yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] jacksparao:
Dear All,

Few of my friends interested to write blog about ANDROID FAKE APPS.

Follow Us - http://androidcbi.wordpress.com/ Here you can find from today; Android Fake Appx

You Can report the Fake Apps here : https://plus.google.com/+AndroidPolice/posts/KDeLb2DWdQM

Example : http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/04/19/google-issues-refunds-and-an-extra-5-play-store-credit-to-android-users-who-bought-the-phony-virus-shield-app/

My friends started finding the Fake Apps in Google Play store, soon we are going to start writing the blog but as we are not native English writers we need you guys help to write 100% good english .. If any one interested please let me know..

We are not in the stage to pay, the work which we are doing is most important in the world.. We are the one who is saving people money, time, lift, etc.... Lets join the hands and keep the Google Play store good...

Any one interested you can reach me Message me..

Please click THANKS Button, Each click in Thanks Button make us to write more and more fake apps..
[General Topics] SPAstef:
Very good idea! But it takes lot of time...

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[General Topics] guntienk:
honestly i almost got scammed by this fake apps, luckily my friends told me not to download and pay for the app.. so good idea mate :good:
[General Topics] jacksparao:
True

Nothing in this world easy..... there are many apps fake in play store with good looking UI ?

people playing for the fake **** and getting cheated.... we can join hands and remove the fake apps
[General Topics] wioleta1501:
NICE! Good idea, but in Play Store is very very much fake apps and games.
[General Topics] Ltdrev:
I'm curious about all the mainstream antivirus apk's for android they sure ain't empty shell like this (are they??) but I doubt they are effective, still they are selling like crazy...

Sorry I'm working 60 hrs a week I would really like to help this great cause!

sent from Carina Nebula with my Nexus 5 inter dimensional cruiser...
[General Topics] jacksparao:
share the link

Share the links over here, I will ask the guys to check...
[General Topics] jacksparao:
Thanks

Please share the link which you feel fake.. My friend will reach and find out they are fake or right one..

I work around 85 to 100hrs per week..
[General Topics] efstajas:
I think Google should do something against this. Not sure how you would automize something like what Apple is doing with their verification, but I'm sure Google can come up with something.
[General Topics] krisbec:
fake apps

I agree good idea.
[General Topics] jacksparao:
IDK

I don't think Google will do anything like apple as per there policy they are different..
[General Topics] Stuart Little:
I'm not good at english too but i have some friends that can help you!

Is it essential that the writers has to be android users?
[General Topics] jacksparao:
No need

I need the writer should write in good English..

Nothing else needed.
[General Topics] Stuart Little:
I will take a look for you this week
[General Topics] sralli:
hmm, i agree this is a pretty good idea.. lemme know if i can help :D
[General Topics] zerocords:
I install a app that give me ads every 30 mins and block the hole screen it was pretty annoying and i didn't even know which app was i had to delete a lot of others applications till i finally get it lol.
[General Topics] jacksparao:
App locker

If am right the app name is app locker.. they make your phone as a admob..
[General Topics] jacksparao:
Welcome

Your Welcome mate..
[General Topics] jacksparao:
First Post

My friends started the word press AndroidCBI, the blog gong live today...
[General Topics] jacksparao:
2 apps

We found 2 apps fake it I'll be posted on Monday...
[General Topics] ToRt1sher:
Maybe google should be stricter around what goes up in the store..
[General Topics] jacksparao:
true

Its kind of impossible task...

Android developer are high iOS very minimum...
[General Topics] Naxil:
great IDEA

Yes play is full of ****, app without any sense.. app with youtube link for guide ecc.. or app without any good result.. lol, i can write a stupid app and google play accept it? ridicouls
[General Topics] renel18:
There are so many fake apps specialy in file sharing sites like 4shared...so be carefulla
[General Topics] jacksparao:
Team

Dear Guys,

Second post live now written by France Mate (Leo Wiler)..

Wonderfully written.. please start fallowing the thread..

3rd fake about Battery Calibration

4th App is Applocker..
[General Topics] jacksparao:
apk

Share few more names...

