yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ok, so we all know that we need to be extra careful with the apps we use and the permissions they demand, at least, if you are here on XDA, I certainly hope you know this! And for many of you it is probably 2nd nature to steer clear of many apps that require too many irrelevant permissions. However, it was just brought to my attention that yesterday SnoopWall released a Threat Assesment Report regarding the top 10 Flashlight/Torch apps in the Play Store, and every one of them can potentially be used maliciously! So I thought I would share this with everyone, first, so that you are aware of it, and second, so you can make others aware! Maybe if we show those stubbornly ignorant people we all know, they will start trying to be a little more careful, and start paying a little more attention to what they are doing!

One important thing to note, as I dont remember seeing it mentioned specifically in the report, is that during their investigation they found a lot of personal information being sent by these flashlight apps to Russia, China and India! Need I say more???

Personally, I have always stayed away from these flashlight apps for several reasons that are mentioned by the report. For example, why would any app that only functions as a flashlight need to be several megabytes in size??? Huge red flag if you ask me!

Anyway, as many of you know here, I do not have a lot of time right now, so I will just post the links you need to educate yourself below. I will try to post more information later on as time allows, but I just wanted to get this out there for anyone who needs to know about it.

SnoopWall's Flashlight App Threat Assessment Report

Fox News report - A Cybersecurity Threat That Could Be Lurking On Your Phone

FTC Sues Brightest Flashlight Developer

SnoopWall's Apps on Google Play

Ill post this in the AT&T forum as well.

Doc

:cowboy:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JustZaphod:
Easy fix with App Ops..

But the Torch app native to Carbon works just fine..

App Ops is your friend where evil programs ask for unnecessary permissions..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] araceli76:
Wow didn't realize this. Thanks for the info
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pangius:
Hello. I have this problem. My proximity sensor on Nexus 5 is lagging. I am using a program to check the sensor. It is recognizing the movement.. but sometimes it takes 300ms, or 500ms or 5sec or 11 sec and sometimes i am waiting until 30sec and nothing happens.. This tests never gave me same results twice.. Is this hardware failure, software , or cleaning the sensor issue? I tried cleaning the screen from the outside and that didnt help.. What can i do to fix this? Is this a common problem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] danman132x:
I've noticed that the LED light widget isn't that powerful on the S4, and GoldenEye doesn't seem to have it in the drop down menu like my S3 did. I use the assistive light widget, but the output seems to be lacking. If I install a flashlight app, it's much brighter, however I do not want a flashlight app with all the permissions they want. Just for a light!

Is there anyone who could code it to be brighter, or maybe a parameter I can dig into using an app to get into the filesystem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dave5777:
Just use Wanam goto lockscreen/hidden flashlight
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] moiramd:
That's weird goldeneye has a flashlight option press and hold power button you will see the option
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] danman132x:
Hm, I hold the power button, but it doesn't have a flashlight option. Latest version, safestrap. The wanam xposed mod doesn't work either, the one where you hold the volume button to turn on.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Ok, so we all know that we need to be extra careful with the apps we use and the permissions they demand, at least, if you are here on XDA, I certainly hope you know this! And for many of you it is probably 2nd nature to steer clear of many apps that require too many irrelevant permissions. However, it was just brought to my attention that yesterday SnoopWall released a Threat Assesment Report regarding the top 10 Flashlight/Torch apps in the Play Store, and every one of them can potentially be used maliciously! So I thought I would share this with everyone, first, so that you are aware of it, and second, so you can make others aware! Maybe if we show those stubbornly ignorant people we all know, they will start trying to be a little more careful, and start paying a little more attention to what they are doing!

One important thing to note, as I dont remember seeing it mentioned specifically in the report, is that during their investigation they found a lot of personal information being sent by these flashlight apps to Russia, China and India! Need I say more???

Personally, I have always stayed away from these flashlight apps for several reasons that are mentioned by the report. For example, why would any app that only functions as a flashlight need to be several megabytes in size??? Huge red flag if you ask me!

Anyway, as many of you know here, I do not have a lot of time right now, so I will just post the links you need to educate yourself below. I will try to post more information later on as time allows, but I just wanted to get this out there for anyone who needs to know about it.

