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[Android Apps and Games] rogier666:
But DroidWall won't let you control what info gets sent over the net and what info stays private. With LBE you can allow an app internet access without giving it access to your IMEI, phone number, or location.

For example, Shazam obviously needs to go online, but that doesn't mean it should know my location. WinAmp needs to go online for Shoutcast radio but it doesn't need to know my phone number or IMEI. Lookout needs to go online to update itself, but it doesn't need to read my address book (which it always tries to do).
[Android Apps and Games] mmarz:
The good thing about droidwall is that I can setup conditional firewalling with the help of external scripts. When I need Yelp, it needs to have internet access. But when my screen is off, I don't need Yelp downloading advertisements, looking for pornography, or whatever else it does when I'm not around. The same goes for a majority off apps. If LBE had this capability, I could get rid of droidwall, but as it is, droidwall is the only app that enables me to do this.
[Android Apps and Games] SHADOW-XIII:
Question, when the LBE service is running, it will require SU everytime it needs to rewrite iptables, right? then check your superuser app, in it's logs there's info how often it access su command
[Android Apps and Games] asicman:
LBE doesn't make use of iptables.
[Android Apps and Games] pflorin:
uhm after reading almost all of the replies and you've got quite good feedback from xda community .. i will give it a try because it seems pretty legit app.
[Android Apps and Games] eromrab:
Sorry, search is down... so this could have already been asked

but I was wondering... if you can block access to the IMEI, is there a way to spoof a fake IMEI as well?

And if so, would that only work for the apps, or would you be able to trick a network into thinking you are a different IMEI.

And yes, IMEI changing is legal where I'm at.
[Android Apps and Games] Final5k:
So it seems there are many users who are concerned about this application - so what would you say, is it worth to continue on using it or is there definitely a risk that it might be sending private informations to the devs?
[Android Apps and Games] Private-Cowboy:
It has pretty much been proved that it doesn't. Or at least some serious testing has been conducted and nothing negative has been found. So why not?
[Android Apps and Games] shokwaav:
only problem is the icon. can we have a more gingerbread-like icon?
[Android Apps and Games] Lanky Git:
Personally I'm happy with the report from strazzere, so I'm keeping this.
[Android Apps and Games] short/y:
Like some others have said, I'm keeping it, too. At least for a while.
[Android Apps and Games] nomad4ever:
Since updating cm7 to nightly 103 lbe is unable to start its service on my Legend. Does anyone have the same problem?

Sent from HTC Legend on CM7.
[Android Apps and Games] monomer888:
This is a complete guess but the most recent version of CyanogenMod 7 is supposed to patch a security hole. Maybe this is an unintentional side-effect?

http://www.electronista.com/article...smhider.attacks.non.stock.roms/#ixzz1Pf6cGBqr
[Android Apps and Games] rabdouladekaboul:
Here is a data monitor screen of my HTC HD2 phone with MIUI rom. On MIUI rom you have an app monitor with a total upload/download account for each application. Here is a screen of mine on LBE security service.

We can see the 8b total upload (i Disable the security log option).

I want to add that i use LBE for a while and that i really appreciate the work of the developper.
[Android Apps and Games] Final5k:
what is the name of the app monitor in your rom? Are there any apk for it?
[Android Apps and Games] rogier666:
You can download a MIUI ROM from http://miuiandroid.com , unzip it, and copy the apk.

Unfortunately you can't install it by simply tapping the apk in your file manager.

The MIUI music player has been converted to an apk that you can install like any other normal apk. It's available for download from this forum. Maybe someone can do the same for the MIUI Apps Monitor?
[Android Apps and Games] batou42:
Exelent

Switch from Droid wall to this one after reading it on the portal. Love to fine tune what app can do or see.
[Android Apps and Games] Izzysoft:
Unfortunately, it won't run on my Milestone² (aka Droid2). It installs fine, starts fine, asks me to start the service. I approve, SuperUser asks for permission (approved permanently), and then... nothing. Finally a message telling me the service could not be started. As it recommends a reboot, I do so. After everything is up and running, the same game again: Service cannot be started.

