yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Security Discussion] traceless:
I thought about this one multiple times and finally decided to open this thread.

My idea is for those people that aren't able to root their devices. Apart from the warranty side there are various reasons not to do so:

KNOX

Company-owned devices?

Closed BL

Internal counters (e.g. Samsung devices)

...

So rooting won't be easy with one of the above situations.

The concept is to decompile the APK, build a modified one frome the "old" resources and include the xPrivacy APK Builder "Controll Service" and install this. Another Controll App is then able to give the Service in the modified App commands, what device-specific value it should spoof.

The concept mainly builds on the SRT App Guard that is used to take permissions from apps away. It does this e.g. by spoofing the mobile phone number to 123456 as well as the IMEI and IMSI (if READ_PHONE_STATE is in AndroidManifest and disabled by AppGuard).

It would be really nice if it were possible to manage which data should be spoofed from another App without root.

What do you think about this idea?

Greetz
[Security Discussion] SilentEYE:
Awesome idea. But who is able to make your idea real?
[G3 Accessories] Splashy2k:
I have the G3 and LG Wireless Charger WCD-100 and it doesn't work well with the Spigen Slim Armor case.

Could you recommend a good wireless charger for the G3 that works with the Spigen Slim Armor case?

Thank you in advance.
[G3 Accessories] xlxcrossing:
+1 my slim armor case and wireless charging cover are on their way in the mail and I never thought to cross reference whether or not the charging will work through a dual layer case.
[G3 Accessories] jtemple42000:
My wife has the Spigen Slim Armor case and we are using Itian A6 charger (tylt vu knock off) and it works great! I bought them off Amazon for $33.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomijac16:
Boeffla kernel on the note 3 ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King ov Hell:
Sadly no, contact with dev.
[General Questions and Answers] WiiLdDeViiL:
i rooted my phone and restore factory setting now it aint booting can some one please give me original recovery of qmobile a900i

please i reply fast. and also please tell the method to do it, i installed chain fire 3d thats why it aint booting . and i tried adb shell but

in cmd when i typed adb shell it says "closed" please hep me guyz
[XDA Assist] yassar146:
galaxy s2 9100 e:failed to mound/efs

this is one of my friend mobile

when he give me this its working but no imei with 4.0.3

then i tried to update to 4.1.2 after that it just rebooting

then am all most read and try all threats about this prob but still it unfixed

i tried all most all the way to get efs. i have no backup of that. can i manually write down that? bcz before i get an lenovo like this then i just manually enter the imei with mtk droid tools

now the condition is:-

cwm mode with cyanogenmod 4.4.2 rom boot loop

model GT-I9100

:confused::confused:
[XDA Assist] dagger:
Hey there,

I would suggest you to post the query in the galaxy s2 forum Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 > Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting as the people there would be able to help and assist you. :)

Good luck.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] loady:
Been trying for weekes to get this phone going..it has no mobile signal.

I was trying to flash CM11 rom but i got staus 7 whilst doing it and now i cant get into download mode to flash the latest cwm recovery as i beleive that might be the problem, i can still get into cwm and have wiped and erased dat etc but it just keeps looping back to cwm..any ideas ?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] dumpuz:
If you for some reason can't go into download mode (volume down + power + home), but can go into recovery then I would first try using the mount option and in case that doesn't work, I would check if you have any micro sd card that you could use, then put that directly in your computer and transfer a CWM flashable zip, I use this one: LINK. That should solve your problem. Good luck and hope it works!
[About XDA developers] Mumraa:
So yes basically I know things on xda are supposedly safe in terms of security and roms. But have there ever been a case of a Rom having something like a keystroke logger or any type of hack to gather information or gain access to your personal stuff? And if it had never happened on xda maybe from one of the other sites?

