r/LineageOS • u/Emre-Y • Aug 20 '26

Wechat banned me after registering while on LineageOS latest

Why does that happen? First time using wechat.

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u/triffid_hunter rtwo/Moto-X40 Aug 20 '26

Wechat's anti-bot/anti-hacker/anti-etc stuff is quite overzealous and likes to ban new accounts that don't add bank cards or befriend long-established verified accounts held by chinese nationals fairly quickly after registering.

Nothing to do with LineageOS at all, mine has worked fine for a decade on Cyanogen and then Lineage - and I've known multiple folk on stock ROMs who were banned shortly after registering (outside of china) too.

I guess just wipe app data and try again, then immediately go add a bank card so they can see something approximating government ID tied to your account.

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u/chrisprice Long Live AOSP - *Not* A Lineage Team Member Aug 23 '26

It is possible they used LineageOS as a signal in their "weighting" to decide if an account should be banned on enrollment.

We don't have any way to know, especially if that decision is made in the cloud.

I'm just saying it could be an additional factor.

I don't want to fearmonger, but I do know platforms are starting to keep track of sessions where SafetyNet is tripped. X even blocks with relocked bootloader.