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[General Questions and Answers] keen36:
would you elaborate on that?
[General Questions and Answers] greens1240:
Those are actually 2 separate issues even though the carrier's actions may seem unusual.

I don't see https in the url for this site, and when I try to force https it redirects to remove the ssl,

so privacy didn't matter here?

Some of the unusual activity involved messages about "sim data" refresh/change when no 3rd party

apps were ever installed, the phone wasn't rooted, and updates turned off. Apps that were turned off

showed subsequent network activity. After a factory reset, disabling some apps and changing other

settings, the main issue was the phone getting extremely hot when using the hotspot to test a vpn

service (vpn settings config on pc not on android).

If your phone number ends up on that "list" you should expect management to take an approach with you

as if litigation is underway. Expect very little cooperation, leave 15 messages over a 30 day

period with 5 different corporate managers to finally get a return call from yet a different manager who

finally admits they have ways to prevent your phone from getting through to support or customer service.

They must have thought none of their customers would figure out that advanced call rejection features

can do all kinds of things, such as put select callers on hold indefinitely, forward the call to a number that

rings but never answers, have the caller hear fast busy signals, have the caller hear a message that no

one is available to take their call, etc, etc. A word to anyone with a cell phone - If you can't get through

using 611 or the carrier's toll free numbers, try calling from a different phone, and if you get through

with the different phone, then you know.
[General Questions and Answers] keen36:
xda admins probably thought that encryption is not overly important, this being a public forum and all... i would also prefer ssl everywhere, but it does add a layer of complexity and also increases demand on the server, so i can see why it is not implemented here.

what do you mean with

"sim data" refresh/change

? what do you mean when you say you have apps "turned off"?

i can easily see you getting blocked if you annoy any support-hotline too much. i do not see something especially suspicious about that.

if i may be honest: you appear to be a little paranoid.
[General Questions and Answers] greens1240:
As network packets travel over the Internet, anyone with physical access to a network device (within the packet route) can view your activity without your knowledge. There are redirection protocols used by thousands of businesses and ISPs to divert port 80 traffic to web caches, internet filtering appliances, and data mining "honeypots". Not sure if still true today that network router and Layer 3 switches manufactured by Cisco ship with a redirection protocol (WCCP) that can be used to re-reroute HTTP traffic through an external filtering or a logging device. Most would agree when it comes to discussions about network security- exchanging plain text email, and requesting advice on plain text message boards is not the best practice.

"refreshing sim data" was a message I observed after the s4 was rebooted. It seemed odd that the message appeared when there was no update or installations. But I'm not an expert on the device, for all I know it might be normal to see the message when there's no activity. As far as turning off apps, it's normal to turn off apps that use resources, drain battery, etc. if you don't need them. Turning off, not deleting, and changing permissions doesn't appear to be an option on 4.3 without a 3rd party app.

As far as sounding paranoid, there's a lot more to the story that I didn't go into involving what looks like attempted identity/phone theft by the carrier's own employee(s) or reseller(s). The way the situation was handled it genuinely looked like a cover up, and still does.

There is still the issue of securing a hotspot which no one from any tier 2 support centers has been able to answer. Not sure if a droidwall or other firewall would be doing anything beneficial since I assume any port scanning would be of the device connected to the hotspot rather than the s4 itself.
[General Questions and Answers] keen36:
yes, anyone along the route can intercept the packets and even read them if they aren't encrypted. yes, there exist man-in-the-middle attacks. yes, most would agree that when exchanging security related information, it would be best to encrypt. that doesn't change what i said: this board is not security oriented, it is a public, developer oriented board. encryption is not very important here, so the admins must have thought that the benefits of not encrypting outwheigh the risk. if you really have sensitive security-related questions, this is not the right place to ask them, i fear.

what do you do exactly when you "turn off" an app? step-by-step?

have you tried googling what "refreshing sim data" does and why it is happening? it looks harmless to me!

last thing, to get this clear: you think that someone hacked your hotspot because the phone gets hot and unstable when you use it? no, wait, you have about a thousand small other things that also point to that explanation, right? this sounds like a case of unfounded paranoia to me. i have some experience with paranoid schizophrenics, and while i am not (!) calling you that, i have to advise you that the way you argue reminds me of them.

you are looking for suspicious things and you do not understand enough about these phones (they are ridiculously complex, so that is quite normal i might add) to see whether something is suspicious or not.
[General Questions and Answers] greens1240:
Do you know a better place to ask advanced security related questions about Samsung/Android? Google and Samsung tech support are unable to answer many basic security questions. Anything advanced is a foreign language to them.Ask 1000 Samsung employees "What is Knox?" and 999 will answer "Never heard of it." Most don't care about security, and never will unless and until they become a victim, and have a substantial loss.

