Okay so I tried out a bunch of Magisk modules and one of them is "xmlpack - a road to vendor apps" which makes the play store detect your phone as eligible for vendor apps (apps made by manufacturers for their specific phones).
That's great, but then I got this weird notification from Google Photos and this info card under my account :
the attach files thing wasn't working, so here is the link to google photos
screenshots taken on my Pocophone f1
So Apparently, because of xmlpack, Google Photos thinks my Pocophone is a Pixel 3 (Pixel 2's end date is 2020, pixel 3 is 2022, just like my card). If Google Photos just uses the latest xmlpack it finds, as long as the developper of the magisk module updates it, we'll get free OG quality uploads forever ! That sure seems cool, I just hope it doesn't get patched up too quickly...
(Sorry, I posted this in the Help section, mustve been a bit tired yesterday)
EDIT : I since learned that even though Google photos displays this message, it checks more things such as the Mac Address to check if your device is a Pixel.
That's great, but then I got this weird notification from Google Photos and this info card under my account :
the attach files thing wasn't working, so here is the link to google photos
screenshots taken on my Pocophone f1
So Apparently, because of xmlpack, Google Photos thinks my Pocophone is a Pixel 3 (Pixel 2's end date is 2020, pixel 3 is 2022, just like my card). If Google Photos just uses the latest xmlpack it finds, as long as the developper of the magisk module updates it, we'll get free OG quality uploads forever ! That sure seems cool, I just hope it doesn't get patched up too quickly...
(Sorry, I posted this in the Help section, mustve been a bit tired yesterday)
EDIT : I since learned that even though Google photos displays this message, it checks more things such as the Mac Address to check if your device is a Pixel.
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