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Sim Toolkit not working after upgrading my G900V to CM13

I recently rooted my G900V and installed CM13. It works like a charm except one minor/major thing.
When using the Sim Toolkit to log on to secure websites like banks or social security websites, it appears as if the phone is unable to send a response to the website in question.
Now I've had SGS2 before on CM11 and it worked great, but after upgrading my SGS5 to CM13 I can't get it to work. I've tried contacting the operator without any meaningful feedback. Same with the banks.
As I'm a complete newbie in terms of modifying applications on Android, I turn to you guys.
Can anyone relate to the issue or provide any meaningful responses ?
Thank you so much!

oja60 said:
I recently rooted my G900V and installed CM13. It works like a charm except one minor/major thing.
When using the Sim Toolkit to log on to secure websites like banks or social security websites, it appears as if the phone is unable to send a response to the website in question.
Now I've had SGS2 before on CM11 and it worked great, but after upgrading my SGS5 to CM13 I can't get it to work. I've tried contacting the operator without any meaningful feedback. Same with the banks.
As I'm a complete newbie in terms of modifying applications on Android, I turn to you guys.
Can anyone relate to the issue or provide any meaningful responses ?
Thank you so much!
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Same problem with my G900F.

It is probably the fact that your device is rooted download xposed framework first then to hide your root status try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3384559
Xposed framework avaliable here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811&page=4
Try also using selinux mode changer apk avaliable here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524485
Try root cloak here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574647

What happens to the One Plus 5 if I unlock the bootloader?

Greetings! I have just ordered my new OP5 and now I hat a Sony Z5. If you were Xperia users, you know that after unlock the bootloader, you lost permanently (or you did a backup before) a speial partition where Sony put very important data for the device (like the camera quality for example).
I know myself ad I have fear that if I unlock the bootloader I lose some imoprtant data or something so my question is: which consequences do you have if you unlock the OP5? Do you lose something important like in the Sony devices or not?
Thank you very much and sorry of there's a thread where you must post this questions :crying:

Unlocking the bootloader basically resets your phone and you lose data plus any apps you installed but you don't lose anything like what you are describing --you just need to set up your phone again. The biggest problem you would encounter is that Android Pay probably wouldn't work unless you flash a custom kernel. Default Android behavior is that if you unlock the bootloader you automatically can't pass Safety Net and I don't think OnePlus or any other phone maker that runs Android is officially allowed to change that behavior --which is why you need a custom kernel to still pass Safety Net.

Oh, and you have a screen at boot that pretty much states that the bootloader has been unlocked.
Not sure why we still have to deal with this as this has been masked on a few other model phones, like the Axon 7, and with all the dev's available for the one+ it's surprising this hasn't been sorted for us too...

So far after unlocking my bootloader and rooting with magisk, android pay is unavailable. I didn't use it much anyways as out here in rural country midwest (USA) it isn't very widespread. As far as warranty goes it is still in effect and 1+ also has a guide for restoring your phone to stock too. It's definitely a great phone for customizing and trying new things with. I didn't apply a new ROM though as most ROMs available at this time are still a work in progress and not what I deem entirely stable. I'm sure someone here will contradict me, but I'm doing fine with what I've got so far.

prozo said:
So far after unlocking my bootloader and rooting with magisk, android pay is unavailable. I didn't use it much anyways as out here in rural country midwest (USA) it isn't very widespread. As far as warranty goes it is still in effect and 1+ also has a guide for restoring your phone to stock too. It's definitely a great phone for customizing and trying new things with. I didn't apply a new ROM though as most ROMs available at this time are still a work in progress and not what I deem entirely stable. I'm sure someone here will contradict me, but I'm doing fine with what I've got so far.
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Works for me on stock 7.1.1....
Sent from my OnePlus5 using XDA Labs

Essentially, if you're happy with how your phone is working, there is no need to unlock the boot loader and root. There is no point to unlock the bootloader and then not root .
Unlocking the bootloader allows custom recoveries and roms/kernels to be installed onto the phone.
It also allows such things as substratum, xposed and magisk to be installed as these apps generally require root priveliges that aren't available with a locked bootloader and being unrooted.
Customisation can be easier, Bloat can be removed instead of just frozen and tweaks can be applied BUT there is a downside too as this has effectively breached Googles security and will break certain apps (mostly banking but there has been reports of streaming apps being affected too on other forums).
Luckily as you have the One+5 you can, if you wish, revert to stock and relock the bootloader thus reverting all changes, unlocking most other phones which will destroy any hope of getting warranty or a relocked bootloader.
Just be sure you HAVE got it back to stock 1st however as having anything different, (kernel,rom or recovery) may very well brick your device once you relock the bootloader.

