yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] PrahaJD:
Does anyone know what the system app "ease" is? I uninstalled it via titanium and it came back again...
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
It has been descussed above. Nobody seems to know so far where it comes from.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] theholycow:
Same problem here. Noticed the app a few days ago, because it started showing fullscreen ads.

I uploaded the apk for analysis to Andrubis. It does look like adware, mostly just annoying.

Uninstalling does not work, it gets reinstalled again. This is what worries me most, if this app can get installed, what guarantee is there that not something nastier follows?

I have frozen the app in Titanium backup, it has not run or been reinstalled/unfrozen since. But I really want to know the source of the installation. I prefer my phone clean.

BTW, this is on the S3SW 20150314-141844 ROM.

URL to andrubis report (i can't post a link): h ttps://anubis.iseclab.org/?action=result&task_id=13ac214be904163f4fd3765ad02e97749&format=html
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] bibibuba:
I flashed LP via firmware upgrade without flashing recovery in advance. then i flashed the beta 4 via flash tools and then the twrp 2.8.7.0 via flashtools again, its working for me. I did try to flash the twrp 2.8.0.6 by hanuma the exact same way and it didnt work. weird
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AlexZap:
Wow! Thanks for the site!! That is definitely useful. While it was on my phone, I ran both malwarebytes and avg antivirus on it and neither detected it as an issue, so it must be pretty new. On the latest s3sn rom, however, avg reported the stock launcher and "beautymakeup" as PUPs... malwarebytes also said there were issues with the beautymakeup app. It doesn't even show up in the app drawer, so I froze it. No ill effects so far. The stock launcher, IMO, is ugly as sin on the s3sn rom, so I disabled that too, and am using nova. But about every 12 hours the ease app gets reinstalled. Maybe next time I will just disable it and leave it, to block future installs. But this still doesn't tell me where it is coming from.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] zed-78:
Beautymakeup appears only in the photoapp

I removed ease in system / application manager 24 hours ago. It didn't come back. Can someone tell what the apps in Chinese are (s3sn)?

Sent from my Nokia 3210
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] hariklis:
Mine stopped re-installing when I turned off the "unknown sources installation"
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
FWIW: mine only installed once, and I do have "unknown sources installation" on. Keep you informed.

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What about data_gospel in /system any comment?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] theholycow:
There are no files (only directories) in my /system folder, except for the build.prop.

Edit: I did freeze 'Wireless update 4.1.0.0' too in Titanium Backup. That app has been associated with this behaviour in the previous malware episode a couple of months ago. As an additional precaution I blocked all internet access for the 'ease' app in AFWall+
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] alsat1:
Just for information, I have s3s firmware from april and there is no"ease.app".good for me.

Wysłane z mojego JY-S3 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] theholycow:
That is the weird thing. I have been using this rom since I got the phone. This is almost two months ago. In those two months I have had no issues whatsoever. And now suddenly, BAM, malware!

Malwarebytes does not find anything, btw.

Edit: with this rom I meant the s3sw from march. Maybe I should 'upgrade' to the s3s from april.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] alsat1:
In my opinion this is also best rom for s3 so far.Just bugless.

Wysłane z mojego JY-S3 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
/system/app/com.android.fallen.apk is in stock S3SW-20150314-141844.zip and other stock firmware.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] theholycow:
Thanks! I have that file too.

No clue what is does though. :confused:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AlexZap:
That's just it... This isn't found in any of the stock firmwares. If you follow the conversation, this thing is suddenly popping up as being installed on people's phone, (not as a system app, but like something you would install yourself). Even after deleting it, it gets reinstalled somehow. Some other app on your phone is installing it with out your permission and without prompting you.

Tho, I must say, I uninstalled it 24 or so hours ago, and it hasn't come back.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] greenbat:
Any news about final version of lollipop?

