Quickly disable Nexus Imprint (fingerprint sensor)? - Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Given that the authorities can compel fingerprint unlocking, is there a way to quickly disable it so the pass phrase will be required?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...o-open-your-phone-with-just-your-fingerprint/

Just hold the power button until turns off.
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Othoric said:
Just hold the power button until turns off.
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Only if you encrypt and require pin for start up (on some roms anyways)

Othoric said:
Just hold the power button until turns off.
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Thanks for the tip. Takes a few seconds but that works.
I was actually hoping that there was a method so that if I used another finger to try and unlock (e.g. middle finger instead of index finger), it will cause my 6P to require a passcode instead.

OT: why would this be a concern? If a federal judge has reasons to believe that something important pertaining to a certain case could be on your phone, and there's a court order for you to provide your fingerprint, then you provide your fingerprint. Why is it so hard to do so? Keep in mind that providing fingerprints doesn't violate the 5th amendment on self-incrimination, so there's nothing wrong about being requested to do so.

ttminh1997 said:
OT: why would this be a concern? If a federal judge has reasons to believe that something important pertaining to a certain case could be on your phone, and there's a court order for you to provide your fingerprint, then you provide your fingerprint. Why is it so hard to do so? Keep in mind that providing fingerprints doesn't violate the 5th amendment on self-incrimination, so there's nothing wrong about being requested to do so.
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As the Ars article mentioned, they can compel you to provide your fingerprint but not a password so if for whatever reason, you don't want them to unlock your phone, you will want to remove/disable the finger print unlock capability.

ttminh1997 said:
OT: why would this be a concern? If a federal judge has reasons to believe that something important pertaining to a certain case could be on your phone, and there's a court order for you to provide your fingerprint, then you provide your fingerprint. Why is it so hard to do so? Keep in mind that providing fingerprints doesn't violate the 5th amendment on self-incrimination, so there's nothing wrong about being requested to do so.
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What if there's something on your phone you don't want everyone to see. They can stick their amendments where the sun doesn't shine.
Its my phone, my property and about as personal as it gets. No one is looking in my phone for any reason.
If I reboot my phone it requires a password.
However as were all rooted, passwords and keys are quite simply deleted using twrp. So all of this is irrelevant.
I'm sure feds and smart police would know this, unless you've retained encryption and stock behavior.
By all accounts even without root there are other methods, adb, SQL. There are several ways.. The authorities know this, android isn't sandboxed e same way apple is.
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dladz said:
What if there's something on your phone you don't want everyone to see. They can stick their amendments where the sun doesn't shine.
Its my phone, my property and about as personal as it gets. No one is looking in my phone for any reason.
If I reboot my phone it requires a password.
However as were all rooted, passwords and keys are quite simply deleted using twrp. So all of this is irrelevant.
I'm sure feds and smart police would know this, unless you've retained encryption and stock behavior.
By all accounts even without root there are other methods, adb, SQL. There are several ways.. The authorities know this, android isn't sandboxed e same way apple is.
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I see a deep understanding of law just ooze from the above post. If they have a warrant you can take your property and privacy and shove them where the son does not shine. Which will be of little help because they can get to them there.
I do believe that a certain number of fingerprint failures forces a PIN request.

GroovyGeek said:
I see a deep understanding of law just ooze from the above post. If they have a warrant you can take your property and privacy and shove them where the son does not shine. Which will be of little help because they can get to them there.
I do believe that a certain number of fingerprint failures forces a PIN request.
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I see a deep understanding of sarcasm from the above post.
I didn't say they couldn't do it, I just resent being made to do something so if its a choice then I would always choose my privacy, i'm talking about a mobile phone here not the entire contents of my house.
Believe me not everything is on the table for the taking, if it is then that's down to you.
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dladz said:
What if there's something on your phone you don't want everyone to see. They can stick their amendments where the sun doesn't shine.
Its my phone, my property and about as personal as it gets. No one is looking in my phone for any reason.
If I reboot my phone it requires a password.
However as were all rooted, passwords and keys are quite simply deleted using twrp. So all of this is irrelevant.
I'm sure feds and smart police would know this, unless you've retained encryption and stock behavior.
By all accounts even without root there are other methods, adb, SQL. There are several ways.. The authorities know this, android isn't sandboxed e same way apple is.
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I would like to see you use SQL to hack my phone.
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borisb said:
I would like to see you use SQL to hack my phone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620456
Do it yourself.
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dladz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620456
Do it yourself.
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Only flaw, you need adb access

dladz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620456
Do it yourself.
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Does that hack still work for Marshmallow on an encrypted phone? Pretty weak security implementation by Google if they haven't closed off those loopholes yet.

