yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] @non4:
My device is clean, it really is scaremongering and I, like a sucker overreacted. That being said I have installed some shady roms with an unclear background on a desire z before, they sucked anyway but I wont do that again :P

Sent from the real world by hacking into the matrix
[Android General] brizey:
I trust CM more than I trust HTC. CM never tried to put CarrierIQ on my phone.

And I don't use banking apps. I suppose someday I will want some sort of wallet app, but I don't have much use for a banking app anyway. (I get like one check every six months or something, and have not lived paycheck to paycheck for 20 years, so I really don't need real-time balance checks. I can wait until I get home.)
[Android General] votinh:
I have to agree with you to some degrees but there are at least 2 points I want to make.

1. If we are adult, grown-up people who have the brain to think, then we should AUTOMATICALLY know what good and what bad. There are no need to teach. Teach a child, yes, no need to teach an adult about the fundamental things of life.

2. That's the reason American head into and it is a bad direction. Instead of understanding the action and take fully responsilble, American tend to be or pretend to be "idiots". If they don't have enough money, then why spending so much into the mortgage that they can't afford? Watching/reading news about how broke they are, how they should have been done, how to this, how to that, ....I was shock and thinking "are American that dumb not to realize what need to be done and must be taught how to live"

Do we really need to teach them that "you should not buy this and shoud not buy that?" Why do we need to teach them "you buy what you need, not buy what you want?" Another example, people eat too much and become big, fat ones, instead of stopping eating, they decide to sue McDonald, Wendys for selling good, yummy stuff to them. :(:(:(

Why can they be more responsible for their own actions?

There are so many more examples.

And by the way, New Hampshire slogan is "Live Free or Die".

There is no requirement of auto insurance.

And NH is one of the states that have least crime as well as auto theft.
[Android General] SifJar:
If you're worried about security, install LBE Privacy Guard. It prompts you every time an app tries to access any permission. In conjunction with Superuser/SuperSU, you can deny or allow all permissions on an individual app basis, including root permissions. If you don't trust an app with a certain permission, don't give it that permission (although if you don't trust an app with some permission, you probably shouldn't install it in the first place).
[Android General] @non4:
I agree with that, read permissions on market and if they seem suspicious look for an explanation, if there's no satisfactory explanation in the description steer clear!

Sent from the real world by hacking into the matrix
[Android General] David Fishman:
It is a very interesting point. For me what makes Android interesting is flashing roms. Every time I do that I take a risk, but that's what makes Android Android for me.

The other thing to realize is that we have sites like this to make sure rouge devs don't screw up our phones. We have each other to test and confirm quality roms.
[Android General] MissionImprobable:
MIUI V4 has so many more privacy features than any stock Rom. You have a complete list of what apps can access what and the ability to prevent them from doing so or making them prompt anytime that they wish to. Definitely say that I feel safer running a custom rom that default with bloatware and no way to analyze strange behavior.
[Android General] rilorolo:
Please take your issues (with Americans) to a forum that is meant for it. This is not the place. :rolleyes:
[Android General] _Morfic_:
+1. Malware can be canned nicely and be delivered easily in a "transparent" manner to us. Although I have an antivirus, I'm never 100% sure everything is all ok. Taking paranoia to the next level, why could'n the antivir company do stuff behind the scenes?
[Android General] votinh:
I don't know you got problem with that?

Isn't this room full of Americans? or Netherlands, you think?
[Android General] rilorolo:
This is not a forum to whine about what you like or don't like about a country. This is an Android forum.
[Android General] mutineer33:
Well, I was born and grew up in the USA myself although I Have not lived there for 20 years. There is some truth in what you say as American culture seems to promote denial at times and causes people to do things that deep down they know are not smart things to do but they do it anyways because "what the hell every one else is doing it" ---- but that same culture also promotes risk taking and innovation in positive forms so you get the good and bad in every culture.

Where I disagree with you 100% is that you seem to think that adults do not need to be taught. I am much older than i like to admit but I try to learn things every day ---- even if it is here on XDA and I am learning how to root and flash roms and recover bricked devices etc --- and I am always thankful if some one can teach me something.

We are never too old to stop learning.

To get back on topic, that applies here --- we know there is "some" risk, but discussions as to how much and how to reduce it can only be beneficial.
[Android General] davidht:
Please delete this post. I don't know how to.
[Android General] gold2dragon:
i guess you're right.. i never thought about that..

but i don't know, somehow i just believe in them..

i think they're just trying to do something good for people who need 'more' with their device, and they do it because of hobby
[Android General] HansDB:
While i don't like his style, the guy writing that article is partly right.

The developer pwns the user. It has always been like this.

What he misses is that the guys at Google and Microsoft and Apple are no better, they just pwn a bigger crowd. (Which of course attracts a special kind of predators.)

