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Terminal Emulator
Created by Jack Palevich
Terminal Emulator

Licence
Free
Android version
1.6 and up
Team note
9 / 10
Users note
9 / 10
Downloads
about 10000000
Size
1 Mo
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Team review

" Linux command line shell ! "

The application has not yet detailed description, however the team assigned the note of 9 / 10. This note is based on the following criteria: Quality, Usefulness, Ease of Use, Privacy Concerns of user data (depending on the permissions required)..

The app is compatible from version 1.6 of Android. Any supperior OS version will support it.

Its weight is very light, less than a megabyte is sufficient to store and operate.

Its number of downloads in the Android Market (Google Play) makes it an indispensable application. More than five million people already use. Do not hesitate to get it back. Any device (smartphone or tablet) must possess.


User reviews

40 users have given their review on Terminal Emulator.


Negative review No soft keyboard by anonym
Soft keyboard doesn't work at all on Android 5.1.0 ? 1/5
Positive review Missing commands by anonym
It could use some commands like ipconfig or tracert or hosts -l and -t other then that it's awesome 4/5
Positive review by anonym
Does what it is suppose to do...DX. (UPDATE 5/11/2016) After several years and Android devices later this app is still flawless. Thanks to the developer. Cheers! 5/5
Positive review Very Good by anonym
i used kingroot to root my phone then replace the permissions to super su using this app thanks. 5/5
Neutral review Its very useful but by anonym
I seem cannot paste anything from clipboard. Can someone help me? 3/5
Positive review tty forever!!! by anonym
this app is apart of my daily "tinkerings". nice work!!! tty forever!!! Update 12/08/2015 thankful for the little things that make andoid so great and this app is a must for a true cli user. 5/5
Positive review A terminal by anonym
When you need a terminal, this app does the job perfectly, never had any issues. 5/5
Positive review Simply great by anonym
Keyboard input didn't work in landscape mode though. Please fix 4/5
Positive review Works Very Good by anonym
Though for some CLI applications I need Alt-Key emulation (e.g. irssi), which is not included. 4/5
Positive review Well done. by anonym
Simple, well-built, & no strings attached. Great app by a developer w/a good attitude. Thanks! 5/5
Positive review I LOVEEE YOUUUU by anonym
IVe been trying to change my install location for years but it wouldn't let me on PC. OMG IT WORKED Here, this is the best! 5/5
Positive review Hilight? by anonym
The command grep is used to find a word in some file and hilight in.. In the emulator, the file text is displayed but the word won't hilight. Solvable? 4/5
Positive review Good by anonym
I see some complaints for this but it works just fine. Top, ls, cd, exit . . .Volume down + c will kill the running command just like it always does (Ctrl + C). 4/5
Negative review Auto download autoplay.apk by anonym
When I have this running every time I unlock the screen from sleep, ads with auto download run. Its not my root or any other apps. So I wondering if its safe to use. And I had this one time the app promo me to download something by charging my carrier. Is this normal? 2/5
Positive review xperia e by anonym
works great but how to get root access? My phone is rooted but I can't use sudo as I don't have any password 5/5
Positive review Good key mapping. Easy to use by anonym
Tried a few terminal emus and I still think this one just works best when switching from desktop keyboard to phone keyboard. I can run htop and to quit just hold vol-dn + c. If I have to CD into some directory, vol-up + t for Tab. Of I want to run previous commands vol-up + w for up and vol-up + s for down. Also ssh, vim work well in here and can reliably work on remote servers from my phone in case of emergency. Hopefully I'll never have too though. 5/5
Positive review by anonym
Simple yet powerful, i like the idea of having vol button as modifier, which we really need to simulate keyboard command. 5/5
Positive review New version not working by anonym
Its a good app but after update to latest it says "unfortunately terminal emulator has stopped" SGS2 RUNNING CYANOGENOMOD 11 M12 31 MARCH NIGHTLY. 5/5
Positive review I Love it !! by anonym
Superb app i love it vry much thank u for this amazing app.. 5/5
Negative review Doesn't paste commands by anonym
Comaand cant be copy pasted..You have to write big commands all over gain..Otherwise its good. 1/5
Negative review android $:/ by anonym
not show up sometimes have to wait, fix it ,give you 5 2/5
Positive review Ingenious by anonym
Well designed, easy to use, practical shortcuts (hot key for tab, ctrl, F buttons etc). 5/5
Negative review So annoyed by anonym
