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[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] rav101:
Hey buddy,

Hopefully you will see this response for what it is (not as criticism but an attempt at opening up a conversation to increase mine, yours and others understanding).

At the time of writing my original post there was a very extensive user licence agreement (which I actual read) where I came across the notification about EMEI data collection in the Privacy section. It seems the User Licence Agreement has either been removed or is now a lot harder to find? There is something to be said about reading User Agreements.

Your point about faking EMEI using Venom Tweaks wasn't (and still isn't) mentioned in the OP or anywhere in the changelog; Whilst it's a very useful feature to have for anyone so inclined, it's could be / should be better communicated so people know about it before they install the rom.

What do you need the EMEI number for? What features are offered in Venom Rom that can't be offered without a devices EMEI number? This is particularly curious to me given that you enable people to provide fake EMEI numbers using the tweaks app as stated above? This would suggest to me that any old number would do because that is what the fake numbers being generated are? Unless I'm missing something here, why collect this sort of information if you don't actually need to (I guess that is dependant on the first question about what features are offered using the EMEI number and I await your response on this).

In relation to dodgy apps, carriers, manufacturers, oems etc taking and collecting EMEI I would group that into one generic type of response: My aim is to limit exposure of personal / sensitive data (not just EMEI) as best as I possibly can. I might not limit it 100% and I'm sure there is more I can do.

Your response seems to suggest a logic of "People have access to my information anyway so I might as well give it out freely to those that ask". I prefer my logic of "Question why people are asking for my information and limit how much information I am giving out as much as possible".

I do things like:

1) Move over to AOSP and CM roms where I can to reduce the Manufacturer ability to track.

2) Remove Manufacturer Spyware from my Roms where I can identify it.

3) Use International Unlocked phones where possible so less risk of Carrier spyware

4) Only download apps I trust and have a good track record for privacy and if possible are open source.

I'm sure there is more I could do, but I fundamentally disagree with the idea that if its happening anyway I should just let it happen and further more enable it to happen.

Lastly, I've been burnt in the past not by ISIS or any Big Bad but by someone with a vendetta. Each to their own but the question was asked which rom I chose and I gave my reasons for it. It doesn't matter what I think. If EMEI and data protection isn't as important to others they can happily ignore my post and move on downloading Viper??

Regards
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Sneakyghost:
Hello mate,

first of, let me state that I appreciate your constructive style. This is helpful and will lead to better answers from everyone.

I am not going to answer every point of yours. However, I'd like to answer to your little list:

1.) You can flash Viper to achieve the same. We remove every known type of manufacturer tracking in every ROM since ever.

2.) See answer 1.

3.) With HTC and the current situation, you can utilize S-OFF to make most HTC models an international or dev device.

4.) Virtually all apps collect data and yes, it is a good idea to trust only some apps you need and don't go download every sh!t you see.

Oh, and yes, one more thing: I did indeed suggest that logic. I am a bit frustrated with data being the new currency these days and I kind of give up, especially when I read posts from cautious people. It is a true Don Quixote fight against windmills. At the end of the day, everyone gets what they want from us because that's how digitial works. There is no such thing as privacy out there. BUT: I do use secure messengers and see that I leave as little a footprint as I possibly can out of the same reasoning you argue with. So. Ultimately, we are on the same level here, just me being frustrated with panicky users.

I'll refer [MENTION=4905624]j to the 4n[/MENTION] to this so he might or might not respond to your thoughts. Remember, Jan has a kid and a lot to look after these days and might choose to not respond, as the topic has been extensively covered in several threads over the years. But essentially, you will be hearing similar things.

We are no bad people. That is the only thing that hurts us. Users assuming we are up to scam. This is XDA. It is still a developer forum after all. Even though it appears to be a customer support forum for 7.5 Million users.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] j to the 4n:
We use the original HTC OTA Update engine, so we can push OTA updates to our users.

We modded the HTC updater to use our server adress ofc. That way we have really a convenient way for our users to update.

The HTC OTA updater sends the imei, checkdate, device id, rom version and some other data to the OTA Server. That way it's possible to create a proper response and provide the update if one is present.

The different data that is sent wasn't modified by us, the same gets to HTC servers on the stock rom.

We save IMEI in an inreversible hash on our server, but the last 6 digits we save in plain text. That way it's possible for us to detach devices from old accounts, without the user needing to provide us the full imei in case the phone was sold and the original owner didnt detach the device.

Devices are bound to accounts (mail) and it's just possible to attach one device to an account. Before attaching it to another it has to be detached from the old account.

Accounts can hold multiple devices,of different or same model.

By having an unique hashed imei it's possible for us to create user groups and push ota updates to them (beta testers, admins, themers etc).

We could have also used a hashed serial number probably, but from my experience serial numbers often gets faked or are not unique.

