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Re:An Analysis of Pre-Installed Android Software [pdf] by 1023bytes on Saturday May 11, 2019 @02:25PM (#19887569)
Unfortunately installing a custom ROM voids Google's SafetyNet, which stops many important apps from working, like Google Pay, Netlix, Snapchat and a ton of banking apps.

Before this was a thing I used a custom ROM on every device, but now it's quite difficult.

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Re:An Analysis of Pre-Installed Android Software [pdf] by Iolaum on Saturday May 11, 2019 @06:36PM (#19888794)
Not really, It depends on your ROM.

As a rule of a thumb if you install pure lineageOS+openGAPPS+fdroidPriviligedExtension you will have a working safetyNet. That means no root module (but you can get root by enabling adb if you really want it, e.g. for GSAM battery monitor I give it the battery stats permission from adb). With this setup my phone has google pay working.

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Re:An Analysis of Pre-Installed Android Software [pdf] by phishfi on Saturday May 11, 2019 @03:43PM (#19888015)
Magisk fixes this problem, though. Most users I know who run custom ROMs also install Magisk to allow those apps to install and run without issue.
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Re:An Analysis of Pre-Installed Android Software [pdf] by m-p-3 on Sunday May 12, 2019 @02:10AM (#19890455)
Didn't block me on my LG G3 on Lineage OS, which doesn't come rooted by default.
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