yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] downwiththebanksters:
I agree wholeheartedly. Privacy, and hence liberty, is being eroded at every turn. People just don't seem to realize how much information they're giving away, and don't care. What's the big deal about wearing a little yellow star someone once said. That is the evil insidious problem of Facebook. A generation ago people kept diaries under lock and key. Now people publish their every banal moment to Facebook. And, to be fair, most of these people are safe doing this. Most people are not criminals or terrorists and have nothing, or what they consider very little, to hide. But this is the thin edge of the wedge. I read 1984 in 1970. I also read Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World. Although the authoritarianism of our present system is less overt and more insidious than that shown in these books, you really can see distinct similarities between these fictional times, and the way we live now. It is easy to find copies of these books, everyone should download them and read or re-read them. Yes, it might interfere with watching professional sport or dancing with quasi celebrities...but that which does not kill you makes you stronger. If you live in a free country it is your duty as a citizen to be informed, or else we wind up like we are now....rioting in the streets while our leaders ignore us, while they kowtow to the global financial elites.

And the above post is the saddest thing of all. If we want to use any app we have to give them blanket permissions. I'm sorry, I don't want them knowing who/where I am. Who my contacts are, what I'm doing. I miss the ownership of my data that the old Palm OS gave me. And I rue the day I was forced into the cloud. I don't want to see their ads. I don't want to help them in any way. That may seem unreasonable considering most of the programs are free, and you can call me selfish, but to me free is free period. If you want to charge for your app, and it is good, I'll pay for it, but if you're going to call an app free it should be just that, free. The "business is business argument" doesn't cut it with me, there is only one "thing" and that's the right" thing". Integrity is the only thing that sets regular people apart from the wealthy.

Thanks to the OP
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] quimbosa:
Thank you very much.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Raoa:
I'd recommend Privacy Inspector to check what your apps can do. Full version Privacy Blocker can actually change applications so they would not be able to gather personal information about you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Godyn:
thx for this help post, very much needed
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LePeR1898:
You should really remove the Taskmanager (here for why) since they do more harm then good.. Now an app like Watchdog alerts you when apps are misbehaving and lets you kill them but other than that you should just leave them alone.. at least on 2.2+
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] (•.•):
This is a good one, didn't know that about taskmanagers.

But still, to kill some unwanted apps you need a taskmanager.

I will recommend watchdog now of course too.

btw. there is an update for lbe privacy guard.

I will add that soon in the 1st post.

stay tuned!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Crotha:
Hy, thanks for the post. The lbe guard seems nice, I was using "Permission denied" until now, but the interface was not that good xD

What's your opinion to virus scanner like lookout mobile security?

^^
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ph03n!x:
CM7 builds have added permission management- in manage applications > app name, touching on a permission will revoke it. This feature has to be enabled in Cyanogenmod settings...

Swyped from my HTC HD2 running CM7 (Gingerbread 2.3.5)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 2wheeler:
Tagged for future upload of image - kittens playing w/yarn.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] armyboy11b:
thanks!!

i just want to say thanks for posting this information !!!! i clicked the thanks button for you also haha anyway i downloaded the lbe guard...its amazing it shows me everything!!!! and see some sketchy apps so i deleted them!!!! anyway thanks from thew newbie !!!:D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] airpull91:
hey...

did the app u attach is the latest version???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ohjaaja:
Some good ones for you guys.

PDroid – The Better Privacy Protection is a program you can use to block acces to personal data. Read the link. Super! It doesnt do anything without paching the ROM youre using. But patching is fairly easy using pacher found at aplication thread. No ICS support yet :(. I suggest asking your ROM devs to implement PDroid patch. If we demand...

Edit: You find all instructions in the PDroid thread.

And then the other: Bloatfreezer. App that can freeze any other app in system. Freezing doesnt make system misbehave and it works on system apps too. You can freeze anything. Alot better than task killers. Author is Trey Holland who find the Carrier IQ in android systems. He has been sued by google from reveiling Carrier IQ which is app that sends all your data to somewhere. Even your key presses.

