Can't get magisk working for the life of me

I'm sure I'm missing a step or doing something incorrectly. Steps I'm doing. Unlocked the phone and flashed the stock image to it. The phone loads up normally. I skip all of the account creation stuff and download and install the Magisk apk. Once in I take the boot.img file from the original image folder that I unzipped and use magisk on that. Everything is fine. I go back into fastboot and try to flash the magic_patched{numbers}.img onto the phone. This is where I'm pretty sure I'm screwing something up. At this point the phone is stuck in a boot loop. I'm able to reflash the original image back onto the phone to repeat these steps but this keeps happening. Am I choosing the right file to upload into magisk? Is there some step that I'm missing after I get that file back?
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Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
hi @buggysharp i'm new to rooting but i might be able to help
buggysharp
buggysharpOP6d ago
That would be lovely
Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
since i was also stuck in ts bootloop what brand and rom are you using?
buggysharp
buggysharpOP6d ago
Pixel 4a Sunfish It's the only one for the 4a
Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
k is the storage encrypted?
buggysharp
buggysharpOP6d ago
Hmm, I don't think so. I'm able to see it all in my computer
Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
do u have a custom recovery installed
buggysharp
buggysharpOP6d ago
I don't believe that I do
Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
alright try to flash orangefox then reboot to recovery after flashing
buggysharp
buggysharpOP6d ago
When I search orangefox it doesn't show a pixel4 as an option Or any pixels
Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
k twrp pixel 4a try this
buggysharp
buggysharpOP6d ago
Yes, I have that
Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
k reboot to recovery and open the twrp menu there is no password set on the phone right
buggysharp
buggysharpOP6d ago
There is a password Do I need to remove that?
Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
yes removing a password will help
buggysharp
buggysharpOP6d ago
Ok, looking up how to do that
Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
*phone password its the phone password u need to remove by going into the normal system
buggysharp
buggysharpOP6d ago
Ok done It's removed
Vaibhav
Vaibhav6d ago
kk idk if im allowed to share this here so dm me
KingyK
KingyK4d ago
I asked grok and it walked me through it. Alot of instructions are hit or miss

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