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Rooted smartphone: How to see and remove it

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brucine Posted messages 24915 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

The CIC app refuses to be used on my second-hand smartphone due to a security issue likely stemming from the rooting of my device or the presence of insecure software. How can I identify the cause and remove it?

Thank you in advance for your help.

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    brucine Posted messages 24915 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 180
     

    Hello,

    There are various applications to check whether your phone is rooted or not, for example:

    https://www.phonandroid.com/comment-savoir-si-mobile-est-roote-tutoriel.html

    If it is, it means that an "unofficial" ROM has been substituted for the original ROM, and there is no other way to return to the original state than by reinstalling this original ROM, which means finding the appropriate image, knowing that this maneuver is as risky as in the other direction.

    In a very limited number of cases (and simply because it doesn't often work), superuser privileges may have been obtained through a simple application on the phone, and it should then be possible to locate it to reverse the process or remove it.

    Unless you know all the applications, you are unlikely to find those that this root may have allowed to be installed, which would inevitably lead to uninstalling everything that is unknown or resetting, but I don't think this is the cause of the behavior mentioned, which would more likely result from a security vulnerability used by the root utility itself to install itself.

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