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Hi,
I installed Cyanogenmod 9 and also gApps. Now i have google play. But what for is superuser application used? When open it i get google play like interface but it is empty. I mean the application gets started but it sais 'no applications found'.
What should i have to do?
thanks
ozkanb said:
Hi,
I installed Cyanogenmod 9 and also gApps. Now i have google play. But what for is superuser application used? When open it i get google play like interface but it is empty. I mean the application gets started but it sais 'no applications found'.
What should i have to do?
thanks
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superuser application need to root applications such as antivirus or Remove Programs, you can leave the application in the future because it is useful to you!
ozkanb said:
Hi,
I installed Cyanogenmod 9 and also gApps. Now i have google play. But what for is superuser application used? When open it i get google play like interface but it is empty. I mean the application gets started but it sais 'no applications found'.
What should i have to do?
thanks
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1. Superuser app means your device is rooted
2. It is the application that mediates between your phone and an application attempting to gain ROOT/Admin access.
3. It is very similar to UAC (user account control) in Windows 7, which will ask "Do you want to continue", anytime you or an application wants to perform an administrative task.
4. It is empty because you have not granted any app Root permission. All apps you grant/deny ROOT access, will be listed in the app.
5. Don't touch/(attempt to)remove the app, it will be very useful to you soon. It doesn't have any impact on the performance of your phone.
Hope this info helps you enough
Swyped from my Galaxy SII
Pls I seriously need help with my tablet. Sometimes ago, I used the Link2sd app to kink apps to my SD. I linked also the Google play services and my superuser app. When I finished, I then rebooted the device only to find later that the link2sd refused to mount. As a result, all apps I linked refused to display. They just were gray, you can't launch or do anything with them. Most unfortunately, was that the Google play services app and the superuser app could not be found. I could no grant or allow superuser permission for apps any more. I uninstalled the link2sd, rebooted, no way. I cleared data/cache no way of various apps, no way. I tried system reset from seetings, no way and worst now, I can't boot into recovery too to do factory reset. The device won't install apps any more cos the package installer stopped working as well. I cant go to play store or use any app associated with google. Pls I seriously need help. I use the Tecno phantom mini pad also known as tecno p9. Someone pls help. Thanks
Hey guys! I'm new to this community so first of all I want to say hello to you all! Sadly my arrival is mostly based on a possible-problem for me.
So here's the situation:
1- Bad Guy runs an app on Good Guy's phone that asks for root access, this app is malicious and can be used to steal almost everything (like theftspy that was developed by a dev from xda)
2-Bad Guy grants it the access and sets SuperSU to "grant on demand" for this specific app. Then deletes all the logs of all this and removes this app from APPS tab of SuperSU.
3- Good Guy is completely unaware of all these.
4-A few weeks later Good Guy learns that this Bad Guy could have been installed an app on his phone that can steal sensitive information. He performs an Avast Mobile Security scan that returns clean and later performs a complete wipe of his phone and loads a new ROM.
So I'm the Good Guy here I confronted Mr. Bad Guy about it who ultimately denied that, but I got some strong suspicions that he might be lying. Data in the phone was private (mostly business) so even the probability of this being stolen is scary.
Without any further ado my question is: Can this malicious app keep onto its root access after a reboot (can any app do that)? Because if it can not, then even if it starts itself after boot, it'll have to grant root access again which would leave logs and would be seen on SuperSU this time, which neither was there so would mean I am safe. Also is Avast's scan result reliable on this basis?
Thanks to everyone who took their time to read, any help is so much appreciated.
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Well, there are many root apps that run after system startup. It depends on the app that was installed on your phone.
If Mr.Bad removed app from SuperSU and deleted logs, that means the app isn't in use and will no longer do its work. That means, the app is just installed with no harm.
Also there was no need to change your ROM and factory reset. Just by uninstalling the app you'll be done.
Even, you scanned through AntiVirus and didn't found anything.
Stilling data from one phone and sending to other phone must need a medium to transmit data, in your case it must be internet. You could have check in Data Usage in Setting weather there is any anonymous app that is using your data.
Still there is probability, that your personal data must be stolen.
It depends on the duration between 'granted root permission to app and removing app from SuperSU list'
Also you said about 'grant on demand' its similar to 'prompt' was applied to the app in SuperSU.
