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meowdump/meowassistant

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TLDR

An Android app for rooted phones that adds Quick Settings tiles, screenshot, data toggle, caffeine mode, and root-powered utility actions to fill gaps left by custom ROMs like LineageOS.

Mindmap

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    Quick tiles
      Screenshot
      Wi-Fi toggle
      Mobile data
      Caffeine mode
      Lock screen
    Utilities
      Kill app
      Kill GMS
      Play Integrity
      Hide Lineage
    Requirements
      Root access
      Custom ROM
      APK sideload
    Target users
      Android modders
      Privacy users
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Add a one-tap screenshot tile to your Android Quick Settings panel on a rooted custom ROM

USE CASE 2

Kill a specific running app or stop Google Mobile Services with a single tile tap from the notification shade

USE CASE 3

Toggle mobile data on and off from the pull-down shade without opening the Settings app

Tech stack

JavaAndroid

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires a rooted Android device, some utility actions need additional modules or a compatible custom ROM such as LineageOS.

In plain English

Meow Assistant is an Android app that adds Quick Settings tiles and root-powered shortcuts to devices with root access. Quick Settings tiles are the buttons you pull down from the top of your screen, like the ones for Wi-Fi or flashlight. This app adds more of them that many custom Android ROMs leave out. The tiles it provides include a screenshot shortcut, separate toggles for Wi-Fi and mobile data, a caffeine mode that keeps the screen on, a lock device button, and a button to open a WebUI. Beyond tiles, the app also includes a set of utility actions: killing a running app, killing Google Mobile Services (a background process that some users want to stop for privacy or battery reasons), Play Integrity actions, updating the keybox, importing HMA, refreshing a target, and hiding Lineage (a reference to LineageOS, a popular open-source Android distribution). The app was built by the author for personal use after finding that their custom ROM was missing several features they relied on daily. Root access is required for the app to work, and some of the utilities may need additional modules or configuration to function. Installation is a manual APK install from the releases page: download, install, grant root permission, and then add whichever tiles you want through Android's Quick Settings editor. The README is brief and does not go into detail about what each utility action does beyond its name. The project is shared as-is in case others running rooted Android devices find it useful.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Help me understand which Meow Assistant utility actions require additional modules beyond root access, and what I need to install to make them work
Prompt 2
Show me how to add Meow Assistant's caffeine mode and lock screen tiles to my Quick Settings panel after granting root permission
Prompt 3
Help me modify Meow Assistant's Java source to add a new Quick Settings tile that clears the clipboard with a single tap
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