yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] Aternus:
You can easily filter the illegal downloads with email address verification. Very effective and low cost.

App: Public Key + Email Address

Server: Private Key + Verification Algorithm
[Android General] iJimaniac:
This is extremely sad, and I think we need to set a fire under Google to do something about it. The problem is it is hard to do anything without closing the system, which would be to much like apple (evil)! So here is an idea; when someone is sideloading an app, the installer checks the market, and if it finds that is a paid app, it refuses to install it! Only problem would be with things like the amazon app store, where they both have the same app. They could at least make the app produce a sort of license before it installs. I know nothing of drm, so don't listen to me if this is dumb.

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[Android General] UnderFireX:
Wow, I would never expect it to be that bad for a phone.
[Android General] thatdefault:
Google, We demand GIFT CARDS!!! I use my father's credit card and I must pay at least 1 dollar for each payment :mad:
[Android General] :
I don't know if you know this about me, but I don't speak whatever the hell language that is. As far as app purchases go, I love buying apps, I'm somewhat of a hoarder lol. And I check the Market for updates a couple times a day so I wouldn't even want an app I couldn't get updates to.
[Android General] MissionImprobable:
Well, I have to say I'm a little more for the no refund policy after reading this.
[Android General] proxy0:
Wow so much for free as in freedom here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZrWlvoMMoM
[Android General] SifJar:
But even that would only get one or two extra sales, once one person buys it and puts it online, it doesn't matter any more.
[Android General] tajniacki:
Just some update,

days in market : 4

purchases via google play : 13

uu playing full version : 5800
[Android General] ancilary:
dont worry about privacy , hardwork never failes ..

just develop your games and you'll learn something .. dont think all users will go for piracy .. if your game is good then people will buy it
[Android General] drhunter:
Isn't there a way to let Google know which users are using it without having paid and have their accounts blocked/banned?
[Android General] The_R:
I think if you cannot solve this problem of your game being pirated, you should maybe think of a way of working around it. Make it free with ads. It is quite evident your game is really good and people are downloading it. If a lot of people use your game the ad revenue will be steady and in the long term fetch you a substantial amount of money.

Someone said about being able to block ads. Yes it is possible but many people don't block them. A few of them genuinely want to support the devs.

You can also implement in app purchases in it. Make a new mode or new levels for the game which isn't in the version that has been pirated. Put it in your next update for the game and make the game free. Have this new game mode get unlocked only by an in app purchase.

I know pirating is wrong and I'd hate it too if something like this happened with me and I also know it is really easy for me to say this as a third person, but you have to find a way around it. There is a huge market out there for your game and they want it free. You must try and take advantage of this fact.
[Android General] Archpope:
There will ALWAYS be people who pirate media purely for the sake of pirating. That first download probably got downloaded, .apk extracted, and posted straight to [you know where; I'm not posting it here] and then got refunded.

Actually, I think the "freemium" model is a great idea. Get the game for free, pay for advantages or more levels. I think given the choice, a majority of people who pirate regularly would rather get something legitimately so they can get the updates. They might not feel like they have a choice due to the 15 minute refund policy. Some apps you simply cannot evaluate in 15 minutes.
[Android General] SifJar:
I don't know a huge amount about Android piracy beyond you can easily download an APK and install it, but what I'm wondering is: is it possible to pirate in app purchases, or are they "safe"? Much as I dislike in app purchases (as a user) if they are indeed safe from piracy, I think they're great from a developer's point of view.
[Android General] okmijnlp:
That's completely untrue. I won't post how to do it for obvious reasons but it is possible. And it isn't hard to do.
[Android General] The_R:
Saying something is 100% secure or safe is like saying it is 100% perfect. It is just not possible.

The goal of computer security is to make it difficult for the attackers to be successful. And you don't really hear much about in apps being manipulated much. So I guess that is one option to choose at least for now
[Android General] thebobp:
I, for one, would like to see which app this is.

