yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MBRedline:
Nice work, I am looking forward to seeing where you get with this. I rooted with kingo a little while back.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmike6453:
subbed for results. Thanks for taking the time to look into this and sharing with us, very intriguing
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Thank you. It would be much preferable to having a static ARM (not PC-based) binary that needs no network access to get it's job done. Open source would be even better - even in the case of a completely static binary with no need for network access, the device owner is still "turning over their device" to that program and trusting that it is not malicious. After all, if it succeeds, it pwns the targeted device.

Although, truth be told, that just makes Sammy's job of closing off the hole that much easier, but that's the nature of the arms race.

Q about your previously posted (and now redacted) summaries - what is typical for false positive detection rates for random executables submitted to those "all in one" virus scanning services? Seems like the candidate malware identified would have shown some evident symptoms (popup ads, site redirection, etc) on folks platforms - unless it just lies dormant for a while or has been subverted itself to serve other needs (bot, etc).

What was the nature of the .xml that was being downloaded - did you have a look?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Digital DJ:
I'm confused, what is it particularly you are looking for in kingo? I just ripped with kingo a couple days ago. Should I be worried about anything?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazylary:
Opps! ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazylary:
Yes

What he said :)

I would like to add that the coders of kingo have gone above and beyond trying to hide there exploits methods and everything around it. i would do the same if i had a exclusive exploit like this... Exploits cost money if you want to use them. nothing is free nothing. They get something out of it. Or they would not return emails or update the software Would you? It sure as **** is not advertising on there site.

fyi one of the files that is download from kingos servers is called root_kit_base.sbin
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christianpeso:
Why blur out the program you are using?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazylary:
personal

here are the programs

colasoft caspa enterprise 7

ida pro 6.5 arm hex rays

wireshark

cascade pilot enterprise

burp suite pro

just like to not have personal info exposed.. habit i guess.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Digital DJ:
Thanks for the info guys, that was a well thought out Super long answerand I read it all. ..twice. It doesn't "seem"like I need to worry though. My root with kingo went well, took less than 5 minutes if I remember and my device seems better because of it. Is There anything I should keep an eye out for?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlin:
I'm confused, did you actually find something malicious or is that where chainfire comes in?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
There is an .apk availkable with a closely related name and having the same md5 sig. Google is your friend. It also was on the Google market for a while until it was removed/banned. So I doubt it is much of a secret from Google.

Seems as if the same .apk is/was used by the vroot tool as well.

It's manifest indicates network connectivity privileges, so probably it shouldn't be installed/run by folks who are paranoid. Too bad it is not fully self-contained.

I suppose it could be kanged with smali/backsmali to remove privileges from the Android manifest for live evaluations, or the app's armeabi JNI lib could be reversed with IDA/Hexrays*. I would try some of this, but I am away from a dev station for a week or so.

It appears to use both the camera and some activity from the android terminal emulator (jackpal).

As far as the title of the OP is concerned, I'm not convinced that a conclusive proof of maliciousness has been obtained. Nor has it been ruled out, either.

But it sure would be far more comfortable to have a phone-only rooting app with almost no app privileges... even if that only lasts until the next release.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlin:
Is it possible that information is needed on a per device basis in order to implement the exploit? Thus network connectivity would be essential for a universal rooting tool?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenneu:
Any updates on getting to the bottom of Kingo? Perhaps your investigation maybe had "something to do with" the apparent Kingo servers being "down"....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defusEDtech:
bump
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Kinda wondered that myself. Nothing materially changed on the device end of things for the VZW GN3 ... and all of a sudden a bunch of new reports that Kingo no longer works on that (unchanged) device... ?