I suppose I'm just trying to address how safe custom roms are I have been using various ones recently so I do trust them some what of course and I assume if a roms been on xda for months and has many posts it's been checked but I still wonder if someone was clever they could wait for the right moment to strike if you know what I mean. Thanks.
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
Yea, in a way, you are trusting that the devs have no added anything sinister to their custom ROMs. But in the time I've been here (a long time!) I haven't seen anything like this added to any ROMs. You could always do a full scan of the ROM before flashing it to be sure.
[About XDA developers] Mumraa:
What would you scan it with though? Pc viruses and malware different to mobile no? And anyway surely a clever hacker would make there own hack etc. And maybe they just add it to the update add well :p . Anyway good to hear no ones reported one yet!
[About XDA developers] Mumraa:
Well I will try a pc scanner...phone scanners seem to just check.apk's so that's useless...done some full scans all the same just for the hell off it. Guess I don't have any money anyway so I'm safe :D . But like I say if they are clever they will write their own code so the scanners won't find it :p .
[About XDA developers] Mumraa:
Still no one reported ok that's given me more confidence...a bit :s ...
[About XDA developers] nathlynn22:
Only thing I new of was start of the year I had a xperia z ultra and the mostly only way to gain root at the time was to use kingo root. It wasn't a XDA developed root tool is was from a Chinese website and it was suspect as it took your phone details like imei number. Not sure what happened in the end. But if you get a phone and you trust the recognised devs you should be OK.
[About XDA developers] mrkish:
Golly, I sho hope not!

:good::good::good:
[About XDA developers] Randy L:
How about as of late and the security involved when you have a rooted phone? I have not been able to locate any substantial info concerning the legitimacy of or about the claim. Do I need to UN root my phone after the new flash or no? Or, am I way of base here and obviously don't fully understand the weekness of having a rooted phone? In other words, a rooted phone is just as safe as a non rooted phone?

Thanks in advance
[About XDA developers] DSA:
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[About XDA developers] Darth:
No, a rooted phone is not as secure as an unrooted phone. You've opened up access to the system when you rooted, and therefore made it vulnerable.

Not that an unrooted phone is completely secure either, but with root access, a malicious app could do much damage.
[About XDA developers] Randy L:
What would you suggest since I plan to flash a newer, stable ROM with a newer radio binary? I need to ensure my phone is locked up right as possibly allowable without over taxing the system.

Thanks again
[About XDA developers] zelendel:
It's all a trust and common sense game. If you flash a rom you are putting the trust in others hands. No way around that. As for keeping it locked down. Your best bet would be to stay on stock. Root is a security hole and that's why Google is starting to allow apps to check for root and if found disable the app or features of the app.
[About XDA developers] gotmicah:
Luckily most of our ROMS don't come from people stand to gain anything from that info and are probably like-minded when it comes to how we want our phones to work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ishemes:
I have a problem and I hope somebody can help me. My phone can't boot into a TouchWiz ROM because it asks for an encryption pin or password, even though it is not encrypted.

Here is some history and more information:

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 that had Cyanogenmod installed on it. Suddenly it was charging slow on my normally fast charger (even draining when the screen was on), so I was looking for a kernel with fastcharge enabled. I went through a few of them that worked and ended up with Mahdi ROM which I really liked until I read that the development stopped two weeks ago. I then decided to try out a TouchWiz rom but I tried three of them and all of them ask me for a password during the first boot. It's a TouchWiz screen that states something like: "Enter your pin or password to use the encrypted device memory".

I removed the external SD cart, did a full wipe in TWRP including internal storage and data partition format, but the problem persists. I can go back to Cyanogemod, Slimrom and Mahdi rom, but when I try Insane ROM or Wicked ROM I get the same password request popup. I through I would try ODIN to flash stock and see what happens, but the phone is not recognized by any computer I tried (MacBook Pro, DELL laptop or iMac). Since it has problems charging I think there is a problem with the USB port.

Anybody has a clue how I can disable this 'encrypted' bit / flag without using a USB connected computer? Because it is clear that the data on the phone is not encrypted. It is like something left over from a previous ROM.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] rtR1:
Hi all,

I foolishly use the Hermes unlocking software on my m5000. I can get into the phone but cant access the bootloader as the phone just re-sets - am I screwed?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] rtR1:
Ive managed to get into bootloader and i am unlocking it using the correct software now :)

Is a rom update recommended too?

