Yeah, the bootloader really seems like a challenge. ADB fortunately is extremely easy, especially if you use a tool like App Manager from F-Droid to correspond package names to specific applications.
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kokesh@lemmy.world 3 months agoUnlocking bootloader/flashing isn’t so easy for most people. I root every device I get, but for normal users this process isn’t easy. Also some manufacturers aren’t so friendly towards people unlocking bootloaders. I remember Sony lowering camera quality when you unlocked/installed Cyanogenmod back in Z2 times, or more recently Asus preventing you from unlocking completely.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 months ago
technohacker@programming.dev 3 months ago
Add HMD Nokia to the blocking unlocks completely camp
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Eupean banking apps refuse to launch on unlocked phones. And you need said banking apps as mandatory 2fa to log into your online banking system.
So in EU you gotta choose between banking and rooting.
ISOmorph@feddit.org 3 months ago
Don’t throw in all of europe into one pot. The banks in my country still sell separate PIN machines for 2FA, which work great.
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Oh right, I completely forgot about the separate device that you have to plug into your computer and then also plug your card into the deviceand then enter your pin. It’s almost as convenient as having the phone app!
ISOmorph@feddit.org 3 months ago
Well that sarcasm definitely backfired mate. The device I have is a QR Code scanner that works like a phone, with the important distinction that I can do with my actual phone what I damn well please.
cheddar@programming.dev 3 months ago
You are talking about the id card reader, not independent 2FA devices that generate codes. Also, in some countries you can get a SIM card with special certificates that can be used for identification and document signing, working on virtually any modern phone. I think it uses the SMS protocol underneath, but I couldn’t find the confirmation.
kokesh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Denylist in magisk works for me in eu
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Didn’t work for me on a Samsung S6 or S10. Maybe I will try again some day but for now it’s not worth the risk of never being able to go back, thanks to the Samsung physical one-time fuse.
My next phone should be a Pixel with Graphene…
Nonononoki@lemmy.world 3 months ago
S10 LineageOS user here: Works with Lygisk and the Play Integrity Fix module.
SuperSpecialNickname@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Try Kitsune Magisk. I had problems with regular Magisk but this one works really well so far.
kokesh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
So Samsung doesn’t let users go back to stock & relock? That truly sucks!
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 months ago
Depends on the bank. Mine (BoursoBank) works on a rooted Lineage phone. I only had to add it to Magisk’s exclusion list.
Grippler@feddit.dk 3 months ago
Yeah you needed to install a program specifically to trick the banking app in to thinking it’s running on a unrooted device, because it otherwise won’t launch (because it’s rooted).
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 months ago
No you don’t. You simply need to run the Magisk app after an update but before rebooting.
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The apps of the three big European banks I have banked with were able to detect magisk and refused even when on the whitelist.
ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The apps my bank uses run perfectly well on graphene
progandy@feddit.org 3 months ago
Which is only available for a limited set of devices, does not have root, locks the bootloader again and is probably professional enough to get banks to approve their signing key.
ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Fair point, I just wanted to mention that there are unofficial, de-googled OSs that do work with banking apps so that newbies don’t get the wrong impression
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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