DespairFactor said:
Only flaw, you need adb access
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Method 7 doesn't does it?

dladz said:
Method 7 doesn't does it?
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You need custom recovery, which if you are encrypted, TWRP cannot give access to the device. You also cannot get ADB at that point either to access the storage.
Try not to belittle someone trying to secure their device next time, you do realize that Android is actually more sandboxed than iOS because our OS/Applications runs partially in a VM?
The only thing that makes iOS more secure is the fact that is runs a BSD base and is coded in native languages, not some mainline diverged Linux

DespairFactor said:
You need custom recovery, which if you are encrypted, TWRP cannot give access to the device. You also cannot get ADB at that point either to access the storage.
Try not to belittle someone trying to secure their device next time, you do realize that Android is actually more sandboxed than iOS because our OS/Applications runs partially in a VM?
The only thing that makes iOS more secure is the fact that is runs a BSD base and is coded in native languages, not some mainline diverged Linux
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I haven't belittled anyone. No more than you just did to me anyway.
Either way, I'm not fussed. I've had my say.
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dladz said:
I haven't belittled anyone. No more than you just did to me anyway.
Either way, I'm not fussed. I've had my say.
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You attempted to discredit the entire purpose of the OP, stating that it was all useless prior to doing any research of your own.

DespairFactor said:
You attempted to discredit the entire purpose of the OP, stating that it was all useless prior to doing any research of your own.
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Ok seeing that this is XDAand it's a Nexus, I'd assume that the OP is rooted, meaing it's entirely possible for it to be removed, the OP doesn't state if it's a rooted device or not, being a Nexus, there is more chance than not that it is.
So my point stands, I don't want to get into a debate with you about this, so stand down from your moral high ground and either give an answer to the OP or don't.
I don't want to continue discussing this with you at all, so can we leave it there please.

dladz said:
Ok seeing that this is XDAand it's a Nexus, I'd assume that the OP is rooted, meaing it's entirely possible for it to be removed, the OP doesn't state if it's a rooted device or not, being a Nexus, there is more chance than not that it is.
So my point stands, I don't want to get into a debate with you about this, so stand down from your moral high ground and either give an answer to the OP or don't.
I don't want to continue discussing this with you at all, so can we leave it there please.
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My answer is, this sounds like a useful feature, it would have to be looked into for sure, but will need to be implemented as either an xposed module/rom feature or a root app. The fact that he is rooted enables more options of doing the requested task. There are no security issues with this due to encryption since the key is needed to decrypt the storage in TWRP. ADB is not accessible via fastboot, which also helps us ensure the device is locked down.
Also, OP if you are worried about security perhaps follow copperheados for information on when the Angler release is. You can find more info about it here: https://copperhead.co/

Hi,
Yes, my 6P is rooted and running stock. I also left it encrypted since I don't mind the performance degradation. I also have the boot password option enabled (bootloader has been left unlocked though).
I did disable USB debugging thanks to this thread and will only enable when needed.
I read on another forum that you can enable password locking by using a 3rd party launcher like Nova. Just set a gesture like double-tap to lock and it will require the password before it unlocks. So I might try using Nova instead of the stock launcher. This way I can quickly lock if needed without disabling finger print unlocking altogether. (That's assuming that there's no other hack that can be used to bypass the password requirement on an encrypted 6P. )
Thanks for the info!