Expected release time?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] tofikos:
2015

Wysłane z mojego JY-S3
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] HilariousMustang:
can you give me the link to this ROM ? I have 3GB version; thanks !
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sirdickens:
Where can I check if I have it? I searched in all the places (Apps/All, via TitaniumBackup) and didn't see this thing. What name does it show and where?

I have S3 0430-131240 stock ROM.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
If you unpack the apk and look at the files they contain funny strings IIRC. And also a few URLs. I do not 100% trust that apk.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] agdroubi:
Breaking news from Jiayu: They will make sure to be the last manufacturer to offer lollipop for customers. :D

I was one of the people that was against any rushing update from jiayu, but come on work harder, will we have to wait a month for every single bug to be solved alone. :confused:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] theholycow:
Not sure if that's it though. The launcher (trebuchet) seems to get flagged as adware by avg.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
Other breaking news. They will be one of the first and few that get lollipop 5.1. Seriously, I would rather wait 6 months more than get the buggy, unfinished 5.0.2. I am currently on the lollipop beta, but only to boast to my friends I have a newer version of android than them :D
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ivivdim:
Where did you find this information?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] darknessblade:
i also have the same problem and i have the same firmware. i also had another different apk a while ago:

pakcage name: com.emob.play

launch activity:

app path:

/data/data/com.emob.play

version:1.0

build:1

userID; 10133

install date: 2015-06-16 18:26

apk-size: 0.207MB

data directory size: 0.008MB

premissions:

phone status

websites+history

removable storage modifycations

find accounts

full netowrk

retrieve running apps

istall shortcuts

it acts like a bridge between the app and the playstore. not sure how it got on the device.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] uptowner:
call me paranoid but i have been on the same rom since a few days after i got my phone and have had no ads until the last 10 days i'm blaming google
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] patcruz:
I also got the malware thing running on my S3. A lot of popups with virus messages. It started about 1 or 2 days ago. The only thing I installed was hola launcher from the playstore. My rom is the same since I bougth the phone.

I manage to remove the app and never saw the popups again...

This is very strange... Does any one knows what is going on?!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] freedgt:
yes is xposed 100% install 1 patch 2 xposed no bootloop
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] clayts450:
Thankfully no malware present on LL 5.1 beta 3 that I've seen yet on my S3 Advanced, so looks like I updated just at the right time - maybe there was some trigger time/date which caused this to suddenly appear ?

My sole remaining issue with the S3 now is the inability to make phone calls ! It's a great phablet, but, at the moment I'm back to my old 1st gen Moto G whilst I try to figure out what is going on.

The mic works fine on sound recorder and on the video camera, but not on calls or Voice Search - I've tried blocking one mic each time I've used the recorders, without any problems - either mic still works. I've then tried leaving a voicemail on my Moto G - no dice.

This issue first came to light when I tried to record a new greeting on my voicemail on my SIM2 card (Giff Gaff) - the mic simply was not working. This was after some of my chums couldn't hear me when I rang then, and all I could hear was noise at my end. I've tried using it with SIM1 (EE) and again, no luck.

I've tried all the MTK Engineering audio fixes suggested here, the Needrom audio patch, factory resetting again with no joy at all.

I don't understand why the mic works fine on sound recorder/video camera, but fails to work on calls or on Voice Search. This screams at me as being a software issue rather than a hardware one, although one thing it could be is, bizarrely, a fault with the headphone jack, where maybe the phone thinks I have a headset plugged in when I don't (when I had headphones in). Got no way of testing this as I don't actually have a headset.

Does anyone here have any suggestions ? The phone was originally installed with the S3SW 201501314 ROM, supplied by Antelife, and the only other ROM I've put on was LL 5.1 beta 3 last night - the mic issue was present on both ROMs
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] alsat1:
Here you go:

http://www.needrom.com/download/jiayu-s3/

Find there rom for your model.

