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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freakadude:
Great. I tried to delete the cache in recovery just as a try. When i rebooted i was greeted by stockish type of welcome screen with setup your phone info. So i went back to recovery to try restore the nandroid backup which is on my phone. After some time TWRP sais "Restore failed".... never had that before either.... wonderfull...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freakadude:
So this day just keeps getting weirder and weirder. While trying to somehow restore my nandroid (which still does not work btw) when i go to power off my phone via TWRP it sais no SU is installed and it seems i do not have root permissions.

Which is very odd because i am S-OFF, SuperCID for quite some time now....

What the hell is going on today? Meh...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai80:
I had the FC in com.android.systemui too, but so far i did`t have the issue with restoring. Would be also thankful for further advise... :o

Anybody an Idea?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr1960:
if you're using a custom rom try a 'dirty' flash (flash without wiping). That fixes most of these types of FCs without losing any data.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai80:
I am using the Viper 4.3 ROM, was choosing to NOT install some of the Apps that would be included on a regular install - maybe this causes the FC. I try without removing these applications. Thanks for your advise! :good::D
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Claris Chew:
HI, I just bought a samsung galaxy note 3, any case to recommend?

Was thinking of otterbox commuter series, have anyone tried the case? Is it good?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
ask in here its the best place http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-3/accessories
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moze666:
Can you suggest me a good music app? I've troed some, but nothing to get used to. If you will offer me poweramp, offer me with good link, cause I tried many :D
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pfidalgo:
PowerAmp: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer

VLC: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc.betav7neon

What's wrong with Walkman?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kirkymole:
The walkman on the Z1 is awful, it crashes fairly frequently, skips songs randomly, doesn't show album artwork properly and keeps trying to sign into the Sony network.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefunctiO:
Walkman works great for me, the best player I have ever had...

The only downside is the lack of lossless formats support...

(I also own a copy of PowerAmp)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moze666:
I said no google play links on poweramp!

Wecond of all, I need more tuning of the player, I have good headphones, so I want something more :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bodson66:
Walkman is the best music app I have used. Use the download music info to get all the album art. It has never forced closed on me on my z zl or z1. Try and clear app data. As for links buy the app from google play, you won't find links to pirated software on XDA support the devs.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanyC:
Have you tried Neutron?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tonian1878:
does no one use google music?

i have all my music uploaded to google servers and just stream. have all my songs, playlists etc across several devices including my ipad

i have plenty of data tho.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bodson66:
I used it on my nexus 4 due to only having 16gb of space. With the z1 having a 64gb card I don't need to use play music.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] braveally:
Not sure why your having so many problems with the Walkman Player. Have you tried clearing the data? I used many of the music players and even purchased a few (like PowerAmp) but for a free included app, Walkman is great. I fix album art with a mp3 editor app. Are you looking for a pirated copy of PowerAMP? Its worth the price.

I used to use Google Music as my primary player but I am in love with the walkman player. I used to use GMusicFS to mount those songs in Walkman but eventually found it easier to just keep my favorite albums on my phone as even with that I had skips in my music. I do keep it installed though in case I want to listen to anything else. At about 18,000 songs so far, I love that service.

I have a few FLAC albums that play fine in my Walkman Player. Maybe a recent update?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefunctiO:
That is interesting.. I will give it a try and will let you know.. (some of my stuff is ALAC...)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moze666:
I don't have bugs with walkman, but I want something with more options :)
[Security Discussion] Andronote3:
I ran into this article today and I wanted to see what the people on XDA think about it. This company is working on a Android phone that it's primary purpose is to protect the users privacy.

Here's the link: http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/1/1...nn-silent-circle-geeksphone-blackphone-launch

Read the article, watch the video and let me know what you think.

Sent from GNote 3 rooted with kingo.
[Security Discussion] hyshys:
Saw news about this and came here to seek out does any1 have opinions about it.

i wonder, does the safety come from hardware or is it the OS what makes this so safe.. if it is the OS, i hope some1 smart enough makes custom rom for this.
[Security Discussion] Andronote3:
I really don't see how this phone is gonna change anything. Apps and websites have keyloggers, You still need a carrier to get service from and they have control of all your traffic. What about radio frequencies that can be intercepted, IP addresses, GPS chips sending signals to satellites, baseband and firmware are connected thru the cell towers of the carrier. I'm starting to think this phone is a scam.

They said nothing about how they're dealing with all this. They are probably using the whole NSA scandal momentum to fool people into believing they are safe if they buy this phone.﻿

Sent from GNote 3 rooted with kingo.
[Security Discussion] JamieFL:
I saw an article about this venture also. This is a good thing. If he gets press about this phone, maybe other venders will take notice and start building in privacy features as well. :good:
[Security Discussion] orangek3nny:
I don't see the need for new hardware here. If they really want to secure something, they could create a mod for Android, that could be installed on a variety of devices for example.

