Android Root Toolkit

RootToolkitforAndroid™


Note:thisutilitydoesNOTrootyourAndroid™device--itassumesthatyourdeviceisalreadyrooted.

Iwrotethislittlerootutilityformyselftohelpconsolidateandautomatesomerootfunctionsthatareavailableinvariousotherapps,butnowherealltogether.

Ifyouhaveproblemsorissueswiththeapp,pleasecontactmeviascary.alien@gmail.comwithasmuchdetailasyoucanprovide.

FEATURES:

*displaycurrentrootanddevicestate/status

*rebootoptions(normal,recovery,bootloader)

*poweroffdevice

*remountrootfs(/)and/or/systeminread-writeorread-onlymode;note:remountbehaviorchangedinAndroid™4.2andhigherthatcausesremounteffecttonotbeusablebyappsotherthantheonethatinitiatedtheremount

*save(protect)/restorerootfunction;for4.2andearlierdeviceswithext2/3/4/systempartitons;for4.3devices,I'veimplementedPauOliva's4.3+keeproot.shfunctionality;savingrootfor5.0+hasnotyetbeen
determined

*freeze(disable)orthaw(enable)anapplication(usecautionwhenfreezingasystemapp!);seeSettingsmenutoenabledisplayofsystemapps

*displaysystem(getprop)propertyvalues

*calculateanMD5orSHA1checksumonanyfile(navigatetoselectedfile,long-pressfilename,selectdesiredaction)

*optionsforselectedNexusdevices:

--flashastockrecovery
--flashvariouscustomrecoveries
--makerecovery"stick"(keepstockrecoveryfromoverwritingyourcustomrecovery)
--identifycurrentlyinstalledrecovery

*bootloaderlock,unlock,status(selectNexusdevices:GalaxyNexus,Nexus4,Nexus5,Nexus7(2ndgen2013),Nexus10)

*small(<25mb)partionbackupfunctionnowsupportedinv3.9;note:thisisNOTmeantasaNandroidbackupreplacement,butforuseinbacking-upsmall,criticalpartitionsthattoassistwithdevicerecovery;alsonotethatarestorefunctionisNOTincludedsincethetargetpartitionislikelytostillbeopen/mounted;usefulforbacking-upspecialpartitionslikeEFS.

Warning/disclaimer:theauthorofthisappisnotresponsibleforanylossordamagecausedbyorrelatedtoitsuse.

Ifyouarenotcomfortablewithorknowledgeableabouttheproperuseandfunctionalityofthisapp,pleasediscontinueitsuseanduninstall.

Ifyouhaveanyquestionsorissues,pleasecontactmeatscary.alien@gmail.com.

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PERMISSIONS:

-INTERNET-fordownloadingrecoveries
-WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE-usedforsavingsmallpartitionbackups
-ACCESS_SUPERUSER-permissiontosupportinteractionwithSuperSU(nowdeprecated)



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