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[Android Apps and Games] JST829:
Hi everyone! Please check out my new game: Dragons vs. Sharks! I would appreciate any feedback you could offer. Thanks!!

Description:

Protect your dragon eggs! You are a mama dragon with a whole nest full of eggs waiting to hatch. Unfortunately for you, sharks LOVE the taste of dragon eggs! Protect your eggs by shooting the sharks with timed firebombs. Be careful: the longer the sharks go without getting to eat, the hungrier they get! As you move up in levels, both the speed and number of sharks will increase.

Gameplay:

Move the dragon back and forth by tilting your device. The distance your dragon firebombs travel before exploding is determined by how high up your power meter is set when you take your finger off the screen. To raise the dragon power meter touch and hold the screen. When you have the setting you want, release it. The firebomb will shoot and then explode based on how long you’ve held the screen. The explosion must hit the shark in order for the shark to be eliminated. You need to shoot and hit ten sharks in order to complete the level. Your game is over when a shark gets to one of your dragon eggs.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_sterlingapplications.Dragons_vs_Sharks_free
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] susljik:
Hi

I had a little mishap, my USB Cable disconnected while I was updating my ROM. It was almost done 96% completed, it seemed like that after the uploader noticed it and put me thorugh a recovery wizard it would continue, but nothing happened and now it's stuck at the three color screen.

Is there anything I can do? Your help would be appreciated

Thanks
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparda894:
OK, So I have rooted some phones through Odin and have some experience regarding them. Today I was trying to root a Grand 2 G7102 when Odin crashed unexpectedly and my root process stopped and that is where my problems began. The phone now only boots into Odin downloading mode and the recovery mode is not working, Tried to repair it using Kies but it kept on giving me errors on the last step and it always stopped at 76%, next I tried to flash a custom ROM through Odin but that failed too. So any solutions or remedies for that?:confused:
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmate98:
1) go to sammobile.com and download the official firmware

2) run it through odin

3) factory reset on recovery

4) u r done enjoy
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparda894:
I'll try that thanks and reply if it works or not.:good:
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparda894:
I wanted to ask another thing about being stuck on Odin mode, is my android considered as bricked?
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmate98:
no its depends upon whether you are able to boot after switching off the device

(if it doesn't then you got it bricked)

BTW till now there is no such problem that the anyone is stuck at download mode
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparda894:
Based on what you said, I think it's bricked. I tried the process you told me to do but it didn't work either and the phone isn't powering on at all.

The best option is giving it to the service center. Thanks for helping anyway. Gained experience from this though:).
[Verizon LG G3] ins5736:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2827878

[GUIDE][HOW TO][VS985] Restore Verizon to Stock
[Micromax Canvas 2 Plus A110Q] vishnusree000:
I'm using pure xperia z2 for mmx c2+, now facing "nvram err 0x10" issue.. Help me to solve...
[Micromax Canvas 2 Plus A110Q] sharan565:
check the link bro and flash it......
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] afebmunn:
Hello People,

How do i downgrade from B511 to B132??? On b510 and b511 cannot get coroprate hidden ssid wifi to connect. And generally prefer b132:confused:
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] shecky:
Download b132 and put it on sdcard (fat32 format) in dload folder an unpdate it from local update.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] zordo:
Just abandon hidden ssid. Its not really hidden as it shows up as every other wifi network if someone wants to crack it. It just makes joining it a bit more slow if you know the password and ssid. Just use wpa2 and a strong password.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] safarijack82:
HI,

Can someone create a customer recovery for alcatel pls?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reywal:
Why, have rooted your POP C9 already? if so, can you provide a link to the procedure?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chukundeda:
I have rooted my Alcatel C9 about 4 months ago. Just download and install "Kingo Android ROOT". It's easy to use.

Good luck!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] setjlle:
Hi guys! :o

I searched for a solution for my question here but I really could not find.

I have the 4.2.2 version and I'm trying to update to 4.4.2 without rooting.

