Various tools for system maintenance
Root Keeper
These tools should take care your rooted device stays rooted – even if you install a system update (e.g. via OTA).
- mySU (Superuser for Android) (3.9@1,005) 5 2
LastUpdate: 2017-03-18 SuperUser & RootKeeper
- Voodoo OTA RootKeeper (3.6@11) 0
LastUpdate: 2013-01-21
Root Checker
Apps to check whether the rooting process was successful.
- Root Checker Advanced [Root] (4.7@17) Ǥ 7 6
LastUpdate: 2019-08-07
- Root Checker Pro (4.4@389) Ǥ 4 2
LastUpdate: 2016-12-26
- Root Checker (4.4@164) 2 1
- Simple Root Checker (4.4@26) Ǥ 7
2
LastUpdate: 2016-03-28
- Root Checker: with Terminal Emulator and SafetyNet (4.3@1,006) Ǥ 4
3
- SU Root Checker (4.2@10,636) 3
LastUpdate: 2016-09-13
- Root Verifier (4.2@2,175) 1
LastUpdate: 2016-03-26 Github
- Root Checker N Info (4.2@34) 3 1
LastUpdate: 2015-04-08
- Root Checker (4.1@361,762) Ǥ 9
14
/ Root Checker Pro (4.6@2,520; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 3
1
LastUpdate: 2019-07-12
- Root Checker (4@31,632) Ǥ 6
3
LastUpdate: 2019-05-04
- Simple Root Checker (4@1,075) 1 3
LastUpdate: 2016-08-05
- Root Checker (4@639) 3 2
- Root Validator (3.9@4,000) Ǥ 6
1 LastUpdate: 2018-04-15 Github
- Root Checker (3.9@1,149) Ǥ 5
1
LastUpdate: 2018-01-30
- Am I Rooted? (Root Checker) (3.9@202) 7 2
LastUpdate: 2017-09-20
- Root Checker (3.9@113) Ǥ 4 1
LastUpdate: 2017-08-03
- Root Checker (3.6@129) Ǥ 4
3
LastUpdate: 2019-01-11
Root Hider
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 (2.3@2,123) 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)
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; Howto 3/2014; Video Howto 6/2014
- 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
- Superuser (4.5@1,265) 1
LastUpdate: 2016-01-29 Github
- DroSU (Superuser for Android) (4.3@482) 7
2
LastUpdate: 2017-03-26 SuperUser & RootKeeper
- SuperSU (4.2@365) 5
LastUpdate: 2017-05-29 / SuperSU Pro (4.1@23,625; ~EUR 3.75)
LastUpdate: 2017-05-29
- Superuser (4.2@22) 2
LastUpdate: 2014-04-14
- Superuser(manage Root device) (4.1@1,308) 6 1
LastUpdate: 2017-03-12 SuperUser & RootKeeper
- Superuser X Free [Root] (4@255) Ǥ 9
3
LastUpdate: 2018-09-08 / Superuser X Pro [Root] - 50% OFF (4.2@215; ~EUR 22.00) 6
LastUpdate: 2019-03-26
- mySU (Superuser for Android) (3.9@1,005) 5 2
LastUpdate: 2017-03-18 SuperUser & RootKeeper
- Superuser (3.9@69) 4
LastUpdate: 2018-11-01 / Superuser Elite (3.8@6,274; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 3
LastUpdate: 2012-06-30
Magisk
If you don't know what this is, please see Root for all: Magisk in the articles section.
- Magisk (4.6@3,095) 13
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
LastUpdate: 2018-01-28
- Collection of Magisk Modules
- 10 Must-Have Magisk Modules (1/2020)
Busybox
BusyBox is software that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable file. (Wikipedia) Usually requires root.
- BusyBox Installer Classic (4.4@78) Ǥ 9
3
LastUpdate: 2019-09-19
- Droidbug BusyBox Advance FREE (4.4@70) Ǥ 6 5
LastUpdate: 2019-01-13
- BusyBox (4.3@159,726) 2
/ BusyBox Pro (4.4@8,404; ~EUR 2.75) 3
- BusyBox for Android (4.3@26,331) Ǥ 9
2
LastUpdate: 2018-05-10 Github
- BusyBox X [Root] (4.3@411) Ǥ 10
3
LastUpdate: 2018-09-09 / BusyBox X Pro [Root] - 50% OFF (4.6@206; ~EUR 22.00) 8
LastUpdate: 2018-09-09
- BusyBox (4.2@5,378) 3
Github
- BusyBox On Rails (4.2@3,566) Ǥ 5 1
LastUpdate: 2016-12-22
- Busybox Checker (4.2@2,613) Ǥ 4 3
LastUpdate: 2016-09-29
- Neo Busybox (4.2@207) 9 LastUpdate: 2015-02-25
- Tinybox! A busybox replacement (4.1@210)
LastUpdate: 2015-11-10
- BusyBox Installer (4@38) 2
Github
- EXA Busybox Installer (no root) (3.4@189) 5
1
Terminal Apps
Command line to interact with the system, see Terminal Emulator.
