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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Guiding.God:
I have Cerberus on my GNex and it's brilliant but I paid for it before I ever knew about Avast's mobile security app or I would have just gone with Avast instead....Like you said, it's free (I don't know why either, it's awesome!). I have it installed on a colleague's GNex and it presents no battery/memory usage issues, it runs quietly and you can simply turn off the features you don't wish to use like the antivirus/shield/pvcy advisor/firewall/call-sms blocker etc. Just use it for anti theft (that's just what my colleague uses it for). If/when you feel the need to use the anti virus ever or maybe if you ever feel like you wish to block a few pesky callers etc you can turn on/off those individual features as you choose.

Plus, if you're rooted, the anti theft really makes it hard for a crook to uninstall it even with a hard reset - you can force data connections on if the sim is ever replaced and tons of other stuff you can do to locate your phone or wipe your data remotely and make the device unusable for the bad guys. Great stuff for the heavy price of $0.00 :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 2LoT:
Thanks for your input. If you know Cerberus and Avast, how do you compare their Anti-Theft features?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tntgdh:
I ave used many but cerberus is the best. If the sim is changed you receive a ,message on the phones you choose when installing with the new number.

With that you can command your phone through SMS or network
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Guiding.God:
I've tried to play with both and to simulate scenarios of theft as best as I could in my environment. Both apps have worked extremely well and have almost similar features - the only things diff that I can see are the camera/snapshot function of Cerberus (can snap a pic or video or record sound of thief and email it to you). Other than that they are similar from what I can tell...both responded extremely quickly on all accounts (web interface to control device as well as sms commands, sim change, location retrieval, data/sd card wipe etc). Both have the ability to survive a hard/factory reset (if your phone is rooted) since they mount themselves as system files.

I haven't formatted the system to install a new rom from recovery (CWM) but I did try wiping the cache etc and they both obviously survived that. I'm not sure any app can survive a system format from recovery though even cerberus and avast. Maybe if the recovery itself was locked or password protected? Not sure.

Other than that, as I said, the only difference I have seen is the camera and microphone engaging capability of Cerberus versus the $0.00 price of Avast. I recommend either wholeheartedly but if you don't want to pay for great protection then Avast is the way to go. If you want a pic/video of a potential thief in your inbox then you should pay for Cerberus lol.

Hope this helps. :D

---------- Post added at 07:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:14 AM ----------

The same is true of Avast as well, a sim change will trigger a silent text to your predefined number so you can control the phone via sms.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 2LoT:
Hi Guiding.God,

That was quite an extensive benchmark you did there. Thank you for sharing your findings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Magister54:
While looking for an anti-theft solution I came across this post, just to let you know that you install avast, then install avast anti-theft, configure it, make sure it works by sending SMS and via the my.avast web page, then you can uninstall "avast secutiry", the anti-theft will stay there.

I don't know why they do not relase their anti-theft as a standalone version, but it works fine without avast firewall/antivirus/etc

You can launch the anti-theft config screen via an SMS if you want to modify settings too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I use GotYa.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deepayanneogi:
Cerberus ftw
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sivaseraphim:
Cerberus. Hands down. :laugh: Simple and straight to the point.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 063_XOBX:
A gun.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Canadoc:
I noticed if u freeze or uninstall avast, the anti theft still works via sms, but the web interface does not connect.

Do you have this issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dmourao:
Cerberus! Totally worth buying
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fpradhan:
100% cerberus!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Magister54:
No problem here, I uninstalled avast and anti-theft still works by SMS or their web interface. Dialing my PIN code works too to bring the menu.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whytunes:
more

Hi guys, I didn't really know where to post this so imma do it here.

Im looking for a theft protection-app that also enables me to remotely control my phone with a lock feature, wipe feature and scream feature.

I tried webkey(sorry can't post link) and it had-except for locking-all features I wanted, but found it very inconvenient to use.

I'm rooted so that's not a problem.

any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
How about Google's new Android Device Manager?

a manta wrote this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whytunes:
not enough

As far as iI read about this, it would only support wipe, lock, track and scream.

