To use Google messages you must sign in to one of your google accounts, even though that was not a requirement until today that I know of or was aware of.

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        If you do, you lose out on RCS. I think only Google and Samsung messages support it as of now.

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          Do I loose data in the process? I’m taking full backups but not so sure if the backups will actually bring my phone back. One in particular is interesting, the 2 factor authentication app. If I root my phone and that thing is somehow changed, will I loose 2FA?

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            17 hours ago
            • no
            • why aren’t you checking your backups??
            • no.
              • banking apps sometimes don’t play nice with rooted phones, but you can always sandbox them to make them think the phone isn’t rooted.