- RHazOS (5@1) 5
LastUpdate: 2018-08-03 Github
- ZShaolin GNU / Linux terminal (4.6@5; ~EUR 3.75) 5
LastUpdate: 2014-12-21 Github; comes with a bunch of tools like vim, ffmpeg, lua, git …
- Termux (4.4@105,657) 11
/ Termux:API (4.2@6,452) 23
/ Termux:Styling (4.6@483; ~EUR 2.00) 0
Github; Repository for additional packages; Kurzvorstellung 1/2016; Anleitung 12/2019; includes
apt
to install a lot of packages like aapt, busybox, git, mc, python, rsync and more - TTerm (4.4@43) 5
LastUpdate: 2018-04-22
- Material Terminal (4.3@6,279) Ǥ 6
LastUpdate: 2016-04-04 Video Demo 3/2015; Walk-Through 3/2015
- Qute: Command Console & Terminal Emulator (4.3@4,764) Ǥ 12
2
- Terminal Emulator for Android (4.2@119,368) 5
LastUpdate: 2017-07-18 Github; Vorstellung 3/2014
- Remote ADB Shell (4.2@465) 2
LastUpdate: 2018-01-14 connect to one Android device from another Android device
- Another Term (4.2@30) 7
Github
- TermOne Plus - terminal emulator (4.1@222) 6
GitLab
- Terminal Emulator Free (4@1,293) Ǥ 10
2
LastUpdate: 2018-09-20
- ☆ AirTerm (floating terminal) (3.8@586) Ǥ 7
LastUpdate: 2013-08-07
- Terminal (3.6@145) 4
LastUpdate: 2019-02-15
- Shell Terminal Emulator (3.3@2,772) 4
2
- Ping Net (3.3@7; ~EUR 4.25) 5
LastUpdate: 2018-06-27
- NeoTerm (0@0) 7
LastUpdate: 2018-11-08 Github
Custom Recovery & Flashing
- Lineage Downloader (4.4@18,225) Ǥ 11
5
LastUpdate: 2019-09-15 / CM Downloader AdFree (4.2@15; ~EUR 1.75) Ǥ 10 3
- CyanDelta Updater (4.4@9,751) Ǥ 6
4
LastUpdate: 2017-02-13 LineageOS, Paranoid, OmniROM
- MultiROM Manager (4.4@8,598) 5
LastUpdate: 2017-06-10 Github
- ROM Toolbox Lite (4.2@59,769) Ǥ 27
5
LastUpdate: 2019-04-04 / ROM Toolbox Pro (3.8@25,551; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 25
5
LastUpdate: 2019-04-03
- [ROOT] Rashr - Flash Tool (4.2@29,931) Ǥ 7 2
LastUpdate: 2017-10-25 Video Demo 12/2014; Intro 12/2014 | 4/2015; Github
- Auto Flasher ROM flash utility (4.2@1,897) Ǥ 6
2
LastUpdate: 2017-03-24
- Flasher (4.2@93) 7
- ROM Manager (4.1@239,878) Ǥ 13
2
LastUpdate: 2018-10-30 Anleitung 4/2014; Video Howto 9/2014
- ROM Installer (4.1@43,235) Ǥ 11
3
LastUpdate: 2018-12-09
- Smart Flasher (ROOT) (4.1@58) 4
Github; make flashing recovery zips easier
- Flashify (for root users) (4@41,867) Ǥ 7
2
LastUpdate: 2015-12-12 Video Howto 6/2014; maintains your recovery partition
- [ROOT] CRAB - Custom Recovery Auto Backup (4@27) 1
LastUpdate: 2018-10-22
- TWRP Manager (Requires ROOT) (3.9@34,510) Ǥ 12
4
LastUpdate: 2017-07-02 Live Nandroid Backup for TWRP
- ZIPme (3.9@4,980) Ǥ 5
1
LastUpdate: 2017-04-11 create update ZIP packages to install in recovery
- Official TWRP App (3.7@34,796) Ǥ 14
1
Intro 12/2016
- Stock Rom Downloader (3.7@1,381) Ǥ 13 3
LastUpdate: 2016-07-18 find custom ROMs and ZIPs
- [root] FlashFire (3.2@7,492) Ǥ 9
LastUpdate: 2017-09-21
- DD GUI (0@0)
Github; GUI for the good-old
dd
tool - Free-Droid: Linux/Mac/Win tool to make flashing easy
init.d
- init.d scripts support (3.7@406) Ǥ 8
3
select a folder to place scripts which shall run at boot time
- Run Userinit (0@0) 2
LastUpdate: 2018-08-25
- Init.d Light (0@0) 4
LastUpdate: 2017-12-24 Github
Sandbox (isolate) apps
- Island (5@3) Ǥ 20
3
Vorstellung 3/2018; XDA; like Greenify, but more: freeze, isolate (sandbox) apps, clone (for parallel usage), hide …
- Shelter (4.3@758) 9
