SMT Shell by BLuFeNiX with a twist of my own UPDATED & UPGRADED. #system_shell_2# will allow you to achieve a system shell (UID 1000). This was brought upon me as a challenge to update and upgrade SMT Shell. With the updates and upgrades implemented, you can NOW bypass Samsung's One UI 5.1 patch that was introduced back in Feb but strictly limited up to devices carrying the May 1,2023 security patch and on most watches, a security patch of April 1, 2023. This is something AOSP did to prevent any bypasses resulting in Samsung-text-to-talk being downgraded past the factory apk on your device. See here for more information https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/33940a9749666eec991904094ccf56ae4ca4ae10
#system_shell_2# was kept almost intact except for the obvious changes. The majority of the buttons added, only work if your device carries IOTHiddenMenu. If you have a Korean or Indian variant, you MAY not be able to enjoy the full functionality that this version brings. There is nothing at the moment to change this or get it installed on your device. If you have IOTHiddenMenu already installed, then enjoy. If not, then your out of luck.
The method for bypassing the One UI 5.1 was found by one individual. Full credit goes to him and his efforts on making this bypass available. Many thanks to k0mraid3 for his contribution. https://twitter.com/k0mraid3
adb install -d -i com.sec.android.preloadinstaller /data/local/tmp/com.samsung.SMT_v3.0.02.2.apk
pm install -d -i com.sec.android.preloadinstaller /data/local/tmp/com.samsung.SMT_v3.0.02.2.apk
The following command is in reference to my #system3 project and its success.
THIS WILL NOT DOWNGRADE SMT, PAST THE AOSP PATCH OF MAY 2023. FOR SYSTEM SHELL ACCESS, PAST THE AOSP PATCH, see #system3
adb install -d -i PrePackageInstaller /data/local/tmp/com.samsung.SMT_v3.0.02.2.apk
pm install -d -i PrePackageInstaller /data/local/tmp/com.samsung.SMT_v3.0.02.2.apk
BLuFeNiX (https://github.com/BLuFeNiX/)
SMTShell (https://github.com/BLuFeNiX/SMTShell/)
SMTShell-API (https://github.com/BLuFeNiX/SMTShell-API/)
Simply run the app and grant Shizuku access.
- Downgrade the TTS app to the version provided (this must be done after every reboot):
adb install -d com.samsung.SMT_v3.0.02.2.apk
Alternatively, you can use pm install -d /data/local/tmp/com.samsung.SMT_v3.0.02.2.apk if you copy the file to your device first, via adb push
- Install and open the SMT Shell app, and follow the prompts.
This project started as a fork of SMT-CVE-2019-16253, created by flankerhqd (AKA flanker017). There is also a write-up by flanker here. Due to the original repo containing multiple unrelated projects, this fork's git history was rewritten using git filter-repo so that it only contains the relevant code (and no prebuilt artifacts).
This repo will continue to use the LGPL license that the original used when this fork was created. Other embedded components are licensed as follows:
Some code was copied or adapted from the Shizuku API demo project, which is distributed under the MIT License. Primarily, this includes files in smtshell/app/src/main/java/com/samsung/SMT/lang/smtshell/shizuku, and the hidden API class stubs in smtshell/hidden-api-stub. A copy of the license can be found here.
This project includes an unmodified Samsung APK, at ./smtshell/app/src/main/assets/com.samsung.SMT_v3.0.02.2.apk.
Please see the git commit history for a comprehensive list of changes. Essentially everything was changed, and only the original exploit research remains in spirit.