The question is: Whats your threat scenario?

- Are you affraid of a blackhat sniffing your banking data?

- Are you affraid of LEA listening in on your assasination plans?

- Are you affraid of your colleagues knowing that you import dakimakuras?

You can not avoid all those problems unless you either constantly audit all the code by trusted people or pay more than its worth to the other side. Both are not an option for endusers, wich basically leaves us screwed.

But since we at least have the choice, we can use stock roms for banking and custom roms to plan the revolution. (Probably still not a good idea because of bugged firmwares. I'd recomend pidgeons.)

Also, we can choose who we trust. I would not flash a rom posted by someone with a postcount of two. But if someone is active for a long time and has done a good job in the past, hes probably trustworthy.

And last but not least, most devs take pride in their hobby. Thats why i often prefere trusting someone who creates a product over trusting someone who sells a product.

Sent via a fully laden pidgeon.
[Android General] SachinShekhar:
That's the reason, I cook my own ROM after dumping original one.
[Android General] lewymaro:
Well... I think that as long as you stick to XDA released ROMs, you'll be fine :D
[Android General] terrormattie:
To be honest, I have more trust in an anonymous dude than in a huge company like Samsung or lett alone Apple.

On the other hand I like an OS with exploits simply because they are made to run code so if there are alot of exploits it means it can run alot of code!
[Android General] SachinShekhar:
WTF!!! :D :D :D
[Android General] SifJar:
Anyone can post here, and anyone with more than 10 posts (I think) can post in the development forums. There is absolutely no reason to think this forum is exempt from malware being posted. (Perhaps "recognized developers" are more reputable, but you didn't say that, so I assume you just meant any ROM released on these forums at all). On lesser known devices, there are rarely many very knowledgeable users to check out ROMs properly for vulnerabilities or malicious code etc., and even the ones that are present, might not think of checking for that sort of thing, or may not bother with someone else's custom ROM (they might cook their own or whatever).
[Android General] Dungeon47:
The article writer looks like he really shot himself in the foot with this one. He makes vague accusations, then admits that he doesn't even know what he's talking about. A little desperate to get something posted? Just because he doesn't know what is going on doesn't mean the rest of us are ignorant. I honestly hope he's just trolling or something, or this makes my opinion of the Verge go down even more. He can stay with his stock ROM and enjoy the very things he is supposedly dooming us to:

Ever heard of the Samsung EMMC brick bug? It only exists on stock kernel.

What about stuff like Carrier IQ?

I'll bet he loves all those ads.

Bloatware is really great, too, especially when it captures and transmits personal or usage data.

Waiting for updates that sometimes never come is great, too, especially when it prevents you from getting base security enhancements that newer versions of Android provide.

Who's the idiot?
[Android General] lewymaro:
Yeah, i didn't mean ALL ROMs. Just those which are released by well-known developers. My bad, i was not precise.
[Android General] SachinShekhar:
Great... Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panast:
Hello, after trying various mods now I am settle with checkrom RevoHD V.6

1. Since I first updated the phone, I lost the "zoom lock" in browser's vertical scroll. To explain it more, when I double tap the screen, it zooms into the text, but when I scroll down, the zoom is not lock (as when I bought the phone) instead it scrolls down and left or right, so I lose some words from the left or right of the paragraphs. Its not a very big deal but it happens every day.

2. I install a custom modem through KitchenPro, the XXKI4. This modem however does not work properly on my device. How do I revert back to factory modem?

3. Finally is there really a way to have the phone vibrating for calls and not for SMS?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cool-face:
Try reflashing rom (it's no wipe) That could solve your issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CapHook:
here's the issue: when I'm not connected to home network, wifi won't transmit/receive data. I have /!\ sign in the taskbar with explanation "data disconnected because your phone is in roaming network". No matter what I do, data will not work over wifi. The same wifi AP works perfectly when in home network... anyone have this problem? any clue how to solve it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Ends:
Try enabling data roaming. Setting>Wireless Networks>Mobile Network Settings

Check "Data Roaming" Connect to data services when roaming
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
Having a similar issue. I'm about 300 miles from home (Chicago) in Door County WI. Weak Edge signal here. Data works over WiFi, but not over Edge. I continually get a notification saying "You have lost data connectivity because you left your home network with data roaming disabled". I now have it enabled, but the message sounds like I am SOL because I should have made the change before leaving.

To clarify, I enabled roaming 1-1/2 days ago, restarted several times and confirmed the roaming box is still enabled. But I continue to get the lost data notification.

