yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6  General] jimtje:
" (4) "Sold in California," or any variation thereof, means that the

smartphone is sold at retail from a location within the state, or

the smartphone is sold and shipped to an end-use consumer at an

address within the state. "Sold in California" does not include a

smartphone that is resold in the state on the secondhand market or

that is consigned and held as collateral on a loan."

I think the operative phrase "sold and shipped to an end user in California" would simply be interpreted as retailer needing an out of state dispatch center, so all the big guys are safe. Actually I think everyone is basically safe except your local Verizon store....

" (d) (1) The sale or lease of a smartphone manufactured on or after

January 1, 2017, that is not capable of being decrypted and unlocked

by its manufacturer or its operating system provider shall not

result in liability to the seller or lessor if the inability of the

manufacturer and operating system provider to decrypt and unlock the

smartphone is the result of actions taken by a person or entity other

than the manufacturer, the operating system provider, the seller, or

the lessor and those actions were unauthorized by the manufacturer,

the operating system provider, the seller, or the lessor."

So you can sell one of these phones if it's a refurb that broke the warranty, or if everyone is ok with it?

" (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if at the time of sale or lease,

the seller or lessor had been notified that the manufacturer and

operating system provider were unable to decrypt and unlock the

smartphone due to those unauthorized actions."

So don't sell a phone that you can't unlock.... but only if there's actual notice from both the manufacturer and (not or) the OS provider.

Bull****, toothless (civil penalty, no private right of action), poorly and vaguely written and places potential legal obligations that are not enforceable since the manufacturer and OS maker might not be domiciled in CA... or even the US. Hell, it even specifically states that you can just sell a second hand one and a second hand device has not been defined as "used"

I quote Section 22761 to the Business and Profession Code because this is supposed to be an amendment of it.
[Nexus 6  General] AstroDigital:
Corporate security demands encryption and me I personally like my privacy.

Given a choice to be able to use my device for work encrypted or go with encryption disabled and use it as a personal device only.

I go with encryption.
[Nexus 6  General] lordhamster:
California has a long history of disregarding the First and Second amendments... why not trample on the fourth while they are at it.
[Nexus 6  General] doitright:
The part I made bold contradicts your interpretation. Basically says that a new smartphone will not be able to be shipped to an end user in the state *at all*.

Now there is an obvious loophole in this, which is to distribute via a reseller, who opens the box, sets up a new randomly generated gmail address, and installs a few programs. Now deemed "resale" and "secondhand", it is legal to send it in.

This sounds like a roundabout way of saying that the manufacturer must actively "not authorize" any alteration that would result in unbreakable encryption. Note: NOT that they must actively work to BLOCK the modification, just that they must state something to the effect of "Alphabet Inc., does not authorize any modification that will circumvent california law blah blah blah." -- see, there is a big difference between "unauthorized" and "forbidden". There is also a difference between legally and technically. Also, there is absolutely nothing in there about the warranty, therefore no part of the "modification" necessarily voids the warranty.

At least that would give them a strong position when up against the "unauthorized" clause. Though technically, it may be adequate to just say nothing at all. I.e., for someone to "be authorized", takes an intentional act of providing authorization. Such would be the case if, for example, they were to provide *instructions* on what the end user could do to disable the crypto's back door.

However, another interpretation could be that Nexus devices, by definition, authorize the user to "do what they want" with it, including disabling the backdoor.

Hmmm... that is very weirdly worded.

On the surface, it appears to be meaningless in the face of the (4) section, since there wouldn't BE such unauthorized modifications made to a device if it is new (hence qualifying for the resale/used exemption of (4)), but what it does suggest, is possibly somehow related to the notion of sending them out to be modified.