Regards,
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pokerplayer999:
hi

I think I just brick my roger SGH-I747m, I try to bring my phone back to 4.3 from 4.4.2, so I try to flash a 4.3 bootloader from twrp 2.6.3.0; but if give me a error message, then I took the battry out, and I can't start my phone anymore. Is there anything I can do to unbrick my S3 cause the phone is not mine and I will be kill from my sister if I told her I brick her phone. Please help!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Was it running stock 4.4.2 before you tried to go back to 4.3? If it was, there is no way to unbrick from 4.4.2 at the moment.

If you need it fixed really fast, a jtag service would be the quickest. Ming Wireless in downtown Toronto provides excellent service.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Actually, there may be hope here. Try the 4.4.2 256mb debrick.img in the debrick thread. Follow instructions there. Also please post there for further assistance.

There have been a couple of bricks recovered on NE4 firmware. As long as you didnt flash the new modem on 4.3 firmware there is hope.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
If the OP was on stock 4.4.2 and tried to flash the 4.3 bootloader, would it actually flash the bootloader? If it did flash the 4.3 bootloader, would the debrick still work since the OP would have stock 4.4.2 with a 4.3 bootloader?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If he flashed it via custom recovery, and it wasn't protected by the assert function in the script, yes it could have flashed the older bootloader. Its not the attempt that bricks devices. Something has to actually be written (or corrupted) for it to brick. The only thing that worries me here is the modem. We know we cannot fix a device if it has the new modem flashed onto 4.3 firmware. However, I am not sure about flashing a full 4.3 package. If it does not include the modem, they will have ended up with the same resulting setup. Bust since it was done backwards, I do not know if it will be recoverable or not.

(I hope that makes sense)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pearlheartgtr:
I'm posting this here because I don't have enough posts yet for the actual Liquidsmooth thread in development.

My phone is an XT912 flashed to Page Plus.

I was running the 3/27 spyder (if I remember correctly) version since March with little to no problems. Yesterday, I decided to update the rom to the 0806 spyder version on slot 2 (Safestrap) with PA mini GAPPS. I first did a dirty install over the previous version (read on the thread that some people had no problems doing that).

Things seemed to go fine for a few hours until I tried to delete some files on my sd card and internal storage while it was plugged into my computer. Some folders showed that they were empty (which they weren't), they were fine when I checked in ES File Explorer afterwards. So I rebooted into recovery to wipe the cache and dalvik. Reboot the phone and system ui immediately was stopping, over and over again. I got the phone back into recovery, did some cache and dalvik wipes, reinstalled, wiped again, and rebooted. System ui has stopped.

I booted back into recovery, factory reset slot 2, wiped caches, reinstalled the rom and gapps, another wipe, and rebooted. Profit! The only thing I had to do was futz with some settings to get 3G working again. All was well for the rest of the day and night until I decided to update Viper4Android. Viper rebooted the phone and I was back to the system ui crashing again. Meanwhile, I had rebooted the phone several times to fix the 3G and all was fine. Tried the whole full wipe and reinstall a couple of times (as per one of the posts that said to wipe, reinstall, wipe cache, reboot system, boot to recovery, wipe caches, reinstall, wipe caches, and finally reboot system. No go.

I saw that I'm not the only one this is happening to in the LS thread. Anyone have any ideas? I really can't get in to change any settings because the error starts as soon as the phone is booted. I have to try and get it to reboot in between tapping "ok" on the error and tapping "reboot" and "recovery".
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pearlheartgtr:
Is the phone branded Verizon? If it is, use the Spyder version. If not, UTMS Spyder.

I gave up on the Liquidsmooth rom. I went with AxxionKat and it runs so much better. Not one problem.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] myafidk:
since new nightly build already available (LS-KK-v3.2-2014-08-16), it will be good idea to upgrade, just flashed this morning & everything is fine except moving from dalvik to ART caused bootloop..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pearlheartgtr:
I'll stick with AxxionKat. I've had absolutely no issues with it thusfar.
[HTC One V] Gyuri111:
I don't found in the forum some problems.

I have a HTC One V (GSM)

Stock android 4.0.3, ics sense 4.0

build number: 2.22.401.6

Kernel: 3.0.46-TiTaNiuM-V6

rooted, with recovery and busybox.

BUT odex rom.... no deodexed...