Freemium is most definitely the most successful model out there. Not only does it have the initial hook of being "free", but it also appeals to our evolved addictions.
[Android General] Ezekeel:
You probably implemented that LVL example given in the Dev Help. That one is pathetic and my blind grandma could hack it with both hands tied behind her back. In fact there are scripts/programs out there that do it for you automatically, so every schmuck script kiddy can do it.

If you want to use Google's LVL service customize the library as described here: http://android-developers.blogspot.de/2010/09/securing-android-lvl-applications.html
[Android General] tajniacki:
Yes, you are right but now i think it is too late. There will be additional content available as bigger update ( second world ) for play - then i will try to implement higher copy protection.
[Android General] tajniacki:
Update :

12 days in Google Play

Total users installs : ~100

Pirated version installs : 24000
[Android General] _Variable:
Crazy stuff..
[Android General] iok1:
I read that 3 major Android piracy sites were shut down not long ago.

Sent from my jelly bean
[Android General] _Variable:
Hey did I see a galaxy pocket in your sig?
[Android General] iok1:
Galaxy gio. Its bigger :D

Sent from my jelly bean
[Android General] - Swift -:
I was Googling for the Jetpack Joyride APK (free, but only on Amazon for now) and noticed that APK-T**s link is now iAPK***.com , they've added an i for some reason.
[Android General] devwithzachary:
One way that has worked well is have the one free app and then a paid 'key' app that unlocks extra features in the main app. Far harder to crack PM me if you would like more info
[Android General] Markuzy:
The sad thing is that there are lots of warez tucked away on sites like facebook :(

I personally think that hard measures will not work long term because it becomes an endless arms race.

I think this article about Valve's Steam service can be something to be learned by Google.

Steam provides value added services a pirated product will never get. This is sorely missing or fragmented on Android (Scoreloop, Openfeint?). The ability to share your achievements with others, invite others to a game, and be able to "party up" in certain games makes it a very useful service. It allows policing from cheaters, (get caught and you are banned from VAC enabled servers for the game engine, scamming gets you trade disabled for the entire account).

Google can learn something about this, and hopefully a new standard can be set upon by them. I do not mean to close up the ecosystem tightly, but at the very least provide a unified value added service for app users.
[Android General] darth5zaft:
Well, i can disable adv but I desited not to so so, to support developers.. But thene again,I can't really stand bombardment of adv on my notification and gallery. It just gone too far.

I guess a lot of people just dint have cc or are afraid/unwilling to put their cc information with google. google should allowed paying on the play store by carrier credit. This has been the way people buy stuff on their phone this side of the world for such a long time. Sammy and sony store does allowed this but the apps selection are really poor.

It easy to pint point android "openess" as a reason for high piracy rate.but piracy do happen on closed platform as well. I don't even know any ios or PlayStation owner that didn't brought pirated apps/games.

Yes,they actually bought it! Because it cheap and convenient. So make it cheap and pressure Google to make paying more convenient.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniello23:
Hi,

When I want to watch the video from youtube facebook application redirects me to a web browser, and asked whether I would prefer that the application wants to watch youtube or on your browser. What should I do?

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9100 za pomocą Tapatalk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ^I'm_With_Stupid:
Choose youtube
[Windows 8 General] gourav343:
hi there everyone. i am on dell inpiron 1545 with intel gm4500 hd inbuilt graphics card. everything works fine with it accept intel gma control pannel. it is missing from right click option as well as taskbar. i can access it from control panel but it is not as good as it was on window7. there is option for changing resolution only. there is no such option like maintaining aspect ratio image scaling etc.

please some one look at it and help me.
[Windows 8 General] ShadowEO:
Install the latest version of your manufacturer's GMA drivers, Microsoft generally does NOT come with Intel drivers and use their own (Hence the missing GMA Control Panel). It should also be noted that installing the older Intel drivers also gives Windows 8 OpenGL support (which it lacks out of the box.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dineshlives:
hi frnds i have ported a rom fo galaxy fit

can any one resize the apk's

any 1 interested pls help me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mDroidd:
Is it already working??

