Various tools for system maintenance

Root Keeper

2021-10-10

These tools should take care your rooted device stays rooted – even if you install a system update (e.g. via OTA).

Voodoo OTA RootKeeper (3.6@11) 0 LastUpdate: 2013-01-21

Root Checker

2021-10-10

Apps to check whether the rooting process was successful.

Root Checker: with Terminal Emulator and SafetyNet (4.4@1,018) Ǥ 4 3 LastUpdate: 2020-02-01
Simple Root Checker (4.4@26) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2016-03-28
SU Root Checker (4.2@10,644) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-13
Root Verifier (4.2@2,198) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-26 Github
Root Checker (4.1@364,775) Ǥ 9 12 / Root Checker Pro (4.5@2,544; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 3 1 LastUpdate: 2019-07-12
Root Checker (4@31,897) Ǥ 6 3 LastUpdate: 2019-05-04
New Root Checker : Android Device Manager (4@34) Ǥ 4 1
Root Checker (3.9@7,135) Ǥ 4 3 LastUpdate: 2019-01-11
Root Validator (3.9@4,013) Ǥ 6 1 LastUpdate: 2018-04-15 Github
Root Checker (3.9@1,151) Ǥ 5 1 LastUpdate: 2018-01-30
Root System Detector (3.9@46) 7 2

With a rooted device, some apps refuse to work (mostly those using "protected" or "sensitive" material. If you still want to use those apps and keep your device rooted, you may wish to hide that fact. These apps help you with that. Also see Magisk, which provides both root and root hiding.

Hide Rooting Lite (2.5@2,184) 4 4 LastUpdate: 2016-09-09 / Hide Rooting Premium (3.4@83; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 3 1 LastUpdate: 2016-09-06
Entrust IdentityGuard Unblocker (0@0) 0 LastUpdate: 2017-05-11
ANRC (0@0) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-06-06 Github
Zuper (0@0) LastUpdate: 2020-02-10 hide mock location, forbidden ads, root and more
RootCloak (OLD, SEE DESCRIPTION) (0@0) / RootCloak (with 5.x and 6.x support) (0@0; ~EUR 1.25) 1 LastUpdate: 2017-04-09 XDA inkl. Anleitung
unWatch (0@0) LastUpdate: 2015-09-01 Github
Good for Enterprise Disable Root Check (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-11-07 Github; Hide root from the Good for enterprise client
SberbankUnroot (0@0) LastUpdate: 2016-03-03
No Device Check (0@0) LastUpdate: 2015-09-25 make Google think you run unmodified Android
Sudohide (0@0) LastUpdate: 2017-10-22
Surrogate (0@0) LastUpdate: 2017-04-15 Github; provides rules to directly hook into other apps, replacing their methods (e.g. root checking)
CYBER APPX (0@0) LastUpdate: 2018-09-25
SDW Hide Root (0@0) LastUpdate: 2018-02-16
MaxdomeXposed (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-03-26 Maxdome trotz root nutzen

SuperUser

2021-10-10

Superuser (4.5@1,265) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-01-29 Github
SuperSU (4.2@365) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-29
Superuser (4.2@22) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-14
Superuser (3.9@69) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-01 / Superuser Elite (3.8@6,285; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-06-30
Superuser X Free [Root] (3.8@9,216) Ǥ 9 3 LastUpdate: 2018-09-08 / Superuser X Pro [Root] - 50% OFF (4.1@221; ~EUR 22.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-03-26

Magisk

2021-10-21

If you don't know what this is, please see Root for all: Magisk in the articles section.

Magisk (4.6@3,095) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Guide 9/2016 | 3/2017; Video Tutorial 3/2017 (~7min) | 6/2017 (~6min) | 9/2017 (~6min); Howto 8/2017; IzzyOnDroid 5/2018; XDA Home; Magisk Wiki; Installation & Troubleshooting Guide; Universal Systemless Interface
Unified Hosts Manager (3.9@144) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-28
Lygisk: a fork of Magisk
Collection of Magisk Modules
10 Must-Have Magisk Modules (1/2020)

Busybox

2021-10-10

BusyBox is software that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable file. (Wikipedia) Usually requires root.