I need the deodexed files/rom (dir framework + dir app)

i dont found..

or

i need the full beats enhancer mod (htc fx) for odex version..

and

i need advanced power menu (with bootloader and recovery) for my rom (odex version)...

I found beats control and the apm for DEODEXED rom. But i haven't this rom, just the odex rom.... :(

And i have a Lock Ring pic, but this is a png.

In this rom has a jpg pic. 2 pics in the stock version, lockscreen_ring.jpg and lockscreen_ring_high.jpg

With Virtuous Tens Studio i made 2 similar lock rings png, and replaced the stock rings..with find and replace from menu in the VTS. After build the project, and replace the apk my one v was boot loop....

i attached the original file, and the made by me.

Anyone can help me?
[HTC One V] a7thousandths:
when you decompiled Htclockscreenlite.apk, what png did you replace with your custom one? I decompiled it and I would assume you should customize the png named "lockscreen_ring" then compile the apk then....

- open the original apk with 7zip or similar

- open the newly compiled apk with custom lock ring with 7zip or similar

- copy the folder "res" and "resources.arsc" from custom apk and paste them into the original apk, overwriting the files

- then place the original apk with replaced files into your rom, or make flashable zip

Hope it helps! :fingers-crossed:
[HTC One V] Gyuri111:
Okay, i try it now.

I deodexed my rom with Kitchen, very very good.

But i was a problem.. I didn't install an app, because: No have enough space... I solved this problem with Lucky Patcher. I deleted the odex backups.

I made a backup from my rom.

i installed The Beats Enhancer Mod V2.22.. Very good. I haven't boot loop.

But the APM V1.56 not correct for me, with this boot loop my mobile.
[HTC One V] Gyuri111:
Your version end of boot loop...

I made new apk from stock version with my lockring png.. after i open the stock apk in 7zip and open the modded apk in 7zip.

I replaced and overwrited "res" and "resources.arsc" in the original apk.

I copied to /system/app overwrited the old file...
[HTC One V] a7thousandths:
could you upload your original HtcLockScreenLite.apk so that i can take a look at it? I made it work on my rom which is Ignorance V5...same android version and all. The only thing is that the ring only appeared when I selected the original HTC skin.
[HTC One V] Gyuri111:
i attached the original lock screen ring apk. download it! :)

My one v deodexed by me.
[HTC One V] a7thousandths:
done! select original HTC skin to see it
[Android General] phyvax:
Hi All,

China developer team Cofface has develop a CM11 base rom for Mi3 WCDMA. This is the first and the only one CM base custom ROM which they just publish it on MIUI Chinese forum on 8 August.

As a lot of Mi3 User has been waiting for this for long time,i decided to share the link of their download pages so that foreign Mi3 user who have been waiting for this do have a chance to try it.

Bear in mind that this is just a initial release and there are a lot of bug ahead,pls use it on your own risk.

Link to cofface official blog:

http://www.cofface.com/

Link to original post in MIUI chinese forum:

http://www.miui.com/thread-1896259-1-1.html

Download Link of the ROM zip file:

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gdrGv9h

Download password:w6qa

ALL the web page above are in chinese, pls use google translate !!
[Android General] drive2droad:
This is a really useful post for someone like who owns a MI3 WCDMA version , thanks a lot !!
[Android General] kD:
Can you link to the device tree config you used?

I can't see anything over here :- https://github.com/cofface/android_device_xiaomi_cancro-mi4w

Well there is already cm11 development done by qiwi and varun.chitre15 here is the link to their configs :- https://github.com/varunchitre15/android_device_xiaomi_cancro
[Android General] michael9413:
any tried to install already???

on normal day usage what is the free ram during startup???

MIUI system is hogging ram which takes around 1+GB RAM at startup...

which others phones like Sony or Asus or Lenovo takes around 600~900MB RAM Only...

Please help to advice...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smudge1666:
Hi Guys,noobie here so apologies in advance!!!

I have a UK spec LG G2 802 on EE.

I rooted it yesterday using TOWELROOT and installed TWRP then flashed Cloudy G3 rom, all worked fine happy days.

On turning my phone on this morning it shows the "LG security issue"message.I can get into Recovery ok but i think

I have accidentally deleted the Cloudy G3 rom yesterday so cannot re flash .

