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brent76

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Just unboxed my NEO U22-XJ and some apps (CTV, TVNZ, COSMOTE TV GO, MAGENTA TV) say my new box is rooted when it is not. Or is it?
 
brent76 said:
How can Root Switch resolve my issue?
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It can't!

The issue with apps that detect root and are not supported because of this has been an issue before the Root switch feature was added.
I think MINIX were hoping the issue may be resolved in doing this!

I use an app that thinks the device is rooted but strangely it still functions correctly. In the past with a different MINIX device, the same issue, said app would not function. I believe to fix the issue some rogue system files/data were removed.

I have already put this to MINIX.
 
Marty said:
Just a word of warning before you try anything related to removing root from the U22, I tried it by installing SuperSU and this caused a bootloop, same as this fellow:
https://theminixforum.com/index.php?threads/help.2907/
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I do not intend to try anything related to rooting my device. Nevertheless, I am pretty convinced that the issue is generated by these two "su" files I found in "system" directory; one in "/system/bin" and one in "/system/xbin". My other two MINIX devices (NEO X8-H & NEO X8-H PLUS) are working just fine with these apps and guess what; they both lack these suspicious "su" files.
I want to believe that MINIX takes this issue seriously into consideration and will resolve it in an upcoming firmware update.
 
brent76 said:
I want to believe that MINIX takes this issue seriously into consideration and will resolve it in an upcoming firmware update.
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The only way they can do this is to release two versions of the firmware, one with the root files and one without, unless of course they can perfect the mask when the Root switch is deactivated.

brent76 said:
I do not intend to try anything related to rooting my device.
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I think you misunderstood me, it was the attempt to unroot that I was trying to warn you about, so far this has not ended well for those who have tried. You do not need to root your device as it has an inbuilt root switch "Setting/Device Preferences/System root" where you can either activate or deactivate root.

brent76 said:
I am pretty convinced that the issue is generated by these two "su" files
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Yes, you are 100% correct, these files and daemonsu are required for root, if an app is looking for these files on install or loading and finds them then it will report root, they are on the U22 to allow the user to switch on root if required. This has been reported in the bugtracker:
Marty said:
System:
Apps failing on HDMI or reporting root despite Fake HDMI active and root switch off (here)
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Villa said:
Do we know if these were there before the root switch was added?
This issue I reported way back when we first received the device.
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They were not on V002, I did a ROM comparison. I think prior root reports might have been to do with busybox, not sure though.
 
Marty said:
The only way they can do this is to release two versions of the firmware, one with the root files and one without, unless of course they can perfect the mask when the Root switch is deactivated.


I think you misunderstood me, it was the attempt to unroot that I was trying to warn you about, so far this has not ended well for those who have tried. You do not need to root your device as it has an inbuilt root switch "Setting/Device Preferences/System root" where you can either activate or deactivate root.


Yes, you are 100% correct, these files and daemonsu are required for root, if an app is looking for these files on install or loading and finds them then it will report root, they are on the U22 to allow the user to switch on root if required. This has been reported in the bugtracker:
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I confirm that besides "su", also "daemonsu" resides in "/system/bin" of my NEO U22-XJ.
 
keithcq71 said:
So this is why I get a warning when using Zoom?
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Random!!

What warning are you getting when using Zoom?
keithcq71 said:
Is it a fix for this ?
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Not sure if you read this:
Marty said:
The only way they can do this is to release two versions of the firmware, one with the root files and one without, unless of course they can perfect the mask when the Root switch is deactivated.
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And this:
Marty said:
This has been reported in the bugtracker
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I get "Your device appears to be rooted . This may result in private data being lost , crashes , and other errors . We do not recommend using Zoom with your rooted device. " I have to have Zoom for work so looks like I need to purchase another U9 today .
 
keithcq71 said:
I get "Your device appears to be rooted . This may result in private data being lost , crashes , and other errors . We do not recommend using Zoom with your rooted device. " I have to have Zoom for work so looks like I need to purchase another U9 today .
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As long as it is working and you do not have the root switch activated in settings then I would ignore this message as in this state the device is not rooted.
 
Marty said:
As long as it is working and you do not have the root switch activated in settings then I would ignore this message as in this state the device is not rooted.
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No matter if you ignore the message "Your device is rooted" or not, the bitter fact is that all those apps mentioned above WILL NOT WORK in U22-XJ, regardless of the root switch turned on or off.
 
Yeah thats what Im finding out. Just unboxed it today and found this out. If I had known this I would have kept my older U9 where everything worked . Pretty disappointing .
 
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