I am looking for or looking to start a thread that details which banking apps do and do not work with custom ROMs. Is there anything like this already available, and would it be useful to people thinking of switching from stock?
Banking / payment apps in general refuse to run if they detect that Android OS got tampered ( rooted, etc.pp ). It doesn't matter whether Android OS is Stock ROM or Custom ROM. It's really easy for apps of that kind to detect those mods applied.
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Im really to the point where i cannot take MIUI anymore. I'd really love to put on a custom ROM but am worried some of my apps would stop working, mostly the banking ones. I know the Barclays Bank app is very picky about root, along with some other banking apps.
Just wondering if its possible to install a custom room and keep my phone without root/locked bootloader (maybe?). Also wondering if there are any ROMS out there that offer OTA updates?
Thanks.
umirza85 said:
Im really to the point where i cannot take MIUI anymore. I'd really love to put on a custom ROM but am worried some of my apps would stop working, mostly the banking ones. I know the Barclays Bank app is very picky about root, along with some other banking apps.
Just wondering if its possible to install a custom room and keep my phone without root/locked bootloader (maybe?). Also wondering if there are any ROMS out there that offer OTA updates?
Thanks.
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You could unroot after flashing the rom.
Looking through the dev threads it doesn't look like there are many (if any?) custom roms for this phone, so what's all the hubbub with rooting it? I'm picking one up to replace a nexus 6, which is obviously rooted and rom'd out but other than TWRP I don't see a point? I'll gladly admit I'm no power user, but is there some advantage I'm missing? There's still no release for 8.0 unless I'm missing something.
Look for custom ROMs in the international G5 forum (https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/development). Most international custom ROMs work on the T-Mobile G5 (model H830). I only tried Fulmics, which is based on the stock international rom (https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/development/rom-02-01-fulmics-rom-1-0-v20a-tweaks-t3530406). There's also LineageOS and others.
HKSpeed said:
Look for custom ROMs in the international G5 forum (https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/development). Most international custom ROMs work on the T-Mobile G5 (model H830). I only tried Fulmics, which is based on the stock international rom (https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/development/rom-02-01-fulmics-rom-1-0-v20a-tweaks-t3530406). There's also LineageOS and others.
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Ah, see now this is a good reason. I also considered piracy apps, but that's not a "good" reason to root. Is the downgrading process pretty straight forward then?
The primary advantages of rooting even when no custom roms are available are
1) proper ad-blocking
2) proper backup
3) recovery mode (full system image backup & restore)
4) properly de-bloat system. Dont just disable a million apps and be stuck with certain things that run anyway or wont uninstall. With root you can completely remove junk bloatware from the carriers.
And of course, the ability to flash custom roms if any exist. So there's still plenty good reason to want to root your phone even if you are keeping a stock ROM.
RunNgun42 said:
The primary advantages of rooting even when no custom roms are available are
1) proper ad-blocking
2) proper backup
3) recovery mode (full system image backup & restore)
4) properly de-bloat system. Dont just disable a million apps and be stuck with certain things that run anyway or wont uninstall. With root you can completely remove junk bloatware from the carriers.
And of course, the ability to flash custom roms if any exist. So there's still plenty good reason to want to root your phone even if you are keeping a stock ROM.
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How can you root the T-Mobile G5?
I'm not really a very advanced user, but always had rooted devices and two that I flashed Custom Roms. This is my first Samsung, finding Touchwiz to be very different from what I used before.
I bought the S7 (930F) and had the news that it was going to be updated to Oreo, so I decided waiting for the update before tinkering with it.. But the update never came. Finally this month Samsung released the update for my region, so I would like to know which would be the best way for me to start finally using my phone that I bought for over 2 months!
My phone is still with Nougat, is it better for me to get the OTA or to flash the Firmware I downloaded from Sammobile? Any of these methods better than the other in preventing errors? I always found in PCs that a fresh clean install was better than an update, but with mobiles I don't have the experience to say.
My main objective is to experiment before doing a debloat as I'm still not sure what might be useful for me on Samsung's bloat (you are welcome to point me what is useful and what is not).
I did see that some of the Customs ROMS have different camera apps and some people were complaining about this, I particularly liked the S7 camera app and the Pro option, that's what holds me back in flashing a Custom ROM atm.
I would like to Root and I find Unlocked Bootloader to be useful to have Xposed Framework and other things that I can do having it.
As I'm a relative newbie, what would you guys recommend me doing? Please help
tl;dr: I want to have Oreo, be able to debloat, want to root and unlock bootloader, not sure about Custom Rom.
Lineage if you want basic and simple (sort of like stock Android). Resurrection Remix if you're a customisation nut (not a slam... I use RR).
If you wonna full samsung u need flash base firmawre custom roms only 8.0 android
If you dnt need samsung integration (pulsometr doesnt work) you can flash 8.1 roms try cosmic os or Lineage 15
So, I happen to have a bunch of old Huawei phones (Mercury and Ascend) and I want to use them for cameras for a security system. They are running Android 2.3.6, which we all know Google won't support and therefore it has become a major frustration to try and get any apps loaded on them. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to update them with a custom ROM that is Android 4.1 or newer where they can have the apps loaded? Or, if there is a way to get the apps loaded without an update to 4.1 or newer, I'm open to trying that as an option. It seems most of the custom ROM links don't work or were blocked by the a$$ 0's that want us all to pay for stuff that we already own.
Hi,
I've been away from messing about with android phones from almost a decade. A lot has changed so far. There is now so many different things associated with rooting your phone, and I was hoping someone could clear some stuff up for me.
1. Will unlocking the bootloader itself cause some issues with using banking apps or raise some red flags with other apps ?
2. Some ROMs use their custom recovery for flashing ROM to keep the encryption intact. They say flashing with magisk or twrp will break encryption. What encryption are they talking about ? And if encryption is indeed broken, what problems will that cause ?
3.If the phone is rooted, and custom rom installed, are there magisk modules, or any other way to hide it and use the phone normally ? You used to able to hide root on your phones back then.
Thanks
BB
BisonBro said:
Hi,
I've been away from messing about with android phones from almost a decade. A lot has changed so far. There is now so many different things associated with rooting your phone, and I was hoping someone could clear some stuff up for me.
1. Will unlocking the bootloader itself cause some issues with using banking apps or raise some red flags with other apps ?
2. Some ROMs use their custom recovery for flashing ROM to keep the encryption intact. They say flashing with magisk or twrp will break encryption. What encryption are they talking about ? And if encryption is indeed broken, what problems will that cause ?
3.If the phone is rooted, and custom rom installed, are there magisk modules, or any other way to hide it and use the phone normally ? You used to able to hide root on your phones back then.
Thanks
BB
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1) yes
2) not sure, I've never seen anything about this question.
3) In the past, hiding root wasn't that difficult, now it is significantly harder, if it can even be done at all on modern devices. I guess it depends the specific device and android version question. I see many users looking for a way to hide root, I don't recall any of them finding a solution.