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Here's How Law Enforcement Cracks Your iPhone/Android

Set your iPhone to require a four-digit passcode, and it may keep your private information safe from the prying eyes of the taxi driver whose cab you forget it in. But if law enforcement is determined to see the data you’ve stored on your smartphone, those four digits will slow down the process of accessing it by less than two minutes.
Here’s a video posted last week by Micro Systemation, a Stockholm, Sweden-based firm that sells law enforcement and military customers the tools to access the devices of criminal suspects or military detainees and siphon off their personal information.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygre...ment-cracks-your-iphones-security-code-video/
That is scary as heck. Good share of info. Wow. The video is a must watch.
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So how do they bypass fingerprint? That's my main reason for getting the atrix, can't crack a fingerprint. Interesting tho.
Pass code
pre4speed said:
So how do they bypass fingerprint? That's my main reason for getting the atrix, can't crack a fingerprint. Interesting tho.
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That was my first thought until I remembered that the fingerprint is backed up by a 4 digit pass code. So I guess they could walk right through the Atrix 4G just as easily as any other phone. Oh well......
The video has been deleted What was on it?
Also, your phone locks out and requires your google account password to unlock if the passcode has been entered incorrectly 20 times.
Do you reckon they can get past face unlock as well
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v.k said:
The video has been deleted What was on it?
Also, your phone locks out and requires your google account password to unlock if the passcode has been entered incorrectly 20 times.
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Google helped develop the software. What about freezing USB x.x.x with TiBu?
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If they want what's on it, they are going to get it, no matter how much security you think you have! Passcodes, FP reader, etc., are meant to protect from the regular Joe Blow user who rips off or finds your phone. If the military, law enforcement, etc., need to access your info and you want to stop them, you better go for the highest level of encryption you can find, and even then it's only a matter of time before they crack it and get in to your data.
This is why we need encryption. Really need to port truecrypt on Android...
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Just don't loose your phone..
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andrew.cambridge said:
Just don't loose your phone..
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Klever
10 char.
CaelanT said:
If they want what's on it, they are going to get it, no matter how much security you think you have! Passcodes, FP reader, etc., are meant to protect from the regular Joe Blow user who rips off or finds your phone. If the military, law enforcement, etc., need to access your info and you want to stop them, you better go for the highest level of encryption you can find, and even then it's only a matter of time before they crack it and get in to your data.
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read an article about a lady who had used some encryption software on her computer. it's encryption software that's available to the public.
anyhow, the cops couldn't get into her files without her password nor could their techs. so they tried getting her to divulge her password through legal manners. however, due to the right against self incrimination, this ruling was, of course, appealed and it turned into this whole fiasco regarding individuals' rights.
so the cops can't always get into someone's stuff.
smsparks said:
That was my first thought until I remembered that the fingerprint is backed up by a 4 digit pass code. So I guess they could walk right through the Atrix 4G just as easily as any other phone. Oh well......
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Only on blur based roms. I'm on cm7 which has no 4 digit backup code. If you mess up enough times, it prompts for your gmail credentials. Can't fake that either.
ifalldownalot said:
read an article about a lady who had used some encryption software on her computer. it's encryption software that's available to the public.
anyhow, the cops couldn't get into her files without her password nor could their techs. so they tried getting her to divulge her password through legal manners. however, due to the right against self incrimination, this ruling was, of course, appealed and it turned into this whole fiasco regarding individuals' rights.
so the cops can't always get into someone's stuff.
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That lady's laptop finally got decrypted without her consent. They forcefully decrypted.
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Only on blur based roms. I'm on cm7 which has no 4 digit backup code. If you mess up enough times, it prompts for your gmail credentials. Can't fake that either.
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Another layer is two. Step verification. That works till google is on your side.
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That lady's laptop finally got decrypted without her consent. They forcefully decrypted.
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shweet. thanks for that conclusion. always wondered what happened and I could not find that article again.
If someone has physical access, there is nothing that can stop them.
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If someone has physical access, there is nothing that can stop them.
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so true.
after i saw that xry video of swedish agency helping police with all this stuff.
its confirmed beyond belief that all devices can be cracked off within minutes.
another intriguing thing ,
why no mentions of windows phone 7 and blackberry devices?
aren't they crackable?
only devices which are demoed are android and iphone.
If it's that serious install an app that can delete data remotely. They can eventually crack it yes, but can they crack it before your phone call?
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I thought I read an article about law enforcement calling Google for help to crack an Android pattern lock...
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Root by March 1. Over/Under Poll

