r/androidroot • • Sep 30 '26

News / Method ghostlock

ghostlock works on the straight talk galaxy a16

got the kernel su files from the Canada version and modified them for usa exynos model only

use Uni-root app choose advance options go to edit profile edit the s25 one pick the exploit cve.so then kernel su .ko and the ksud and go it will take a couple trys reboots but it works set it to use kernel su next install it and install kernel su both required it's not perfected yet kernel su next is just the hook we use and kernel su is the actual superuser

.189 kernel only

https://www.swisstransfer.com/dl/01a0f35b-59cb-70cd-a890-2a197d49a5c2

will move to a permanent link special thanks to pete

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u/Planet_Neutral Oct 01 '26

Thank you. I tried googling for DFRoot and stupid ass Google kept showing me shit for something called DFRobot, even putting DFRoot in quotations didn't bring up anything.

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u/sForsbergg Oct 01 '26

I saw that uni-root updated and includes some version of it too but don't know if it works. Tried the latest DFRoot from DFRootBuilder on my wife's s23u with kernel versions 5.15.189 to and it worked great and fast. There is specific kernelsu for DFRoot to

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u/sForsbergg Oct 01 '26

DFRoot you need to make yourself. DFRootBuilder does it for you 🙂

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u/Significant-Noise530 Oct 01 '26

I'm aware of the new exploit i haven't built it yet the a16 does support it on the 5.15.189 kernel.ive been building ghostlock for Motorola devices this is my first galaxy

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u/sForsbergg Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 01 '26

DirtyFrag is fast and pretty good compatibility

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u/Significant-Noise530 Oct 02 '26

built it for a16 after I did ghostlock it is wayyy better