Wysłane z mojego JY-S3 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] wangdak:
No ease malware on S3S ROM version for me. :)

Odesláno z mého JY-S3 pomocí Tapatalk
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
LOL :laugh: Did they find an algorithm to figure out when ? They might as well claim to have solved the famous 'halting problem' then.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AlexZap:
You just will have to check your installed apps every once and a while. If you don't have it, it hasn't been installed yet. That doesn't mean that it won't eventually get installed. Watch for odd full screen adds to pop up, then check to see if it is installed.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Valentino001:
[MENTION=5278745]freedgt[/MENTION] thanks for that link. The v3 improve my earpiece quality a bit
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] 1testi:
I have the same problem with ease-app. I´m on ROM S3SW 20150314-141844. The app was installed on 06-27-2015, 06:35 AM. On that time the phone was sleeping and definitely not in use. So the app was installed and running automatically.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] dromaczek:
Hi could anybody chck one think?

In release candidate lollipop after encrypt drive (secure/encrypt) syste aftr boot crashes all google process crashes etc...

plz somebody check it on their phone (backup user data partition plz firs:)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sutty86:
Buddy I'm on same ROM in uk also and mic works fine in Google.

Had a massive battery drain yesterday though phone was as dead as a dodo.....

Main culprit is phone idle....
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kenturky:
Any of you who are using LL beta 3 have an external charger?

Because a fully charged battery shows 94% on LL beta v3. And once the battery goes to 15 or 20%, the battery suddenly drops to 1%, and after a minute or two, the phone shuts down. The ROM is unable to make use of the full battery. On AOSP KitKat, the battery was always at 100% after a full charge via the external charger.

And the camera resolution is always 9.5MP(16:9) for all lollipop ROMs.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mrgbuzz:
I still have stock KK rom. My battery drained to about 15% and the warning came on screen. Went to 14% immediately, then straight to 4. then 1. But stayed on one longer than the time it took to drop from 15% to 4%. This happened before on both using the charging cable I got with the phone and using a different battery charged externally.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
thats why i reverted back to 4.4.4, will wait for few more builds of LP after that i will jump to 5.1. till then KK is good for me.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kenturky:
Do you have a problem with the music in kk? I've played songs in poweramp and its crap. I have a hearing impairment, and I tend to play songs at loud volumes. And the more I increase the volume, the worse is the sound quality via earbuds.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
not that i can remember, i dont usually listen to music on music players, but i play youtube at full volume and sound is actually nice. earbuds also seem to be good, have you installed at sound mods like viper etc
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kenturky:
I tried maxxaudio on aosp by team force, and I didn't find any improvement in the sound. I'm currently on 5.1 LL beta v3, and the sound on poweramp is perfect without the use of any mods. And I wanna switch back to KitKat, but I like the animations on LL. And the smoothness of ART. All apps run perfectly on ART. I was really surprised by that though.

And one more thing, whatsapp saves all the photos and videos to the internal memory which is what I dislike about KitKat. On LL beta v3, the storage is switched. So all the stuff goes to sdcard0 which is literally my external SD card.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
honestly i too liked the animations, but battery problem is a huge no no for me,also in the latest official Lollipop dated 0623 the storage is again switched back as in KK . you can use Xcool tools from xposed to let whatspp and other apps save data to extSdCard.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
Yup, camera always 9.5mp. For battery already notice this bugs. You can try beta 4 but this rom very slow charging.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] poklop:
You can use ART in KK as well,just switch in developer options
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] lolemenos:
it's not the same as the art used for lollipop but anyways i don't think it's worth losing the stable exposed for 4.4 just to get art. remember that 4.4 art was beta and remained that way
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] dromaczek:
i have camera problem too, max 9.5, but i dont have problem with battery, works ok
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Tolden:
I am testing ART in Kitkat and the phone feels a bit laggy, even in system menus, and antutu losses about 3k points.

Enviado desde mi JY-S3 mediante Tapatalk
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sutty86:
I'm on beta 3 , I had the battery problem yesterday died from 15 percent in a matter of mins with the phone off.

Audio is perfect using android music player

Also plays fine through Bluetooth headphones.

