Capital One Android Banking App Blocks Rooted Phones!

visidigi

Title is very misleading - the app doesn't block rooted phones - the app doesn't work on rooted phones - outside of the app the phone still works.

...if you got ripped off by unauthorised code in a ROM you would be a little upset...this is just an app, from a company protecting itself from exposure to that risk.

Simon7685

can someone tell me what a rooted phone is??? I am currently in the process of getting a contract mobile, will I be able to use this on my new phone, as I use Capital One?
Thanks

grumbler

Rooting (Android OS) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

IceColdRum

visidigi wrote: »

Title is very misleading - the app doesn't block rooted phones - the app doesn't work on rooted phones - outside of the app the phone still works.

...if you got ripped off by unauthorised code in a ROM you would be a little upset...this is just an app, from a company protecting itself from exposure to that risk.

How is the title misleading?:huh: Capital One blocks their app from working on rooted phones, in what absurd universe would an app which you download from the market stop you from accessing your phone?:o

and I see you point about unauthorised code but as another response points out the website version still works fine on rooted phones;)

stugib

IceColdRum wrote: »

and I see you point about unauthorised code but as another response points out the website version still works fine on rooted phones;)

Perhaps it's not possible to detect whether the phone's rooted from the browser/website? i.e. they would if they could

grumbler

IceColdRum wrote: »

How is the title misleading?:huh: Capital One blocks their app from working on rooted phones

Surely it is not what you said originally: "App Blocks Rooted Phones"

Normally blocking is what operators do with stolen phones.

Hydromancer

Their iPhone app is also not accessible on a jailbroken iPhone

visidigi

IceColdRum wrote: »

How is the title misleading?:huh: Capital One blocks their app from working on rooted phones, in what absurd universe would an app which you download from the market stop you from accessing your phone?:o

and I see you point about unauthorised code but as another response points out the website version still works fine on rooted phones;)

Its currently:

Capital One Android Banking App Blocks Rooted Phones!

When it should be

Capital One Android Banking App is blocked on rooted phones

e.g. the app is blocked not the phone. The way it reads now implies the app blocks the entire phone...

fiendishlyclever

Make sure you leave appropriate feedback on the Android market. If enough people do this (it is public and a reflection on the company) they may change their policy. If not it's a good way to vent anyway

IceColdRum

fiendishlyclever wrote: »

Make sure you leave appropriate feedback on the Android market. If enough people do this (it is public and a reflection on the company) they may change their policy. If not it's a good way to vent anyway

Already have;)