Android Root

Things one can do after gainning root access of their Android. Pls note that this is not a guidance to unlock and root a Android device.

Date

20181110

Device： Xiaomi MIX 2S

	Stock Android P Preview	MIUI EU 8.11.1_v10-9_2	MIUI EU 8.7.26_v10-8.0
Method	MI Flash	TWRP	TWRP
Android	9 Preview	9	8.0.0
Xposed	Not Supported	Not Supported	3.1.5 Framework version 90-beta2
Niagara	Crash on Recents screen	Works perfect	Works perfect
Fingerprint Gestures	Works perfect	Works perfect	Needs Xposed to work perfect

Stock Android P Preview

SIM Must be removed before initialization. Chances are that System crashes regularly. (Fixed after a clean reflash but don't know why) MIUI cameras can be installed via Magisk Module.

MIUI EU 8.11.1_v10-9_2

Perfect version, but without Xposed.

MIUI EU 8.7.26_v10-8.0

Perfect version to customize.

Counter Parts - TBC

iOS 9.3.3	Android 8.0.0
Cydia	Magisk; Xposed
Cydia - Activator	Xposed - Xposed Edge; Fingerprint Gestures
Cydia - AdBlocker	AdAway
Cydia - AkLocationX	Xposed - Fake Mock Locations; GPS Joystick
Cydia - Audio Recorder	MIUI
Cydia - Battery Life	MIUI
Cydia - BetterWiFi7	MIUI
Cydia - CCSettings	Android
Cydia - Cloaky	Themes
Cydia - Datameter	MIUI
Cydia - Eclipse 3	- Not supported by MIUI
Cydia - Flex	Xposed
Cydia - FUllForce	- No need
Cydia - KuaiDial	MIUI
Cydia - LittleBrother	- Shell command 'wm density'
Cydia - LocalIAPStore	Xposed - Uret; Xposed - Jasi
Cydia - Mouse	Android
Cydia - RecallPatch	Xposed - QXposed; Xposed - WeXposed
Cydia - revealMenu	Poco Launcher; Niagara
Cydia - Slices	MIUI
Cydia - SwipeSelection	Gboard
Cydia - TetherMe	-
Cydia - User Agent Changer	-
Cydia - Wake Info 2	MIUI
Cydia - Wallmart	Xposed - Xposed Edge Pro
Cydia - Watchdog Pro	MIUI
Cydia - [Various Commands]	Magisk - Busybox

For gestures and automatic tasks (Cydia - Activator),Xposed Edge Pro is not that powerful as Activator, since it does not support inner screen gestures, PowerButton event, SMS content Event, etc. Tasker is even less powerful. Fingerprint Gestures works great on Android 9 with Admin access ('Behavior' - 'Lock now'). However on Android 8.0 Admin access renders bio-unlock inaccessible. To solve this, it has to change its 'Behavior' to 'Reduce timeout' and set 'Xposed Edge/App state/Fingerprint Gestures/get focus/Sleep/wake up/" to "Switch". To modify statusbar (Cydia - Cloaky), make one's own SystemUI zip within MIUI theme mtz package. To auto-change wallpaper (Cydia - Wallmart), use Xposed Edge Pro to execute shell command.

files=(/src/*)
filecount="${#files[@]}"
randomid=$((RANDOM % filecount))
filetomove="${files[$randomid]}"
cp "$filetomove" /data/system/theme/lock_wallpaper