I used app manager. I'f you're familiar with S4 running 4.3 then you're familiar with app manager.

This message may be related to updating network tower(s) info which I agree, by itself would be harmless.

There's constant network inbound/outbound activity while the device is idle according to the indicator. The activity could be perfectly benign. Many native apps communicate with the network, but it is also possible to turn off (restrict) background activity to limit which apps have network access. I wouldn't know what it is without running a program such as wireshark. A paranoid schizophrenic might think an app that had permission to access the microphone, recorded audio in the room, then encrypted & uploaded it to a server for later retrieval. That could never happen in the real world right?

I'm merely asking questions about various events which may or may not be signs that there's a problem, but I've not concluded anything. More importantly I'm hoping to find information on how to properly secure a hotspot. You've not offered any information about this so I assume you feel no hardening, modifications, or additions are necessary, and in using default settings the device is impenetrable.

I agree, they are complex. Tech support is of no use, they simply are not trained to respond to a question such as "Is there a firewall running on the device?" "Is code checked for malware by human eyes before an app is put on playstore, or simply trust unknown authors and feedback?"
[General Questions and Answers] keen36:
no, i am sorry, i do not know about any android security related web communities.

i use a sony phone on kitkat, so no, i have no idea what you mean with "app manager". i just want to know what that program did; did it uninstall the apps, did it disable them, did it freeze (rename) them? i have never heard of an app being "turned off", that's why i ask.

what you describe with the microphone listening and uploading what it records to the internet, that is happening every time you open google voice search or -if you use the google now launcher- everytime you go to the homescreen ;)

i do not know how you got the idea that i think that your device is impenetrable (lol@that sentence btw. :D )? that is a ridiculous thought, i would never say such a thing. in fact, i am of the conviction that no absolute security can exist on a device which is connected to the internet. there is a reason why some security-related programs are built on machines with no internet access at all.

if you know how to use wireshark, why don't you just use it? if i had to take an uneducated guess, i would think that you would then realise that the network activity you see is benign (not malicious i mean, you might very well discover some nice datamining activity by google etc. ;) ).

i do not know your usecase, if you are living in a country which has an oppressive regime, if you are a general target for hackers somehow (public figure / working at a security-related position etc.), then yes, it might make sense to look at your phones security in detail. if that is not the case, however, then no, i do not think that additional hardening of your hotspot is needed...
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] alpinesun:
Hey everyone, I've been trying to figure out why sometimes the voice guidance from navigation (both Waze and G-Maps) over bluetooth kicks in extremely low while other times it doesn't. I've checked volume settings in the phone and the app itself, but no dice. I've been experiencing this since I was using my Note 3 some months ago, but it's gotten more annoying as of late since I've been riding my motorcycle more often. Without having the bluetooth audio kicking in strong enough to my helmet, it's impossible to navigate. Again, sometimes it is fine and other times it isn't. I don't know what sequence of events takes place for the volume in navigation to fade. This also happens with all the music/audio apps I use (Google Play, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Audible, and Songza). Has anyone else been experiencing this? And if so, have you been able to resolve it or at least know what actions cause it? If I can at least prevent it from happening, that's just as good to me as fixing it. Thanks in advance!

In addition, it isn't dependent on device being streamed to. It happens with my helmet, car, BT headphones, and even soundlink. You may be wondering why I was driving connected to a Bose Soundlink; merely for testing purposes. I wanted to create all the possible scenarios for this. I never bothered to try it using wired headsets because wired isn't an option for while on the motorcycle. It wouldn't be so bad if I could see the screen while riding when the volume goes low on me, indicating directions are being announced, but that's only possible at night; not during a bright and sunny commute. Thanks again!
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] BrianBaker:
I'm having the complete opposite problem..I need to find a way to turn navigation volume down while listening to music or listening to Audio books..Navigation comes in very loud in my F150 over bluetooth..I do notice when i'm not listening to any other audio and navigation kicks in it kind of fades in.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddoxrs:
So I have tried flashing a couple of the 24a based Roms Madhi and PA and for both roms I am unable to connect to anything Google. No play store, no YouTube, no play services. Gmail works, but nothing else. I currently have the 24a bootstack.

I have searched and tried every suggestion. Made sure time and date were set to automatic, made sure host file was cleared, cleared cache on all apps, deleting and signing in again to Google account. Does anyone else have any ideas that could help?

