Leo tried to uninstall KingRoot. The option was grayed out. He tried ADB from his laptop. The phone rejected the connection with a new error: ADB: Root user has denied external shell.
Kingroot 4.1 often utilized the towroot or pingpongroot exploits. kingroot 4.1
: On some modern devices, attempting to root can require an unlocked bootloader, which automatically wipes all internal data. Leo tried to uninstall KingRoot
However, is less aggressive. Network analysis in 2016 showed that version 4.1 only phoned home once during the rooting process to download specific exploits. Newer versions (5.3+) constantly beacon. kingroot 4.1