Ughhh I type in ip link show, hit enter, and nothing happens.what the heck am I doing wrong? I'm not very high tech, but I'm not dumb either, and I'm following very precise step by step instructions and I'm getting nowhere.so far only step completed correctly was to download the ap.I'm so annoyed.why does many websites give same directions of typing ip link show but NOTHING happens when I do? 1/5
Negative review This app is from the dark ages by anonym
No easy copy and paste or tab ability. Terminal usage is suppose to be quick. Volume keys method is junk and buggy. 1/5
Positive review Still The Best!!! by anonym
Reliable, straightforward, no surprises - this goes on every device I use & all my friends' & clients', too. It's a genie in a bottle, PC tower power in your pocket or purse. Thank you! 5/5
Negative review Google Keyboard broke Control Characrers by anonym
There was a Google keyboard update resulting in meta-c not working for instance. 1/5
Positive review A must have for all ICT work. by anonym
One of the first tools I sought out when I got my first android phone. Have been using this terminal ever since. Well done dev! 5/5
Positive review I love this by anonym
I'm sure to sound like a noob but I didn't think much about my phone being organized much like my Linux system at home until this app made it simple to poke around the shell. And without having the worry of rooting my connection to the world! Btw, I'd recommend switching to "Hacker's Keyboard" whenever using this, in order to take advantage of the arrow keys, function keys, etc. 5/5
Positive review by anonym
Very useful. Although, I think the language is difficult but I guess it's irrelevant. It's just really hard to write on tiny touch-screen (just to show reality) but at least it can be used to fix files anywhere. To me, it's fine as it is; I like it lightweight. 5/5
Positive review A wonderful discovery! by anonym
It's come in handy for running simple commands but where it really shines, at least for me, are the key shortcuts and ability to set commands to execute immediately the terminal is started. I set "su" then "pkill mediaserver" since it quickly frees the mediaserver when trying to catch a moment on photo but camera can't because something else is engaging the server. It's all done so fast since I keep its icon in my notification bar (along a few others). 5/5
Positive review Nice basic (yet powerful) terminal emulator by anonym
I'm not a programmer and it would be nice to have available "paste" functionality (wink wink). Good job Jack. 4/5
Positive review ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IVE EXER USED! by anonym
First of all THANK YOU, I could not have ever fixed my tablet without this app and my Mac. This has the potential to be anything conceivable if you know your stuff and have the right binaries. Forget all these massive applications that do one thing, likely you can do it with this! 5/5
Positive review Partly insulting by anonym
The app is perfectly fine. I have had it for 5 minutes and am satisfied. But as a true developer, the words "Unleash your inner geek" is slightly insulting. Please change that. Another thing, a couple of commands that ARE in other Linux computers like Debian are missing like nano from Android. I believe you should add an alias for it because people will think that you did not "make" things like that 5/5
Positive review Help! by anonym
I can't see the text that I'm typing. This is so frustrating. Please, help me out here. I'm using Hacker's Keyboard. 5/5
Positive review Incredible powerful tool by anonym
I love this command line very much and I use it to do what I want on my rooted phone.Unfortunately it bugs very often after the last update.It's really annoying. 5/5
Positive review Problem with Intel Processor by anonym
For example I Try to Ping my IP address less than 5-10 minutes later... I lost my process ping command... it just blank black like a first time I open the app... Please Dev Fix it... I really need it... on ASUS Zenfone 5 Last KitKat 40.54. Thanks Dev... 4/5
Positive review Great little terminal by anonym
A soft ui based toggle alternative to the hardware keys would be preferable as they are awkward to use other than that this is reliable and I enjoy using it. Thanks. 5/5
Positive review Very impressive! by anonym
Amazing shortcuts for special keys. I am a dev myself, and NEVER have I thought of such an awesome way to take shortcut input!!! 5/5
Neutral review Can't Install on zenfone 2 by anonym
I needed to install Linux on my phone which depends on terminal emulator. For some reason the won't install on my device(x86 arch problem?) So I couldn't do what I wanted 3/5
Positive review Terminal by anonym
Dear sir. This terminal version no supported latest o.s. Android Marsh 6.0.1 pleas requist this app updated & supported marsh 6.0.1 5/5

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