Comment on I found pre-installed (unremovable) malware on my phone, and ESET doesn't seem to be checking system apps... (Ulefone Armor 24)

semperverus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There’s no sudo on Android.

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  • testaccount789@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There is if you use Termux (on a rooted device).

    Termux has been the most important app on my phone. I just get the familiar CLI for everything. For example, MTP has been unreliable in my experience, there’s probably lots of apps in Play Store to send/receive files of questionable quality.
    And then with Termux I can just rsync over SSH as usual.
    Or browse files with SSHFS.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Being pedantic, termux is a vm, sudo not native.

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      • testaccount789@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Nope. You need root access to use sudo. It just runs a shell natively under Android. But you can run QEMU inside Termux.

        Without root, you get this:

        No 'su' binary found
        SU_SEARCH_PATHS: /system/bin/su /debug_ramdisk/su /system/xbin/su /sbin/su /sbin/bin/su /system/sbin/su /su/xbin/su /su/bin/su /magisk/.core/bin/su
        sudo requires a 'su' binary that supports the '-c', '--shell', '--preserve-environment' and '--mount-master' options
        

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  • semperverus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There is with tools like magisk and some others that have popped up.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sudo in the broader sense, yes.

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    what? are you being pedantic because it’s actually “su”?

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Different tool for different tasks.

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  • xep@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yes, you must root first.

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