I can’t root my phone because I don’t have an image for it (Moto G73) although I’d like to, but for some reason my banking app thinks it’s rooted and refuses to work. This happened just after I updated it, it wasn’t happening before.

      • Troy@lemmy.ca
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        8 months ago

        A lot of exploits exist to root a phone. Bad apps can abuse those exploits.

      • laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 months ago

        You don’t actually need an image to root a phone, that’s not what rooting is… It’s just gaining full administrative privileges over the device

      • jayandp@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        There are exploits out there either kept secret by malicious/proprietary parties, or not practical for consumer desires to get a proper rooted experience.

        Pretty much the only method to fix it if you’re affected that I can think of is to factory reset your phone with a manufacturer provided image, and even then it’s not 100% guaranteed if the bootloader is compromised.