This kind of horrible nonsense is starting to make the Nexus 6's software crypto more and more appealing. With hardware crypto, the problem is that technically, the closed source radio could obtain access to the encrypted data directly. In other words, there could be an over-the-air backdoor that doesn't even interact with Android, and actually, there could be one there *right now*. At least with software crypto, the kernel is in charge. That leaves the backdoor restricted to what is accessible under Linux by the radio blobs, and the good news is that we can firewall those blobs right up the wahzoo as needed.

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And according to me, the DOJ causes children to die.
[Nexus 6  General] jimtje:
Ah, question of statutory interpretation, a sure sign of a poorly written amendment, the fact that we see it differently shows that this legislation is already on the rocks.

Hence, without teeth. There's no outright ban of encryption, only sale of unauthorized first-hand retail models of phones featuring encryption, so it's either supposed to be construed very narrowly or just turned out that way.

I think the limitation on what the state's power to regulate interstate commerce made that necessary but it effectively defeats itself. Clearly the law would have little effect and easily circumvented via the exceptions that are specifically given. With no private course of action individuals don't even have standing to bring a claim on their on regarding the viiolation anyway so it really is just words that have very little effect if actually enacted.

This kind of horrible nonsense is starting to make the Nexus 6's software crypto more and more appealing. With hardware crypto, the problem is that technically, the closed source radio could obtain access to the encrypted data directly. In other words, there could be an over-the-air backdoor that doesn't even interact with Android, and actually, there could be one there *right now*. At least with software crypto, the kernel is in charge. That leaves the backdoor restricted to what is accessible under Linux by the radio blobs, and the good news is that we can firewall those blobs right up the wahzoo as needed.

I think the fact that there's so much uncertainty in the plain text of the proposed amendment show that it' a defective work. They obviously don't even

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And according to me, the DOJ causes children to die.[/QUOTE]

Well, at least in a court of law an expert needs to establish foundation before testifying. You don't need to demonstrate any knowledge to write an amendment like this.

Oh and the big federal agencies all have blood on their hands anyway. DOJ loses prioners. DHS deports American citizens. FDA can find drugs and then send it right onto you. Ain't nothing new, but does make administrative law fun and sad if you practice it.
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
They won't do it. Both Apple and Google have stated that their encryption can't be designed with a "back door" in place, and if they DO build a back door, they'll be forced to accept other countries' requests for the keys, not just US state/federal requests. The burden this would put on Apple/Google, and the fact that it makes the encryption almost pointless, would mean they'll never do it.

Also, when the FBI did a review of device encryption, the three possible methods that they came up with were all too costly and illogical that they ended up saying that there just isn't a viable encryption solution that the government can get behind.

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Everyone's seriously overthinking this...

If Cali/NY pass a regulation like this, all Google or Apple will do is revert back to Kit Kat-style encryption. With KK, it was still FDE, but it was off by default, so that users had the *option* under security to enable full device encryption.

This way, devices sold to consumers would be un-encrypted at the point of sale and the end-user would be the one actually enabling/using encryption. The question would be whether the user is violating any state regs by enabling encryption, but it sounds like that's not what the states are trying to confront.
[Nexus 6  General] mkygod:
Does this ban mean that new Nexus devices will have the ability to be non-encrypted w/o root? The only thing I don't like about encryption is the decrease of performance.
[Nexus 6  General] doitright:
The performance hit is a lot lower (practically non-existent) on CPUs that support it properly.
[Nexus 6  General] mikeprius:
So Apple issued an open letter regarding the San Bernardino case regarding the FBI's request:

https://www.apple.com/customer-letter/
[Nexus 6  General] doitright:
That FBI vs. the Fruit company battle is hilarious. Both sides are such complete morons that they are just going to bang at the courts until everybody pays a whole lot more money and ends up getting nowhere.

The first thing to be aware of, is that the phone in question has a SDMFLBCB2 or similar Sandisk eMMC chip.

The thing won't self-destruct unless you actually run the self-destruct code, so pull the chip (bake in oven at 450 F for 20 minutes, then grab chip with tweezers and pull), and install chip in reader.

