Software:Kingo Root
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KingoRoot is software intended to provide root access on smartphones, tablet computers, etc. running all versions of the Android operating system from 4.1.2,[1] available since 2013.[2] There is another very similar Android Application [3] with the same purpose, KingRoot[4] launched at about the same time; the two very similarly-named applications are often confused.
KingoRoot was used in an exploit by ZNIU along with the DirtyCow exploit in September 2017 to gain root access.[5][6]
KingoRoot was banned from the XDA Developers forum along with vRoot in November 2013 due to concerns with the information collected by the app during the rooting process.[7]
Reviews
CNET gave Kingo Android Root 3.5 out of 5 stars, [8] and Rick Broida, a CNET editor, says the KingoRoot app "makes rooting a one-click affair", while noting that it does not work for all devices.[9]
Digital Trends said that using an app is "one of the easiest ways to root your Android device", and included KingoRoot in its list of most reliable rooting apps.[10]
A long thread on the respected xda-developers Web site concluded, with detailed information and links, that the similarly named app KingRoot should be considered adware and malware, although it is often successful in gaining root access.[11]
See also
- Android rooting
- Android version history
- Comparison of mobile operating systems
References
- ↑ "KingoRoot for Android, the best One Click Root Tool/APK for free.". https://www.kingoapp.com/. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ↑ "Root Android phone, flash custom ROM and manage your Android devices, Rooting Freeware Download". http://www.kingoapp.com/.
- ↑ gb, insta. "Android Application". https://gbinstaa.com.
- ↑ "KingRoot APK v5.4.0 Download For Android". https://appsrs.com/kingroot/. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ↑ "Dirty COW Now Being Abused on Android by ZNIU" (in en-US). 2017-09-27. https://www.xda-developers.com/dirty-cow-exploit-linux-android-zniu/.
- ↑ Osborne, Charlie. "Dirty Cow vulnerability discovered in Android malware campaign for the first time" (in en). https://www.zdnet.com/article/dirty-cow-vulnerability-discovered-in-android-malware-campaign-for-the-first-time/.
- ↑ "KingoApp" (in en). 29 October 2013. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2503591&page=5.
- ↑ "Review from CNET". 17 May 2024. http://download.cnet.com/Kingo-Android-Root/3000-2094_4-75996768.html.
- ↑ Rick Broida (June 3, 2016). "How to easily root an Android device". https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-easily-root-an-android-device/.
- ↑ "How to Root Your Android Phone". Digital Trends. 9 April 2021. http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-root-android/.
- ↑ "KingRoot Malware / Adware root !!". 2017. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/kingroot-malware-adware-root-t3563090. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
External links
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingo Root.
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