yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] wurtelll:
Almost exactly a month after I did the factory reset I started getting tabs opened in Chrome with junk, and also 4 apps were "illegally" installed without my knowledge: "Super Locker", "Superb Cleaner", and "Ace Browser". I deinstalled these immediately, 5 minutes later "Ace Browser" was installed again... 15 minutes later "Super File Manager" was installed, and "Settings" was attemped to be installed, but Malwarebytes flagged that as bad and blocked that for me. A day later that "Settings" was again tried, but was again blocked.

Cubot, I am very disappointed. Why distribute firmware that does such criminal things? What can you earn with this, maybe $5? How much goodwill do you lose in the process? (I will never buy another Cubot unless this is resolved once and for all.) Why not raise the price $10 and deliver a clean firmware...

beertodeath: I don't have ES File explorer installed, so unlikely that's the cause.
[Device Reviews and Information] beertodeath:
Today I got redirected to UC Browser app in playstore without even touching my phone. I used to get mad in the past when such activities were happening but now I'm so used to it and accepted my phone's fate that I just laughed...

Cubot take my middle finger. Next time I buy phone or suggest to my family and friends, for sure I won't suggest your brand.

Στάλθηκε από το CUBOT_MANITO μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] karletto66:
V17 here, from a month.

NOT a single problem of spam/redirection or strange behavior.

Check the software you install maybe there is somentingh strange...

;)

The phone value for the money is quite good IMHO
[Device Reviews and Information] beertodeath:
Some friends from the russian forum on 4pda managed to make a good feedback to Cubot service. Cubot is about to release a new update (V20). Cubot already asked some members to make a test on the new firmware before it get globally published. If anyone wants to use the new update you can get it here https://yadi.sk/d/jl3EZP7H3HTZng and update it through OTA update and then search localy for the file. Also if you want you can search on needrom for a modded version of V20 firmware. I haven't tested Cleopatra's and I don't know how it's going.

Since now the V20 firmware seems to go well and netguard doesn't show any suspicious traffic. I hope that's a critical update and no malware will appear again.

My regards to [MENTION=8254985]deeplooker[/MENTION] and all members on 4pda who try to make a pressure to Cubot to make a clean firmware.
[Device Reviews and Information] deeplooker:
this is not my merit. i tried to share info with ppls who, like me, had a problem with infected firmware.

Спасибо Тамерлану за терпение в общении с техподдержкой.
[Device Reviews and Information] wurtelll:
[MENTION=5540977]beertodeath[/MENTION] that's good news!

I run my own DNS resolver at home, and have been tracking what hostnames the Cubot has been looking up. These are the suspicious domain names:

adups.com

minimob.com

appnext.com

tbt.li

myapkcdn.in

moatads.com

salmonads.com

biugcxu.com

wyaklk.com

applovin.com

asense.in

doesxyz.com

Of course some of them may just be for ads in apps, but a little bit of collateral damage that way is not a problem :)

I've added them to my own DNS server with a wildcard A record pointing to my local webserver. These are typical requests:

POST http://sdk.asense.in/data/

GET http://sdk.asense.in/data/load.apk

POST http://www.biugcxu.com/g.do

GET http://i5.myapkcdn.in/promotePic/20161116/582bc289c2eb2.jpg (last part varies), lots of these)

User-Agents also vary: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 6.0; CUBOT_MANITO Build/MRA58K)" for the promotePic ones and others, "Apache-HttpClient/UNAVAILABLE (java 1.4)" for others.

Since doing this at least at home I haven't had any problems anymore, although e.g. when on the work wifi I did get some popup spam when opening webpages. That hasn't happened the last week or so though. Have they shutdown their spamming?

