brolin_empey | It seems that, in practice, I do not need superuser privilege on Android on my handheld computer after all because the stock Android OS 8 with the stock kernel, locked (as far as I know but I have not needed a different kernel) boot loader, and no superuser privilege on the LG G5 I am still using every day still seems to suffice for my use case. | 03:27 |
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brolin_empey | That said, how do I know for certain if I have superuser privilege on Android? By running “su” to try to get a root shell? Or by trying to run a file manager application as root? | 03:30 |
ceene | brolin_empey: if you haven't installed any application regarding root, you probably don't have root access | 08:39 |
ceene | the way this thing usually works is: you gain root by some extraordinary measure and install a 'su' binary with suid bit. Then you have su and can become root. Above that, an android application called 'superSU' is typically installed. This is a graphical interface to the 'su' executable, that will allow you to run android apk's with root access | 08:40 |
ceene | so if you haven't done anything special, you probably don't have the 'su' binary installed on your filesystem | 08:40 |
brolin_empey | ceene: OK. | 08:52 |
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