Are you kidding me ATT? Is there no way to fix this without returning home?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ssengine1885:
Hello quick question my wife has an SGS2 and for some reason it is accessing the internet every morning when she leaves for work and at night when she leaves work to come home almost never during the time she is in her office but while she is driving. We recently bought a new well used but new to us car a 2011 Kia Sorrento could the car be causing the problem? We do not have any streaming music apps the data usage is between 10 and 20 megs at a time. I just found out about the issue via email from AT&T and installed a data manager to see what is running but thought I might ask here. Her phone is 100% bone stock running 2.3.6 Thanks for your help. John
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trell959:
It sounds like an app is updating/refreshing. Try turning off you sync and testing again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Starfleeter:
It's most definitely a sync issue. It sounds like there's an app that is constantly refreshing itself and grabbing data so take a look at what apps she has installed on her phone. If you turn sync/background data off totally you can avoid this making it so the phone will only use data when apps are open on the phone and being actively used. Try going through and checking the sync rate of apps like facebook. Also, does she put her phone on a dock in the car causing it to be awake the whole time? If so, with it being awake, it could possibly be syncing widgets or apps that aren't running in the background.

Using the data manager is pretty much the only way you're going to figure out exactly what's using your data so that's going to be your only firm answer on what's happening.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
The car is the problem. My ford focus once tried to assimilate my phone and I had to put her down. A bullet right between the eyes kills these bastards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
I don't know about syncing, but I had an issue with AP Mobile. Do not use this pile of filth. If you have, delete all icons/widgets and delete all data with the clear data option in applications menu. Then, force stop and reboot. Don't touch it again!

Not only that, but AP is a group of crooked d-bags anyhow. Anyway, I hope you figure out how to solve the syncing issue.

Clay
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ssengine1885:
Problem solved I blew up the car with the Phone in it no more data issue.

On a serious note I think it is the Amazon app store it is used like 20 megs today and my data plan is only 200 megs a month. Ill go over all of the apps that are using a meg or more a day and check the settings for the option to update over wifi only or something similar. Than you all for your input and advice. John
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilazza15:
Okay firstly, hi im new to the forums.

Ive already done some research into this and i think it may be kind of bricked - not to sure though.

I started off rooting my phone around 2 weeks ago, and i played around with cyagon mod and a gingerbread rom, the problem occured with these was that they felt slow and clunky, and so i wanted to revert back to stock.

So i rooted and unrooted with AAHK.

Now i unrooted, when ever i boot up the phone, it seems to be stuck on the white HTC boot screen.

If i hold power and the volume down i can get to hboot, but if i go into recovery a phone with a red triangle appears.

So ive read the only way to fix this is to run RUU's, and i have tried a couple.

So far the ones i have tried dont seem to be working - wrong model id is the error.

How do i know which one is the right one for my phone? - I have a desire HD, which i bought from carphone warehouse and was originally unlocked.

Thanks in advance!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilazza15:
On the hboot screen my htc Desire HD shows

ACE PUT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-0.85.0024

MICROP-0438

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

eMMC-boot

APR 12 2011 00:55:45

When i run a RUU - which i have searched for hoping they are correct i get the error

ERROR 130: MODEL ID ERROR

Any help on getting my phone back to stock, or working would be much appriciated

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Your device is not bricked. See here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17660776&postcount=6.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilazza15:
The file has been removed.

Any other links for it?

Thanks for the reply!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Here's a bunch: http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace (search for the suitable one).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilazza15:
Thanks a bunch, worked like a charm!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @run7:
No matter what i try to flash via cwm,it doesnt seem to work!!!...even the ICS-ified settings that is supposed to work with Gdxv27..plz help:(
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mayank77:
eh ? I am able to flash normally..

The ICS-ified settings aren't working.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
ICSified working. what i did:

1. flash v027 (wipe, etc)

2. flash icsified 1st time = reboot but it did not work.

3. tried extracting zip and pushing settings.apk to /system/app (made backup of deafult setting first)

4. reboot (great now I don'ts have settings at all

5. placed backup of original setting back to /system/app

6. reboot to recovery

7. flash gdx v027 again (no wipe_

8. flashed icsified stting again

9. reboot.

voila i now have icsified setting.

warning: try at your own risk. I don't know why i had to do this to get icsified settings but it works for me. i can post screenshot of my settings once i get home if you want.:)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @run7:
i tried twice..dint work..i doubted whether it was a bug of my cwm..
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
I can't say.. i've done it at least 5x now. At least. Same result. Did it with v026, v027, and v027 "B.jay".

EDIT: try switching nos 7 & 8. Anyone else can confirm if it works or not?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
Try flashing gdx 26 first using xrecovry if you haven't (to get cwm the easy way:D) and then try flashing v27. But if you're using custom kernel i can't help as i've no experience with that. :(
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superuser_:
Redownload the zip...

