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[General Topics] Ultimous:
Hello everyone ..

This post will serve two purposes :

-Sharing cool apps

-swap experience ..

..

All started when I came across this tiny app that will reveal the apps that steel away passwords that are " safely " protected & hidden ..

There's something wrong that doesn't allow me to post pics .. don't know what .. it's only in this forum ..

So plz. Excuse the lack of visuals ..

Until I figure out what the cause of the problem is .

NOTE:

I do not necessarily endorse these apps , nor do I recommend them or have any association with their authors. . They are just apps I used or have used that I think are unique ..
[General Topics] Ultimous:
ClipCaster

Clipcaster ..

Is a tiny app that reveals which apps that are on the device are able to reveal the " hidden" passwords in :

Last Pass,

ROPOFORM,

& KeepassDroid ..

Got it from f-droid
[General Topics] Ultimous:
Wickr

Wickr

Formerly " Top Secret Messenger "

A messenger that allow the user multiple accounts with nickname, email or phone's contact list ..

The feature this app is on this link though is not that ..

It's the built in shredder that they claim will Forensically wipe deleted data beyond recovery.

Cons: amongst others..

Mandatory access to contacts , phone number , etc

Closed source ..
[General Topics] Ultimous:
Kontalk

Encrypted " closed source "? Community driven messaging app ..

Rc3 is the current release ..

They claim that phone numbers "required to use the app " are irreversibly encrypted

Text , voice, pics exchange with the promise of other file types on the way ..

Looks promising .. but " Telegram " is still on top of this list ..
[General Topics] Ultimous:
App purified

Uusafe's AppPurifier

This is probably as far as I know is the only privacy protector without root ..

It's a newkid but it's growing fast ..

It's the first one I post on here from within XDA :

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-uu-apppurifier-t3071441

I don't know if it'll happen again ..

" XPRIVACY " is the King to beat as far as these apps and categories are concerned ..

And is the top privacy app ever created .. thanks

Marcel

But app purifier is almost greenify, LBE , and a little extra more without Root.. and is just starting .. especially since Como do decided that they are too "small" to better their once was a privacy app similar to LBE , and are now testing an app with just an Antivirus .

Update:

See here :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60696289&postcount=92

UPDATE

(I deleted the app" ; the Reasons here :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60972267&postcount=123
[General Topics] Ultimous:
Good news regarding XPRIVACY on android L

Marcel Bokhorst , Known to xda's members as M66B

Has started working again on fixing Xprivacy after the latest XPOSED framework release ..

Marcel Bokhorst

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60782696&postcount=14866

UPDATE :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60870471&postcount=14967

UPDATE :

XPRIVACY 3.6.10 for lollipop and below is released ..

"It's not on repository " :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60912615&postcount=15034

Update :

3.6.11

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60916766&postcount=15055

Major Update

3.6.16 was released as Beta for Lollipop for the first time

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60973297&postcount=15226
[General Topics] Ultimous:
New Private messenger with encrypted voice.

Bleep

p. S.

Haven't tried it ..

News source / first seen @

http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-picks-best-apps-of-the-week-may-8-15/

Cons/Anti Feature

Developed by Bittorrent .. ; NOT on my trusted vendors' List ; privacy-wise
[General Topics] Ultimous:
NOT Privacy/Security Related

This post is to clear an issue that I faced; (integrating Jaconda into Telegram Messenger )

I couldn't figure out how Jaconda works or what it is ..

So here is something to help everyone gets an idea ..

1-Create a user name in Telegram ..

The link would be as such TELEGRAM.COM/(YourUserName), & add yourself to your "own contacts" .. this is so we could create a group (2 minimum participants, the second member would be "Jaconda" ..

2-Head over here & add "Jaconda"

https://jaconda.im/

3-Create a group. . Name it anything ; "JacondaTestGroup" .. & add Jaconda to the group .

Once you do that , She will send you messages explaining lots of things ...

*to invite people to the group or any other group you need to be the one who created it ..