I'm really hoping the new firmware will be clean!
[Device Reviews and Information] deeplooker:
POST sdk-asense-in/

------------------

its a dropper for malware

i catch this on april...

now, on v20, i write log on my gateway 24/7...

clean! i hope its will be always be clean.

and, developers change ota server. (for download)

old connect on adups.com (and dl from that)

now - fw archive sits on mayitek.com (but check-in on fota5.adupts.com)
[Device Reviews and Information] copeppe:
Today I've received the news about a new firmware upgrade via OTA (V20). It's a 1,05 GB update! In the infos is written that the phone could Have 4 or 5 minutes of Black screen before to start the update after downloaded the firmware. Have you already tried this update? It' s all ok?
[Device Reviews and Information] deeplooker:
yes, our pals also officially get new v20 on ota.

we compare it with version on "test-period". no changes.

all will be ok. dont afraid :)
[Device Reviews and Information] beertodeath:
Already tried the new update. Everything seems ok. I hope no malware will appear again.

"Opera mobile store" continues to stay hidden in the apps and I already deactivated it again.

Let's hope everything will keep calm and clear.

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[Device Reviews and Information] deeplooker:
beertodeath, when i made clean flash (on OTA with local v20 FW file) over fresh flashed v17 from pc, i not find opera app. im manually install opera in playstore. package name - com.opera.browser sits on /data/app/com.opera.browser-1/base.apk

on your device "opera" is system app or u can delete him?

and what says antiviruses?

strange.
[Device Reviews and Information] wurtelll:
I also have installed the V20 update over the air, and everything looks fine now, no more suspicious DNS requests anymore.

However, only after a month will I be confident that there really is no problem anymore.

Good work to all concerned! I hope Cubot has learnt a lesson from this and doesn't deliver anymore "bad" firmware, also on other (new) phones.
[Supported Devices] DoughMucker:
Here' s my general experience with Remix OS (v 3.0.206) on my Asus T100. Not surprisingly, it's much the same to my Android x86 experience.

First, a big thanks to the team members at Jide and Anroid x86! And now on to my experience...

The install to my hard drive didn't proceed smoothly. I'm not sure it was because I already had Android x86 installed or because I have my Z drive mapped to my LAN and the install program tries (and fails) to mount my EFI partition there in order to install grub. To get past the failed install, I manually modified my EFI partition to add a menu item for Remix OS alongside Android x86.

After resolving the installation woes, Remix booted fairly quickly and the setup option worked fine. The OS works pretty well and seems to allow all my Android apps to run. I haven't installed and tried them all yet though.

Not all the hardware works. Here's what works and doesn't:

Working

Touchscreen - works

WiFi - 2.4 and 5 GHz both work. WiFi seems to stop working and can't be re-enabled if the tablet sleeps.

Track pad - works, but can't be disabled using the keyboard function key

Keyboard function key volume up and down

Keyboard function key brightness up and down

Dock USB

GPS

Suspend. (The notification light did not go out, so it wasn't fully suspended.) I didn't fully test suspend, so it may or may not be working properly.

Battery icon

External speakers

Accessing my dock hard drive

Not working

Auto brightness

Camera. It doesn't work at all.

HDMI Out. Video displayed does not fully fill width of screen. Audio still comes out of the T100. Booting will not complete if HDMI is connected; it stalls at the command line.

Notification/camera on light - stuck permanently on.

Auto rotate (and no manual rotate either)

Keyboard function key volume mute

Keyboard function key to disable/enable the track pad

Esc key doesn't always behave as the back key.

After putting the tablet into the keyboard dock, Remix launches its File Manager *every time*. It's annoying.

Not tested

Bluetooth

I had freezing issues with a previous Release Candidate of Remix, so this version is usable by comparison. However, with so many non-working items, Remix on the T100 is just passable and not quite ready for a daily driver for me. v 3.0.206 fixed an issue with not being able to use WiFi after it was turned off (and back). If auto-rotate was working, I'd consider using it as a daily driver...
[Supported Devices] awyeong:
Can you please share your installation procedure?
[Supported Devices] DoughMucker:
Hi, I must have missed the notification of your reply...

I purposefully omitted the installation procedure because it was a pain, I started with android-x86, and I don't really recall the exact steps. Are you having a specific issue?
[Supported Devices] RichTJ99:
Hi,

I also have a T100ha & was thinking about putting Remix on it. Actually i was debating buying a Chuwi hibook pro 2 to play with (windows 10 + remix). But its really identical to the T100HA I already have in terms of hardware specs (or at least close).

