Topic: A rooted phone for a crypto user safe ? (Read 450 times)
As far as I'm aware, security professionals have strongly advised against using root. In addition to making it impossible for you to receive OTA updates from the manufacturer and security fixes, rooting puts the device exposed to spyware that masquerades as apps and makes your phone dangerous. If you don't have experience in this, you should take the device to the closest phone store for technical support. We can unroot the device by reinstalling the original ROM for them.
You using rooted phone is not really advisable, when a mobile phone have been rooted the security of the phone is no more strong, your phone is at risk of any attack, you have to be very careful with whatever you are doing with the phone because it can easily be hacked, all your funds can be accessed, whenever it comes to wallet security, always make sure you use a new device to avoid unnecessary story, the rooted phone you bought is not safe when it comes to security, so to be at a safer side is better you don't import you wallet address on the phone, or just look for money and get a new phone which I believe is the best and your mind will be at rest that your phone is safe from hack.
It's not just rooted phone that is at risk but also non-rooted phone and that is why it is not recommended or advisable to use your phone as a wallet like installing a crypto wallet that have mobile version of the wallet that can be installed on mobile phones though rooted mobile phone have much higher risk compared to non-rooted in terms of the security your phone have. I don't think newer version of Android can't be rooted since I don't see any sites that share some guide to root the phone. If you have old phone and rooted then better not use the phone like importing wallet for example and for browsing using the rooted phone won't be a problem. 
You using rooted phone is not really advisable, when a mobile phone have been rooted the security of the phone is no more strong, your phone is at risk of any attack, you have to be very careful with whatever you are doing with the phone because it can easily be hacked, all your funds can be accessed, whenever it comes to wallet security, always make sure you use a new device to avoid unnecessary story, the rooted phone you bought is not safe when it comes to security, so to be at a safer side is better you don't import you wallet address on the phone, or just look for money and get a new phone which I believe is the best and your mind will be at rest that your phone is safe from hack.
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Those are quite rare instances if I can recall correctly from my "long-time ago" researches. This would potentially happen if you were using software that are not reliably verified by the Android community. Usually I check out XDA Developer forums when it comes to tinkering my old Android phone back then, since sometimes there are suspicious tutorial in Youtube that seems to modify these tools needed and also putting into consideration that they can moderate comment section in case someone flags the video that it contains malicious content.Just by rooting itself would not yield malware, so I think we're good at that part.
In some instances it is already have a malware which is when you rooted the phone you make a changes something with it's default settings and sometimes we need to crack and most of the software has this malware of course the developer or sources don't waste some time without getting something with those cracks. The most ideal is find another device which is more secured than riskying your self and funds with the rooted device.
It all goes down on what app you are installing and how active your security of the smartphone being updated. The problem with rooted phone is that you give an easy access of your phone internal memory to yourself and to the apps to operate your phone without your knowledge since the layer of security has been removed(easy access to the internal memory). If you know how to unroot your phone back then you should do it already since you are using it for saving crypto. And just like what they've said, installing cracked version of apps may have caused your device to be compromised.
As the majority says, it's a big NO.
With a rooted phone, it can be malware that can easily breach your mobile security which is completely not ideal for security purposes especially if your phone has improper roots which are possible easily to put a system glitch. The rooted phone is only for those who want to modify or customize their software.
I'd rather buy a hardware wallet because it has built-in security features.
With a rooted phone, it can be malware that can easily breach your mobile security which is completely not ideal for security purposes especially if your phone has improper roots which are possible easily to put a system glitch. The rooted phone is only for those who want to modify or customize their software.
I'd rather buy a hardware wallet because it has built-in security features.
it's really hard for me to understand, why people are ready to use risky variants to store cryptocurrencies when there are hardware wallets with a reasonable price.
I use Trezor, I don't remember that he himself ever complicated my work. and I use it on a daily basis.