I'm looking for an app that could also monitor my screen, camera and allow me to send commands and stuff (like webkey).

I know thare are apps that do this, but i'd like to have this all in one,convenient-to-use application :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fux0r99:
Cerberus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dschoenike:
+1 for Cerberus. I've had it for over a year now and absolutely love it. Even though I never really needed it thank goodness. :)

dschoenike
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whytunes:
thanx

thanx for the comment, but i think ill stick to webkey. tho i find it very inconvenient to use it provides way more features lijke really controlling your phone.

thanx tho
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lejars1:
I find that with Avast installed, a factory reset still reveals superuser is still one of the apps.

This means that a knowledgeable thief would realise that something is going on and he might be prompted to flash the ROM - whereas he might not have bothered.

Is there any way to hide or disguise superuser so that it doesn't appear after a factory reset?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 231658:
the stock one:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nk1960:
my vote to Cerberus

stock is limited if u r rooted cerberus and avast, if paid cerberus the best. i locate my daughters stolen phone in Mexico and lock/wipe

everything very easy. Haven't try to flash a rom to see if it survive but at list he will have a hell of a hard time to figure it out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fux0r99:
Cerberus is good, but a simple rom flash will remove any anti theft app as it wipes everything like cerberus.You best hope the theif knows nothing about flashing roms otherwise its pointless.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yts1:
Cerberus + Xposed Additions (disabling hold down power button to shut off) + LG G2 (non removable battery) :D My phone is MINE!

Avast charges $15 yearly for the features which Cerberus has, so Cerberus loses in regards to price. Everything else seems pretty equal.

Hopefully I'll never have to use it, but it's good to have some peace of mind.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dalar:
GravityBox also has the option to disable the power menu on lockscreen. It's a bit easier to setup there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yts1:
Well, I already had Xposed to disable the GPS warning (which is required if you want cerberus to be able to turn on gps even if you have it disabled), and Xposed Additions is great for remapping all my buttons during different states, i.e. screen off, screen on, power menu.

Also, I don't know the details of GravityBox, but note that there's a second power menu that comes up on some phones if the power button is held down for a few more seconds. This problem is avoided if the button is remapped on the lock screen, but may still be present if the power menu is simply disabled.

Regardless, Verizon annoyingly designed their phones to not work at all if the 4G sim card is removed, thus rendering Cerberus useless in the event of a real theft. I hoped since Verizon's 3G and lower didn't need sim cards that this wouldn't be a problem, but I was wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Litening0815:
Avast is

Free

Fast

Battery friendly

And has all what we need.

No reason to change.

Only my opinion.

Cu Litening
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sukkukikku:
Excuse me.I lost my blackberry z3 mobile. With imei number can i get it back by reporting to cyber crime police?? I didn't installed any anti theft software
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kordellas:
Hello, I have a HTC phone and I wonder if it is safe to charge my P7500 tab.

The phone charger characteristics are:

Input: 100-240V/200 mA

Output: 5V/1A

Thank you!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevormc:
Hi,

The GT charger output is rated at 5V at 2amps. It's important for the voltage to be 5V! But the current (Amps) must never be less than 2amps!

So your HTC charger at 1 Amp is too low, and will cause problems with the charger (might burn out and get super hot = dangerous..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nilesat:
NOpe

I dont recommend my friend at all. low amp
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ljudevit:
Mickey

I think I can not !:confused:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pickupman66:
My Gtab Sch-i905 will ONLY charge when plugged into the charge block it came with. will not charge any other way unless it is powered off. I HATE THAT.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenjisam:
Dangerous!!!! :eek:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andoid1907:
I charge my Galaxy s3 using the wall charger and no problems and I also charge my tablet sometimes suing the phone charger too
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DUBVGALAXY:
The finish on my pebble blue back cover cracked when I removed my carbon fiber skin that I had on it.

