yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Security Discussion] PeterSQ6R316:
Don't waste your money.

I have Umidigi S2 Pro.

It has very low quality.

The touch screen is very hard to use.

Cheap plastic material with very poor build quality.

The battery real capacity is not 5000mah. The battery is not detectable by battery software. Perhaps only 3000mah

The camera is so blurry. You just get fuzzy pictures.

Too many applications crashed instead of 6GB RAM.

The worst thing it come without any guarantee.

It' nothing but wasting my valuable money.
[Security Discussion] OutaDaDark:
Can you imagine the fallout for a company, trying to compete in the International Marketplace if just ONE of their products was found to be phishing? In fact it would be commercial suicide in their own countries too.

I have a Umidigi A3, bought for a third of the price of my similar spec Samsung, and I also found that certain apps stated the phone was rooted, but root checkers and superuser software all found this not to be the case. I always rooted my early phones to play around under the hood, but lately certain establishment apps would refuse to work stating security issues with root so I haven't rooted my last couple of phones.. I have had no such problems with my A3. My establishment apps check and wave my little A3 through with a smile. False positive? I'd say likely. The cost of the license to use the latest Google Android OS kind of negates the reasoning behind 'the phish' . I believe the tweaks needed to customise the OS to Umidigi products is what causes these false posies.

And the build quality is superb!! For the price I paid, it may be akin to a Mini in the vast world of mobile communications, but it's deck out with the shiny walnut dashboard and plush seats of a Mini Rolls Royce. Time will tell about it's reliability but so far I don't think I'll ever pay hundreds of pounds for a mobile phone again.
[Security Discussion] aaron74:
My whole take on this Chinese security question is this.

1st, Google is a bigger (biggest) privacy risk. They can access your phone anytime without you knowing (if they wanted to). But yet no one thinks twice about trusting them, plus most people allow them to save all their passwords and info. But yet it's no concern to most.

2nd, A lot of other phone companies have their internal chips produced in China. And if the Chinese really wanted to spy, it's gonna be built into the hardware.(backdoor) Heck the US government was doing this. Everyone forget?

A lot of these proprietary chips even have access to your internet so they can download their proprietary drivers in the background without your knowledge.

There is no true security. The backbone of the internet was built to share information not secure it. Security starts with you. Everytime you choose to have private information at a convenience, you sacrifice security.

And as far as post 1 which I know is a year old, but for anyone that stumbles across this. The adware that was detected was probably all from TouchPal keyboard. That app is so junk, it even installs apps on your phone. It's always preinstalled on provider phones and such.

Google shouldn't allow these apps to be approved and these companies need to be held accountable for allowing these practices.

Good luck and safe browsing!
[Security Discussion] Oswald Boelcke:
Absolutely concur. Thanks very much for the very true statement. And I think especially that what I partially quoted above can't be stressed enough.

Maybe this falls into the same context?
[Security Discussion] Shmool:
thanks for your reply

HHi, thanks for replying. The bitcoin wallet app said it was rooted, so yeah. But there were other strange things, like the draw lines security lock already is set so that I can't change it or use it. I bought it on aliexpress "new". It came it its' package and everything in it only it had been opened. It was stuck at costumes for a while so it seemed as if they opened it and play with it a bit there, but then after I saw the rooted thing everything us looking phisy.

Honesty, regardless, having this device made me understand once and for all where all the money goes to with those top dollar phones and why it is so worth it. Cause yeah, you kind of have everything... But it all sucks. Screen sucks, camera sucks. Multitasking sucks. Battery sucks. Radiation feel sucks, and seems pretty sure security sucks. So yeah, you kind of have efrything, but the low quality is felt. Daily.
[Security Discussion] filispirits:
Chinese brand phones cannot be trusted. It's best to buy Japanese or American ones, at least they're more secure in terms of malware and Trojans.
[Android Auto General] Peetytwist:
Hey :)

I just bought a new android radio the Erisin ES4507B with pre-installed 5.1.1 OS and I want to install a custom rom like malaysk or something in order to fast it up a little and for more functions.

Could someone please help me finding the right rom? I tried this one by malaysk: https://xdaforums.com/android-auto/...lopment/rom-malaysk-roms-mtcd-device-t3385309 but it didn't work because the radio couldn't find any image on the sd card neither in the recovery mode nor in settings->system update.

These are the version infos:

MCU

: MTCD_KGL_V2.59_4 Aug 3 2017 09:32:49

Android-OS

: 5.1.1

Kernel

: 3.0.101+ rocky@hctr930 #177 Thu Mar 30 10:23:53 CST 2017

Build

: rk3188-userdebug 01042017. 19:45:50

It has a 1024x600 Screen.

Greetings

Peetytwist
[Android Auto General] Peetytwist:
I've solved the problem by changing the files name from "dupdate.img" to "dmcu.img" so the Radio could finally find the image on the SD Card.

This became clear as I checked the update files which the manufacturer sent to me.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tiger.woods:
Anyone know how to pass a pointer to a struct in VB.NET that could help me out?

" pGPSPosition

Pointer to a GPS_POSITION structure. On return, this structure is filled with location data obtained by the GPS Intermediate Driver. The dwValidFields member of the GPS_POSITION instance specifies which fields of the instance are valid."