Will the Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Retail see root by March 1, 2015? Wanted to see what you guys think in a poll.
There are threads where this should go.
There are people messing around with getting root, but nothing real serious. Unfortunately, the Verizon retail Note 4 isn't likely to ever get root, certainly not by March. No chance.
There's a radio button for that
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Will the Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Retail see root by March 1, 2015? Wanted to see what you guys think in a poll.
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I'm mobile, can't see the poll. I'd say between lollipop possibilities and recently discussed exploits, 60% chance.
Are there android phones in the past or current that has never seen root access?
The only thing I use root for is Titanium Backup so I can freeze bloatware. That is about it, but I have enough memory and quite frankly the stock works very well for me.
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They are crackin' pretty hard at it over on the AT&T side. If they find a way, it should work for us. Here's hoping. This thing runs great but these dangforblasted white screens are driving me insane. Time-line? Who knows. The sooner the better.
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They are crackin' pretty hard at it over on the AT&T side. If they find a way, it should work for us. Here's hoping. This thing runs great but these dangforblasted white screens are driving me insane. Time-line? Who knows. The sooner the better.
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This was actually my motivation for starting this thread. It seems like it's heating up a bit over there and I was wondering if that had changed anyone's opinion from the first "Root Poll" thread started a while ago. I'm certainly more optimistic after seeing all of the activity. On the other hand history does seem to shoe that the big advances seem to come from people who have been silently waiting in the wings.
Yea it has been a while since I put up that root poll. It's since died out which is understandable.
My point of view is (and yes I voted) lol
I don't believe well see root in this device! I fear that this is the way it's going to be for most new devices rolling out from here on out. Unless you purchase a dev edition.
To me. The phone runs very well! Use the blocking script and u can free up some ram. Otherwise the only things Im missing the most is cleaning up the notification bar and TiBu. Otherwise I'm happy!
Course this is just my opinion.
Carry on
freddy0872 said:
Yea it has been a while since I put up that root poll. It's since died out which is understandable.
My point of view is (and yes I voted) lol
I don't believe well see root in this device! I fear that this is the way it's going to be for most new devices rolling out from here on out. Unless you purchase a dev edition.
To me. The phone runs very well! Use the blocking script and u can free up some ram. Otherwise the only things Im missing the most is cleaning up the notification bar and TiBu. Otherwise I'm happy!
Course this is just my opinion.
Carry on
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Color Status Bar gives you full control over the notification panel without root. Helium retains a lot of TiBu functionality without root.
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Once I can find a way to spoof GPS without having "Allow Mock Location" I won't be obsessed with this phone getting root. I love the phone regardless.
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Will the Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Retail see root by March 1, 2015? Wanted to see what you guys think in a poll.
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Not gonna happen
Not going to happen. Saving for iPhone 6 plus were jailbreak works no matter what carrier. Maybe the m8. Does the m8 have root on verizon even? It's going to take me a while to save 800 bucks, maybe we will get lucky. Stock would not be bad, but suckwiz is killing me.
I've been optimistic for those on the note 4 verizon version, unfortunatley the sad truth is, its either going to never come to note 4 or will be almost a year till root is achieved. I'm going to be staying with my note 3 for a long time. Possibly forever, until note edge/edge 2 note 5 gets root and custom recovery. Just my opinion, I'm cheering you guys on, it's hard without dev support. Once the dev support get's tripled than might have a better chance. But till then, your gonna have to wait it out. Best of luck and I'm rooting for your guys
I am not optimistic. I suppose it is the DE edition for the N5 or off to another manufacturer whose phone can be rooted.
Can't really put the blame on the manufacturer. I understand that tmobile variant of the Note 4 can be rooted. It's a carrier thing. Maybe Samsung just has a more secure method. But it's only there because Verizon wants it there.
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Once I can find a way to spoof GPS without having "Allow Mock Location" I won't be obsessed with this phone getting root. I love the phone regardless.
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why do you need to spoof GPS? you play Ingress? if you do, it's against tos
outcasted2003 said:
The only thing I use root for is Titanium Backup so I can freeze bloatware. That is about it, but I have enough memory and quite frankly the stock works very well for me.
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You wouldn't like to be able to write to sdcard using any method of your choice?
Nope. MLB at Bat app. If I want to watch my home team I can't be in the tv/radio "broadcast territory" of either of the teams playing. On my previous phone I used "FakeGPS". Apk has to be copied to "/system/priv-app" in order to work with "Allow Mock Locations" turned off... MLB at Bat app knows if Allow Mock is turned on.
And maybe it was PEBKAC but I'm pretty sure I tried renaming a picture on my SD Card and was denied. Insanity.

