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Root is not that hard to obtain on most devices. The instructions are straight-forward[1] and easy to follow, especially for anyone reading this thread. But la

by blfr 9y ago

Root is not that hard to obtain on most devices. The instructions are straight-forward[1] and easy to follow, especially for anyone reading this thread. But lately Google has decided that rooted phones are a security issue. So if you do choose to install some sort of su utility, some functions like Android Pay may cease to work, not because of technical reasons but because Google deliberately disables them on rooted phones. [1] for example https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/lux/install https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/lux/install

userbinator 9y ago
Of course, once you're root you can also prevent those apps (which don't run as root) from finding out that you have root, but it's an ongoing cat-and-mouse game.
- blfr 9y ago
  Of course. But Google is currently ahead from what I've read.