When you're done setting up Android Pay, just tick the box next to «Enable Superuser» in SuperSU again to get
root access back, and Android Pay will continue to work as if you weren't rooted.
As such,
root access is often used to install custom recoveries, which then can be used to flash custom ROMs, kernels, and other device modifications.
So to wrap things up, head to the Settings tab in SuperSU, then tick the box next to «Enable Superuser» to get
root access back.
Since tweaks will be applied within the stock Android OS, now, by following the steps from this guide you will lose your phone's warranty — that's a risk that must be assumed if you plan in flashing custom ROMs or in performing any other custom operation that's related with
the root access.
These ports had drawbacks though as some important features were left out unless they were installed as a system application — which requires
root access.
An XDA Developers forum member has released a tool that can grant users
root access to the Samsung Galaxy S6 without compromising the KNOX security feature of the smartphone.
It requires
root access, but all you have to do is tap a single button, so you can get Google Now working in just a few quick seconds.
Basically, you should save your Android device's IMEI and NVRAM data before performing stuffs like: gaining
root access, flashing custom recovery images (like CWM or TWRP recovery), installing custom ROMs such as CyanogenMod, AOKP or ParanoidAndroid, flashing custom kernels, overclocking your Android device, removing bloatware and so on.
Last year's Nexus 6 still had a notification light hidden in its top speaker grille that required
root access to make any sort of modifications to its behavior.
That requires
root access since we will be modifying a property in the build.prop file located in / system.
Starting with a rewriting of the entire framework, Xposed is now more compatible with applications, provides improved feedback when
root access fails, and now allows the installation of files with custom recovery (CWM / TWRP) for devices that could not install the framework through normal means, flashing the file either automatically or manually.
And you can obtain
root access to use the best apps that help you free up space.
There are plenty of other battery - saving apps out there — many not requiring
root access — but Kingo SuperBattery goes to the extreme, aiming to provide automatic management of your data connection and radio bands, Wi - Fi, Bluetooth, and more.
When you do that, you'll see a popup asking to allow
root access for the Terminal Emulator app, so press «Grant» here.
This does not SIM unlock your device or unlock your bootloader at all, only grant
root access.
This is because, even though you can use the new command line interface to manage installed themes, you can not actually install new themes without
root access because the themes need to go into a directory that is restricted from user space.
Do i need
root access for this?
Magisk can be used to get systemless
root access.
But there's one more wrinkle: If you have the Xposed Framework installed or if you've modified any system files using
root access, you'll need to undo those changes as well.
However, for Brevent to work properly without
root access, you will need to execute an ADB command each time your smartphone is shut down or restarted.
Xposed requires
root access before it can work.
Basically, anything that absolutely requires
root access to change can't be done because obviously your phone is unrooted.
Keep in mind that a few pre-installed apps can not be deleted from the device — unless you have
root access.
Windows Phone Internals essentially automates the processes required to unlock the bootloader on any Lumia device, disabling security features and allowing you to gain
root access.
Over time, the team behind Substratum worked hard to include support for more devices by incorporating Substratum support at the ROM level so it could run without
root access.
There was only one problem though: the process of enabling an installed Substratum theme required
root access, or so they thought.
Initially, I wasn't too impressed with the finding, since to my knowledge at the time it was functionally useless as myself and my colleagues were under the impression that installing a theme still required
root access as the theme files would need to be moved to a folder that is inaccessible to the user space (in / system / vendor / overlay, which is how RRO functioned).
The term «rooting» means gaining
root access to your smartphone or tablet and being able to run applications with that root permissions — full system access, in other words.
Phones rebooting during 911 calls and backdoors that allowed easy
root access by attackers are worse.
If you've used
root access to modify your system files and the software no longer works properly, this makes some sense — although you should be able to restore the device to its factory default settings and fix it on your own.
Some apps might even refuse to run without
root access just to display nastier ads, just as many ad - supported apps ask for a long list of permissions today.
The Xposed Framework requires
root access to install, but should be able to work without root afterwards.
This exploit doesn't allow for a malicious app to grant
itself root access, though, so unless someone has physical access to your device to set up ADB, then you're safe from exploitation.
The administrator account is akin to having
root access, meaning anyone with administrator privileges can do whatever they want: install software, change settings, and generally mess things up if care is not exercised.
An app with
root access isn't bound by any permission restrictions and has the potential to cause some serious problems.
The full system access means that malware could potentially exploit
root access to do much more damage than it normally could.
(However, it's Linux underneath, and Linux works just fine with
root access.)
After decompiling this application, he discovered that it can be exploited to grant
root access — effectively acting as a backdoor.
Remember, Xposed requires
root access, so if you get a prompt at this point from your superuser app.
Once an app is granted
root access, it can do anything — run a key logger in the background without telling you, extract your account information from other apps, or even mess up your device by deleting critical system files.
As part of this increased security, things like Google SafetyNet have been put in place to keep services like Android Pay secure, which leaves users having to choose between
root access and valuable services.
This resulted in a new sort of
root access, called «systemeless» root, named such because it doesn't modify the / system partition in any way.
Using that, you can then install a root manager app like SuperSU and then freely grant
root access to other apps.
This is a basically the evolution of
root access and management on Android.
Once
root access has been granted, navigate to the / system folder.
There are several ways you can do this, and they all require
root access.
Rooting is the process of gaining «
root access» to a device.
This requires
root access.
If you have
root access, you can install the MarketEnabler app.
The phone should instantly reboot and you're good to go —
root access will be gone, and Android will have its stock recovery back, but the rest of your system will still be completely intact.