yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] pcriz:
You don't simply "hack an encryption algorithm", you can hypothetically "hack" or exploit a BL. That's not how it works when are you using randomly generated keys tied to the unlock method. Essentially you would need their unlock method and how it translates into the keys generated on the device.

You ask for a proof of concept, the concept of bootloader broken has been proven time and time again.

I'm still looking for am instance where a BL unlocked device has been stripped of it information and decrypted so it can be read by another device.

You could also lock your device away in a safe and it would be safer than any device created but you lose certain experiences.

Essentially your implication as I read it is this guy wide open for his data to be stolen if his bootloader is unlocked and encryption provides no protection.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
No that's not what I was saying or asking. I know a bootloader can be broken and unlocked, I've seen that. The concept I was referring to was unlocking a bootloader with OEM unlock turned off and then, after unlocking it, accessing the data that was there before the unlock. That to me is the security of a locked bootloader.

That would be interesting to me as well.

Be great on battery life too.

Well not really. If the bootloader is unlocked then the security is compromised as far as I'm concerned. You can flash a new rom without wiping data and I'd say that would be an easy target. You'd still need to decrypt but the challenge would be multiples of easier.

But one thing I'm not entirely clear on since I'm not unlocked or rooted. Someone mentioned that you couldn't log into the phone if you don't have the proper account credentials. How exactly does that work? On my 5x I can wipe the system but keep the data intact and have full access. What am I missing?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] 5.1:
Hello,

Do you have OEM unlock enabled?

I have an unlocked bootloader and i usually leave OEM unlock enabled. This way, when i wipe clean and want to test some features or modifications, i simply reinstall and can skip the setup part.

If OEM unlock is disabled, you'll have to add the same account used before the phone has been wiped.

Is that what you were referring to?

Cheers...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Yes, that's what I was referring to. I cannot toggle the OEM unlock switch I have a Verizon model. So the account you refer to is my Google account right? What I'm assuming at this point is that if I wipe my device in bl menu, factory reset, then on bootup I would have to log in with my Google account before ... before what? Before it will boot up? I've never had a locked device so I don't know, I always toggled it before I did almost anything. One more assumption if I'm correct so far, I can't give my phone away unless I delete the account on the device? I don't even know how to do that I've never done it and never had to.

So this is what they mean when they say FRP lock? Ok I just read about it and see that is what you need to do before you reset the device. It seems like a theft protection mechanism. So first get rid of all Google accounts on the phone then reset and you're free? Yes, I also saw that if you have the oem lock switch enabled you don't need to do this. Wow, another reason to keep the device locked if you are concerned about your data.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
You can't get rid of the Google accounts no matter what you do to bypass frp. They are in an area that we can't touch. There is no bypass for frp currently, and has not been one for some time.

You guys are debating what is more secure. Fort Knox with a fence or Fort Knox without. The encryption is Fort Knox and it is hard as heck to get past, but doable. The addition of a locked bootloader is added security certainly but if you lose physical control of your phone your data is toast, if the bad guy wants it bad enough.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] 5.1:
Hey,

If you factory reset or wipe clean like fastboot -w or flash a factory image, you'll have to add the account you previously used on the phone when you reboot. Just like when the phone is brand new, you add your account during setup...

If you plan to sell your device or give it to someone, you'll have to remove it yes. When the FRP showed up, many people bought locked devices...

My Pixel was locked by the way. Bought it used on eBay. It was advertised as:

"powered the phone just to see if it works"

So the idea of FRP didn't even cross my mind. Got the package from DHL at 1PM. Opened the box and powered the phone. I was happy, but my smile didn't last long. Got to the setup screen and it said:

Phone got resetted, you need to log in with the account previously used on the phone.

E-mailed the seller on eBay, talked with him on the phone. He indeed used it a few hours and even logged with.his account. As we were speaking he did a factory reset from his Google account again thinking it would solve the issue...

I asked him how can we arrange the situation? At first, he was reluctant to provide his Google account and wanted me to return the device. This was unacceptable for me, since I just gave my N6P to my wife.

So he finaly agreed and told me he'd call back in the evening. Indeed he called me back with his password, which he just changed to something much easier i guess. And guess what? This is the second trap of the FRP. If you factory reset and change your Google account password, you have to wait another 24 hours to log into your phone.

From here I started to think I've been scammed, lol... So, again we decided to call each others 24h later. I can assure you i was sweating. But finally it worked... :angel:

If you.want more details about how to properly remove your account, someone on the N6P forum made a thread especially for this case: https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/general/guide-properly-prepare-nexus-6-resale-t3104504

When I test stuff I leave my OEM unlock enabled. Once I'm done, I disable it...

