yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ciela:
That was my understanding of it as well.. heck for the Desire you need to be rooted, flash a specially-modified kernel, and have the correct radio ROM flashed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] necrohades:
there is one, works well with sony ericsson x10 mini pro, from android market

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.schass.recording.call&feature=search_result
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] outchard:
I installed "LBE Security Service". (needs root) : works great :)

The author writes:

Protect your privacy by controlling the permission of each application to access your sensitive data.

- Block malicious operation from Mal-wares and Trojans.

- Block unwanted network traffic if you don’t have a unlimited data plan.

- Find out which application is trying to steal your privacy by checking the security log.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dstyl:
But apps like Angry Birds steal nearly everything from your (Position, Contacts ,SMS and so on) so i think there should be a general rule in the market which forbids things like Call recording(really man who needs this ^^) , and personal data stuff only the Position for apps who really needs this. And i mean nearly every free apps sells your data and this is not so cool i think you dont know nothing what happends to this data and I think there is alot to do on every mobile OS ( for every os is an angrybirds convert ^^), I knew at s60 (Symbian) there were a lot of antivirus kits to download(kaspersky, Bitdefender etc) maybe they will now see the market of android for antivirus softworks ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FadeFx:
just checked and angrybirds has no permission to access anything you mentioned, it only has full network access for ads (cm7 permission revoked) and read network state, thats all.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lockzackary:
Droid Wall

I think just by using droidwall you can already squish a lot of malicious intentions an app has.

Its allows you to set a whitelist (or blacklist) of apps that you would allow to block packets from being sent.

What's great about it is:

1. it doesnt drain your battery, because it doesnt run as a service, but modifies your device's iptables

2. one of its features is logging your network activity so you could see which apps are actually sending or downloading data... this is helpful if you got a doctored copy of your favorite game or app. In case that app was modified to spy-on-you you can still block it :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thagrg:
wow, then I think that I'll delete my entire mobile memory and apps and then start installing apps over again but I have to read the permissions very well this time.

Google should do something serious about that!

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dstyl:
@FadeFX

Sry my fault :D Only the iOS version of angry birds steals psw ,contacts etc.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576020083703574602.html?mod=what_they_know

there are the most apps who are watching u so if you are unshure take a look ;)

For Android and iOS users knows anybody sm about apps who steals your data on WP7 ?

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LG e900 MFG Unlocked Mango Beta 2 <------------ Nokia 6630
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] srikanth.naidu:
Pretty much all apps need some kind or the other kind of permission .. so the wise thing is to look up these permissions while installing app or use any one of the other apps to do that for you ..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dstyl:
Pretty much all apps need some kind or the other kind of permission .. so the wise thing is to look up these permissions while installing app or use any one of the other apps to do that for you ..

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Phone: Htc Desire HD (ACE)

Rom: HONEY3D 1.1

Radio:12.48.60.23p_26.08.04.07_m3

Kernel :Kquicksall

Recovery: 4 EXT CWM 3.0.2.8

OC : No frills

Yes ,but if you use an iOS device there came no permission screen ,so you have to lock it up in the Appcontract what this app does in background , so it seems like the only way to get malware on an Android/WP7 seems to dont read the Permissions and only click ok ( imean if you install a FartMaschine or sth. and it needs your Position data to work there must be something bad in the background ;)

I mean for kids who uses there phone or ipod or whatever this is a really big responsibilty and u cant except from an 10 or 14 year old kid to take care about that i think these data stealing apps should be forbidden ,if you read the article you see that from 101 tested apps 56 send user data to different networks. Both the Android and iPhone versions of Pandora, a popular music app, sent age, gender, location and phone identifiers to various ad networks so i think there have to be a cut by the law. For me it was a new world to because i had an s60v2 device from 2004 till the last month so i had to learn to take care what my phone knews about me.

