Essentials

Essential tools, mods and workarounds for Pixels and other Androids.

Installation

During the installation, a warning may appear claiming that the app is blocked during installation with no way to continue at all.

This is a restriction on Android with sideloaded apps that can receive sensitive permissions such as Accessibility or Notification Listener, which Essentials may utilize.

The installation can still proceed by temporarily disabling Google Play Protect during the installation.

The toggle for Play Protect in the Play Store may be enabled and greyed out, not allowing it to be disabled. This is due to the "Advanced protection" feature in Pixels that entirely blocks sideloading. "Advanced Protection" will also have to be disabled.

Always verify the trusted source before installing any APK file from the internet.

Shell Providers (Shizuku & Root)

Essentials supports both Shizuku and Root as shell providers for executing advanced system-level commands.

Shizuku: the latest version of Shizuku is recommended, preferably from a fork such as rushiranpise/Shizuku-Next or another, not from Google Play, as it is no longer well supported.

Root: if the device is rooted, Essentials can bypass Shizuku and use root privileges directly for features like Button Remap and App Freezing.

License

MIT