Did someone have the same issue and knows a solution to it? If relevant: Android 2.2.2 on Motorola Milestone 2, rooted of course (using Gingerbreak).
[Android Apps and Games] cowbutt:
I've just been doing some basic reverse engineering, and I have a theory that might explain the 8KB downloads that some are reporting.

When it starts, it downloads www dot lbesec dot com slash lbesec.ini, which is a list of packages, the respective latest version, and the download URLs. It also has a URL for a black/whitelist (populated with a bunch of apps apparently targeted at the Chinese-speaking market). If this has black/whitelist has been updated, a new version is downloaded from www dot lbesec dot com slash $PATH slash $VERSION.ini (e.g. www dot lbesec dot com slash bwlist slash 2.ini).

I haven't yet figured out when else lbesec.ini is checked for updates (e.g. on a regular schedule), or if it is still checked even if auto-updates are disabled.

lbesec.ini is currently 997 bytes, and v1 of BWList.ini is 1198 bytes. A download of either or both of these files, combined with the connection setup/teardown could well add up to 8KB, especially if the usage widget rounds up.
[Android Apps and Games] Izzysoft:
Correction to my last post: Finally got it running. In case someone else encounters the problem: Uninstall, Re-Install (do NOT start it yet), reboot. Now it can be started and is working fine. Strange...
[Android Apps and Games] ryanjoehere:
so how? can we go ahead with this app?

currently running Persmission Denied but not what i am looking for.

what other alternatives beside LBE?
[Android Apps and Games] rogier666:
So far we're stuck with Permissions Denied and LBE Privacy Guard.

North Carolina State University and Huawei promised us an app called "Privacy Settings Manager" but they didn't deliver yet.

The short version: http://androidunderground.blogspot.com/2011/04/privacy-settings-manager-maybe-well-be.html

The long version (warning: PDF file): http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/jiang/pubs/TRUST11.pdf

I hope they release their app soon. I'd love to feed nosy apps some fake locations and bogus contacts.
[Android Apps and Games] ryanjoehere:
we have so many hips, sandbox on windows etc ......

not sure why these big players don't jump into the bandwagon on privacy guard apps...
[Android Apps and Games] ryanjoehere:
where is the TS?

AWOL?
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
thanks to OP.

this is really a useful app :)

for all the haters, anything can be dodgy. there's an element of trust no matter where you get an app from. why do we trust those who make the custom roms we flash?

hell, even a huge ass company like sony put viruses on cds on purpose

anyhoo, we're a community here right? be a little paranoid - fair enough, but don't hate as it might prevent other devs like the OP from releasing other awesomly useful tools.

tom, signing off :D
[Android Apps and Games] PartyVirginX10:
if the LBE proccess failes to start sometimes, does it mean all the apps have access to web ?
[Android Apps and Games] p107r0:
Probably yes, unless you use additional protection, like - highly recommended - DroidWall
[Defy General] lact0se:
Hi, I just want to ask a question.

Apologies if this has been asked before.

I have the French 2.2 official installed, then I rooted and installed ClockworkMod.

My question is, If I installed another official 2.2 SBF will the CWM be removed? Does the Offcial SBFs have their own recovery.

Thanks...
[Defy General] zakoo2:
yes it will be removed.

Sent from my superfast CM7 Defy.
[Defy General] lact0se:
thanks a bunch!
[Thunderbolt General] HoosierRealtor:
I have flashed this several times and every time, I do not get the 6 bar signal meter. I lose the history icons between "verizon wireless" and "ongoing" when I swipe down on the notification tab.