I am wondering, how to make a backup of the rooted phone. What if something goes wrong?
if it's like trezor maybe a good support and keep the OTP more secret. at that time I didn't think about it because I didn't have enough funds
As the majority says, it's a big NO.
With a rooted phone, it can be malware that can easily breach your mobile security which is completely not ideal for security purposes especially if your phone has improper roots which are possible easily to put a system glitch. The rooted phone is only for those who want to modify or customize their software.
I'd rather buy a hardware wallet because it has built-in security features.
With a rooted phone, it can be malware that can easily breach your mobile security which is completely not ideal for security purposes especially if your phone has improper roots which are possible easily to put a system glitch. The rooted phone is only for those who want to modify or customize their software.
I'd rather buy a hardware wallet because it has built-in security features.
it's really hard for me to understand, why people are ready to use risky variants to store cryptocurrencies when there are hardware wallets with a reasonable price.
I use Trezor, I don't remember that he himself ever complicated my work. and I use it on a daily basis.
I am wondering, how to make a backup of the rooted phone. What if something goes wrong?
As the majority says, it's a big NO.
With a rooted phone, it can be malware that can easily breach your mobile security which is completely not ideal for security purposes especially if your phone has improper roots which are possible easily to put a system glitch. The rooted phone is only for those who want to modify or customize their software.
I'd rather buy a hardware wallet because it has built-in security features.
With a rooted phone, it can be malware that can easily breach your mobile security which is completely not ideal for security purposes especially if your phone has improper roots which are possible easily to put a system glitch. The rooted phone is only for those who want to modify or customize their software.
I'd rather buy a hardware wallet because it has built-in security features.
I would not use a device on which security principles have already been violated to store such important information. Who knows what surprises the previous owner might have left? Maybe it'll be better to find another place for your wallet?
Safe if you use device carefully,just not installed any apps in your phone, rooted phone will be volunerable very esaily so be careful use your phone.
Unrooted phones won't keep your wallet safe either, if you click on the wrong links you will be sorry for yourself later, a rooted phone gives more power to the user, you will be able to do extra things that only devs are able to before rooting the phone, rooting your phone doesn't make it unsafe until you do something stupid.
I lost my phone days ago and now I got a used phone, the problem is this phone is rooted, I hope this doesn't carry any danger to crypto related security? Either wallets or stuff? I am careful not to import my recovery seed on the phone first, not before having a answer, I've also reformatted the phone through recovery mode but root is still present. Any Danger?.
You can unroot the phone you bought, then do a factory reset of the device and then install the antivirus application and install wallet applications from its official sites or from Google Play Make sure that they are official applications and not fake applications and you should not download any cracked applications on your new phone from unknown sites and sources, And always activate two-factor authentication for any exchange application or any of the personal accounts through the Google Authenticator application. 
Rooted device is double edged sword, it can make device secure and as well as make it vulnerable. If you aren't tech savvy, better get new device.
I have heard an experience of a rooted phone but it has been long. I am just wondering if such phones still exists. What I can remember is that my rooted phone then was not running on android version. It could be a symbian phone with infrared connectivity. I also can remember that before I rooted the phone, I was warned about the privacy risk and also the company that produced the phone not liable for any software related issues. I remember I did many manipulations with the phone then, but I have lost my savvy skills. But relating to your question, what I will say is that using a rooted phone makes you totally vulnerable. Even though no harm will happen, since you are having a skeptical mind already, you won't use the phone with rest of mind. Just prevent it now you can.
Afaik rooting is only android thing, searched for 'symbian root' on Google and found few articles but it doesn't exactly translate to rooting as in android.
Knowing its rooted, i guess that still on android version 3-5. I found difficulty to root phones higher than 6 versions so outdated security patches is really the main issue here. I dont think you can still install apps from play store with that version, unless you install lower version of the crypto apps as well which give more insecurity to you.
