll still be able to comedy Pokémon GO, use Android Pay, and adore all the little things that added basis methods about break. It's somewhat involved, but really, all you accept to do is download a archetype of your phone's cossack image, application it with the Magisk Administrator app, again beam the patched adaptation with Fastboot. The alone affair you'll charge to do afore you can try this is to alleviate the bootloader on your Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL.
Requirements
- unlocked bootloader
- Window, Mac, or Linux computer
- USB abstracts cable
Step 1: Download Your Cossack Image
This basis adjustment works by patching your phone's cossack image, but that agency you'll charge a archetype of the cossack angel itself. If you're active the banal firmware that came with your Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL, you can download this book from Google. Alternatively, you can use a custom kernel, but alone if the atom is formatted for fastboot aflame (i.e., the atom comes as an IMG file).
Most bodies will be patching the banal cossack angel from Google, so I'll outline how to do that.
To start, arch to Settings –> About Phone, again booty agenda of your accepted firmware's body number. From there, arch to Google's firmware download page for Pixel accessories and baddest your archetypal from the card on the right. Next, bout the body cardinal you begin on your phone with one of the firmware downloads on Google's site, again bang the "Link" button to download the firmware.
Step 2: Extract the Cossack Angel from the Archive
Next, arch to your computer's download binder and acquisition the branch images amalgamation you aloof downloaded from Google. The book name should alpha with the chat "walleye" (Pixel 2) or "taimen" (Pixel 2 XL). Accessible this book with your admired annal administrator (we acclaim 7-Zip).
After aperture the antecedent ZIP file, you'll acquisition addition binder nested central the annal — accessible this as well. Next, you'll acquisition several files starting with one that begins with the chat "bootloader." In this folder, attending for addition annal labeled either "image-walleye" or "image-taimen" and double-click it.
Now you're assuredly to the basal of the nested archive. In this folder, you'll see several IMG files, but you should alone be anxious with one: boot.img. Locate this file, again annoyance it out of your annal annual and bead it assimilate your desktop.
Step 3: Alteration the Cossack Angel to Your Phone
Next, you'll charge to alteration that boot.img book from your computer to your phone. If you don't accept a acceptable band-aid for appointment files amid your computer and your phone, we acclaim uploading to your Google Drive account, again downloading the book on your phone application the Google Drive Android app. If you'd rather not use Google, we begin these apps to be advantageous for appointment files.
Step 4: Install Magisk Administrator on Your Phone
Over on your phone now, it's time to install the Magisk Administrator app — this is the app that will be managing basis admission on your phone. So tap the afterward articulation from your Pixel, again accessible the APK aback it's accomplished downloading, and columnist "Install" aback prompted.
Step 5: Application the Cossack Angel Book with Magisk Manager
Next, accessible the Magisk Administrator app. You'll see a alert on first-run — go advanced and tap "Install" here. If you don't see this message, tap the "Install" button in Magisk Manager's capital menu, again columnist "Install" on the popup. From there, accept "Patch Cossack Angel File" aback prompted to baddest a method.
Next, use the book picker interface that comes up to baddest the boot.img book that you transferred over from your computer. If you accept a acceptable book charlatan app installed, I acclaim aperture the ancillary aeronautics card in the book picker interface, again selecting your book charlatan from there, as the absence Android book picker may not appearance the boot.img file. Alternatively, you can cull the boot.img book anon from your Google Drive annual in the aforementioned ancillary aeronautics menu.
After selecting the boot.img file, tap "Allow" to accord Magisk Administrator permission to admission the file. From there, delay while the apparatus patches your cossack image, again booty agenda of the accumulator area for the "patched_boot.img" file.
Step 6: Alteration the Patched Cossack Angel Aback to Your PC
Now you'll accept to move the patched cossack angel aback over to your computer. Again, you can use Google Drive or one of these apps to alteration the file, but accomplish abiding to booty agenda of its accumulator area already you've confused the patched_boot.img book over to your desktop or laptop.
Step 7: Cossack into Bootloader Approach & Affix to Your PC
With the patched cossack angel on your computer, it's time to put your phone into bootloader mode. Alpha by restarting your phone, again aback the awning goes black, columnist and authority the aggregate bottomward button. Afterwards a few seconds, you'll be greeted by Android's bootloader card (pictured below), at which point you can let go of the aggregate bottomward button.
From there, don't baddest annihilation on the phone — artlessly leave it on the capital bootloader awning as apparent at the end of the aloft GIF, again affix your phone to your computer with a USB abstracts cable.
Step 8: Install ADB & Fastboot on Your Computer
On your computer now, it's time to install ADB and Fastboot. You've apparently already done this aback your bootloader's already unlocked, but aloof in case, you can use this guide for abounding bureaucracy instructions.
Step 9: Accessible a Command Window in the Appropriate Directory
This abutting allotment is area best bodies attempt with ADB and Fastboot: Getting a command window accessible to the able directory.
The easiest way I've begin to do this is to locate the platform-tools binder central of your ADB and Fastboot accession directory. For Windows users, this can usually be begin at C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools. For Linux and Mac users, the folder's area will vary, so use your computer's chase action to acquisition the platform-tools folder.
Once you've begin the platform-tools folder, archetype the area from the abode bar at the top of your book browser (e.g., Windows Explorer). Then, accessible a command alert or terminal window. On Windows, columnist the Windows button on your keyboard, again blazon in "cmd" and hit access to do so. On Linux or Mac, accessible "Terminal" from your Applications folder.
Once you've got the command window open, you'll charge to change directories to the platform-tools binder afore you can accelerate the Fastboot command to alleviate your bootloader. To do that, blazon "cd" (without the quotes) followed by a space, again adhesive in the book area for your platform-tools folder:
Step 10: Beam the Patched Cossack Image
Next, blazon "fastboot beam boot" (without the quotes) into the command prompt, again add a distinct space, but don't hit access aloof yet.
From there, acquisition the patched_boot.img book that you transferred in Step 6. Annoyance the book and bead it into the command window — this will abide the file's area anon afterwards the amplitude you entered, so the abounding command should be article like "fastboot beam cossack C:\Downloads\patched_boot.img" (the area will alter depending on area you stored the file).
Once you've got the abounding command entered, go advanced and columnist acknowledgment or access on your keyboard to beam the adapted cossack image. This action will booty a few seconds, and aback it's done, you'll see a bulletin adage it's done.
Next, accomplish abiding the "Start" advantage is accent on your phone in the bootloader menu. If it isn't, use the aggregate keys to baddest it. From there, columnist the ability button already and your phone will cossack aback up — aback it's finished, you should be absolutely rooted!
Step 11: Verify Root
When you get aback up, accessible the Magisk Administrator app. If aggregate went off afterwards a hitch, you should see a bulletin advertence that Magisk is installed, as is the latest adaptation of Magisk SU (your new superuser manager). As an added benefit, your phone should additionally canyon SafetyNet, so you get basis afterwards any of the drawbacks!
Did you run into any bumps forth the way, or was acclaim your Pixel 2 as accessible as ever? Bead us a band bottomward beneath with any issues you may accept encountered and we'll do our best to point you in the appropriate direction.
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