Carrier IQ is a spying app in millions of phones. Nokia, blackberry, android etc.

You can scan your system using logging test app by xda user Trey Holland; TrevE

Edit: Some thanks would be nice because these are gems here.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ohjaaja:
There is advanced superuser app SuperSu by xda user Chainfire.

"SuperSU is the Superuser access management tool of the future"
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AJMetal87:
I'm a huge fan of nqmobile + gotya :-)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] meganox:
WARNING!

LBE Privacy Guard is NOT compatible with Jelly Bean and will send your phone into a boot loop. CWM fix permissions can stop the loop, I didn't try using the app after that as some Market reviews are saying it's a dead app anyway and won't be getting updated.

Pls update the first post.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] triad88:
No there is a translated version that works on JB.http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20914000
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] aurochsau:
Indeed, thanks is vital for such worthwhile suggestions. I am grateful to all.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Earthbrain:
How do you print to your wireless printer?

I have a wireless N printer but I am not sure how to print it using the galaxy tab?

In fact, when I log into my yahoo email account, I don't see a link to do any printing.

Is it possible to print on the galaxy tab via wireless printer?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smaragdhk:
Using google cloud print. I don't print sensitive our confidential documents so cloud print does the job for now.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Earthbrain:
Thanks. Is Google Cloud Print an app? Is it in the market place?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smaragdhk:
Yes, download from Market. Follow instructions and configure Google Chrome on your home PC/Mac. After that you no longer have to have your PC/Mac switched on...
[Desire General] Symbiot78:
Hi all

I have a problem with my sdcard..

I cannot mount in on my desire.. I just get a notification saying that it is safe to remove it.

I cannot remount it, nor can the PC recognize the card.

I tried the following..:

reflashing phone with leedroid 2.4.0..no difference

flashed with clockworkmod7.0 .. this gave me some access to the card, but the phone couldn't recognize any files in recovery

finally fixed the issue on CWM by doing an sdformat with a program on the pc (mounted sdcard in adapter)

flashed back to leedroid, same issue.

I did a full wipe of everything I could find in recovery.

I had this problem once before.. but I cannot remember how I fixed it :-))

I've tried some different solutions found on google. but so far.. nothing...

hope someone can help!
[Desire General] 4rm45:
Format sdcard in recovery
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lotherius:
After having my phone since August, I *JUST* discovered that the stock Samsung Keypad had handwriting recognition. I'm embarrassed to have missed that feature for so long.

However... it's broken. I'm using Bi-Winning 3.0, but I'm not sure if it's a ROM issue or not. Whenever I try to enter any text, absolutely nothing happens. It shows the traces of my text, but it never inputs ANYTHING or suggests ANYTHING, it's like I'm doing absolutely nothing. I've watched videos of the feature, and I'm doing what *looks* correct, and I've used handwriting before on Palm & Windows Mobile devices.. but I just can't get it to go on here.

Are there any known issues that would cause the handwriting box to not recognize text? Or am I looking at an issue with Bi-Winning itself maybe?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micompcs:
So, I've been having this issue for several days now, and I'm not anywhere closer to finding a solution than I was then.

Basically what's happening is I freeze, and ultimately reboot, every time I initiate an OC/UV. When I say OC/UV, it could literally be standard settings, max being 1ghz, and I still freeze/reboot. It matters not what the settings are, I will always freeze/reboot.

This is a replacement bolt. I fell victim to the rampant perma-brick issue with GB, and had my device replaced. My previous device had absolutely no issues with clocking what-so-ever, and I rooted it with the same method as this one - step by step with adb.

I've tried several ROMs, several kernals, several radios, and nothing seems to fix the issue. I've been told "some devices just can't be overclocked," but I find it hard to believe.