Rooted phones will remain secure depends on the applications installed. But I will probably uninstall those apps that require root access. Say root explorer which is one of the best root apps before that can read, write, almost any apps on the rooted phone. Also reflashing stock rom will also help but like i said lower android version can only install lower versions of the apps which is probably insecured.
Rooted phones will remain secure depends on the applications installed. But I will probably uninstall those apps that require root access. Say root explorer which is one of the best root apps before that can read, write, almost any apps on the rooted phone. Also reflashing stock rom will also help but like i said lower android version can only install lower versions of the apps which is probably insecured.
Rooted device is double edged sword, it can make device secure and as well as make it vulnerable. If you aren't tech savvy, better get new device.
I have heard an experience of a rooted phone but it has been long. I am just wondering if such phones still exists. What I can remember is that my rooted phone then was not running on android version. It could be a symbian phone with infrared connectivity. I also can remember that before I rooted the phone, I was warned about the privacy risk and also the company that produced the phone not liable for any software related issues. I remember I did many manipulations with the phone then, but I have lost my savvy skills. But relating to your question, what I will say is that using a rooted phone makes you totally vulnerable. Even though no harm will happen, since you are having a skeptical mind already, you won't use the phone with rest of mind. Just prevent it now you can.
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I lost my phone days ago and now I got a used phone, the problem is this phone is rooted, I hope this doesn't carry any danger to crypto related security? Either wallets or stuff? I am careful not to import my recovery seed on the phone first, not before having a answer, I've also reformatted the phone through recovery mode but root is still present. Any Danger?.
I've ones used a rooted device for all my crypto activities until I sold it and bought a new phone, I never had any issues including security, non of my accounts, both wallets and social accounts ever got hacked.But the thing is that I was the one that rooted the phone myself, and I was pretty much very careful with the kind of apps I install, I gave really good attention to app permissions, that is, the things the app Is going to be needing access to on my phone, I also avoided clicking unknown links, most especially, when it's shortened for absolutely no reason.
So in conclusion, for me personally, based on my experience using a rooted device for my crypto stuff, I see no difference between a rooted device and a non-rooted device in the physical aspect of things, maybe technically, or systematically, there is, but I never encountered any issue in terms of security of my funds and accounts.
But my advice is, if you are that scared or skeptical, then maybe you should consider getting a hardware wallet.
I lost my phone days ago and now I got a used phone, the problem is this phone is rooted, I hope this doesn't carry any danger to crypto related security? Either wallets or stuff? I am careful not to import my recovery seed on the phone first, not before having a answer, I've also reformatted the phone through recovery mode but root is still present. Any Danger?.
Your privacy is crucial in every situation, but it's especially crucial when using crypto applications because you need to import your private keys in order to access your wallet. It makes no sense to use a device whose security you are unsure of, and any rooted phone operating system has been compromised, making it insecure for using wallets and other crypto-related apps.
This is how I see security in Crypto-currency: once I have the slightest doubt I don't do it, recommendation is secondary to me. I don't think safety here in crypto-currency has to be difficult especially when we have our sensitivities high.
There are high chances that the amount you may have in your crypto wallet is more than the device in question, except you don't value what's inside the wallet or the wallet itself then you can take the risk. But if you do then all this is very simple, always used a fresh device best one that is brand new I prefer direct from the device company this is safer to me, you can't go wrong by taken adequate precautions.
There are high chances that the amount you may have in your crypto wallet is more than the device in question, except you don't value what's inside the wallet or the wallet itself then you can take the risk. But if you do then all this is very simple, always used a fresh device best one that is brand new I prefer direct from the device company this is safer to me, you can't go wrong by taken adequate precautions.
I won't allow you to store your crypto in rooted phones. That means it's been creaked original operating system. So an attacker would gain access too easily if they can push malware to your device. You should first move your funds to a secure wallet. Then I will suggest buying a hardware wallet to store your crypto which is the safest way to handle your cryptocurrency. It's become hard to secure crypto even on mobile phones which we have been using regularly to visit various sites.
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