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Most of us were talking about Towelroot over in Jcase's PIE thread or over in collinjames' thread, but I think it's time it deserves it's own thread.
UPDATE:
@iKrYpToNiTe made the awesome TowelPieRoot which makes this method easier to use. You can still use this thread to root your phone, but I will be using his method from now on. Happy rooting!
Important Links:
Geohot's original post.
Towelroot's Homepage
Mod Strings
What is Towelroot?
Towelroot is a rooting method for most android phones, and it uses an apk to obtain root (dead simple too, push one button, no need for other tools and workarounds). (source)
Why do we use Towelroot in conjunction with PIE?
PIE nor Towelroot disables write protection. Both of them offer a temporary root that has to be applied after a reboot. The advantage to Towelroot is that it is an APK that sits on device, so unlike PIE, Towelroot can be run later, non-tethered to a PC, should you have to power off/on. So you use PIE first while tethered and initially rooting, then Towelroot allows you to continue rooting "on the go" in the future without needing a PC.
How does it work with the Moto X?
It works the same as PIE. It gives root access but the device is still write protected. It is also temporary and must be reapplied after a reboot. However, a soft/hot reboot can keep the root access, due to soft/hot reboots only rebooting the graphical Android shell.
What does it work on?
XT1049 - Republic Wireless, not confirmed, should work.
XT1052 - European
XT1053 -T-Mobile US, not confirmed, should work.
XT1055 - US Cellular, not confirmed, should work.
XT1056 - Sprint, not confirmed, should work.
XT1058 - AT&T, Rogers, Claro, Movistar, Vivo, Oi, TIM
XT1060 - Verizon
How do I use this tool?
Remember to apply PIE first!
1. On your device, go to here.It will start to download the .apk
3. On your device, go to Settings>Security>Unknown Sources and tick the box.
4. Run the downloaded apk, tr3.apk
5. Press "welcome to towelroot" 3 times.
6. Replace the last 0 with a 1, due to modstrings.
7. make it ra1n
Your device should now be rooted and you should be able to use apps such as Greenify and Titanium Backup.
Some applications that should work with root, might not work with this method.
Some people have experimented with using Superuser apps, but I have not seen a consistent method to use one.
How are we keeping root after reboots?
We aren't rebooting! Seriously, we soft/hot reboot which allows us to keep root after a graphical reboot. And even if you do reboot, you can always reapply the root with Towelroot. You just need to make sure you have applied jcase's PIE before hand.
Xposed:
jpond83 posted up some instructions in the PIE thread about how to get Xposed to work:
Make sure you have installed PIE before you try to use Xposed or it will NOT work. View jcase's PIE thread for more details.
jpond83 said:
1) install towelroot. Xposed installer, Busybox installer, power menu
2)run towelroot, click "welcome to towelroot", replace 0 with 1, make it rain.
3) run xposed and click install
4) run busybox installer and click install
5) run power menu and click "hot reboot"
6) enjoy root without using a PC.
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Current problems/bugs
Some users have problems with soft/hot rebooting. Reapply PIE.
Random reboots.
Warning about using this exploit
Myself or anyone that has helped develop this are not responsible for anything that occurs to your phone by using this method.
As for this thread, feel free to post your experiences with this tool or any supplements to add.
I'm glad this finally has a dedicated thread. Good job OP
I finally got it working. When I installed SuperSU it was lagging. But I kept it off. I even have hkthememanager running with KitKat all white settings from the nexus forum.
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The softboot/hot boot issue comes from not having busybox installed.
jpond83 said:
The softboot/hot boot issue comes from not having busybox installed.
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I've installed 3 different Busybox installers:
Busybox by Stephen (Stericson)
Busybox Installer by JRummy Apps Inc.
Busybox X by Robert Nediyakalaparambil [root]
The first and the third one said they installed successfully, but the second one did not.
Even after 2 installations succeeding, I was still unable to soft/hot reboot.
Any ideas?
I use busybox installer with the blue icon. Never had a issue with softboot as long as I install everything in the order I stated in the other thread.
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I use busybox installer with the blue icon. Never had a issue with softboot as long as I install everything in the order I stated in the other thread.
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Guessing that is the Busybox Installer , I just get this when I try to install it. I have root access, but Busybox is not installing.
But when I use Busybox by Stephen, it says it installs correctly, and my Busybox checker says it does too, but Power Menu still won't Hot Reboot.
