Shizuku guide

Phones

Tecno, Infinix and itel

HiOS and XOS. These phones often use MediaTek chips, which matters for one known Shizuku 13.6.0 problem.

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1. Turn on Developer options

  1. Open Settings.

  2. Go to Settings, then My phone (sometimes About phone) and tap Build number 7 times. On some XOS builds it is under My phone, then Version information.

  3. Enter your PIN if asked. You see You are now a developer!

  4. Developer options is in Settings, then System, then Developer options. If it's missing, search for it in Settings.

  5. Turn on USB debugging.

Sources: Carlcare (Transsion service), Infinix ROM notes (third party)

2. Extra switches this brand needs

None known.

Sources: Carlcare (Transsion service)

3. Pair and start

Follow the Wireless debugging steps. On a computer instead? The computer steps.

  • Pairing service never found (Infinix HOT 60 Pro, still open): try split screen, a hotspot from another phone, or a computer.

Sources: Issue 2097

4. Keep Shizuku from stopping

  1. Open Shizuku's App info, then Battery, and choose Unrestricted.

  2. In Battery Lab, turn off power saving management for Shizuku.

  3. In the Phone Master app, open Auto-start management and allow Shizuku.

  4. Lock Shizuku in Recents.

These menu names weren't checked on a real device for this guide.

Also do the four steps every phone needs: unrestricted battery, Disable adb authorization timeout, No data transfer as the USB default, and leaving debugging on. They are on the Wireless page.

Sources: Don't kill my app: Tecno

5. Known problems on Tecno, Infinix and itel

Shizuku 13.6.0 runs, but apps do nothing

A MediaTek change crashes the user services some apps use. See the 13.6.0 fix.

Sources: Issue 2048, Issue 1252, Issue 1198

Infinix HOT 60 Pro: pairing service never detected

Still open. Try split screen, a hotspot, or the computer way.

Sources: Issue 2097

6. Turn it all back off

  1. First, in each app that used Shizuku, undo what it changed, while Shizuku still runs. Some changes an app makes through Shizuku stay after Shizuku stops. Firewall and Fileglow have their own steps.

  2. In Shizuku, switch off every app in the list of authorized apps.

  3. Stop Shizuku with its stop option, or restart the phone.

  4. Open Developer options, then Wireless debugging, then Paired devices, tap the shizuku entry, then Forget.

  5. In Developer options, tap Revoke USB debugging authorizations. This removes every paired computer and device.

  6. Take Shizuku off the Phone Master auto start list and unlock it in Recents.

  7. Turn off Disable adb authorization timeout if you turned it on, and set Default USB configuration back to File transfer if you want.

  8. Turn off Wireless debugging, then USB debugging.

  9. Turn off the switch at the top of Developer options: Settings, then System, then Developer options.

  10. Set Shizuku's battery setting back to the default (Optimized) if you like.

  11. Uninstall Shizuku the normal way if you don't need it any more.

Sources: Shizuku setup guide, Android adb docs, Android developer options docs, Issue 467, Issue 451, Discussion 1000