yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
I was really looking forward to cyanogen-mod, because it was looked as safe. But after I've read their DISCLAIMER stating "Modifying or replacing your device's software may void your device's warranty, lead to data loss, hair loss, financial loss, privacy loss, security breaches, or other damage, and therefore must be done entirely at your own risk. No one affiliated with the CyanogenMod project is responsible for your actions. Good luck." I changed my mind. I am paranoid about my privacy and security therefore this disclaimer put all my excitement and hopes to find privacy and security in their custom rom down. On the other had they're stating the things that could happen to my phone through the use of their custom rom, which I am thankful for their honesty and precautions. I was looking for official carbon rom, because of it's flexibility in customization and some other useful features, but sadly they don't support our device so yet again I was let down. Even if there is ports of it. Yet again my paranoia for privacy and security appears to be in action and I just can't help it when It come to it. It's my need and I believe it is everyone's need that sadly seems to be not met... even my keyboard sends data through background services... The more I see what android does the more I want to switch back to windows phone... it was easy to use, simple, and at least secure. I loved the thing that you could use one app for text messaging and social network messaging and I found it really handy feature. Android is highly customizable, but not as secure as WP. Also did everyone else noticed that Android version names are alphabetically ordered which could mean that they have plans up front for Z? Ohhh and google is in alphabet now...
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hwyl.Fawr:
Was WP really more secure or did you simply don't know what it did in the background?

Concerning your question: to find a "perfect" system might by impossible. However, you should not completely give up on Cyanogenmod (or on custom roms in general). You do get the possibility to manage permissions and you get root. The latter you can use to uninstall system-apps you dont like or to set up a firewall for apps and services you dont trust (for instance your keyboard). As a further step you could try if a Google-free device would work for you (i.e. not flash gapps after rom). That might be less convenient in some aspects but you would get rid of the no. 1 risk for privacy. And dont worry too much about the disclaimer! Sure, flashing a custom rom can turn your device into electronic scrap and things like root are risky anyway, the crucial point is that stuff needs to be handled the correct way. With enough information acquired in the first place the risks arent too big
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
Well yes WP doesn't have such feature as seeing what backgroung processes are active, what they're doing which should be a concern, but I think there are some devices that doesn't support multi-tasking which probably deals with the issue. Well the cyanogen mod does offer that security and frees you from app permission chains, but I don't want to rush on flashing it.

What about ubuntu os? They provide tutorial to port it for your own device which I am really interested in. But is there any advantages over cyanogen mod in terms of user privacy and security? Should I consider porting it myself or flashing a port made by community?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
This ROM was created with privacy in mind: (Read the first post carefully and follow the instructions)

http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/4g-development/rom-identity-crisis-6-lte-extreme-t3328861​

It will boot on Falcon; if after flashing the ROM, you immediately flash the Stock 6.0 Kernel available here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2649763​
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
Is it only for LTE version?

Thank you for your time spent on developing this rom for the community. I will flash it straight away.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
As I said, the ROM will boot and work fine on your phone if you flash the Falcon kernel. [MENTION=6788745]minimale_ldz[/MENTION] created this ROM based on my previous work.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
This is madness.

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[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
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[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
Okay. The rom looks good and seems to offer what I need, but that bug when you dim your brightness and flickering occurs can be annoying, since I like to dim it as much as possible, to save my battery from draining. I guess I will have to keep on using the stock rom till port of your rom will be fixed.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minimale_ldz:
There's also Lollipop version of this rom available, and it doesn't flicker. Installing the rom itself, however, won't be enough - even removing GApps doesn't prevent Google and from collecting "anonymous" data as there are still some leaks through kernel and modem debug settings. They can be blocked by firewall (like AFWall+). You may also want to install Network Log to see all the traffic. XPosed Xprivacy module is also very helpful in restricting internet, network, location, sensors, etc. access to the apps. You can also disable location services and bluetooth (and other things) with Servicely for extra protection and battery life.