Besides, if they encrypt telephony, messages and stuff, they will need to be decrypted again - but the question is where and how? I bet they won't have any hardware encryption module and even if they do, it will make communication with other phones impossible. Software encryption means other phones will need to install some additional software to communicate with the Blackphone and it might be a bit inconvenient.
[Security Discussion] Andronote3:
That's a good point. how a non blackphone device is gonna decipher the encryption? how is it going to get the key? How can a non blackphone device even a establish the same "secure" connection?

Sent from GNote 3 rooted with kingo.
[Security Discussion] JamieFL:
I think you are missing the point. As you or I may not NEED this kind of security, I'm sure you can think of someone who does.

Obviously, there would be two levels of privacy/security... Connections between 2 black phones and everything else. So who utilize a black phone? How about corporations and governments? Law offices, professional sports teams, or doctors and hospitals.

Now, even though I do not NEED this, if it was affordable, I would heavily consider it.
[Security Discussion] Andronote3:
I understand what you are saying and I completely agree with you. It looks like a device that corporations and the government would "benefit" more than regular users. Either way, It won't fix 90% of all the problems people face when it comes to staying safe against privacy/security breaches. I truly believe that they are using the whole NSA scandal momentum to make people believe that they are safe/secured if they buy this phone.

P.S: Nice quotes.
[Security Discussion] SaintCity86:
I saw this phone.

It isn't an answer to every privacy issue.

What its an answer to is, not having to agree to an android apps permissions to gain access to the app.

These apps don't make their money off the app sales, they make their money sending information to retailers.

Retailers own the world.

The question I still pose is... What's wrong with retailers knowing where you are?

There's nothing you can do about the government. They won't let us make things that are government proof, nor would they (The retailers ) want to.

But, what's wrong with these apps fine tuning my specific desires to my Location?

You can't stop people from stealing your identity. The hacker/firewall paradox is, for every walk you build, they will build a taller ladder.

The only thing really close to full privacy in data sending is, that light source that sends data. It's a light bulb, and the light has data in it, a sensor receives it. It can be held within the walls of a room. But that only effects a closed circuit type system. If that light source is connected to the Internet, then game over.

Why do you think record companies and movie companies keep their computer systems offline and deal in only physical media? A hacker will get into anything I'd you give him the tools and time.

This phone gives a sense of security that is non existant

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[Security Discussion] theJGstandard:
nailed it
[Security Discussion] d1rX:
The problem is Android itself. Thanks to Xprivacy, it's a lot easier to control what leaks out of your device. Personally I'd rather see more encryption mechanisms than this. FFOS seems to be on the right path
[Security Discussion] SaintCity86:
There Is nothing you can do to stop identity theft.

Nothing.

And there is nothing you can do to do the government from tapping your lines.

You want a safer form of communicating, send Voice recordings over text.

That's an entirety separate warrant, and harder to get. Other than that. It's hopeless

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[Security Discussion] repat:
I think you mean FOSS[1] = Free and Open Source Software. Anyway, I fully agree, in fact, that is the ONLY way. Closed source encryption programs can't be 100% trusted by definition. There might be security flaws, intentional or not.

Anyway. the NSA has backdoors to every operating system[2], so if you're really a target, they get you. Also, there are more than enough security holes in the layers under the operating system[3].

I think what these phones are supposed to do is bring end-to-end encryption for e.g. industry users so they don't get spied on. The NSA and the US government can get their hands on encryption keys for servers like in Lavabits case[4]. But this is the transport encryption. The data is, if not otherwise secured, available in plain text on the servers of providers. This also means, the officials can decrypt ANY data that comes in, not just the one of actual targets.

Now, end-to-end encryption makes sure even the provider can't see your data in plain text because you encrypt and decrypt it on your device. What Blackphone does is, it uses the apps from Silent Circle, a closed source encryption programm for VoIP and messages. Although the owner of that company is the well trusted cryptographer Phil Zimmerman, one can never be sure.

You can install and use Silent Circle on any(ok, a lot of) phone(s). Just make sure you don't have additional malicious software installed. Any yes, it costs $100/year or so. And you get a subscription for SpiderOak, sort of a Dropbox but they encrypt the data before uploading. Any you get a better overview over what app uses what permissions. A few extra tweaks basically.

Alternative: Android Phone with CyanogenMod/Replica. TextSecure for messages, RedPhone for VoiP and owncloud for files. Way cheaper too, and open source, also made by well respected cryptographers like Moxie Marlinspike[5]

[1] de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free/Libre_Open_Source_Software

[2] zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-08/nsa-has-full-back-door-access-iphone-blackberry-and-android-smartphones-documents-re"]backdoors to every operating system

[3] xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2530044

[4] techdirt.com/articles/20131002/17443624734/lavabit-tried-giving-feds-its-ssl-key-11-pages-4-point-type-feds-complained-that-it-was-illegible.shtml

[5] thoughtcrime.org
[Security Discussion] Autocad_man:
if they want to spy on us they can ... that's it...
[Security Discussion] _cx:
More info?