BusyBox X [Root] (4.4@9,571) Ǥ 10 3 LastUpdate: 2018-09-09 / BusyBox X Pro [Root] - 50% OFF (4.5@219; ~EUR 22.00) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-09
BusyBox Installer Classic (4.4@81) Ǥ 9 3 LastUpdate: 2019-09-19
BusyBox for Android (4.3@26,359) Ǥ 9 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10 Github
BusyBox (4.2@159,941) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / BusyBox Pro (4.4@8,422; ~EUR 2.75) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
BusyBox (4.2@5,466) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-03-12 Github
BusyBox Installer (4.2@59) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
EXA Busybox Installer (no root) (3.5@204) 7 1

Terminal Apps

2021-10-10

Command line to interact with the system, see Terminal Emulator.

RHazOS (5@1) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-03 Github
Qute: Command Console & Terminal Emulator (4.4@5,026) Ǥ 12 2
TTerm (4.4@44) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-22
Termux (4.3@128,632) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Termux:API (4.2@7,362) 24 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Termux:Styling (4.3@497; ~EUR 2.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Repository for additional packages; Kurzvorstellung 1/2016; Anleitung 12/2019; Howto 12/2020; includes apt to install a lot of packages like aapt, busybox, git, mc, python, rsync and more
Material Terminal (4.3@6,365) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-04 Video Demo 3/2015; Walk-Through 3/2015
ZShaolin GNU / Linux terminal (4.3@92; ~EUR 3.75) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-12-21 Github; comes with a bunch of tools like vim, ffmpeg, lua, git …
Terminal Emulator for Android (4.2@120,127) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-18 Github
Remote ADB Shell (4.2@550) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-14 connect to one Android device from another Android device
Another Term (4.2@43) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Another Term (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Another Term Shell Plugin - Android 10 Essentials (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github / Github
Terminal Emulator Free (4@1,293) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2018-09-20
TermOne Plus - terminal emulator (4@272) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
☆ AirTerm (floating terminal) (3.8@589) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-08-07
Terminal (3.7@169) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-02-15
Ping Net (3.3@7; ~EUR 4.25) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-27
Shell Terminal Emulator (3.2@2,805) 4 1
NeoTerm (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Custom Recovery & Flashing

2021-10-13

Treble Info (4.6@1,061) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; check Project Treble, A/B and Architecture for GSI installation
Lineage Downloader (4.4@18,225) Ǥ 10 5 LastUpdate: 2019-09-15
MultiROM Manager (4.4@8,598) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-10 Github
ROM Toolbox Lite (4.2@59,774) Ǥ 27 5 LastUpdate: 2019-04-04 / ROM Toolbox Pro (3.8@25,525; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 30 6 LastUpdate: 2019-04-03
Auto Flasher ROM flash utility (4.2@1,953) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2017-03-24
Flasher (4.2@93) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
ROM Manager (4.1@239,659) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2018-10-30
ROM Installer (4.1@43,431) Ǥ 12 1
Smart Flasher (4.1@66) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; make flashing recovery zips easier
Flashify (for root users) (4.1@27) Ǥ 7 2 LastUpdate: 2015-12-12 maintains your recovery partition
[ROOT] CRAB - Custom Recovery Auto Backup (4@30) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-22
ZIPme (3.9@4,997) Ǥ 5 1 LastUpdate: 2017-04-11 create update ZIP packages to install in recovery
TWRP Manager (Requires ROOT) (3.8@34,537) Ǥ 12 4 LastUpdate: 2017-07-02 Live Nandroid Backup for TWRP
Official TWRP App (3.7@37,185) Ǥ 14 1 Intro 12/2016
[root] FlashFire (3.3@7,551) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-21
DD GUI (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; GUI for the good-old dd tool
Horizon Kernel Flasher (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; flash AnyKernel flashable zips
Free-Droid: Linux/Mac/Win tool to make flashing easy

init.d

2021-10-15

init.d scripts support (3.6@412) Ǥ 8 2 select a folder to place scripts which shall run at boot time
Run Userinit (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-25
Init.d Light (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-24 Github

Sandbox (isolate) apps

2021-10-05

Island (4.8@5) Ǥ 20 4 Vorstellung 3/2018; XDA; like Greenify, but more: freeze, isolate (sandbox) apps, clone (for parallel usage), hide …
Shelter (4.1@991) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 9/2018 | 1/2019; Vorstellung & Howto 7/2019; Intro 9/2019; Howto 11/2020; Anleitung 12/2020 | 3/2020-2/2021; FOSS alternative to Island
App Cloner- Clone App for Dual, Multiple Accounts (3.2@1,018) Ǥ 101 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ not "sandboxing", but allows multiple instances of an app by cloning and re-installing with different package names; random Android ID, IMEI, IMSI & more at runtime
Insular (0@0) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; FOSS variant of Island

