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Dark4Codrutz / How to root Genymotion devices.md
Created May 5, 2026 14:17 — forked from zlocate/How to root Genymotion devices.md

Preface

Genymotion recently moved root access behind a paywall, making it a premium feature. However, if you're using Genymotion for Android development, testing, or educational purposes, having root access can be essential. Root access allows developers to access deeper functionality, test root-only features, and explore Android's internals without restrictions.

The good news is that with a bit of work, you can still enable root on a Genymotion emulator if you have access to its disk image and platform keys. This guide walks you through the process of adding a custom system app, RootToggle, which will allow you to switch root access on and off without needing Genymotion's paid root access feature.

This Gist details the steps to compile, sign, and install RootToggle as a system app in a Genymotion emulator by directly modifying the emulator's disk image IN LINUX (use a virtual machine on Windows to do that).

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Dark4Codrutz / intel-FeatureTestControl.txt
Last active September 16, 2022 09:20
some thoughts on the bits making the featuretestcontrol
from driver inf there is the description, but not in (any?) order:
CxSR, FBC, BLC, DPST, DRRS, RC6, BLC DDI, Turbo, PSR, DFPS, ADT
where each one is rapresented by a bit in the registry, where u find it as hex DWORD.
For example MS Surface driver (9240) vs Intel generic driver (8200) :
1001 0010 0100 0000 Enable CxSR, FBC, BLC, DPST, DRRS, RC6, BLC DDI, Turbo, PSR, DFPS, ADT
1000 0010 0000 0000
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Dark4Codrutz / PowerSerttings.Unhide.reg
Created February 6, 2019 16:58
Reveals the most used hidden power settings in Windows 10. The value Attributes=2 means reveal, where value of 1 or 0 means hide from Power Options. Good Tweaking!
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Reveals the most used hidden power settings in Windows 10. The value Attributes=2 means reveal, where value of 1 or 0 means hide from Power Options.
;Good Tweaking!
;WLAN
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1\12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a]
"Attributes"=dword:00000002
;Power Scheme Personality
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\245d8541-3943-4422-b025-13a784f679b7]
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Dark4Codrutz / enable-all-advanced-power-settings.ps1
Created February 1, 2019 07:18 — forked from raspi/enable-all-advanced-power-settings.ps1
Enable all advanced power settings in Windows.
# List all possible power config GUIDs in Windows
# Run: this-script.ps1 | Out-File powercfg.ps1
# Then edit and run powercfg.ps1
# (c) Pekka "raspi" Järvinen 2017
$powerSettingTable = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\cimv2\power -Class Win32_PowerSetting
$powerSettingInSubgroubTable = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\cimv2\power -Class Win32_PowerSettingInSubgroup
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\cimv2\power -Class Win32_PowerSettingCapabilities | ForEach-Object {
$tmp = $_.ManagedElement