If that is, indeed, the case, then oh well, tough luck, but if anyone has any idea what could be causing this, or even has a solution to the issue, please fill me in, because I feel like I've tried everything.

Overclocking was one of the major reasons I decided to root in the first place (obviously flashing badass ROMs played a part, too), so it sucks not being able to do so.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ANGERisMYgift:
I seem to have issues with imoseyons kernals for some reason. Tried the battery sipper beta and had this thing blazing at 1.8 ghz with no probs. Haven't had any freezing or reboots in weeks. Give it a shot, there's a thread for it somewhere in here or u can find it in kernal manager
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepius:
its true. some really cant handle overclocking or undervolting well if at all.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thepza:
UPDATE: This remapping allows the Genius button to "act" like the power on button while your phone is on. Having trouble getting it to actually turn the phone on. Any thoughts?

Dead or dying power button on you MT4G? Mine was dying suddenly and i didn't want the hassle and risk a warranty exchange and get a phone with a bad eMMC chip or screen. Also didn't want to pay $100 to get the power button replaced.

Using the guide found below, I just remapped my Genius/search button in hopes it will become a power button (UPDATE: as of right now, it can only act to shut off the screen and to power down the phone--powering on the phone via the remapped button doesn't work yet.)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=836702

The only difference: by key 183, replace FUNC_4 with POWER (all caps).
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznprodgy:
like when you press the genius button, it turns the actual phone on/off...or just the screen on/off? if it turns the phone itself on/off, thats pretty cool as my power button was getting a bit unresponsive also. you could also use the trackpad to wake up the device(not sure if all roms have this feature tho). but either way Ive never thought of this little mod, reps to you :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thepza:
I've tried remapping Genius and Camera (I know, potentially lose a factory reset option), NEITHER of these will act to power on the phone. They'll power it down and shut the screen off, but they won't wake up an off phone.

Could it be that the power button is the only button capable of turning the phone on (based on hardware wiring and $hit?).

I've tried swapping Genius and Home buttons...they work perfectly EXCEPT for as a way to power the phone on.

I've also read that you can power up the phone by plugging it in and holding down the home button. That doesn't seem to work for me.

There must be some other code that would make this work...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentsnow31802:
Thank you for this. With the TPU case holding the power button to power off the phone is a little strange. Cant tell if im pressing the button too hard or not. I do not want to press it harder than I need to cause I know how fragile they can be. Now I dont have to worry about it!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thepza:
Getting a replacement

The remapping POWER is surely helpful to some...and prevents wear on the pitiful power button.

But with no clear, definitive way to turn my phone on, should the power button completely die (which seems like it will this weekend...it's worse each time), I'd be f*cked.

I did the web customer chat with T-Mobile to get a replacement. They offered me a Samsung Galaxy S. I declined that, saying I want a MT4G or better. They responded that the MT4G is out of stock and they don't know when, if ever, if will be available. This waste of time was about an hour.

So I CALLED customer service, explained the situation, the rep looked in their systems and talked with a manager and said they have *limited* stock of MT4G. My guess is that when something is *limited* they can't give it out as an exchange. Anyhow, this rep put in the order, making sure they had the MT4G in stock, and wondered why the web chat people said they were on back order. This CS experience took about 15 minutes.

Should have a replacement MT4G next week--hopefully good screen, good chip and good power button.

This is only my second exchange.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
ANY changes to the power button behavior in the ROM are in effect only when the ROM is up and running.

You can't do ANYTHING to make the phone turn on using another button when it's off, without reworking the HW.
[Galaxy 3 General] ckravi72:
Hi All.. Upgraded to froyo few weeks back. Samsung apps mobile tv was working fine. I was able to watch live streaming TV.I did a factory reset recently and now unable to open samsung apps. .. Message is "Network Unavailable". WIFI and other internet apps are working fine. Kindly help.
[Galaxy 3 General] ckravi72:
Hi all...why no reviews....atleast few can can revert whether it works or not in india
[Galaxy 3 General] Rapier07:
Afaik samsung apps is not supported in india.. I don't use it and i'm sure many of them here don't as well..