All of it will give you SOME protection as obviously your carrier will have a lot of data about your device and this can't be avoided as long as you use its phone services.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
I think that I should wait for the marshmallow patch. Because I wouldn't have to use the apps you have mentioned in order to protect myself. I've read that you recommend these apps to use on marshmallow too. Which one would you recommend? Lollipop ir marshmallow? From the things you have mentioned it made me an impression that there has to be done more on lollipop to protect yourself as much as possible, than on marshmallow. Besides I suspect that marshmallow is more advanced than lollipop. Anyways an expert opinion is allways worth to concider. A big thank you xda developers for your hard work and time put in developing all of the software available for us. You're the best!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minimale_ldz:
Well, I don't consider myself an expert - just spent some time reading security and privacy related stuff in the web and used some of the information to help myself. Please also mind all the things I mentioned (firewall, XPrivacy, etc.) don't come with Marshmallow and need to be installed and set up anyway so it doesn't make much difference if you use Lollipop or MM version. The biggest privacy-related changes that come with MM are built-in permissions manager (which is good but insufficient) and more up to date security patch. And I think that is it, so it's up to you if you want to wait. The thing with Android updates is that they bring new stuff that OEM and carriers need to implement and optimize, so I wouldn't say that Marshmallow is better in every aspect than Lollipo. I was using 5.1.1 for a few months on Moto G and was very happy - I'm using 6.0.1 on Moto X Play now, and see some annoying bugs that came with it. Interesting thing is they only appeared after removing GApps from the rom. So again - it's up to you.

The other fact is that the more you protect yourself from intrusive Google services the more new privacy and security issues appear. For example - if you use stock rom there's no need to unlock bootloader nor using custom recovery which are actually negatively affecting your privacy. You can access all the system and data in TWRP, so your privacy is pretty much none in case someone steals your phone. Good practice is not to keep too much private stuff on it, because there's always a risk someone can get it - one way or another.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
If you're not an expert then you're not far from it, because I don't think it's easy to do the things you did.

Is it possible to re-flash stoch recovery and re-lock bootloader after flashing one your roms to improve security, or are they essential to make rom work?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minimale_ldz:
As far as I know relocking bootloader will fail if installed system is not original, but I'd ask [MENTION=1006674]lost101[/MENTION] as he's got much more expertise in Motorola issues.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _that:
Using encryption helps in this case. Just remember that when you get your phone back, don't trust it anymore.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
Originally Falcon (and Peregrine I suspect) did not support Factory Reset Protection (FRP) - this may have changed for those with locked Bootloaders who updated to Lollipop via official OTA Update. Even with FRP, all you are doing is stopping someone who stole / found your phone from accessing your data. Obviously you must unlock Bootloader to gain real control over your data by flashing a ROM just as those created by [MENTION=6788745]minimale_ldz[/MENTION]. Once Bootloader is unlocked, it's permanent. So-called 'relocking' is purely superficial and can be simply undone by anyone with fastboot access.

So the answer is no, flashing Stock Recovery and 'relocking' Bootloader does absolutely nothing for you in terms of security.

Newer phones such as Moto G (3rd Gen) support FRP out of the box. But again, you are at the mercy of Google and Motorola when it comes to privacy as long as the Bootloader remains locked. You cannot root, nor install a custom ROM.

I fear ultimately you must examine your own psychological / egoic need for control and privacy, as the world outside your mind is unlikely to deliver what you seek.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
Is it possible to make or do something that no one would be able to enter recovery mode without password or at least pin code?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zgodig:
So encrypting the phone would help to protect data. In case of loost or stolen phone, the person would only be able to delete my data through recovery mode?

And what do you mean that after I'd get my phone back I shouldn't trust it?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiren43:
So I totally messed up my phone. When booting it, CM logo will take forever to disappear. Hopefully I can go to bootloader. I have installed latest version of TWRP. TWRP logo stays up for about 5 minutes then it loads the main menu.

It shows internal storage o mb. If I flash custom rom or firmware, it shows unable to mount /data, /persist, /cache. Even I couldn't unmount the partition through ADB Shell as it shows error "device or resource is busy". What is the solution for this? I badly want my phone back. Even I think I lost all my important data. Please help me to solve this. What could be the actual solution? And I am a noob. So if you instruct me with a solution, be descriptive. Thank you.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdmunn:
Can you get in fastboot mode? If so install the latest factory image.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiren43:
I tried but device will not mount /data. So flashing fails
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nagalun:
Try this fastboot command:

fastboot erase data
fastboot erase cache
[MTCB Android Head Units General] monkoid:
Hello !