Have you ran pie root before? It needs to be ran on the device once before for it to work.
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Have you ran pie root before? It needs to be ran on the device once before for it to work.
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Replying the PIE exploit has seemed to fix it. Thank you.
Should I add to the original post that you need to install PIE?
dier325 said:
Replying the PIE exploit has seemed to fix it. Thank you.
Should I add to the original post that you need to install PIE?
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Yes, its a must. It should only need to be ran once. After that you should never need it again unless you factory reset.
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Have you ran pie root before? It needs to be ran on the device once before for it to work.
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Wait, so you need to use PIE to make stuff work under towelroot work on the X?
If so, why not just stick with PIE? Why add towelroot?
KidJoe said:
Wait, so you need to use PIE to make stuff work under towelroot work on the X?
If so, why not just stick with PIE? Why add towelroot?
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Did you read??? You only need to use pie once. After that you can reboot your phone as much as you want and just root with towelroot.
KidJoe said:
Wait, so you need to use PIE to make stuff work under towelroot work on the X?
If so, why not just stick with PIE? Why add towelroot?
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Towelroot can work just by itself, but PIE adds some functionality that allows for easier softbooting.
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Did you read??? You only need to use pie once. After that you can reboot your phone as much as you want and just root with towelroot.
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I'm sorry that it bothers you so much that I have a question I'm asking. But if you must know, YES I READ. I've read this thread, the PIE thread, and Does Towel Root have any potential in the Motorola field?
And if you can read, you would know that you didn't even answer my question of "why use both?". Instead you just sort of flaming me for asking something and said pie only needs to be run once which is already stated very clearly in what I quoted.
What I'm getting at with my question is something that is implied, but not stated.....
It is understood that since neither PIE nor Towelroot disables write protection on locked bootloaders, if you root with either PIE or Towelroot, you need to re-root after power off/on (or "hard" reboot as some are calling it). It appears the advantage to Towelroot is that it is an APK that sits on device, so unlike PIE, Towelroot can be run later, non-tethered to a PC, should you have to power off/on. So you use PIE first while tethered and initially rooting, then whatever it does allows Towelroot APK to continue working properly when "on the go" in the future without needing a PC.
If that is truly the case, then I think that should be highlighted better, and @dier325 should add it to the OP as many are missing that bit of information. It would also cut out some of the frustration by those encountering issues when running PIE again, after they had to power off/on. (as they could use PIE when first setting up, then towelroot if they lose root while away from their PC).
But it does beg a few more questions (at least by someone who is READING all of this, but not using either PIE or TowelRoot)...
Is PIE needed once before Towelroot only if you want Xposed? Or is it always needed once if you ever plan on using Towelroot? (i.e. Are there any cases where Towelroot alone works? like if you only want to block ads or tether. Or must you have used PIE once already, if you want to make use of Towelroot to root at all?)
Must it be done in a certain order? I.e. if you've used towelroot and realized you forgot PIE, can you just run PIE and be good? or must you reboot, use PIE, then use Towelroot again?
What changes are made by PIE that survive power off/on and enable Towelroot to work when trying to use Xposed?
If this information is accurate, can Geohot and Jcase work together on a single solution, and possibly single on device solution for the X?
KidJoe said:
It is understood that since neither PIE nor Towelroot disables write protection on locked bootloaders, if you root with either PIE or Towelroot, you need to re-root after power off/on (or "hard" reboot as some are calling it). It appears the advantage to Towelroot is that it is an APK that sits on device, so unlike PIE, Towelroot can be run later, non-tethered to a PC, should you have to power off/on. So you use PIE first while tethered and initially rooting, then whatever it does allows Towelroot APK to continue working properly when "on the go" in the future without needing a PC.
If that is truly the case, then I think that should be highlighted better, and @dier325 should add it to the OP as many are missing that bit of information. It would also cut out some of the frustration by those encountering issues when running PIE again, after they had to power off/on. (as they could use PIE when first setting up, then towelroot if they lose root while away from their PC).
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This is a great explanation of why we are using both. I will add a paragraph to the OP that paraphrases what you just said.
KidJoe said:
Is PIE needed once before Towelroot only if you want Xposed? Or is it always needed once if you ever plan on using Towelroot? (i.e. Are there any cases where Towelroot alone works? like if you only want to block ads or tether. Or must you have used PIE once already, if you want to make use of Towelroot to root at all?)