Sent from the 3rd Galaxy !
[Galaxy 3 General] ckravi72:
Thanks
[Samsung Infuse 4G] onodontbescurred:
does anyone have the stock Samsung Media hub apk for the infuse. I am running refuse and he chose to take it off. i still have my 25 credit and saw a couple movies on there i wanted.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jhild352:
This shows as a tmo apk not the infuse...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jhild352:
This shows as a tmo apk not the infuse...

Sorry for the double post
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Mattsrow:
Here is the apk, pulled from the infuse. There is also a mediahub folder in /data/data. But I can't figure out how to upload a folder, but if you need it then I can put it up somewhere else and link you to it.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] junooni.1980:
ok so i installed this media hub but when i run it i asks me to update and by clicking yes it takes me to market but it cant find media hub on market. So i ran it again and upon cancelling the app will shutdown. I have 25 credits still, whiich i wanna use but im using refuse so I cant, any help please.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] smartshoppingg:
I have exact same problem. I hope somebody has a solution.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] samsungcaptivates:
Here is my already updated version i hope it helps link removed
[Samsung Infuse 4G] samsungcaptivates:
Sorry that was the stock one this is the updated version
[Samsung Infuse 4G] skillz9669:
if none of these work simply go wipe and load infuse or stock, use titanium and backup the mediahub app. Install refuse and restore the app. That's all I have been doing. Hope this helps
[Samsung Infuse 4G] smartshoppingg:
That works! Thanks a lot!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] junooni.1980:
ok so im in Canada and i got the $25 coupon which i wanna use. I tried downloading/ renting a movie last night but it said only in states..

any help??
[Samsung Infuse 4G] nash2000:
That sucks, and to me that doesn't make much sence. Id call either you carrier or samsung themself. I've had to contact samsung for an annyoing wifi issue, they told me they weren't aware of any issues, but the next day bam, I had an update pushed to my phone and I haven't had an issue since.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] smartshoppingg:
I'm in Canada and I used the credit ($25) but when I hit download button weather it's rent or own, it shows a little flash window says "it's not permitted outside US. CA" and when I went to the States it started downloading about 100MB of 1.5GB and I came back to Canada the same day, it allowed me to resume and complete the download. Now when I purchase while in Canada, it won't allow me. Is there any fix for this?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] junooni.1980:
Anyone??

sent from my infuse.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mbmms:
its not wotking with me
[Samsung Infuse 4G] LG_iiNsTiiNcT:
Any movement on media hub for infused gb rom

sent from my Infused goodness
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ZzFDKzZ:
I'm selling my $25 one for $13. If anyone is interested email me zzfdkzz@gmail.com or PM.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] krantiredeyes:
Where do the downloaded movies get saved?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] -Kevlar-:
Media hub server I believe
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dilat3d:
Are there even any good choices on the hub?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Mattsrow:
That's not entirely true. When you purchase a Video through MediaHub it gives that account access to that video. But the last time I used it, there was no streaming option, you had to download the entire video to your phone (several GB in some cases). It used to be that the files downloaded to /data/data/com.sdgtl.mediahub.dla.att/lib/ . But now, I think they're in a hidden folder on the sd card called .SamsungMediaHub . But the files are in a .pyv format, and I don't know of any player that supports .pyv files.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] NWinfuse:
The Samsung media hub app for the Infuse readily is available on android market , I downloaded it after flashing the Refuse rom this morning. It works just fine so no need to search for a ripped version
[Samsung Infuse 4G] marshal4him:
Did you actually get a video to play? When I try it shows a video playing but it's all black with no video or audio. Are you on gingerbread or froyo?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tyshemi:
He's on froyo