Apk for fake apps I'll be live soon..
[General Topics] crohit911:
What really happened?
[General Topics] jacksparao:
check

Have you look first page... Read what is posted there
[General Topics] crohit911:
Looked.. I didn't know battery calibrator was fake.. Thanks man! :)
[General Topics] mofosyne:
Can't be easy to weed out all the fake apps, but posting reviews warning about it is the next best thing you can do. Most people tend to read it before they try it out or purchase it.

Do they allow for links in comments? If so, then pointing it towards your post about that particular app will also help.

In the end of the day, unless google decides to act upon it, the massive number of new apps will make community monitoring a bit tad difficult.
[General Topics] jacksparao:
You can

you can post the doubt full app links always here.. we are here to review..

Because of our writer not able to post the next app
[General Topics] Michael Hill:
Its really a well discussion and its a good part ...........................
[General Topics] vishal1801:
its a good initiative:good:
[General Topics] meanoc:
Doesn't battery calibrator do exactly what it says in the description? Seems to me it does. It simply rewrites the script. I'm confused how this is fake :confused:
[General Topics] oddball3:
fake

Please show support and post links and names of fake apps here. Always remember though, that to be safe, always download from the Play Store or a reputable 3rd party store like Amazon or Aptoide. Don't trust Unknown sites.
[General Topics] jacksparao:
thanks

Google play never worry about fake apps in google play store..
[General Topics] avataar17:
good idea but how do you intend to keep track and remove all those apps ?
[General Topics] jacksparao:
User

We all have to report to google then only possible to remove the same..
[General Topics] zerocords:
Yeah man they forces you to buy the no ads version...
[General Topics] Crichton333:
Alot of fake apps poping up in the Store lately after that antivirus app made the news and how they made money with it.
[General Topics] zero_eight_fifteen:
Great Idea, but I thinks this is a kind of impossible task :eek:
[General Topics] yueyejinghun:
I don't know that Battery Calibration(sorry I am not able to post an outside link at this time) is a fake app. I have it installed. Though It doesn't really calibrate the battery, it' still monitors the working voltage of battery. So I suppose it's not a total fake app:p
[General Topics] Reverend Gonzo:
Are anti-virus apps really needed at all on android

how bad are the actual virus' on android anyway :confused:
[General Topics] RemoLoxx:
one thing I have noticed is look for the name and who the upload was done by. usually developers have unique Nick names and not names like (Luis.c) (Emma.b) it would be more like (apkhacker3209) I spend time looking for names but once in a while I hit jackpot. helped me out a lot. thought I shared.
[Java for Android App Development] M.Arif.A:
Hello guys,

I am developing one app in android i am facing on problem when i was execute my app. it shows installation error.

here is error which is shown:-

[2014-04-30 18:01:39 - HelloWorld] Installation error: Unknown failure

[2014-04-30 18:01:39 - HelloWorld] Please check logcat output for more details.

[2014-04-30 18:01:39 - HelloWorld] Launch canceled!

Please help me to resolve it ASAP.

THANKS.
[Java for Android App Development] Masrepus:
Can you please provide the logcat output?

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Phone : Nexus 4

OS:

Pure KitKat 4.4.2 stock, no root, no mods

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4d 61 73 72 65 70 75 73 20 66 74 77

Gesendet von Tapatalk
[Java for Android App Development] mohamedrashad:
Provide a logcat, but it seems to v

Be you have not enough internal memory, remove some apps
[Java for Android App Development] GRYMALA:
Its hard to say what is wrong based on the log you have provided. Have you tried to zipalign your apk before installing? It may solve your problem
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sn4k3:
I've just bought a htc one (m7) and i'm trying to gain s-off with the firewater metod, but I failed...

M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH

HBOOT-1.56.0000

android 4.4.2(latest update)

any advice? (without using htcdev unlock)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kusuma.f:
if you want use firewater first you must unlock with htc dev an rooted
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sn4k3:
I've tried the temp-root metod, that doesn't require the unlock...so there isn't a way to s-off without htcdev unlock?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] welie:
Without htcdev I haven't heard any. I had troubles going soff on 4.4.2 once I went s on. There's a ckpv5 post buried in one of the threads which helped me gain s on
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whpsnp:
I tried the same but couldn't get temp root to work. Don't know why.

