My Verizon Mobile App just asked for superuser permission
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Same here. I didn't grant, and SuperSU timed out. Mildly disconcerting to say the least.
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This is why I root and immediately remove anything Verizon related, I don't trust any of their apps.
Why Might this App Need SU Permissions?
Me too!! I updated it April 8, 2014 and immediately after the update I got a request for SuperSu privileges. I’ve been with Verizon since the beginning and I love their coverage but I’m seriously considering another carrier. With locked bootloaders, their refusal to allow certain unlocked phones on their network, (Nexus 5, Many versions of Galaxy Sx, and the list goes on) and now this! Not to mention their egregious disregard of the Privacy Act of 1974 while collecting data for God knows who,(I’m sure the list is longer than we know). Of course I may be being cynical as I don’t know the reason for the SU request, but this app thus far, has served its function well without any SU permissions. I’d love to see some informed speculations on why this app is doing this.
Me too!! I updated it April 8, 2014 and immediately after the update I got a request for SuperSu privileges. I’ve been with Verizon since the beginning and I love their coverage but I’m seriously considering another carrier. With locked bootloaders, their refusal to allow certain unlocked phones on their network, (Nexus 5, Many versions of Galaxy Sx, and the list goes on) and now this! Not to mention their egregious disregard of the Privacy Act of 1974 while collecting data for God knows who,(I’m sure the list is longer than we know). Of course I may be being cynical as I don’t know the reason for the SU request, but this app thus far, has served its function well without any SU permissions. I’d love to see some informed speculations on why this app is doing this.
I haven't gotten this, but I haven't updated. I'm running a custom ROM. Are you guys using stock? There is an Xposed Module called Root Cloak that you can hide root access from certain apps.
It's possible that this is a way for Verizon to see that your phone is rooted so that they can screw you over on any warranties.
Galaxy Note 2 guy here with a mostly-stock ROM going on.
Same here, and it appears to be this way across the board for users.
I gotta make sure my girlfriend doesn't click 'Grant' on her S4. Could be bad news bears.
No Stock ROM Here
I’m using a custom ROM and got the SU Permission request right after I updated My Verizon Mobil or I may have launched the app. I’m on a Verizon Galaxy S3 I-535 with … Alliance ROM Build 22. I change ROMs sometimes but this is the first ROM with this updated version My Verizon Mobil.
I’m using a custom ROM and got the SU Permission request right after I updated My Verizon Mobil or I may have launched the app. I’m on a Verizon Galaxy S3 I-535 with … Alliance ROM Build 22. I change ROMs sometimes but this is the first ROM with this updated version My Verizon Mobil.
Verizon has waged war on all the rooted users!!!! If Ask Root user violation = true, lol. They're cutting into the ad revenue! No more forced adware, profits decreasing! Must force adware on users who buy their own phones!
Froze that puppy as soon as I saw the update. Not so lazy that I can't use a browser to get the same info.
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I am set to auto allow..... now what?? I allowed it and nothing happened...
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I think we can safely say that Verizon doing this is not going to be something in your best interest. Probably nothing will happen now but I imagine they could use this in the future to single out rooted users. Big companies move slow, but almost always one can assume moves like this will only be a negative for us rooted users.
You can go into the superuser app and block the permissions you previously gave.
Taken from a comment from http://www.droid-life.com/2014/04/0...with-3-widgets-randomly-asks-for-root-access/
TL;DR/WTF - Its checking for root by trying to execute ls as root. Its also pulling build information, debugging, model, and more
TL;DR/WTF - Its checking for root by trying to execute ls as root. Its also pulling build information, debugging, model, and more
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Mine did the same thing. Granted SU permision. The way I see it is I payed full retail off contract and do not carry warrantee so it don't matter lol
Galaxy Note 3 Stock Rooted Xposed
Galaxy Gear Rooted Null Rom
Suck It Nerds!
Galaxy Note 3 Stock Rooted Xposed
Galaxy Gear Rooted Null Rom
Suck It Nerds!
I decided I don't need the convenience of this app. Did a clean install of Alliance ROM and did not include My Verizon or any Verizon apps in the selectable options during Aroma installation. Thanks Beans for an extremely customizable ROM!
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https://gist.github.com/Tortel/10276327
That is the code which was in the comments of that article. It does look like it is gathering rooted status as part of all your phone's info to send back to Verizon.
Whether hitting deny makes it return "NO" or not is confusing because I tried the command in the terminal emulator and when you deny root it does not return "permission denied" which is what it looks like is required to set rooted to NO. When I run the command and deny root it just gives no response.
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That is the code which was in the comments of that article. It does look like it is gathering rooted status as part of all your phone's info to send back to Verizon.
Whether hitting deny makes it return "NO" or not is confusing because I tried the command in the terminal emulator and when you deny root it does not return "permission denied" which is what it looks like is required to set rooted to NO. When I run the command and deny root it just gives no response.
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This happened on my Galaxy S4 today. I denied it the first time it popped up, then a couple hours later I went to hang up after talking to my wife and the popup was there again - and it just so happened that "Allow" is right where the End Call button is! I noticed it right as I hit the button. Not happy.
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1https://gist.github.com/Tortel/10276327
That is the code which was in the comments of that article. It does look like it is gathering rooted status as part of all your phone's info to send back to Verizon.
Whether hitting deny makes it return "NO" or not is confusing because I tried the command in the terminal emulator and when you deny root it does not return "permission denied" which is what it looks like is required to set rooted to NO. When I run the command and deny root it just gives no response.
Sent from my SM-N900V using xda app-developers app1Seeing as how I work for verizon wireless tech support and I already did a write up on this and most people in the thread haven't been answered. Here is my previous answer, feel free to ask more.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/24p1ny/psa_my_verizon_mobile_superuser_request/
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I work for Verizon Wireless technical support, if you pay off the device full retail it still carries a 1 year MFG warranty for a replaement over the phone, also if you have extended warranty, total equipment coverage, or total mobile protection the extended warranty is still valid all the time.
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