The rom is already here

sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=32624

I tryed to flash with Odin following the instrutions, but :confused: nothing happened.

Yes, the phone was in download mode and was recognized by Odin.

I read some posts about updating to 4.3 first and then 4.4.2 but there is no BR version of this rom.

What did I do wrong?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captaincado:
Providing that you have the i537 go here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49877197, and download ML2 4.3 file and Odin phone to 4.3. Then use the 4.4.2 Odin files.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] setjlle:
Sorry, I forgot to mention, mine is I9295.

I've read this whole thread you suggested, however no information about my problem :(

That's why i'm confused :rolleyes:

Anyway, thanks for trying to help :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] setjlle:
Done!

I just used Odin 3.07 instead of 3.09 :victory:
[Verizon LG G2] lojak29:
There's 100 people out there trying to use vs980 on Tmobile,we see many posts prior to kk update of people showing images and giving detailed ways to enable lte or Any data period,

As it stands now for some,reason vzw g2 will not allow any tmobile data let alone lte or hspa on the kk vs98024A:cool: firmware '

Someone had got to know its either something to do with stock vzw firmware or some,kind of block or what? No apn settings In this world work While on official kk

But when the jb 11a and 12b was around stuff worked

Is there a work around a valid and knowledgeable work around or fix Anyone with correct knowledge of this issue have any input?

Otherwise I'm,selling the phone today.

We can use note 3 easily enuff and vzw iPhones out of the box but the Vzw g2 isn't being easy

Its almost as if all the talk of working data is comic, and people standing by their word of being able to flash T-Mobile g2 rom on this variant with a patch. Zip

Any help would help many

Thanks
[Verizon LG G2] shubdya4u:
Hey did you find any solution?
[Verizon LG G2] divine1250:
From my experience you can only get tmobile lte buy flashing cm11 or asop rom and editing apn for tmobile 4g lte.
[Verizon LG G2] 4ringsa6:
Weird...

I'm on Stock rom uprooted. Using on TMobile and getting LTE. I keep the mobile network settings to global. After the 25b update, I have had issues where the data would disconnect until I restart phone. But it could be a bad Sim.
[Verizon LG G2] fugazzi69:
I'm on stock 24a and t-mobile lte data works fine for me on my vs980. I assume you guys have the right 4g/lte apn settings? If not, check here:

http://www.4gtricks.com/2013/04/t-mobile-4g-apn-t-mobile-4g-apn-settings.html

I also go into Settings>Tethering & Networks>Mobile Networks>System Select>Network Mode and change it to GSM first and then do a manual network search. I select the T-Mobile GSM network and when it says registered, I go back and change it back to global and 4g/lte works just fine.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jatt111:
my lovely xperia sp just vibrates with a green led flash when i power it on... does not show anything on the screen...

my sad story...

1. rooted my .254 by doomlords method..

2.ta backup

3.unlocked bootloader

4. cwm recovery

all was good and working but i noticed poor camera performance and some glitches while playing video...

i thought i have lost my bravia engine...

so restored ta backup(not by flashing but by the ta backup tool )

now my lovely xperia sp just vibrates with a green led flash when i power it on... does not show anything on the screen...

plzz help ...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nanostray:
I usually have this after connecting in flash mode to a computer. Holding the power button io just pushing solves the problem in my case
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lord_alias:
I'm just getting back into the swing of things with my reviewing but really want to be able to use the prime for external sound capture for voiceovers. I have been using an audio capture/recorder find until now but it has given up the good fight and was wondering if anyone knows of any way to have the prime fill its boots?

Primed and Ready
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pietrao:
I record audio using the microphone integrated with headphones, i think every external mic with the right 3.5 jack could work
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lord_alias:
That's a good idea, I was trying to get a stand alone mic to work but it will not pic it up sadly :/
[Security Discussion] SecUpwN:
Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am opening this discussion in order to not only receive some high-quality answers on the following questions, but also to learn what everyone does in order to ensure security and integrity of Apps on their phones (especially when working in environments where attacks are likely or possible due to intersting files on the phone or similar).

