Editing Root

== Root ==
Rooting the RP2 will give you root access to the device. This means you can modify system files and do pretty much anything with it.

=== Prerequisites ===
<ul>
 <li>Install the SPFlash tool. You can find instructions for this in the [[Firmware]] section of the site.</li>
 <li>Download the firmware files for the OS that you have installed on your device. Be sure to install the OS that you would like to use before performing this root.</li>
 <li>Install the Magisk app from playstore or wherever else you'd like to get it from.</li>
</ul>

=== Create a patched boot image with magisk. === 
 <ol>
<li>find the `boot.img` file in the downloaded OS files. Copy this over to your device on your external storage card.</li>
<li>Launch the Magisk application. </li>
 <li>Click the instal button near the top of the screen.</li>
<li>Under the options box you see now, click the blue `next` link. This will expand the Method box.</li>
<li>Click the `Select and patch a file` option. This will open your file manager. Find your `boot.img` file and select it.</li>
<li>Click the `let's go →` text. This will create a new patched boot.img file in your downloads directory.</li>
<li>Use mixplorer to move the patched boot.img file back to your external card.</li>
<li>Copy the patched file from your external storage to your pc.</li>
</ol>

=== Flash the patched image === 

<ol>
 <li>Launch the SPFlash tool.</li>
 <li>Click the download tab at the top.</li>
 <li>Make sure the drop down above the list has `Download` selected.</li>
 <li>Make sure the download agent is properly filled out. It should be included in the SPFlash tool folder and is named `MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin`</li>
 <li>Make sure the scatter file is filled out properly. It is included in the OS files you downloaded from the [[Firmware]] instructions.</li>
 <li>After loading the scatter file, all the boxes in the list at the bottom will be checked. At the top of the list is a toggle to check/uncheck all the boxes. Click it to make sure all the boxes are unchecked.</li>
 <li>Click the checkbox to the left of the row with `boot` for the name. </li>
 <li>Click the location column of the `boot` row and find your patched image file.</li>
 <li>Double check to make sure everything is right.</li>
 <li>Once you are sure everything is right, click the download button at the top of the screen.</li>
 <li>Connect your RP2 to the PC using the USB-C cable (be sure to use a USB 2.0 port).</li>
 <li>You should see a progress bar at the bottom and eventually a popup with a big green checkbox on it once the process is complete</li>
</ol>

[[File:root-instructions.png]]

=== Verify === 

<ol>
<li>Unplug the RP2 from the PC and boot it up.</li>
<li>Once it is booted, open the magisk app. You should now have a button bar at the bottom. </li>
<li>Clicking the far right one (the puzzle piece icon) will allow you to install various plugins that utilize your new rooted device.</li>
</ol>

== Useful Plugins and Tips. ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:left; color:white; background-color:#464646;"| Plugin or App
! scope="col" style="text-align:left; color:white; background-color:#464646;"| Description / Instructions
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ExSDCard Access Enable
| An extension that allows apps to write to the external storage directly via a new path available on the root. The new path is `/mnt/media_rw`.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| MixPlorer
| Settings &rarr; More Settings. Click `Allow Root` option for access to all files on the RP2 in Mixplorer.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Termius
| Enter the command `su` to get root access for termius.
|-
|}