yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Adrtong:
the note was pushing it in terms of screen size. The Note 2 is just not practical
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Spooky73:
Hey - still absolutely feel the same. Not one regret switching to the S3 but will always have a place in my heart for the Note. And will still be keeping an eye out for the Note 2. I'm not one to switch phones earlier than every 2 years but if the Note 2 has an improved screen (no more greenish whites, stuttering and black crush), better camera and is released with JB then I may put the S3 on craigslist.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zoso28:
I also switched to the S3 from the Note for a lot of the reasons listed above.. Mainly the unwieldy one-handed operation and poor battery life due to screen size/time. I really miss the s-pen as well as the Wacomm digitizer which is the best I've ever worked with .. If they used that on the S3 I would be in heaven. It was so freakin precise I could edit photos almost like I was using photoshop.

I'm interested to know if anyone has tried the "C-Pen" I found on samsung's website. I realize it's no S-Pen but it might help a little with the withdrawal. I'm a little thrown by the extra size of the Note 2 but chances are I'll fall for it when I see it. Hopefully they'll integrate all of the Note-ish features into the next in the Galaxy line. I think a 4.8" screen is plenty big enough to deserve a stylus.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xenv1:
Hi all

I have searching for simtoolkit bug on cm7 but not found solution yet

Can anyone can make it work? I need it for my work with some service in this.

Any solution for it?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xenv1:
No reply?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] pass28:
I think latest cyanmobile rom by squadzone have working simtoolkit
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] hsay:
Only for zte blade
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xenv1:
Yes. It work only on blade
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] FaIzaL3040:
just use app for contact from market..no need to think so hard..:D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xenv1:
Sim toolkit not sim contact
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] musashihatred:
I have a working stk for cm7. Simtool kit. Whats ur e add? Ill send
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xenv1:
What cm7 you are using ? It must a bug on cm7, the stk with list only, no any command cant do like send sms, call, receive data,...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] palaboy:
Searching

im also looking solution for Sim Toolkit

so i just used Andro-ID working Sim Toolkit & Memo
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xenv1:
this is stock, so no bug for this!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] unclefab:
Hi!

Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, I'm a noob... Well, sort of actually coz even if it's my first public message I've been roaming this forum for quite a while. And thanks to you guys I understood how to root, how to flash a CD Rom and so on. Without disturbing anyone, ain't it nice?:good:

But now I have a question, I couldn't find the answer anywhere on the web hence this post.

I'm rooted on both my Galaxy Mini and my Galaxy Tab P6210 and I noticed that some apks leave files like webview.db, googlestats etc. on the data/data/whateverapk/databases folders.

On the Mini I found how to prevent those annoying files from polluting my system(yep, I don't like cookies and similar spying stuff) by changing the databases folder's perms to --x --- ---, or even sometimes -- --- ---. For the most stubborn apks I rwx --- --- the databases folder, then I erase all the text in the unwanted file and finally I lock the file's perms to --- --- ---. It works with most apks including Dolphin Mini and Opera Mini, cool. Only one or two resist and FC if I attempt to modify too much the perms but it's OK, I don't use then that often and I don't mind to delete the trash manually.

The problem is that on the Galaxy Tab it doesn't work on most apks, it makes them FC. I've tried all the possible perms combinations but nope, FC.

I guess, since the concerned apks are the same on my Mini and on my Tab, that it has to do with the OS, Gingerbread for the Mini, Honeycomb for the Tab. I noticed as well that some of the files on the Tab are different, on the Mini it's mostly googleanalytics.db, webview.db and webviewCache.db files, whereas on the Tab I have, apart from the above mentioned ones, some webview.db-shm, webview.db-wal, webcookieschromium.db and webcookieschromiumprivate.db files.