Are Root& ROM's dead?

Like the title says...seeing that Android Pay is disabled when rooted, what is the future of rooted phones and by extension ROM's?
sluflyer06 said:
Like the title says...seeing that Android Pay is disabled when rooted, what is the future of rooted phones and by extension ROM's?
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Highly doubt developers will stop making ROM's just because of something like Android Pay.
stevew84 said:
Highly doubt developers will stop making ROM's just because of something like Android Pay.
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Android pay is novel and CAN make life easier, but it's not a necessity or something 90% of users will be using so I doubt root and custom roms are in any danger or extinction based on just android pay.
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I personally am finding very little reason to root anymore. The only added benefit would be adblocking but I can live with it just for Android Pay. Native tethering works. System UI Tuner settings does most of the things I wanted for GravityBox.
toyanucci said:
Android pay is novel and CAN make life easier, but it's not a necessity or something 90% of users will be using so I doubt root and custom roms are in any danger or extinction based on just android pay.
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I am so curious to know how did you come up with that 90% number...
luciferiusXI said:
I am so curious to know how did you come up with that 90% number...
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Did a personal pole lolol. How many people do YOU know who own an android phone that uses android pay? Also how many places do you know that takes android pay? The percentage is probably higher than 90% actually...
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Does imprint still work if rooted?
Personally i couldn't care less about paying with my phone when my wallet and everything I need to carry is with me regardless. Regardless of that people have gotten android pay working with rooted devices. Root, adblock / do your thing and the unroot. Add your cards and pay as you normally would. Most people don't need root 24/7 so you can have your cake and eat it too.
Don't want to root? Enjoy your ads. Or use one of the proxy services just hope they treat your data well.
Far from it, there will be plenty of XDA N6p roms to go around! Happy Flashing
adamsweeting said:
Does imprint still work if rooted?
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I'm not sure anyone has root yet, but my device has the bootloader unlocked and imprint still works.
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adamsweeting said:
Does imprint still work if rooted?
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Why are people asking this question? It seems so nonsensical to me...S5 had root and a fingerprint scanner, s6, note 5, tab s etc. Why would root stop a hardware feature like a fingerprint scanner?!
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Like the title says...seeing that Android Pay is disabled when rooted, what is the future of rooted phones and by extension ROM's?
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Root and custom roms are not synonymous. You can have root on the stock rom on your phone and you can have a custom rom without root. For example, I have a custom rom right now without root, as I need to use apps that don't work with root, but I still want features from a custom rom.
toyanucci said:
Why are people asking this question? It seems so nonsensical to me...S5 had root and a fingerprint scanner, s6, note 5, tab s etc. Why would root stop a hardware feature like a fingerprint scanner?!
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Errm - because I haven't owned any of those devices I wasn't "in the know", so I asked the question. Jeez.
There are no custom roms. There is only Chroma.
i doubt it will die however paying with your phone has put a dent in the community as well as made android have more security because of it, plus apps like adguard, and for samsung there are disable apps that don't require root and no ads and app disabling are the only two things some people want.
Won't die. Even more so in countries like mine which refuse to support Android Pay or any other form of mobile credit payment
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I am so curious to know how did you come up with that 90% number...
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Why do you need it? It's a god damn sham. Google wallet has been there for ages no one complaint and have been rooting phones since it existed.
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God no root is a massive pain.
No ad blocking, going from no ads to all ads between my 6 and 6P even XDA is bad !
Also I like to hide the nav bar to negate the burn in issues of AMOLED, don't care what anyone says these screens WILL burn in its because of the technology.
3. Tweeked stock ROMs with proper reboot options and circle battery and such
Wait for Xposed.
When Xposed is available you can install a cloak and use Pay.
I use pay on my LG G3 with Xposed and root.
Cards need to be added without Xposed installed.
To use Pay you either need to disable root or cloak it.
Not a big deal.
Zimeron said:
Root and custom roms are not synonymous. You can have root on the stock rom on your phone and you can have a custom rom without root. For example, I have a custom rom right now without root, as I need to use apps that don't work with root, but I still want features from a custom rom.
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I didn't know this thought you had to have root to flash custom roms
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Nexus Imprint & Root

