yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] zeekiz:
I'm pretty confident that the government and to be more precise law enforcement have all right to keep track of you and your movements if they see fit.

In saying this though, most governments and once again to be more precise law enforcement will only track you and record your activities should you be doing activities that would force them to.

You aren't doing anything you shouldn't be doing are you?

PS I had to give my mobile number to an officer of the law the other day, to say the least I'm kind of paranoid that they will look through previous texts that I have sent which could be incriminating, but in saying this I'm more than happy to accept my fate should such predicament come to haunt me.

My point is that if you need to ensure you aren't being recorded or tracked, do your illegal activities on a phone which cannot be traced back to you.

Edit this image is relevant to this thread.

http://www.philzimmermann.com/images/TinFoilHatArea.jpg
[General Topics] TheDroidProject:
Any proof about this?
[General Topics] zelendel:
Do a search for Fema chips in cell phones and see.
[General Topics] hungry81:
To say if you are not doing anything wrong then you should not fear having no privacy in the eyes of the government and the law is dumb. People keep information other than criminal activites private for many reasons, And that has the potential for abuse or missuse by the wrong people. For example look at American presidential campaigns Quite often they have people digging up dirt on their rivals, quite often its inconsequential dirt, but the PR firms twist it and stretch it and convert it into a duststorm of contraversy, can you imagine how much easier that type of BS would be if one political contender / group had a supporter or supporters high up with access to this information? low risk move for them, and a goldmine for their marketing firms.
[General Topics] zelendel:
Agreed. Oh and while he is at it might as well tell all those people that died protecting freedom that they died for no reason because he doesn't care about his freedom of privacy.
[General Topics] M_Nation:
I wouldn't go as far as saying died for no reason, I agree with freedom of privacy, but I also believe more or less that they would be doing this pinging for our protection.
[General Topics] zelendel:
I know that maybe a bit harsh but some of my freinds were those that stood up for our rights and freedom and for someone to say its OK for a government to remove that right rubs me wrong.

I would to if you were innocent until proven guilty but we all know that is not the case anymore. Now you are guilty until proven innocent.

I think the days of thinking that our government is out for the good of people is long over.
[General Topics] hungry81:
Oh for my "protection" well thats okay then.

So whats your stance on carrier IQ then? after all its only sending information that will make our phone using experiance better, And from a safety issue SOPA and the Australian internet filter are brilliant, Means I can not access those nasty sites that will put me at risk, Just like in China. It does not stink of isolationisim and control at all. And all no one should want ANYTHING kept private if they are not breaking the law should they? Infact privacy breeds suscpicion. How about for everyones safety you post your private details and smses as well as your daily schedule so we know you are not going around consorting with terroists or drug dealers.
[General Topics] TJBunch1228:
Anyone who would sacrifice liberty for security deserves neither.
[General Topics] Mainspring:
forget the government, they don't need to do anything.

all they need to do is contact Google and Apple.

they have us all under lock and key... in the name of convenience and technology.

we are all just bunch of *****es and whores.
[General Topics] Jesushaxyou:
^^^^--- This.

Anyway, as far as being able to track you they would need probable cause to even begin to attempt to defend themselves if any government type decides to do this. At least enough to warrant a search a seizure. I don't know how the laws are outside of the states but I can imagine unless you're in a dictatorship or you live in a communist nation the laws are similar.

Higher-ups have always been able to do this, that's not the question. The question is the legitimacy of the situations that they decide to use their power.
[General Topics] votinh:
LOL :D

I love you guys who born and grow up in the US. and Western part where democracy is practicing daily.

Coming off a communist country, I love freedom a lot but ......... if you do no harm to the nation, no harm to the country, no harm to the community and no harm to anybody, then you SHOULD NEVER worry about it.

If you say "Obama is suck and I hate him" you not gonna be jailed for that.

If you say "I hate white president and I never vote for those again", you not gonna be fined for that.

If you say "I just have sex with my g/f and she moans like crazy", they not gonna care to listen to your conversation.