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Towelroot alone works, but we've found that some applications (i.e. Xposed, Busybox) don't work unless you have PIE. Using them together allows us to use them.
KidJoe said:
[*]Must it be done in a certain order? I.e. if you've used towelroot and realized you forgot PIE, can you just run PIE and be good? or must you reboot, use PIE, then use Towelroot again?
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The method of each one must be done in order but it does not matter which one you apply first to the device. In fact I just had Towelroot running on my device and then applied PIE allowing for Xposed to work.
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[*]What changes are made by PIE that survive power off/on and enable Towelroot to work when trying to use Xposed?
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PIE allows us to keep Busybox installed on the device which allows us to Soft/hot reboot.
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[*]If this information is accurate, can Geohot and Jcase work together on a single solution, and possibly single on device solution for the X?
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I want to remind everyone that there are very few of us who are using both of these methods together currently. It is fine for these questions to be brought up for the uninitiated. As for them working together, I think Jcase stated that he wants to move away from the X, as well as I think he is on holiday due to his current signature. I don't know about Geohot but some people have created a thread over in the Moto G forum raising some money to buy the device for him after he said he would try to work on it if he had one.
I have jcases pie root on my x and g and i either always soft boot in xposed framework and keep phone on airplane mode when not in use and charge when necessary
KidJoe said:
If that is truly the case, then I think that should be highlighted better, and @dier325 should add it to the OP as many are missing that bit of information. It would also cut out some of the frustration by those encountering issues when running PIE again, after they had to power off/on. (as they could use PIE when first setting up, then towelroot if they lose root while away from their PC).
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I have added another section to the OP explaining the situation.
cell2011 said:
I have jcases pie root on my x and g and i either always soft boot in xposed framework and keep phone on airplane mode when not in use and charge when necessary
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Adding them together allows you to root without having to use a PC if you do reboot your device, say it dies.
Thanks guys for clearing this up. I think Towel root should be renamed to something less middle east reference and it would be welcomed more.
So basically if we want more functionality with our root, we should do PIE first? I clicked over onto the PIE page but didn't really how it's done. I have towelroot down, but it seems PIE is a good idea to use in combo with towel root. I could be missing something though cause I'm in the XDA app at work.
I do understand though that PIE is a one time thing and we should just use towel root thereafter when we reboot and need to reroot again.
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Using PIE in conjunction with Towelroot allows you to use apps such as Xposed.
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I was concerned about Security with Kingroot so decided to try this. I'm on a RETAIL Verizon Note 4 running 4.4.4.
I did a factory restore then after setup, I DISABLED SDM, THEN I installed My KNOX from the Play Store and set it up .
Then I rooted with Kingroot on the "Personal" side.
It worked. Root is, On Demand, temporary, And I think it is safer than using Kingroot without Knox.
I went into recovery to check but no Knox trip. I win!. I have two environments. One rooted the other as secure as you can get.
This is like having a dual boot on the fly. With this root you can at least use Adaway. You can get a lot done with it. This is the best root solution for the Retail Verizon Note 4. I am hoping to get developers interested.
O.K.,This is where I'm at. If someone could look at the pictures and tell me what I should add to the OP description, I'll do it. Look at the last two pictures, Knox would not let me take the screen shots because of security.
Check Out MOST ASKED QUESTIONS and Fixes in the next post.
MOST ASKED QUESTIONS
1. What phone is this for? Retail Verizon Note 4. This may also work on other un-rooted phones
2. What ROM are you on? 4.4.4 found HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...w-to-roll-to-kk-4-4-4-lollipop-5-0-1-t3097054
3. How did you set up your google account? I set my personal side up with a "burner" email and the Knox side with the email I use every day.
4. How do you disable SDM? I used this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...---------------------------------------------
5.Where do you get My Knox" The Play Store.
6. Where did you get Kingroot? http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
7. What order do you install the software? Restore 4.4.4/Set up Google account./disable SDM/setup My Knox/Kingroot on personal side/=enjoy..... .......Note: this is not for use with SuperSUME.
8. Is root permanent? Some of the modification made when rooted are permanent but this Root is On Demand, temporary And I think this root method is safer than using Kingroot without Knox.
9. What about reboots. If a App ask to reboot first try not rebooting some changes will take effect without a reboot. If you have to reboot use a soft-reboot like SimpleReboot. You will almost always lose root with a hard reboot.