prozo said:
So far after unlocking my bootloader and rooting with magisk, android pay is unavailable. I didn't use it much anyways as out here in rural country midwest (USA) it isn't very widespread. As far as warranty goes it is still in effect and 1+ also has a guide for restoring your phone to stock too. It's definitely a great phone for customizing and trying new things with. I didn't apply a new ROM though as most ROMs available at this time are still a work in progress and not what I deem entirely stable. I'm sure someone here will contradict me, but I'm doing fine with what I've got so far.
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You need to flash a custom kernel to pass safety net. It won't work with the stock kernel. Blu Spark seems to be the official unofficial kernel and you could easily flash that one and forget it as it is pretty fast and smooth as is. Boeffla kernel is built for stability and is rock solid but if you don't tweak the settings at all you might notice a slight drop in performance from stock. Either one will allow you to pass Safety Net and can improve the speed and performance of the phone over stock. Boeffla also includes a fix for the auto brightness making the phone too dim by allowing you to set a minimum screen brightness that it won't go below.

If I only root the device, will I be able to use Android Pay?

Struziu said:
If I only root the device, will I be able to use Android Pay?
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You can't root without unlocking the bootloader

Hey,
I'm aware this is thread is pretty old, but I'm wondering how things are now? It's been quite some time since I've touched any bootloaders or custom roms and I'm interested in testing android 11 with my op5. What are the downsides with unlocking your bootloader and installing a custom rom?
Google pay not working?
Banking apps not working?
Netflix not working?
I tried searching this forum and googling around and I really could not find any answers. And none of the custom rom threads I checked mention safetynet.

Paranoid Android + Android Pay

Hi, @GalaticStryder
O recently installed Paranoid Android in my LPro3 and it is amazing but I cant get Android Pay work. I have the application installed and my card added but when I get close to the terminal the phone doesn't read it. NFC and
PAY is enabled and the phone is not rooted. It passes the safetynet check.
Thanks in advance.... :crying:

Only stock roms for nfc paying at least my leeco pro3

Android Pay requires a locked bootloader but I'm not sure. If it works on stock ROMs with unlocked bootloaders, that means the kernel is reporting a locked bootloader (or there's something else I'm missing). If you want Android Pay to work you need a kernel that passes SafetyNet and/or a locked bootloader.

BTW I was able to get my NFC payment working using those 2 guides
This
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/android-pay-cm14-1-t3504989
and This
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70948716&postcount=253

For how long though. Google always finds a way to patch it. :/

Hiding root

I installed Android 7.0 Nougat (build G930PVPU4BQH1) on my Samsung Galaxy S7 (Sprint SM-G930P) and used an eng-boot method as described in this how-to guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...ed-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502/post71287574
With the help of the root.bat file provided by that guide and its wonderful tweaks, it was probably the smoothest, least-complicated process like this I've ever had with this phone. I used Bloatware Remover to make a few personal adjustments, as well as adding "dun" to the APN types to get mobile hotspot working w/o the $99999/mo subscription. The whole thing beat (my) record time, taking only about an hour to get everything back in working order.
I would like to know if anyone has found a way to hide root from as many things as possible, like "safety net", by using magisk or hidesu or another method on the Galaxy S7 or S8 (snapdragon models). Ideally, I would like to have Xposed on here, but I know that is going to take some time (if it ever really happens...)
Sprint offered me a free upgrade to the S8, so in the case that I can do it with the S8, I will go ahead and upgrade. If not, I am definitely considering switching to a Google Pixel 2 XL (after the screen burn-in issue gets fixed, haha).
So anyway, I just want to know if it is feasible that root could be hidden on a device with a locked boot loader (like S7/8) or if I should just plan on the Pixel 2 XL.
Thoughts and opinions?