If so, I can try :)

But I need the full ROM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dineshlives:
I don't know its working or not because i haven't checked it yet

I am thinking of checking it after resizing apks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mDroidd:
Resizing APKs wont make it work
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dineshlives:
yeah frnd rom is installing but not booting
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechnologyNoob:
Hi guys,

so i flashed the latest rom of resurrection remix ics v1.9.1 and everything is running smoothly except for one thing which is when im using my data(3g) i cant seem to update/download from google play store but when im on wifi it seems to work properly.

could anyone help me please? thank you!

Regards
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stolper:
Reboot did the trick for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechnologyNoob:
i rebooted into recovery and clear cache and also dalvik cache but it is the same. :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaze105:
Your going to need to provide more information as you are not clear about what the problem is with the data. Is it slow, does it not connect to carrier, does it provide some error, etc?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechnologyNoob:
It is well connected to the carrier as i am able to chat on whatsapp and able to go online on the browser. but i cant update apex launcher or download other apps from google play store.

After that i turned on my tablets portable wifi hotspot and used my sgs2 to connect to it and i was able to update and download apps from the play store.

summary: i can't update/download apps from google play store when im using data(3g) but when i am connected to a wifi network everything works fine.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salce23:
MHL cable

im trying to connect my phone to the tv using MHL cable but it wont work... was working fine before i install this rom
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
hay pal go to market/playstore settings and under general see if 'update over Wi-Fi only' is checked if so uncheck the same and u can now update thro 3g data;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Member oinkylicious answered this in your other post.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marek1:
1. Sending word, excel, powerpoint, PDF documents right from the email ?

2. Delete more pictures at once in Picture hub ?

3. Delete more messages-threads in Messaging ?

Thanks for info.
[HTC One X] Zanjo:
Does anyone know how to disable the reminders that appear 12 hours before every birthday on facebook? I'm more than happy to see them in the agenda widget but that's about it.

Cheers
[HTC One X] stm2008:
Try to uncheck Facebook from Calendar, not sure if it helps.
[HTC One X] maniacaus:
are you using the Facebook app or the mobile site?

I don't get any reminders inside the Facebook app.
[HTC One X] usf1996:
I think you are referring to the birthday reminders from the calendar app which sync all your Facebook friends birthdays. so if you want to disable those reminders follow these steps:

1-go to the calendar app in the app drawer.

2-go to: menu (top right of the screen)> settings> default reminder.

3-choose the time you want the reminders to popup (in your case check "none").

I hope this was useful.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Serp87:
Camera

Threshold off applets camera with low battery to 0%

Profiles of video / audio 24-20Mbps/192Kbps_44100Hz

Setting the focus while shooting video on a Continuous Fixed

Removal of restrictions VideoBitrate 20 Mbps

Mms

Disabling avtokonvertatsii SMS to MMS

Disabling control the number of contacts for the simultaneous distribution

Increase the maximum size of sending messages from 300 KB to 1 MB

System

Increasing the speed of response automatic brightness control

Increase the speed and smoothness of transitions of brightness

Removal of the request for the phone is switched off
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] polomalkin:
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google translate is insane :D
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Serp87:
aha
[Galaxy S III General] Avilove.Cullen:
Can someone please provide the bootanimtion of Galasy SIII ??? It must be located in system/media :D

Tx in advance:D
[Galaxy S III General] janis605:
You won't be able to do anything with these files. They are not backwards compatible and need to be ported first! I am working on that, I just need a volunteering person with a SGS2 and Root!
[Galaxy S III General] Avilove.Cullen:
Any one does nt have a G3 ???

They can extract it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Makrilli:
I'm sorry but I have dongle question. I'm sure that everyone is fed up with these but I have to ask.

