2-rootguide-en.md

Running Windows on the Xiaomi Pad 5

Rooting your tablet

Note

If you are already rooted, skip this step and go to the next page

Prerequisites

• Brain

• Magisk.apk

Flash magisk

• Download magisk.apk onto your PC/Laptop

Replace path\to\magisk.apk with the actual path of the magisk.apk

adb push path\to\magisk.apk /tmp/magisk.zip && adb shell twrp install /tmp/magisk.zip

Reboot into Android

If it doesn't boot, renoot into stock recovery and perform a factory reset there

adb reboot

Finishing setup

• Set up your device, then download and install Magisk, if it isn't already installed.
• Open the Magisk app and follow the instructions on the screen, and your device should reboot after a few seconds.

Back up your rooted boot.img

Reboot into the modified recovery image, then run the below command

adb shell "dd if=/dev/block/platform/soc/1d84000.ufshc/by-name/boot$(getprop ro.boot.slot_suffix) of=/tmp/rooted_boot.img" && adb pull /tmp/rooted_boot.img

Next step: Installing Windows