I am also using the stock kernels.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hisham7890:
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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Moscow Desire:
So to get an instagram "famous", one needs to either "purchase" 100,000 coins,

or wait 50,000 days (or about 136 years) for the daily "free coin" issue @2 per day.

Correct?

Didn't know being famous could be so expensive :eek:

Think will let this die a slow death.....

And considering the OP has violated rules about promoting this app, this thread is closed.

Links removed.

OP can contact me or other moderation staff.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] fawwwaz01:
Hello

I have looked in all the forums speaking Arabic, I could not find anybody knows anything about this device never

They could not help me, they did not know many of this device

But I have hope of finding a solution to my problem in this forum wonderful

I want help in how to add Arabic to external keyboard for this device

I want to write in Arabic using the external keyboard to the device and not touch

It has been 3 weeks on the weary search in all the forums, but without the benefit due to lack of experts for this device

Help me please,

I apologize about the markedly bad language and expression

​
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Not sure why you're calling me out specifically... I've told you repeatedly this is an English speaking forum - and I speak English. I don't speak Arabic. I use the keyboard to write, surprise! In English.

So if you want help with Arabic, you are going to have to ask in another forum or wait for someone else to answer you (which I mentioned in another thread that is unlikely for the reasons above).

Good luck.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] AndyYan:
Saying that people around here don't know about the device is absurd. We don't lack experts here, but since XDA is an English-only forum, almost nobody uses and cares about Arabian and therefore failed to help you in that particular way.

Feel free to let out your anger and turn to elsewhere for help.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11​
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
Since JellyBean, it's easy to add custom keyboard layouts, they can be made available to system via a simple application.

For CM11 (which should support Arabic and other RTL languages quite well), I include AsantiKeypad application for that purpose - https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_motorola_moto_msm8960/tree/cm-11.0/AsantiKeypad

But to create an Arabic layout for the Photon Q keypad, it needs someone who's able to understand the glyphs and who's able to create the appropriate map.

If you know an already existing Arabic keyboard layout map made for Droid4, it could be easily incorporated in AsantiKeypad app.

Or try to make it from scratch, I'll merge it if I'll find the time for it and you'll keep bothering me about it long enough :) .
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] fawwwaz01:
I know that this forum speaks English - and you speak English.

But you're the only one who mastered dealing with this device,

I've asked several forums in Arabic but not without interest did not find any response

Do you kindly help me?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] fawwwaz01:
We have created this forum for the exchange of information and help others regardless of tone or intellectual differences

We are all human beings and there is no need for racist ..

I hope some of their responses to be stimulatory or an encouraging

not disappointing

I have the highest thread I did not find a solution in other forums

This is what forced me to put my problem here, because of the lack of experts for this device

I wish I could show some sportsmanship and high morals my friend

This is the forum to help others regardless of cultures

If were not able to solve the problems of others, there is nothing wrong, but I hope not to interfere
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] fawwwaz01:
Thank you kabaldan

I have excelled in reply and facilitated more and gave me new hope towards the development of this device

But is there any additives

For example, some instructions and tips about this application

I want simplified explanation
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] AndyYan:
What are you taking other devs for (especially those behind the scenes doing ground work for CM11 and other custom ROMs, like [MENTION=2218140]kabaldan[/MENTION] )?

True, although this forum is created with only English in mind, you often see people from other non-English countries or people that don't use English around here. I'm a Chinese myself so I partially understand why you're here for help - because we lack help in our home countries' forums.

However, as we're aware that both this forum and Android aren't made for all languages and cultures, even when we ask or answer questions in other languages, the question will be related to the phone itself, like how you fix reboots, how you flash a ROM, etc. These discussions have no language boundaries and can be understood by all.

As of your problem, it naturally involves another language which most people around here don't understand, and you see, forcing devs to learn a language and do the job only to fulfill a single request isn't realistic.

Talking about [MENTION=2218140]kabaldan[/MENTION] 's solution, he said that AsantiKeypad can import keyboard layouts, but he also said that there should be an Arabic layout available for importing first, which I Googled for you and sadly found nothing relevant. So, just like what he said, if there's none existing, then you have to find a dev

who understands Arabic

to write one up for you. Good luck with that.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] abuthaj:
Guys... i jus bought a new note 8... this is my frst tab n the devise starts heating up on jusnreadin a few e books... or downloading an app or 2... i was wondering wthrer this was normal... the heating isconfined to the left side of the device... could someone gimme an advice as to whthr dis is normal or not... n also i d taken dis bac to the service center on the 4th day of purchase n they wer willing to replace the device... unfortunately it was not avaliable in the market... the service engineers sed dat this was the normal heating for the device... but agan im a bit skepticalcz i dnt trust dese guys... for al iknw dey might be misleadig me... i was wondering whtr i should go for a reimbursement... the device starts warming up on jus a few mins of photo browsing... i cant measure the exact temp also,.. wud b grateful if somone adviced me as to hw to measure the temp... ( ps: its not the battery temp i want... the battery is more towrds the center of the device... while the heating is confined to the left most region which i gus is wer the quad core processor is located... n btw no much performance issues with it though...battery life is normal too...

