Banking apps have updated and are now complaining about root

I would suggest just using the website instead.

Alexis that's exactly what I was going to suggest. My banking app still works, but it requires "Exploit Protection Compatibility Mode," it asks for a lot of permissions it doesn't need, and I have made a policy of distrusting apps in general. If I can use the browser and a mobile website now I always do that.

My bank, eBay, Amazon, Facebook (for the very rare occasion I need Marketplace), I always access through the web, same with anything else that asks me to download an app. Always works fine! Companies never want to leave customers out in the cold so they will always have this option!

Are the phones in fact rooted, or does the app just think they are?

luigi Any idea how this could even happen (given that the bootloader is locked, there is no root, etc)?

Blastoidea Are the phones in fact rooted, or does the app just think they are?

That's just a one size fits all error message, GrapheneOS isn't rooted and doesn't support it either. The tl;dr is that GrapheneOS isn't certified by Google so if an app checks for that it fails, often throwing that error at you. Details here.

luigi Any suggestions for how to fix this?

Follow the troubleshooting steps here, failing that contact your bank and hand them this guide so they can start supporting GrapheneOS.

+1 for website over apps!

"An app is just a web-page wrapped in enough IP to make it a crime to defend yourself against corporate predation." link

There are a few features that you get with bank application over the website typically. Biggest one is check deposit. I've never seen a bank website that will do that, but every bank application can.

Another sign that it's time to transition from fiat to cryptocurrency ...

Just wondering if anyone knows whether Starling Bank still works? They are also in the Huawei store so there's some hope that they will remain more accepting of a degoogled phone.

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Just came across the below from lloyds bank
"We’re aware of an issue currently impacting some android phones that’s causing apps to crash. If you’re affected by this, you can fix it by updating Android System WebView or Google Chrome apps in the Google Play store."
Link
https://www.facebook.com/lloydsbank/posts/were-aware-of-an-issue-currently-impacting-some-android-phones-thats-causing-app/3931142980286246/

I installed a Pixel 7 Pro with GOS 20231115 today. Installed Google Play Services, Aurora and then made a new profile with them in. Installed the Lloyds app from Aurora, it installed and configured fine. Once in it refused to show me transactions but I logged out of the app, restarted the app, logged in again and everything worked.

Foggy Please give us more details. As reported here in this thread and on github the app looks to be using the play integrity api so it's strange that it's working on your end. Did you come across it complaining about your phone being jailbroken/rooted as well? Is it on the newest version? Which of the relevant settings as seen in the github post do you have enabled/disabled?

For me it worked initially after setting it up but then the next day it complained about "root" and refuses to work.

Foggy
I tired to download the app and also have Google play service running but I am getting jailbroken..
Tired again but same result
Google pixel 8

@luigi @DeletedUser28 @Foggy @ntop @galaxyegg

Thank you for trying to debug this. What keyboard do you all use? There have been instances of an app causing trouble because it doesn't consider your keyboard to be safe to use. There are now 2 reports indicating that Lloyds does in fact work fine but also plenty of negative experiences. Also are you running it in the owner or a secondary profile?