I guess .db has something to do with dropbox, but I don't use any dropbox, and I even deleted the (empty by the way) folder in my system. When I open those files I can see that they have something to do as well with sqlite, but I don't have any built in sqlite. I have one that has been installed by an apk in the /xbin folder but I erased it and it didn't change anything (don't worry, I put the sqlite back afterwards). It's very annoying, those files spy on us guys, they record all the web sites we visited, the email(s) or facebook accounts we use etc.

For now I have put bookmarks on my home screen and I delete manually the troublesome files just after I opened the relevant apk but hey, it's not very convenient!

Anyone knows how I can prevent them from coming back everytime I use an apk?

Thanks a lot for your help, and sorry for the long post:angel:
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] unclefab:
Already 3 days and over 50 views but no answer yet, what's wrong?

Is it that my question is of absolute no interest?

Or that the way I explained my problem was not clear?

Or that no one knows how to do it?

Or a bit of the 3?:-)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Graffiti Exploit:
It seems that you want to remove unnecessary garbage files that have been left out by some applications. I recommend that you use SD Maid, free is good enough, but of course PRO is better.

Anyway, SD Maid can clean File Corpses and clean the system files like the ff:

/data/log

/data/tombstones

/data/system/dropbox

/cache

Temporary Files

Log Files

Gallery Thumbnails(This one can really build up even with just the same files. I'm not exactly sure as to why it adds again and again but it saves me a lot. Like 300~600MB)

Empty Directories

LOST.DIR Directories

It can also optimize DBs. All of these are available on the free version.

As for cookies in browser, you can uncheck "accept cookies" but this might cause some websites to malfunction or not work.

Other things like cache you can use History Eraser, One Tap Cleaner and etc.

Hope I helped. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] miksumortti:
I think most don't want to delete them because they are normal caches and cookies, also some apps' settings are stored on those database files. I don't see any advantages in deleting those files (apart from saving couple of MBs storage space...) They aren't any "bad" or "spying" files.

By the way, the .db means database, not dropbox.

Sent from my GT-P6210
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Graffiti Exploit:
Correct me If I'm wrong but it is necessary to clean caches and cookies once in a while because it can hog the device. Sometimes old caches are stored even if they are of no use anymore. It's like the principle of filling up your internal storage too much that you can see a dramatic decrease in performance. These kind of files updates a lot and does not seem to overwrite existing files or at least delete those that are unnecessary. It is not needed however to clean it every after use. Just once or twice a week is good enough.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] unclefab:
Thanks for your answer but it's not what I was meaning, let me explain more clearly.

Take any app, say a mp3 cutter. It doesn t need any internet connection to work but when one downloads it one sees that it requires internet access permission. One thinks it s ok and one downloads it. But then in the mp3 cutter databases one finds those webview.db files, and this is why I say that it spies on us coz why this mp3 cutter needs such databases? The same with offline dictionaries, or one tap cleaner (a very bad one by the way, put it through privacy blocker and you ll be amazed of all the infos it takes from you), or mp3 players etc. On browsers like dolphin it s the same story, and when one views those files one sees that they record all the sites one has been through although the apk doesn t need it (I know it for sure coz I delete the files before my browsing cession and it still works). Disabling the cookies doesn t help, it just prevents you from accessing web sites that need cookies like gmail, yahoo and the like. Apps like LBE or privacy blocker show partly what those apks do in our back, taking our IMEI number, our contacts, reading our sms and sending everything to who knows where and for who knows what purpose. But they don t show the databases leaks...

As I said in my first post another parameter is that for a same apk, with the same version, let s say dolphin 2.3, on my Galaxy Mini running GB I managed to block the perms and thus to prevent those files to pollute my system but on my Tab running HC it doesn t work and FC the apks. Plus the files are not the same, there are more of them and with different extensions on HC (again using the same apk on both GB and HC).

So the answer lies somewhere in the OS but I couldn t find where due to my limited knowledge and that s why I m here;)

Any hint or idea on how to eradicate those files from their source? Of course one can delete them manually and that s what I do but it would be so nice not to have to do it all the time. It s not about saving space, those files weight next to nothing, it s about privacy.