tarocco said:
I installed Android 7.0 Nougat (build G930PVPU4BQH1) on my Samsung Galaxy S7 (Sprint SM-G930P) and used an eng-boot method as described in this how-to guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...ed-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502/post71287574
With the help of the root.bat file provided by that guide and its wonderful tweaks, it was probably the smoothest, least-complicated process like this I've ever had with this phone. I used Bloatware Remover to make a few personal adjustments, as well as adding "dun" to the APN types to get mobile hotspot working w/o the $99999/mo subscription. The whole thing beat (my) record time, taking only about an hour to get everything back in working order.
I would like to know if anyone has found a way to hide root from as many things as possible, like "safety net", by using magisk or hidesu or another method on the Galaxy S7 or S8 (snapdragon models). Ideally, I would like to have Xposed on here, but I know that is going to take some time (if it ever really happens...)
Sprint offered me a free upgrade to the S8, so in the case that I can do it with the S8, I will go ahead and upgrade. If not, I am definitely considering switching to a Google Pixel 2 XL (after the screen burn-in issue gets fixed, haha).
So anyway, I just want to know if it is feasible that root could be hidden on a device with a locked boot loader (like S7/8) or if I should just plan on the Pixel 2 XL.
Thoughts and opinions?
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Magisk will not work, as it modifies the boot image, and the locked bootloader doesn't allow the phone to boot with modified boot images. As of right now, there is no way to hide root completely with Xposed, and apps like SUhide won't work on this locked bootloader phone, as they require SuperSU to be installed systemlessly. Only way you can pass safetynet/ hide root with this phone is if we get our bootloaders unlocked somehow, which is very, very unlikely. The S8 has a root method, but it limits the battery to only 80%, so I wouldn't recommend that.
tl;dr: There's no way to hide root currently on this phone. The U.S S8 has a root method, but it locks the max battery to 80%, and it has the same issue of not being able to hide root. If you do end up buying a Pixel, buy one which is not Verzion branded, as they have locked bootloaders as well.

TheF|ipSide said:
Magisk will not work, as it modifies the boot image, and the locked bootloader doesn't allow the phone to boot with modified boot images. As of right now, there is no way to hide root completely with Xposed, and apps like SUhide won't work on this locked bootloader phone, as they require SuperSU to be installed systemlessly. Only way you can pass safetynet/ hide root with this phone is if we get our bootloaders unlocked somehow, which is very, very unlikely. The S8 has a root method, but it limits the battery to only 80%, so I wouldn't recommend that.
tl;dr: There's no way to hide root currently on this phone. The U.S S8 has a root method, but it locks the max battery to 80%, and it has the same issue of not being able to hide root. If you do end up buying a Pixel, buy one which is not Verzion branded, as they have locked bootloaders as well.
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Thanks TheF|ipSide, especially because I didn't know that the Verizon Pixel 2 has a locked bootloader. Are there non-Verizon models of the Pixel 2 compatible with US carriers (not international-only)? I assume that there are but in case this thread shows up in search results some day...just looking for clean alternatives right now.
I guess for right now there is no viable root hide on US models of S7 or S8...

tarocco said:
Thanks TheF|ipSide, especially because I didn't know that the Verizon Pixel 2 has a locked bootloader. Are there non-Verizon models of the Pixel 2 compatible with US carriers (not international-only)? I assume that there are but in case this thread shows up in search results some day...just looking for clean alternatives right now.
I guess for right now there is no viable root hide on US models of S7 or S8...
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1. No problem, always glad to help. If you find someone's post helpful, use the thanks button instead, as that reduces thread clutter and does the same thing as saying thanks.
2. The unlocked Pixel 2/ Pixel XL 2 will work on Sprint and Verizon as well as the rest of the U.S, but only those bought from Google have an unlockable bootlaoder. Unlocked Verizon Pixels will work on other carriers, but they'll still have a locked bootloader.
3. Another alternative you could go for is the essential phone. It has an unlockable bootloader along with pure AOSP, and the updates they've pushed out seem to have remedied the issues it launched with.

mi note 2 - android pay - anyone have it working?

Hi All,
got a phone straight from gearbest - international rom - android 6.0.1. MXB48T
Miui 8.5.5.0
loaded android pay.
loaded my card onto it.
everything went fine, without a problem.
then when i went to buy some goods today, i selected "contactless" swiped my phone over the pay terminal....Nothing. no vibrate, no sound, no change on the phone....and no pay.
very strange i think?
anyone with any input?

anyone from the uk with this phone?

Sorry man , can't help you because Android pay is not available in my country to test it out
Did you had NFC on?

Not working for me... It says I have a modified ROM but I don't.

all ok for me, but i`m on global beta...

It was working for me when i was on locked bootloader and dev rom, but now that i have unlocked it, android pay doesnt work anymore.

Working on Ressurection Remix with magisk. Woot!

Need to change "Secure element position" setting to HCE Wallet (Wireless & networks/More). The default "embedded element" does not work with Android Pay.