READ THE BLOODY CHIP, then either (a) run crypto code in emulator and try to brute force password as desired, or (b) write it to millions of replacement chips and reinstall in phone to try passcodes until you run out of guesses.

Note that FBI just wants to be able to try passwords without the phone self-destructing. They aren't actually asking for a backdoor, just to disable the self-destruct routine.

Now next step is to bring it to the APPLE side of stupid. Apple is acting as if they would be CAPABLE of creating an actual backdoor into an already-existing phone, with nothing but a software change. Not just disabling the self-destruct routines, but actually breaking through the supposed "encryption". Is it possible that they aren't *actually* encrypted at all? Or are we talking about something insane, like the crypto key is stored somewhere on the device in PLAIN? While Android has this capability (of using a default crypto-pass in order to obtain the key needed to decrypt and mount /data automatically on boot), it also has the ability to stop mid-boot to demand the passcode when it needs to mount /data. I wonder just how secure that apple crypto really is....

In any case, assuming that they are being truthful about the inability to assist the FBI without compromising *everything*, it tells me that data on an apple device is NOT secure.

The FBI is acting like end-users, when they should be dealing with computer engineers, who can trace the software execution on the device and reverse-engineer the destructo-routines in order to patch their way around them. They should *NOT* be needing or asking for apple's help with this.
[Nexus 6  General] ttabbal:
It's a little more complicated... Apple is drawing a line in the sand for a number of reasons. First, how much can the government expect a private company to do for them? They are asking for a modified OS, that requires not just code, but extensive testing to make sure it doesn't trip a safety. For example, what if they did it and missed something, causing the device to wipe itself anyway. That's a huge liability for them. It also sets a precedent that they can be required to write custom hacking tools for governments. What's to stop some other government from demanding it? What's to stop some hacking group from getting it? This is a bit like demanding Master Lock be required to provide a key that opens any of their locks.

From the statements I've read from Apple, they maintain they cannot break the encryption. But opening any hole in security weakens the security for everyone. There's no way around that with security software. What they can do, in theory at least, is modify the OS a little, and sign it so the iPhone will accept it, and hopefully not trip the security stuff. Of course, it's been messed with already, by the FBI and the city government it belongs to. So perhaps there's already an issue there. The signed code means that the FBI can't attack the OS code directly, the device will refuse to execute it unless it's signed, and doing that without Apple means breaking the encryption based signature verification.

I agree that if the FBI wants to hack on it, they should do it themselves by removing the flash chip and attacking the crypto and/or passcode as you mentioned. But that's not what the FBI is really after here, in my opinion. They have been making noise about requiring device makers to give them a backdoor for a while now, and they figure they have some sympathy here as it's a terrorist attack. Never mind that the device belongs to a government agency the guy worked for, and he had other devices he physically destroyed before attacking. So the odds of him using that one for anything related are very low. Or he would have destroyed it with the others. It's difficult to see this as anything other than the FBI pushing their agenda.
[General Questions and Answers] blckbear:
When I try to play videos with 1080p resolution or higher my phone says that it can't play the video. I have a Blu Studio 5.5 with android 4.2.1, 5.5 inches 480x854 screen, Mtk Mt6589 quad-core 1.2ghz and PowerVR SGX544. Thanks for the answers!
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Trying to do so would be completely pointless. Like streaming 4K Netflix on your 1980 Zenith.
[General Questions and Answers] blckbear:
I'd like to do so in order to play my gopro videos on my cellphone
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] DevilMind007:
[Question] no AOSP 5.1.1 ROMs for sprout8 ??

all CM based ROM have have video recording stutter lag issue on Android One sprout8/sprout_b.

so only stock ROM is most stable on 4.4.4 KitKat.

