Various tools for system maintenance

Root Keeper

2019-04-09

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 LastUpdate: 2017-03-18 SuperUser & RootKeeper
OTA RootKeeper (3.6@11) 0 LastUpdate: 2013-01-21

Root Checker

2019-04-09

Apps to check whether the rooting process was successful.

Root Checker (5@4) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-24
Root Checker (4.6@1,111) Ǥ 5
Root/Su Checker Free [Root] (4.4@8,995) Ǥ 8 / Root Checker Advanced [PREMIUM] - 90% OFF (4.7@116; ~EUR 10.00) 7
Check Root (4.4@840) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-10-08
Root Checker (4.4@603) 3
Root Checker Pro (4.4@389) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2016-12-26
Root Checker (4.4@162) Ǥ 4
Simple Root Checker (4.4@27) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2016-03-28
Root Checker (4.2@342,227) Ǥ 7 / Root Checker Pro (4.5@2,421; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2015-12-13
Root Verifier (4.2@2,052) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-26 Github
Root Checker (4.2@1,063) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2017-08-03
Root/Busybox Checker (4.2@888) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2017-03-24
Root Checker N Info (4.2@34) 3 LastUpdate: 2015-04-08
SU Root Checker (4.1@10,529) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-13
Root Checker (4.1@1,073) 1 LastUpdate: 2016-08-05
Root Checker (4@29,858) Ǥ 6
Root Checker (3.9@7,125) Ǥ 4
Root Validator (3.9@3,962) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Am I Rooted? (Root Checker) (3.9@202) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-09-20
Root Checker (3.9@113) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2017-08-03
Magisk Checker (2.7@97) Ǥ 5

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.

Hide Rooting Lite (3.4@1,856) 4 LastUpdate: 2016-09-09 / Hide Rooting Premium (3.6@72; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2016-09-06
Rooting Hide (3.4@490) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-09-05
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)
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)
SDW Hide Root (0@0)
MaxdomeXposed (0@0) LastUpdate: 2014-03-26 Maxdome trotz root nutzen

SuperUser

2019-04-10

Superuser (4.5@1,265) 1 LastUpdate: 2016-01-29 Github
Superuser (4.5@19) 4 / Superuser Elite (4.5@6,224; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2012-06-30
SuperSU (4.3@523,808) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-29 / SuperSU Pro (4.7@23,484; ~EUR 3.75) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-29
DroSU (Superuser for Android) (4.3@482) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-03-26 SuperUser & RootKeeper
Superuser X Free [Root] (4.2@6,592) Ǥ 9 / Superuser X Pro [Root] - 50% OFF (4.5@172; ~EUR 22.00) 7
Superuser(manage Root device) (4.1@1,308) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-03-12 SuperUser & RootKeeper
mySU (Superuser for Android) (3.9@1,005) 5 LastUpdate: 2017-03-18 SuperUser & RootKeeper
Superuser (3.8@17) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-04-14

Magisk

2019-04-13

Magisk Manager (4.6@3,095) 10 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; Universal Systemless Interface
Unified Hosts Manager (4.6@123) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Busybox

2019-04-10

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

BusyBox Classic (4.6@30) Ǥ 9
BusyBox X [Root] (4.5@8,329) Ǥ 10 / BusyBox X Pro [Root] - 50% OFF (4.7@182; ~EUR 22.00) 8
BusyBox (4.5@4,753) 3 Github
Droidbug BusyBox Advance FREE (4.4@54) Ǥ 6 / Droidbug BusyBox Advance PRO (4.1@8; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 5
BusyBox (4.3@156,746) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / BusyBox Pro (4.7@8,195; ~EUR 2.50) 3 Test 11/2013
BusyBox for Android (4.2@26,048) Ǥ 9 / BusyBox Pro (4.5@828; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 9 Github
BusyBox On Rails (4.2@3,566) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2016-12-22
Busybox Checker (4.2@2,613) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2016-09-29
Neo Busybox (4.2@207) 9 LastUpdate: 2015-02-25
Tinybox! A busybox replacement (4.1@210) 0 LastUpdate: 2015-11-10
Busybox Installer (no root) (4.1@72) 5
BusyBox Installer (No Root) (3.8@2,922) 3 LastUpdate: 2015-08-15

