Line does not want you to be root

Line, one of the world's most famous instant messaging services is sending messages to those users with rooted smartphones and is showing them that they can't play games included on this application because they could cheat.

As you know, on Hexamob we are big fans of the utilities that we can achieve if we root our Android phones. Through this process we can improve many aspects of our phone as sound, camera or even have applications that extend the experience of Android.

But it seems today it is not well seen. While users have come to appreciate the benefits of doing root, now we discover that there are companies that it does not benefit them at all. This is the case of Line, in the latest update to its application Line Disney Tsum Tsum has included a control that not allow you to play if you're root.

If you have a rooted phone, you can try the application and see. First it will start correctly but when you press the "Play" button an error pop-up message will appear, which says it has detected one or more utilities for cheating. This message, as we have said, only displays for those users who have rooted terminal.

While it is true that in-app payments are an important source of income for many developers, the existence of applications to avoid these payments does not justify the prohibition of something as useful as the root, because being root is not cheating.

Actually, that's not the first that time the Japanese company hampers root users to use its games, since some patches for games previously had the same problem. Line seemed to be getting under this error with rooted devices, returning to this very misguided policy. But there are also good news. You can play Line Pop in rooted device by using the app OTA RootKeeper.

Do not forget that the application Line Corporation has more than 500 million users worldwide. The service was born in Japan after the earthquake of March 2011, which caused a fall of telephony services. Line is an instant messaging application for mobile phones, PC and Mac. In addition to basic messaging, you can send images, videos, audio messages and make calls VoIP. The application is renowned for its unique system of stickers, replacing traditional icons.

Source: XDA-Developers