SnoopWall's Flashlight App Threat Assessment Report

Fox News report - A Cybersecurity Threat That Could Be Lurking On Your Phone

FTC Sues Brightest Flashlight Developer

SnoopWall's Apps on Google Play

Doc

:cowboy:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
dont know if this appropriate place to post (and will delete if needed) when i use to use play store , i found this xposed mode

http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.germainz.playpermissionsexposed

and am aware that there are many filter/nets/whatevers. but this one was helpful to me.

good day

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xhozt:
This looks and smells like some fear mongering BS.. http://www.snoopwall.com/threat-reports-10-01-2014/ just has a chart of permissions and the ones used on several of the apps are VERY reasonable .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazymonkey05:
Idk that first app in the grid is vary suspicious alongside some others with same permisions

---------- Post added at 05:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:52 AM ----------

Lol but there recomeded safety precautions are way too exaggerated
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AddictedToB3er:
I'm definitely glad most Roms come with a simple torch/flashlight app so I've never had to download one from the play store, that's scary stuff!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Alexandre-P:
The thing is, here it is about flashlight apps. But the same threat could eventually apply to any app. Not that I would like people to become paranoid, but a quick read of permissions requests by apps when installing them and evaluate what the asked permissions could do is always a good habit to have. Lots of apps developers publish, on their website or directly on the Play Store, the reasons why certain permissions are requested and how they are used for -- this is an habit I would like to see more often.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AddictedToB3er:
Yeah for sure I was reading one of the XDA articles a while back about how many permissions keyboard apps ask for and it seemed a little much to me. I like to just go in and disable permissions I don't think certain apps need like Facebook for example. I never check in anywhere so I disable the location permission.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sotoLOTO-:
OK, and would anyone ever recommend one safe privacy-centric flashlight app???? Since my ROM - Lollipop 5.0.1 and Nova launcher simply don't have it built in what am I to do ??? I am switching neither my rom nor my launcher, so as I see it ... I need an app to do it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
you can check here. free and open source.

https://f-droid.org/

"err on the side of kindness"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sotoLOTO-:
OK, I'm acquainted with fdroid, but I was asking for a particular flashlight app, that uses only your camera's flash and nothing else and is kilobytes light ... not 20mb like some other flashlight apps. The closest thing to this description is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.flashLight however it asks for permissions for the camera not the camera flashlight, which again makes little sense IMO and secondly it causes a screenlock if phone screen is turned off with the app running. U then need only to double tap your screen to check what time it is and you are guaranteed to have your screen locked from then on until your battery dies. Thus this calls for the need of a proper flashlight app ...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fariel2012:
Hello everyone I am sure that there is a lot of this thread going.

But I think mine is even worse.

the problem:

I rooted the device, everything worked fine ( did it with card reader - because my pc can not recognize the device had the problem a long time ago, somehow it worked then, but does not now, giving me the code 10 and 43

I think my USB port on the SAMSUNG might be damaged, because it does recharge but wont connect at all, tried kies, tried all the debugging modes, drivers, turning off the computer, rebooting all that stuff..)

The main problem is I flashed the cwm, rebooted, worked fine, then I clicked the do Backup thing and from then I can only go to yellow "downloading" or samsung logo, cannot even use that "Odin" because my USB is apparently damaged.. Any Ideas at all other than taking the phone and throwing it into the dumpster?

it is gt-s5830

my system is Win7-64bit

any help will be deeply appreciated ...

sincerely Fariel2012
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniga74:
Samsung logo freeze, cant recovery, can download mode (cant join to pc)

try with different usb cable

daniga74
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raakib Zargar:
Hi there

you will need to give a usb jigg service to your device and then flsah it back to stock using odin
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MMX_CHETAN:
SGA s5830 stuck @ boot logo

I follwed these steps before it stuck @ boot logo

1 rooted phone through root_S5830.zip file

2 then used 6.0.4.6-cooper_fix.zip cwm recovery

3 decided to flash Touchwiz-Resurrected_ROM_V1.0.zip rom

4 followed all steps to flash thrrough CWM recovery

phone reebots samsung.com logo>> samsung boot animation shows up>>samsung name appears again keeps glowing and phone restarts!!!

after it I tried 6-7 different roms then i tried to flash through odin but wasnt able to do so but failed the device showed up in odin but wasnt able to flash stock rom

then i decided to go for Phil touch recovery I installed Philtouch recovery and tried to flash a custom rom now I'm stuck again at boot name GALAXY ACE s5830 nothing goes further!!!