Have you granted permission anytime? I yes them probably your data is stolen by Me.Bad.
Hope you understand everything
Regards,
hitman-xda
hitman-xda said:
Well, there are many root apps that run after system startup. It depends on the app that was installed on your phone.
If Mr.Bad removed app from SuperSU and deleted logs, that means the app isn't in use and will no longer do its work. That means, the app is just installed with no harm.
Also there was no need to change your ROM and factory reset. Just by uninstalling the app you'll be done.
Even, you scanned through AntiVirus and didn't found anything.
Stilling data from one phone and sending to other phone must need a medium to transmit data, in your case it must be internet. You could have check in Data Usage in Setting weather there is any anonymous app that is using your data.
Still there is probability, that your personal data must be stolen.
It depends on the duration between 'granted root permission to app and removing app from SuperSU list'
Also you said about 'grant on demand' its similar to 'prompt' was applied to the app in SuperSU.
Have you granted permission anytime? I yes them probably your data is stolen by Me.Bad.
Hope you understand everything
Regards,
hitman-xda
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Thanks for answer hitman!
I haven't granted any app root access. But Mr. Bad could have done it before I got my phone back. After starting to use my phone I rebooted it. I wonder if this app can start running with root access on its own after a reboot. Or should it get granted root access again by the user.
If so, then that'd be like NSA level coding / spying to avoid detection and still run after resetting.
es0tericcha0s said:
If so, then that'd be like NSA level coding / spying to avoid detection and still run after resetting.
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Resetting as in like restarting your phone right? And not returning to factory state.
remorseful said:
Thanks for answer hitman!
I haven't granted any app root access. But Mr. Bad could have done it before I got my phone back. After starting to use my phone I rebooted it. I wonder if this app can start running with root access on its own after a reboot. Or should it get granted root access again by the user.
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If the app is setup such that it runs on startup and SuperSU is set as 'prompt' for that app, it must have asked user for granting permission after every reboot.
remorseful said:
Resetting as in like restarting your phone right? And not returning to factory state.
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Nope dude! Resetting means going back to factory state.
Say, Mr.Bad could have installed an app in your phone that you are unaware of.
Whats more important is the permissions of that app. If it can claim sensitive permissions like access to contacts / messages / sdcard , then he can get that data even when the app doesn't have root access. And if the app has root access, then the damage could have been done already before he deleted the supersu logs. And no, it cannot be granted root access after the logs are deleted automatically on startup.
And Mr.Bad could have installed his malicious app on to system partition in which case u may not be aware of what the app is. And what damage it does. In such case even a factory reset doesn't help.
It is advised to reinstall the rom and protect superuser with some pin / password.
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Say, Mr.Bad could have installed an app in your phone that you are unaware of.
Whats more important is the permissions of that app. If it can claim sensitive permissions like access to contacts / messages / sdcard , then he can get that data even when the app doesn't have root access. And if the app has root access, then the damage could have been done already before he deleted the supersu logs. And no, it cannot be granted root access after the logs are deleted automatically on startup.
And Mr.Bad could have installed his malicious app on to system partition in which case u may not be aware of what the app is. And what damage it does. In such case even a factory reset doesn't help.
It is advised to reinstall the rom and protect superuser with some pin / password.
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Well I'm mostly scared of screenshots being taken remotely which requires root access.
HA! That's what I wanted to hear! The startup part!
Yeah since resetting won't clear off a possible /system infection I performed a full wipe and installed Cloudy ROM.
Yet I have done it after a few weeks.Still, a possible spy app would need to grant root access again on device start up by me which didn't happen so I assume I'm safe Is there a known way for an app to grant root access without user permission once the device is turned off and turned back on ?
remorseful said:
Well I'm mostly scared of screenshots being taken remotely which requires root access.
HA! That's what I wanted to hear! The startup part!
Yeah since resetting won't clear off a possible /system infection I performed a full wipe and installed Cloudy ROM.
Yet I have done it after a few weeks.Still, a possible spy app would need to grant root access again on device start up by me which didn't happen so I assume I'm safe Is there a known way for an app to grant root access without user permission once the device is turned off and turned back on ?
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Once an app gets root granted and is in whitelist of superuser management app, then if such app can autostart on boot it can get root granted without user permission.
