The development community has largely moved away from 23000 because Google forced Magisk to evolve. MagiskHide was deprecated and replaced with and Shamiko . If you flash a 23000 image today on a Pixel 8, your device will fail Basic Integrity checks immediately.
When you see this file name, it implies a specific technical process has occurred: The Boot Image: An original magisk patched 23000 img
If you use a 23000 patched image on Android 13 or 14, you will almost certainly bootloop. Android 13 requires Zygisk for DenyList. Magisk 23 lacks Zygisk. If you are on Android 13+, you need a patched 26000 (Magisk v26+) or 27000 image, not 23000 . The development community has largely moved away from
This version was critical for fixing SafetyNet API issues that prevented many apps from running on rooted devices. When you see this file name, it implies
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Download your phone's factory firmware (usually a .tgz or .zip ). Extract it until you find a file named boot.img . For newer devices (Pixel 6+), you may need init_boot.img instead.