But if you are up to something, potentially put the nation, commnunity at risk, yes, you are deserved to lock up for the rest of your life as the safety issue for the rest.

Period.
[General Topics] hungry81:
Yes a the moment the government can suboena Google or whoever and can get the info but at least there is a process to be followed paperwork and its all mostly in the open. So if this is the case why do they need to get this info via this chip? To me the potential for misuse outweighs the potential for safety removing a link in the chain does not nessicarily make the chain better or stronger
[General Topics] zelendel:
Look at all the articles about how carriers gave the FBI an open ticket to their systems. The government has been doing unwarrented wire taps for years now in the name of security which is BS.

As for the previous comment no you don't get in trouble for things like that but let me tell you a true story about a buddy of mine.

He and his girlfreind got into an argument where she made up lies about how he said he would kill her for threating to run away with their child. The cops find him on a bus leaving state. Tosses him in jail for 4 weeks until he sees a judge as their is no bail in the state for demestic issues. Then he get 6 months probation and has to pay $4000 in fines. Cant go to trial as she cant be found. Now he has assault on his record and is having trouble finding work as all it says is ASSAULT nothing else. All for words he never said. But even if he had it was still just words. Nothing more. No history of violence. Just an empty threat.

Yeah freedom right. Guilty until proven innocent
[General Topics] Johnny Sorrow:
Wow, never heard this until now
[General Topics] Jesushaxyou:
If you're referencing the whole CIQ debacle it was never proven that the FBI had consulted any carrier or CIQ. (never proven doesn't mean it didn't happen. We all know it did, haha.)

Actually, speaking of CIQ, what the OP is describing sounds like a primitive version of that. Carrier IQ, without warrant, tracked all phone usage details down to the button press and in their claims was the phrase "possibly given to law enforcement agencies."

No matter what any government does they can always claim it to be a preventative measure and therefore nullify the laws and structures in place to deter these types of situations in the first place.

Moral of the story? The governments will always do **** like this and they will always be wrong. Doesn't mean that they're going to get in trouble. I mean, after all, they ARE still the government.
[General Topics] sythe179:
Why not make an app that distorts your calls with a simple audio algorithm, and undistorts at the other end if the other person has the app....

And make they security key something like five MB?...

Same with text messages.

(Different key ofc)
[General Topics] Jesushaxyou:
Problem with that is that you then have to make sure that the app is compatible with every device and that everyone that would ever speak to has the app. It's more of a headache than it's actually worth, honestly.
[General Topics] sythe179:
Or just make it so it turns on when you open the app, and when you place a call, you press the volume up button twice, and it starts the secure mode. All you gota do is make sure the other person has it aswell.
[General Topics] him?:
There is nothing wrong with the government having access to our personal information as long as they refrain from using it unless under extreme circumstances such as: Threats to national security, large drug busts(Not some kid for buying a joint), and possible some large accounts of organized crime . However I have little faith in the government to keep their noses out of pity crimes or if they are even above selling our texts to corporations.
[General Topics] ishmael345:
I like what little privacy I have in this world. Why would I want to knowingly and voluntarily let any government be privy to my privet life. Privacy use to be a right. Now it is merely a privilege that the government chooses if we are allowed it or not.
[General Topics] jmoneygoinin:
That is pretty wierd i wouldnt know how to act if that happened to me but wouldnt there be some way to block the sms attacks?
[General Topics] sythe179:
Encrypt em?...
[General Topics] pa1nk1ller:
Why should they to this? For statistics?
[General Topics] zelendel:
excatly. Why? We won't ever find out as Tue government will never tell the truth as to why.
[General Topics] pa1nk1ller:
Maybe they are bored :-P
[General Topics] TheDroidURLookinFor:
Is it just me or does this seem very 1984ish?
[General Topics] zeekiz:
Thread simply summed up with tin foil hat syndrome "oh noez the guverments is after my lovey dovey texts".
[General Topics] zelendel:
Boy are you missing the point. The point is the fact that they have no right to do this. Its like say allowing a complete stranger set up video cameras all over your house and allow them to let anyone they deem worthy access to the feed. Now would you allow this? Pretty much the same thing. Its an invasion of privacy.
[General Topics] zeekiz:
Yes use "boy" in attempt to try and add validity to and overly excessive argument which has taken the whole thread to an utterly unrealistic level.
[General Topics] zelendel:
Ok your right. Sorry just got a little bit over board. Mainly now that the guys in the Evo 3d forums just found the FEMA chip is in their phones with no disable option.