And 5.1.1 and 6.0 have Random reboot and memory leak issues.

why their is No stock/AOSP modified tweaked ROM for 5.1.1 and 6.0, and Not based on CynogenMod.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThatGuyXP:
Hello everyone! I recently bought a Note 4 from a trade and I had not realized that that state of rooting for the Verizon Note 4 was so bleak. I'm kind of dealing with it for now, but my biggest (and pettiest issue) with the stock Note 4...is the Samsung emojis. I've learned to tolerate and edit most of the other stock features, but I really just want Google emojis back. Is there any kind of workaround for this? Preferably for the entire system and not just for my messaging app, but I'll take what I can get.

Also, how is the battery life for everyone? On my first day I got 3hrs SOT, but I just assumed it was because I was downloading all of my old files and apps back. Any words of advice for better battery life?

Thanks for any feedback!
[Vibrant General] armatron:
Sounds simple enough, right? I have tried CodeRom 4.4.x, Cyanogen 10.1 and Remi-ICS. Remi would not load most of the video ads, even after updating to a newer version of the kernel (it would run some ads, but not all). CodeRom will play all of the ads, but only lasts a few hours before it gets so sluggish that the app gets stuck on the loading screen, and I have to restart it. Any ROMS that you guys can recommend that are lightweight, have good video playback, and a low number of other misc problems? PerkTV and Perk Pop quiz are the only two apps I will be running on it, over wifi. I have heard from some on reddit that perk is still a little buggy on Android 5.x, which is why I have been keeping with 4.2+ roms.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulopais:
someone have a internacional twrp backup to restore my tl10 to internacional ? i lost my backup. thank you.. can be MM, LL ,KK :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] beneyre:
Will Post The Instructions on here in a bit

please make this a sticky
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] VK1:
Hi Beneyre,

Very much interested in how you upgraded to WM6. I'm a complete novice at this. If possible, could you post a step by step guide.

Thanks.
[XDA Assist] abdullah.lashari:
I want firmware of my note 2 details are below

Build number =jz054k.n7100xxdmc3

Baseband version =n7100xxdlk7

Model number=gt-n7100

Android version =4.1.2

I wish i could add screenshot of about section
[XDA Assist] abdullah.lashari:
Please any reply
[XDA Assist] Vatsal:
Hello,

You may visit here N7100 all in 1 thread and read the thread thoroughly.

-Vatsal
[XDA Assist] abdullah.lashari:
Can you tell me which country's firmware my mob is using
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shilq:
Hi. Recently, my signal bars on my phone went blank and I can't get my signal back. I tried to remove/reinsert my SIM card and after a few tries, my phone stopped detecting it altogether. I got a new SIM card, but the problem still persists. Searching for service providers gives several results, but all of them are "unavailable at the moment". Factory reset didn't help either. Please help
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] levone1:
If it was working fine and you didn't change anything and all of a sudden you just get no signal, I would first call your service provider and have them check it out, and if they say everything's OK, you should get a new sim, and have them switch the number to it, and if that doesn't work, it's probably a hw failure. The only things you could check on the phone is if you accidentally switched data off, or hit airplane mode, etc.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shilq:
Airplane mode is off, data is on. I already got a new SIM, but the problem persists. Sadly, I'm not sure I can call my service provider, since I'm studying abroad and I'm yet to learn the language. And I'm really hoping it's not the hardware, it shouldn't be. Also, I don't have signal bars
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] RenegadeXwarS:
I've tried to follow this guide: How to Unlock/Root Your Galaxy SM-G920T 5.1.1 without Tripping the Knox

But my phone has the build number G920TUVS3DOJC and it doesn't work when flashing through ODIN, is it because the guide is only for older build? Im hoping other OJC users could answer this.

Thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] androidddaaron:
Here's what you do.. to root

First method is Custom recovery and root

Download Unikernel v8 zip from your phone it will be in your phone download memory.

Then Open Odin on a pc find tmobile s6 twrp recovery in Google search as a .tar format

Flash that in Odin

Then once you have Twrp recovery find the Unikernel inside download folder and flash it with twrp

YOUR ROOTED .

