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Unlocking the bootloader makes the device permanently fail the strictest SafetyNet category. Apps can and will refuse to run in that situation. Modifying /sys
by kuschku 9y ago
Unlocking the bootloader makes the device permanently fail the strictest SafetyNet category.
Apps can and will refuse to run in that situation.
Modifying /system will make every SafetyNet check fail, as result Netflix, Snapchat, Google Play Movies, and most banking apps will refuse to run.
I can decide to install the app or not? How do I go about replacing Google's system apps with my own, without preventing above mentioned apps from running? I can't. And I can't buy reasonable devices withou Google Android, due to the non-compete clause in the OEM contracts.
- pas 9y agoThen don't buy it. Or support efforts like Librem (and LineageOS and Magisk). http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/07/16/safetynet-can-detect-magisk-fix-works/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/07/16/safetynet-can-detect... You can walk into your bank and access the services. Or call them. Or use their browser based service, right? Google and a lot of developers made the choice to restrict user freedom for more security. I don't agree with it, but it's what it is. A trade off. Of course, you can sign your own images and put the CA into the recovery DB and relock the bootloader on reasonable devices. ( https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/31765.html https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/31765.html ) Or at least you used to be able to.