• Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
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    3 months ago

    banking app already don’t let you root or otherwise flash your device so I have given up hope in trying with them

    You can get around that pretty easily by fooling SafetyNet / Play Integrity and hiding root from those apps. My phones have all been rooted for years and I never had issues with banking apps. I don’t even run any google services anymore and the apps I use are fine with that.

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      3 months ago

      I would not say easily. And even if you pass SafetyNet, your banking app may still not work. I have one, and I haven’t figured out what it checks for, maybe LineageOS name or something. Would probably have to tear the apk apart to find out.

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        3 months ago

        Do you use Magisk? I assume you have done the following already?

        • Enable Zygisk & the DenyList
        • (If Google apps are installed, deny all Google apps root access)
        • Deny the app in question root access
        • Install PlayIntegrityFix on newer devices OR SafetyNetFix on older devices (don’t install both)
        • Reboot, force stop app and clear storage/cache
        • (Check if it works with this and this)

        That should do it for all apps that do not require strong integrity.

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          3 months ago

          Thanks for the list. I didn’t have PlayIntegrityFix. Unfortunately it does not seem to be helping with the app.

          First one doesn’t pass all checks, but the second one does.

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            3 months ago

            Yes, on my old phone it worked fine with the SafetyNetFix. I use microG now so Google Wallet is not implemented (yet).