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LG e900 MFG Unlocked Mango Beta 2<----------Nokia 6630
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nathanpc:
I never look at the application permissions, but this made me rethink after installing some applications...
[Android Software Development] lik88888:
Hi all,

I need a feature in my app to call AT&T and check the balance or minute usage. For example, to check how many minutes I have used, normally I should dial *MIN# (*646#) on my phone, and then I will get a text message.

I use the following simple way to make the phone call:

Intent callIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL);

callIntent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:*646#"));

However in my app it seems the ending "#" is always ignored and the number my app dials is always *646, which goes nowhere.

Can anyone let me know how I can get to call the number with its ending character "#"?

Thanks,

Lik
[Android Software Development] Gene Poole:
Maybe try a backslash before the pound sign.

callIntent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:*646\#"));
[Android Software Development] lik88888:
I did try that but it didn't work.
[Android Software Development] Gene Poole:
What about the "*"? I'm guessing that Uri.parse() is trying to "parse" the string and that some character or another is being interpreted as a control character by the "parse" function.

Edit:

OK, I just did a search on URI encoding and found this:

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/html/html_url_encoding.htm

and according to this:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/Uri.html

a "#" sign is interpreted as a fragment delimiter.

The first ref says to use "%23" to encode the # char so try this:

callIntent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:*646%23"));
[Android Software Development] lik88888:
That works. Thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
So while we got the latest duel core from Qualcomm, and snapdragon 1.2Ghz is looks like they working in a new one already

See here : http://androidandme.com/2011/08/new...ming-consoles-will-be-replaced-by-snapdragon/

Man I can't wait to see some games taking the full advantage of the duel cores phones yet, but and hopefully by year ends we have more nice games, i think tech is moving really fast on smartphones now, I hope batteries can't keep up with these processors as well, what you guys think?

Discuss

If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d :P
[HTC EVO 3D] bavman:
I believe that there's already better, especially the new Samsung galaxy 2 s. Apperrntly its CPU and gpu blow qualcomm. But ours is still a strong chip. I know nvidia is working on a better tegra chip which will feature a quad core CPU and a better gpu. I can't wait for that one :D

Sent from my laptop using firefox on windows 7.
[HTC EVO 3D] phatmanxxl:
I wonder when well have cooling fans on the back of our phones.
[HTC EVO 3D] dougstoner:
Along with liquid cooling.
[HTC EVO 3D] bavman:
Maybe multiple pcie lanes to crossfire or sli some cards?
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
Lmao

If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d :P
[HTC EVO 3D] treckin:
Basically positive this phone is substantially faster then a tegra2. This and exynos are close as hell. Comes down to the apps/benches themselves.

And NVIDIAs quad core chip, kal el or something, is being binned as a tablet part. Stop trolling.
[HTC EVO 3D] Vindic8ed:
That would be false. Straight from Nvidia:

“Project Kal-El-powered tablets are coming this Fall, and phones around the CES 2012 timeframe.”

Unless they've changed something, we should see phones with quad-core chips not only from Nvidia, but other manufacturers as well in 2012. Supposedly the new Nexus will have a quad core chip though, so we'll see what actually happens with that at the end of this year. From what the different news articles earlier this year have said, the first quad-core tablet should be hitting the shelves sometime this month.
[HTC EVO 3D] KingKuba13:
Thanks for the laugh.

Anyway, even the next-generation cpu-gpu mobile combos won't top consoles. Plus no one will be taking advantage of them for a long time. Look at all the crap android games out, very few push limits on any high end phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] klbjr:
Really? So I'm going to give up playing my games on my 55" LED in full 1080p & 5.1 DD for a 4.3" screen? Yeah, I see that happening.....
[HTC EVO 3D] firmbiz94:
I love having all the power under the.hoods of the new gen of phones..but I think Android should put more effort into its software than the hardware..why drop quad core phones when dual core isn't fully optimized? Our dual cores arnt even breaking a sweat with what we use it for ..if.there is lag or glitches It's most definitely not hardware related..the software needs to catch up..and with the pace of technology right now I don't know if that will happen
[HTC EVO 3D] bigmikehd2:
+1