Run Linux on Android

2021-10-09

UserLAnd (4.2@4,033) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Anleitung 1/2019; Video Howto 5/2019; Howto 6/2019 | 11/2019; run GNU/Linux on Android (no root required)
AnLinux : Run Linux On Android Without Root Access (4@1,974) 5 3 Github; Video Howto 4/2020
Linux Deploy (3.8@15,378) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-03-02 Github; Howto 9/2017 | 8/2018; Anleitung 4/2020-7/2021; Install and run GNU/Linux on Android
dogeland (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Install and run GNU/Linux on Android

SafetyNet

2021-10-22

SafetyNet Helper Sample (4.6@941) 1 1 Github; find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
MobiShield: SafetyNet, Verify Apps & Root Check (4.4@40) Ǥ 7 9 LastUpdate: 2020-02-17
SafetyNet Test (4.2@1,394) Ǥ 5 3 LastUpdate: 2018-10-03 find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
SafetyNet Device Check (4@65) 4 4
SafetyNet Checker (3.9@333) Ǥ 4 2 / SafetyNet Checker Pro (4.5@28; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 4

Other tools

2021-10-12

FDE.AI Pro [ROOT] + FPS meter (4.7@1,909; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ OS/Kernel optimizer
SELinuxModeChanger (4.7@17) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-10 Github; Set SELinux mode on boot
SmartPack-Kernel Manager (4.6@977) 13 1 / SmartPack-Kernel Manager (0@0) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
[ROOT] KTweak — Universal Kernel Tweaks (4.6@340) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work (4.5@3,592) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; benchmark (how aggressively is your phone killing background apps) and more
Prevent Running (4.5@673) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-15 prevent force-stopped apps from auto-restarting
Bash Shell X [Root] (4.4@1,991) Ǥ 10 3 LastUpdate: 2018-09-09 installs GNU bash 4.2;
[root] LiveBoot (4.2@6,478) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Brevent (4.1@8,190) Ǥ 11 1 Github; prevent apps from auto-(re)starting; no root required
Root ToolCase (4.1@963) Ǥ 14 5 LastUpdate: 2019-11-06
[ROOT] Sysctl GUI - Change kernel parameters (4.1@62) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Kernel Profiler (Root) (4.1@16) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; manage your kernel settings
Shizuku (4@1,105) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges from normal apps
Simple Reboot (only for rooted devices) (3.9@4,880) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; boot menu (requires root)
Root Essentials (3.8@9,436) Ǥ 15 3 LastUpdate: 2017-10-28
Timezone Updater (3.8@128) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-22 Github
Script Manager (3.8@72) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Power App | Simple Power Menu [Root only] (3.5@82) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; power options menu (reboot, recovery etc.)
Bash (3.2@9) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2017-04-19
Magic (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-08 Github; file type guesser
P7Zip (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; (un)compress files and directories
PSAUX (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-01-15 Github; task manager and automated background service killer
BackgroundRestrictor (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-11-03 Github; restrict apps from running in background
ScriptManager (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Content Provider Helper (0@0) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-14 Github; find available content provider URIs; add & delete your own
Network Monitored Blocker (KitKat) (0@0) LastUpdate: 2015-02-14 Github; get rid of the "network may be monitored" message triggered by adding a CA cert to the key store in KitKat
Switch My Slot (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; switch between A & B Slots easily
MinMinHide (0@0) LastUpdate: 2015-03-03 Github; hide apps from other apps (not only from app-drawers)

Further Readings:

rooting tag-wiki at Android.SE including a rooting index with hints for specific devices
Magisk for "systemless modding" (incl. root); also see this guide at AndroidPolice
Ist Rooten ein Sicherheitsrisiko bzw. gefährlich? (10/2018)
Was ist Rooten und Jailbreak? (5/2016 - 12/2020)
5 reasons you should learn how to root your phone today (and how to do it) (2/2015 - 10/2017)
CF-Auto-Root – So rootet man Samsung, Motorola & Nexus Geräte (2/2015)

2021-10-22

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