So there are a lot of reasons why you would want to gain root access to your device. Gaining root is usually the gateway to a lot of tweaks and more personalization in an Android device. But root also has its downsides – mainly that apps that need security don’t always work on rooted devices, apps like Android Pay and the like. This is where “suhide”, a new app from Chainfire comes in.
Early this year, Chainfire – who is the creator of SuperSU, if you didn’t know – was able to get around this particular problem for Android Pay with a process called “systemless root”. Of course, Google wised up to the trick after a while and patched the loophole, which brought rooted users back to square one.
The concept for suhide then is simple – hide the fact that your device is rooted from the apps installed on your device. This should (theoretically) get you to a point where you can use Android Pay and other such apps. At this point, the app only works for devices on stock ROMs using Android Marshmallow or newer.
But Chainfire is realistic enough to admit that Google would probably patch this specific loophole again. But for now, rooted users can check out the app and for a while enjoy usage of Android Pay on their devices.
SOURCE: +Chainfire