Ill close this up now so we can put an end to this.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mseth:
So I have a stock unbranded i9100 that I'm just starting to play with. I roited it yesterday using Superoneclick, which went fine. I then tried to download a new kernel onto it to install clockworkmod recovery.,The phone goes into download mode just fine, anf yes I do press vol up to confirm. Odin and heimdall even find the phone and start the diwnload pricess, but heimdall doesnt progress beyond 0% and Odin freezes at zImage. Kies also cannot successfully update the firmware. Ive tried in an xp computer, a win 7 computer and a mac, no luck on any if them. The phone still works fine after I take the battery out. Help! What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Playing ??? thats the answer you read the faqs and guides before playing .

Your Odin problem sounds like wrong firmware or wrong file or wrong phone .

CWM and Root .

Root + CWM .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keiemz:
you are not wrong.

maybe firmware or kernel or odim is wrong.

Or one of those isnt for your phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mseth:
Perhaps playing is the wrong word - I did read the FAQ's/guides before starting and thought I knew what I was doing.

Under About phone, I'm using a GT-I9100 running 2.3.3, Baseband I9100XXKE4, Kernel 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKE7-CL215725 root@DELL103 #2, Build GINGERBREAD.XWKE7

I used odin 1.83 and 1.85 on several different computers, killing off all mentions of Kies in task manager first. I've tried multiple kernels including CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEU_KE7-v4.0-CWM4.zip from the link above and get stuck at the same point every time - odin just gets to zImage then freezes. Could somebod be more specific about what I am doing wrong or how I can find the information I need?

Thanks for your help!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
1) uninstall KIES

2) Download drivers (copy in my 4shared, see link in sig, 4icon)

3) install driver

4) try flashing

If that doesnt work try

1) Changing USB ports

2) Changing USB cables

3) Try a different PC.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mseth:
Thanks for sharing the drivers but still no luck.

I guess I'll order a new USB cable and see if that helps. Is it likely to - the cable transfers data ok otherwise, its just in download mode?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
I found the cable that came with the phone to be awful and rather unreliable. YMMV of cause.

And its just a few things that might be causing the problem, no guarantees its the problem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Could lool at Mobile Odin .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mseth:
Mobile Odin worked! Thanks for the suggestion. I know have CWM installed and am in business!
[Blade General] blade@dell:
Hi guys,

I been a silent follower to this forum and respect all the great works done by all the devs, mods & members. I am certainly new to this forum but not in forum world.

I must say i am new to Android phones but not to Androids as i have few tablets for last few years. Its been fun flashing, rooting & using multiple custom roms in my Tegra2 Tablet and so Android does fascinate me like you guys.

Apart from my Iphone recently i got another phone, it's Dell XCD35 / ZTE Blade Gen2. I know ZTE Blade has a great community with tons of customized roms.

Being new to this forum i guess it is taking some time for me read so many thread and try understand different roms available.

Can anyone suggest me any rom where i can get stable performance, good battery life, fluid animation, overclocking & other features.

I am aware of Apha ICS rom and being not so stable & many apps doesn't work smoothly its not my choice right now.

Appreciated for all comments & your valuable time.
[Blade General] amelo007:
I would go for the LG Mode ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1442517

It's got pretty good performance, nice animations, and on top of that; it looks wonderful!

