Installing The Xposed Framwork Without root!

Hello guys!!

I just had found a way to install the xposed framwork without have to root the device!

This is usefull if your devices is unrootable or if you don't want to root your device!

If it will not work for you, pm me and tell me what kind of device you had trying, the Android build version and finally the kernel version of the device.
How it work;
On some device (before the version 5.0 of Android{until I found another way to push this unthetered}) you can mount the system partition as read/write (WR) and add files or folder inside, but if you're Android device have a "locked bootloader", it's can make fails the process.


What your need ;

1. The Busybox binary compatible with your kind of devices (armv6, armv7...)

2. The Xposed apk installed on your devices

3. Android 4.0.1 to 4.4.4 (for the moment)

4. A computer

5. ADB installed




To begin, open your terminal (CMD on windows)
connect your device to you're computer with USB.

Type these commands;

adb wait-for-device

adb shell "cd /data/local && mkdir tmp"

adb shell "cd /data/local/tmp/ && rm *"

adb push /WHERE/IS/THE/BUSYBOX/FILE/busybox /data/local/tmp/

adb shell chmod 775 /data/local/tmp/busybox

adb shell /data/local/tmp/busybox mount -o remount,rw /system

adb shell /data/local/tmp/busybox cp -a /system/bin/app_process /system/bin/app_process.orig

adb shell /data/local/tmp/busybox cp /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/bin/app_process /system/bin/app_process

adb shell /data/local/tmp/busybox chown 0:2000 /system/bin/app_process

adb shell /data/local/tmp/busybox chmod 0755 /system/bin/app_process

adb shell reboot system





For the moment this is only compatible with androis 4.0.1 to 4.4.4.... I work for above version!
Tested and work on:
SAMSUNG Galaxy Exibith 4g Stock Rom 4.1.2
SAMSUNG Galaxy Exibith 4g custom unrooted Rom Slim 4.1.2
Sony Xperia ion Lt28h stock rom 4.4.2
Sony Xperia Arc stock rom 4.2.2
Htc desire 601 stock ROM 4.4.4

(Edit: At this moment I had found a way to install xposed framework to 5.0->6.1.1 but if your reboot you lost all and on some device (like my Samsung S6 Edge+) you stuck on a bootloop or (like my S7 edge (on 6.1)) you get a soft break.. I take my freetime to find this, but with my school that going start soon, I will be not very free to find exploit... 23/8/2017:10h32AM)

#I'm not responsable for any brick or anything in your life or anyone else! !#

Credits To:
Erik Andersen (For The busybox binary)
Rovo89 (for xposed)

Proof Of Concept



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When it push on thé sandbox (/data/local/tmp) and make like executable, it work. The fonction "mount -o remount,rw /system" put the system partition in read/write mode... My brother wanted Xposed for some tweak but hhe hate root (i dont know why) and hé uses Xposed freely like me with all of m'y rooted device...
This is sure not all fonction of busybox work fine but its do the job.

ldeveraux said:

Does busybox function without root? I didn't think so.

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When it push on thé sandbox (/data/local/tmp) and make like executable, it work. The fonction "mount -o remount,rw /system" put the system partition in read/write mode... My brother wanted Xposed for some tweak but hhe hate root (i dont know why) and hé uses Xposed freely like me with all of m'y rooted device...
This is sure not all fonction of busybox work fine but its do the job.

regi54 said:

Just try it but the commande adb shell /data/local/tmp/busybox mount -o remount,rw /system return "mount: mounting /dev/block/dm-0 on /system failed: Permission denied"

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What is you Android build version?

Maxemus_04 said:

Do you know if this would work on samsung note 5 sm-n920v

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I don't know... if you can try it will be nice, cause I dont have this device...