Heres the cheapest I could find so far but seems a little spendy

http://cnn.cn/shop/samsung-i9300-galaxy-pebble-blue-battery-cover-p-15935.html

And to clarify im just looking for a stock/oem cover not the ones with inserts and stuff
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
need help please finally happen to me,stuck in boot loop,trying to oden but when i odin go into oden mode at the oden screen i dont have the option to start,the file is picked,i press pda but i dont see the start button,fyi im doing this from my net book,not at home,could somebody pleaseeee help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yosterwp:
Sorry, I am not sure I if I understand you correctly, but is your phone currently in the bootloop?

If that is the case, pull the battery out, wait a sec, then put it back in. If you want to go to recovery mode, press POWER+HOME+VOL_UP to enter recovery while the phone is off. If you want to still enter odin, press POWER+HOME+VOL_DOWN to enter odin mode. If you decided that you need odin, by entering odin mode, the computer should see the phone (when drivers are installed on computer) and you should be able to use odin properly.

EDIT: By the way, try this at your own risk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
Thanks had to Odin all is good, thanks for responding.couldn't Odin with my net book.

sent from my freed beast&ikiller;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
The Gnex got another paint job, this time a black red look.

Pictures below
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] unlvmike:
That looks sick. Great job
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mmegalodon:
Yeah looks sick! Love the buttons. :thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rolltide1995:
That's similar to what I'm going to do with mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
Thanks Guys ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
cool..show us the pics once u are done ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dogredwing1:
LOOKS SICK:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::good::good::good:

What kind of sandpaper and paint did you use?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Guiding.God:
Damn! When I read the title I thought it would look hokey and not good - but I gotta say, that looks great - awesome job :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davidc23:
If only you could paint mine :/ paint a body for me and I will buy it off ya! Lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kinfolk248:
thts what i wanna know, what kinda paint and is it chipping like some of the other ppl who have painted theirs say they are getting...??? Cus id like to paint mine but not if its just gonna start chipping/peeling ya know...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mendezj666:
Munchy do you usually go caseless with the custom paint jobs?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josip-k:
Wow,that looks great.i would paint mine to matte black and mettalic blue,the back and buttons would be blue,but i am afraid to dissasemble it.btw my dad us a car painter,so it would be painted professionaly. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
Details here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1820875

sent from my limited edition red Gnex ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
I will be doing one for a member here this weekend ....can do for u also ...lemme know

sent from my limited edition red Gnex ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
Plasti dip peels the next day ....this one lasts good ....u just need to take care when placing it on hard surfaces ....

sent from my limited edition red Gnex ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
Yups I stopped using cases since I did my first custom paint job ....

sent from my limited edition red Gnex ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
6 screws and some patience ....that's what it takes to take the housing off

sent from my limited edition red Gnex ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] verruckterGeck:
This look awesome. Can't wait for mine. BTW , when I get my housing, the buttons will remain stock color won't they?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
I got buttons with the housing I bought for you as well, I'll go ahead and paint them as well as u already have stock buttons ..u can swap the buttons easily ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wh1t3Rose:
Im jelly :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davidc23:
Check pm bro(:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
ha ha ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
done bro ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] unlvmike:
Wait, are you offering this service? How much?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
Single color 75 shipped , double color 90 shipped

Gsm as of now as I don't know the price for Verizon Gnex housing

sent from my limited edition red Gnex ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] unlvmike:
What if i already have the housing. Could I send you that? I would want it simply all black, $75 is more than I would be willing to pay at the moment. Looks great though, just saw the blue one you did
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] munchy_cool:
Reduce 20 bucks for the housing ...u send in the housing at your own cost. .when I send back I cover shipping via USPS priority ...please note if u send the housing I can't send the tools to open the screws as u r sending the housing in. ...

sent from my limited edition red Gnex ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] warfexion:
Is it possible I can have a black notification bar?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragn4rce:
It is black isn't it???

Unless you mean the pull down notification.