You will see "Invite by a Link " when you chose to add participants ..

Get the link & post it anywhere , people clicking it will fire up Telegram & they will join up.your group if they so decided ...

Jaconda is fun , it uses something similar to DuckDuckGo's syntax command ..

Try it & you will know ..

:highfive:
[General Topics] Ultimous:
Telegram secret Group chat

Telegram excels in many ways over & beyond competitors such as whatsapp , amongst these features is secret chat .. ;

This method will allow you to use group chat that is not implemented by TELEGRAM .

YOU need to decide for yourself if this is safe for you to try ..

In some countries finding a simple card that has no ID is illegal. .

More info on how to get started ... here ..
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] mcjordan92:
for those who have it and used it for long time..

1) is it charging faster/slower/same than regularly charging? (with the same charger of course)

2) is it actually comfortable? after trying it, do you actually use it daily and enjoy or its a gimmick only and you went back to the regular cable?

3) is it causing any damages? bugs? weird stuffs?

I'm Z owner (it doesn't compatible with magnets) and I'm considering to upgrade to z2/3/3c with mainly reason of the magnetic charging..

Some experience sharing would really help me out here.. YouTube is only for unboxing and showing it but no real tips from experienced users..

Thanks.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Koostis:
Been using magnetic chargers for bout half a year. So far:

1) The charging time is pretty much the same. I've been using the cheap chinese ones and haven't noticed a significant increase in the time it takes.

2) If you're willing to buy an expensive cable, I suppose the magnet would be stronger, but in my one dollar case it disconnects pretty easily. So it's not really comfortable when you have to keep the phone on a flat surface while charging. But people use magnetic cables to prevent the wear and tear of the flaps, and so do I.

3) No bugs, it's just a charger. The only thing that can go wrong is having your battery fried if you plug the cable incorrectly :D
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] _mysiak_:
1) same speed which actually depends more on used charger than the cable type

2) for charging I use only magnetic cable or cradle. In fact I used USB cable for maybe 2 days only and will never return back :)

3) lockscreen rotates according to the gravity sensor, otherwise no difference or issue
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] HotKillerZzz:
It's worth the investment. Really helps to protect the flaps and save time opening them
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] mcjordan92:
Thank you all!
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] karim-ps:
Just make sure you never attach the cable inverted, otherwise it will fry not only the battery, but the whole motherboard. and also, make sure that nobody tries to charge it but you, as most people are careless and might attach it the wrong way. I have heard some dreadful stories about inverting the magnetic cable, this is a major design flaw from Sony, but again, all of those cables are fake and there is no genuine one from Sony, but only the dock, I don't know whether the phone can be put the wrong way in the dock as well. I have bought one for 9$ and working great, except the magnet isn't strong enough and it gets detached very easily. Good luck :)
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] yuskhayru:
Make sure u bought a high quality/expensive magnetic charger or u will regret, just like me. :D Ive using the local/cheap magnetic charger, and im really pissed off, the led charging keep blinking even if an ant pass through. This is what im using now, and i recommended for u too. http://www.amazon.com/Magnector-Improved-Performance-Magnetic-Charging/dp/B00Q3GK3YI
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Haldi4803:
actually it's not!

If you take a really close look you see that one of the pin's has a bigger plastic encasing. So it "shouldn't" be possible to connect the magnetic charger the wrong way.

And about the Dock... who would try to put the phone into the dock with the display facing the wall? xD well okay... yeah... if it's dark and you're drunk... i can totally see me doing this....

