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0 pointsL3viathan3y ago0 comments

I'm in the same boat.

I recently had to upgrade my phone, and oh boy is is annoying to get root working with Google Pay and my banking app. It still works, but it took me a few hours(!).

I'm seriously considering switching to iOS for my next phone.

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infinityplus13y ago

To solve the banking apps problem with root:

1. Root your phone 2. Install Adaway and update hosts 3. Unroot your phone.

It just takes a system restart to unroot. Then all banking apps work fine. If I need root again, I can just flash Magisc zip file again. Easy enough.

But nowadays just setting up adguard's DNS in Android's private DNS settings is enough to get Adaway like effect without root.

suprjami3y ago

If you're just doing a single file, I've always thought it would be better to just use adb.

flosstop3y ago

Sorry to disappoint but it you feel it is necessary to root an Android phone to get an acceptable experience wait until you experience iOS

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