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[General Questions and Answers] TheStrokerace:
1. You can't leave android. Its hard bedded into your system. All those otehr so called O/S are not replacing Android as they need Android to run.

2.It doesn't matter what you use or have on your phone. Google is always tracking you. It just not on your phones, its on your computer too. You see all those useless google ads? Well that is what they are using to follow you with. Every app, every game, every websites uses them to generate money from you. You don't even need to click them for the person to make money.

Basically it has to do with greed. People want to make money and don't want to work for it. So they make cheap useless google ads and let google do all the work for them.

So if you want them to stop spying, following you, get rid of your smart phones and go with a basic phone that can't connect to the internet. Half the people here use this same technics in their signatures here. I use ad blockers on all my browsers don't use the useless apps from google store and use other peoples internet so no one can find me. I turned off all tracking features and use programs like MagicJack to make phone calls.
[General Questions and Answers] unclefab:
Yep, true, one has to be careful with one's computer too.

I use Tor when I want to be completely anonymous, and on Firefox (Google chrome? No thanks!) I have all sorts of add ons, like one that disable java script, one that prevents lso cookies, one that automatically deletes other cookies, ghostery etc. And when I finish, let's say my xda cession, I erase all history and cookies from the navigator.

Regarding my phone, I don't really use it as a phone since I don't need it. I use it for internet, and when I don't, or when I'm on Wi-Fi, I switch the airplane mode on.

Regarding other os, maybe ubuntu touch still needs android but what about Mozilla os? It will go on Mozilla phones, and to my understanding it will be free of android spyware.

There's one thing I would like to know. Is it possible, when building an android os from source, to remove all the Google spyware directly from the core?

A interesting article about the way Google cares about people's privacy:

http://dottech.org/121987/google-sa...nally-admitted-google-doesnt-respect-privacy/
[General Questions and Answers] Zephyr!:
What's MagicJack?
[General Questions and Answers] DBZo07:
It's free calling app to people in US and Canada.. With that app we can directly call to there phone.. So person whom we calling doesn't require Internet.. Person calling needs sufficient Internet speed..

I am using since 5 years..

sent via i9082 CM 10.1.3
[General Questions and Answers] TheStrokerace:
Ok, it doesn't matter what you remove, what permissions on set to, etc. Google still tracks you. They do it by Ads. They do it by your IP, Wifi connections. For those that think Tor is safe, think again. The FBI just busted a big russian bank ring using Tor and an add on for FF. Now I just heard on the news last night, that the NSA and british secuirty are using Google Cookies to spy on us all. They are using some sort of tool google uses to tracks our habits online. Any site that uses google ads contribute to allow them access to track your habits and searches online.
[General Questions and Answers] hi_blues:
Is there a way out of this?

Hmmm never heard about all this till today..... well :confused:

Any solution ?
[General Questions and Answers] DataUnit:
Google had a contract with NSA. NSA used intels which came from Google, Yahoo, Skype, Microsoft and other companies.

Google was a part of PRISM program. So they should provide data to NSA.

It was not only Google;

Skype, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, YouTube, Apple and many other companies helped NSA.

We know this activity as "Mass Surveillance". (See Wikipedia page for more information)

Nowadays, SELinux is a part of Android.

It has been included in KitKat (for first time!).

We all know that SELinux is one of NSA projects, but because of that it is an open-source and free software, too many people use it.

I am saying that it is not Google, It is NSA that forces us to sync all personal data in their cloud systems!
[General Questions and Answers] MercMode:
One solution is not provide any personal information when making calls, messaging or using the internet and any applications on your device but that wouldn't be fun lol even then your location could still be compromised

I could go on about how the NSAs surveillance covers the whole world with their jurisdiction over american based mainstream media and entertainment but I'm sure you're all already aware.
[General Questions and Answers] unclefab:
Finally I made that thread about security on Android (yeah, a bit late but better late than never;)), if anyone is interested it's there:

http://xdaforums.com/general/security/tuto-how-to-secure-phone-t2960077
[General Questions and Answers] Primokorn:
Nice thread guys. I do not have any Lolippop roms to flash :) so here is my two cents.

• You are talking a lot about Google ads & search engine but we should not forget all other projects Google - has including Nest (Google is always in your house), robotics, nanotechnologies and so on. Our Android phone will be one of the tools they can use to collect personal data. Example: these kinds of technology could be used to adjust the cost of our assurance as per our state of health. Do you think that's a fair situation?

• Google offers free softwares and services in return for privacy. Google earns money thanks to these data then they improve their products in order to get everyone addicted. How many addicted people "need" to flash roms, kernels, mods every day? How many addicted people spend hours and hours on social networks?... and sacrifice their real life?

