Maintaining root via custom android kernel across over-the-air upgrade

Huang Zucheng, Liu Lu, Li Yuanzhang, Zhang Yu, Zhang Qikun*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

People can obtain the highest privileges and control devices by Android root. However, an Android phone has been rooted, it is difficult for the user to update the Android system. Aiming at these problems, this paper proposes a maintaining root via custom Android kernel across Over-The-Air (OTA) upgrade. By customizing the kernel in boot and recovery, the boot will be replaced with rooted boot after updating automatically, so that system not only can be updated successfully but also maintain root. Experiments show that there is no abnormal between rooted mobile with a customized kernel and normal mobile during a minor system update.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAlgorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - 18th International Conference, ICA3PP 2018, Proceedings
EditorsJaideep Vaidya, Jin Li
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages299-309
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030050504
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event18th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2018 - Guangzhou, China
Duration: 15 Nov 201817 Nov 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11334 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference18th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou
Period15/11/1817/11/18

Keywords

  • Custom kernel
  • Root privilege
  • System update

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