10. For an added security measure I am going to use the "Personal" root side as a playground and reboot before I open the My Knox Security side. Just to throw off any would be hackers.
Fixes
1. I found a fix for AdAway, Inside Kingroot under Root Authorization for AdAway select allow and then on the first run of AdAway when ask if you want to reboot, check: Never / then No = Problem solved .....yes
The same procedure may work for other apps. For some reason Adaway starts working without a reboot. You will need to clear and restart your browser.
Calm down, these things take time. First when you reboot allow your phone to settle down, a minute or two. Don't open anything. FIRST, Open and run kingroot. Once root is established run Adaway like I said. It probably will work the first time but if it fails just try again. It seem that once Kingroot gets to the point where it is not asked for permission, the reboots go away and it becomes more stable.
2. O.K., KNOX disables USB debugging, but I was able to uninstall Knox at the Playstore /Re-enable USB debugging/ then use gatesjunior's debolater app to remove SDM/ then install Knox /then root with Kingroot and it is working great again. I did try to put Super-Sume Pro on top but it would NOT work. I think Super-Sume Pro removes Knox. So I had to start over but I got it working great. If you need to use USB debugging for anything now we have to uninstall Knox. I'm still testing now.
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Having some guys look into this.
doctor-cool said:
I was concerned about Kingroot and security so decided to try this.
I'm on a retail Verizon Note 4 running Gatesjunior's Safe 4.4.4.
I did a factory restore then after setup, I installed My KNOX from the Play Store and set it up .
Then I rooted with Kingroot . It worked. Now sometime when I reboot I get the Unlock logo with the words Custom on the boot screen just like the DE Note 4 . I went into recovery to check but no Knox trip. I win the Root Price. I have two environments. One rooted the other as secure as you can get.
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Nice you found a work around.great job brother
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warriorpluto said:
Nice you found a work around.great job brother
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did you test it?
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This is like having a dual boot on the fly
gatesjunior said:
Having some guys look into this.
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I have two separate Google play store account on two separate partitions .
Can you get it to work with SuperSuMe Pro.
All this time we have been disabling Knox and actually My Knox is your friend.
I purchased Super SU me pro but haven't tried anything yet. Interestingly my company's MobileIron administrator app still takes effect with My Knox so until I see more progress I'm going to avoid moving forward. MobileIron has root detection and when I first set it up using Gate's debloater to disable any system apps caused it to lock me out of my email. Perhaps once we have root perfected I might be able to find a way to bypass all of that...
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I purchased Super SU me pro but haven't tried anything yet. Interestingly my company's MobileIron administrator app still takes effect with My Knox so until I see more progress I'm going to avoid moving forward. MobileIron has root detection and when I first set it up using Gate's debloater to disable any system apps caused it to lock me out of my email. Perhaps once we have root perfected I might be able to find a way to bypass all of that...
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I think that as long as the Knox's partition is locked nothing can get in are out. I still don't like being dependent on a China App, For over the internet root every time I want root. Our goal of rooting the Retail Note 4 permanently is achievable. I have seen the unlock icon and the Custom on my boot screen at times.
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I think that as long as the Knox's partition is locked nothing can get in are out. I still don't like being dependent on a China App, For over the internet root every time I want root. Our goal of rooting the Retail Note 4 permanently is achievable. I have seen the unlock icon and the Custom on my boot screen at times.
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Well, in all fairness, we have seen that as well without Knox being installed and configured, but I want someone else to validate this approach.
gatesjunior said:
Well, in all fairness, we have seen that as well without Knox being installed and configured, but I want someone else to validate this approach.
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Sometime I see the unlock icon and the word Custom, when I hard reboot manually.
Sometime I see the unlock icon and the word Custom, when the phone reboots unexpectedly, when some app ask for root.
AND Sometime I see the regular screen.
And once I did a hard reboot, it had a normal boot screen and the phone stayed rooted without Kingroot after a Hard Boot.
doctor-cool said:
Sometime I see the unlock icon and the word Custom, when I hard reboot manually.
Sometime I see the unlock icon and the word Custom, when the phone reboots unexpectedly, when some app ask for root.
AND Sometime I see the regular screen.
And once I did a hard reboot, it had a normal boot screen and the phone stayed rooted without Kingroot after a Hard Boot.
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custom boot screen simply means you attempted or modified something (root) can cause it..
im sure even on a temp root it would show custom for a reboot or two.
youre saying you get random reboots but root sticks regardless?
