xiaomi-tethered-root

A tethered root solution for Xiaomi devices.

Features

• Selectable Manager
• Zygisk Fix

Tested Device

• Device: Xiaomi Pad 8
• Manager: ReSukiSU

Supported Host OS

• macOS: Supported (Test Environment: macOS Tahoe)
• Linux: Unknown
• Windows: Not supported yet

Requirements

• Firmware: Highly likely requires firmware from BEFORE the February patch.

Usage

chmod +x ./root_device
./root_device

Update Blocker Guide

To prevent unwanted OTA updates that might patch the vulnerability, run the following commands via ADB:

• If you do NOT have root yet:

  adb shell pm suspend --user 0 com.android.updater
  adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.joyose

• If you already have root:

  adb shell su -c "pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.updater"
  adb shell su -c "pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.joyose"

Credits & Shoutouts

• KernelSU: Huge shoutout to KernelSU for their incredible work.
• Vulnerability: The original discoverer of the Xiaomi Privilege Escalation vulnerability.
• LSPosed Fix: Thanks to xunchahaha/mi_nobl_root.
• My Best Friends: Thanks to Claude, Gemini and Antigravity for making this tool possible.