I am a little fuzzy on if the remix os plays with the partition for a dual boot experience or if this runs on top of the windows 10 OS.

For those starting from scratch, what would you suggest on a Remix OS install - or is it not even close to usable?
[Supported Devices] DoughMucker:
You don't need to create a new partition or resize an existing partition. It gets installed on your C Drive, most of it being installed in C:/RemixOS or whereever you choose. Your MBR will be modified to allow it to boot to WIndows or Remix.

Remix does not "run on top of" WIndows 10, like an emulator or VM. It is installed on the same hard drive, but is booted separately. But that reminds me...if you power on your tablet, it will boot straight to Windows. In order to boot to Remix, you have to a) hold power/Volume down to get to grub where you can select Remix, or b) Use Advanced Startup within Windows 10 to boot to Remix. It would be better if the Grub menu was presented on boot without the button mashing. Thanks, Microsoft/Asus!

You can/should try out a USB install to test it out. You can see what works/doesn't work for yourself and judge whether you want to install it to your hard drive or not. I still have it installed, but only use it occassionally.
[Supported Devices] RichTJ99:
So this isnt like Bluestacks which runs within windows? What I dont like about Bluestacks is the resources it uses even when its not running. The T100HA has very limited ones.

I see a number of posts on reddit with people trying to figure out how to install this on the T100HA.

Because I am a little fuzzy - Can you live install the ISO on a USB drive (like Ubuntu) for testing?

Anything not working for you on Remix?
[Supported Devices] RichTJ99:
So with the bootable ISO & usb. I power up, hit escape, choose the usb drive. I get the option of resident or guest - i choose guest, it says android-686, a black screen with a border pops up, then the system reboots & ends up in windows.
[Supported Devices] DoughMucker:
This is the part that I don't exactly remember what I did to get it working.

You've probably disabled Secure Boot in Windows (required). I used Rufus to make my USB stick. I had problems when I made it with LiLi. So, if you didn't use Rufus, give it a whirl. Try the resident mode too.

Also, I think I used the Android-x86 USB install and copied the RemixOS files over top of it. Alternatively, go to http://www.jfwhome.com/2016/01/04/latest-steps-to-install-ubuntu-on-the-asus-t100ta/ and follow Step 1 only... First Steps: Prepairing for the Ubuntu Install
[Supported Devices] matiaspar:
I'm stuck on logo...can you put your grub.cfg file here?

or al least the remix os entry...in other PCs, changing parameter I solve that...but now I can't in my asus T100taf...thanks.
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] FareCola:
Guys, I need help. I can't update my xperia c5 ultra . Basically I never got OTA update but I decided I'm just going to update it through my PC with XPERIA Companion. The problem is that when I plug in the device, xperia companion just displays the message and says that my phone is up to date but it clearly isn't because its running Android 5.1. I've tried everything, and after maybe 50 tries message "new undefined software update is available" appeared but before I could do anything it just closed itself ?
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] Samir SRA:
Flash manually

It's not yet released for all countries.

U have to wait for couple of days to get it.

Or else you can download the firmware from

xperiablog . net

and scroll down and you will find a post telling c5 receiving Marshmallow

And flash it manually by Flashtool software.

:)
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] FareCola:
Thank you for responding. Do you know when will it be available for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] FareCola:
Still nothing new..

Will it ever be released
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] eddy_valdes:
You'll have to wait a bit more for the OTA, I'm from Mexico (E5506 from Iusacell-AT&T) and got the update just 3 days ago, you can use xpericheck to know when your update is available.
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] FareCola:
Okay but I can't even update with Xperia companion?
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] eddy_valdes:
If your carrier don't release the update for the model you have, no, you won't be able to update from xperia companion, happened to me to.
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] FareCola:
Thank you for explaining
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] eddy_valdes:
You're welcome, just be patient, I'm sure you'll get it! :D
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] FareCola:
I still didn't get the update..still the same issue.....
[Sony Xperia C5 Ultra] FareCola:
this is a joke now, still can't update my device..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] billporte:
I found this article and I told myself that a developer could find his happiness there

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/10/NoiseDetection/default.aspx?loc=en
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] billporte:
Citation

"You're sitting in the local coffee shop on a sunny afternoon, peacefully enjoying a quiet moment, when your phone starts to ring. It's set, of course, to full volume and the ring is so loud you nearly spill your coffee. So you turn it down.