Cheers...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
So how do you sell the phone if you can't get rid of the Google account?

And how is your data toast if bootloader is locked?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Link didn't work on the xda app but does on the computer. 2 years old but I guess it still works that way. I've never removed a Google account from the device but I'm sure I can figure it out. I'll bet it throws up all kinds of warnings though. Anyone ever done it? Would that be under 'clear app data'?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] pcriz:
That's the other guys problem lol
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
That was funny! Except the "other guy" is my wife. :eek:
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] 5.1:
You are wicked... :P

Hey, once you are done with removing your account, you factory reset, etc, reboot and let your wife login with her account. Once she's in, it's ok. It's her phone with her account :good:

Cheers...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Got it thanks. My only question at this point is where do you remove the account? I've never had to do that. I'm sure I can figure it out when I need to do it .. maybe. I just don't see a "remove your Google account from this device" option. I see some delete all Google account activity from all your devices but that looks scary. This shouldn't be that hard.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] 5.1:
Hello,

Not hard at all.

Settings > accounts > Google > go in Google account > 3 dot menu > remove account...

Also... You know if you just want to give her your phone, go in security, delete pin/pattern lockscreen, go in account, remove it, factory reset from recovery. Boot to system, add her account and setup her preferences. Done...

Simple as that... :)

Cheers...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Ok that's it, thanks. Embarrassingly I was trying it on my 5x which has Android O and it's a little different but I found it there too with your guide. :) Ok all set now.. When is the Pixel 2 shipping? She needs a new device, her S5 is a little long in the tooth. Back on topic, I'm pretty sure I'll be stuck with a locked bootloader again since I'll probably buy it from Verizon on black Friday. That's if I can get it for under $300 again on the upgrade.

Thanks again.. we should make this a sticky. hehe
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] 5.1:
Hey,

Ah... As you can see, it's not as hard as it seems at first sight. :)

The Pixel 2 or whatever they will call it should be released this autum.

Yeah you will likely end up an updated version. Though there have been some users who received phone shipped with 7.1.1 who were able to unlock it. Maybe Verizon was out of stock and shipped Google version with their software on top? Who knows, maybe you'll have a good surprise?!

Cheers...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
I'll assume by the time Pixel 2 rolls out we'll have Android O or at the very least all devices shipping with 7.1.2. I don't expect to be able to unlock it if I get it from Verizon. The thing is I really don't care. I'm not unlocking these days or flashing anything. The only thing I miss is the ability. If for some reason I wanted to go back to a previous version I could unlock the bl and flash a full system image. You can't do that if you're locked. I would then relock it and turn off the oem switch. I haven't needed that ability yet with the Pixel, not that there would be anything I could do about it anyway. I had the opportunity to depixel8 but decided against it since I couldn't relock it back and forth.

But that's why I have my trusty 5x so I can flash and play. As a matter of fact I just wiped O and went back to 7.1.2 stock. Didn't even have to wipe my Google account with oem unlock switched on. ;)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] 5.1:
Hey,

I agree Android has improved to a point I could nearly live with a locked bootloader... But I still need a few things:

A few cosmetic changes

Black theme

Adaway

Color control

Better apps permission manager (AppOps was better than the current one)

Ability to backup and restore things like EFS (no baseband issue...)

Hopefully, manufacturers will start shipping perfectly calibrated screens, Google will add a native black theme and a proper Ad blocker (very unlikely...) and I guess I could live locked. Now, we can even disable system apps...

Am I asking too much?

Cheers...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Not an unreasonable list. I know ad blocking is paramount to a lot of people. There really is nothing like Adaway however I have found a decent alternative although it does have its drawbacks. Take a look if you have time. Works unrooted and locked.

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-dns66-source-host-ad-blocker-root-t3487497
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] robchow:
Great discussion; it gave me a better understanding of the how an unlocked bootloader affects access to user data. My initial concern, after the phone is lost or stolen, was that an unlocked bootloader would allow "easy" access to user data by simply installing custom rom (via the -w in fastboot). I am glad to see that isn't the case. The bottom line is to use encryption; though it is not 100% foolproof it will at least require effort to decrypt. Being an "average Joe," I hope that effort won't come to fruition as "I am a nobody" (i.e., not worthwhile to try).