Unlocked via HTC Dev and S-off with Firewater afterwards was hazzle-free :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 1droidmod:
EDIT
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Napoleones:
No, I think. Am also looking for that option, but I did everything and still the same...

Anyone knows?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] pennie57:
Exposed Xperia
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
Bonestock has this.
[Galaxy Note II General] niai_mack:
Hi to start off i went to bed last night and put my phone on charge (with w zero lemon battery) the same thing I have done loads of times before, and woke up to the phone not responding it had the charge led on and that was it, so i removed the battery and replaced it. Now my phone will not turn on i cant get the charge light to show up, i have tried 2 other batterys I have, one is the stock. All i get is the proximity sensor led flashes every 10 seconds, it will also do this if i have no battery but its plugged in. i have tried draining the capacitor by leaving it with no battery and no charger for 30 mins still no difference, I have tried different cables.

i had the latest CWR and was running MIUI

it hasn't taken and falls or anything just recently

could this have something to do with the OTA update?

I was reading about the SDS (Sudden Death Syndrome) could it be this? i hadn't heard anything about this before, is there a fix?

I don't mind opening it up and i am quite handy with electronics and a soldering iron if there is a need/way to hard flash the phone.

any help is appreciated
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mousis:
hi,

i have a problem.

I change the home.apk ,with other home.apk, and now my phone stuck to boot screen and dont open.

I do all these things but, i cant understand how to put all these to my phone. (Xperia S , JB, lockes bl, cwm.)

I can use only the cwm.

Can you help me plz?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben Ling:
connect your phone with USB in CWM recovery

then make a flashable zip of original Home.apk,move to phone & flash it
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nateboi81:
I finally got my phone back from warranty. Yay it was a brand new phone. I cant for the life of me get S off on it. Im curious to know if anyone else has with this version. Firewater just gives up straight away saying the version is incompatible. Rumrunner just pours 8 times and then gives up. The drivers are installed fine, fastboot and adb works. Ive tried unsecured kernal on stock, and several custom roms and no luck. As its pretty new it probably isnt supported. But hey I thought i'd ask to see if someone has managed with any special tricks ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kusuma.f:
i use firewater, hboot 1.56, work fine,.. make sure use usb 2.0 port, uninstall htc sync, kies and any other similiar software,.. and have data connection on the phone, wifi or mobile data
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nateboi81:
As I said as soon as Firewater runs it says it doesn't like my version. The firmware is only a month old
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gffmac:
You're out of luck unless another exploit is found for s off on your particular m7
[Sprint LG G2] AndroidKing:
hello can anyone help me with this problem when I reboot my G2(Sprint) unlocked I get random text message with my number and stuff that is gibberish. check the picture below and help me please and thank you.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] FunkyMagic:
Is it possible to bluetooth contacts from a Wizard to another phone?

T'other half has a Nok6670 which has Bluetooth but no Infrared, I need to copy a load of contacts from my Wizard.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Krinkiespijer:
...with pocket informant you can select all contacts and 'beam' them (as vcards). Automatically the transmit devices IR and BT will appear and you can transfer them to the other one who can receive them with 'receive beam'...

Without PI you can sent contacts by BT, as vcards directly out of the contactslist, but only one at a time; it would take you ages if you've got a big list...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] FunkyMagic:
I'm going to d/l PI anyway as it looks pretty interesting aside from this functionality. But I'm confused about what you've written above...if I try and send a vCard it just creates an MMS ??
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] FunkyMagic:
PI doesn't appear to be able to BT contacts either.

I'm GUESSING its a feature of the ROM? I'm due to upgrade sometime next week anyhow.