Could be mere coincidence ... or could be that Kingo didn't want folks looking under the hood... hard to know.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrPhant0m:
bump

I'm still on MI9, and I used the original Root De La Vega technique to do so. However, I'd like to know what's "under the hood" with Kingo before Verizon releases a kitkat update... in hopes that kingo's reputation will be cleared and also that kingo will be able to keep root on my phone when I update to kit kat. (Both tall orders, I know)

If I can throw in my two cents of paranoia... I realize that thousands of users have "used kingo and have not realized any issues" so my concern is not for popups or adware or anything that a user would realize. Besides, wiping the phone and installing a fresh ROM would probably fix that. Root access is a two-way street. Perhaps there's a possibility that part of my bandwidth or CPU power is being sapped (through an app or skimmed info I mention later) for some kind of crowd-computing bot network with nefarious intentions. That's concerning, too. But, data and battery impact would be evident.

<tin foil hat>

But... perhaps, during that initial kingo run, the combination of ESN, IMEI, and SIM card info unique to your specific phone is stored and archived somewhere; enough to "clone" your phone elsewhere, to be used in the future for whatever purpose necessary. Is this possible? I only know what I've seen on TV and the movies. Like...

Imagine if someone at the post office skimmed everyone's credit card as they passed through the mail, and saved the info (as they did in 1992's "Mo' Money" starring Damon Wayans)... so that individual could, at any time, swipe a blank card through a magstrip writer, and "clone" any of the cards that they skimmed for their own use. (I have personally been compromised in this way - being alerted that my debit card was used to purchase high-dollar works of art from a gallery in Canada. I was 16, and attending high school in pennsylvania) Now... swap out the credit cards for cell phone info... and that's one explanation of why kingo does what they do, the way they are doing it... with no noticeable impact to the user. Yet. I don't want to sound dramatic... but, a possibility could exist for an explosive device to be triggered with a burner phone that has been cloned from someone that rooted with kingo. You receive a seemingly random text message from an unknown number... and something explodes somewhere.

</tin foil hat>
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alsgarage:
Aww dang it. I guess I'm going to wait for another method to be on the safe side. ..... flashing withdrawal though. .....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warriorpluto:
Yea I downloaded the new kingo and my ip blocker blocked their ftp access.I knew something was up
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warriorpluto:
Any updates?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjh68:
Lol..should make a movie [emoji4]
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alt230:
Help rooting my VZW note 3

How? I tried and tried rooting with Kingo. It kept coming back to the "root" radio button after, "root failed". If there's something I need to do first please tell me. I checked the" allow from unknown sources" tab after unhiding the USB area. As far as I can tell I prepped it as described.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warriorpluto:
Probably your firewall blocking their connection lol and its a good thing its blocking it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanbg:
Camera Driver Vulnerability
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christianpeso:
Does this explain the mtkcamera.apk being installed during the rooting process?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warriorpluto:
Bump
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedScotch:
mmm power

This is the province of XPrivacy [Pro] or DonkeyGuard is it not?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gasgrassorarse:
and the outcome was???

So what was the outcome? Is Kingo safe to use or not? I don't wan't any more unnecessary spying or access than I already have on my yet to be rooted tablet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thornev:
Who cares. We have towelroot now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadevnube:
While true, I think it is still a good lesson and we could learn from Kingo. It may help in the future to keep shady root methods at bay.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] hugoaap:
Hello guys.

What are your experiences with battery saver apps and moto g?

I'm having some results with Snapdragon Battery Guru and Dimmer to reduce screen brightness. I'm not rooted yet.

I've read about Greenify and certainly gonna try it when get rooted.

Would you share what you have found about saving battery?

What would you suggest?

Any ROM in special? Apps? Tips? Prayers? :D

Does the JB stock rom , with Motorola and Google system apps. drains too much my power?

I'm sure it does more than a custom ROM , but could you tell about this difference? How much more juice would you it save in comparison?

I use low screen brightness, no sync at all, no battery killers like Facebook, but still feel like I could have more battery time from my moto g.