Later that day, you're waiting at a bar for a friend, but he's nowhere to be seen. He'd forgotten which bar you were meeting at and called to see where you were. Unfortunately, you missed the call because you didn't hear your phone ring. The problem: the ring volume was still turned down and wasn't loud enough to hear in the noisy bar.

This is fairly ridiculous when you consider that current mobile phones have as much processing power as the first PC I used for multi-channel audio recording. It would seem that with today's intelligent mobile devices, which are capable of doing so many things and accessing so much information, this problem should not exist. However, everyone who has a mobile phone has experienced this problem in one form or another.

The obvious way to solve the problem is to remember to change your volume settings. The option to change the ring volume is presumably to deal with the acoustic differences in various environments, but the functionality does not really do that. Devices should be able to act with a little more common sense. It's simple: I just want my mobile phone not to ring too loudly in a quiet environment and to ring audibly in a loud place.

This article addresses the possibilities and practicality of a Windows Mobile® application that automatically adjusts the Pocket PC's ring level based on the ambient noise in its current environment. The functionality of this app prevents the phone from ringing too loudly or softly, saving me from embarrassment and missed calls. In this article, I'll use this problem as an introduction to Windows Mobile development using Visual Studio® 2005 and C#."
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] licht77:
WOW! This would really be a great solution!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] MaxMotus:
No more dicking about with profiles and Volumes hehe!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] while(!(linux)){wm}:
Sadly, despite the immense processing power of today's phones, they are slower than the cell phones 10 years ago. Why? Fine, we're doing a lot more with them, but still, if i can put linux on my P400 and surf the net and play 3d games and even change the screen orientation within less than a quarter second... then why can't my phone do that... and maybe even do it better?

Is it too much to ask to have a zippy menu interface and nearly instant screen orientation changes?

Sorry, this rant is a bit off topic. You are entirely correct. Our phones could have been doing this for at least a decade... but sadly, only companies like apple seem to want to invest in innovative products (I own a kaiser, not an iphone... so dont get on my case with an apple rant, ok?)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] anon2070:
How will this help when the phone is in your pocket and it either hears nothing so rings very quietly, or hears a thunderstorm of noise from the keys and change it is rattling around with?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Delta_flyer:
My,,, haven't we grown impatient over the years. I can remember when a dial up modem and a 9600 connection were killer.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] calebgreenwood:
Can anyone turn this into a boot animation for my note 7 please! It's the haters gonna hate animation!http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/57f95c1c787a1/hatersnexus6P-bootanim.zip
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] martin132014:
Good day. The reason for this post is that i considered to buy the Mi Max after 4 years using my Z Ultra. And needed some opinion on how the experience of using one....comparable to Z Ultra, i think this is a nice upgrade to my old phone considered the screen size and camera.

I also like to know hows the support from dev for Mi Max....
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
Being someone who had a Z Ultra as well (only for a few weeks though) I can say that any of these phones are better than the Z. The camera had no flash so in low or no light the camera on the Z was useless. The speaker was very low and tinny on the Z. The Z had huge bezels and the battery life was not all that good. Once Xiaomi releases the kernel sources we should have more roms. The Redmi Note 3 had the sources released and seeing as the Mi Max is almost the same phone but larger I would assume we would get the kernel sources soon. I would definitely upgrade your Z Ultra to a Mi Max.
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] badrsj:
Max price and size as well as decent specs puts it in for a long life of dev

There's Miui.en, Miui.eu, and cyanogen mod already. It's a great buy for 6+ devices. The device has THE best battery life in the whole world.