Thanks, for any help.
[Thunderbolt General] MomentFreak:
Did you flash it using Rom Manager? I had the same thing happen to me from using rom manager. I used RM to boot into recovery then applied the zip from there. And it workd perfect. Try and do it like that and see if that helps.
[Thunderbolt General] HoosierRealtor:
Did you still download through RM? Thanks.
[Thunderbolt General] evolutioncsr:
No you download it manually through your phone or on PC and transfer it to the SD card and then flash it in recovery.
[Thunderbolt General] HoosierRealtor:
Do I rename the file or anything special?
[Thunderbolt General] mcore09:
I also recommend flashing via recovery; it solved identical issues for me. As for the name, there's no need to rename the zip file provided that you're using recovery - it let's you navigate the sdcard file structure to locate your file. Just be sure to do a full wipe of data, cache, and dalvick before flashing (and backup your phone prior to that, of course).
[Thunderbolt General] HoosierRealtor:
Got it working, thanks everyone for the help.
[Thunderbolt General] TheStick13:
Did you have to do anything special, or just reinstalled it?
[Thunderbolt General] tazman19:
+1 on ROM manager. Every time I have flashed using it, it has only had partial features.
[Thunderbolt General] TheStick13:
Good to know. I've heard a lot of people saying that, but have yet to see any issues myself. I suppose I should stop using it for now just to be on the safe side. Glad you got everything working.
[Thunderbolt General] chester_cheet64:
I am guessing this applies to the NTE version also. Standard rename to P05 and flash in hboot or install via rom manager? (and what about that radio they were pushing in the thread?)
[Thunderbolt General] HoosierRealtor:
I didn't rename just booted into recovery and flashed it through there, I also was missing features when I flashed Liquid Roms but now that I know how else to get them, I will be trying out the new GBs soon
[Thunderbolt General] init_dot_t:
i will never use rom manager to install again after it screwed up big time the other day but im currently running remix with no problems.
[Thunderbolt General] omartb7:
if you dont use rom manager what do you use to flash a rom..? im knew to this i just successfully rooted my thunderbolt and flashed 1.6.3 last night using rom manager.. i do see some things left out of the rom that was in the description.. thanks
[Defy General] rogercharlie:
Hello, I bought a Defy two weeks ago and after some lurking and reading on the forums I decided I'd give custom roms a shot, and I settled upon Barebones. My Defy was running the stock ROM it came with, 2.51.1. The upgrade didn't really work and now I'm stuck. Heres what I've done so far:

Preparation steps:

1. Rooted the phone using SuperOneClick

2. Installed the recovery app (which allows me to boot into ClockworkMod Recovery)

3. Made a nandroid backup to the SD card using ClockworkMod Recovery and then copied said backup to my PC.

4. Installed 2ndInit Recovery, which was supposed to give me the fancy boot menu. While the app said install was successful and I had a green LED indication I couldn't get into the boot menu upon rebooting (no blue led lighting up). I tried installing/unistalling this several times with no results, but left it installed in the end, figuring it can't hurt to have it, even if it's not working.

Barebones:

1. Booted into ClockworkMod Recovery and restored 3.4.2_177-Nand.NORDIC_DEBLUR.zip

2. Installed Barebones_151-signed.zip from the SD card. Both steps completed fine, no errors indicated.

Result: The phone starts up, showing the Motorola logo, but resets after a while and continues looping this way. During the logo display the blue LED does light up and I can enter the Android BootMenu (I assume this is because I left the 2ndInit app installed earlier). From the BootMenu I can select [Custom Recovery] Start and go into ClockworkMod Recovery. I thought this would help me recover my previously saved nandroid backup of the factory ROM, but it fails to do so:

ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.8

E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or directory)

E: Can't mount /sdcard

Right now I'm stuck and I could use some help. I didn't feel like monkeying around with the phone without being sure of the proper remedy, as I only have about 40% battery left on it and wouldn't like to brick it for good. Any tips would be greatly appreciated :)
[Defy General] anxsds:
As far as I'm aware, the 2nd init recovery won't work on eclair builds. Never has done for me anyway.

I would also suggest letting the phone charge up, closer to full as well before continuing.

Specific to barebones, you need to flash the fixed nordic sbf as well. I.e.

Boot into recovery

Wipe

Restore nordic nandroid

Reboot, but holding volume up to get into the bootloader

Flash the *fixed* nordic sbf

Wait for it to boot

Install 2nd init recovery

Reboot into recovery

Flash barebones zip

Reboot

I'm pretty sure thats the method I used last time anyway.
[Defy General] rogercharlie:
1. About the charging, will the phone charge while in the Boot Menu or ClockworkMod? These are the only two things I have access to.

2. By wiping I assume you mean the data/factory reset and cache partition wipes in ClockworkMod. Am I right?

3. In order to restore the nordic nandroid I would need access to the SD card, but CWM pops the error I quoted before. How can I get around that?