I really wonder what do you guys think we could do with the imei number, hire a contract killer so he can locate you? (-:

If you don't trust us, the imei would be the last thing I'm worried about. We basically could have full control of you device...we could do everything with it. Even integrate a keylogger into the core framework and read your passwords for example.

Also you could just delete the Updater.apk if you want..that disables the OTA feature but of prevents any data getting send to us.

Registering and login in into VenomHUB (the place to download additional content, like themes, statusbar themes, addons etc) is also optional.

If you need any more information, drop me a pm.

Edit: Making rom comparissons in public never ended well in the past.

It's really the best to try the roms yourself and decide on your own.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] rav101:
Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

To be honest, my only concern with Viper was around the EMEI number but as you have previously stated this can be faked using the tweaks app. I'm more curious than anything else with regards to what the EMEI number is used for (as per my original response) so hope [MENTION=4905624]j to the 4n[/MENTION] does take the time to respond although I appreciate he is a busy man. :)

We are definitely on the same page with regards to privacy being an uphill (or unwinnable) battle. I would summarise my approach as damage limitation and try to make it hard for someone looking and let someone else be an easier target. At the same time, it's also good to have these discussions as it helps educate more people around the potential risks of not being inquisitive.

I would like to apologise if I have inferred that the Viper team are bad / dubious people. That was not my intention and I tried to suggest as much in my original response. I would say that from everything I have seen of Viper from the forums that you offer a Rom with super customisability (much more than anyone else I have seen)! You guys have a very strong and dedicated following and your approach to responding to me has at least won respect from my little corner from the internet. I'm actually curious to try Viper out in the coming weeks when I next end up doing a fresh install.

Regards
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Sneakyghost:
Jans answer to your question is right above your post. Just a heads-up [MENTION=5582262]rav101[/MENTION]
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] rav101:
Hi Jan,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm a curious guy so really appreciate you taking the time to go in depth in responding about what is done, how its done and why.

As a suggestion, it might be worth taking some extracts of this little exchange and updating the Venom Rom OP about the EMEI and the reasons why and also about the feature in Venom Tweaks to fake it? Hopefully that will stop any similar queries in the future?

I mentioned in my last response, but I'm curious to try out Venom Rom. I only had this one niggle but it been very nicely answered and I do like the options of customisation which you guys offer in spades!

ps. the contract killer could be a she (not just a he)..... so sexist!!! (my weird humour if that didn't translate)

Thanks [MENTION=1102297]Sneakyghost[/MENTION], I saw this after I responded :)
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] j to the 4n:
If there is something we understand, then it's humor.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] satreddy:
Stock OS doesn't activate Boom sound while incoming call, results in less ringtone volume. Does any of these 2 OS have incoming call volume from both speakers?
[P3600 ROM Development] sickboy555:
hi guys,

has anyone experienced a problem where their Trinity will not "wake up" with the short press of the on/off button?

I'm sure I read about this some time ago and am trying to work out if it's hardware or OS related.

I'm running mUn's TE WM6 which I have been for many months now.

The problem has only started in the last 2 weeks or so.

I haven't installed anything new, but have enabled Push Mail for OTA mail.

It's doing it 1 or 2 times a day now and is very frustrating. The only way to wake the phone is soft reset.

When calling the phone from a landline, it does not ring and goes to voicemail.

Any advice or solutions gratefully received.
[P3600 ROM Development] sickboy555:
no one seen this then I guess.

Bummer (for me!)
[P3600 ROM Development] jmermel:
Try hard reset

Try hard reset
[P3600 ROM Development] djredtiger:
softreset helps, sometimes i have the problem with windows mobile 5 too
[P3600 ROM Development] sickboy555:
thanks John.

But do you have any fact based reason for this suggestion?

I'm happy to give it a go if there's more than 50% chance it will work.
[P3600 ROM Development] jmermel:
Hard reset

You might have loaded a program that is not liked. Use a backup program. If this does not work then load your backup after the hard reset and you will be back to where you started
[P3600 ROM Development] PGMMA:
P3600 with D810 WM6 ROM; also happens occasionally, recovered with soft reset. Seems to happen most often when I press the On/Off button twice too quickly.
[P3600 ROM Development] sickboy555:
thanks guys.

I'm going to try the hard reset route-I'll report back.
[P3600 ROM Development] isidres:
Some time ago this happened to me so often, but said it was due to some application, in my case was Slide2Unlock.

Since I removed by their consumption of memory it didn't happened to me.

(Sorry for my english)
[P3600 ROM Development] evojulz:
Bugger, this has started to happen to me as well. Only 3 times in the last 3 days but if it keeps is up that will be enough for me to do a hard reset (overdue). Strange cause the only new thing I put on in the last week has been PCM 16 which is only a copy/paste exercise.

The fix in the Hermes forum is to force your device to sleep and not let it go into standby.