Might persevere with PI though, looks good, except some poor design on the icons, its not always obvious what pressing something is going to do.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Krinkiespijer:
...without PI when i tap&hold a contact and choose 'send as vcard' it copies it to \temp]vcard.vcf . Then i have to rename them into the desired contactname (otherwise it will just overwrite the old vcard.vcf) before i can BT them one by one...

I guess i don't get a mms posibility because i didn't installed t-mobile stuff after hard reset.

BTW I use PocketInformant2007
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mingkee:
you can do it, just follow these steps:

one time work

use your favorite regedit, go to

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Obex

change DWORD value of "Isabled" from 0 to 1, save changes

reset or full off

you need to make target device is discoverable

then go to contacts, highlight several items (5 at a time), tap and hold->beam contacts

once you found nokia 6670->tap to send

you can also transfer the contacts through nokia pcsuite from outlook (if the contacts are the same) through USB cable or bt from host
[HTC Butterfly] Htcbutterfly:
Hello, I bought an HTC butterfly x920d from Taiwan last year, I broke the screen and sent it back to get it fixed. HTC replaced my old phone with a brand new one. This one has a major WiFi problem.It barely connects to a WiFi connection when the signals are quite strong and even in a good WiFi environment it barely shows even one or two signals and I can't use the internet. I performed the soft reset and factory reset twice but the problem is still there. The latest KitKat 4.4 update has made things even worse. Now I can barely connect to my network connection and data. I can barely use 3g, make or receive calls. I cannot send the phone all the way back to Taiwan AGAIN as I live in Pakistan. PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEAAASE help me!
[HTC Butterfly] snipervn:
Let try this:

Setting --> wi-fi --> three dots button to go to menu --> wifi direct --> three dots button to go to menu --> Rename device.

Then, change the name to HTC Butterfly or Android_ebb4.

Good luck.
[HTC Butterfly] Htcbutterfly:
Didn't work

I tried what you said but didn't work! Anything else I can try? Thank you for your help.
[HTC Butterfly] snipervn:
:(

Your device have been bought in Taiwan and I guest that it is Taiwanese version (with software version ended by 709). It'd better that you contact to HTC custom services, hope that they could help.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rabidbiscuit:
I don't know if there's a thread that already covered this. I searched the forum and only turned up one slightly similar topic. Anyway, I've got s-off on my M8, I've been flashing ROMs, and anytime I use anything Sense-based, all of the Verizon bloat redownloads upon reboot. Every time. Even after uninstalling, going into the play store, and removing the apps from my account, it all reinstalls after I shut the phone off and turn it back on again.

It's happened for me on:

Stock

cleanROM

Android Revolution

The only ROM that doesn't do this to me (that I've tried) is digitalhigh's GPE, which makes me think it has something to do with Sense/some kinda HTC sync/something I'm missing that isn't in GPE.

Take cleanROM for example. It doesn't have any bloat included, but upon setup my phone immediately began downloading those bloatware apps, which appeared again on my play store app list. I'm stumped.

Anybody have a similar experience/know the answer? The whole reason I went through the trouble of rooting, getting s-off, flashing a recovery, and flashing ROMs is to get rid of the bloatware, but if it just keeps redownloading no matter what, that defeats the purpose. I could stick with digitalhigh's GPE, which is a great ROM, but it's got a bit of lag, the camera is ****, and the carrier information is unknown, so I don't consider it stable enough to be my daily driver yet.

Thanks in advance! :D
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] JelloB:
I don't know the answer. I'd say initially it sounds like you have google set to auto install your apps, but that should only happen when you first initialize a new ROM. You can prevent that by unchecking the option during the phone setup. But you said you deleted the apps from your google account and this is happening by just a restart so...

What I would do in the meantime is install Titanium Backup and freeze all the apps you don't want. I wouldn't freeze/uninstall anything unless you are absolutely sure of what it does and everything it's associated with. Freezing should stop them from downloading and updating. They won't appear in your app drawer either.

---------- Post added at 09:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:42 AM ----------

PS - don't freeze BlinkFeed. I made the mistake of thinking it was just the social integration app. It's actually the launcher.