Here is my question: Let's suppose a phone is ROOTED, is locked with a Pattern, is updated daily, has TitaniumBackup installed, runs Trust as well as an Antivirus App and on top of that, installed Apps are monitored in a regular basis through TitaniumBackup. Is it even possible for law enforcements or hackers to install malware? If so, what would be necessary for them to do so? Physical access? Malformed Apps with matching signature? Other types of attacks (encouraging [MENTION=4600707]He3556[/MENTION] the owner of Smartphone Attack Vector to chime in)?

Second question (hope [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] can answer this): What would be the best way of preventing attacks of afforementioned groups and alike? What do YOU personally do?
[Security Discussion] jcase:
Pe rooted, with common rooted apps installed? Would be easy to compromise that phone, as you have already done it for them.

Use a stock firmware, chose a vendor with a recent history of good security (Samsung, nexus, motorola in that order imo), keep it up to date, reduce the number of apps you run, don't root it. Disabled usb debugging.
[Security Discussion] SecUpwN:
Thanks for answering. So that means, in short words, buy a phone and only update official stuff. How boring, I wouldn't be here on XDA then! But I get your point. I'm especially interested in the question of detection. If such agencies have installed anything that would leak data (and I'm sure it's fairly easy to do for them), how would they hide that specific App from the list of TitaniumBackup? Also, how would they trick the Trust Even Logger created by [MENTION=608746]Dark3n[/MENTION] to not show any installation?

Most importantly though, is there some way of detecting such installations or manipulations afterwards?
[Security Discussion] He3556:
There is growing so called "Zero-Day-Exploit" Industry, with names like vupen or FinFisher , the one who are working for the German Gov. but also for countries like Saudia Arabia and Iran. They know how to find exploits, nobody knows about (zero-day) and program trojans for all kinds of platforms. So antivirus software can't help here. And it is easy to bypass security if you know one of the bugs - and we know there are many of them in firmware, operating systems, plugins, frameworks and so on... Beside this "white" marked there is also a grey and black marked. So if you need to track your woman or steal information from other companies, you will find somebody with a tool for that, i suppose.

You would need a "Intrusion Detection Software" - sorry but this won't work for Smartphones, because there is a lot of calculation, data and energy needed - you find this special hardware in big data centers.

Do not root and do not install Apps you don't really need is still a good advice, specially when people don't know so much about all this.

Another way to sneak in is to compromise the users pc, that is (maybe) connected to the phone sometimes (work with iphone sync but also with android to change DNS and get SMS with e-tan's - you will find more info it in the media)

Or if you have the "power" you can can use the cloud services (iOS, Google, Windows or other 3rd party services) to steal user data (sms, pictures, GPS history...) or just let it sync the malware to the phone. So you don't have to break in directly.

tomorrow i will have time, there are to many possibilities :)
[Security Discussion] SecUpwN:
Thanks for clarifying, [MENTION=4600707]He3556[/MENTION]!

Now I know that phones in general are hard to lock down for such agencies. Time to quote myself:
[Security Discussion] SecUpwN:
Hey [MENTION=4600707]He3556[/MENTION], if you've been following security news the past weeks, this topic here is becoming more relevant with each revelation. Since the trojan-coding company FinFisher has highly likely been hacked and some cool whisteblowers are publishing very sensitve data like price lists and handbooks on their Twitter account GammaGroupPR, more details of their secret software FinSpy Mobile is being revealed. And this is exactly the type of software that I am talking about here in this thread. I want to know how users can protect themselves from crap like that. According to the video that has been leaked, It is being installed through a fake update, or even through messages via E-Mail to "please" install this "very important update":

