File Explorer (Root Add-On)

*** THIS ADD ON IS NO LONGER REQUIRED WITH MODERN VERSIONS OF FX FILE EXPLORER ***

(You can now allow root access immediately within FX, there is no need to put in this add-on. This add-on remains obtainable only for users of old variations and very previous devices. Download the latest FX right here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx )

*** This add-on requires root access. It won't root your phone/tablet. ***

This add-on module enables the basis file administration options of FX File Explorer.

THIS IS ONLY AN ADD-ON, NOT AN APPLICATION. You must have FX File Explorer installed for it to work. This add-on won't appear in your application launcher. Its performance is accessed within FX, by tapping the System (Root) item on the FX house display screen. Please set up FX and examine out it out earlier than buying: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx

*** CRITICAL INFORMATION: READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING ***

* YOU MUST ALREADY HAVE ROOT ACCESS: This module requires that you have root/superuser entry in your phone/tablet. This module WILL NOT root your phone/tablet. If you do not have root access, this module is useless.

* Root entry is meant for builders and educated fanatics ONLY. Improper use of any root access software can cause your phone/tablet to malfunction or become totally non-operational. You assume all threat when utilizing this or any root-access utility to modify your gadget.

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General Features:

* Browse, modify, and replica information to and from the in any other case inaccessible /data/app (installed Applications) and /data/data (application information / configuration) directories.

* Search for files and folders by filename, measurement, date, and kind.

* View and change permissions and possession of recordsdata and folders.

* Remount the basis (/) and /system partitions as read-write.

* Edit configuration information as root utilizing FX's built-in text editor.

* View any binary or text file utilizing FX's built-in binary/hex and text viewers.

Safety and Security Features:

As FX is designed to be an everyday file supervisor, particular care was taken to make sure that adding root-access features to it will not detract from that functionality. When the foundation module is installed, FX will nonetheless at all times use regular Android person entry for file operations. The root module is only enabled when you specifically open the System (Root) catalog from the house display of FX.

Security features could be configured to either warn you when you're using root entry (the default behavior) or to require a PIN or password in order to use the foundation options. These options can additionally be disabled, but they're designed to be very unobtrusive (e.g. warnings are solely displayed after a configurable interval of non-root use).

FX will show a warning on the home display screen each time the / or /system partitions have been remounted read-write, as it's a safety/security danger to not remount them as read-only whenever you're finished doing work as root.

FX includes a recursive checksum calculator to allow handbook checking of file integrity between two directories, and the system may even incorporate permissions and possession information into its calculations to make sure two directories are identically configured. This feature could be accessed by long-pressing on a folder and tapping Details, after which tapping Calculate Checksum.