How to root Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro with Magisk

Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro have been released and the devices are getting major praise across the tech community for bringing the best of the software experience and design refinements. Pixel smartphones are mostly about software optimizations. With these two devices, the AI processing in images and videos has been improved. Moreover, the software is more polished compared to its predecessors.

Google has been shipping Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro with the latest Android 13 out of the box. The two smartphones already offer tons of customization options. Android’s open-source OS will allow developers to extract the maximum benefits. Although many third-party apps are available on Google Play Store, rooting the two devices will open up an entirely new dimension. In this guide, you’ll get to know how to root Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro.

Disclaimer

There is a risk of data loss if you ROOT your Google Pixel 7 or 7 Pro by unlocking the bootloader. To avoid any problems, completely back up your phone.
If something goes wrong with your phone when you’re rooting it, Rootmygalaxy.net won’t take responsibility for it. If you unlock the bootloader, all of your data will be wiped.

Pre-Requisite

• Make sure its battery is at least 60%.
• Original USB data cable to connect your phone to PC
• A Windows-based computer. To run some fastboot commands.
• ADB Fastboot Drivers and Android SDK Platform Tools.

Steps to root Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro using Magisk

• First Unlock the bootloader on your device
• Now, download the factory image for your Pixel 7/Pro from below:

Pixel 7 Pro [cheetah]: Download Link
Pixel 7 [panther]: Download Link

• Extract the boot image from the Factory Image you’ve downloaded
• Copy the boot.img to your device’s storage but don’t copy it to any folder yet
• Extract the platform-tools zip file to your PC and remember the location
• Open the Magisk app before clicking on Install
• Choose the option “Select and Patch a File” before selecting the boot.img
• The patched output file would be saved in the download folder
• Copy the patched boot image to the platform-tools folder before renaming the patched boot image to boot.img
• Copy the vbmeta.img from extracted firmware to platform-tools folder
• Open CMD in the platform-tools folder by typing CMD in the address bar of file explorer and pressing enter
• Turn off your smartphone and then boot it into Fastboot mode (press and hold Volume Down + Power button together for booting into Fastboot Mode)
• Once your device is in Fastboot mode, enter the following command to flash vbmeta –

fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta vbmeta.img

• If you need to wipe data, you should do it
• Then, boot your device into the patched boot image using the following command –

fastboot boot boot.img

• This command will make your device boot into the system (open Magisk and click on Install -> Direct Install)
• Once the installation is done, click on Reboot and your device will be booted with permanent root access