Overclocking is possible, and with my Blade running at 729 Mhz and the governor set to "Lag-free", it's even smoother to run. Would definitely recommend that ROM. It's also got a built-in root explorer, and a smooth theme changer app, and a seriously good battery life!
[Blade General] saaransh9:
another thing it has undervolt kernel:eek:
[Blade General] amelo007:
Yeah, about that, how do you utilize that? I mean, what can you do with that, and what advantages does that give you?
[Blade General] blade@dell:
Thanks amelo007 for the suggestion mate and will defiantly look for it. First impression: the rom looks very neat.

Any more suggestion guys?
[Blade General] amelo007:
The LEWA OS is a pretty sweet ROM as well. It's got a cool different interface in the phone settings, and not to mention the homescreen and app-drawer.

The only thing that I find to be a bit silly, is the fact that this ROM is actually Chinese, so there are a few translation mistakes, but other than that, it's damn sweet.

It's kinda quick too! It also has the ability to overclock:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1428831
[Blade General] saaransh9:
i use cm 7.1 n257 for daily use and its awesome and performance wise the best.

use it if u play games and need performance.

lewa os is good and is updated every friday via ota updates but only has 2 languages with some errors in english translation.

if u want to try ics try alpha 5 fix 2 almost evrything is working and its damn good (its my second rom)

u can even try fish and chips its a light and very fast rom if u want a light rom with very smooth scrolling
[Blade General] blade@dell:
Thanks mate and would you mind getting me the link for ICS Alpha5 please?

BTW my DELL /ZTE Blade will be delivered tomorrow and i have already downloaded these roms

1) update-cm-7.1.0-Blade-signed

2) Fish n Chip

3) Joyos 1.4

4) LeWa_OTA_V880_12.01.0

I am going to flash my blade as soon i get it. Thanks for all the help and looking for some more good roms.
[Blade General] saaransh9:
cm9 ics link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1429539

And I will prefer if you download the lewa ROM from privacy fixed thread it's in Android development.
[Blade General] blade@dell:
Thanks mate once again, ICS Alpha 5 fix 2 seems functional and will defiantly gona try, does the 3G & browser work smoothly? Did you try Dolphin HD browser in it?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1428831 is this the link for Lewa Rom from privacy fixed?

Thanks mate.
[Blade General] saaransh9:
Ya that's the link for fixed lewa ROM.

Ya everything you mentioned works well and even videos work with mx player sw decoding
[Blade General] karthiknr:
You should try out wbaw's Ginger Stir Fry. The best battery performance Rom. I've overclocked it to 710 and still i get around a day and a half of battery life.

Here's the link-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1389364
[Blade General] saaransh9:
it just reduces the power supply a bit to wifi and cpu there is no significant reduction in usage but the battery increases.
[Blade General] blade@dell:
Thanks all of you for the support.

Thanks all of you for the support.

Truly appreciated.
[Blade General] PG101:
I think there is a lot of info in this thread to get you going ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] TheWeirdOne:
Well, I'm trying to create a theme[Based On one from CM7], but each time i'm done uploading the androidian.apk[Name changed, duh], and go to the pickup, there's always an error.

Decompiling themer.apk UOT-01-14-10-34-3

I: Loading resource table...

I: Loaded.

I: Loading resource table from file: /root/apktool/framework/1.apk

I: Loaded.

I: Decoding file-resources...

I: Decoding values*/* XMLs...

I: Done.

I: Copying assets and libs...

Compiling themer.apk UOT-01-14-10-34-3

W: Could not find sources

I: Building resources...

aapt: /usr/lib/libz.so.1: no version information available (required by aapt)

/home/uotftp/port5/data/working_dir/UOT-01-14-10-34-3/th_dec/res/values/styles.xml:113: error: Error: Integer types not allowed (at 'android:measureWithLargestChild' with value '1').

