diff -Naur orig/evdev/util.py v0.4.7/evdev/util.py
--- orig/evdev/util.py	2015-06-12 16:31:46.532994729 -0500
+++ v0.4.7/evdev/util.py	2015-06-12 16:32:59.489933840 -0500
@@ -3,15 +3,53 @@
 import os
 import stat
 import glob
+import subprocess
 
 from evdev import ecodes
 from evdev.events import event_factory
 
 
+su = False
+
+
+def get_su_binary():
+    global su
+    if su is not False:
+        return su
+
+    su_files = ['/sbin/su', '/system/bin/su', '/system/xbin/su', '/data/local/xbin/su',
+                '/data/local/bin/su', '/system/sd/xbin/su', '/system/bin/failsafe/su',
+                '/data/local/su']
+    su = None
+
+    for fn in su_files:
+        if os.path.exists(fn):
+            try:
+                cmd = [fn, '-c', 'id']
+                output = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            else:
+                if 'uid=0' in output:
+                    su = fn
+                    break
+
+    return su
+
+
+def fix_permissions(nodes):
+    su = get_su_binary()
+    if su:
+        cmd = 'chmod 666 ' + ' '.join(nodes)
+        print cmd
+        subprocess.check_call(['su', '-c', cmd])
+
+
 def list_devices(input_device_dir='/dev/input'):
     '''List readable character devices in ``input_device_dir``.'''
 
     fns = glob.glob('{}/event*'.format(input_device_dir))
+    fix_permissions(fns)
     fns = list(filter(is_device, fns))
 
     return fns