Sent from my Evo 3d with XDA premium
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
What ever happened to that game that qualcomm was bragging about that takes full advantage of its dual core. Some rpg game. That was one reason i wanted qualcomm and also prior to releasing evo 3d the qualcomm spec surpassed all the others on paper Although not really so true now.
[HTC EVO 3D] Zac95:
Nvidia has actually said kal El will run crysis
[HTC EVO 3D] todah09:
Ha ha ha ha........
[HTC EVO 3D] Zac95:
That was sarcasm bro ;)
[Defy General] pokemon2011:
I have Motorola BRAVO MB520 it is original phone never root or anything. that phone somehow it can't connect my sim card network so I do data/factory reset throw setting -> privacy -> Factory data reset. after I done that phone is reboot then it is on with black screen on top said Setup just like that so long and the phone when s1 call can answer it. Can anyone please help me how do I setup it please thanks so much.

please see pic

http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/chanseyha/?action=view&current=photo.jpg
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
We can no longer save high resolution pictures for contacts. Even if you save, it gets overwritten by Google sync. We didn't have this issue with earlier version.

SE messed up the contact picture settings even when they released the first firmware upgrade for X10 but there was a work around for it using Timescape. We have no such solution now.

Hope SE fixes this when they release generic North American version.

Note: You have this issue only if you sync your contacts with Google.
[Xperia Arc General] kbadone:
Well that sux, coming from X10 I know how annoying this is!!
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Will not be fixed, I have official Swedish version already and its same.
[Xperia Arc General] jatt101:
the best way to fix this is to sync with sonys service, and everything works fine :)
[Xperia Arc General] Poker gypsy:
I keep saying, if sony took it off there must be bugs in it? I'm sure they will fix it
[Xperia Arc General] reptile64:
I had this issue with X10, solved it by uploading my contacts pictures to SE sync @ www.sonyericsson.com/user , everything was fine even on my Arc, but with this new firmware now it deletes some of my pictures, they appear on SE sync but not on my phone! I tried deleting the pictures and re-upload them but nothing happens! Crap!!!
[Xperia Arc General] tomo100brt:
Don't know what you are talking about. I put my 8 MPX picture from camera in contact and everything is fine. Even when calling everithing is OK. What resolution did you put? I am on this new firmware too.
[Xperia Arc General] kiz1983:
some of the timescape widgets got bug where it says 'widgets already added' but i didnt put any of it yet..
[Xperia Arc General] reptile64:
Go into settings, apps, clear cache from SE home apk.

You are going to lose everything from your home and you have to put everything back the way they were, but you can add everything then.
[Xperia Arc General] Raoa:
Not having such issue with Neo running 4.0.A.2.368 firmware.
[Xperia Arc General] tomo100brt:
So strange. No bugs on my arc at all. This update even speeds up my Android 2.3.3.
[Xperia Arc General] jatt101:
from what i understand the nordic version is fine, the other version posted had a problems
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
Are your contacts set to sync with Google Contacts? If you don't sync you won't have problems.
[Xperia Arc General] Finalfour:
Is any way to solve this problem with contacts?
[Xperia Arc General] tomo100brt:
Yes it is sync with Google Contacts. I always sync it with Google Contacts because of mail. Anyway I don't have any problems with firmware 4.0.A.2.368. Maybe because I installed it on fresh. I did not updated it.
[Xperia Arc General] Finalfour:
I am instaled fresh too, but problem with google contacts is here :(
[Xperia Arc General] rustynuts34:
Does anyone find the browsers a bit buggy especially when I use dolphin as my default browser or vise versa
[Xperia Arc General] zangetsu2188:
I have this problem too. Upon putting high res pics on my contacts it is okay. But when i sync my contacts to google, the pictures are resized to thumbnail size.

