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Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by Dahoon »

TedShiller wrote: post #226
_odey wrote: post #27

You can use scrcpy ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy ) to bypass the policy if you really need to have a screenshot. All you need is to have a Linux laptop at hand, debug mode enabled, and a USB cable plugged in. Super simple stuff right? (this is satire!) Now, I'm as frustrated as anybody else here that I'm forbidden to use whatever feature I want from MY phone, for which I paid, with MY MOENY (and nobody else'…

iPhone

Are you adding info on what would be even worse? Because this is even worse on iPhone.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by toast0 »

nexuist wrote: post #231
grishka wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They could at least google it and find out how someone else solved the same problem. No such luck with more generalized error messages.

An infinite loop as you described however is not really an error condition; in fact this is the premise of the Halting Problem [1] which is not solvable as far as we know. There's no way for the media provider to know if the loop will ever resolve and it may just be the case that you have an absolutely massive photo library that takes a lot of time to load. You could argue that they could add some sort of background…

> In this sort of scenario the better choice rather than implementing error detection is just fixing the original problem that caused an infinite loop so users don't need to fix anything in the first place.

Sure, not having the bug would be better, but I can only assume that the developers didn't intend to make the conversion loop. They failed to not have the bug then, and most likely will fail to not have bugs in the future; that's life. The solution in this case may not be to detect an error condition, but to just indicate what the software is doing. Ex a persistent notification for 'updating database schema', maybe appearing after a 5 minute timeout; if that sits around for an hour or five days or something, you can google around for it.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by ffpip »

zrobotics wrote: post #196
ffpip wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Since when does Google allow you to watch porn? Porn is not allowed in the app store. They cannot regulate porn videos (child porn might slip through) and the headline next day would be ''Google allows child porn apps on the play store''

Huhh? I mean, I wouldn't trust any porn site with app permissions, but how does that logic even make sense? The inevitable conclusion would be that Chrome should be banned as well, since I'm sure there's some sketchy corner of the internet with that crap available.

> Chrome should be banned as well, since I'm sure there's some sketchy corner of the internet with that crap available.

Do you know the difference between a open browser and a app store meant to distribute apps?

Chrome is not responsible for the website's content. But the app store will be help responsible for an app's content.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by Dahoon »

zrobotics wrote: post #196
ffpip wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Since when does Google allow you to watch porn? Porn is not allowed in the app store. They cannot regulate porn videos (child porn might slip through) and the headline next day would be ''Google allows child porn apps on the play store''

Huhh? I mean, I wouldn't trust any porn site with app permissions, but how does that logic even make sense? The inevitable conclusion would be that Chrome should be banned as well, since I'm sure there's some sketchy corner of the internet with that crap available.

I'm sure you are aware that Chrome doesn't host the internet and didn't think this through.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by Dahoon »

dredmorbius wrote: post #30
rzk wrote: post #3

Anyone else noticed that you can't take screenshots on Android when using Chrome Incognito mode? "Can't take screenshot due to security policy". I don't understand the rationale behind it. Why can't I take a screenshot of my own phone?

I've long noted this. Seems to affect both Incognito and standard mode. The screenshot disabling is an absolutely massive strike against Android and Google.

It works just fine in standard mode.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by roywiggins »

umvi wrote: post #194
crazygringo wrote: post #166

A bunch of comments here are assuming this is something intentional on Google's part. Simply from the error message alone, it's obvious that this is a bug. As well as from how easy the workaround is. Google might do many things wrong intentionally, but I see zero evidence this is one of them. Just a bug, folks.

> "Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app or your organization." To me that implies Android supports individual apps locking down your device so that you can't use certain features (like screenshots) while the app is open.

Android has had that as a feature for quite a while.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by darepublic »

yholio wrote: post #234
exikyut wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Taking a photo with a separate device is reasonable evidence you're not breaking secure boot et al. If I understand correctly.

It's as if the last 30 years of technical evolution never happened and we are back at faxing signed forms and for extra security and applying triple rot-13 to guarantee no unauthorized access.

Yeah the big tech companies want to destroy the ecosystem of opportunity they benefited from, in order to protect their power. If it means a world with more needless bullshit for everyone, so be it

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by Dahoon »

bigjimmyk3 wrote: post #119

This seems to be in the same vein as "you can't be allowed to record your call audio," I suppose because you might theoretically use that capability to break the law.

You clearly didn't even click the link. It's a bug report....

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by udia »

Having a Pixel 3 phone, I was annoyed that long-screenshots and call recording weren't available by default. Even when I rooted the stock ROM and disabled automatic updates, I would find that occasionally one morning my root setup would fail SafetyNet (where it was working the night prior). I addressed this by flashing the PixelDust rom on my phone. It now has stable root and I control all updates.

As mentioned in many other comments, it's nice to own your device and not have it broken by automatic updates pushed from some external entity (intentional or not).

A quick writeup for how to do this is available here: https://udia.ca/posts/2020/08/root_pixel_3_with_ota/

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by Zak »

fulafel wrote: post #70
_odey wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Won't unlocking the bootloader make banking apps not work anymore? Had this issue when I tried LineageOS on my old phone, and I really like the convenience of those apps as opposed to using the website, which is extremely bad. Also, how do I do all you said above? (I need a step by step tutorial). Also is it reversible? Are there any other security implications?

The how depends on the phone model, but there are step by step instructions available for many. Eg https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-4-root-magisk/ Also, if the phone has a vendor supported way of unlocking the bootloader, it will typically also trigger a wipe / factory reset (presumably because to keep DRM enforcers etc happy).

The factory reset is to prevent extracting data from stolen devices. It's obsolete if the device is encrypted.
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