So mine champagne gold has been in this "Your application is currently being processed" state since I ordered it in 17th of april? Anyone else in the same situation. Btw I live in finland.

Sent from my sgs2 running cm9
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Severion:
Let's make it look more pathetic for Asus

Hey, i have ordered my GPS dongle, 16 April, the second the registration page was opened, and have even started the thread on the general section about this, and how to do this.

Still i have no Dongle, i live in The Netherlands and i have the champagne version.

Secondly, my collegue, who bought a prime also, and also the champagne version, who registred a few days after 16 April, cant say which date exactly, but im certain after, has already received it...

Its quite messy this, First in, Last out?

Thnx Asus =/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tsmt971@yahoo:
Same here. I have asked them what is going on but no response yet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] eddymonti:
I'm from Portugal, and have yet to receive it. Registered on the 17th of april.

Yesterday i sent a technical question through asus vip site. Today received an answer saying there was a lapse in the gps requests that were sent around that time.

He said that he contacted the 'main base' and requested for my dongle to be sent to me ASAP. So... now i'll just wait and see.

I have the grey amethyst prime.

Best of luck to all of us...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] imabug:
you're not alone. see this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1619652
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sethoxlx:
Youre not alone, i also ordered on 17 apr, but its still being processed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jetbruceli:
got mine 2 weeks ago and ordered it the day they announced it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vanto:
Bought mine Prime 2012/04/05

Your application has been submitted __ 2012/04/06

Even write 'em an e-mail !

still

nothing
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] elcom:
not necessarily

I just got the dongle today (In Israel), and I just checked the asus website and it still says that my order is being processed.

I applied for the dongle on 17/04.

I guess that asus haven't gone to great lengths to update the actual status of these dongles. I also just about gave up on the dongle thinking that asus just doesn't ship to my country and then all of a sudden it appears in the mail.

So that kinda sucks because you have no real indication as to what's going on with your dongle, but still it might just pop up soon.

Good luck!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adancau:
Same as above. Got it, page still says the application is being processed. Your mileage may vary :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Makrilli:
Just got my dongle around 10 mins ago and it still says my order is in process. It's working fine, got 16 sats and 3 locks inside our house.
[HTC One X] SiemensLover:
Hallo,

I plan to buy the HTC One X and The HTC One X has no SD Card Slot.

My question is: if u want to Format or Reset ur Device is There any partition on the Internal Storage that will remain UNTOUCHED? i.e. If i save Fotos, Apps, Files will all be deleted or there is a Partition on the internal Storage acting like an external SD Card and will be UNTOUCHED in case of Reset/Formatting?

Thanx

WBR

Siemens Lover
[HTC One X] dr9722:
The One X has a Virtual SD Card. This will remain untouched when you flash custom roms, use Superwipe or do a factory reset of the device.
[HTC One X] SiemensLover:
thanx bro.

One another question plz: Flashing an Official ROM will delete it content? because u wrote Custom ROM!
[HTC One X] Bright.Light:
Only factory reset will remove all contents of the SD andset it back to default.

Booting to default recovery will do so too, as I recall. So, do NOT use recovery when you haven't flashed CWM.
[HTC One X] SiemensLover:
hmmmm

And what is the size of this Virtual SD? is it predefined or u can choose the size?
[HTC One X] joshnichols189:
It's as big as the specs say.. 32GB. Of which about 26 or so is available for use and 2GB goes to apps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gmangut:
People are reporting that they have a firmware update on kies on a different carrier of course. I would check but i cant update since im on fe16... Thinking about reverting and checking... I have 3 hours to spare...

EDIT:I had never used kies but I was just told we're not supported anyways... eh worth a shot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Kies does not support firmware updating our device anyways. Any carrier updating the same day as us is also pure coincidence. If it happened it would not have been scheduled to occur like that. Each carrier pushes as they wish.