[YOUTUBE]n5ZJUXweayo[/YOUTUBE]​

And just to make everyone more curious, FinSpy Mobile has been leaked on Twitter! It obviously works for all operating systems, including Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian. Another trophy is source code of FinFly Web, which found its way the code hosting platform GitHub. It is designed to provide remote and covert infection of a Target System by using a wide range of web-based attacks. FinFly Web provides a point-and-click interface, enabling the Agent to easily create a custom infection code according to selected modules. Target Systems visiting a prepared website with the implemented infection code will be covertly infected with the configured software. Regarding FinSpy Mobile and similar software: How would law enforcements possibly attack a cautious member of XDA (or any other site)? I mean, people that have been in the field of flashing new ROMs, updating their firmware and recovery themselves, not installing strange APKs sent via E-Mail and controlling installed Apps through TitaniumBackup should be somewhat immune to such type of attacks, right?

It appears to me as if their software might work for the general masses, but highly-likely not on people like [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] or other Android security-gurus. Since I linked you, I'd be very happy if you could expand on that a little. I am sure such companies might even have the possibility of messing with the baseband of a target phone through only knowing the phone number of a target. But I am really curious what their "standard procedure" is if they face a target with thorough Android knowledge, maybe even a security-enthusiastic Android developer. Wouldn't their only option be to manually manipulate the handset?
[Security Discussion] He3556:
There are two methods to keep away all kinds of trojan and malware...

1. use a SIM with data connections only: There are SIM cards on the marked you can use in a USB Stick for Notebooks or tablets.

You won't have a cell phone number and can't receive SMS. You won't be able to use the circuit switched (GSM & UMTS-cs) part of your cell phone. For communication you have to use a VoIP provider - with Secure SIP and SRTP.

2. Web browser, Apps, e-mail client and all other connection must be use VPN.

But there is one more stepp to take.

The virtualization of all services and Apps you are using. This works like Team Viewer on a PC. The App is running on a cloud server while you only see the desktop of the remote controlled application. This technique is already used when you want to use flash with iOS device (photon, cloudbrowse, puffin and so on..)

More details about this you can find here: http://itwatch.info/Products/ReCAppS

But i am sure there are more projects about this out there...
[Security Discussion] SecUpwN:
I know this works, but the only guy who is so insane and is already doing that is probably [MENTION=5024122]InvaderX[/MENTION]. ;)

Honestly, what's the purpose of a phone if I can't receive SMS and call anyone without internet connection?

Better yet: Living under a rock should solve all these problems. Seriously though, can such law enforcement agencies silently update stuff on my phone (possibly baseband) that goes unnoticed even when using TitaniumBackup and flashing a fresh ROM every month? From the things you mentioned as for protection, I highly doubt that I'll move that way. And no matter how hard I try, the bad guys (or, to put it in the wording of those companies: the agencies that are "protecting our freedom") will likely always find a way in - even if that means tapping the phone through listining in on my calls or deploying an IMSI-Catcher. But talking about this makes me wonder: It seems as if the probability is high that most of the time they are selling a fake update to the target. Is there a convenient way of knowing that stuff like FinSpy Mobile has been installed, where such agencies can't possibly tinker with any records of what was happening on the phone? I especially check the Trust - Event Logger by [MENTION=608746]Dark3n[/MENTION] very often. Could they change such records? Is there a better App to warn about unauthorizes access or (hidden) App installation?
[Security Discussion] lostangelintx:
At least I am not the only one paranoid about this kind of thing. LOL
[Security Discussion] SecUpwN:
It doesn't have much to do with "Paranoia". The very reason you started to care about this, is because phones are in fact very insecure devices - most people just don't realize or care about it. Another very interesting thread I found lately: Android Security for Conscious Mind.
[Security Discussion] He3556:
a tool against 0-day exploits

don't freak out to early - this tool is only for windows desktops.

But at least it shows how it could work for mobile devices, too.

It is called Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET 5.0) ...is a utility that helps prevent vulnerabilities in software from being successfully exploited.

