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Nighthawk Android app requesting Super user access
I just received an update to the app (though I didn't know it at the time) and while just using my phone normally for other tasks, a super user prompt came up for the nighthawk app. Why is this app no...
undermark5 wrote:
I just received an update to the app ...
Which App version?
I just received 2.2.4.397.
Nothing has changed on the access front.
Android 8.0.0
michaelkenward wrote:
undermark5 wrote:
I just received an update to the app ...I just received 2.2.4.397. Nothing has changed on the access front.
Correct, haven't spotted any changes here, too. The problem (if any) is not with Android Permissions - for these geeks with rooted phones (again, why ever) the Superuser App, a superuser access management tool for rooted Android devices. This App allows to grant or deny root permissions, or set it to ask each time. Why ever, some updated code might try to browse/access the root (/) file system, triggering this App notification.
- Seeing the same in the Orbi app here...
sakura_candy wrote:
Seeing the same in the Orbi app here...Again, nothing has changed here on the permissions front with the Orbi app version 2.2.0.363
Not even on the beta app I am using in some hardware tests.
Michael, Your Android devices are either not rooted or are not using ie. SuperSU or SuperUser App root environment.