Do Not Root Samsung Galaxy S6 And Galaxy S6 Edge: It Disables A Key Feature

Samsung’s latest smartphones the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge have garnered predominantly positive reviews and it apparently shows in the form of good sales. With the S6 series of devices, Samsung has reportedly weeded out a slew of bloatwares in the brand new version of the TouchWiz UI. Moreover, the U.S. carriers are also reportedly removing some of the unwanted apps out of the S6. In the meantime, many Galaxy S6 users are apparently “rooting” their new handsets in order to disable certain apps that cannot be switched off in any other way. But then, a latest report states that, such rooting of the S6 should be avoided at all costs.

Apparently, upon rooting the Galaxy S6 or the Galaxy S6 Edge, the new “Samsung Pay” gets disabled. Here is the reason for disablement: When a user roots the handset, “the integrity gets breached.” As integrity is an extremely important aspect, sensitive services and apps like mobile payments get disabled, notes Sam Mobile.

In case, readers are under the impression that the Samsung Pay is of no use, the truth couldn’t be any further. The Samsung Pay was introduced in the Galaxy S6 and this service can be used by utilising the user’s fingerprint to authorise mobile payments at the payment gateways or POS. Sam Mobile opines that, the Samsung Pay is not similar to the Apple Pay. The same site says, the Samsung Pay is far more superior to the current set of competitors like the Apple Pay and Android Pay. The reason for the superiority of Samsung Pay can apparently be attributed to the fact that it is compatible with MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission), in addition to supporting NFC-based payments.

According to Sam Mobile, the MST technology lets users to pay from any smartphone on virtually all magnetic stripe payment gateway system. For those uninitiated, the payment system in focus is nothing but the payment terminal where users normally swipe their standard credit and debit cards. Upon taping the MST-enabled handset on the side of the payment terminal, the magnetic stripe code of the debit or credit card is reportedly transferred to the gateway. In the meantime, the register guarding the payment terminal would get the information like the user swiped a credit/debit card. It is worth reminding that, Samsung purchased the company LoopPay recently to utilise MST technology in the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge. Also, it is very evident that more and more Samsung handsets will be benefitted from the Samsung Pay.

On the other hand, the Samsung Pay will apparently become active in the U.S. and home country Korea this year. Plus, the tech giant will reportedly expand the new payment system to other countries eventually. To top it off, Samsung has partnered with MasterCard, VISA, American Express, Citi, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and the U.S. Bank in order to work with the new mode of payment, concludes Sam Mobile.

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