Charging takes a while though,

Sat here now at work plugged into 2.1 ten percent in just over an hour
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kenturky:
Aye. Art on lollipop 5.1 is way more optimized than on KitKat. And nope. I'm not gonna use art on KitKat because art on KitKat won't work on xposed.

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So I guess its a battery problem? I'm not sure why it would have a sudden drop from 15%?

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All the apps which I downloaded worked perfectly on ART in 5.1. I was totally amazed.

Not sure if anyone noticed, app sizes downloaded from the play store for android 5.1 were two to three times the size as the one for KitKat. I wouldn't recommend android 5.1 for phones with 4 or 8GB internal memory... 30 apps, and the internal storage will get completely full..
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AlexZap:
i don't think the ART in kitkat is real. one of the jiayu-de guys pointed that out before, and if you do the switch, then check it in CPU-Z, it still tells you that you are running on dalvik. unless they changed something in one of the later ROMS.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Sta'ko:
Did you tried other sim card (other provider or even same one) could be mobile service issue...?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] greenbat:
Both ART and 64bit file versions used by android 5.1 increases file size. But apps should be much faster:D
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kenturky:
Aye the phone is way faster, apps are also super fast. There is literally no lag in 5.1. I installed a ton of apps, and they work perfectly as if I'm using iOS. (Never used iOS before tho, but saw the smoothness on some videos)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
I have used ios before, and it really isn't that smooth, even on the iPhone 6 at the apple store. Definitely not as smooth as we are with lollipop :D
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] clayts450:
Nice idea, but sadly not the problem. Tried on both SIMs, and worked fine in another phone.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Valentino001:
I just remove the ease app from my phone now. I think the app gets its way to ones phone through Google Chrome browser
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
What makes you correlate the 'ease' apk with Google Chrome browser?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Tolden:
I launched 3dmark test and the phone reaches 8k points, 2k points less than expected, I think that's because I am using stock KK. Same results with ART or Dalvik. GFXbench more or less the same.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] zed-78:
If you refer to snapdragons one. He cheated a littel. The stock timings for the animations are set to 0,5 sec. But I like it that way, I do this allways.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] freedgt:
[MENTION=6528215]Valentino001[/MENTION]

new update audio optimizer v4

http://www.needrom.com/download/patch-audio-optimizer/

test please no xposed (bootloop)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Valentino001:
I'm only guessing anyway. I noticed it on my phone yesterday morning after browsing with Google Chrome the previous night. Before then I've always been browsing with ucbrowser without seeing anything like ease . It's a guess anyway, so I will like others to observe it too
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] zed-78:
I don´t have chrome installed, and got it anyways.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Valentino001:
Thanks man, let me test
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
Flyme 4.5 has released, but i think this rom base on beta 2 rom. Many bugs does have.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Valentino001:
That means I guess wrong then. Though I've disabled installation from unknown sources. I've not seen it since then
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
I always sorta liked flyme. I hope it gets updated to beta 4
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Bantryred:
[MENTION=3798579]FreeGT[/MENTION]

Installed, did the upgrading, slow, but no bootloop. Nice.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] poklop:
I did the same and voila, it came back and unknown sources are reenabled
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] StoneTheKiwis:
Ease

I also disabled 'install from unknown sources', and just now find that it's been enabled again.

I originally deleted ease only to find it return, so it is now left in place but frozen so as to hopefully block any replacement.

However, Avast claims that Settings is a 'Android:Rooter-EJ [PUP]' and wants to delete it. Anyone else seen this?

edit: original build 20150314-141844, S3 advanced/NFC model
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] freedgt:
[MENTION=4365162]Bantryred[/MENTION]

v4 good audio setting for you?

thank you for feedback
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kenturky:
Guys, you think our phone will get an update to android M? Or will it be stuck on android 5.1, and we will have to buy a new phone to get android M?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Sta'ko:
I meant try another sim or provider on the phone.. maybe you limited something connected with the sound of the mobile telephony for that provider, try another on the jiayu s3...:fingers-crossed:.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Bantryred:
[MENTION=5278745]freedgt[/MENTION]