I have had some problems recently with DeviceLock 1.2 just ceasing to work and have to uninstall/reinstall to make it work again. I set it to turn the screen off when locked, as this does not put the device on standby, maybe there is the same issue with it going into standby by itself.
[P3600 ROM Development] Skyline R34:
I have the same problem..i think that it has to do with the phone hanging..most probably due to some background programs eating too much power and memory and the phone just lacks till it hangs..happens when you have other programs that have hanged as well..my problem is with PocketAlarm..it takes so long to load my phone went to standby and the phone couldnt be called back..in brief the phone just hangs because of a program..i don think it has any problem do to with the hardware or strictly the OS..cant really explain..but the role the OS play in this problem is that it allows the program to make full use of the phone till the phone cant cope with it..its the core of the OS so it cant be avoided with any other versions or anything..sorry it seems rather unclear..hope you guys understand..
[P3600 ROM Development] simkard:
same problem for me ... from times to times, when a call hang up, i push a lot of times the red button for going back to the today screen and as it shows up, i click immediately on the Power button for turning off the screen. right after when i forgot to do something (approx 1sec) i push the power button and there it doesn't turn on the screen ... strange ...

what i've installed on it :

TomTom 6

BatteryStatus with today plugin ver 1.04.203 beta4 i put tray icons too.

i've bluezard for sniffing and/or hacking bluetooth devices.

OBDgauge too it's a software that works with a bluetooth dongle i plug into the diag port of my car.

and that's all. ah yes one more thing -> i disable the "HTC Home" because i don't like it.
[P3600 ROM Development] vonjack:
Same problem here...

Still no solution?
[P3600 ROM Development] hling:
I got this problem from some version of rom by Karmba. But V7.2 is OK so far. It seems happened when I close Egress reader by click X button then turn off screen by power switch. It then would not wakeup again. But if I close Egress and check the running programs from Task Manager to make sure the Egress is not running at the background, then I can turn on or off the screen freely.

So I think this wakeup problem is caused by some running program that was not closed properly by X button then crash the WM.

That was just my personal finding. Hope it help you guys a bit.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] necropuppy:
does anyone know is this in the works? I had an m8 and recall they had a Google edotion. I would love to just have plain android and then AOSP roms derivative from that.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] richii0207:
If you change the communications color in HTC themes to match the Google phone app color and install messenger, you have that AOSP feel.

To top it off, move phone app to bottom left and the camera pp on the bottom right to have AOSP lockscreen layout. You can also change the phone and camera icon to match that of the AOSP lockscreen so it looks identical (won't change icons on 3rd party launchers like Google now) Then install Google now launcher, camera, and keyboard ?.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] afuller42:
Viper10 rom has the option to remove Sense during install if you wan to go that route.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Zorachus:
Wow that sounds great, so does it then install a stock Nexus type AOSP OS ?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] sjpritch25:
Nope, its based on HTC. I see that a CM build is in the works, but very unstable.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] hacktek:
Hi Folks,

I got an mxiii 4k / k200c / 2g / 8g / arm-A9 / mali-450MP box that works rather well for moving around the box (very speedy) and works perfectly for streaming 1080p content over LAN with Kodi but for some reason, some apps struggle with high quality video. It's most apparent with the DirecTV app but it also happens with Youtube (although much less). It starts playback, works fine but then the video starts slowing down as if the CPU or GPU were overwhelmed. This condition lasts for 3-5 seconds and then it goes back to normal until it happens again a few seconds later. It can also manifest itself as lost frames with random skips.

Anything I can do to improve the performance?

Thanks
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] rhtizzy:
Sounds to me like a caching problem, but perhaps it's the codec
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] hacktek:
Might be, it doesn't appear to happen with all videos. Any way to overclock de GPU, see if that helps?
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] rhtizzy:
I believe so, there are a number of apps in the playstore I once used but you'll have to search if they still exist, look for sysinfo apps
[Android Apps and Games] zpcoder:
Hi friends!

I've remade an oldschool arcade 8-bit game to Android - Runner free - it's published on GooglePlay - SORRY, but according to xda-rules right now (a fresher) I can't write direct link to google Play, but you can find the game by my name:

Vladimir Shein Runner free

It's the platform 2D arcade - with Runner, gold to collect and enemies, and has some specific features:

-comfortable control;

-tiny size;

-retro 8-bit atmosphere.

It's written without using any engine, only basic framework (as in all my games)

I'd be happy to have a feedback
[Android Apps and Games] petr232:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freeland.runnerfree
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackMambo90:
I've got this phone for a while now but since i updated it to official marsmallow it's been stuck into bootloader. The phone is stock, still locked and S-ON. I've tried to unlock it so i can use a custom rom but when i do the official bootloader unlock from htc it goes all okay until it should promp me on the phone screen to confirm bootloader unlock, i can't find a way to make it work. I also tried to use the RUU but when it's rebooting my phone into bootloader (witch it is already) it doesn't reboot the phone goes stand by and the program stops. I the tried to get the zip RUU into an SD but the CID doesn't match since i got the Vodafone UK one so my cid is VODAP001 and i can't find the right RUU for this version. Can someome please help, i'm desperate.