Has anyone who received their device, rooted and checked to see if it disables Nexus Imprint, as I have read might be the case?
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Ive read you can get it to add cards and stuff while rooted by temporarily unrooting, but actually using them to pay may not work. Slightly disappointed because I wanted to root/ROM and still use Android Pay, but we'll see if there is a way the devs can include whatever is needed to make it work.
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Has anyone who received their device, rooted and checked to see if it disables Nexus Imprint, as I have read might be the case?
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I'm not concerned with Android Pay, just being able to use the sensor to unlock the device. I just read in the "Root now Available" thread that it is working fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63528910&postcount=4
There is no reason it would disable Nexus Imprint as all the sensitive storing of the fingerprint etc. is taken care of in the TrustZone. Unless there is a specific TrustZone exploit, the data remains inaccessible even to the root user. People who claim it would be disabled were just confusing Android Pay and Nexus Imprint. The former has other reasons for disabling itself on rooted devices that have nothing to do with Nexus Imprint.

Google Pixel Rooted

Google Pixel has been rooted, and no surprises as to who did it.
https://twitter.com/ChainfireXDA/status/791576935977644032
He also goes on to say
"That root is with verity disabled and modified /system. Going to continue trying to get it working without this requirement."
Enjoy and Have a good weekend ahead peeps!!
Edit
Systemless root achieved.
https://twitter.com/ChainfireXDA/status/791748015925161984
ohh man amazing!!!
Why hasn't Google hired him yet?
What is this "varity" thing that gets disabled?
matrix0886 said:
What is this "varity" thing that gets disabled?
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http://www.xda-developers.com/a-look-at-marshmallow-root-verity-complications/
"Victory is mine! Full systemless root achieved. Boot image mods only, /system fully intact, dm-verity switchable. #pixel"
"@ChainfireXDA: It's done! Going to take a break now. Release later today or tomorrow. Can't wait for you guys to find all the bugs /s"
#ChainfireTweets
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Hahahaha, lol. There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING special about pixel in regards to root. Works JUST LIKE every Nexus running 6.0+. I was running with root on ours on **october 20th**.
doitright said:
Hahahaha, lol. There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING special about pixel in regards to root. Works JUST LIKE every Nexus running 6.0+. I was running with root on ours on **october 20th**.
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Eh? I think,
You are wrong....
There is pretty much EVERYTHING DECENT about Chainfire's ability and dedication to continue rooting each successive version of Android. Pixel was first to ship with 7.1, and there ARE differences between the new systemless root and 6.0 or 6.0.1 root methodology.
Why does your message just sound like a CALITALIZED rambling of a spoilsport? I dunno. It does to me, anyway.
There is like nothing special about ANYthing new, got us there aha!
I like the advent of new tech and new methods, even if novelty is old by now.
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nednednerb said:
Eh? I think,
You are wrong....
There is pretty much EVERYTHING DECENT about Chainfire's ability and dedication to continue rooting each successive version of Android. Pixel was first to ship with 7.1, and there ARE differences between the new systemless root and 6.0 or 6.0.1 root methodology.
Why does your message just sound like a CALITALIZED rambling of a spoilsport? I dunno. It does to me, anyway.
There is like nothing special about ANYthing new, got us there aha!
I like the advent of new tech and new methods, even if novelty is old by now.
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No there isn't.
The only explanation for keeping the source code closed, is because he is HIDING something in it. I wouldn't touch that garbage if my life depended on it.
WHY DO YOU THINK I MAINTAIN MY OWN SOURCE?
And like I already said, there was *absolutely nothing* special about the pixel.
He's just trying to drum up an "awww cool" factor that is undeserved.
doitright said:
No there isn't.
The only explanation for keeping the source code closed, is because he is HIDING something in it. I wouldn't touch that garbage if my life depended on it.
WHY DO YOU THINK I MAINTAIN MY OWN SOURCE?.
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I literally have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and you might not. However, I can instantly recognise paranoid conspiracy theory.
Literally, the "only" reason -ever- for *shudder* an Android dev protecting some measure of private and intellectual property is..... He is evil and hiding his violence from all of us!?
Cool story bro.
Maintain your own source if you want, but people are allowed to keep some property to themselves.
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