In this guide, we will show you the steps to root your Rabbit R1 via Magisk patched boot.img.There are some interesting developments brewing up in the custom development. Recently the South Korean conglomerate launched its smart ring, while the domination of AI is there for everyone to see. If we talk about artificial intelligence, then its impact on the software front is there for everyone to see.
However, what is interesting to note is the fact that it has started penetrating in the hardware domain as well. While we wouldn’t go to lengths discussing whether it is a scary move or an intriguing one as the debate will never settle depending on which side of the fence you are one, however, one thing is for sure- it is definitely quite commendable to see the growth of AI in the last one year.
And what better way to justify the same bvy having a look at the newest Rabbit R1? This is a GPT-3.5-based, Android-powered personal assistant device that is literally half the size of a smartphone and has a rotation camera. Under the hood, you get a 2.3GHz MediaTek chipset, 4GB of memory, and 128GB of storage.
If we talk about the software, then it has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. While the company always refuted the claims that its RabbitOS is based on Android, the developers took no time whatsoever to refute this statement.
However, it’s actually good news on our part because having an open-source OS allows us to carry out a slew of tweaks on our device, be it a smartphone or an AI-powered device. In this regard, we have already unlocked the bootloader and even flashed the LineageOS onto the R1 and now, we will show you the steps to root this device via Magisk. So without any further ado, let’s get starte\
What is Rooting
Rooting, in the easiest of terms means gaining access to the system partition on your device. It gives you elevated permissions which in turn will allow you to grant SuperUser requests to rooted apps. All this will allow you to welcome abode a plethora of tweaks onto your device, including but not limited to Magisk Modules and Xposed Framework. However, this is just one side of the coin.
Rooting the device also has its fair share of downsides as well. First off, it requires an unlocked bootloader, which will wipe off all the data and might nullify the warranty as well. Apart from that, it will trip the Play Integirty rest, thereby preventing you from using any baking and payment apps [if for some reason you decided to use it on this form factor]. So if that’s all and good, then let’s get started with the rooting process.
How to Root Rabbit R1 via Magisk Patched Boot
Before starting, please take a backup of all the data on your device, just to be on the safer side. Thedroidwin will not be held responsible if something happens to your device or data after performing the below steps.
- To begin with, download and extract Android SDK Platform Tools.
- Then open the Command Prompt inside the Platform Tools folder.
- Now type the below three commands to extract the boot.img files:
adb root adb shell dd if=/dev/block/by-name/boot_a of=/sdcard/stock_boot.img
- Once done, download and install the Magisk app on your device.
- Launch it > tap on Install next to Magisk > Select and Patch a file.
- Now navigate to the boot.img and choose it. It will now be patched.
- Once done, transfer the patched boot.img file to the platform tools.
- Next up type the below command to flash the patched boot.img file
fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
- Then use the below command to boot the device to the rooted OS:
fastboot reboot
- Now launch Magisk and it’ll ask to install additional dependencies.
- Tap OK. Your device will automatically restart and boot to the OS.
- That’s it. These were the steps to root your Rabbit R1 via Magisk.
So on that note, we round off this guide. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution as soon as possible.
Fix Cannot Extract Boot.img
If you are unable to extract the boot.img from your device via the aforementioned commands, then your next course of action is to download the same version of the stock firmware that is currently installed on your device and then extract the boot.img file from it. However, at the time of writing this post, it is quite a challenging task in getting the raw dump of the firmware for the Rabbit R1, hence we are taking the command approach.