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did you test it?
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No. I havemt backed up my phone yet to try. Ill do it when I get home and try
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not random
elliwigy said:
custom boot screen simply means you attempted or modified something (root) can cause it..
im sure even on a temp root it would show custom for a reboot or two.
youre saying you get random reboots but root sticks regardless?
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They are not random reboots, it happens when a app ask for root. Like when AdAway ask for permission instead of granting permission it just reboots. I retry AdAway again and the next time when it ask for permission it is granted then I have to manually soft reboot. XDA is a lot better without commercials trust me. :silly:
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They are not random reboots, it happens when a app ask for root. Like when AdAway ask for permission instead of granting permission it just reboots. I retry AdAway again and the next time when it ask for permission it is granted then I have to manually soft reboot. XDA is a lot better without commercials trust me. :silly:
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lol. so every app needs to be ran twice til it sticks.. im just trying to get more info, no commercials here.
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lol. so every app needs to be ran twice til it sticks.. im just trying to get more info, no commercials here.
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I meant when AdAway disables the commercials it is worth the trouble. But yes most of the time the root results are temporary . But once you get it set up your good to go and it is worth the trouble until your battery dies
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Edit: I may have found a fix for AdAway, Inside Kingroot under Root Authorization for AdAway select alow and on first run of AdAway when ask if you want to reboot, check: Never / then No = Problem solved .....yes
I can't even install My Knox due to "a custom OS has been previously installed on this device". I'm on the latest "safe" LP BOG5 upgrade by hsbadr
Hotdizzle said:
I can't even install My Knox due to "a custom OS has been previously installed on this device". I'm on the latest "safe" LP BOG5 upgrade by hsbadr
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It only works on the Retail Note 4
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doctor-cool said:
It only works on the Retail Note 4
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Edit: It would work on the DE Note 4 if it has not been modified.
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I have the retail note 4
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I have the retail note 4
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Then...l don't know. I'm on safe 4.4.4, how about you?
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I just read your post 16 . Your on LP I'm on KK
LOL this works?!? how did nobody ever try this until now.. I'm speechless
If you have rooted your N6P and you are at a store and want to use Google Pay, is there a way of quickly (on the fly as it were ) unrooting the phone,, making purchase and then rerooting?
Go into SuperSU. Uncheck Enable Superuser. Add your cards. Turn root back on and you're good to go. It appears the only caveat to root is that you're unable to add payment methods. You should be able to pay.
Cares said:
Go into SuperSU. Uncheck Enable Superuser. Add your cards. Turn root back on and you're good to go. It appears the only caveat to root is that you're unable to add payment methods. You should be able to pay.
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Have you actually tested this at a terminal? Everything I've read says root or custom roms will not work with Android Pay. You can unroot and add the cards, but it will still not function at a POS terminal. I am yet to find someone that can confirm it works the way you mentioned. Everyone agrees that you can add the cards... but that's where the functionality stops.
Tried this method on my Nexus 6. It knows I'm rooted, even if I've disabled SU entirely and rebooted.
Have a search about, at least one of two people have confirmed that they have paid with root disabled, but only if the system partition hasn't been changed
So how do you ensure the system partition is not changed?
kboya said:
Have a search about, at least one of two people have confirmed that they have paid with root disabled, but only if the system partition hasn't been changed
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Pardon my ignorance here... but doesn't rooting the device modify the system partition? If not... maybe that's the difference with the other threads I've seen. Everyone was using custom roms as far as I know. I'd like to be able to root so I can use adblocker and still use Android Pay. I can live without a custom rom on stock android... but I really miss adblocker.
teknomar7 said:
Have you actually tested this at a terminal? Everything I've read says root or custom roms will not work with Android Pay. You can unroot and add the cards, but it will still not function at a POS terminal. I am yet to find someone that can confirm it works the way you mentioned. Everyone agrees that you can add the cards... but that's where the functionality stops.
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I just added my cards. I'll test it out later today. Need to find a store that takes Android Pay
teknomar7 said:
Pardon my ignorance here... but doesn't rooting the device modify the system partition? If not... maybe that's the difference with the other threads I've seen. Everyone was using custom roms as far as I know. I'd like to be able to root so I can use adblocker and still use Android Pay. I can live without a custom rom on stock android... but I really miss adblocker.
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There's a root without changing system. As I said, have a search about. I read it earlier today or perhaps yesterday. There's a thread about the root without system.