Eg: Firewall app.
bharat g said:
Once an app gets root granted and is in whitelist of superuser management app, then if such app can autostart on boot it can get root granted without user permission.
Eg: Firewall app.
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True but if it is whitelisted on the Superuser management app then it is pretty easy to detect since it'll be listed there.
P.S:I assume you mean to be "set to "'grant on demand'" on SuperSU by "being whitelisted".
Hello everyone,
I currently have the Canadian Model of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925W8 with Android 6.0.1). I have need to convert an application on my phone to a System App, which is something you can only do while rooted. After performing some research, it appears this website provides a root methods to use on this particular phone. The thing is - once I convert the application to a system application, I need to revert back to an unrooted phone (obviously with the system app still in tact). My question is: after performing the conversion, how to I return to an unrooted phone while keeping the converted app a system app?
Please let me know,
Thank you.
Can i ask which app?
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Can i ask which app?
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Sure, it's a GPS Spoof app (obviously for Pokemon Go). I actually have a Galaxy S8+ but, with the game's increased security and Android 7.0's security updates, spoofing has been disabled on that phone altogether. I still however have my S6 Edge which is on Android 6.0.1 therefore bypassing a lot of Android 7.0's security. After a lot of research, it appears that the only way to spoof your location within that app is to move the GPS spoof app as a system app, then unrooting so the game will play. (This prevents the need to turn on Mock Locations within developers menu which Pokemon Go flags).
I attempted to run the root linked above however it caused my phone to hang on the boot screen. I'm currently trying to fix this by flahsing stock firmware however Odin keeps telling me it failed....not the usual PASS notification. Help would be appreciated :angel:
vgplayer54 said:
Sure, it's a GPS Spoof app (obviously for Pokemon Go). I actually have a Galaxy S8+ but, with the game's increased security and Android 7.0's security updates, spoofing has been disabled on that phone altogether. I still however have my S6 Edge which is on Android 6.0.1 therefore bypassing a lot of Android 7.0's security. After a lot of research, it appears that the only way to spoof your location within that app is to move the GPS spoof app as a system app, then unrooting so the game will play. (This prevents the need to turn on Mock Locations within developers menu which Pokemon Go flags).
I attempted to run the root linked above however it caused my phone to hang on the boot screen. I'm currently trying to fix this by flahsing stock firmware however Odin keeps telling me it failed....not the usual PASS notification. Help would be appreciated :angel:
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Oh I see, have you tried magisk and magisk hide, I use it with Pokemon go and it doesn't detect root.
When you say it hangs on boot screen do you mean the Samsung logo or powered by Android logo? It can hang on Samsung logo for a short while it's normal.
Finally what error are you getting in odin and we can fix that first?
callumbr1 said:
Oh I see, have you tried magisk and magisk hide, I use it with Pokemon go and it doesn't detect root.
When you say it hangs on boot screen do you mean the Samsung logo or powered by Android logo? It can hang on Samsung logo for a short while it's normal.
Finally what error are you getting in odin and we can fix that first?
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Thank you for your quick response! I managed to successfully flash the stock firmware on the phone, allowing me to get past the Boot screen (the samsung screen is where it froze before). I attempted to flash the root package once more and this time it was successful!
I then opened Titanium Backup, converted my GPS Spoofing app to a system app, which caused my phone to say "Processing...". This screen remained here for the duration of the entire night. When I woke up this morning, it STILL said "Processing...". I then force closed TB and rebooted the phone. When it restarted, I checked Settings - Applications - Application Manager and, yes, I can see my GPS Spoofing app listed under the system apps dropdown menu. The problem now is...how do I launch it to use with pokemon Go? I'll need to unroot, figure out how to launch the application, and hopefully it will work then...
vgplayer54 said:
Thank you for your quick response! I managed to successfully flash the stock firmware on the phone, allowing me to get past the Boot screen (the samsung screen is where it froze before). I attempted to flash the root package once more and this time it was successful!
I then opened Titanium Backup, converted my GPS Spoofing app to a system app, which caused my phone to say "Processing...". This screen remained here for the duration of the entire night. When I woke up this morning, it STILL said "Processing...". I then force closed TB and rebooted the phone. When it restarted, I checked Settings - Applications - Application Manager and, yes, I can see my GPS Spoofing app listed under the system apps dropdown menu. The problem now is...how do I launch it to use with pokemon Go? I'll need to unroot, figure out how to launch the application, and hopefully it will work then...
