Android pay

danaff37

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Got it working on my phone, even rooted. Steps:

1. Get Android pay app (http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-pay/android-pay-1-0-102576552-android-apk-download/)
2. Get up to date play services. For the g4, MAKE SURE IT IS 248! (http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ices-8-1-13-2234497-248-android-apk-download/)
3. If not rooted, enjoy!

If rooted, you don't have to completely unroot.
1. I use juice ssh with "local" connection, but you need a terminal (highly suggest on the phone, if cord disconnects from adb shell you could end up stuck)
2. DO NOT CLOSE OUT/EXIT THE SHELL ON THE TERMINAL UNTIL DONE!
3. Get root access on the shell. Run this command:
mv /system/xbin/su /system/xbin/tempsu

If you get an error that file system is read only, run this command, then the one above:
mount -o rw,remount /system

4. Now go through the process of adding a card in Android pay, WITHOUT EXITING SHELL ON TERMINAL
5. Once running with a card showing on your list, go back to your shell
6. Now this command:
mv /system/xbin/tempsu /system/xbin/su
7. Test a root app before exiting your shell.
You're done! Once it's run once, you can add a card without doing the su business again. All good!
 
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thekrush

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Feb 11, 2007
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Irvine
Got it working on my phone, even rooted. Steps:

1. Get Android pay app (http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-pay/android-pay-1-0-102576552-android-apk-download/)
2. Get up to date play services. For the g4, MAKE SURE IT IS 248! (http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ices-8-1-13-2234497-248-android-apk-download/)
3. If not rooted, enjoy!

If rooted, you don't have to completely unroot.
1. I use juice ssh with "local" connection, but you need a terminal (highly suggest on the phone, if cord disconnects from adb shell you could end up stuck)
2. DO NOT CLOSE OUT/EXIT THE SHELL ON THE TERMINAL UNTIL DONE!
3. Get root access on the shell. Run this command:
mv /system/xbin/su /system/xbin/tempsu
4. Now go through the process of adding a card in Android pay, WITHOUT EXITING SHELL ON TERMINAL
5. Once running with a card showing on your list, go back to your shell
6. Now this command:
mv /system/xbin/tempsu /system/xbin/su
7. Test a root app before exiting your shell.
You're done! Once it's run once, you can add a card without doing the su business again. All good!
Q: Aren’t the LG G4 users supposed to be waiting for 240 version (not 248)?

I want to try out but am waiting for Google to release on the Play Store (Google Play Services).

Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
 

Spudnubs

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I installed the 248 apk and google play services kept crashing even after a factory reset. I had to update from H81210b to H81210f before it finally stopped.
 

KingFatty

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Can someone clarify how Android pay interacts with how the charges are made on your linked credit card, for the purposes of the cashback or other incentive programs? I recall in the past how I was not happy with the old google pay, because the charges on the credit card showed up as being made by Google itself, instead of the actual vendor/store in which you were swiping your phone.

This mattered back then because using your phone wouldn't trigger stuff like the credit card's 5% cashback at Home Depot, because the credit card company viewed it as though you were making a charge to google instead of home depot. Does Android pay avoid this issue, where using your phone at Home depot would show up as a charge on the credit card as coming from Home depot instead of google?
 

danaff37

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Mar 14, 2010
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Can someone clarify how Android pay interacts with how the charges are made on your linked credit card, for the purposes of the cashback or other incentive programs? I recall in the past how I was not happy with the old google pay, because the charges on the credit card showed up as being made by Google itself, instead of the actual vendor/store in which you were swiping your phone.

This mattered back then because using your phone wouldn't trigger stuff like the credit card's 5% cashback at Home Depot, because the credit card company viewed it as though you were making a charge to google instead of home depot. Does Android pay avoid this issue, where using your phone at Home depot would show up as a charge on the credit card as coming from Home depot instead of google?
If it's a card supported by Android pay, you should get rewards more. If it's an unsupported grandfathered in card from wallet, it will not.