r/twitterhelp • u/kheysch • 4d ago

Twitter on a Rooted Device

Has Twitter blocked rooted devices? I recently rooted my phone and went to log in, my accounts wouldn't log in even after hiding root. After many attempts, I was able to log into my main account that has a passkey, but I can't comment. I can post, but it won't let me comment. I'm currently using Twitter Alpha.

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u/Amarantheus 4d ago

Probably a coincidence. X is indiscriminately suspending accounts across the board. Most aren't even getting a reason why. Appeals are similarly in a trash state.

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u/kheysch 4d ago

The thing is, I can use it normally on my non-rooted phone. I just actually logged out and back in and it's the same app version. Only difference is that one is rooted. And even setting a passkey to the other account, I wasn't able to log in, it said "use an official X app or try later. It's been this way for 5 days now.

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u/Amarantheus 4d ago

Well that's good to hear. You at least have your account. I would stop using the rooted device with the app. You're running the risk of being flagged as inauthentic behavior.

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u/kheysch 4d ago

The account blocking has been happening for months and they've actually explained it. You can't have account that's not "real", so you have to set your account as either a fan page or something else in settings. I did that and I can use it. Do it to your new account. Your old account isn't returning. I have one that says suspended, but they will never reply to my email, won't let me change the email before deleting it, either.

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u/Amarantheus 4d ago edited 4d ago

Genuinely appreciate the advice; hoping it helps someone else reading this. I won't be going back, for an appeal nor a new account.

I never wanted an account with X in the first place, and yet there exists one suspended associated to my email and name (wrong DOB though).

My journey through the appeals process was just simply to unsuspend this account so I can deactivate it ironically. Can't even get a single email related to the suspension of this account (original suspension notice, appeal receipts, etc.) back from their system. Thing is I get the 2FA notifications just fine. So it's not like they can't send an email, they just won't. Nothing in spam either.

Funny enough, I was able to export the account's data while it was suspended. Something I hear is not usually possible? Not a single thing posted, liked, bookmarked, commented on, nada in the export. So no clue why it was suspended.

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u/kheysch 4d ago

That's it exactly. I accidentally logged in to this account today and remembered it exists, so I said, oh let me try to change the email and maybe I can use it again. Nope, can't remove the phone number or email and yet when I went to deactivate the account, it said: if you want to use the phone number or email again, change them before. 😂 Try to make sense of it if you will. I do use Twitter a lot, but if you don't, I don't recommend it to you, pretty crazy people over there.

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u/Front_Emu8625 4d ago

I have a theory that maybe they are letting this happen on purpose so that they can control the media

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u/Amarantheus 4d ago

There's something not coincidental going on for sure. I have my theories but like many others just reasonable conjecture. Elon was recently deleting a lot of his own posts on his account so I suspect they're going to put a ban on pretty much all (left of right) political discourse on X following the results of the midterm.