The newly announced Motorola Moto G Power (XT2041-3/1) is another budget category smartphone that offers a massive battery and triple rear cameras with macro support. There are no drastic differences between the Moto G Power and Moto G Power except for the battery, cameras, and a stylus pen. While the SD665 chipset offers good multitasking, the big honking battery can last more than a day on a single charge very easily.

If you’re using the Motorola Moto G Power device and want to enable root access via Magisk then this guide is for you. In this guide, we have shared with you the steps to Root Moto G Power using Magisk without TWRP in a very simple way for your ease.

Every Android user wants to get the most out of it when it comes to the customizations and tweaking your device. Rooting is one of them and offers superuser or administrator access to the user in order to modify the system files and apps easily. After enabling root access, users can edit or delete system root directory files, overclock device performance, use rooted apps, install custom modules, etc. There are unlimited possibilities that you can perform on your rooted device easily.

In order to root your Moto G Power, we will use the Magisk to patch stock boot image and flash that to your device boot partition. Now, if you ask why Magisk? It’s a system-less root process that doesn’t tamper the system partitions while enabling root access. Magisk can also hide online security measures to work apps properly like any banking app, SafetyNet, etc.

Moto G Power Specifications: Overview

The Moto G Power comes with a 6.4-inches IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080×2300 pixels that has a pixel density of 399 ppi and more than 83% screen-to-body ratio. It runs on Android 10 and powered by Snapdragon 665 processor along with Adreno 610 GPU. The handset packs 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage with a dedicated microSD card slot.

It packs a triple rear camera setup of 16MP (wide, f/1.7) + an 8MP (ultrawide, f/2.2) + 2MP (macro, f/2.2) lens with an LED flash, PDAF, HDR, Panorama, etc. It supports 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps video recording with gyro-EIS. While the front packs a 16MP (wide, f/2.0) selfie shooter with HDR mode. It features 1080p@30/120fps video recording.

The handset sports a 3.5mm headphone jack, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, Bluetooth 5.0, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, FM Radio, USB 2.0 Type-C port. It packs a giant 5,000mAh battery with 10W charging. The device features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, an accelerometer, gyro, an ambient light, proximity sensor.

Steps To Root Moto G Power Using Magisk

Follow the full depth guide along with requirements and download links below.

Keep in mind:

  • Rooting may void the manufacturer’s warranty on your device.
  • Rooting will block the firmware OTA updates.

Now, let’s head over to some of the necessary steps which you need to abide by:

Pre-Requirements

  • Your phone should have battery juice more than 60% at least.
  • Keep a backup of your device data at first. Therefore, if anything goes wrong, you can get back the important data.
  • The image file in this article is supported by the Moto G Power model only. DO NOT try to flash it on other models.
  • You will also require a PC/Laptop and a USB cable in order to connect your device with the computer.
  • You should download all the necessary files, tools, and drivers from below accordingly.

1. How to Extract and Patch Boot.image using Magisk?

  • First of all, download and extract the ROM to your PC.
  • Attach your device via USB cable and copy only the boot.img file from the extracted folder to your device storage
  • Launch Magisk Manager. When a popup appears asking to install Magisk, select INSTALL and choose install again.
  • Tap on “Patch Boot Image File”.
  • Navigate to internal storage and select your phone’s boot image that you transferred earlier.
  • Wait for a couple of seconds. Magisk will start patching the boot image.
  • Once the boot image has been patched, copy the “patched_boot.img” from the internal storage and replace it in the same extracted ROM folder on your PC.

Now you can follow the second step to flash the patched boot image file.

Required Downloads:

  • Download ADB & Fastboot files (Windows/MAC)
  • Motorola USB Drivers – Download and install it on your computer
  • Download the latest Moto G Power Stock ROM and move it to the PC

Warning:

2. Steps To Install the Patched Boot Image on Moto G Power

Follow the proper guide to install Patched Boot Image on Moto G Power from below link:

  • Now, extract the ADB & Fastboot tool, then move the patched boot image file to the same folder.
  • Press and hold down the Shift key + right-mouse-click to open the command window/PowerShell.
  • Next, enter the following command in order to flash the “patched_boot.img” to install Magisk and root your Android device:

fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img

  • For devices with A/B partition system, you have to use the following commands:

fastboot flash boot_a patched_boot.img

fastboot flash boot_b patched_boot.img

Please replace [patched_boot.img] with the name of the boot image file you downloaded followed by the .img extension.

  • Wait for the flashing process to complete.
  • Finally, type in the command to reboot your device.

fastboot reboot

  • That’s it.

Steps to Verify the Systemless Root

  • Launch the Magisk Manager app on your device.
  • Now, in order to verify the systemless root access on your phone, you will see the status screen. Here all options should be green ticked if properly rooted. If yes, that means you’ve successfully bypassed the Google SafetyNet measure as well.

That’s it, guys. We hope that you’ve found this guide useful and have successfully rooted your Moto G Power device. For any queries, feel free to ask in the comments below.