I searched over XDA and some guy quoted this problem is solvable by using odin and putting phone in downloading mode (vol- button+home button + Power on ) I am able to put my phone in downloading mode, but when i conncet it to PC it says USB device not recognized WTF!!!!!???? 10 mins ago i connected my Phone using same cable same port same odin now this ***** appears ???

I swapped PC's, Cables, ports everything nothings working , phone wont start stuck @ boot logo pls help ASAP :crying: :confused: :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raakib Zargar:
That's it.. You have hard bricked your phone that's dead recovery and dead download mode. Give your phone the usb jigg service which will force it to go to either the download mode or the recovery mode whatever you want.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dev_endran:
Hi folks, I am kinda new to the Rooting scene (say a few hours). Well a user posted the note 4 stock apps somewhere on XDA and out of some wild excitement I flashed the S Browser for the note 4 onto my N900 (octane core) note 3. For some reason Internet (I.e the stock browser) won't open and keeps crashing. I do have a NANDROID backup and tried installing the browser alone with Titanium Backup which didn't restore anything. Of course I have Chrome (posting this from chrome) but I really like the stock browser. Please find a work around to restore my browser without having to restore the entire backup
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edan1979:
welcome to the world of excitement.... next time just make a backup of the files that you're going to replace... for your problem... just google around for stock note3 browser and replace the files...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] posedatull:
Hey guys. Decided to install some cm/aokp roms on my phone lately, and I was wondering how I could make my Gear 1 running null rom to connect and get notifications from my n9005 now, since i am no longer on a tw rom... Can anyone help out with some download links or whatever, please? Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toastido:
Check the gear forum. Lots of info there on this.

Sent from my leanKernel 3.10 powered stock 4.4.2 (NF9) SM-N900T
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] hmeyer:
Just got my new extended battery yesterday, and so far it works ok.

But now I need a new carholder of course, because the old Brodit mount wont take my Uni anymore now that it has become thicker....

Anyone found a solution to this, I prefer to have it in laptop mode in the car, I use TomTom a lot!

/HM
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] mikealder:
The Exec I have with expanded battery still fits in the Brodit holder, OK so its not quite as easy to get in the holder, but it's fine once located - Mike
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] hmeyer:
Mine doesn't at least I don't think it does, I haven't tried to actually force it in though, did not want to ruin the holder, can you tell me how much your Uni has gained in thickness with your extended battery?

Mine has grown almost 6 millimeters, but if yours is the same increase, I will definitely try and force it in after all.

Cheers

/HM
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] hmeyer:
Oh, I forgot to ask, can you still use the socket for the charger?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] mikealder:
At least 6MM the battery is a LI-PO cell 3150mAh device (part number PU16A), it is a tight fit in the Brodit mount but it will go in, and yes I can still use the charger cable - Mike
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] daiash:
is the extended batter alot better ?

as i'me getting an Xda Exec this week
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] mikealder:
I use the extended battery when away from home with the device, the main reason is Internet access, the battery gets hammered when connected via 3G so the extra weight and capacity is worth it for me, not for everyone though - the Exec is a lump to start with add the extended battery pack and forget the shirt pocket to carry it in! - Mike
[Samsung Galaxy 551 Callisto] Luplon:
Hi, i have a problem with my phone, a Samsung GT-I5510, after updating it with Odin to Android 2.3.6 from Froyo, i couldn't find a single way of rooting it or simply to get root access to cancel or install some apps. Here i post the data of the phone:

GT-I5510

Android 2.3.6

I5510XWKP1

Kernel 2.6.35.7-perf-CL809037root@DELL138#1

GINGERBREAD.BUKP7

I have tried many ways of rooting it, including rooting from the SDcard with Universal Root or Z4root, and i also have tried with SuperOneClick or SRS-Root from my pc, all failed, and if i try to install CWM Recovery, the screen of the recovery program becomes so dark that it is impossible to read, and i have to hard reste it to unistall CWM.

