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I was really thinking about quiting the game, 7.5m account, never cheated in my life, did everything in-game 100%, there is basically nothing there for me to cheat for, and I always download the game from play store, yet, I got banned for 7 days.
Not to mention I didn't know what triggered it, in order to remove this false positive, is it Custom rom? Is it root? Is it YouTube Vanced (YouTube with no ads and picture in picture), game mode? Using VPN all the time?
I'll have to wait and see what will happen, since I'm still banned till this very moment.
Karinshi

Unlocking your bootloader/custom rom would've triggered Google anti-cheat. So that is probably it as it then allows you to mod the game.

I’ve been using custom ROMs on my Android devices for at least 15 years. Throughout all this time, I’ve always played MCOC on devices with custom ROMs. I’ve never used mods or cheats, and I’ve always downloaded and updated the game exclusively through the Google Play Store for over a decade.

I find the logic behind this ban deeply unfair. Are users being penalized just because they might mod the game, simply because they use a custom ROM? What sense does that make?

I don’t use a custom ROM to cheat or alter games. If the goal is to protect the integrity of the app, then implement a detection system that actually checks the game itself and identifies users who are running a modified version.

Punishing all custom ROM users indiscriminately is like expelling a student from an exam just because they might cheat, without any evidence of wrongdoing. It’s a logic based on suspicion, not on facts. And that’s neither fair nor effective.

I am a lineage os user. I do not use google services. I install the game via apkmirror as armeabi v7a with fps focus. You cannot explain this to the people here, the only thing they can say to you is that you acted against the TOS rules. Don't be stupid like me by expecting people who have played such a game for years to have software knowledge. I tried to explain it but they are neither in a position to understand nor have the capacity to do research

The answer to that has already been given to you by those with far more "software knowledge". It's not that you're cheating, but that your client is untrustworthy. Whether or not you use it to cheat is irrelevant.

10 min ago my friend install this game via APK from apkmirror, he logged in and play normally. Now explain it. IQOO series phone, no Google app pre installed that's why he downloads APK file. If he is absolutely fine than why me. I don't even side loaded this game 😑 this is not fair at all.
Moreover, will Kabam now decide who uses what type of phone? Some phones are rooted, some phone bootloader unlocked, some phone jailbreaked, some phone don't have pre installed Google services. Kabam should secure their game. Implement in-game update system as previously U did. It directly updated from UR servers.

Kabam do not care about it
and kabams guardians on this forum too

I know kabam really doesn't care about their followers. If they're, they warn us on in-game msg.