By the way I deleted most google apks and this is already a big relief. Other setting I did include blocking all the perms of the usagestats folder, of the throttle folder (well I just left r--, ---, --- otherwise it bootloops). Download testlogging and you will see for exemple of many spying stuff the google apks put on your tablet...

Anyway, back to the topic:

how can I permanently block those files? Many people on this forum and elsewhere are very concerned with their privacy, to the extend that some create privacy watching apks, but to my knowledge nobody ever bothered about those databases files although they represent a big privacy hole in our systems...

Thanks a lot for your help!

Send from my barebone Galaxy Tab P6210, 34 system apks left and counting down:-)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] leodfs:
Apart for some real serious stuff, apps need some way to persist information. If you prevent them to, you should expect fc when they try, no?

That's too much paranoia for me.

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[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] miksumortti:
Yes, the caches can get bloated if the app doesn't remove unnecessary things automatically. In that case a clean is ok.

Sent from my GT-P6210
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] miksumortti:
@unclefab

If the mp3 cutter that you mentioned in your example has ads it needs the internet permission for them, and some ad providers make the database files automatically. They just contain some ad web address cache and only "personal" information saved is your language setting, at least from my experience.

And blocking the apps saving the information doesn't help with privacy really much because they can still access the info, they just can't save it in the databases. A malicious app can send the info without saving it too.

Sent from my GT-P6210
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Graffiti Exploit:
I have to agree with this one. Messing up with permissions can cause issues to certain applications and it really seems that he is paranoid.

If your concerned about such privacy, you shouldn't download the app on the first place. Although some developers get rid of such permissions because of some people's concern, this is unlikely to happen to every application. HC is a different platform from Gingerbread and so such issues that you have mentioned may occur.

Have you tried firewalls like DroidWall? I'm not sure if it really works, but it might lessen your burden from manually deleting files or privacy concerns like your data being accessed/used. Again, not sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] unclefab:
Don t worry, I m not paranoid, my Tab is well protected, I have rather intricated settings between Privacy Blocker, LBE (by the way and FYI, LBE conflicts with Droidwall, both can t work together) Rom Tool Box, Logging Test and Permissions denied, so I don t think that any apk can steal any info from me!!!

Actually it s more a matter of principle, why apks like let s say Dolphin or Opera record all the sites I ve surfed, eventhough they don t need to do so (coz they still work after I deleted those files manually). And about the exemple given above, why apks which don t display adds need to have an internet permission and to put such webview.db files in the databases? Of course I m not obliged to download them, and actually I ve already erased many such apks, but for some I don t have any choice, specially for dictionaries (I travel a lot and need such stuff).

Plus it s a matter of curiosity, where the heck lies the source of those files? And why can I block those files easily on GB but not on HC? Yes, it s because the OS is different, I know, but how does it work? I don t know so much about Android OS but I like it and I want to learn more.

So back to the question, how can I tweak my system in order to prevent those files from appearing everytime use an apk? There are enough experts on thsi forum so hopefully someone knows the answer.

And BTW, when I see the difference between GB and HC, I mean more spying from the Google/Android OS, then I feel less eager to upgrade to ICS coz for sure it will get even worse, not to mention JB...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] k_t_b:
You're not saving passwords in your browsers/webview-based-apps, right?...

Do you mind explaining why webview.db databases have you concerned?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] leodfs:
They are saving information from him, that's why. Nothing can save his information, I think that is the point.

Dude relax, there are spy apps, there loggers, but you are blacklisting all webview based ones.

And as some guy told before, if they want to spy you, they don't need to save anything.

But seriously, you don't need to study much on Android OS to known why what you are doing are causing fc. Take any app in any platform that have internal Conf and db files. Corrupt them and mess with permissions, you should get something similar.

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[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] unclefab:
Thank you for explaining me why they Fc but I had understood it by myself from the very begining, I m what you call a noob but I m not brain dead:silly:

All what I want to know is what generates those files in the OS, and how to prevent it from happening, provided that it s possible.