And i also have trouble if i get into stock recovery mode, after the normal commands, it appear a message under the screen

-- Appling Muti-Csc --

Can't access to '/system/csc/VOD/system'

Can you help me with my device?

Thank You
[Samsung Galaxy 551 Callisto] Darth:
Hi,

I can't find anything for your device, except very old threads with broken links. You can ask for help here....

>Android Development and Hacking >Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy 551 Callisto] Darth:
Thread closed. Thank you.
[GiONEE Elife E7] cw3tai:
Hi gionee elife e7 taiwan rom but accessibility service disappear and i install custom lockscreen but notification not active because accessibility service disappear please help me
[General Topics] Siouxsie D:
I have searched everywhere trying to find how to remove the Verizon Wireless text And clock/weather widget from the lockscreen of HTC one m8.

Have read about using a lockscreen app but they all seem to show that the widget can be added, maybe replaced. I want a completely blank lockscreen. Is this possible?

If someone could point me in the right direction or directions I would be grateful.

Thanks,

Siouxsie

Sent from somewhere down the rabbit hole.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
** DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A DEVELOPER. I DO THIS AS A HOBBY AND SHARE MY FINDINGS IN CASE SOMEONE ELSE FINDS THEM USEFUL. **

** THIS WORKED ON MY DEVICE BUT IT MAY NOT WORK ON YOURS. APPLY AT YOUR OWN RISK **​

Requirements:

Rooted S5

Safestrap installed

Tested only on G900AUCU1ANCE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Procedure:

1- Copy the attached framework-res.apk onto the sdcard of your phone.

2- Reboot the phone into safestrap recovery.

3- Tap "Mount" and select "System"

4- Go back to the safestrap home screen

5- Tap "Advanced" and then "File Manager"

6- Navigate to /system/framework and tap on framework-res.apk

7- Rename it to framework-res.apk.bac as you may need this backup copy if things don't work.

8- Navigate to /sdcard and tap on framework-res.apk that you had put there.

9- Copy it into /system/framework

10- Navigate to /system/framework and tap on framework-res.apk

11- Tap on chmod and type in: 0644

12- Go back to the safestrap home screen and reboot.

AT&T tethering limitations are all removed now. If I wasn't lazy I would make a flashable zip for this.

Troubleshooting:

If the phone does not reboot correctly or you get stuck on the reboot screen, reboot back into safestrap, use its file manager to remove framework-res.apk from /system/framework, and then rename framework-res.apk.bac to framework-res.apk to get your system back to the original shape.

FAQ:

Q: Can this brick my phone?

A: Yes, if you do not follow the steps carefully.

Q: Can AT&T still find out that I am tethering?

A: I have no idea. This just allows you to skip the annoying "To enable mobile hotspot ... dial 611" message and activate the tethering. I speculate that AT&T detects you are tethering from your surfing pattern. I use this moderately on my phone and I still haven't been caught.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexxoo:
Can somebody port multirom to the note 3?any dev out there?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kpirnie:
why not try safestrap?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DutchDogg54:
[MENTION=2577658]flexxoo[/MENTION] - I've moved your thread from Development to the Q&A section where you should have posted this originally. You've been around way too long to not know better - please post in the correct sections.

Thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexxoo:
Does it do the same thing??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kpirnie:
Close except you don't need to flash switch bootloaders.