Obviously you have a bad downloaded zip
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sumpfhuhn:
Hello,

I flashed Arconium ISC with stock CWM kernel yesterday but my notification LED is not working. Seems to be a general problem with 4.0.4. Are there any ROMs with working notification LED?

Thx, Sumpfhuhn
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okty2k:
There have been report of the LED suddenly come back to live... :)

I am an example. It did not work the first time, it worked after the first reboot (one day after main installation. I am using Mooded, with xmooded and ROM Control and DoomKernel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowgs:
Hey guys i really need your help. so i bought an htc evo 4g flashed to boost. it was on a different number. everything worked call text internet pix mail. and i had a boost account so 2 weeks into it i finally got my number on it. (this is in january )

im pretty sure i might have reset the ha/aaa passwords on accident now 3g internet is not working at all i did all the trouble shooting but found that the ha/aaa passwords say both of them are incorrect or something. the phone calls and text work fine just no 3g internet please help ive been bs'ing with this phone since january please help i always give thanks i also live in reno if someones close by i will pay and if some one can get it to work over the comp ill donate using paypal

ps.. i know what kind of doner phone it is just dont have it please help i wanna use my phone to full potential =[
[Windows Phone 7 General] Strike_Eagle:
We all know that the author confirmed that Metrotube is out of Marketplace for a long time ago. But surprise today, when i was reinstalling apps for my Eternity through "Reinstaller" , i saw MetroTube in the list. I chose it, and the phone was able to pull out the Marketplace Site for MetroTube, i reinstalled it through Marketplace just fine! ( I bought it before)

I tried to search for it on Marketplace , but it came up with nothing. So look like MetroTube is not completely pulled off Marketplace Database, but in "hidden" mode.

So for whoever have purchased MetroTube and you want to have it once more time on the app list, you can go and download the "Reinstaller" app from Marketplace (Free) and then choose MetroTube on the list. Or you can try this link:

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/8d93224f-2808-e011-9264-00237de2db9e

So, people might not know, but MetroTube was an excellent YouTube app. Just a trick for people who bought this app. (New Users can try to purchase it, i don't guarantee anything)
[Windows Phone 7 General] irlju:
You can also email Lazyworm at support@lazywormapps.com

They've been maintaining the app in the Marketplace (hidden from search and such) for a while now; anyone who purchased it can receive a Marketplace link if you provide your Live ID.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
i should be mentioned that the MetroTube you download now is flagged as beta and will expire after 30 days of time. They're trying to find aways to avoid this, but up to now that's the way it is. If you happen to run into such expiration issues, just mail the guys again with your live ID and you'll get a new - working - link.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Strike_Eagle:
I did choose buy when i reinstalled the thing, but in the about page, it doesn't show me the "beta" thing, mine is 3.0.0.0, but it does show the "buy" icon ( i did buy it after all)
[HTC EVO 3D] mnomaanw:
Theres your first thank..

But i am already S-OFFed with hboot 1.4
[HTC EVO 3D] DaveC1964:
Cool but is there a way to do this without having to go register at another website? I hate registering at all of these websites too many passwords and too much spam once they get your info.
[HTC EVO 3D] kc3:
Only other option would be to use someone else's htcdev account, they also send you the second portion of the instructions to unlock your bootloader via email. You have to use htcdev, if you don't have 1.5 you can use revolutionary but than you wouldn't need this thread :P
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Or you can downgrade hboot and then use revolutionary and not give HTC your warranty on a silver platter.
[HTC EVO 3D] eXplicit815:
I concur with this statement.
[HTC EVO 3D] kc3:
I always forget about that lol I myself have never had to claim a phone warranty so meh if you're worried about your warranty you should avoid this method :P
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
You're one of the lucky few. I've had to swap devices 4 times on this phone and 5 on my OG EVO. It's hit or miss really.
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
thanks really helped, now I can flash roms on my phone:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[HTC EVO 3D] kc3:
Yeah I do consider myself lucky with all the stories I hear, I got my 3d third party though from a guy that had it for a while so hopefully it's safe to say I didn't get a dud, but yeah with all the phones I've had, I never once had to do a claim
[HTC EVO 3D] halfaddict:
Good to see this has helped a few;)

I will be going over this thread this weekend as I have to go through the process again with a second evo3d. I will try and add some usefull photos and clear up anything that might not already be clear. I might also do a video on the juopunut bear I haven't decided yet we'll see howmuch time I have .

<Halfaddict>
[HTC EVO 3D] XandroidX:
Thanks so much. Little by little, I get the courage to root one of these days... Your efforts to make it as painless as possible is so appreciated.
[HTC EVO 3D] Xtazy305:
Going to try this later at home , in rooted with HTC Dev but S-ON..
[HTC EVO 3D] halfaddict:
Updated OP with links pictures and zip file.

Here's some teaser pics with MeanRom2.7|Antrhax super smooth super fast