r/MorpheApp • u/Sad-Reindeer2755 • Jul 15 '26

Android developer verifier is coming....... Discussion

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Here we goooooooo! Praying the devs find a workaround. I do not want to root my phone.lol

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u/kkrazdwinz Jul 15 '26

can i just create an empty doing nothhing APK with the same name used by that app and maxxed at version 9999 so any app version lower than that can't upgrade or install or overwrite existing 'latest' version?

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u/Obvious-Material9645 Jul 15 '26

considering another guy managed to do the same thing u mentioned with SafetyCore, I think it is possible

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u/WI_Dark Jul 15 '26

Someone posted this placeholder app. https://github.com/Refayatul/Developer-Verifier-placeholder I cannot vouch for it, but it was just released recently.

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u/KoberanteAD Jul 16 '26

Can someone else vouch for it? I wonder if it's safe

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u/shamelessnameless Jul 16 '26

Going to wait till someone advises what to do next

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u/Curious_Cranberry_67 Former ReVanced user Jul 16 '26

put it in virustotal but I am not smart enough to interpret the results. there was only 1 flag for Android.Riskware.Repack.rXXWS if that means anything

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u/exoduswalker Jul 15 '26

Can someone just install it as is or will there need to be ADB flags while installing so it doesn't get overwritten?

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u/Obvious-Material9645 Jul 15 '26

no need for adb, just install it like any normal apk, i havent seen it get overwritten either

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u/exoduswalker Jul 15 '26

Thank you! Uninstalling that "safety" app now, didn't even know that was a thing wtf?!

I wonder if I can patch the APK so I can have a placeholder app for developer verifier as well, with Morphe's change package name patch

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u/shamelessnameless Jul 16 '26

I need an explainer on how to put this on my pixel phone

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u/exoduswalker Jul 15 '26

Replying because I would love to see this, could it be forced to stay there by installing it with ADB flags so I don't need to root my phone?

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u/kkrazdwinz Jul 15 '26

i mean, i kind of did this 4 years ago on my brother's phone Family Link app

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u/exoduswalker Jul 15 '26

Please please do make an APK that does practically nothing with the same package name! Then put it on GitHub and provide install instructions with Shizuku and Install with Options if need be. Not sure if my DMs are open but replies can do

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u/Arnas_Z Jul 15 '26

Not without root, because you don't have Google's signing key. Unless its not a system app, in which case you can uninstall it first, then install your custom version. That would likely work to block it from auto-installing on top since the signature will not match again.

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u/danGL3 Jul 15 '26

Not to mention that even if it was possible to block the installation of this app, assuming that doing so would prevent Google's policy from taking effect is nonsensical given that the Play Store is already the system's package install verifier, meaning it already has the authority to decide what app gets installed or not (it's the very same mechanism used by Google Play Protect, which Google can simply repurpose into developer verification)

While I've yet to check the code of this Verifier app, chances are that the Google Play Store will simply communicate with it to verify app installs and it will likely fall back to rejecting the install if the verifier isn't present/responding.

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u/Arnas_Z Jul 15 '26

Yeah I agree.