Thank you for bring up the Factory Reset Protection (FRP) discussion. Now I (and hope others) know what to do (remove google account(s) and use the phone's factory reset) before selling/giving the phone away.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab E  Questions & Answers] gonehaywire:
There has got to be a way around this theft-prevention. This Sammy just as well be an Apple! So, I can only sit here and look at it. I would really appreciate any help I could get. I bet I'm not the only one.

This tablet was bought used on ebay, so I have no way of knowing a google account previously synced on this device. What can I do to get in?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab E  Questions & Answers] gonehaywire:
These go together

This tablet was bought used on eBay, so I have no way of knowing a google account previously synced on this device. What can I do to get in?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab E  Questions & Answers] c0080900v:
One of the two things, either contact the vendor through eBay in hopes for aid in getting around it or getting it off with provided info, or contact Samsung and hope they'll pull through for you somehow, though I can only imagine that Samsung would probably very likely have you ship it over to them to handle the matter, Samsung would probably send it back to you or send you back a different Tab E to make up for it
[Samsung Galaxy Tab E  Questions & Answers] cocokasper:
There's ways to erase the settings partition. I cannot tell you how. But be smart. FRP on Android is a joke. (Maybe in future SDK releases they will have it locked down.) But anything I've been handed with a locked FRP, I've been able to erase the partion. Then factory reset again, and reboot like new.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab E  Questions & Answers] Skunkser:
flash firmware with odin
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] imagineandfeel:
It's reported that the phone come set at the FHD+ (2220x1080) resolution by default in efforts to conserve battery life.

I'm wondering if there is a way to have the phone automatically go to HQHD+ (2960x1440) when I launch my photo viewing app.

I'm a photographer and I would love to display my photos at the highest resolution possible. However I would only need it when showing my photos to others, and not running that phone at that resolution at all time.

So the ideal solution would be for the user to set a default resolution, and then have an app exception.

Or to be able to cycle through the resolution with the Bixby Button, with a overlay of the currently selected resolution that is visible for a second after you've selected the resolution.

Do you guys think there would be something like this available ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Eddiemc:
You can most likely achieve this quite easily using Tasker.

It's an app worth buying if you like to tinker and want full automation functionality.

I currently use it for specific apps to enable GPS, set portrait/landscape, set volume, etc and I'm planning on using it to set hqhd in certain apps once my s8+ arrives.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] cantenna:
You can do this easily with xposed and the skyOnlineHelper app.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Eddiemc:
No xposed for Nougat (yet) and it'll still probably take quite a while..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] cantenna:
If you live in the Northern hemisphere, we're hoping in time for summer vacation :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] mattcall:
Personally I do not waste time trying to save battery life when charging it easy and fast I have everything maxed out all the time . If I'm paying £800 for anything I want it to be the best it can be
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] imagineandfeel:
Good Point, watched a battery stress test on youtube, and this thing gets great battery life. Far more than I would typically use.

But of course that was using the default resolution. However I'm hoping the higher resolution wouldn't kill battery too much more.

I wish there was a test.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] rjscott2005:
Heck, an option to change resolution within the quick settings drop down would be pretty nice as well. Maybe the option exists already.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] ADPL:
Hey, did you find a way to do that via Tasker? Cause I cant make it happen on my S9+. If you have, contact me with the process.
[Honor 5C Questions & Answers] iantechie1979:
Hello? Hellllooooo?? Is it me or has this Honor 5C threads been abandoned? Hardly anyone is posting anything anymore it seems to me. The themes thread has been idle for months, no themes posted to download or even suggestions of where to go. I've never learnt how to make my own themes or I would post. I did download an app from the playstore to customise/mod themes and it's actually quite good, you can change the nav bar from loads of options and the status bar too. Change the font lock screen, wallpapers etc etc.

And what about the accessories thread, it's hardly been touched....

C'mon honorable people's, let's keep celebrating this nifty little device :fingers-crossed:
[Honor 5C Questions & Answers] iantechie1979:
Well I guess I just answered my own question...

No one is out there with anything worthwhile to post...:crying:

40 people's have viewed this post and not a single reply!

Honor need to get their arses into gear and roll out the nougat+emui 5. Clearly everyone is waiting for this update...

Hopefully normal service will resume on xda 5C after that :fingers-crossed:
[Honor 5C Questions & Answers] santr33:
I'm checking daily for new updates/themes/threads but hardly anyone is active. I got beta emui 5 nougat 7 that i flashed like 1 month ago that someone posted here on xda, its working great and clean. Still waiting for official release tho.

