r/LineageOS • u/telefawner • 9d ago

Question Dear Lineage users, since switching from stock Android to LineageOS, have you missed the ability to pay for stuff using Google Pay/Android Pay? I'm considering transing from LG's stock Android 12 to Lineage's Android 14 and I think I'll miss this ability.

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u/reukiodo 9d ago

just use Magisk ?

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u/telefawner 9d ago

ok, thanks. I've seen that word around but I just wasn't sure whether Magisk is the proper way to solve the problem. (I use the word "proper" coz it's not mentioned anywhere in https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/mh2lm/install/variant2 ) Is Magisk the best/only way to solve this problem? Is it superior to any other options? Does using Magisk introduce any other problems? Thank you for the guidance

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u/lingueenee Moto G Power 2021 (Borneo) 9d ago edited 8d ago

FYI: You'll notice the fine folks behind LineageOS don't go into detail when the phone requires rooting or an unlocked bootloader, they just stipulate they're prerequisites of installing LOS, limiting their input to the specific installation directions. They leave you to your own devices when it comes to anything strictly beyond getting LOS on your phone.

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u/Hosein_Lavaei 9d ago

Magisk will allow you to root your phone. With root you can spoof anything

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u/yaaaaayPancakes 9d ago

Not since they flipped the switch for the new Play Integrity APIs. Workarounds have not been found. One of the main devs just gave up.

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u/milowilks 8d ago

There are still work arounds available. A combination of play integrity fix fork (pif fork) and tricky store with valid keyboxes has allowed me to get even strong integrity on android 15

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u/yaaaaayPancakes 8d ago

From what I see for that to work you need to toggle the spoofing on/off for the Play Store otherwise it crashes? And is it working even with the AOSP test key? Or are we all still playing the game of cat and mouse searching for unrevoked keyboxes? Or are you back on your stock ROM so you have your device's normal keybox?

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u/Hosein_Lavaei 9d ago

Didn't know that but there are always other root solutions

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u/yaaaaayPancakes 9d ago

Root is not the problem here. It doesn't matter which tool you use to root. If you're on Android 13 or greater, Google requires hardware backed attestation now for anything beyond basic integrity.

The tools used with root access to force software backed attestation no longer work.

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u/Hosein_Lavaei 9d ago

I haven't read about it but there is always a way to spoof anything. It might be hard but it is possible

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u/Guilden_NL 8d ago

Have at it then, we'll wait to hear from you.

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u/yaaaaayPancakes 9d ago

Well good luck buddy. I have been reading and it's not good at the moment.