4. I don't know which exactly the fixed nordic sbf is. The BareBones install page only refers to 3.4.2_74-Stock.KR_BLUR.sbf, but that's a korean one.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost2431:
Hi, my friend is going to buy for me a Motorola Atrix from AT&T and have it unlocked, then send it back here to me in Singapore. However, I noticed that updates depend on the carrier from some threads. So, will I be able to receive updates from Motorola? And also I am a little bit confused atm, has Gingerbread update for Atrix come yet?

Oh, one more question. Galaxy S II comes out in Singapore in about 2 weeks. Should I get the Galaxy S II or just have my friend buy the Atrix in the US?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Soldi3rxx:
Still waiting on more development for the G2X, flashed the early release of Gingerbread and my facebook syncs don't work and neither did my gps, flashed Cyanogen and still had a few bugs and havent tried Bionix yet cause I don't like the all black theme. So I guess i'm patiently waiting for something to catch my eye.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] skyhigh2004:
And you started a thread just to tell us your still waiting? Lol you think anybody cares? There are a bunch of options out there to run most of which are amazing. Spend some time running the different roms and I think you would be pleasantly surprised that they are pretty bug free. It would have been a more rewarding time then making another I want more development thread.

Sent from my G2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] F0rgiven:
What exactly did you hope to get out of this thread...?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jayohwhy:
Wow I can't believe you started a thread just to whine. When last time I checked, devs are not your employees or your slaves. If you don't like what's out there, tough, make something yourself.

To me, it seems like the rate of development is great compared to the time the phone has been out.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Soldi3rxx:
Really guys, calm down I was just expressing my feeling. You guys didn't have to reply to this either. I have been testing out other roms and these were my thoughts. Skyhigh2004, which rom are you currently running.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] skyhigh2004:
I'm running faux's aosp newest release and the ext 4 0.0.7 kernel. Smooth as butter, no lock ups, and everything that I have tried or needed works flawlessly. I have ran all of the roms on xda and I would also recommend bionix. I know you said you didn't like the theme but there is an optional stock Ginger theme in the theme section, its a really smooth rom. Try them out.

Sent from my G2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] schmit:
Sometimes, the responses I see on this forum are more ignorant/immature than the post they are pointing fingers at...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Soldi3rxx:
thanks skyhigh, i might just try Faux, see now that wasn't so bad guys.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] fcisco13:
Just sit and hold your breath till a perfect rom comes out, seriously man how can you say you are waiting "patiently" when you start a new thread to complain....just run stock froyo! Or make your own rom!!!

G2X
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
Stock Gingerbread won't sync Facebook. Google did away with it. Only Custom roms will have this functionality.

As far as the theme, CM7 (and other custom roms) usually have built in Themes which you can download from the market and install. Changes the colors of the icons, notification bar, icons, etc.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Soldi3rxx:
Damn Google and fb must not be getting along
[T-Mobile LG G2x] radlink14:
Hey I flashed faux's aosp also but what do you mean "and the ext 4 0.0.7 kernel" Doesn't flashing it change the kernel?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] skyhigh2004:
I meant I flashed the alternate ext4 0.0.7 kernel on top of the rom after it booted up and I waited ten mins. The rom itself as packaged is ext3. There is a seperate thread for faux's extra kernels.

Sent from my G2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ThC23:
Coming from the Vibrant where we had only 4 major devs (Team Whiskey, EDT, Eugene and Master) I think this phone is doing pretty good!

We already have 4 major devs (Team Whiskey, Team Shockwave, CM7 and Faux123) in one month! And I've seen two others saying they are making roms for it too, just have not release them yet! Forgot their names!!!

I think what we do need is more themes, but that's it!

.....
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tgerbracht:
This is an asinine thread.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Spoo76:
do a news search for google + facebook it seems facebook was caught trying to spread negative rumors about Google.

In other words facebook was talking **** and got caught lol

I haven't caught up on what happened but its not the first thing that makes it seem like they aren't playing nicely.I wonder if it also have to do with both google and facebook possibly becoming competitors in some of the same markets they are trying to expand into. what ever happened to the recently re-rumored facebook phone?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Soldi3rxx:
Damn greedy cooperate. Fb should stick to social networking and Google with android
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Spoo76:
considering google has been around long before android and they have their fingers in just about everything... that wont ever happen lol. i would imagine same goes for facebook
[T-Mobile LG G2x] schmit:
and so are some of the responses...
[Defy General] karlo6184:
So I used ROM Manger to go to recovery, then wiped. then install update.zip, which was cynanogen 7. then it installed only for some 20 secs. then my phone now keeps on boot looping only until motorola logo.