These technologies function as special protections and obstacles that an exploit author must defeat to exploit software vulnerabilities. These security mitigation technologies do not guarantee that vulnerabilities cannot be exploited. However, they work to make exploitation as difficult as possible to perform.

SSL/TLS certificate pinning - This feature is intended to detect (and stop, with EMET 5.0) man-in-the-middle attacks that are leveraging the public key infrastructure (PKI).

Ok, they do not guarantee 100% security - but who could? Even this software comes from Microsoft, it's still a good solution and closes the gap between anti-virus, firewall and keeping your software updated.

Here is a test from 2010 (EMET 2.0) http://www.rationallyparanoid.com/articles/emet-testing.html

And one of 2014 http://www.offensive-security.com/vulndev/disarming-enhanced-mitigation-experience-toolkit-emet/

Does anybody know a APP for Android, iOS, WP8 or BB?
[Security Discussion] E:V:A:
Just a small side note:

In regard to device security vs. rooting.

There are essentially 2 schools of thought. On the one side we have those who believe we should trust the device manufacturers experience and knowledge to keep malware out of AOS, and you phone from spilling your data when stolen, which also means keeping users from rooting their devices, simply because they know security better, than the average user. (I think [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] may be one of those, but he'd have to answer for himself.) On the other hand we have people like me, who firmly believe that the best way to keep your device secure is by being rooted, since we cannot trust anyone, especially large companies who scream "TRUST US". For us, we own the device and everything it does, and that your phone should not be able to send a single photon of radiation, without your permission. Then at least we have the choice to provide our own security by Firewalls, open source baseband, and encrypted phone calls etc. So no, this is not part of the majority of phone owners. But we think it should be. So who's right? Well, we're both right of course. What we need is to be able to make this choice at the time of purchase, and independent of the device you like. To be able to choose if you have a fully open device that you can secure on your own or if you like one that is claimed as secure, but you will never be able to check or control on your own. But unfortunately, this is not possible in most circumstances.
[Security Discussion] jcase:
I trust neither the ODMs, nor the custom roms. However I KNOW the average custom rom is just as if not MORE vulnerable than current stock roms, add su into the mix and it is without a doubt more vulnerable. Show me a custom rom dev that claims he ships a secure firmware, and I'll show you someone ignorant of the facts. Ask most of them what CTS is, and they will look at you like you are referencing 18th century medical terms.

That is my stance. In regards to root making a device more vulnerable, I can back that statement time and time again. From key compromises of the superuser apps, to vulnerabilities in the app, to vulns in the su binaries, to vulns in apps that typical make su requests, to stupid users who will grant it to anyone. Having any access point to "root" makes turning a small vuln to a complete compromise relatively easy.
[Security Discussion] E:V:A:
[MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] : So I think we agree on that what you say, but from another perspective, we can ask ourselves whether or not a stupid user with root, can possibly endanger a smart user with root? I think this is not generally possible, apart from some automated DDOS attack, which would ultimately originate from a smart user with root, using the stupid user as a transport.

To what extent should ODM's be able to decide who is a smart root user and stupid root user? (And regardless their decision, why should we believe them?) There may not be an answer here, but the discussion is interesting also from a political point of view. How much should the "government" be responsible for a certain individual's action, regardless of their intelligence? Personally I think they're not, and should only provide security to prevent individuals from directly hurting each other, and not preventing them from hurting themselves, if they choose to do so.
[Security Discussion] stefeman:
Reading all this, it makes me wonder if the antivirus apps help at all..
[Security Discussion] E:V:A:
Let's put it this way.

In 6 years of heavy 24/7 PC use, my anti-virus have prevented me from a "possible" remote exploit exactly once, while having annoyed me with lengthy uninterruptible scans and ignoring my ignore settings about a 1000 times, due to adware and various other false positives. Then only god knows how many different countries governments are already present in my PC. Go figure. And yes, I have tweaked every possible setting and tried multiple well know AV's.

Forget AV's and get a good FW and with a well tuned host file, and well tuned common sense.