Various tools for system maintenance

Root Keeper

2021-04-01

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

2021-04-01

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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-13
Root Verifier (4.2@2,175) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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

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

2021-04-01

Superuser (4.5@1,265) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-29 / SuperSU Pro (4.1@23,625; ~EUR 3.75) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-01 / Superuser Elite (3.8@6,274; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-06-30

Magisk

2021-04-08

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
Collection of Magisk Modules
10 Must-Have Magisk Modules (1/2020)

Busybox

2021-04-01

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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / BusyBox Pro (4.4@8,404; ~EUR 2.75) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-09
BusyBox (4.2@5,378) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-11-10
BusyBox Installer (4@38) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
EXA Busybox Installer (no root) (3.4@189) 5 1

Terminal Apps

2021-04-01

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
ZShaolin GNU / Linux terminal (4.6@5; ~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 …
Termux (4.4@105,657) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Termux:API (4.2@6,452) 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Termux:Styling (4.6@483; ~EUR 2.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-22
Material Terminal (4.3@6,279) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-18 Github; Vorstellung 3/2014
Remote ADB Shell (4.2@465) 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@30) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
TermOne Plus - terminal emulator (4.1@222) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Terminal Emulator Free (4@1,293) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2018-09-20
☆ AirTerm (floating terminal) (3.8@586) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-08-07
Terminal (3.6@145) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-02-15
Shell Terminal Emulator (3.3@2,772) 4 2
Ping Net (3.3@7; ~EUR 4.25) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-27
NeoTerm (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-08 Github

Custom Recovery & Flashing

2021-04-03

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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-21
DD GUI (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; GUI for the good-old dd tool
Free-Droid: Linux/Mac/Win tool to make flashing easy

init.d

2021-04-05

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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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

2021-04-10

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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Parallel App - dual space&multiple accounts clone (3.7@171) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Dual App - Dual Space Multiple Accounts App Cloner (3@206) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Insular (0@0) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; FOSS variant of Island

Run Linux on Android

2021-04-12

UserLAnd (4.1@3,642) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; 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

2021-04-05

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

2021-04-02

FDE.AI Pro [ROOT] + FPS meter (4.7@1,831; ~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@611) 12 1 / SmartPack-Kernel Manager (0@0) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
DontKillMyApp ✌️ Make apps work (4.5@2,325) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-15 prevent force-stopped apps from auto-restarting
[ROOT] KTweak — Universal Kernel Tweaks (4.5@261) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
[root] LiveBoot (4.3@6,412) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Shizuku (4.3@949) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges from normal apps
[ROOT] Sysctl GUI - Change kernel parameters (4.3@37) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Kernel Profiler (Root) (4.1@10) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; manage your kernel settings
Timezone Updater (3.9@121) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; boot menu (requires root)
Power App | Simple Power Menu [Root only] (3.7@58) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; power options menu (reboot, recovery etc.)
Bash (3@8) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2017-04-19
Magic (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; file type guesser
PSAUX (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 - 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)

2021-04-12

IzzyOnDroid