Thanks in advance.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] lt.anthonydelgado:
Update to greenify no longer requires root :D
[Moto G Themes and Apps] hugoaap:
Hello, thanks for the advice, I'm trying it but it requires manual force stop to every app... This is annoying, but at least works and help speeding up the close of several apps

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[Moto G Themes and Apps] monchee:
I'm also curious of battery stats with people who have Greenify (rooted) on their Moto G.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] hugoaap:
Anyone to share some useful opinion?

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[Moto G Themes and Apps] fuzileirobr:
I use greenify (rooted). I use my moto all day normaly: some calls, 3g on (ever), some pictures, tuneIn (about 45 min.), IM+ on (with Facebook, gtalk, skype signed in), play some chess of sudoku, Surf in the web by Dolphin Browser.

I freezed a lot of apps with Titanium Backup (Motorolas apps). In the night, I have 40%
[Moto G Themes and Apps] hugoaap:
Nice to know, i got to root my moto g only to freeze motirola and google stuff

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[Moto G Themes and Apps] cra1g321:
I have 41% battery left and it says 2 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes on battery.

Screen is listed at the top as usual with 44% and says Time On - 5hours 40minutes

I don't use any batter saving app or even the Motorola one because I am using the GPE ROM now.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] mdentener:
Screenshot or it didnt happen. :P Seriously though, if those numbers are legit I also need GPE ROM.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] cra1g321:
Posted in another thread - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49980746&postcount=321

Read what i said though, it might also be due to me flashing the ROM's and the new ROM not reading the battery correctly the first time or two.

** Don't be so eager to jump to GPE because of my post **
[Moto G Themes and Apps] gregneal:
you charged it in the middle. why would you bother sharing those stats?
[Moto G Themes and Apps] cra1g321:
Because I'm near sure it was only me connecting it to the pc a couple of times, i guess i could of been wrong.

Does the graph in the battery menu, show when the battery is charged again ?

I'm back on the UK kitkat ROM, so i will see how i get on once i run the battery fully down, then fully charge, and make sure not to connect it to the pc.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] georgiangelov:
Yup, I connected it to the PC to transfer some big files and it charged up to 10%
[Moto G Themes and Apps] hugoaap:
Hello guys. Im using kit kat stock with greenify no rooted, and my battery last more than when i had jelly bean stock ROM.

Im using any other APP, i tried snapdragon battery saver but it did nothin, actually i noticed it was draining it faster.

Try Greenfy even if your are not rooted, it is awesome.

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[Moto G Themes and Apps] mrcorey:
Snapdragon battery guru. Had it installed for about a week and it seems to be working, now that it's learned my habits.

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G Themes and Apps] hugoaap:
It just seems to set the sync of some apps, nothing else... Was no good for me

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[Moto G Themes and Apps] djscopesofm:
The battery is epic on this phone. Why do you need to improve it? It lasts way longer than a whole day. What more do you need?

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[Moto G Themes and Apps] caronaakk:
My moto g takes 3 to 3.30 hours for charging 20 % to 100%.

Is it normal ?

I am charging with Indian charger comes with box.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] allkpop:
The battery on this guy is sure epic. Standby time is really incredible for a smartphone. I usually last 18 hours light-moderate usage and about 12 hours of heavy usage. Note that I only use 2G since Wi-Fi is available on my home and school.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] krish_kc89:
Yep. Normal, as the charger is 500 mah, use 1A or 2A charger to charge quickly
[Moto G Themes and Apps] pedrosena420:
App "NightMode"

I use "NightMode", it helps to decrease the screen brightness to the max and she almost missed off, it helps a lot since MotoG has AMOLED screen.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] rogeriorp:
Dude, wait what? The G doesn't have a AMOLED screen. I believe you meant the X.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] dwhite1972:
try batteryguru okay it takes 5 odd days to fully work but my battery went from roughly 6 to 9 hours
[Moto G Themes and Apps] djscopesofm:
How do you guys have such bad battery life? Is it 9 hours screen of time? Coz I can get that normally without greenify or anything.