I've tried to use the RUU.zip file from cmd using comand fastboot oem rebootRUU bur it gives me this message:

...

(bootloader) Error: Command never completed

(bootloader) Error: Command timeout error

(bootloader) Error: Command completed with errors

(bootloader) Failed Reading block @ 786432

(bootloader) [SD_ERR] sd_read_sector: read sector failed (786432 256)

(bootloader) [ERR] partition_read_emmc(589): error -1

(bootloader) Start Verify: 3

(bootloader) Error: Command never completed

(bootloader) Error: Command timeout error

(bootloader) Error: Command completed with errors

(bootloader) Failed Writing block @ 786432

(bootloader) [SD_ERR] sd_write_sector: write sector failed (786432 256)

OKAY [ 10.058s]

finished. total time: 10.058s
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skierr:
same issue here

did you find the solution?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackMambo90:
Yeah I had to send it to support since it had a hardware problem with the memory ( I've pinpointed the problem to the ROM) if you your warranty is expired maybe you should try replacing the motherboard
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
You have the same sector/emmc errors? Of you just have the problem of stuck in bootloader? Those are two very different things. With the second one being quite possibly fixable.

You need to be specific if you want any meaningful help. Saying you have the "same issue" is never sufficient for folks to give help; and is just going to end up confusing you and others.

Assuming it is not a hardware emmc failure, and you want some direction, please provide the following:

- If you know how, do fastboot getvar all, and post the results (delete IMEI and serial number before posting).

- If you don't know how to do fastboot, what OS number and radio number does it say on the phone's bootloader screen?

- Bootloader locked or unlocked?

- Any other mods (TWRP, custom ROM, etc.).

- What events led to the current condition? Did you try to flash something, or update OS? Or just happened spontaneously?

- Exact names/version numbers of files you installed, or tried to flash.

The more detail you can give, the better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] xperiaking247:
So i have an S6 edge and my dad hide it in something that you put pens erasers pencils and stuff for school and unfortuanately it was that case for school stuff that i put screwdrivers and a razor blade when i found the phone i realized these scratches

They are very deep and you can hear them by sliding with fingernail i also have tiny scratches everywhere but they are visible only in direct sunlight i think its the oleo.. coat so i dont care but this bigs me alot and i take carevof my phone really good it was in a spigen tough armor but i still wait for stupid chinese TG PROTECTOR to come from ebay
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tanveer143:
Hai guys my brother have moto g 3 but it soft bricked stuck on bootloader so to flash stock firmware via fastboot mode it need to unlock bootloader but when i tries to unlock via commands its showing enable OEM unlock in developer option but moto G3 is not starting what to do?plz anyone help me..
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tanveer143:
And also usb debugging is not enabled in Developer option..
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandakis4:
Enable USB debugging, and no need of Enabling UNLOCK bootloader if you are installing STOCK.. just properly flash every file as given in tutorial by dev: Lost

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] xperiaking247:
So i have an S6 edge and my dad hide it in something that you put pens erasers pencils and stuff for school and unfortuanately it was that case for school stuff that i put screwdrivers and a razor blade when i found the phone i realized these scratches

They are very deep and you can hear them by sliding with fingernail i also have tiny scratches everywhere but they are visible only in direct sunlight i think its the oleo.. coat so i dont care but this bigs me alot and i take carevof my phone really good it was in a spigen tough armor but i still wait for stupid chinese TG PROTECTOR to come from ebay
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ComfySofa:
Hi - as above - has anyone seen that....ive reset back to stock and that's the best I can get. The battery is ok as if I leave it in bootloader it'll sit there quite happily. If anyone can give some pointers that'd be great - thanks.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrQQ:
hello,

so I have issue with mediaserver. In 2 hours of screen off idling, mediaserver keeps phone awake for half of the time. The thing is, I removed all pictures, videos and audio from internal storage, and it still does this.

How can I figure out what's going on? :(
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sadman Khan:
Do you have a memory card?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrQQ:
no
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sadman Khan:
Try using gsam battery monitor to find out the culprit. If you can't find it, then factory reset
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicsr2cool:
did you already disable photo analyzer?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrQQ:
no, how?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicsr2cool:
Google is your friend

http://xdaforums.com/z5-compact/help/ultimate-fixes-battery-lag-camera-t3241173
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrQQ:
Turns out I already had it disabled.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicsr2cool:
Was worth a shot. It made a huge difference in lollipop, ID say delete the app.