The Asus ROG Phone 2 has a large 6.59-inches Full-HD+ AMOLED display with 1080×2340 pixels resolution. It is a gaming-centric device hence has a 120Hz refresh rate display with 1ms response time. It also comes with 10-bit HDR support. It’s powered by the octa-core 2.9GHz Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC coupled with 12GB of RAM and 128GB/512GB UFS 3.0 internal memory. The ROG Phone 2 sports a dual-camera setup on the rear side. There is a 48MP primary camera with a 13MP wide-angle secondary camera. On the front side, it has a 24MP selfie shooter. It runs on ROG UI based on Android 9.0 Pie out-of-the-box. The device will be updated to Android 10 in near future. Rooting Asus ROG Phone 2 gives you additional benefits like you can install special apps, flash custom ROMs, you can streamline your phone performance and many extra features. The real performance of an Android smartphone can only be unlocked once it is rooted. Rooting your Asus ROG Phone 2, lets the user flash different Custom MODs, ROMs, and such stuff onto the device. This method of rooting an Android device doesn’t require TWRP as it uses the patch boot image. This is really a great thing as there are many devices for which TWRP recovery or any other recovery is not available. For the new devices too, this is the only method to get root access.
What is Rooting An Android Device Mean?
Rooting is the process of gaining full admin control of the Android device. You can use the device to its full potential,‘Rooting’ means giving yourself special privilege or “root permissions” on your phone. It’s similar to running programs as administrators in Windows.
After rooting your device you can install different MODs, kernel, ROMs on your device. You can install the latest Android updates (like the Android 8.0 Oreo or 9.0 Pie) On old device by installing third-party ROMs like Lineage OS 15.1 or AOSP Pie. You can overclock the CPU and GPU of your device to get the best performance. You can hibernate any app you want. You can underclock the CPU to get better battery life. For more information about Android rooting, check out our detailed post here > What Is Rooting Android Phone? Advantages And Disadvantages
How To Root Asus ROG Phone 2 With Magisk Manager
#1 Unlock the bootloader
First, unlock the bootloader of your device, guide: How To Unlock Bootloader Of Any Android Using Fastboot Commands
#2 Download stock boot image
Download Stock ROM >Latest – WW-16.0631.1910.35 > Download
Download the boot file according to your device. Once downloaded, unzip the file and open it, look for a .zip file. Open that file too, now you will see a file named boot.img (This is the official stock image or firmware)
#3 Patch boot image
Move the boot.img to your device’s internal storage. Download & install the latest Magisk Manager on your device Open magisk manager, On the main screen, select Install > Install > Patch Boot Image File Now select the boot image (boot.img). Magisk will start to patch the boot image. After completion, the file will be saved as “magisk_patched.img” in your Downloads folder
#4 Finally, Root Asus ROG Phone 2
Connect your device to PC and transfer the “magisk_patched.img” file from your phone’s download section to the platform-tools folder on your PC
Now issue the following command to boot your device to bootloader mode (Make sure your device is connected to the PC)
Now issue the command given below to Flash the patched boot image
For devices with A/B partition system, use the below commands:
Done !!! Just reboot your device. Your device should be rooted now.