If you do not want a custome recovery and just root only Flash the unikernel v8 as a .tar format file With Odin.

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I'm not sure about the Nor trip Knox method

This method is fast It will trip Knox but who cares likely you own the Phone or take care of it well.

And plan to use carrier insurance if ever need be

Tripping Knox isn't a big deal Unless you ever need to send to Samsung. Most people Insurance claim and Knox is never a issue cause they send these out to be refurbs.
[Xiaomi Mi 4] marcviado:
I will be purchasing the mi4 soon and have a few questions about it.

1.purchasing in the u.s im seeing theres mi4 original and a mi4 LTE, which one has better rom support? Or are they essentially the same and can run vice versa roms?

2.with the mi5 comming out very soon,the mi4 is very cheap..wheres a good place to buy one in the u.s? So far..gearbest,oppomart,ebay,and amazon ive checked with gearbest being the best one ive seen.

3.if i purchase not the LTE varient am i limit to 3g connection? Or H+? For u.s connection.

4.where does xiaomi sit at as far as updates are concerned? Back when the mi4 was released i believe it shipped with 4.4 kitkat? Heading towards end of january 2016 is it still on 4.4 kitkat?

Will be updating this as soon as i find out more questions and concern about the device but for now these are the questions that i need t know. Thanks in advance
[Xiaomi Mi 4] TyMoOteUuSz:
1. When it comes to ROMs, Mi3, Mi4W and Mi4 LTE are the same devices, same ROMs will work on all of them, but on some of them, like Cyanogenmod, even while being officialy supported have some problems with LTE connectivity, but all the rest is working perfect. On the other hand, If you are interested in Win10, you have to have a LTE model, WCDMA one is not supported.

2. -

3. Non LTE variant is limitted to 3g, but H+ also counts as 3g xD

4. Mi4 (like all the rest of Xiaomi devices) is getting weekly updates of MIUI, changing some minor things, fixing bugs and sometimes featuring new functionality. Since yesterday, the new MIUI version (6.1.21) based on Android 6.0.1 is available to be flashed, and it's working great for me, AnTuTu score increased from ~42.000 to ~47.000 and the overall performance is great.

Generally I'd recommend you not to play with custom ROMs as far as MIUI features great stability, performance, and uncompareable camera app and photos quality (photos taken on customs are nothing compared to ones taken on MIUI), and, if you can afford, you won't regret spending some more dollars on LTE variant.

I think I've helped you, if you want to know anything more you can write to me, I know how does it feel to be afraid of buying Xiaomi when you haven't ever had one. You seriously won't regret that purchase!
[Xiaomi Mi 4] marcviado:
Thankyou very much for the info. You really helped alot. 1 question would you know whereto purchase the back covers for the phone? Ive checked ebay and they only have the wood type material. Or xiaomi didnt fully release it?
[Xiaomi Mi 4] TyMoOteUuSz:
I've purchased mine on Aliexpress, the delivery time is not really nice but if you are patient enough you can get a nice cover in quite a low price
[Xiaomi Mi 4] marcviado:
Thankyou again. Ive just checked on that website and they have all the selection i was looking for. How long did it take for you to recieve it after you ordered from there?
[Xiaomi Mi 4] TyMoOteUuSz:
That's a big disadvantage of Aliexpress, IDK how long does the delivery take in US, but to Poland it usually takes 2 weeks. The estimated delivery time can be seen directly on auctions, it all depends on the type of delivery.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucifu:
Anyone tried to patch this on k1 marshmallow? it was a success when i was on lollipop. But when i update my k1 to marshmallow

i can't seem to patch it,been doing a lot of factory reset but its not successful.

signature verification status always true (patched)

disable .apk signature verification (patched)

Disable signature verification in the package manager (not patched)
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverBit:
Have you tried unchecking only patch dalvik cache?
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucifu:
i did,i ended up downgrading to lollipop for the mean time