If you are thinking to root your device and to add the best Android features, you may hear about Magisk. But for those who are still unware of this tool, Magisk is a tool that can be used to gain root access on your device, similar to legacy tools like SuperSU, but it’s not limited to just that. Developed by XDA Senior Recognized Developer topjohnwu.
According to the information, the latest Galaxy S23 Series now support Magisk tools and it is now available in a new version. Magisk is versatile open-source software that allows systemless root access. You can check the latest version of Magisk – version 26.0 to work on the Samsung Galaxy S23 series as well as other Galaxy devices running Android 13.
Note that the Magisk v26.0 will not support older Android 6.0 devices. Also, the future versions will only support Marshmallow or higher.
Magisk v26.0 changelog
- [General] Increased minimum supported Android version to Android 6.0
- [General] New magic mount backend. It supports loading modules into the system with injected overlayfs files
- [Zygisk] Release of new API version 4
- [Zygisk] Prevent daemon from crashing on error
- [Zygisk] Rewrite Zygote code injection with a new loader library approach
- [Zygisk] Overhaul of code unloading implementation
- [MagiskBoot] Support for Amonet micro loader devices
- [MagiskBoot] Always use lz4_legacy compression for v4 boot images. This fixes boot image patching issues in Android-U preview.
- [MagiskInit] Supports replacing existing *.rc files in overlay.d
- [MagiskInit] Rework sepolicy.rules implementation for mount and load
- [App] Make stub patching 100% offline
- [App] Support patching init_boot.img for Samsung ODIN firmware
- [MagiskPolicy] Fixed a minor bug when parsing command line arguments
- [MagiskPolicy] Android U support rules updated