BTT: i can reccomend this Magnector cables! i have one myself, after i bough 3 in China this is the first one working correctly, aka charging fast enough.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] karim-ps:
Just google for Z ultra magnetic charger options and you will see how many motherboard got fried from inverted mag charger. I know that there are to pols one is a bit larger but still, the connector can enter the wrong way, at least some connector.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] manolilloi:
Hi, i bought the dk36 dock with magnetic charger on amazon, cheaper than the official sony shop, it charges in the same time. A friend told me that the magnetic cables are very bad, they are very cheap but can make the phone burn because of the low quality as you say.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] BlAckXpeRia:
Your friend doesn't know anything about electronics. Do you even know how the magnetic charging works? The only bad thing that can happen from chinese docks is slow charging. I have a DIY magnetic cable and it works great in terms of speed(it had a really weak magnet and a dock came with my Z2, so I don't use it anymore). Reverse polarity is unlikely to happen-most mag connectors are keyed. But anyways, be careful with the orientation.
[Nook Touch General] SlickMoTwoToe:
[Q] [possible bug] Nook Simple Touch touchscreen input "barring" horizontally

So I just rooted a Nook Simple Touch that was running the 1.2.1 firmware. It's pretty nice to have web and other apps on it. However, a few seconds after turning it on, when I touch the touchscreen to type or really to press anything, the Nook seems to interpret the touch across a horizontal bar of screen simultaneously, and exclusively activates icons as far to the right of the input touch as possible. e.g. if I press the e key on the soft keyboard it activates the p key. If I press the back button at the top of the screen it opens the WiFi dialogue, and if I hit the nook hard key at the bottom and press the home icon in the menu at the bottom of the screen, it opens the settings dialogue.

Has anyone else had this problem? Any fixes? I used NookManager 0.5.0 and the AppsAttack 0.5.0 on a 4 gig micro SD card to root it. I'm pretty sure it's a software issue as it does not happen during the first few seconds of operation. I was able to type half of an email in Gmail with no problem before this started happening. I've turned the NST off and on several times but the problem keeps occurring.
[Nook Touch General] thrackanomir:
1. Clean all the edges of the screen with a soft cloth and remove any dust particles. If that does not help, then:

2. Try to restore your system to unrooted state from the backup that you made, before rooting. (You have made one, haven't you?) If that does not help, then:

3. Read about Renate NST diagnostic application:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52723066&postcount=13

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52674827&postcount=8

If that does not help either, then:

4. You can probably buy another unit with cracked display for dirt cheap and switch the motherboards. The only tools you'd need for that will be a torx screwdriver, size 5 and something like a plastic toothpick to pull out the power on switch. Disassembly instructions are on the youtube and other ifixit for example.
[Nook Touch General] SlickMoTwoToe:
Thanks. There is a dusty screen protector on the nook. (the stick-on kind) which I could try removing. However like I said sometimes it senses touch just fine... the "bug" doesn't kick in until I've been using it for several seconds. I do have a backup... will Nook Manager handle restoring that? I formatted my Nook Manager card after I used it to root the nook. Will it still work if I put nook manager back on it.? Thanks for the good reply.
[Nook Touch General] NOOK!E:
Definitely remove that.

If it's a NookManager backup, NookManager will restore it. And yes, it will work if you put NookManager back on the card.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcjordan92:
for those who have it and used it for long time..

1) is it charging faster/slower/same than regularly charging? (with the same charger of course)

2) is it actually comfortable? after trying it, do you actually use it daily and enjoy or its a gimmick only and you went back to the regular cable?

3) is it causing any damages? bugs? weird stuffs?

I'm Z owner (it doesn't compatible with magnets) and I'm considering to upgrade to z2/3/3c with mainly reason of the magnetic charging..

Some experience sharing would really help me out here.. YouTube is only for unboxing and showing it but no real tips from experienced users..

Thanks.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warface:
Bought the official Sony magnetic dock, a Chinese knock off one from Amazon, and a magnetic cable.

The cable is useless, the magnet hardly keeps the connection, and falls off at the slightest knock. That's thrown in my drawer at work.

The Amazon bought dock is decent. Came with two adapters, one for the Z3, one ( I assume) for the Z3 compact. Does the job, charges I would say slightly slower than the mains charger. You can't use a case with it, as its almost exactly the correct width of the phone.