I did not encounter this problem on the first 2.3.3 update.
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
Another annoying change is that the calender no longer has agenda view. I had to depend Launcher Pro's widget for that. This is a repeat of same issue X10 had with it's last 2.1 update.
[Xperia Arc General] CWHS:
It have some problem with Barcode scanner V4, it forced the zoom tele, but no problem after degrade to V3.6.
[HTC Sensation] dlads:
Hi all,

Just a quick question, does anyone know of any scrollable sense 3 live wallpapers? besides the streak? I'm sick of these static wallpapers, its too iphonish, the old sense wasn't as pretty but anything you stuck on your desktops scrolled and it would make a pretty much blank canvas look interesting

But the sense 3 ones (the live ones anyway) take up too much memory and cause too much lag.

Does anyone know of any working, scrollable (smooth hopefully) live wallpapers? Something which we can use, even as a starting block so it can be optimised.

Cheers
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jay_Zaq:
I already got S-OFF using revolutionary

I am trying to follow the steps posted here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1160745) and I dont understand how to do anything via CWM... I already flashed it succesfully following these instructions (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1134520) but I cant figure out how to enter recovery, nothing in ROM manager will work because ""an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!"" Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tpbklake:
Yes Rom Manager will not run without root privilege. You need to go into settings and make sure Fastboot is disabled. Then you should be able to boot into the boot loader by holding the Volume Down key and pressing the power button. From the boot padre menu select Recovery
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jay_Zaq:
flashed an older version of CWM and then typed adb reboot recovery while it was pointed at folder fastroot was in, now in recovery mode what do I do now? apply update from sdcard?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Bierce22:
do the proper wipe procedures then install your rom of choice.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] riverstudd:
Do you still need help. its pretty straight forward but i could walk you through it
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abonet:
Anyone else have this problem with the front camera on their Epic?

The front camera on my Epic appears to have some kind of dirt underneath the glass. It looks like some kind of white lint or haze or dust or something has gotten underneath the screen/glass and in front of the front camera. If I turn the front camera on, it looks like I'm looking through a thick fog. If I look at the front of my Epic, the front camera lens shows up as a little white dot.

I can't see any possible way of cleaning short of taking the darn thing apart.

My dilemma is that I don't use the front camera, so I don't want to go through the trouble of un-rooting my phone to take it into Sprint for a replacement (I heard they won't honor any warranty work if your phone is rooted/rom-ed). But on the other hand, maybe I'll need the front camera at some point in the future.

Any similar experiences, suggestions, remedies would be appreciated.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnowdapowda:
I think its just cause its a ****ty camera.. really though I've only used it like twice :)

Cd's or tapes?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipmsci:
The front-facing camera on other Epics are noticeably better than my own, and I can see dust/dirt/something on my front camera that is conspicuously absent on others.

Edit: there are a few youtube videos showing complete disassembly. I hate video guides, so I had ignored them previously, but they do a good job showing the details.

Only slightly improved pictures after cleaning, but worth it. It does take considerably effort and much worry to disassemble. I also did not disconnect everything the videos show (like the ribbon cables - too risky for me).
[HTC EVO 3D] painandpleasure:
Wondering if anyone else can figure out whats going on. I am a Drill Sergeant and work 14+ hours a day and need my phone all the time but I do not get service at work, so I decided to try the prl hack. I can get 3g sometimes but when I try to make calls I get a message saying my phone cant be authenticated. Anyone know a fix? I called sprint and told them I get the error when roaming and they couldnt give me an answer or fix. Is there a app i can use to make calls over 3g that I could use when at work? Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] ycats:
Which prl, 00001?
[HTC EVO 3D] xHausx:
Would you be able to use an Airave where you work? Your best bet would be to work something out with Sprint, they will eventually give you the boot if you are roaming all the time.
[HTC EVO 3D] painandpleasure:
I have tried 00001 and some others and also roam control. I cant use Airwave where I work. I just dont like the fact I am supposed to get unlimited roaming and cant make calls while my co workers with verizon are streaming youtube and pandora perfectly
[HTC EVO 3D] painandpleasure:
Anyone ?
[HTC EVO 3D] emt.wells:
I had the same thing happen to me, except I was working in an ambulance. Call sprint from a landline and tell them you can't use voice roaming. They'll push an update that you need to download and you'll be up an running again.