Apart from that it s ok for me if other people don t mind having files in their databases which record their web activity, and if they don t feel uneasy to know that the more advanced the Android OS the more files there is and the more difficult it is to block them (I said already 2 times that on Ginger Bread I block all those files and that the apks don t FC, which prove that the files are not required by the apks to work normally).

Thanks:D
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] leodfs:
I am not calling you noob buddy, but you were trying to solve a problem with no elegance at all.

Contact developers and ask why they are using webview and that you are not comfortable with files it creates. But if you use a program that uses it you have to accept those files, simple.

A lot of details of stuff like webview are API specific so changes version to version. So access of those files may changes on each version of android, as well as file location, name or how to handle errors. So the fact that what you did worked on gb, helps you with no conclusions.

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[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] unclefab:
I didn t mean thay you (tu) called me a noob but that you in general (vos) call newbies noobs. Sorry for the misunderstanding, it s one of the many limitations of english compated to latin or germanic languages:-)

So it sounds like what I was asking about is impossible to do, well, well, I will see what I can do with apktool, maybe I can change something in the manifest or ressources or I don t know where. Just for info, here s what s insideone of those files when it s newly created and before it starts spying:

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Cindexsqlite_autoindex_password_1password �+�)tablehttpauthhttpauth	CREATE TABLE httpauth (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, host TEXT, realm TEXT, username TEXT, password TEXT, UNIQUE (host, realm) ON CONFLICT REPLACE)/Cindexsqlite_autoindex_httpauth_1httpauth

�"�tableformdataformdataCREATE TABLE formdata (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, urlid INTEGER, name TEXT, value TEXT, UNIQUE (urlid, name, value) ON CONFLICT IGNORE)/Cindexsqlite_autoindex_formdata_1formdataR}tableformurlformurlCREATE TABLE formurl (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, url TEXT)J%cindexcookiesIndexcookiesCREATE INDEX cookiesIndex ON cookies (path)��	tablecookiescookiesCREATE TABLE cookies (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT, value TEXT, domain TEXT, path TEXT, expires INTEGER, secure INTEGER)W--ctableandroid_metadataandroid_metadataCREATE TABLE android_metadata (locale TEXT) ��en_GB 

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[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] miksumortti:
@unclefab

Even if the webview.db has always all the fields it doesn't mean they need to have a value or string. For example the "password" field is almost always emtpy.

Sent from my GT-P6210
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] leodfs:
A little old, but worth the reading:

forensicsferret.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/android-browser-forensics/
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] unclefab:
Why would I use such apks?

I said it already, it s because I need them. I deleted some and replaced them by similar apks more privacy friendly, but for some I don t have any choice. For exemple browser. I managed to lock the perms on opera mini and it still works but you know opera mini, on some sites it doesn t display correctly so I have to use dolphin whose perms can t be locked. Talking about it I will try boat browser, it s not as good as dolphin but if it doesn t have those files it could be a solution...

Same stories with dictionaries. I m a language teacher who lives in asia and I need far eastern languages dictionaries. Try to find a thai english or thai indonesian dictionary which can work without those files... BTW if you are interested I found a good english chinese which works without any .db garbage;-)

Thanks for the links, interesting article, some food for thoughts...
[HTC One X] fallos:
i enable it .. made mistake while unlocking , then draw correct one pattern or put correct pin - dispaly shuts down , presing power for wake up and there is no pattern or pin anymore! disabled! ???:eek:

original rom. not rooted.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Arkona:
Phone: HTC Inspire 4g

Had since: March 2011

I see two tools that are recommended to get S-OFF- The HTC SuperTool and the Ace Hack Kit. Which one should I use?

I have a spare MicroSD card which I will root the phone with so I don't lose my data. Is this a viable method? (I dont care about the stuff on the phone's internal drive)

I plan on flashing the Android Revolution ROM. How do I go about doing this? I am a complete newbie to this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Teichopsia:
I have no idea about which is the super tool. The best thing is to read and find out which one you feel more comfortable with.