Didn't get a chance yet, interesting that Android updating apps didn't make it bootloop, what did you put in the script? Could it be used for other things like when we restore a titanium backup.zip? I'll let you know later about sound quality.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
Yes: Avast complained about Android:Rooter-EJ [PUP] for Settings apk since day one. It may be a false positive though. According to Avast, a PUP is a 'possibly unwanted program', not necessarily malware or virus. It is more like a 'warning' for 'powerful' programs. And yes: Settings is 'powerful' in that it can root.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] freedgt:
[MENTION=4365162]Bantryred[/MENTION]

thank you
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cyberdejy:
I'm not sure that we'll get 100% working ll 5.1 :banghead: I was already forgot about the existing of Android M :eek::eek::eek::):)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] zed-78:
I remember, that I got ease back after doing a manual OTA update-check on the latest S3SN-ROM. Can anyone confirm? I´m on LP now.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] lolemenos:
If the difference between 5.1 and android m we will perhaps see some ports. I doubt about the official android m from jiayu
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] uptowner:
'm not sure that we'll get 100% working ll 5.1 :banghead:

neither am i now i was waiting for the jiayu s4 supposedly end of june and now supposedly september which will come if it exists running lollipop which hopefully would be stable and would prove jiayu could make one for our phone ,but it looks like i'm gonna be in the kitkat club for a few months yet :cool:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Aussie_Oddball:
I got ease and I deleted it through apps it seemed to be posting advertisements on my phone. Its icon was a little present with a bow. Once deleted I haven't seen it raise again. How I got it is a mystery though. Would love to know how it arrived.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] arthurhogemann:
Touchscreen mapping

I have the JY-S3S model( MKT6752 ) with the 4.4.4(32-bit) android installed and my touchscreen went crazy. Sometimes it loss his functions and sometimes starts to do random touching.

This problem is intermittent, a reboot make it go away for some time, but it always come back. Started with some blank zones that couldn't be touched( mapped with the dev mode ), but the problem evolved to loss the control of the touchscreen totally.

Anyone has any hint of this problem? Could it be hardware? Thx for any reply.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cyberdejy:
Is that happens while charging or all the u time.?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] NStorm:
Actually last time I've checked while you can enable ART on 4.4 on Jiayu S3, it's not complete and still actually uses Dalvik. S3 firmware misses importantant dex2oat application and installd binary doesn't supports ART. So even if you enable ART and reboot you won't see "Optimizing applications" android one-time screen which actually converts your dalvik apps to ART, it's just not enabled in S3 firmware. At least with official Jiayu firmware.

As for the ease app (com.therefore.miner). I got it too. That crap was silently installed from unknown source. But I have something more to add. Before I got that AdWare app, I've had similar app called "lucky" installed same way, which I've deleted. I've dumped that ease app and analyzed it on VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/ru/file/...f2c105a92237dbfa46a53420/analysis/1435687657/

It provides some information about it. Seems like it uses "inmobi" ad network. But from the permissions it has and how it uses "su" to install itself that looks pretty dangerous. Because it affects only Jiayu S3 users, seems like Jiayu left some backdoor opened which was exploited by this virus. Attack vector (the way this crap gets installed) should be learned. That is very important to find a way to secure us from that exploit, because the way it works it could be much more dangerous than just an Adware: i.e. steal your personal data, steal your payment information, delete all your data, etc...

I've submitted this app to malware researchers, but seems like only DrWeb added it to their databases so far as adware. Avira responded this app is ok, lol. Shame on you, Avira!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] arthurhogemann:
All the time, started after someone placed the phone in a table with spilled beer.

I was search in the internet and it could be several things, including:

1- humidity inside the device;

2- bad isolating around the screen digitizer;

3- bad digitizer;

I'm hoping for number 1 or 2 :/
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sutty86:
Anyone confirm normal micro USB fit snug into the port, as there all loose and fall out very easily!

Haven't found one yet which stays true