And good luck to you. I could never be a drill. Just thinking of those round browns still creeps me out. haha!
[HTC EVO 3D] painandpleasure:
That worked thanks. I tried that before and they didn't know what I was talking about LOL. Finally got a tech who knew. Yea being a drill is tiring but fun.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mesho Arc:
Hello, lately the battery is draining fast, and now its even worse, im running on 4.0a....... firmware with overclocked kernal, cpu is set to 1.2, its been 1h30m since charged and the battery is at 89%
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] athris:
Maybe you should reset your cpu back to default (1 GHz), overclock always drain battery.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farr3ll:
Has anyone worked out how to get Order & Chaos Online working since the v1.0.2 update?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinzio83:
havent tried it but this thread might give you some insight:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1159975
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Braincrack:
With this App you can play games with the PS3 Sixaxis without the USB cable :)

Instructions here:

http://www.dancingpixelstudios.com/

Works great with the Transformer and for example FPSe.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] philburkhardt:
Pretty awesome. Purchased.

Thanks for the heads up.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Sheytan:
Awesome works perfectly

Used One-Click Universal root for stock firmware - V3 so i could use it :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] mibo666:
Is the any smimilar app that allow to controll game via keyboard dock? It would be nice use TF dock in games.... now its only keyboard that is only usfull for text writing.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] seshmaru:
Just map the controls to the keyboard in the app derp. It's what I did.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Vertiginouz:
Nice, works perfectly with FPse
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Triumph:
Edit: Nevermind, I forgot to enable "use input method"

works great wth nesoid, snesoid, and gensoid
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Fermbiz:
needs to be rooted?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Braincrack:
Jep
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Rosch89:
Will this controller work?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] isolated_epidemic:
Works great for me on Prime 1.7. A side note for the Goldeneye Fans out there who are like me and have problems playing this game after the invention of dual analog controls I have a slightly long winded walkthrough to bring back that nostalgia without having to reprogram your brain.

Start by changing the mapping for the RIGHT stick in the Sixaxis Controller app to A, B, C, D (default is mapped to mirror the left stick). Next boot up N64oid and change the following keys in the input settings to those below.

Analog Left - A

Analog Right - B

Analog Up - C

Analog Down - D

C-Left - DPAD Left

C-Right - DPAD Right

C-Up - DPAD Up

C-Down - DPAD Down

If you haven't done so already you will need to configure the rest of your keys to your liking

Once done with that boot up the game and get into a level. Open up your Start Menu in game and go to the third page and choose controller style. For my setup I chose 1.2 Solitaire. I have noticed that using the controller to try to select in this menu scrolls too fast and you jump from 1.1 to 1.4 and can't stop in between. I found the best way around this is to use the onscreen keys of the N64oid app to choose the option, then you can turn them off when you're done.

Once you're finished back out of the start menu and you can finally enjoy Goldeneye with those Halo controls we're all so bloody used to after all these years.

Thanks for reading my rambling, I hope someone finds this useful.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] krash183:
That is the most hideous controller ever built

Sent from Hogwarts
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Rosch89:
Lol it probably is, but I like the diagonal sticks nd the lights :-)
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] E_man5112:
Do third party controllers work? What about USB controllers?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] andyxover:
Hey Guys..

I need a little help,

I followed the instruction exactly but still can't get it to connect

so I first downloaded the Utility to the computer

hooked my PS3 controller to my computer,

and then I entered my Bluetooth address in the change master column..

went back to my eeepad, clicked start in the app,

it says connection established, I then unplug the controller from my PC

and click on the PS bottom, but it just keep flashing and not connecting...

please tell me what I am doing wrong,

tks in advance

Best,

As
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] xmod4u:
You have the paid app right ?

It did the same to me, but after force stoping the app, rebooting the TF and trying again, I got it going.

Let us know.