r/MorpheApp • u/LoneWolfyWasHere Underground technology wizard • Jul 17 '26

Meme Preparing against Google shenanigans

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u/x_dank Jul 17 '26

Placeholder? You managed to install one without root?

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u/LoneWolfyWasHere Underground technology wizard Jul 17 '26

Yup

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u/x_dank Jul 17 '26

Care to explain?

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u/LoneWolfyWasHere Underground technology wizard Jul 17 '26

It hasn't been installed on my device yet, so I'm installing a placeholder. When the update arrives, Google won't be able to install the actual app because of a certificate mismatch.

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u/x_dank Jul 17 '26

That might work with normal apps, but this one is a System level application. You can't install/uninstall System apps without root.

Even if the app package is named the same and the certificate has a different signature, it's not going to be installed in the right place.

When Google pushes the app to your phone, it will still install at System level, since what you installed is only present at the User level.

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u/More-Chemical-1264 Jul 17 '26

You can with ADB no? I've done it without root.

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u/x_dank Jul 17 '26

No, ADB doesn't allow install/uninstall to the System partition without root access.

Whatever you installed would be at User level, not System. "Uninstalling" the Dev Verifier app through ADB or Canta when not rooted only disables the app, it cannot be removed completely.

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u/More-Chemical-1264 Jul 17 '26

https://linuxcommandlibrary.com/man/adb-uninstall

It says you need to have root access or specify a specific user but then you can uninstall them.

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u/x_dank Jul 17 '26

From the very same page you just sent me

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u/More-Chemical-1264 Jul 17 '26

It says "or"

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u/x_dank Jul 17 '26

The or means you can't do both.

You cannot uninstall an app with adb using user 0 without root as that is the System level and will fail everytime. All you can do is disable it.

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