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If I have helped you.... hit that sexy thanks button. ^_^
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] warfexion:
Yeah pulldown
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragn4rce:
It is possible, but you would need a theme, I'd suggest you PM a recognized themer who likes to make things dark.

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If I have helped you.... hit that sexy thanks button. ^_^
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gagb1967:
Not without being rooted and have a Rom that either has it or allow to customize it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] warfexion:
I am rooted and for running codename job ROM. I want it black like how it is in the ROM snap black but I want to use this ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gagb1967:
Mod the Rom, then
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeinzu:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31352999

Sent from my AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dirtygoldfish:
You can either use the linked mod or if you don't want the other parts of the UI blacked out you can replace two PNGs in SystemUI.apk yourself, which is super easy to do.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gmanfuzing:
No matter what, if notification sound is enabled, while I'm playing music through the headphone jack whenever I receive a message the music skips and the notification plays over the on-board speaker along with a small blip of the audio playing. Its extremely annoying.

Even when using PowerAmp, an app with settings that keeps the music from stopping when a notification is played can't keep the audio from re-routing to the on-board speaker for the duration of the sound.

Whats going on, and how can I attempt to fix this.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] abhipati:
Look http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1874415
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gmanfuzing:
Thank you, looks like I'm flashing a new Rom tonight!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingTrippz:
I believe this is the file of the Samsung keyboard from the galaxy s3! Can someone please port it to work on our phones! Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
It installed just fine on CM10 but I can't change it in the settings... I'm getting unfortunately settings has stopped.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AFourg:
Me neither, keeps fc’ing on me to.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingTrippz:
It will install perfectly fine, no doubt. Just doesn't work on our phones. I posted it hoping that someone may be able to port it to work on our phones!
[HTC EVO 3D] mobchronik:
So I recently switched to 4etx recovery and I was attempting to install sos-m CDMA ROM for my HTC EVO 3D. But after I installed the ROM, my phone went into a continuous reboot cycle. At some points it would show the screen lock for me to unlock but then it would immediately restart. I have hboot 1.50 with s-on and superuser installed. Not sure what to do, any ideas ?
[HTC EVO 3D] ZWYATT:
Get s-off then flash the 2.89 firmware, then flash Rom.
[HTC EVO 3D] mobchronik:
I can't figure out how to get s off. Back when I first rooted the only guide I could find was with leaving s on
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
This is a great guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1889438

Imagika FTW... with Tapatalk 2
[HTC EVO 3D] mobchronik:
Awesome I will give it a try tonight and let you know. I appreciate the help.
[HTC EVO 3D] mobchronik:
That was a great tip, thanks for the help, worked perfectly.
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
Don't thank me (although it's appreciated). Make sure to thank ramjet.

Imagika FTW... with Tapatalk 2
[Android General] spoutnik000:
Hi,

I've been facing this use case with no obvious answer in forums so here are the bits and pieces gathered around and that make up for a working way to proceed.

Required softwares:

apktool v1.4.3 (apktool web site)

Auto APK Tool v3.0.1 (Auto APK Tool topic in this forum)

7zip

WinRAR (portable edition) (for instance) or any zip manager that allows seamlessly to remove files/folders and replace files within a zip archive

Goal:

I'll illustrate this method with the Hello Expense application.

This application French translation is very very bad (as of Hello Expense v4.0.0),

and there is no way to choose the UI language within the application settings.

I wanted to find an easy method to force the application to US English instead of French.

On the under the cover side, the strings resources are compiled within a 'resources.arsc' file.

And when decompiling this file, we can see that the string resources are structured like this:

res
|-- values --> en_US resources (default)
|-- values-de
|-- values-es
|-- values-fr --> fr_FR resources
|-- values-ko
|-- values-zh

The idea is then to modify this 'resources.arsc' file to keep only the 'values' tree.

This way, the application will systematically default to en_US resources.

