How do you "Unroot" Remix OS?

[shij...@gmail.com]

So I've installed it on my desktop PC without any problems.

I do have several games that won't run if it detects the device is rooted.

So, my question, is there a way to "Unroot" Remix OS? 

Or is there a version that isn't rooted?

Or is there some way to hide my root in Remix OS?

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[Evan Langlois]

Search XDA-Developers for ways of hiding root.  Its a cat-n-mouse, but this isnt a remix issue, its one that almost everyone on xda has (xda is developers and power users, which tend to use rooted devices).  You'll likely need to start with Xposed.  The problem with Xposed is that you need a recovery system to "flash" it, which we don't have yet (I'm working on it, but the Remix kernel is being a PITA).   You could try FlashFire, but its not seeing a valid "su".  I'm sure we could convince chainfire to fix that, but that doesn't guarantee that Xposed on remix will work.  However, I really want to see Xposed working on Remix ... and I tend to get what I want!

[shij...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the reply. However, I have tried those ways of hiding the root to no avail. Well, I'll probably wait and see.

[Evan Langlois]

Personally, if there was an app that wouldn't run because I had full control of my own device, then that app can go &^%$# itself.  No app is so important that I would give up my own freedoms and rights.  I am VERY passionate about this because companies are actively lobbying government to make devices the intellectual property of the creator such that any tinkering or changing of the software stack in any way would be a crime (there are provisions in the TPP to do exactly this).   I refuse to be locked into someone else's software - which is why everything I run is open source.

However, if you want to unroot your device, you can always use a Linux system to open the system.img to remove the su binary.  You can also try setting REMOUNT_RW=1 on the grub command line and then use a root-enabled file manager (I use FX) to find and remove the su binary.  Without this binary, you can't get root, and the app should behave.  Be aware that modifying the system.img could (and likely will) cause OTA updates to fail.  I have a solution for this, but its not available yet at this time.   You'll be able to tweak your system.img and still have OTA updates.

[Máté Molnár]

I think the best solution is simply reflash the device. As another approach I would say Debian - https://dev.to/r4nd3l/reviving-the-remix-mini-pc-a-guide-to-running-arm-based-os-images-1jcc