Hope honor users become more active.
[Honor 5C Questions & Answers] thelous:
honestly, 5c community = p9 community, same roms, same mods..... (just modified to be usable on 5c).
[General Questions and Answers] b886b:
Recently I installed the minimalistic platform tools pakage with adb from Google. Then yesterday I tried to test it out and connected my phone to the computer. In the first trial, it didn't seem to work and so I typed adb reconnect, all of a sudden the antivirus software Avast installed on my computer prompts that the adb.exe has been infected with Idp.generic virus and it has blocked its action and put the file in something like quarantine. I would like to know if anyone is experiening such weird behavior and if it is a false positive or is my ROM has been infected with virus?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] omk298:
Any ideas/ suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.

I installed Bandswitch (2.4.3 I think) on my Kaiser (unbranded, original ROM) a little while back. Today I tried to uninstall it, which gave an error message saying could not delete a strangely named file. All seemed ok though, until I restarted my Kaiser - it now won't load past the "smart mobility" screen with the red numbers in the bottom left. I've tried the obvious things like taking the battery out etc, and it hasn't made any difference. There's nothing else I can do - can't used sprite backup because I can't connect it to my PC. Any ideas, please?

Matt
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sWuRv:
did you try a hard reset?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] omk298:
A very good point! Forgot that due to my panicking at a bricked device! Is back to how it was now - just need to work out how to get rid of that program, but that can wait.

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mrschwarz:
If you perform a hard reset, it should be back to the state it was in when it was shipped to you. If the program is still there, was it on the phone when you received it? If not, are you sure you did a hard reset?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] omk298:
I did a hard reset, then restored via sprite backup, so the program is back, but the phone is working again
[Samsung Gear S3] GrumpySkunk:
I bought a used Gear S3 LTE for AT&T but when I tried to connect it to the AT&T network I was told it's still tied to another account, despite it not being active. They confirmed it was not stolen, no money is owed on it, and it's not active on anyone's account. But I had 3 reps tell me that because it has an eSIM, in order to transfer it to another account the original owner has to reactivate it on their account and transfer billing responsibility to the new owner. When I pressed them about it they said there was nothing they could do for privacy and legal reasons. So once the eSIM has been assigned to an account it stays there until that account owner assigns it to someone else.

I understand that eSIMs are different and the old model with phones involved just swapping out sim cards when the owner changed, but I find it difficult to believe there's no way to transfer a device once the original owner is out of the picture. Has anyone else bought a used device? Is it necessary for the original owner to do anything else beyond removing the device from their account?

The good news is the seller (not the original owner) offered a partial refund on the watch because we couldn't connect it to LTE. But at this point I'm more curious about how these eSIMs work than anything else. Almost nobody at AT&T seemed to know how to deal with them. The rep at the store even tried taking the back off until I stopped him.
[Samsung Gear S3] gpmg762:
Don't know how AT&T esim register/reset works but these are the instructions for Singtel in Singapore, http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/s...sim-samsung-gear-s3-frontier-lte-5546092.html
[Samsung Gear S3] GrumpySkunk:
Thanks for the post. This looks like exactly what I need except it's for Singtel in Singapore :( The AT&T watch I have doesn't have any setting relating to SIM profiles (I checked both the watch and the Gear android app), which I guess means that it's locked to a single profile for now. But it's nice to see the functionality I want to be available *somewhere*. It gives hope that an American network may implement it eventually.
[Wear OS Software and Hacking General] nwg:
Hi,

Some time ago I implemented the what3words Global Addressing System API into one of my apps. Later, having nothing better to do, I developed a standalone watch face, which uses the API forward and reverse geocoding..

Features:

find users' current 3word address and display in a Toast;

translate a 3word address (entered via the speech recognition) into a location, and display real time navigation data on the watch screen.

[IMG="Words Watch Face navigation screen"]http://nwg.pl/pictures/w3w_wiki/watch_navigation_active2.png[/IMG]

Having more than enough apps on the Play store, I didn't decide to publish another, free one. Instead, I uploaded it on github: https://github.com/nwg-piotr/WordsWatchFace, under Apache 2.0 license. Feel free to fork, or contribute to further development if you find it useful.

See Wiki to learn more about the app.
[Wear OS Software and Hacking General] Sib64:
It would be nice if you could build it as APK Watchface, because it's the only app for navigation on Wear.

I can test it if you want. I've got a Mission by Nixon

Thanks in advance
[Wear OS Software and Hacking General] nwg:
Actually it's not. Most of the code I took from another app, which is my flagship. The reason why I didn't include the apk is the what3words API key. They don't allow to submit more than one application per developer.