infuse.....infused.......infusion.......
[Samsung Infuse 4G] krantiredeyes:
I am on infused. I can see my downloaded movies inside media hub app but when I click play, it's blank and says that it cannot play. IS it because I am rooted? :( Btw, there is a lock symbol on the play button....
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tyshemi:
You are on a Canadian version that did not come with the framework. Froyo or wait until ATT release buddy
[Samsung Infuse 4G] NWinfuse:
As tyshemi said I am on froyo and videos do play back with no issue
[Samsung Infuse 4G] krantiredeyes:
You are right... Thanks.... Guess I have to wait for official ginger bread or gtg to include media hub to Infused 2.1.0 somehow... :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Jep56:
Weird. Mine worked for awhile, then the black screen. Oh well, Netflix has a much better selection anyway
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigblueshock:
So my 1 year warranty on my phone expires today (June 4th - received phone on launch day) and I do not have insurance. I'm having horrible power button issues where I am forced to wake the screen using my volume buttons.

My friend who works for sprint has replaced the power button, and it's still a no go.

I am willing to dish out the $35 for a refurbished device, but is this not an option to me anymore now that the 1 year is up? Or... Can i get a replacement device after this 1 year warranty.

As I understand, the 1 year warranty is solely from HTC and has nothing to do with Sprint. But I could be wrong...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidc23:
Dont think you can do anything bud
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sunsparc:
You can still get a replacement for $35, even after the 1 year warranty is up. The only the the warranty has to do with in a Sprint store is the battery. After the 1 year, service locations won't be able to order you a battery if it goes bad, you'd have to buy one yourself.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donas:
just call tech support and request and advanced exchange, if they dont want to, i can do it for u, i just need your phone number. PM if they dont want to do it
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] r.storm85:
Sup forum, I dont know if theres already an app for this, but if there is I havent seen it.

Arite so you know how you can only send low quality videos less than 30 seconds via txt message (MMS)

We know moments in life happen so quick and theres been many times ive videoed somthin once in a lifetime but my camera is always on 720p high quality.

We need some kind of shortcut you can put on the homescreen that opens up the camera with different settings.

One for text messages and one for HD home movies say. Easy one click and film right.

Cause by the time you open up the camera change the settings, lets say cause you know you wanna send this video, and not post on youtube or somthin, the moment would be gone.

I dont know if Im the only one that would like something like this, but what you guys think??
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jones79:
I know LauncherPro has programmable shortcuts so you can launch specific apps with specific settings.. I have never looked into creating one though so you are on your own there, but it may be a good place to start looking.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] r.storm85:
Oh yeah?? Ill check it, thanks

Edit: yea launcher pro has settings, but not for the camcorder.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] r.storm85:
Any body else??
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rcatank:
this is where the CM7 default camera works best.... I love the camera app on it... takes be 2 clicks to go to camera n the low,high,YouTube settings... literally takes 2-3 seconds .... with 2 clicks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] r.storm85:
Any way to get the CM7 camera on a sense based rom? Stupid question I know, but u never know :)
[HTC Desire S] adizz131:
Hey everyone.

I just bought my desire S and i am having an issue with the camera.

every time i open up the camera app, the screen focuses with a square in the middle and makes that focus sound then beeps like it does when it is ready to take a photo, then the screen goes black and repeats the focus part...

I dont have to even touch anything for this to happen.

I have tried powering the phone off and back on, and also clear data from applications menu but it still has this problem.

Anyone else have these issues? or similar
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
This has happened to me but just once, The phone seemed to be auto taking pictures without me pressing anything, making the noises etc.. although when I later looked on the SD card none appeared to have been taken and when I pressed the button it did take the picture that I wanted.

I'm afraid that I can't quite remember what I did to stop it, I believe that I toggled the auto focus settings.:confused:
[HTC Desire S] adizz131:
all fixed now!

I had to toggle the auto focus setting.

Thanks for the tip!
[Focus General] sicmadek:
So what exactly would unbranding my focus do? Would i be able to use the $10 unlimited data plan?