Also, this is probably something that would be fixed by an internal wipe in recovery. You most likely have some latent folders that never got wiped. I would first try a full wipe with internal (not system!).
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] iii2:
Just an idea, I really don't think it would work but you can try it out. Maybe if you'll use supercid the bloatware won't be download
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Keithn:
No related at all. That is for a device check while flashing. It is probably like the person above said, it is probably just restoring previously installed apps since most of that is on the play store.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rabidbiscuit:
Turns out I had Google set to back up apps. Derp.

I could swear I didn't turn that on when I did initial setup. I usually don't miss something that obvious. Oh well. Problem solved.

Thanks for replying tho guys.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Flow-Wolf:
Hi everyone!

I want to share with you this video for the Rock View cover on the Galaxy S5!

[YOUTUBE]gjkuRJk70Bc[/YOUTUBE]

Enjoy!

Flow
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Rokky:
Hi. Please explain:

1. It doesn't working at all - without additional app? It doesn't working like original s-view cover? It didn't use magnetic sensor?

2. To properly work it requires to turn off auto-brightness and maximize it?
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Flow-Wolf:
1 - you absolutely need the app :/ it doesn't work as the s-view because S-view replace the back of the phone! I think it use the light sensor

2 - not sure
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] kiwi_man:
Cover feels ok for a cheap alternative to sview case. Like the functions that the app offer with the torch etc. Biggest complaint is insane battery drain with the official rock app running. It is insanely bad battery drain
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrancoisC75001:
Any ideas on how to restart phone when on that screen? Tried several button combination but nothing work :(
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrancoisC75001:
Found it!

Hold up + Power button for >5 sec...

By the way, how can I load a Zip file in my phone with no OS and only bootloader + TWRP?

USB-OTG? Can I have access by plugin it directly in PC?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrancoisC75001:
All good... sorry

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] as0k:
Yesterday after a reboot some of my zoe-recordings stopped working in gallery-app.

Also the thumbnail is all gray.

They are still working in the "Photos"-app though... And when I should attach a photo in tapatalk via gallery-app.

I had the same issue a month ago or so.

Anyone else had this issue?

Translation on last pic: "Cannot play video. Unfortunately this video can't be played."

I'm running ViperOne 6.1 (sense 6)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
Haven't had that issue, but you could try clearing Data and Cache in the Gallery App

Settings -> Apps -> (scroll right to "All" Tab) look for "Gallery" and select clear data, clear cache

that should rebuild the thumbnails.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] as0k:
Ok, but it won't delete photos when I clear data?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
No it doesn't delete the real photos, only the gallery's database... Imagine you uninstalled the Gallery app, and it would delete your pictures... or a Music app and it would delete all your music.... then HTC / Google would be hearing even more complaints ;)

I do it from time to time (usually when dirty-flashing ROMs), and haven't lost any pictures, and when I open the Gallery app, it just takes a bit longer the first time, as it has to rebuild the database.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] as0k:
I still havn't solved this problem. My videos seems to be broken now. I can't open them with any app, or on my computer.

Can this be because i uninstalled gallery-app once and reinstalled it from play, because i had a zoe-problem with ViperOne 6.0 rom?

I now use ViperOne 6.2 after a full wipe installation and i don't get this problems now with new recordnings, but my old recordnings are still broken as i said.

Anyone have clue how i can somehow fix my broken videos? Can i use some program on my computer like Vitrualdub or such?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yunamunchy:
since i cant post on the main thread i'll just ask. i've been using carbonrom 4.4.2 on xperia s and beta 7 was just released yesterday. why is overclocking removed?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meatboy371:
Try asking here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2134400&page=206
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
If overclocking was removed, it's either for stability reasons or they want you to use a 3rd party app to control it. Are there other custom kernels that are compatible with it for your phone that do support OCing?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KBNanda:
I have a 3G data card Tata Photon+. I do have OTG cable. But how to connect to internet using the data card instead of using Sim provider data. After connecting with OTG cable, I have observed the blinking of light in the modem. But in Access Point Names, except the sim provider's names, nothing new appears. Is that not supported in Moto g?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AstroBoy89:
Nope