Kingo Root
{{short description|App to root an Android device}}
{{Infobox dot-com company
|name = Kingo Root
|logo = Kingo Logo.png
|language = English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Turkish, Italian, Serbian
|type = Tools
|website = {{URL|https://www.kingoapp.com/}}
}}
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,{{cite web |url=https://www.kingoapp.com/ |title=KingoRoot for Android, the best One Click Root Tool/APK for free. |website=KingoRoot|date= |author= |accessdate= 24 February 2020}} available since 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.kingoapp.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924014828/http://www.kingoapp.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-09-24 |title=Root Android phone, flash custom ROM and manage your Android devices, Rooting Freeware Download|website=Kingo, archived on 24 September 2013|date= |author=}} There is another very similar Android Application {{cite web |last1=gb |first1=insta |title=Android Application |url=https://gbinstaa.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711172727/https://gbinstaa.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |website=gbinstaa |access-date=26 June 2023}} with the same purpose, KingRoot{{cite web |url=https://appsrs.com/kingroot/ |title=KingRoot APK v5.4.0 Download For Android |website=Appsrs|date= |author= |accessdate= 1 February 2022}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.xda-developers.com/dirty-cow-exploit-linux-android-zniu/|title=Dirty COW Now Being Abused on Android by ZNIU|date=2017-09-27|website=xda-developers|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/dirty-cow-vulnerability-discovered-in-android-malware-campaign-for-the-first-time/|title=Dirty Cow vulnerability discovered in Android malware campaign for the first time|last=Osborne|first=Charlie|website=ZDNet|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2503591&page=5|title=KingoApp|website=XDA Developers|date=29 October 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}
Reviews
CNET gave Kingo Android Root 3.5 out of 5 stars, {{Cite web|url = http://download.cnet.com/Kingo-Android-Root/3000-2094_4-75996768.html|title = Review from CNET|date = 17 May 2024|accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-easily-root-an-android-device/ |title=How to easily root an Android device |author=Rick Broida |date=June 3, 2016 |website= CNET }}
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.{{Cite web|url = http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-root-android/|title = How to Root Your Android Phone|date = 9 April 2021|accessdate = |website = |publisher =Digital Trends |last = |first = }}
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.{{cite web |url=https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/kingroot-malware-adware-root-t3563090 |title=KingRoot Malware / Adware root !! |website=xda-developers|date=2017|author= |accessdate= 21 February 2020}}
See also
References
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.kingoapp.com/}}
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