I removed battery, pressed volume down and power, then the phone went to triangle with exclamation mark and android, then here is the problem, i tried to press volume up and volume down: 1) at once quickly, 2) together hold 3) one at time, but no luck, a nothing happened, still stuck with the triangle.

looking for your advises, thanks in advance.
[Defy General] karlo6184:
for got to mention, when i try "volume up + power" it goes boot load and as i have mention above when i press "volume down + power" it goes to triagle with android,

so im sure the three buttons are working.

is there a special speed on pressing the volume up and volume down button?

thanks.
[Defy General] zakoo2:
i dont think theres a speed/time for pressing the buttons, so thats not the problem. do you have clockworkmod or any custom recovery on your phone, or just the stock?

Sent from my superfast CM7 Defy.
[Defy General] karlo6184:
it is stock rom 2.1, but i have it rooted and installed ROM Manger and the Clockwork Mod for Defy installed. On the clockwork i chose "normal boot"
[Defy General] zakoo2:
what other boot options do you have?

Sent from my superfast CM7 Defy.
[Defy General] karlo6184:
before there I had three options, 1) Recevery boot 2) Normal Boot 3) off to boot

but now i cannot change this anymore, as the phone is stuck in the motoral log or that triangle thing...
[Defy General] darule_2011:
If you are on 2.1, to access the stock boot menu you press the bottom right corner of the screen. From 2.2 up they changed it to pressing volume up/down at the same time (basically, pressing in the middle of the volume button).
[Defy General] candra_aja:
when you see android robot with triangle, then try to press the volume up & down together to enter stock recovery. :)
[Defy General] zakoo2:
he wrote it in the first post that it doesn't work!
[Defy General] candra_aja:
yea, it because he did the wrong way. I have done it several times, I'm on miui right now with 2nd init installed, and when I reboot to stock recovery, I got green robot with triangle like him, BUT (still in that mode) I press the volume up and down at the same time (it's like pressing in the middle of volume button between up and down) for a few second. Then you will enter stock recovery. Try it
[Defy General] zakoo2:
"1) at once quickly, 2) together hold" he tried everything, it's in the first post!
[Defy General] salimbest83:
Thq...

its WORKs..
[Defy General] Muznyu:
Exactly, press the screen!
[Defy General] iatoba:
awsome yeah it helped, first volume down and power until u see the droid and exclamation mark and then both volume down and up together and u enter recovery.

no one could ever explain this better. thanks!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Soldi3rxx:
Does anything know why your sync facebook contract image don't show up in your text messages image or when someone calls you? ONly shows up when you go to contacts?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GideonX:
Mine shows correctly everywhere.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $ynonymou$:
Hi all,

Thinking of buying my first android phone.

I was wondering whether there were still many glitches present in the SGS, is GPS still a problem for instance?

The other thing which is important to me is to be able to tether. I understand the SGS on Three ships with Eclair but am I right in thinking this could be updated straight away to Froyo? I'm thinking Froyo has native ability to tether? Ideally I'd like to tether to Bluetooth as I don't have a wireless PC and Bluetooth would give greater freedom to position phone for improved signal.

I know the SGS II is out but was disappointed it didn't arrive here in the UK with NFC, especially for the cost of it. I know the SGS doesn't have this either but seeing as the price on Three is little more than the One Plan on its own it seems to be a good buy, allowing me to defer my purchase of a dual core for a bit.

I have seen news that Gingerbread is also rolling out or about to, are these dependent on waiting for the network provider to do their own tweaks or do they come straight from Samsung? Will this be 2.3.3 or 2.3.4?

Any help greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olyloh6696:
sgs will be updated to gingerbread :)

unfortunaetly it has to be said, tha the sgs is well known to being buggy and un use friendly out-of-the-box

you will soon need to be familarized with flashing roms etc.

also, gps is also a major flaw wth the phone, bit i think there is a 'fix' around :)