• Regarding political, international & conspiracy subects I'd to say a couple of things:

1. Do not (only) read/watch mass media (my TV is always turned off - I just use it for some DVDs and to cast videos). We should not assume that what they say is always the truth. Thousands of nice books are available and alternative media exists. They also have interested things to share and we understand a LOT of things.

2. If you are waiting for a law to protect your privacy then you are going to wait for a long time. In France, websites can now be closed without any Court decision! Do you really trust them to protect your little interests? They do not hesitate to create new laws to steal more and more money. Recently the Gov decided to create a new law: the aim is to tax our bank account. Consequently, in case of 'financial difficulties' (we already have huge financial difficulties lol), they can take 10% of your savings without your agreement. So what Mister X will do? He will go to his bank to take his money out then he will pay everything in cash. But hey, politicains are stupid. They created another law to prohibit any cash payment for any amount over 300€. It means that Mister X must have a bank account to pay bills, taxes,... The circle is complete.

• I sincerely do not understand why there are so few devs interested enough to dig this subject of privacy. I doubt we need nightlies to flash. I doubt we need dozens of custom roms. But I do think this subjetc should be taken seriously.

In a nutshell, saying that nothing can be done, that destroying all our tech products is the only solution, that living in a jungle is the only way of life... is ridiculious. Even if we can't live a perfect world we can try to make this world a better place.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harry9991:
I only got my HTC One yesterday from Carphone Warehouse and I suffered a nasty fall on my bike today where I landed on my side, unfortunately, the phone took some damage... I only have the HTC standard warranty with it, it was purchased via Carphone Warehouse with no additional things. I did purchase a case from Amazon and it's due to arrive but it's a bit late for that..

Is that anything that I can do? I bought this phone for its elegance and beauty, but I seemed to have screwed it over in the few unprotected days it had to endure.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildstang83:
Thread cleaned.

Please do not discuss how to commit insurance fraud on these forums.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amrut223:
No you cannot. End of story.
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] itsme:
codename for the sp3 smartphone, also known as the spv c500.

see HTC_Typhoon in the wiki.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b2dj:
Whenever i press the app drawer button it always vibrate. Anyway to remove that? Help pls.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b2dj:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broman.m:
I'd like to know that too :\ quite annoying feature.
[HTC One X+] DarthOfBagEnd00:
I have a rooted HOX+ running android revolution HD 6.5. Whenever I flash a new kernel (using USB and hasoon's excellent toolkit) I always encounter the same problem. I always lose the radio completely (except for Bluetooth). I was wondering if this is something to do with the toolkit or perhaps flashing over USB. I was wondering if anybody else encounters this problem. I know it isn't a major concern our anything I would just like to flash custom kernels mainly because I want to use AOSP ROMs.

Thanks in advance,

Darthofbagend00 :)
[HTC One X+] gothicasshole:
Make sure the kernel is ment fir the one x+ and not the one x and the radio is tricky bc its still s-on and in a mother partition we can't acess
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxnoelziexx:
Does anyone know when the nexus 4 gets released in the UK? Just want something a bit different which I know not everyone will have.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BunBun4000:
Got a HTC Dev edition on release. First thing I did was flash CWM recovery with fastboot and rooted.

Everything has been working great until yesterday. I went to test the wifi tether as I am out of town this weekend and need to tether my tablet and laptop to my phone. Ever since, however, I have been unable to access any google services from the phone via wifi or data network. Everything else connects and works fine and I can even tether and use the internet just fine. However the wifi tether options were all grayed out.

So I backed everything up and tried to flash the stock RUU downloaded from HTCdev. Fails with Error 155. I tried flashing stock recovery. RUU still gets error 155. So I did a factory reset from the bootloader and still I am unable to connect to google services. Since its factory fresh I have to add my account but when I try to do so I get the following error "couldn't sign in - Can't establish a reliable connection to the server. This could be a temporary problem or your Android device may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call Customer Care." But my data connection is working fine and I can use gmail from a web browser no problem.

I checked the hosts file and its fine (no hard coded ip for google stuff) and I am at a loss of what to do to fix this now. Since factory reset the wifi tether options are all there but my google servies still will not work.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BunBun4000:
Ok I locked the bootloader then ran the RUU again. Part way through it screwed up gave error 155 again and then all I had was a black screen with !points in triangles in the corner. Restarted the RUU and my phone. Went through the process again and then in completed sucessfully.

So now back into my phone and still I can not connect to google services. gives same "can't establish a reliable data connection to the server" error.

I am at a loss.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mastershplinter:
Similar Problem

I've got a similar problem.

I was attempting to root my phone, so I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it, with unlocked and tampered now showing up on the bootloader screen. However when i went to restore my settings by signing into google play and dropbox I get the same message, that I cannot connect to the severs. However this only exists in google apps and dropbox as facebook works fine as does the browser!