I flashed my head unit with a recent malaysk rom (update_4_4_4_FUSE_1024X600_RK3188_16_MAL_17_03_2016) and I just discovered jetAudio which suits me as player for different reasons (prev/next SWC don't work in that app and the EQ enhances the sound like the standard EQ doesn't).

But it doesn't behave like the standard "Music" app :

- When starting up the car it doesn't resume playing automatically

- When switching to radio it doesn't automatically pause but instead lowers its volume and you can still hear your music in the background of the radio

How do I get jetAudio to behave like the "Music" would if I used it ?
[MTCB Android Head Units General] pants001:
I think standard music app is controlled by the MCU (If i remember rightly)

So it knows to stop playing when losing focus.

Most other music apps dont work in the same fashion as generally you want to minimize the app and keep playing.

I use JetAudio and have gotten used to the idea of pausing music before exiting and likewise pressing play on start up.

If someone can get around this with Tasker or something i'd love to know too
[MTCB Android Head Units General] magiceye85:
Has anybody a solution for this issue? "....When starting up the car it doesn't resume playing automatically"
[MTCB Android Head Units General] nixfu:
RocketPlayer seems to do this just fine on my headunit.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4404960:
Hello,

I recently converted my HTC One to Google Play edition. And that's works perfectly, but when i go to settings to searching for OTAs, the phone show it :

About my One : M7_ul , PN71000 , HTC__203

After conversion : M7_ul , PN71200 , GOOGL001 , LOCKED , S-ON , [Full factory reset : YES] , Stock bootloader / Recovery GPE
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4404960:
UP Please !!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Post the output of "fastboot getvar all" (hide your imei and sn). Why did you go back to locked and S-ON after the conversion? That wasn't a really good idea...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4404960:
Hello,

I have already tried these combinations :

S-OFF - UNLOCKED

S-OFF - LOCKED

S-OFF - RELOCKED // TAMPORED

S-ON - LOCKED [--> NP i got Sunshine SOFF license]

HTC CONFIGURATION :

HTC One Europe M7_UL

Flashed Android 4.3 GPE Stock downloaded here (xda forum) with fastboot oem rebootRUU

S-OFF - UNLOCKED

Stock Recovery

Stock BOOTLOADER (Black Google)

ROM is OK

MY PROBLEM :

When i searching for OTA it show :

- Lollipop waiting for download

- Can't download, insufficient space memory

- Button Try Again (but nothing)

- Tried with WIFI and 3G / LTE

FASTBOOT GETVAR ALL :

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.18.3263.15

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 3.06.1700.10

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF

(bootloader) serialno: [HIDDEN]

(bootloader) imei: [HIDDEN]

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000

(bootloader) cidnum: GOOGL001

(bootloader) battery-status: low

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3497mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: off

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-94cf81a8fd

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Bootloader status and security doesn't matters for installing Ota updates.

How much free memory left? You could update using a ruu or by downloading the Ota update from xda and installing them manually.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4404960:
A lot of memory, it's a fresh install with FULL Wipes ! By RUU and OTA zip's yes it works perfectly !

I think that we couldn't update via OTA because RUU is not an official compilated by Google, it's a dumped ROM and compiled to RUU
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoda1998:
Why don't you try one of the RUUs posted in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2358781

That way you con go straight to latest build .H18 :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Then if its a fresh install why not simply simply flashing the newest RUU like suggested above? Simplest solution.

Also converted my phone to GPE (went back to Sense) and I had no problem installing OTA updates... Not sure If I used the same RUU.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4404960:
That's very weird ... I tried 4.3 and 4.4.2, but nothing !

If i flash 5.0.2 and OTA is not working, i couldn't also get 5.1 with Stagefright fix because there's not yet .zip OTA here. The only way is official OTA from google.

@ yoda1998

I'll try to flash the RUU from your link , hope that's works ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4404960:
Thank you yoda98, that's worked perfectly ! I've tried to do that : PN710000 - GOOGL001 - SOFF - RELOCKED and OTA downloaded and installed succesfully

Link : http://www.graffixnyc.com/m7.php
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukesh1090:
I was using unlocked sprint note 4 i.e., 910P in India with lollipop 5.1.1 firmware. I downloaded and installed stock N910PVPU4DPC1 6.0.1 firmware and now my mobile doesn't have any signal. I selected GSM/UMTS mode in network and manually search for the network but its not working. Any way to fix this??