What it basically does is allow you to create Rom "slots" in which you can install multiple roms. On boot you are presented with a screen to either continue booting, or boot into SafeStrap, which is where you can select the slot to boot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexxoo:
Can you please show me where i can get this because i cannot find it?? Thanks!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kpirnie:
its a big site... use the main search
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexxoo:
Thanks!!!
[Xperia Z1 General] sbll:
pictures of sony z1 / z2 / z3 are not beautiful, I saw photos of meizu MX4 with the same sensor are beautiful. someone manages to make porting software camera meizu MX4 for sony z1 / z2 / z3? Thanks to those who help me!
[Xperia Z1 General] IgorEisberg:
I can give it a try, but I can't find any ROM/system dump for Meizu MX4 online.
[Xperia Z1 General] Anonymuszymus:


it would be nice if we could have it :D
[Xperia Z1 General] sbll:
I have the link, but i can't post. You can search flyme ROM with gogle. Thank you for help me
[Xperia Z1 General] sbll:
The link for apk camera and gallery mx4 (zip)
[Xperia Z1 General] sbll:
Look down, i have post screenshot with link for file zip: apk camera and gallery mx4 and library.

I have tried to install with recovery but without success
[Xperia Z1 General] pepeo123:
yea that would be awesome

mx4 has really good picture quality and it uses the same IMX220 20.7MP (5248x3936 pixels) as the z1/z1c/z2/z3/z3c.

the only problem with the meizu camera is chromatic aberrations, but this is lens fault, with the sony lens, the image quality would be even better.

please devs, make this happen
[Xperia Z1 General] IgorEisberg:
Thanks. Unfortunately you cannot flash it like this even for testing, you must deodex it first. I've downloaded the complete ROM and will do what I can, even though I'm not too experienced with smali, I do have some projects going on involving pure smali coding.

UPDATE: I managed to edit the app so it actually opens now (installs as normal APK) and takes shots (and panoramas, effects etc) but crashes only when taking a shot with manual focus, which I'm trying to fix right now... stay tuned.
[Xperia Z1 General] pepeo123:
wow, you are fast. im really looking forward to this

but i have a question. will this process images acordingly to meizu firmware or sony one? is it possible to use both camera softwares? because the sony one is better for videos lol
[Xperia Z1 General] IgorEisberg:
Yes this is a completely separate package.

I've found a problem though. The quality values are also kernel dependent. Sony's ROM doesn't have these camcoder quality profiles (they are probably specific to MTK chipsets)

.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_LOW:I = 0x8
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_MEDIUM:I = 0x9
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_HIGH:I = 0xa
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_FINE:I = 0xb
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_NIGHT_LOW:I = 0xc
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_NIGHT_MEDIUM:I = 0xd
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_NIGHT_HIGH:I = 0xe
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_NIGHT_FINE:I = 0xf
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_LIVE_EFFECT:I = 0x10
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_H264_HIGH:I = 0x11
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_1080P:I = 0x12
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_LIST_END:I = 0x12
.field public static final CAMCORDER_QUALITY_MTK_SLOW_MOTION_HD_120FPS:I = 0x13
.field public static final CAMCORDER_QUALITY_MTK_SLOW_MOTION_HD_180FPS:I = 0x14
.field public static final CAMCORDER_QUALITY_MTK_SLOW_MOTION_HIGH:I = 0x15
.field public static final CAMCORDER_QUALITY_MTK_SLOW_MOTION_FHD_120FPS:I = 0x16
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_FINE_4K2K:I = 0x17
.field public static final CAMCORDER_QUALITY_MTK_SLOW_MOTION_VGA_120FPS:I = 0x1f
.field public static final CAMCORDER_QUALITY_MTK_SLOW_MOTION_HD_60FPS:I = 0x28
.field public static final CAMCORDER_QUALITY_MTK_SLOW_MOTION_FHD_60FPS:I = 0x32
.field public static final QUALITY_MTK_TIME_LAPSE_LIVE_EFFECT:I = 0x3f8
.field private static final QUALITY_MTK_TIME_LAPSE_LIST_END:I = 0x3fa

This means that no mater what I do, we won't be able to reproduce the actual quality Meizu MX4 produces... (that's one of the reasons for the in-app crashes, a missing video quality profile). That's also why slowmotion video crashes, there is no profile for it in Sony devices.
[Xperia Z1 General] pepeo123:
oh so this is bad news. this means it will be impossible to port it completely. if mx4 was s800 too, maybe it should be possible. sad.

galaxy k zoom also support the same sensor, but has a diferent chipset as well.