Unless Sprint backpedals and uses an older build then FE16 is the last we have seen an rdf for its unlikely they are pushing anything newer, they might have it for testing but this is a different story. Relax I promise you... last 2 times ive said dont hold your breath... something dropped lol. Fortunately for the hard brick bug we are probably a bit of a ways off, unfortunately for the wait, we are probably still a ways to go.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gmangut:
Just reverted. Oh well I guess it was just wishful thinking. *kicks rocks..:rolleyes::o

All hyped up and after 5 days since FE16 update rdf... ha. Since I didn't use my upgrade to the new evo... now ICS is even more tempting...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarekboukaf:
hi, all, i have a question about the BLN stuff! well, as i have read, tht not all kernels support BLN? where can i find those karnels then?? i know that saiyeh kernel do? how can i inegrate it with any Kernel so ill be free to install any one?

thks and sorrrrrrrrrrrry
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
You can't 'integrate it to any kernel'. The kernel has to support BLN & needs to have the necessary code to make it work, whether it does or not is up to the dev who makes the kernel. Unless you're planning to code your own kernel, you won't have any control over this. And if your next question is 'how do I make my own kernel ?' you either have a lot of research to do or you need to stick to using other people's kernels (I.E if you have to ask, you probably don't have the skills to do it).

Siyah supports BLN, and I'm fairly sure there are a couple of Siyah rip-offs on here that do as well. If you want to use BLN, read (do not post to the Siyah dev thread, post to the discussion thread if you must) the Siyah dev & discussion threads.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZACQ8:
NoLED is the best application from market for backlight notification, no Supporting kernel & rooting required for this (if i am not wrong)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lost.soul:
Noled is NOT bln, they are completely different.

BLN uses ur hardware led keys while noled simply turns on your screen and sticks an icon there.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l0rd_almighty:
I seem to have figured out that my persistent random reboots happen when

1. My phone is idle

2. When I'm not home

3. When I'm not connected to my home wifi

I have auto wifi installed. I'm going to uninstall it and monitor my phone when i leave the house later.

Can anybody else who have the random reboot problem confirm if the conditions i've listed above are similar to yours?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blade30p:
Yes to the first 2, but I have an SGS2. Solved it by moving to a better rom
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l0rd_almighty:
You also have nummber 2. Do you have wifi at home?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l0rd_almighty:
It's been 5 hours since I left home. No random reboot so far. Looks like auto wifi is the culprit. Not sure if it's conflicting with something. Will post another update by the end of the day.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l0rd_almighty:
No random reboot in 12 hours. Guess it's safe to already assume that auto wifi did infact cause it for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] islandmixed:
Mine happens when im using and connecting to wifi at home. I tink it happens whenever really...im not rooted at all either but the hardware is dodgy. Grrrr
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l0rd_almighty:
Try to check out http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26246633&postcount=11 might solve your problem
[HTC One S] snwman:
Had a problem this morning while trying to update the phone. Just will go through the procedure I went through.

Went to settings and then to about and then just went to update. Downloaded no problem then was prompted to update so selected yes. Phone rebooted and went into recovery. Now first question is does it matter if I have phone unlocked and rooted and have clockwork mod instead of stock recovery. Because I kept getting errors while trying to install the zip this morning.

Do I have to install stock recovery and then install the zip.

Also will this break the root or will it be fine.

I have searched for this problem and could not find it. But I could of missed it. If someone could point me in the right direction would be greatfull
[HTC One S] ovimunt:
Dude,

NO, you cannot update or install an RUU if you have in any way changed your system partition (e.g. root) and especially if you have installed a custom recovery.

I'm very surprised that your phone has found the update at all! It normally doesn't do it if it's moded in any way.

To get back to stock you'll have to flash a recovery image of your ROM in stock state using the custom recovery, then use fastboot to flash a stock recovery and finally you have to relock the bootloader!

In any case, have a look at these posts:

Getting back to stock

Getting over ERROR 155