How to Root Google Pixel (2, 3/a, 4/a & XL) on Android 11

Looking to root your Google Pixel phone running Android 11? Say no more! After waiting for the beta build of Magisk to support Android 11 and hoping that'll make it smoother for many people to root their phones, unfortunately there were some bugs that came about and made things like Magisk Hide & hiding Magisk Manager impossible. :(

So I've decided to use the canary builds in this video, but take note, with Magisk v21.1 (or whatever comes next after v21) should have all the fixes applied; so feel free to use the beta or even stable channels later on.

🚨 Do keep in mind that v21 & canary builds are the only versions that support Android 11!

I know this is a long video, but I tried to cover my bases here and explain what I'm doing as we go along so this is definitely more suited towards beginners. This is also one of my few videos that generally cover a few devices so I welcome any feedback as usual! ✨

Remember to backup and ask questions!

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▼ Requirements

USB Type A to Type C cable

▼ Timestamps

00:00 Intro

[Pre-root Check]
00:16 Check if you can enable OEM Unlocking!

[Setup]
01:11 Enable OEM unlocking

01:23 [Downloads]
01:27 Google USB Drivers
01:49 SDK Platform Tools
02:11 Google Factory Image
02:31 Check which build of Android you're running on your phone

04:07 Install Google USB Drivers
05:02 Extract SDK Platform Tools
05:21 Open cmd in platform-tools folder
06:06 Extract boot.img from Factory Image

06:33 [Unlocking the Bootloader]
06:52 Reboot into Bootloader
07:16 Checking if our device is connected via fastboot
07:20 fastboot devices
07:28 No device detected?
08:19 Unlocking the bootloader
08:25 fastboot flashing unlock

08:55 Boot back into Android
09:30 Enable Developer Options

[Downloading Magisk Manager]
10:16 Downloading the right version of Magisk Manager
11:23 Install Magisk Manager

11:52 [Copy boot.img to your phone]
12:01 adb devices
12:08 Allow USB Debugging
12:16 adb devices
12:28 adb push boot.img /sdcard/
12:33 What if I can't drag and drop?
12:57 Patch the stock boot.img with Magisk

13:47 Copy magisk_patched.img back to our PC
13:56 adb pull /sdcard/Download/magisk_patched.img ..

14:53 Reboot into the bootloader
15:03 Flash magisk_patched.img
15:09 fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img

[Finishing Up]

15:25 Reboot to Android

16:10 [Configuring Magisk via Magisk Manager]
16:23 SafetyNet not passing on stock install
16:33 Enable Magisk Hide
16:40 Hide Magisk Manager
17:35 SafetyNet passes now!

[Magisk Basic Usage]
17:40 evalType BASIC or HARDWARE
18:30 Hiding apps from Magisk (Magisk Hide)

18:50 Wrap-up

▼Links

Google USB Drivers (Windows): http://bit.ly/21kUlUP
- Tutorial on installing drivers:    • Install Google USB Drivers for Pixels...  

Android SDK Platform Tools: https://link.squabbi.com/platformtools
- Tutorial for using the SDK Platform Tools anywhere on Windows:    • How to setup ADB & fastboot to be use...  

Google Factory Images: https://link.squabbi.com/gfactoryimage
Magisk: https://link.squabbi.com/magisk

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