At a complete loss with this, any help would be much appreciated also!!!!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BunBun4000:
I've made a bit of progress. If I limit my phone to wcdma then I can get it to work periodically. But it will still give me no connection every now and then. If I play with mobile setting's sui that it disconnects and connects a few times it will start working again for a bit.

I'm starting to wonder if this is an google issue.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Durv84:
I got a brand new HTC One delivered today and after turning it on to try the audio and check the difference with/without beats I realised I couldn't turn it on. Tried to plug the headphones, nothing changed, looked into the settings again not change. I tried without FM radio, HTC Music, Youtube app, Google Play Music app and the end result was always the same, no change.

Does anyone knows how to fix this? I search and haven't found any solution on XDA neither in the whole web.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redbull123:
You mean that the toggle switch is greyed out and won't let you switch it on/off?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Durv84:
Yes...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redbull123:
I'd just return it for a new one. Should work out of the box.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChriisM:
Did you ever get this sorted?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daiskei:
Alright, I got my N4 about 3 days ago now and I have been scared to death about getting the red light of death... Lol. So, I searched about the forums and read a few posts here and there and came to some conclusions on how not to let it happen, however, I wanted to ask... Is there anything in particular I can do to prevent this other than not letting the device discharge to 0%? I thought it was good to let a battery fully discharge every now and again to do a full charge? Anyway, that's all. I appreciate the responses.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snak3ater:
Nothing to worry about..I have no idea about the battery level reaching 0%..I never leave my battery fall that low..

But most people with such issue were doing benchmarking ie using Antutu..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
i wouldnt say most. many were even just stock phones doing nothing much. the reason you hear much about antutu is because when benching at high cpu speeds, the battery drains faster. also, when benchmarking at high cpu speeds, you tend to crash occasionally. when you crash, many times itll "lose" a lot of batter %. its not really losing that %, but the battery stats become inaccurate, and the phone thinks that the % is lost. many times itll go to 0 or 1%. when it goes to 0%, thats when rlod happens.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaggyjags:
It once happened to me while I was playing shadowgun on 3G and charging with nearly no battery left. Power supply was not enough for both the game and the data and it switched off and the red light showed for about 5 minutes before I could switch it on again. No big problem.

Went it turned on again I just set max cpu frequency to 1Ghz and that's all. No problems with power supply and game was still smooth.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bhavpreet:
Im starting to question the battery of my htc one, it seems to die fairly quickly compared to what ive read around the internet about it. It goes from 100 to 90 percent within 20 minutes of gradually texting (about 10 texts).

Thus i want to test the battery before i consider sending it to be checked/repaired. So is there anyway to test the htc one battery and compare the results to an average of what is expected for the device? My best bet would be a video playback loop, in which the htc one is said to last 10 hours. But the problem is..how is the video playback loop test conducted?

1. what setting is the screen brightness?

2. how high is the volume?

3. and essentially what video is used, how good is the quality?

If there is a norm for how video playback is conducted, or if anyone has tried to test their battery using a playback loop, can you post the parameters for the test, as well as how long the battery lasted?

I know its kind of a weird question, but hopefully someone has some insight as to how its done, thanks in advance.

Edit: Dont post this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2155788, as it doesnt answer my question at all.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Stefan0vic:
Hey there everyone,

I decided to make a new topic since my other thread had a way other issue. I want to have a custom rom of AOKP on my HTC one x. I've downloaded the file, installed CWM etc. Now my question is what Gapps do I need? Is it rom specific? I know that AOKP runs on android 4.2.2.

Do I need CyanogenMod 10.1.x	4.2.2 Gapps?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
Most roms will have a link to the proper Gapps package within OP but yes, if it's a 4.2.2 rom, the cm 4.2.2 gapps should work fine.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ryaniskira:
I believe you do if you flash the wrong version of GAPPS it can boot loop you.

Nexus 4 CyanogenMod 10.1.0RC2
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Stefan0vic:
Ah yes, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2052610 This first linked me to an enormous site with alot of Gapps which confused me. But once I scrolled down to check I could still find the Gapps that were reccomended for that build.

Excuse me for my impatience :) Carry on!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Stefan0vic:
How do I perform a FULL wipe though?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Duckman5:
Reboot into recovery, do a factory reset, wipe /system/, and (optional) wipe the sdcard. Just remember that if you wipe the sdcard you will be wiping the zip files you were going to flash. So, you might want to do that part AFTER installing the Rom and gapps.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
A Full wipe consists of wiping: Cache, dalvik cache, system and factory reset in recovery.