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[Moto G Themes and Apps] cakalusa:
I'm averaging about 5 hrs OST on 2 days total use.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] the_hustler:
I get around 2:30 of screen time. Even my Galaxy Nexus got that much. Considering that I bought this phone only for the battery, I am disappointed.

Not sure what is going wrong
[Moto G Themes and Apps] balajiasmartguy:
Am getting 4.30 hrs screen on time... 12 hrs battery back up... With 2-3 hrs 2g net. 30 min gaming... Is it normal... No battery saver apps... Stock... Unrooted...

Its Moto G 16Gb Stock
[Moto G Themes and Apps] andiroxu:
A Suggestion!

I would suggest to use Easy Battery Saver with Green Power. I bet they improve lots of battery drain. I'm too using Snapdragon Battery Guru along these two. Take my words they use 3G/WiFi when screen on and stop any syncs in background. Give a shot you will not revert.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] lost101:
Xposed Media Scanner Optimizer is another way to prevent unnecessary battery-loss. Obviously, root and Xposed Framework is required. Also, since it hasn't been mentioned: I recommend DS Battery Saver. It is more effective if you are rooted.

Custom Kernels are in my experience far superior to Stock Kernels when it comes to battery-life, but again, as with everything else I've mentioned; require an unlocked Bootloader.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] squat251:
I cannot ping my IP while tethering on my phone. Is there a way to unblock inbound connections on the site, or is it a phone option? There are apps to do this, but they all say you need to be able to ping the phone, and I can't.

I use my phone's tethering as my main internet while at home (unlimited plan) but can't host any games because no one can connect to me.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] squat251:
Still not a thing? I can't ask anywhere else due to the post limitations.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] jpradley:
While your computer is tethered to the Internet through your phone, what are the IP numbers of the phone and of the computer?

What IP number are you trying to ping, and whence?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] squat251:
The current IP for all computers connected to my phone is: 70.194.2.149

Using that IP I cannot host any games. Though for some reason I can on PS4, so I have no idea what's going on there.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] jpradley:
Every ethernet port, wired or not, has an IP address. Two devices cannot have the same IP address, each address on a network has to be unique. 70.194.2.149 is the (public WAN) address of a single device, probably that of the incoming port of your router. Your computers each have their own IP numbers (typically in the 192.168.x.y numbering scheme). Your router also has an address in that same number range, for use on its inside (private LAN) ethernet connections.

I don't want to write a dissertation on NAT (network address translation), but that is what the router performs so that your browsers or your Telo "appear" to be coming from 70.194.2.149. Net result,as far as your computers are concerned: they can call out, intitiate a connection to wherever, but nothing can initiate any contact to them from the outside world (short of doing some "port forwarding" in the router). Look up NAT iand port forwarding in a search engine.

BTW, what is "PS4"?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] squat251:
Playstation 4. All of my PC's connect to the internet through my phone. There is no router, there is no ethernet. They all share the same IP because that is the IP of my phone (my best guess.) That is why all the targeted ads are from the same town. I don't know where in my first post, or any there after you gathered that I am having issues with a router.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] jpradley:
Ah, OK. Then it is your phone which is acting as a router and is doing the NAT procedures. I don't know how to make a phone forward specific IP ports to specific IP addresses.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] cmlusco:
You need a port forwarding app to allow incoming traffic to reach the right device on the network.

Forward what ever port(s) your game uses from the public wan ip to the game consoles ip provided by the phone.

So lets say forward port 1234 (or all ports) to 192.168.1.10, or what ever the game consoles ip is.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] squat251:
That would work, only all the port forwarding apps require that you be able to ping your public IP. I cannot, all packets are lost no matter what method I use. I would call and ask Verizon, but I have unlimited data, and there is no way I will let them weasel that out of me.
[HTC Sensation] MaratabHashmi:
I port experia Rom but i have no any knowledge how to add screen touch driver rom booted but touch did not work

please help anyone know throug PM

:confused:
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RajeevBN:
Hi Guys,

I am using Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i & is rooted. I had 4GB memory card & had only 2 partitions FAT32(3.25 GB) & Linux ext3 (500MB) & was working well. All my apps were residing in this (ext3) partition /data/sdext2.

