Cordova RootBeer

This is a simple wrapper plugin for RootBeer library by @scottyab for android. You can access 13 functions of the library.

Link to Scott's library .

Installation

Cordova:

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-android-rootbeer

Ionic:

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-android-rootbeer

Functions

Syntax

window.cdvRootBeer.isRooted(successCallback, errorCallback);

Success Callbacks

The responses on successCallbacks are either true or false. NB, these are string values not boolean values. e.g.

window.cdvRootBeer.isRooted(function(res){
// res will be true for rooted device.
// res will be false for non-rooted device.
}, errorCallback)

Methods	True	False
checkForBusyBoxBinary	true	false
checkForSuBinary	true	false
checkSuExists	true	false
checkForRWPaths	true	false
checkForDangerousProps	true	false
checkForRootNative	true	false
detectRootCloakingApps	true	false
detectRootManagementApps	true	false
detectPotentiallyDangerousApps	true	false
detectTestKeys	true	false
isSelinuxFlagInEnabled	true	false
isRooted	true	false
isRootedWithoutBusyBoxCheck	true	false

Method Description

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checkForBusyBoxBinary: This essentially checks for busybox binary in known locations like /bin , /xbin & /sbin.

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checkForSuBinary : Checks for su binary in known locations.

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checkSuExists : Checks for native root in a different manner.

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checkForRWPaths : Checks if paths are writable . Especially important if you have /system is rw.

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checkForDangerousProps: Checks for dangerous props in build. Custom ROMs include some props which enable ease of rooting. Especially ro.debuggable.

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checkForRootNative : Yet another root check. Checks for root natively, which is harder against root cloaks.

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detectRootCloakingApps : Detects Root cloaking apps like rootcloak, & hide my root .Also Xposed and Substrate which are frameworks which help in cloaking.

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detectRootManagementApps: Detects Root management Apps like SuperSU, Superuser (noshufou),Superuser (koush)

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detectPotentiallyDangerousApps : Detect apps like Lucky Patcher ,ROM Manager & App Quarantine. The list is quite limited though.

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detectTestKeys : Detects if ROM build has test-keys

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isSelinuxFlagInEnabled : Checks if SE Linux is Enforcing. Thats it.

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isRooted: IsRooted is amalgamation of the methods above.

• detectRootManagementApps
• detectPotentiallyDangerousApps
• checkForSuBinary
• checkForBusyBoxBinary
• checkForDangerousProps
• checkForDangerousProps
• detectTestKeys
• checkSuExists
• checkForRootNative

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isRootedWithoutBusyBoxCheck : Same as above , just without busybox check. Some phone manufacturers bundle busybox with their firmware.

Issues

Post the issues related to this library here . Do provide the device details as below.

• Device name & manufacturer
• Android version
• Custom OS version (Lineage , MIUI , Exodus, DU)