New Build of Magisk Beta 13 is Now Available and it Can Bypass SafetyNet

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There’s been a lot of new surrounding Magisk lately. At the start of the month Google removed Magisk Manager from the Play Store because of how the application is setup. XDA Recognized Developer and Contributor topjohnwu then started testing a beta of version 13 just last week as it was a complete rewrite so it could be a unified binary. And then this week we noticed that Google had updated SafetyNet so Magisk was unable to bypass its new checks.

Some were able to get around this by disabling their Magisk Modules and put Magisk Manager into Core Only Mode, so that was a good workaround at the time. topjohnwu took time to write about tamper detections and what the future might hold for Magisk and SafetyNet. For now, they were able to bypass the new changes that Google had put in place. Sadly, Google is already doing a lot of work with the Pixel devices to harden up these types of checks.

Late in the afternoon yesterday we saw topjohnwu post about a new build that was made available for version 13 of the Magisk beta. When flashed, this comes bundled with Magisk Manager version 5.0.2 and the developer talks about some compatibility issues with these new versions. So, Magisk v13 and onward will not be compatible with any version of Magisk Manager lower than 5.0.0. We’re seeing reports of force closes in our forums from those who have tried.

topjohnwu spoke about this update briefly in the Magisk Beta thread here, and says there may be a way for Magisk Manager to be hidden from other applications that are searching for it (something they talked about in the tamper detections post). The full changelog will be down below, but you can download the new beta update right here.