Thanks... found the link.
http://www.xda-developers.com/chainfire-releases-root-for-android-6-0-without-modifying-system/
cool, no worries.
So I can confirm that Android Pay will not let you add cards while rooted, but it will let you complete a payment at a terminal while root in SuperSU is enabled. So once you have your payments setup, you can root and use Android Pay.
I own a store with a terminal that accepts Android Pay and have tested it a few different ways over the past 2 days. Every way worked. Unrooted, root simply disabled, root enabled.
The only thing root does is makes it so you can't add a card.
And I have regular root, not the new systemless root.
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So I can confirm that Android Pay will not let you add cards while rooted, but it will let you complete a payment at a terminal while root in SuperSU is enabled. So once you have your payments setup, you can root and use Android Pay.
I own a store with a terminal that accepts Android Pay and have tested it a few different ways over the past 2 days. Every way worked. Unrooted, root simply disabled, root enabled.
The only thing root does is makes it so you can't add a card.
And I have regular root, not the new systemless root.
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Can you still pay after a reboot? Thanks.
It works. I wish the misinformation would simply stop. It has worked on devices in the past, it works on devices now and it will most likely work on devices in the future. We had threads before launch how root would disable bank apps, fingerprint sensor, android pay etc and it is all simply untrue.
It works.
boxcar8028 said:
Can you still pay after a reboot? Thanks.
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Lol, I'll have to try tomorrow.
Was this explanation debunked, then?
http://www.xda-developers.com/googl...-with-root-and-android-pay-in-the-xda-forums/
You
Aridon said:
It works. I wish the misinformation would simply stop. It has worked on devices in the past, it works on devices now and it will most likely work on devices in the future. We had threads before launch how root would disable bank apps, fingerprint sensor, android pay etc and it is all simply untrue.
It works.
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Yes, but Google stated that Android Pay can't be used with root. So of course there will some question to it.
source
And root absolutely does effect Android Pay. However if seems only while adding payment methods, and nothing once they are added.
What Google is using to determine if the device has been tampered with: https://koz.io/inside-safetynet/
Its definitely an interesting and pretty secure setup. Since it seems to happen real-time, maybe they turned off the "su_files" check and thats why Android Pay works on rooted devices now.
boxcar8028 said:
Can you still pay after a reboot? Thanks.
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So tried it again today after rebooting with root enabled and it does not work. So there you go. Android Pay does not work while rooted, period.
It does work with root simply disabled in the SuperSu app and then a reboot.
Maybe the new systemless root, though chainfire said if it does work, it was unintentional and Google will probably patch it.
ArkAngel06 said:
So tried it again today after rebooting with root enabled and it does not work. So there you go. Android Pay does not work while rooted, period.
It does work with root simply disabled in the SuperSu app and then a reboot.
Maybe the new systemless root, though chainfire said if it does work, it was unintentional and Google will probably patch it.
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This is correct. If you try to pay, after adding your cards and re rooting, it will fail.
You must disable root again to pay. You can reenable after.
first of all i'm sorry if this has been answered already, but i could not find the answer.
My 6P is setup as follows:
MDB08L build
rooted with systemless root and TWRP
xposed v78 sdk 23
xposed mods:
greenify
gravitybox
App Settings
No Lock Home
Snapprefs
Xinsta
Custom Share
i try to activate my AMEX on android pay and i get the error message stating that Google cannot verify the software (same message as if i was running a rom)
i have tried to unroot in SuperSU and then add the card...no difference
can anyone help me out here?
It won't work if you are rooted. Some people have said that temp unroot works, but I've never been able to get it.
Xposed modifies system, pay won't work
akellar said:
Xposed modifies system, pay won't work
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alright. i'm going to try to uninstall xposed. add the card and see what happens then i guess.
Thanks!
No AP with root, even systemless root. There might be a few that have said they have figured it out but in general 99.9% of people say it will not work.
I came from an Lg G3 with root and Xposed.
You cannot add cards if Xposed is installed. FIle systesm is checked.
You need to uninstall Xposed.
Once the cards are added re-install Xposed and root.
Use the module "No Device Check" to be able to use Android Pay.
I have Xposed and root and use Pay with no issues.
steveo17 said:
alright. i'm going to try to uninstall xposed. add the card and see what happens then i guess.
Thanks!