Thankyou.

:)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] dtaylorr:
Good advice. I personally have not noticed one area getting hotter than another, but I also have a cover.

It is normal to have a little heat, just not excesive.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] abuthaj:
Was wondering whthr I shud go for the reimbursement, ad a few bucks more an buy a 10.1 2014 edition...
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vhngu930:
So hey guys I am having a problem. I tried flashing Pink and Render kernel. Both times, instead of the bootanimation, the screen is a little pink, and then it goes to black. A user told me that I needed to flash the 4.3 stock firmware because there was some compatibility issue with the 4.4 bootloader. The problem is, I don't know which firmware to download I have the global gsm version (xt1032) with an AT&T US sim card. So how do I choose the stock firmware? Please I want to use a kernel
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reversegear:
i assume that you are on stock 4.4 before flashing kernel.

Pink and Render kernel does not work on stock roms that is why you are getting pink screens. both are meant only for cm based roms

if you want custom kernel then i recommend you to flash faux kernel or Aerokernel.(Only for stock roms)

you need not flash 4.3 firmware.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vhngu930:
But in the Render kernel thread, it says it's for cm and AOSP ROMs. Is Ehndroix aosp or cm based? I still get the pink screen. Thanks for answering
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deej_roamer:
I agree no need to Go to 4.3

You should stick to 4.4.2

Ehndroix is CM11 Based, So Kernel should have worked.

I don't know why they are not working

You can try another ROMs which are based on AOSP for the kernel

C-Rom or LEGO Rom

You could also try other kernels like Furnace or Faux123's Kernel

Still If you think You should go back to 4.3 The firmware is here(AWS version) and here(non-AWS firmware)

I still highly suggest against 4.3 Stick to 4.4.2
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vhngu930:
Sorry for this noob question but what does AWS mean?

Edit: just found out mine is global so it doesn't have aws
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deej_roamer:
Cool,

Just for further Knowledge!

AWS is Advanced Wireless System. That runs on 1700MHz frequency. Mostly T-mobile in USA uses AWS to provide HSPA+ network.

Yours is AT&T so your phone will work OK with non-AWS retail!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TMK216:
I was bored and looking on the Samsung website and I saw in the phone area that it shows that there is a white version of the Verizon s4 in a 32gb. I was just wondering if they sell it anywhere or was that just a generic post on Sammys part.

Sent from my KitKat S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamesd1085:
I may be wrong but I don't think Verizon carries them...I believe they are 32 GB s4s set up for Verizon that you have to purchase at full price from samsung
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TMK216:
Ok I'm kinda thought so. I don't get why they don't have different options on the space size like apple but what can you do. It love my sammy. I would be better off getting the s5 play edition for that kind of money. Lol

Sent from my KitKat S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RJV3:
Agreed. I bought my gs4 when it launched and only the 16gb was available at the time. Come to find out actual usable free space was closer to 9 gb which is why I am at odds with samsung right now. I love my phone, but need a 32 gb internal storage phone at the minimum! Using a 64 gb external sd card only goes so far as most app data is still stored on internal memory. At a crossroads here.

Sent from my Gs4...... Hyperdriven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TMK216:
Agreed! I love my sammy but as you say 16 internal is becoming obsolete as del or cds. The note 3 came with 32gb and it's not the flagship or "the next big thing" so why would it get the bigger storage.

Sent from my KitKat S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ch.ch1:
I have a GS4 32GB that I have bought under a contract, was just $50 more then the 16GB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamesd1085:
Thanks for the info...I didn't think anyone carried them as everywhere I went only had 16 GB versions...but after owning my 16 GB have never really needed anything more...but I'm also running CyanogenMod on mine which uses less than half of what stock touchwizz does
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DRELUXOID:
The 32GB version was on verizon's website which is where I got mine for $250.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamesd1085:
I got mine through radio shack for 18$ after trading in my s3...that's probably why I never found a 32 GB one...I stopped looking after I found a deal like that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DRELUXOID:
Almost as good as the $0 deal they had at Best Buy for black friday. :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamesd1085:
Yeah but I got mine in September and it is mdk version...can't complain about 18 bucks...lol