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, /tmp/APKTOOL5138942739872585286.tmp, -x, -I, /home/uotftp/apktool/framework/1.apk, -S, /home/uotftp/port5/data/working_dir/UOT-01-14-10-34-3/th_dec/res, -M, /home/uotftp/port5/data/working_dir/UOT-01-14-10-34-3/th_dec/AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:193)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:301)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:248)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:171)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:154)

at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:174)

at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:59)

Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, /tmp/APKTOOL5138942739872585286.tmp, -x, -I, /home/uotftp/apktool/framework/1.apk, -S, /home/uotftp/port5/data/working_dir/UOT-01-14-10-34-3/th_dec/res, -M, /home/uotftp/port5/data/working_dir/UOT-01-14-10-34-3/th_dec/AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:83)

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:191)

... 6 more

Anyone know where I went wrong? It's a bit generic, I know, so don't flame me either. Pweaashe.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jebus99:
Bought my Prime yesterday. On the dock, the keys for "@" (Shift+2) and " " " (Shift+') are mixed up. That means to make the "@" character appear, I have to press Shift+' rather than Shift+2. I'm wondering if this is a hardware fault or a software one and if I should take it back to the shop. Thanks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vickie17:
i have the same problem the lay out of the Keyboard is UK but the input to the Tablet is US style. i have check the Keyboard setting and it defiantly says UK keyboard so kinda stuck the same as you
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] IneffablePigeon:
Are you using the stock Asus software keyboard? Those keys can get put back to the US layout if you use other software keyboards, for some reason.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Nomad 666:
Yep. same for me. (UK)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jebus99:
So not hardware fault I'm guessing? I'm sure as soon as custom ROM's come out, that can be patched up (I hope). I was concerned it could be a physically swapped keys.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
Same here, installed Thumb Keyboard, and dock keyboard became US (AZERTY french initially). So have to select Asus Keyboard as default to have dock correctly configured...
[HTC Sensation XL] jagoblin2:
Hello!

I have SXL

Unlocked Bootloader

Clockwork mod by Paul O'Brien

Permanent Root

Stock ROM 1.05.401.4

Kernel: 2.6.35.13-g04ab942

I would like to get 2 way call recording on my phone. Question is: is it possible to patch stock Kernel to get this function? Or I have only one option to flash my phone with custom ROM and modified kernels? And if there exist some ROMs including patched kernel, can u please list them.
[HTC Sensation XL] DutchDanny:
I'm working on my own custom kernel.

If you have the patch, I can use it.

Send from my BinDroid Sensation XL with Tapatalk
[HTC Sensation XL] jagoblin2:
I already flashed Your ROM with your kernel. I'm watching your jobs progress some time. Impressing. So i understand that so far there is no 2 way call recording patched Kernels for SXL.? I still can use my Incredible S for calls with record and wait for news.

Good luck!

P.s. and no - i don't have 2 way recording patch for SXL kernel :)
[Kindle Fire General] Mat_london:
Hi All,

First post on XDA -

Have searched the full forum and google but can't find anyone with this specific issue.

I'm on CM7 in the UK and I've used OTA root keeper and the modified apk from SDX-Developers and can get my rentals to show up in the Google Videos app. Without the modified apk movies didn't show up - the app complained the Kindle was rooted even with OTA running.

When I try to play the Movies by streaming it gives me - Not available in your country -

When I try to download it it gives me - Austin Powers is in an unsupported video format.

Google video purchases work fine on a UK account - was previously able to stream and download with the (unaltered) Videos apk side loaded on my stock Kindle rom.

Anyone else had this - fixed this ?

Mat
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] baggy247:
I'm getting high battery drain from Google Services both on my phone (rooted 4.0.2) and Xoom (rooted 4.0.3). It only seems to occur on Wi-Fi, where every time I turn my screen on, the status bar icons have turned to grey.

When this happens I see frequent wake ups in battery usage and Google Services at over 20%.

I've had this problem for a while now but it seems to be dependent on the Wi-Fi network I'm on. I get it constantly on a Netgear DGN1000 from Virgin, but not on either of the other routers I've tried on TalkTalk broadband at home.

Could this be a broadband or router problem?