TWRP 2.4+ seems to have issues wiping so if you get error messages or bootloops after doing a full wipe and flashing a new ROM, this could be why. TWRP version of choice is 2.3.3.1

Installing the wrong GAPPS will typically create Force closes when you boot up or try to launch and apps within GAPPS. I've never seen flashing the wrong gapps cause bootloops.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
Shiizzzzzz, I flash every gapp package under the sun for every aosp Rom there is for the XL lol... My favorites are midnight gapps... Worked perfect on all roms.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Duckman5:
I keep seeing advice like this on the boards, but doesn't the factory reset wipe both /data and /cache? I honestly want to know so I don't give people bad advice.

Regardless, good call on the twrp version.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
Yes but redundancy never hurt anyone. Also, when you take into account the issues with both cwm and twrp across multiple devices, it's best to be overly cautious than not cautious enough. Sometimes I wipe it all twice just to ease my mind. If you read on Tweamwin's site, they also say that most ROM installs wipe the system partition so you should never have to wipe it, but I think we all know that's BS.

TWRP, CWM, ROMS, MODS, these are all developed by random people I don't know, who also have no part in the original manufacture/design of my device. Better to be safe than sorry, I always say.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Duckman5:
Fair enough. I guess when you are dealing with stuff that could seriously mess up an expensive device a little caution can't hurt.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
I agree 100%

I always do double wipes of everything before flashing something. And I wipe cache/dalvik after the flash too. I expect that's the reason I never have issues after booting my phone up.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayanWarden:
Does the GPU have some dedicated memory for caching textures, geometry etc. ?

If yes, does it share this memory with the CPU, so do textures use up visible user RAM?

Also, do the GPU and CPU share the same memory controler? If yes, that would be a shame...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
pg 10/11 of the Tegra3 Technical Reference Manual. Google is your friend.

Something to be borne in mind is that the power envelope of the entire N7 tablet is only about 2 Watts... and that it's a $200 device.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shyam2010:
Ok, here's my problem , i recently upgraded to Jellybean pre rooted .200 version , my bootloader is unlocked, anyway, since i got an upgrade to jb , i am from india , and, it may be due to the new baseband version, my friends cant call me or reach me(GSM only), how should i put this, even when there's full signal level on my phone, my friends cant seem to reach me, and there was no such problem in ics .55 , anyway, this not only happens to calls, also to text messages as well, the message only reaches my phone after several minutes ,after the message has been sent from another phone,but sometimes its normal and heres the interesting thing,if i switch it to 3g signal(WCDMA only) i get it like normally, and because in my home there is little to no 3g signal at all ,i could only use GSM network, so i miss calls from my friends like 5 times a day , they shout at me, "i called you, its unreachable everytime" ,and so forth and so so, so, if theres any way i can solve this problem, like changing baseband (.55 one) if its possible? or any help would be deeply appreciated,
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shyam2010:
can someone help me with this ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dude_creative:
We are in the same boat, Sony has messed up 2g gprs edge in this 200, 197 release. Maybe we need to wait for India baseband. For now went back to stable gingerbread ftf
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shyam2010:
i have no data connectivity issues, just the network problem, i have 3g and 2g working, but the problem is...well, the one i said before...well thanks for the reply dude !! :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] uber_cool:
i also have same issue in 2g its slow like hell i from india i am back to ics plz solve this problem
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kubekpop:
Try setting Google APN in Rom Toolbox and tick Override on mobile. Does the job for me ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] uber_cool:
2g

how??? plz guide me
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kubekpop:
In order to do this you need to be rooted. Then open any root explorer, best would be Rom Toolbox with build.prop editor (Performance->build.prop editor). There you add these values: net.ppp0.dns1=8.8.8.8 and net.ppp0.dns2=8.8.8.4 on the bottom of the opened file or in editor tap "+" and add them via shell.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dude_creative:
Thanks. will try this one mate
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jinalvora:
I tried but didnt worked On My Xperia s indian version!!

May be i didnt override mobile settings...how to do it??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kubekpop:
There's no need. For some ppl it works for some unfortunately not. It needs to be deeper, coz it can establish connection. Now I don't know what is that but I'll keep looking.

PS. You can try to add same DNS on, these are net.rmnet.dns1=8.8.8.8 net.rmnet.dns2=8.8.4.4 And I have given you wrong DNS :/ All four lines should look like:

net.rmnet0.dns1=8.8.8.8

net.rmnet0.dns2=8.8.4.4

net.ppp0.dns1=8.8.8.8

net.ppp0.dns2=8.8.4.4

Check if it works ;) But if it works, don't be so happy yet, test it for some hours before being sure - for me sometimes stops working :crying:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jinalvora:
Thanks for the help but hard luck for me!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TaherPrimas:
Hope so SONY solves All these bugs in the next release thats coming up
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] RISHI RAJ:
Did any one try these settings with baseband of ics
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shyam2010:
i am gonna do this right now and try it !! thanks for your help man !! :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] RISHI RAJ:
so solved?