Samsung and Android users are well aware of the possibilities their smartphone is allowed to following the process known as “rooting”.
But often users tend to forget of the catch rooting brings about to their devices، and this time around Samsung’s latest released high-end flagships are coming into the list. The list of devices getting affected following the device root.
As you all know، Samsung launched their Samsung Pay with the release of Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge، a feature that allows that is backed by the certifications of Visa and MasterCard plus collaborations with various large banks throughout the globe. The service however is powered and secured by Samsung KNOX and will be disabled once the device is rooted.
KNOX service has been around for sometime now and that people have actually found routes around the rooting process which does not trigger a KNOX detection on the Galaxy S5 device، however this feat has not been pulled off in Galaxy S6 duo.
Though rooting will enhance on using your Samsung applications more diversely and able to unlock more of the Samsung and Android internals، it leaves the whole Samsung Pay feature ineffective meaning، your e-wallet has been compromised and it is not can come with a lot of adversities attached to it.
So root at your own expense.
Source: GSM Arena
Samsung Pay becomes ineffective after phone root
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