Thank you.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukesh1090:
The current csc code is XAS and as far as I remember in 5.1.1 formware I was using it was CHN. So will that have any impact??
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukesh1090:
Atleast somebody please tell me that how will I know that whether the problem is carrier locked or something else. Because when I insert the SIM it won't say anything like invalid SIM or SIM card rejected. I searched manually for the signal and it just keeps saying " registering on network".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aruruuuu:
Hello. I just got my note 3 but it is a Sprint version. So it gives a "invalid SIM Card" notification when I insert my sim.

How can I unlock my device so that I can use it for my local carrier? Thanks in advance
[About XDA developers] jerrywei:
Hi1

My D810 always miss the GPS voice guide when there is a phone call coming.I must exit the GPS software and enter again,then the voice guide work again.The same problem for all GPS software.It's not safety for me when driving and using the D810 together.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] H0wdy:
Hello,

I think the reason I'm having tethering issues is because the data connection is turning off after the screen is off for a bit. I don't think this feature is enabled anywhere, but it may be.

It doesn't occur when plugged into to A/C. Can someone please tell me where else I need to check to make sure this isn't occurring? I thought for sure I didn't have this feature enabled.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] H0wdy:
I do have aggressive mode turned on.

Regarding dev options, the data option there is to leave it on when Wi-Fi is on, right?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] msciresa:
I noticed that note 5 and s7 6.0.1 mm touchwiz have 9 home screens and note 4 mm does not can this be fixed?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] msciresa:
9 homescreens

I want to remain stock, I just want 9 home screens without having to switch launchers.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] patrick_1:
Not sure that's possible without modifying.
[Android Head-Units] kevind1234:
Hi Guys,

I am very new to using android car stereo and would love some assistance. I bought a Android 4.4 Quad Core Double 2Din Car Stereo DVD Player Radion GPS Navi Wifi OBD and had it installed in my 2009 Toyota Ipsum vehicle; all features work except for the Barasoft Navigator however, I have been having this problem where the radio freezes on the Android start screen when the car is switched on. It does not move from there unless I press and hold the power button for a few second then it powers down and I press it again for it to turn back on. Sometime I have to do this several times before the radio gets pass the android screen.

The other issue is with the Barasoft Igo navigator, I installed a map and everything however, whenever I open the navigator and click on map it says no streets found nearby.

I would love if anyone could assist me with these problems please.

The model number is 121895317249
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] musabatas:
My device was bricked 2 days ago. i tried this edl method and succesfully unbrick that. But when i replace the device again, i suddenly touch the screen pins with my tweezer. Now my screen touch running but not show anything. How can i solve this?

Note: i can access the phone in Mi pc suite. when i touch the screen i can access apps with use mi pc suit^s screenshot options.

Sorry for my bad English.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] sanjib734:
I don't think this is a software issue , u have got ur display short circuited.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] Vishesh:
Hi guys.. Can i install Ota latest update by Samsung in my rooted j7 phone? Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] Blackdranzer:
No u can't in a rooted phone....

Hello mate... I'm afraid u can't install the latest update through Ota if ur phone is rooted...

However... U can flash the latest rom(entire rom , comes with the new update) using Odin or Samsung smart switch for pc.....
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] amritansh singh gautam:
I m having j500f rooted

1 I m having rooted j500f and want to ota update it without pc

2 were to get that ota updates?

3 how to flash them without pc
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] khaisttj92:
2 you cannot get the ota update but you can update manually using odin pc

3 you cannot flash them without pc
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] amritansh singh gautam:
I can flash it with flashfire

The thing I need is just that ota zip ?

As flash fire support all sam mobiles?

Where can I get that ?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] khaisttj92:
download the ota file at sammobile
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] fedaykinofdune:
Not available there yet. I need the OTA file as well, I had gotten the OTA update, then ended up accidentally wiping /system while messing around getting it rooted, like an idiot. Managed to downgrade back to MM but bootloader was still showing BQJ2 version, so OTA denied all the same (cannot downgrade BL, smh). Ended up flashing Lineage 14.1 for now, until the OTA comes available.

Scoured the internet looking for the OTA, plenty of sites waiting for links so whoever uploads the OTA first, monetize your link, lol!
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] khaisttj92:
try search at updato.com