As Android Pay gains momentum as being the standard for wireless payments on an Android device, a lot of those power users and developers are somehow hoping that they would get a chance to benefit from this convenient payment tool as well. But these power users and tweakers have one thing almost common to them all, they are probably using a rooted Android device, and as we all know, root access is usually the issue why a device is disqualified from secure transactions.
An XDA forum member with the handle “jasondclinton_google” – who has been confirmed as working at Google in Mountain View – answered the disappointed comments about rooted devices and those using non-official ROMs not being able to use Android Pay. The member commented that the power user segment of the Android community has always been important to Google. But as of the moment he says that Android Pay is one of those apps that have to ensure security all throughout, and so root access is definitely a “no no”.
The Google employee has affirmed that Android is always and still keen to support developer builds, and that when this segment of users speaks, Google is always ready to listen. When asked if Android Pay will be available for rooted devices in the future, he responds: “I don’t know of any way to currently or in the near future make an assertion that a particular app’s data store is secure on a non-CTS compatible device. As such, for now, the answer is ‘no.’”
He confirms that the first thing that is required of a secure device if for Android Pay to query if the system image (ROM) is official and has the expected structure. Rooted devices and non-official custom ROMs have some telltale signs and will automatically disqualify those devices. Read the whole thread at the source link below.
SOURCE: XDA
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Gee, I have a rooted phone and tablet and am able to use PayPal and by anything on the web with a credit card. Rooting doesn’t make the app refuse to run. Rather than make the app secure, Google uses root as a crutch and won’t allow Android Pay if detected hoping that will be enough to keep the app secure. Google Wallet worked on rooted devices but Android Pay doesn’t due to lazy app development.
Rooting and AdAway eliminated 100% of ads in apps and when browsing the web so no ads and no Android Pay is a lot better than ads and Android Pay.