Terminal Apps

2019-04-10

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

RHazOS (5@1) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Termux (4.7@22,019) 6 / Termux:API (4.5@2,103) 15 / Termux:Styling (4.8@278; ~EUR 2.00) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Repository for additional packages; Kurzvorstellung 1/2016; includes apt to install a lot of packages like aapt, busybox, git, mc, python, rsync and more
Material Terminal (4.6@5,636) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-03 Video Demo 3/2015; Walk-Through 3/2015
Qute: Command Console & Terminal Emulator (4.5@3,445) Ǥ 12
TTerm (4.5@34) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Terminal Emulator for Android (4.4@115,503) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-18 Github; Vorstellung 3/2014
Terminal Emulator Free (4.3@629) Ǥ 10
☆ AirTerm (floating terminal) (4.3@516) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-08-07
ZShaolin GNU / Linux terminal (4.3@94; ~EUR 3.75) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-12-21 Intro 12/2013; Github; comes with a bunch of tools like vim, ffmpeg, lua, git …
Remote ADB Shell (4.1@226) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Intro 7/2013; connect to one Android device from another Android device
Ping Net (3.3@7; ~EUR 2.00) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
NeoTerm (0@0) 7 Github

Custom Recovery & Flashing

2019-04-10

Flasher (4.8@38) 5
CyanDelta Updater (4.4@9,751) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-02-13 LineageOS, Paranoid, OmniROM
MultiROM Manager (4.4@8,598) 5 LastUpdate: 2017-06-10 Github
ROM Manager (4.3@240,300) Ǥ 13 Anleitung 4/2014; Video Howto 9/2014
ROM Toolbox Lite (4.3@59,889) Ǥ 27 / ROM Toolbox Pro (4.6@25,634; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 26 ausführliche Vorstellung 4/2012; Testbericht 5/2012; Test 7/2012; Video Review 10/2013
Flashify (for root users) (4.3@41,016) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2015-12-12 Vorstellung 7/2013 | 7/2013; Howto 3/2014; Video Howto 6/2014; maintains your recovery partition
[ROOT] Rashr - Flash Tool (4.3@29,798) Ǥ 6 Video Demo 12/2014; Intro 12/2014 | 4/2015; Github
Lineage Downloader (4.3@17,957) Ǥ 11 / Lineage Downloader Premium (4.6@1,313; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 10
ZIPme (4.3@4,853) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2017-04-11 create update ZIP packages to install in recovery
[root] FlashFire (4.2@7,098) Ǥ 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-21
ZipInstaller (4.2@63; ~EUR 1.25) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2014-02-25
Official TWRP App (4.1@20,465) Ǥ 15 Intro 12/2016
[ROOT] CRAB - Custom Recovery Auto Backup (4.1@21) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-20
TWRP Manager (Requires ROOT) (4@34,330) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-07-02 Intro 6/2013 | 6/2013; Video Review 6/2013 | 12/2013; Live Nandroid Backup for TWRP
Auto Flasher ROM flash utility (4@1,655) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-03-24 Video Demo 3/2013; Vorstellung 7/2013
ROM Installer (3.9@41,857) Ǥ 12 Vorstellung 10/2013; Review 10/2013
Stock Rom Downloader (3.7@1,381) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2016-07-18 find custom ROMs and ZIPs
Real Custom ROM (3.7@557) Ǥ 10

init.d

2019-04-11

init.d scripts support (4.4@339) Ǥ 8 select a folder to place scripts which shall run at boot time
Boot Shell [ROOT] (4@235) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-11 / Boot Shell Pro (4.1@15; ~EUR 1.00) 0 LastUpdate: 2014-03-20 run shell commands at boot
Run Userinit (0@0) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Init.d Light (0@0) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github

Sandbox (isolate) apps

2019-04-14

Shelter (4.6@130) 6 FOSS alternative to Island
Island (0@0) Ǥ 14 Vorstellung 3/2018; XDA; like Greenify, but more: freeze, isolate (sandbox) apps, clone (for parallel usage), hide …

Other tools

2019-04-10

SafetyNet Helper Sample (4.6@648) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
[root] LiveBoot (4.5@6,069) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Prevent Running (4.5@673) 8 prevent force-stopped apps from auto-restarting
Safety Net Test App (4.5@50) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-02-14 find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
Brevent (4.4@7,003) Ǥ 9 Github; prevent apps from auto-(re)starting; no root required
Bash Shell X [Root] (4.4@1,785) Ǥ 10 installs GNU bash 4.2;
Root Essentials (4.3@7,297) Ǥ 15
Timezone Updater (4.2@90) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
SafetyNet Playground (4.2@48) 1 LastUpdate: 2016-11-22 find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
Linux Deploy (4.1@13,498) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Install and run GNU/Linux on Android
Root ToolCase (4.1@868) Ǥ 13
SafetyNet Test (4@453) Ǥ 5 find out whether your device passes the SafetyNet test
Bash (3.4@5) 5 LastUpdate: 2017-03-20
SELinuxModeChanger (0@0) 1 Github; Set SELinux mode on boot
BackgroundRestrictor (0@0) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; restrict apps from running in background
Content Provider Helper (0@0) 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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
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)
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 rootet praktisch alle Android-Phones / Towelroot knackt Android in Sekunden (6/2014)

2019-04-20

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