To make matters worse My back up isnt there.

What is the simplest way to get a Rom onto my phone to reflash.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smudge1666:
JUST DONE A BIT MORE SEARCHING ON HERE ,WOULD THIS BE MY ANSWER

[TOOL]adb_pusher(for windows)?????

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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomijac16:
How to install x-note 9005 ??

[IMG="screenshot"]http:// https://imageshack.com/i/f0lDb3aBp[/IMG]
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0079:
:banghead: You are joking, right ?

Sent from my N9005
[General Questions and Answers] Rassevaa:
Do i need enable the USB debugging when i install CWM Recovery manually:confused: I have Galaxy Trend plus!
[General Questions and Answers] digijedi007:
Yes you do, and also i would rather recommend the twrp recovery since it has more features and is easier to use on some devices, so you would need to use fastboot in order to flash a recovery to your phone, here are some links for advice http://www.theandroidsoul.com/install-cwm-recovery-samsung-galaxy-trend-plus-gt-s7580-using-odin/ http://www.theandroidsoul.com/easily-root-samsung-galaxy-trend-plus-gt-s7580/
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trey77:
Should I buy a usb wall charger for this phone?

I know it comes with a USB cable so I can use my desktop to charge it but I believe I can charge the phone much faster using a wall socket, correct?

Is this OK? And is the USB cable black?

Thanks. :)
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
It will charge faster from the AC wall adapter, and the product you linked to seem's decent enough for basic charging although it doesn't include a USB cable so you will need to purchase that separately ("Needs to pair with a USB charging cable (not included)").
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trey77:
I ended up buying this one, seems a little better. The USB cable is included with the phone so I'm good.

Thanks. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] KingVeto:
I've seen mention on some threads that it is possible to downgrade the firmware. I've had odd issues since upgrading to NG3 through Odin. Has anyone else downgraded/had odd issues with NG3?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] fffft:
You can downgrade to an earlier 4.4.2 version firmware on your S5. Use Odin to write the full firmware image to your phone.

Possibly Samsung might bar this in the future by setting another qfuse or bootloader changes. But for now it works fine. There are lots of existing threads that elaborate at length on this if you read or search the forum.

.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exterminans:
Hi guys,

I have the folloeing problem. I got a Samsung Galaxy S 2 from a friend, so now I wanted to root the device and install CM 10.1.3.

I tried this now serveral times with different kernels but always got stuck in the end when I flashed CM and rebooted. Then my phone always tried to boot CM but did not go futhere as the circling Cyanogenmod sign. (If you know what I mean)

I tried flashing my phone with: (Odin)

Rom: I9100XWLSD_I9100XXLS8_I9100DBTLS7_HOME

Kernel: PhilZ-cwm6-XWLSD-OXX-4.93.6-signed; PhilZ-cwm6-XWMS2-MOT-5.15.9; Kernel_Dorimanx-V8.43-[12-21]-[24-10]-TAR-FOR-ODIN

After resetting the Flash Counter with Triangle Away, I always installed CM 10.1.3 and gapps through "installing from internal SD". I also alwys wiped my cache ;)

Is there anybody who can help me and explain me what I am doing wrong? I am still pretty new to rooting and flashing custom software ;)

Thanks for your help!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exterminans:
Is there nobody who can tell me wethere I am doing something wrong?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Blizzard:
Hi,

Since a long time i have problems with streaming video on my Wizard. For example, i want to watch the news (ASF-format). Windows Media Player 10 start the stream, the sound is ok but there is no video. I have also tested it with TCPMP, but this doesn't work either. How can i fix this?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] matrix849:
You need to change the bandwidth settings in Media player, from auto detect to something with edge speeds(256k). That solved the problem for me....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madroamer:
is it poss to make nexus 5 clear sprint alone cdma d make it work with any cdma sim? i tried some cdma ws tool all. not permanant working >>>>> any other choice ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
CDMA from what network? Depends on the bands
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madroamer:
my country has both 800 & 1800/1900 cdma mhz

India. Sprint config makes Nexus D 820 as only sprint cdma. how to unlock r way to use any other cdma.

i already tried the post of cdma with cdma WS and misc posted here in xda. not proper though