Thursday, November 29, 2018

rooting - How can I root my TCL Idol X (S950) with Linux?


I have a TCL Idol X (S950) phone and I found out that I can root in using 'V-Root' (a Chinese software) however the software is for Windows.


The problem is that I don't have Windows, more explanation at the end.


More in detail:



V-Root is this soft: http://www.mgyun.com


If I well understood (Rooting/unlocking Android Nexus One with broken power button using Linux terminal tools) the rooting usually just install su command using some vulnerability in the Linux Kernel or in a daemon ... or any other similar vulnerability in the Android OS.


Reason
You may wonder why I'm not just grab a Windows pc from one of my friend and in my opinion there are a couple of reason for this:




  • Android (or better Android/Linux ) is using Linux kernel so in make sense to have some standard procedure to root on Linux too




  • Many of the Win. Root solution are shipped with some custom soft that we can not really trust ( for example V-Root, beside the fact that is in Chinese and few people non-chinese can understand it, how can I trust that it is not doing any malicious operation on my phone ? )





  • Most of the tutorial/forum thread are Windows oriented, so there are few and spare info related to Linux




So my question:
Is there a possibility to achieve the above on Linux? If not, is there any other method I can use on Linux?




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