The official Sony dock (DK48) is a little better quality plastic, although you don't get a USB cable with it. It comes with 4 adapters, 2 for the Z3 and 2 for the Z3 compact (for use with or without a case). It's easier to use a case with these adapters, but a chunky case like a Casemate Tough would have no chance of fitting. It seems to charge about the same rate as a normal wall charger would.

I use the docks all the time, and very rarely use the micro USB slot to charge. I have the Amazon dock at work and the Sony one at home.

I'd recommend a dock purely to stop the port flap working loose, like it did on my original Z, plus it stops your phone sliding around your desk!

The only drawback was the price of the Sony dock. It was £20 for a bit of plastic, a micro USB slot and a magnet. The Amazon one was less than half that price, and I got a USB cable with it!
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sindroid:
Using Magnetor X cable for a while now. It saves alot of wear and tear on your USB. The magnetic field on phone gets worn a little, but thats it.

Charging time is about the same as regular USB.

Magnet is strong enough. Can be a bit fiddly connecting it and its a bit in the way and prone to get loose.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcjordan92:
thank you both! really helpful
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradleysmith:
Magnetor X 2 adapter is fine for my use. Magnet is strong enough. Can be a fiddle to attach on occasion but usually it's fine. I use it on my desk at work and in the car.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Luisinhocell:
I'm with a Z3 xperia that Imei is Null, but after one minute the phone appears imei, but is (no service)

Have installed the superuse by playstore and after that with this defect

[YOUTUBE]vFsAC9UR_eo[/YOUTUBE]

I did flash the FlashTool and PC company
[HTC One X+] matthew33:
.....the usual as you can see in pics.

Been like this for weeks.

Any Ideas hot to fix it?

pic hosting

thanks

Matt
[HTC One X+] /\/\:
Having the same issue, but this has no negative effects, apart from displaying the sync icon in the statusbar for a while longer. You can check where is the Google sync stuck and manually force to sync by tapping the element.
[Xposed General] Typhus_:
Hello!

I've decided to change Smooth System Progress Bars module to use a navigation drawer and use fragments inside a "container". In order to do that, I had to "convert" my previously "Main activity" into a fragment. I've followed these instructions in order to achieve that.

But now I'm forced to reboot the phone to see the changes take effect. If I don't reboot, the values applied are the ones defined by default on the module's code.

More than that, every time I change anything on a PreferenceFragment (which has another options but nothing related to user's progress bars customization), the behavior is the same.

After rebooting, everything becomes as it should be. That's odd.

Since I'm fairly new to android programming, I really could use some help in order to understand this.

Can anyone help me?
[Xposed General] Typhus_:
I'm sorry for double posting.

I've just realized that this issue has nothing to do with fragments.

The problem exists even if I convert everything back to activities.

So this means that this started to happen immediately after I've implemented a navigation drawer. What could be wrong?

Any ideas?
[Xposed General] Typhus_:
Sorry once again.

I've solved my issue.

Discovered that the problem resided on NavigationDrawerFragment.java.

Somewhere along the code this happens:

/**
* Per the design guidelines, you should show the drawer on launch until the user manually
* expands it. This shared preference tracks this.
*/
private static final String PREF_USER_LEARNED_DRAWER = "navigation_drawer_learned";

--- some more code ---

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

// Read in the flag indicating whether or not the user has demonstrated awareness of the
// drawer. See PREF_USER_LEARNED_DRAWER for details.
SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getActivity());
mUserLearnedDrawer = sp.getBoolean(PREF_USER_LEARNED_DRAWER, false);

if (savedInstanceState != null) {
mCurrentSelectedPosition = savedInstanceState.getInt(STATE_SELECTED_POSITION);
mFromSavedInstanceState = true;
}

// Select either the default item (0) or the last selected item.
selectItem(mCurrentSelectedPosition);
}

So, the problem is, in order to use that small feature (make the user aware of the drawer) the default AOSP code uses this:

SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getActivity());

And that, my friends, compromises any of your SharedPreferences and/or XSharedPreferences.

I can live well without that small feature...deleted it from my module.