Do not use the htc dev method. It is quite easy to unlock using their method but tends to be complicated to flash different roms. Before rooting, read read and read.

Once you are rooted. Download cwm or romtoolbox or 4ext, the latter being the prefered one here.

Make a backup of your current rom.

Full wipe: wipe data, cache and dalvik and wipe all partitions except sd card.

Flash the rom of your choice. First boot after flashing usually takes about five minutes on average.

Edit: I don't believe the htc method works with the inspire.

Sent from a dream.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ronnie498:
best choice is the advanced ace hack kit hands down, if you run into trouble there is a IRC chat to help. But read the instructions several times before you try it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Arkona:
This is the HTC SuperTool:

forum.xda-developers(DOT)com/showthread.php?t=1343114
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
Well, I can only tell u that the Advanced Hack Kit is the only game in town for the Inspire. The super tool might work to give you temp root with I don´t think it will give u S-OFF, SuperCID and sim unlock...I am not sure thou.

The Hack Kit works great and you have support in case you get stuck, but it is compulsory that u read the effen manual and the op of the Hack Kit thread.

Take into consideration that replacing bootloaders is a delicate process and that if you mess it you can end up with a $300.- brick in the worst case. Gingerbread shipped devices are no longer compatible with froyo RUU's that where used to gain S-OFF, so I would use the tool that all inspire users have. Needless to say that I am a OP in the IRC channel...:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] sandy0594:
I would personally recommend AceHack hit..It doesn't involve much of a process.I too was a bit confused what to choose,but believe me when u r in this site and search and read properly,everything will be alright.As everyone would say,i too will insist you to research properly about what you are doing..Root and flash as per your choice!!

:cool:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Seems like a waste to put in any effort towards Cm7 development since we just got a RC for Cm9 and Jelly Bean is being unveiled at Google IO this week.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Articudos:
AFAIK, Kalim made high-bigmem libs,

So try to ask him;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MYPaT:
any chance? :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SEANPELEG69:
the condition now is a signAL phone-----warning signal-----computer and it says try to go to kiss and put on recovery mode .

what i can do in this condition i try to connect it to kies but it alway one min on one min off what to do ? its after lab :crying:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AddyG:
If you are able to get into download mode, try to flash a stock samsung rom with odin..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akiainavas:
Check if download mode works ( Volume Down + Home + Power ). If it works, simply flash a stock GB rom with PC Odin.
[EVO 4G General] ou2mame:
stock rooted, remove bloat yourself. thats what i do anyways.
[EVO 4G General] NxNW:
Do you want the Rosie launcher?

If not, AlterROM gives you all of the stock HTC Sense 1.0 apps while removing an unbelievable amount of bloat. > 300 MB free after installing a Sense ROM definitely qualifies as de-bloated.

Plus it's very up to date and well thought-out. Give it a look.
[EVO 4G General] Viper32:
Thanks guys, decided on MikG rom for now, running like a charm.....

Viper
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimshady322:
Hello,

I currently own a LG E900 and just recently I noticed a little scratch on the display. I know this is gorilla glass and it worked really great for more than a year and I don't even know how the scratch got there, but I thought that it might be time to upgrade.

I know that most stuff is synced using Windows Live but there are still a couple of things where I am not sure:

1. What about contacts where I linked their Facebook, Twitter and Windows Live profiles? If they do not have the same name in Facebook and Windows Live, will their linking be preserved?

2. Is it possible to transfer stored data from apps and games? I mostly care about my saved progress from e.g. angry birds, can you transfer that without being banned or so from Xbox Live for cheating?

3. Zune creates full backups and I guess this would be the best you can get, but can you restore them onto another device (I am considering buying either another LG E900 or a HTC Titan 2, but this thread should not be about which phone to chose right now) or is this somehow tied to the IMIE?