Steps:

Let's suppose that:

apktool is installed in the 'D:\apktool' folder

Auto APK Tool is installed in the 'D:\AutoAPKTool3.0.1' folder

Copy 'Hello_Expense_4.0.0.FREE.apk' to 'D:\apktool\original.apk'

Run the following command:

apktool -v decode original.apk original_apktool

Copy the 'D:\apktool\original_apktool' folder to 'D:\apktool\modified_apktool'

Browse to the 'D:\apktool\modified_apktool\res' folder

Delete all the 'values-xx' folders in order to keep the 'values' folder only

Run the following command:

apktool -v b modified_apktool modified.apk

Unzip with 7zip the 'modified.apk' file to 'D:\apktool\modified\'

Copy the 'original.apk' file to 'original_with_modified_arsc_unsigned.apk'

Open 'original_with_modified_arsc_unsigned.apk' with WinRAR

Inside WinRAR, remove the 'META-INF' folder

Inside WinRAR, replace (drag and drop) the 'resources.arsc' file by this one: 'D:\apktool\modified\resources.arsc'

Close WinRAR

Go to 'D:\AutoAPKTool3.0.1'

Copy 'original_with_modified_arsc_unsigned.apk' to 'D:\AutoAPKTool3.0.1\_INPUT_APK\'

Run 'D:\AutoAPKTool3.0.1\AutoAPKToolMain.bat'

Choose Task 10 (Sign Update ZIPs / APKs)

Drag and drop the 'D:\AutoAPKTool3.0.1\_INPUT_APK\original_with_modified_arsc_unsigned.apk' file

Browse to 'D:\AutoAPKTool3.0.1\_SIGN_ZIP'

Copy the 'original_with_modified_arsc_unsigned_Signed.apk' to 'D:\apktool\original_with_modified_arsc_signed.apk'

--> 'original_with_modified_arsc_signed.apk' is the file we want

--> you can copy/rename it to 'Hello_Expense_4.0.0.FREE_enUS_signed.apk'

--> whatever language your device is in, this new apk will always display the en_US (english) interface

--> no more issues with a (really) bad translation :)

Then you can backup the data / uninstall the multilanguage version from your device

and then install this en_US ONLY version and restore the data.

You're done :)

spoutnik
[Android General] RoberGalarga:
To keep English values, or any other language, it isn't? ;)
[Android General] spoutnik000:
Hi,

Yes of course.

As I said, the structure in the 'resources.arsc' file is:

res
|-- values --> default resources (most of the time english resources)
|-- values-de --> german resources
|-- values-es --> spanish resources
|-- values-fr --> french resources
|-- values-ko
|-- values-zh

A French-language android will first look at a 'values-fr' folder, and then fall back to the default 'values' folder.

So if you want to keep only a specific language (let's call it XX), then the better way is probably to add the following step just before the "Delete all the 'values-xx' folders in order to keep the 'values' folder only" step:

- Copy the content of the 'values-xx' folder into the 'values' folder. Overwrite if asked to.

This way, the 'values' default folder will contain the resources for your specific language and will be used by any language version of android.

spoutnik
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f4T0ny:
Here I am couple of days after flashing my phone from Shpongle 2.3 rom to BEASTsense 2.1.

First things first a huge thanks to 1ceb0x and all those keeping my antique hero living on!

A great rom 1ceb0x once again thanks - hero's now a worthy competitor for Usain Bolt lol.

Back to the topic: my question: 'Is it possible to have an android phone/ROM that won't get slower over time- ie. after a few weeks or months of use?-

Why/ how does it happen? - app caches getting too full?

Is there any clearing up etc that we can do to prevent this'. (I'm aware of less homescreens widgets and apps)

My phone-

I've pretty much never cleared up my SD card- further than, on occasions deleting a few folders etc that have been left over from previously installed apps, the standard wiping the caches before flashing a new ROM, and deleting the /data /.Trash /Android /Lost.DIR folders.

Further things I do that don't help my cause: is when using a non sense ROM have to install htc ime keyboard and a dialler that searches through contacts.

Over the years have probably flashed about 10 custom ROMs.

Thanks for reading my post any tips/ advice would be appreciated.(Sorry for the essay!)