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		charcircuit 59 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A theoretical way to circumvent Android developer ... The settings app lets you disable package verifiers for adb installs. The settings app is part of the operating system and can not be updated via the play store. This means that Google can not update the settings app.

baby_souffle 57 days ago [–]

> This means that Google can not update the settings app.

Is that app immutable? I seem to recall it being changed with new versions of android.

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