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jawmail said:
No AP with root, even systemless root. There might be a few that have said they have figured it out but in general 99.9% of people say it will not work.
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yep so even without xposed and disabling root, i cannot activate android pay.
oh well
I have used android pay with system less root.
No android pay with root, it's actually the first time i didnt immediately root my phone
what are u talking about guys? i have full stock, bootloader locked, but still can't use android pay, tells me that it is not available on this device
emiwonder said:
what are u talking about guys? i have full stock, bootloader locked, but still can't use android pay, tells me that it is not available on this device
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What are you talking about? Android pay absolutely works fine on this and every other device with nfc.
emiwonder said:
what are u talking about guys? i have full stock, bootloader locked, but still can't use android pay, tells me that it is not available on this device
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Where are you?
emiwonder said:
what are u talking about guys? i have full stock, bootloader locked, but still can't use android pay, tells me that it is not available on this device
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Works perfectly fine on a stock 6P in the U.S.
tech_head said:
Where are you?
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i am in Canada
Lots of misinformation about this. Android pay works fine if you use systemless root. I have it on my phone currently.
Is pay available in Canada
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tech_head said:
Is pay available in Canada
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No. And all banks except RBC in Canada who have tap to pay apps won't work either as the use secure SIM
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grubbster said:
Lots of misinformation about this. Android pay works fine if you use systemless root. I have it on my phone currently.
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I too am having problems adding a card to Android Pay due to the "Google is unable to verify. . ." error. I'm on stock ROM, and followed the directions for system-less root (thanks for that thread!).
One thing I'm starting to suspect is that when I first booted TWRP, upon being asked to keep system read only, I chose to "swipe to allow modifications".
Does anyone think this action, of allowing TWRP to modify the system partition, is the root cause for Android Pay not working? Is there a way to undo this action in TWRP, to put the system partition back to read-only?
Thanks!
sentinel230 said:
I too am having problems adding a card to Android Pay due to the "Google is unable to verify. . ." error. I'm on stock ROM, and followed the directions for system-less root (thanks for that thread!).
One thing I'm starting to suspect is that when I first booted TWRP, upon being asked to keep system read only, I chose to "swipe to allow modifications".
Does anyone think this action, of allowing TWRP to modify the system partition, is the root cause for Android Pay not working? Is there a way to undo this action in TWRP, to put the system partition back to read-only?
Thanks!
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i'm assuming you're rooted with SuperSU 2.62?
you have to delete SU/Bin i think to get it to work
It is available on this device, but is geographically dependent. If you live in a location where Android Pay is available and are completely stock and unrooted it will work. You then go into the lottery once you start looking at root etc.
Hi
I want to know is there any way to root without using pc. My bootloader is unlocked. Need to flash twrp.
mapbond said:
Hi
I want to know is there any way to root without using pc. My bootloader is unlocked. Need to flash twrp.
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Don't think so, no. Not without root anyway.
Kingroot might work but it's a horrible app that isn't worth the trouble it creates. If Kingroot works on this phone then you can probably install a custom recovery via something like Flashify or the TWRP app. The problem with Kingroot is that it's basically malware. It installs adware on your phone and won't give root access to anything that interferes with its functioning like Adaway or an alternate root app. It also sends God only knows what data from your phone to China. You are honestly better off not being rooted at all than using Kingroot. There are instructions for rooting with Kingroot and then switching root to SU but unless the instructions are extremely up to date they will not work. Kingroot is updated with the specific purpose of preventing you from being able to do anything that reduces the power Kingroot has over your phone. It can be uninstalled but the app makes certain you completely lose root functions before that happens.
no support
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Kingroot might work but it's a horrible app that isn't worth the trouble it creates. If Kingroot works on this phone then you can probably install a custom recovery via something like Flashify or the TWRP app. The problem with Kingroot is that it's basically malware. It installs adware on your phone and won't give root access to anything that interferes with its functioning like Adaway or an alternate root app. It also sends God only knows what data from your phone to China. You are honestly better off not being rooted at all than using Kingroot. There are instructions for rooting with Kingroot and then switching root to SU but unless the instructions are extremely up to date they will not work. Kingroot is updated with the specific purpose of preventing you from being able to do anything that reduces the power Kingroot has over your phone. It can be uninstalled but the app makes certain you completely lose root functions before that happens.
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i tried kingroot there is no support from there end. so i uninstalled it.
You can't. You need to unlock the bootloader if this phone and this requires a PC