Shizuku Not Working on Android 16: How to Fix

In this guide, we will show you the steps to fix the issue of the Shizuku app not working on Android 16. As you might be aware, the Shizuku app is used to give elevated permissions to apps via ADB shell, without the need to root your device. I have written numerous guides highlighting the use case scenario of this app, with the Pixel IMS app being the most recent one. Recently, Google has patched the loophole that acted as the basis of this app, thereby nullifying its functionality of enabling VoLTE and VoWiFi without root.

But we managed to find a workaround that will help the Pixel device get back this feature. However, some users attempted it and reported that the feature wasn’t working, as they encountered an error at the first step itself that involved enabling Shizuku. It didn’t matter whether they ran the app via Wireless ebugging or ADB Commands; the same problem was evident in both these cases. The error message was something along the following lines:

info: start.sh begin

info: attempt to copy starter from /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/moe.shizuku.privileged.api/starter to /data/local/tmp/shizuku_starter

info: exec /data/local/tmp/shizuku_starter

info: starter begin

info: killing old process...

info: apk path is /data/app/~~anStPQT5kn_Nhn8SZIEqpQ==/moe.shizuku.privileged.api-Z2aEIh11ZsQklahxrC1gTA==/base.apk

info: starting server...

info: shizuku_starter exit with 0



OR



Starting with wireless adb...

java.lang.NullPointerException

at rikka.shizuku.nk0.d(Unknown Source:5) at moe.shizuku.manager.starter.b$a.1(SourceFile:47) at rikka.shizuku.t9.n(SourceFile:12)

at rikka.shizuku.kk.run(SourceFile:119)

at rikka.shizuku.hz.run(SourceFile:13) at rikka.shizuku.om0.run(SourceFile:3) at rikka.shizuku.kg.1(SourceFile:1) at rikka.shizuku.kg$c.d(SourceFile:15) at rikka.shizuku.kg$c.n(SourceFile:29)

at rikka.shizuku.kg$c.run(Unknown Source:0)

I asked them to share the log and then went through it. The first thing that caught my attention was the fact that they all had the same OS version- Android 16. This helped me in debugging the issue even better. So now that I was able to find the root cause of the issue [the inability of Shizuku to run on Android 16], I did some tweaks and finally got hold of the fix as well. And trust me, it’s easier than you think. So without any further ado, let’s make you aware of the rectification measure right away.

Fix Shizuku Not Working on Android 16

In order to rectify this issue, you just need to uninstall the Shizuku that you had installed from the Play Store and install its latest build from its GitHub page. But what’s the issue with the Play Store release ? Well, the app hasn’t been updated on the Play Store for close to a year and a half [10 Mar 2024 was the last update], whereas on GitHub , it gets frequent updates [the last one being May 2025, with added support for Android 16]. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you opt for the latter when it comes to downloading the app.

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