Everything is ok now.

:victory:
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinny1994:
Hi Guys.

Today, the lollipop update for the desire 816 got released and so I want to go back to stock and install the OTA.

I rooted my phone using this method:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2775801

I installed some custom roms but wanted to go back to the original software with root so I put this rom backup on my phone:

http://xdaforums.com/desire-816/general/rom-backup-htc-desire-816-single-sim-4g-t2890824

Today , I got a message about an OTA update with version "1.60.707.3"

I wanted to install it, but get this error:

we have determined that your phone may be running a modified version of its system software.

For your protection, we cannot update your phone.

Please revert your phone to the official HTC system software to update your phone.

If you did not modify your system software or would like help reverting your system, please contact us via the support section at www.htc.com.

My question:

How do I get back to stock and be able to install the lollipo OTA update?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Vincent
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctnerdem:
Yes it seems we have same problem but I am already original rom. Really I don't understand why. I am watching your thread, pal.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seekfind:
you have to have a locked bootloader. did you relock the bootloader after flashing the stock rom?
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbear1308:
I can update from 1.54.707.2 to 1.60.707.3

but 1.60.707.3 to 2.34.707.1 is fail

screen show triangle red sign and then restart nothing happen

stock rom, no supersu, unlocked, s-on

a5ul thailand single sim lte

can anyone help?
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctnerdem:
My phone is rooted and unlock. So should I lock and unroot?
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phamtlsoft:
Yes, flash stock recovery to unroot and relock bootloader with ADB tool . :fingers-crossed:
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctnerdem:
Okey i will give a try today. Let us see what will happen :)
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taramian:
Do you have any working stock recoveries? Please, past here If your will be working. I've tried many recoveries and it doesn't work. :(
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinny1994:
I have tried to lock the bootloader and flash a stock recovery.

With locked bootloader and stock recovery I still cannot install the OTA.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taramian:
Now I need boot.img and recovery from EE version 1.60.401.1, anyone can help me?
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrybear2k:
i keep getting error on "/system/etc/permissions/platform.xml has unexpected contents" anyone has the platform.xml file?
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Railjan:
I have the same issue. This is because you have the firmware for other regions. I like taiwan version and I can not find the drain firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DistrictDigital:
As the titles states, I'm wondering if anyone has gotten to freezing bloat through TiBu and if there's a list of everything that is able to be frozen/disabled without harming the functionality of the device?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kaos420:
Same as last really. I have frozen alot

Sent from my 0x1 Note 3...... I love tep
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] evilvoice:
Why not use TW to disable apps? I disable Trip Advisor and that's about it. I hide a couple of apps as well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kaos420:
Cause with titanium I freeze and clear there data. More free room

Sent from my 0x1 Note 3...... I love tep
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathwithafi:
I have xt907 and I run cm12 nightly haven't updated since March downloaded newest nightly says it wants to install through recovery reboots to twrp. not sure why it doesn't just upgrade like it always has.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phurkus:
Just download and load them manually with twrp.

Where's the problem?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] mcjordan92:
for those who have it and used it for long time..

1) is it charging faster/slower/same than regularly charging? (with the same charger of course)

2) is it actually comfortable? after trying it, do you actually use it daily and enjoy or its a gimmick only and you went back to the regular cable?

3) is it causing any damages? bugs? weird stuffs?

I'm Z owner (it doesn't compatible with magnets) and I'm considering to upgrade to z2/3/3c with mainly reason of the magnetic charging..

Some experience sharing would really help me out here.. YouTube is only for unboxing and showing it but no real tips from experienced users..

Thanks.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] mibtnt:
Currently using a magnetor x adapter on my charger that I had previously. Its connects really easily and stays on. I read it's a bit stronger (magnetically) than stock.

It charges the device at a similar rate as plugged in but the main benefit is that you don't wear the seal which covers the microusb port.

When I'm done charging I simple unclip the adapter and stick it on my desk as my desk is steel.