Hi all - looking for more info on this phone - just joined XDADev to post this.

Specifically, what brands might this hardware be found under? Know it's a Tinno S8515 but have yet to find out anything about that; seems like Tinno generally makes phones for other companies?

Any help is appreciated!

Best,

-Cx

:cyclops::cyclops::cyclops:
[Security Discussion] E:V:A:
The greatest challenge to securing a phone is not the OS or the apps running on it, it's the baseband. We have known for well over 30+ yeasr how to harden a *nix based system (like AOS), but we haven't even started to question WTF is going on in the closed source 10-100 MB baseband RTOS, which have fulll access to your entire FS and the most important phone operations, like SIM, RF, EMMC etc etc.

Only forcing the corrupt modem OEM's to release the sources of the Baseband firmware could improve the situation. This will never happen, unless there is another baseband Snowden out there somewhere...

We already know that the BP/CP FW is extremely insecure, and relies almost solely on obscurity as their main mechanism of protection. If this was not the case, the iPhone unlock developers would have been fekked long time ago, and the rest of us would sit around with SIM/network locked bricks filling up our bookshelves.

Unfortunately the greatest majority of the millions of XDA members are completely carefree about this issue and are only happy as long as they can "tweak some ROMs". So this will never be the place to find/see any serious baseband reversing, no matter how important it would be from a security standpoint.

So to summarize, your Qualcomm baseband will continue to send your exact GPS coordinates to the network provider at will, without you ever knowing, and without anyone (here) caring. So goes for the FM transmitter that is part of the baseband FW in both Intel and Qualcomm based phones. Do you have control over that? Never.

Only a serious long term spectrum analysis study could reveal whats going on there, where and when you're not (able) to watch.
[Security Discussion] kuromusha38:
This phone is the biggest scam lol.
[Security Discussion] iliass01:
I was wondering this too. If it is only the rom (just like the $1300 pwnphone). It should be port-able :)
[Security Discussion] setmov:
Blackphone. - no hardware security, just software, and most of it is NOT open source. Some here ([MENTION=5501417]SaintCity86[/MENTION] , [MENTION=2743289]repat[/MENTION]) has their points, and they are mostly right! If you want some security (and I said some!!!), then get rid of most of your apps (permission check and some common sense), all Google apps (yes, all of them), install a paid (not free) and high quality VPN software, don't use the phone feature (only data sim-prepaid), get an internet phone number (with no personal details), use end to end encrypted apps to make calls and send and receive texts, install Xposed and Xprivacy (or any other variant) and limit even more the apps you have on your phone. Don't use it as your only phone, but as a secure device and share your number and other infos with trusted people! In this case, maybe, you will be able to add some layer of security and actually be able to use it. And most important, don't give your phone in the hands of anyone! It is a bit paranoid, but it's the only way! But, don't be fooled! You can have some security, only if you stay under the radar, and don't gain some attention. If yes, then you have no luck! Personally, I have seen the Blackphone, and tested it for some time, and I am not really convinced it can be trusted.

Good luck!
[Security Discussion] bobo89:
Would just like to correct this common misconception, GPS is one way.

GPS receivers as found in your phones, or navigation systems, receives GPS signals only. Nothing gets sent to satellites in this process, the algorithm is purely one way.
[Security Discussion] Temetka:
It would be awesome to see an in depth study of the baseband firmware.

Regarding the GPS, thanks for the info on the transmissions. I thought it was 2-way to allow for syncing and whatnot.
[Security Discussion] LF-X:
Hi,

just ordered a BP1 as they are damn cheap theese days.

Anyone knows where to obtain working apks for Play Services and Play Store?

Thanks in advance.
[Security Discussion] rsmedley:
Who knows

The real question is does this device stop police from using things like CelleBrite UFED to get your data. I would think the inventor of PGP knows about security and he is also aware that unless a user makes the effort to do things a certain way, it would not be secure. I also wonder what the underlying phone OS is since that is the real weak point for cell phones. You can have secure android code all day long and it wont matter if the core of the phone is susceptible to attack. "We’d like to give you an example of a secondary operating system, but the fact that there’s almost no public documentation makes it very hard. The best example we can come up with is Qualcomm’s REX OS, which powered the company’s baseband processors since 1999" This is where security is attacked. I am curious as to what hardware the phone actually uses as that matters more than anything else.