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Now that you have it installed as a system app does it show in the app drawer? What I can tell you is I have tried a lot of GPS spoofing apps for Pokemon go and none of them actually worked. You can always flash magisk and hide Pokemon go from detecting root status and passing safety net. Then you can keep root
callumbr1 said:
Now that you have it installed as a system app does it show in the app drawer? What I can tell you is I have tried a lot of GPS spoofing apps for Pokemon go and none of them actually worked. You can always flash magisk and hide Pokemon go from detecting root status and passing safety net. Then you can keep root
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Unfortunately, no. The GPS Spoofing app does not appear in the App drawer after converting it to a system app. And Magisk sounds great but, to be honest, I am not interested in keeping root, I just needed the one app to be a system app to hide it from Pokemon Go's flagging (as well as Mock Locations in Developers menu). Do you know where I could launch the app from?
vgplayer54 said:
Unfortunately, no. The GPS Spoofing app does not appear in the App drawer after converting it to a system app. And Magisk sounds great but, to be honest, I am not interested in keeping root, I just needed the one app to be a system app to hide it from Pokemon Go's flagging (as well as Mock Locations in Developers menu). Do you know where I could launch the app from?
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I don't know Sorry, you can try moving the apk to system/priv-app and reboot. But I know the app needs to be hidden from root and safety net to be able to work with Pokemon go.
callumbr1 said:
I don't know Sorry, you can try moving the apk to system/priv-app and reboot. But I know the app needs to be hidden from root and safety net to be able to work with Pokemon go.
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As far as I know, Pokemon Go cannot see system apps within system\apps or system\priv-app. I will attempt to uninstall the system app and perhaps place the apk file into the suggested folder, ensuring permissions are rw-r--r-- (which I believe is the correct permission settings). After that, i will unroot, allowing my phone to pass safety net, then, in theory, it should work. The only problem is I still need the icon to launch the spoofing app, which is not located in the drawer...if I cannot launch it, it cannot be used.
callumbr1 said:
I don't know Sorry, you can try moving the apk to system/priv-app and reboot. But I know the app needs to be hidden from root and safety net to be able to work with Pokemon go.
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Hey! A quick update - I don't think I succeeded in getting the GPS Spoofer to be a system app however I semi-got it to work. This particular app has a setting that is called "Privacy Mode" which apparently allows it to hide it from being detected by Mock Location settings in Developer Options. When I use this, I was able to spoof successfully once from my home (real location) however my character would run back and forth like a crazy person. The second time I attempted to spoof from a different location, I signed in successfully however the phone's GPS wouldn't pick up a location and I was in a huge empty field with a GPS error (The location settings were set to GPS only). Do you know how I can get around this to spoof successfully?
Guyz,
On my backup phone, i was messing around and installed kingroot... a total malware.
Then, i formatted by phone and still kingroot is there. Tries deleting from kingroot settings but cant.
Plz inform how the hell shall i completely remove this sh*t?
Not an advanced user hence wont be able to understand complicated removal procedures.
PS: Using Samsung Note 3 Neo
Breadwhatwhat
If your device has root access, you can remove King root with other applications or from the King root settings. Uninstall the application with link2sd. If you can not delete the application, you will have to install the stock rom.
CriCroCra said:
If your device has root access, you can remove King root with other applications or from the King root settings. Uninstall the application with link2sd. If you can not delete the application, you will have to install the stock rom.
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Thanks , but after three dots -> i have option to uninstall OR convert to user app.
Under both i get the same error:
"Link2SD could not obtain root access.
Maybe as i formatted my phone, i am no longer rooted and hence the error.
Also, i tried disabling Kingroot from phones builtin "Applications manager" and yes it seems disappeared from my App list on phone, Is it safe to say its no longer working on my phone even in background ?
craige said:
Also, i tried disabling Kingroot from phones builtin "Applications manager" and yes it seems disappeared from my App list on phone, Is it safe to say its no longer working on my phone even in background ?
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The application that you deactivated will not run again, but if it really was malware, it probably installed other malware applications. I recommend you to do a complete analysis with several antivirus programs starting with Dr. Web.