One criticism is average camera, but that's really it.
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] Amarlina:
I had lenovo K3 Note very good device lots of support paid twice as much for the miui max for nothing too bulky and 0 support so I wish I had not bought it now just buy the Redmi note 3 pro it s cheaper better support I think cm14 is out for that device already but do your search it s not a as great as you might hear and that is just my opinion
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] Parmo100:
Oukitel K10000 with its 10k mah battery is biggest battery in the world, but you never worry about the Mi Max battery anymore, especially if you have a quick charger plug, it lasts for a long time.
[General Questions and Answers] e_s_jones:
I have a phone on order (HTC 10) that takes a Nano SIM (4FF). My current HTC One (M7) has a Micro SIM (3FF), but looking at it, it appears as though a nano SIM (4FF) could be broken out from the Micro SIM (3FF), much in the way that many mini-SIM cards (2FF) can "break out" to become a Micro SIM (3FF).

Does this sound possible? I hope it's not too confusing how I have tried to posit the question. I'd like to be able to transform the micro SIM to a nano SIM when the new phone arrives without going to the T-Mobile Store.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I don't think you can because with a micro SIM the contacts come almost completely to the edge, trying to go smaller would compromise the contact area. Go to the store, there's a right way to do things and a wrong way to do things, engineering an alternate solution is only necessary when none already exist, in your case, alternatives exist.
[General Questions and Answers] e_s_jones:
This may help

Attached diagram of SIM form factors.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Take your chances and trim a micro SIM to nano size but I'll wager you'll have issues and have to get a proper nano SIM anyway. The correct SIM shouldn't cost you anything from your carrier if you're paying for cell service on their network. Why complicate it?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] rizb:
So, with Snapchat not working with anyone with a rooted device is there a workaround? Or do we have to wait until there is a work around? i've tried Xposed and some frameworks but that doesn't work either.

I only updated my phone today and haven't had an issue with Snapchat and root so I have no idea how long it's been going on for. Been looking across the internet and can't really come across anything solid so far, so apologies for another thread on the subject.

Sorry if this is the wrong area too.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Mr. Orange 645:
Only solution I've found is us use the SuperSU app to uproot, then log in to SnapChat, then reroot.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] rizb:
If I unroot will that reset my phone or anything?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] hellhawk741:
Once you do manage to log in, make a TB backup so you can restore the log-in in the future without having to unroot.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] rizb:
i can't log into Snapchat at all
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Perfectdevil:
snapchat and root are no problem the problem is that snapchat check if xposed is installed or not that's why it won't log in...snapchat don't work if xposed is installed...

uninstall xposed through twrp and log to snapchat after that re-install xposed twrp

- tapatalked - from my VANTABLACK S7 EDGE
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] rizb:
I don't have Xpsoed installed at all, that's what i'm confused about .
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mtk-:
You can login snapchat, but you have to install systemless supersu + systemless xposed +suhide + magisk7

I can get pass safetynet check (checked today)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] rizb:
What I ended up doing, which works, is I wiped my phone on TWRP, reinstalled my firmware (superman) chose not to install root/Xposed, downloaded/signed into Snapchat, then rooted my phone. Long winded but it works.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] marquelito:
Backup your snapchat data from a unrooted phone. I used titanium and restore on rooted
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] madhub:
Just use Casper instead of original snapchat app.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dave7802:
You are unable to sign into Snapchat if you have the Xposed Framework enabled or Rooted.

(Rooted has never been a issue with me)

But Xposed framework is normally the cause, Even if you used Xposed or not, If the framework is present you cannot Login.

Simple Open up Xposed App (If you installed Via Superman you have have enabled to option and installed it)

From there you have a option to uninstall.

Reboot and once booted back up, login. Once logged in use Titanium Backup to backup the App plus Data.

Reinstall Xposed Framework and you should still be logged into Snapchat.

If you ever have any issues, Delete the app and restore from your backup, you have no need to uninstall Xposed as the Data is restored from the app keeping you logged into the app