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> But you cannot make any additional changes to /system with that root power afterwards.

Not a showstopper, as modern root solutions like Magisk support "systemless" root, via file system overlays.




I am not sure how systemless root interacts with verified boot. I've never tried it myself.


Installing Magisk requires you to patch the bootloader or recovery image, which would break verified boot:

https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html

The only way to preserve verified boot with Magisk is for the bootloader or recovery image to have Magisk compatibility built-in prior to signing. I don't think any flavor of Android that supports verified boot is currently doing this.




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