| The method could be circumvented using Xposed + Magisk modules on android (I believe iOS had a method as well). However this is all irrelevant considering they spent a month or two deciding to ban these devices and it only took 3 weeks for new scanner apps to pop up that potentially will never be brought down [1] the owner claims they will never be taken down now in his posts which makes me wonder if he is balance loading thousands of accounts to prevent Niantic from banning his application from working - which really it was bound to happen eventually just needed the time for some to write out the necessary code and figure out a quick way to authorize and potentially keep creating accounts. In all honesty I believe the ban on rooted/jailbroken devices was really to remove people who were not contributing as much money to the game. In my experience a rooted device usually signifies the user wants to pay less for/in apps. Of course many users need rooting for backing up, tweaking the interface for better performance, but in the end most rooted users did this method to install hacked apps or circumvent some restriction that they would normally have to pay for (such as wifi tethering). It is silly and I am more then just frustrated that I had to spend hours getting Magisk installed to keep playing but in the end they are a business and the main focus is making money. [1] https://fastpokemap.se/ edit Apologies I must have read over you mentioning the Magisk method! edit2 also I have a lot of friends who bought phone's pre-rooted so it goes to say it's not really a smart maneuver on Niantics part to just assume people are rooting devices purposely. |
Eh, it's too much of a pain to hide my root. I'll never play this game again.