"This is just one example of a secondary OS. , Your SIM also has a small processor that runs a tiny kernel that can execute Java software. (The SIM card and its OS was recently hacked, incidentally.) If your computer has some kind of secure storage area, such as ARM’s TrustZone, there’s probably another separate OS and processor in there, too." Given that AT&T secured their phone encryption contract with the gov in the 80's by building in a back door, it can be assumed that subsequent technology from AT&T and its vendor partners would follow suit. So if communication hardware at it's core is compromised then there isn't really much you can do.

They take email encryption as an example. Unless you encrypt the plain text before sending, then it is not secure period! Even though vendors like microsoft and zix mail offer encryption it is not end to end encryption. (SSL and SHA-1 are not truly secure just like a phones chipset) This phone seems to be trying to at least encrypt plaintext communication as they would be aware of the limitations from using third party hardware for the phones core. They questions should be:

If I backup my phone data, is that data encrypted automatically?

Is data stored in plaintext on the device?

Does the device use secure wipe methods for deleting data?

Can the device destroy data complete in case of emergency?

If this phone can do these things then they are certainly providing you better protection than anything else. If you a really want a phone that can enforce security look into the nokia n900. There is a reason that phone was banned by certain governments and why it still will cost you 600 for a brand new one.

-credit to Extremetech.com for partial content
[Security Discussion] testy1212698:
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[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbb13:
can anyone know a way that actually works to expand x8 memory? mounts2sd, cronmodscripts, a2sd xdata ? i've tried loads of roms with all of these ways but i always end up in bootloops or FC's. Link2sd is actually not so useful since it keeps much things in internal so you quickly get insufficient storage messages.So i need someone that has tried something that works
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jay-z-s:
I didn't create ext partition on my SD ever but my friend did this (1gb ext for SD) and now he's got 1.2 gbs of internal which is showing up in apps storage :-| :-/ (look for online guides)

I personally prefer android's native app to SD, the only problem with this is some apps don't move to SD(failed to move message) but you can force them to move to external by an app like system tuner or system cleanup (root required):beer::thumbup:

Hope that I could help you
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
Mounts2sd. Just be sure you have a fast sdcard.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reynbow:
I'm using a Galaxy Note 3. I've flashed it with a ROM called X-Note which was really great! And it had 3 options for custom kernals to use. I can't remember which one I chose, all I remember is the other two seemed to prevent my phone from booting. (maybe the issue, I'm no expert).

And now I have recently flashed CM11 via temasek's build and it's working very well indeed. The thing is though, they seem to have their own kernal that I can use. I'm not though, I'm just wondering what it is and if I should try using it.

From my experience some kernals can stop the phone from booting. Is this true? Maybe it was just coincidence for me? Can anyone explain?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
temasek's kernel is very good and yes flash it great for battery

use this cwm install with twrp or odin up to you i used odin
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caniv:
heya

i just got a new SD card, 32gb class 10 and i think it might be defective.

when i put it into the phone and start SD tools to test speed (mnt/extSdCard) which WORK Swith another SD

here at first it tried to scan and said "error" (again, this works with another SD) and sometimes it fails to mount and says "invalid path" (same path)

not sure waht to do

i put it in my laptop (which was also problematic at first) and format it to exFAT 32 unit size but still, no go..

what am i doing wrong?

EDIT:

i now ran format via the s4 itself, it ran the test once, got a 2.4 write speed and 8.9 read, isnt that super slow for class 10? also after first test it fails to run another
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] luissa01:
Need help. I`m going crazy for last 3 months!!! Needed to send my S100 for repair and did a backup. when got it back and tried to restore backup.stg file goes almost until the end, but.... then does not load 4 dll and some databases that I think are from from the outlook. I have set the Regional Settings as previously, but does not work. The fact is that I have everything back except all my telephone numbers and outlook contacts that I have collected for the last 3 years!!!

NEED HELP!!! Thank anybody!! :idea: ??
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] XShell:
You shouldn't use ActiveSync for backup (often problems with restore), use SpriteBackup.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gixy:
I'm now trying quite a while to gain S-Off on my HTC One . After lots of tries, i've noticed this in my bootloader ( OS-)

As wel if i "getvar all" it doesn't show it eather . ROM is runninng fine , but was wondering how to fix this

Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
You're on a 4.3 ROM. Just flash a custom kernel (ElementalX/teaMseven) and retry s-off. Once that's done, flash any RUU and everything will be good
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gixy:
Already tried ElementalX , and lots of other kernels & ROM's . Have gotten teamviewer support, but we can't seem to figure out what's the problem .

My ROM- is blanc. I was wondering what's causing this issue & how i'm able to fix this

I've also tried ubuntu , nothing seems to work, i've got several threads about this

Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
Well, what's your build number? The 3.xx.xx.xx number? Any idea what your CID is?