Github; Vorstellung 9/2018 | 1/2019; Vorstellung & Howto 7/2019; Intro 9/2019; Howto 11/2020; FOSS alternative to Island
- Appcloner- Clone App for Dual, Multiple Accounts (2@531) Ǥ 101
/ Parallel App - dual space&multiple accounts clone (3.7@171) Ǥ 15
/ Dual App - Dual Space Multiple Accounts App Cloner (3@206) Ǥ 15
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
Github; FOSS variant of Island
- Insular (0@0) 18
GitLab; FOSS variant of Island
Run Linux on Android
- UserLAnd (4.1@3,642) Ǥ 9
Github; run GNU/Linux on Android (no root required)
- AnLinux : Run Linux On Android Without Root Access (4@1,804) 4
3
Github
- Linux Deploy (3.8@15,174) 7
Github; Install and run GNU/Linux on Android
- dogeland (0@0) 3
Github; Install and run GNU/Linux on Android
SafetyNet
- Safety Net Test App (4.5@50) Ǥ 7 2
LastUpdate: 2017-02-14 find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
- SafetyNet Test (4.4@1,158) Ǥ 5
3
LastUpdate: 2018-10-03 find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
- SafetyNet Helper Sample (4.3@868) 1
1
Github; find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
- SafetyNet Playground (4.2@48) 1
1
LastUpdate: 2016-11-22 find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
Other tools
- FDE.AI Pro [ROOT] + FPS meter (4.7@1,831; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 6
OS/Kernel optimizer
- SELinuxModeChanger (4.7@17) 1
LastUpdate: 2018-04-10 Github; Set SELinux mode on boot
- SmartPack-Kernel Manager (4.6@611) 12
1
/ SmartPack-Kernel Manager (0@0) 14
Github
- DontKillMyApp ✌️ Make apps work (4.5@2,325) 4
Github; benchmark (how aggressively is your phone killing background apps) and more
- Bash Shell X [Root] (4.5@1,982) Ǥ 10
3
LastUpdate: 2018-09-09 installs GNU bash 4.2;
- Prevent Running (4.5@673) 7
LastUpdate: 2019-05-15 prevent force-stopped apps from auto-restarting
- [ROOT] KTweak — Universal Kernel Tweaks (4.5@261) 3
Github
- [root] LiveBoot (4.3@6,412) Ǥ 3
- Shizuku (4.3@949) 4
Github; using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges from normal apps
- [ROOT] Sysctl GUI - Change kernel parameters (4.3@37) 4
Github
- Brevent (4.2@8,054) Ǥ 11
2
Github; prevent apps from auto-(re)starting; no root required
- Root ToolCase (4.1@963) Ǥ 14
5
- Script Manager (4.1@54) 4
Github
- Kernel Profiler (Root) (4.1@10) 6
Github; manage your kernel settings
- Timezone Updater (3.9@121) 4
Github
- Root Essentials (3.8@9,222) Ǥ 15
3
LastUpdate: 2017-10-28
- Simple Reboot (only for rooted devices) (3.8@4,864) 0
Github; boot menu (requires root)
- Power App | Simple Power Menu [Root only] (3.7@58) 2
Github; power options menu (reboot, recovery etc.)
- Bash (3@8) 5
1
LastUpdate: 2017-04-19
- Magic (0@0) 1
Github; file type guesser
- PSAUX (0@0) 1
Github; task manager and automated background service killer
- BackgroundRestrictor (0@0) 0
LastUpdate: 2017-11-03 Github; restrict apps from running in background
- ScriptManager (0@0) 8
Github
- Content Provider Helper (0@0) 14
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)
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 - 10/2019)
- 5 reasons you should learn how to root your phone today (and how to do it) (2/2015)
- CF-Auto-Root – So rootet man Samsung, Motorola & Nexus Geräte (2/2015)
- How to root Android easily without PC (6/2014)
- Towelroot knackt Android in Sekunden (6/2014)