Help! Anti-debug bypass

bombobombone

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While trying to mod a game called Pocket Quest Merge (Pocket Quest: Merge RPG - Apps on Google Play) I found out it was using CodeStage anticheat.

While reversing on IDA the first thing that was really weird to me was how there was no code reference to the anti-cheat functions, and I just thought they imported a library and used only like 1 function.

While trying to debug using IDA debugger I get segment faults after 10-30 seconds of attaching the debugger (which doesn't happen with other games, since I have tested the debugger with Subway surfers after this accident).

Does anyone have any reference to anti-debug techniques used by android anti cheats? (I'm new to mobile stuff)