Yesterday I took backup of SDCard (through Win 8 PC) and used MiniTool Partiton wizard to create a Linux swap. Here is how I did,

1. I deleted FAT32 partiton only.

2. Recreated it to 3GB

3.Created a 256MB Linux Swap partition.

4.Already existing partition ext3 was not touched.

After inserting the SD card I couldn't mount the Linux partition ext3 (/data/sdext2) using link2sd app. I searched through xda forums & did some troubleshooting using adb shell by using mount command (being in su). But its not working out.

Please help me in recovering my ext3 [artition as I have all my apps residing over there. Also I had replaced the backup taken from SDCard before yesterday's partiton.

Pleeease let help me in recovering the partition /data/sdext2.

Thanks a lot,

Rajeev
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojohnson250:
No signal and service... For everyone who has no signal try flashing this via Cwm only for Android 4.3 GT I9300 http://www.mediafire.com/?jlk7yzrdd7bg3ks

This is the MK6 modem... Good luck ????
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vyp54:
Hi,

I would advise before anyone downloads and flashes XXUGMK6 modem that they check here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/ what was their original modem. For instance in my country 2 out of 3 operators are using XXUGMK6 but my operator is using BUUGMK1 modem. It seems to be working better for me.
[General Questions and Answers] siddharthyadav2000:
Hi guys listen I have a zte v9a and want to flash a custom rom on it i have already downloaded rom but my bootloader is locked and i need to unlock it:confused:.So please can some one help me by posting a guide to unlocking bootloader on zte light tab 2 aka zte v9a?
[HTC Rezound] Fastbird:
Verizon ran a special last night, LG G2 for free. I have been pining over this phone since getting one in my hands in the store, was just impressed. My Rezound has been the longest phone I've owned, but it's time is done. Late Nov 2011 until now.......an impressive stretch. But it's developed some issues recently that make me believe it's a goner. So the new white G2 is ordered and will be picked up tomorrow.

As for my rezound......if anyone is reading this......here's the issues it's developed, mainly after a particularly hard fall about two weeks ago. It was initially fine, but about 3-4 days later, it started boot looping out of nowhere. If I replace the battery it's hit or miss if it does it or not now. If it does, it could be 1-2 times, it could take over 10 minutes to get into the OS. Then in my car last week, I turned on Bluetooth (Chrysler Pacifica, has that Uconnect through the stereo) but it never fully turned on. Then two days ago the wifi quit picking up ANYTHING even though it says it's on. Now I notice the speaker (both headset and external) have gone very crackly.

I'm doubting it's software related, I think it's just been dropped one too many times. I'm going to try to reflash a stock kernel and factory ruu to set it back to stock (it's S-On, unlocked bootloader) and see how things work, but what are your guys opinion on whether or not that's worth my time?
[HTC Rezound] mjones73:
Are they discounting the full price on it too? I need to keep my unlimited.

As for the phone, what would you intend to do with it? They aren't worth much to sell, specially if it's damaged, if the screen is good, someone might take it off your hands for parts.
[HTC Rezound] Fastbird:
I don't know yet. I think I've still got my OG Droid hiding somewhere too.

I'm going to wipe it all and do a full factory ruu reflash and see if that doesn't help things out. I want to swap the outer bezel out because I closed my toolbox on it and ended up with a nice dent in the black chrome bezel. The LCD is fine, but I don't know about the digitizer considering the soft keys are really REALLY slow to respond anymore. I was thinking of rebuilding it for the fun and then I don't know. By rebuild I mean new circuit board because I think mine is the root of the issue. Won't know until after a factory reset, but the crackly speakers doesn't give me high hopes.

I really loved this phone. My biggest complaint was always the horrendous battery life. I have three batteries and could easily kill them all in a day with it. Guess I'm not done tinkering with it yet.