This is from a link on MS site: (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb202050.aspx)

So how do I do this in VB?

Looking for a little love here...

TIA,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RStein:
WM6 SDK contains the sample with the complete wrapper around the GPS intermediate driver in the managed code

But one warning - on some devices (namely HTC Artemis) the serious bug in some version of code provided by Microsoft to Oem return an error when calling functions this API. Communication with a GPS via serial port is still more reliable for a commercial solutions...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tiger.woods:
Appreciate the response but do you have any source that I can use with VB? My biggest problem is actually retrieving any information from the GPS device using the "GPSGetPosition" function. (see other link - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1979418#post1979418)

"But one warning - on some devices (namely HTC Artemis) the serious bug in some version of code provided by Microsoft to Oem return an error when calling functions this API"

Could you be a little more specific?

TW,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RStein:
Semi manual marshhalling of structure to pointer:

Dim pointerM As IntPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(myStruct))

Marshal.StructureToPtr(myStruct, pointerM, False)

Marshal.FreeHGlobal(pnt)

Ad Artemis and another devices) GPS structure has invalid size from old platform builder and intermediate driver (GPS API) refuse it with error.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tiger.woods:
RStein,

As I was reading about it appeared that Marshaling was going to have to be used in some way since I'm pretty sure that the struct would need to be passed to the C function.

Which brings me to another Q since it appears your are savy at programing in C - how to convert the following C struct?

The struct appears to have a couple of arrays and a few other enums thats are passed to the function, how is that handled in VB?

I had a suggestion to create a library from the C# SDK, how difficult would that be? Would it be easier than trying to convert to VB?

Can you help with that?

Thanks for any feedback...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maybeme2:
Hi

I have an otg 64 gb Sandisk flash drive with a built-in micro usb for android phones.

My phone is rooted, running stock 6.0.1 and I have Stickmount installed. But ES explorer only sees 8 Gb of space. What do I need to do to make the nexus 5 see the entire flash drive?

(I also have a 32Gb flash drive which ed file explorer's sees correctly).

Thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maybeme2:
SOLVED (in case it helps someone else)

I routinely use StickMount when I insert a usb flash drive in my nexus 5 and as mentioned above that did not show the full drive size.

Trying various things, I decided to make StickMount unmount the flash drive and instead accessed it without StickMount. Lo and behold, the nexus 5 now sees and writes to the entire 64 gb!

Don't know why but maybe marshmallow does not need StickMount. In any case this works fine.

In case any one needs to know, this is the drive I purchased. Great for keeping backups in your pocket when traveling.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01M...ve+android&dpPl=1&dpID=51Wny4hPqpL&ref=plSrch
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ad78:
anyone having issues on fingerprint unlock? im having real bad delay sometime i have to wait 5 secs to wake up.

im running Oreo B2. i tried root no root. but after quite sometime i get the delay again.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ad78:
found the culprit and i cant believe its the nova prime.. im running this for years and its time to let it go.. i changed it with lawnchair and the PH-1 is back in action

thanks
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] zhosi:
Hi

No way mate, really, just this??? I tried and it worked, also removing the SD card was giving the same result, but better uninstalling nova that to have issues with the sd card. Your great man, thanks :) :)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Rox598:
Nova isn't causing this for me on the beta :S weird.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
I ran Nova fine with the reader
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] seabro01:
Had the same delayed fingerprint unlock issue. Went away after replacing Nova which has been my default launcher for years.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] seabro01:
Uninstalling Nova didn't actually get rid of

the fingerprint delay. I eventually figured out it was my immersive mode settings which causes issues on open beta. Changed the settings and the fingerprint to wake works great.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] jamebarron88:
Could you please share the correct settings?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] seabro01:
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

This just hides the navbar but replacing navigation with full will hide both navbar and status bar with no fingerprint delay.
[Xposed Framework Modules] EinsteinXXL:
XPrivacyLua Unofficial Build

This is an unofficial build of XprivacyLua with the scope to prevent privacy violations and tracking. Contrary to the official XprivacyLua release, this build provides the ability to block device specific IDs (Sensordata, IMEI, SIM-Serial number, SubscriberID, phonenumber, etc.) for limiting the possibility of tracking by too curious apps. As this, as well as the original version, is still in an early stage of development, not all personal or device specific data are covered at present. It will probably take some time until userdefined lua scripts get into the official version. In the meantime, this application will close the gap that resulted from the decision of the main developer not to prevent tracking based on the reading device IDs.

I would like to point out that I haven't written any code myself yet. Only the restrictions deactivated by M66B were reactivated in the source code (hooks.json).

I will try to keep this app synchronized to the latest official builds. In future I planning to extend the protection against tracking and more. However, it will take some time to add own code, because I have just started learning Java programming. Forgive me if my first coding attempts may not be as accurate and neatly written as M66B is.

ATTENTION: DO NOT DISCUSS THIS FORK IN THE OFFICIAL THREAD!

XDA thanks! I dont want any donations!

If you want to support the project, please send donations to the official contributor.

Standard Restrictions (official build)

Get applications

Get calendars

Get call log

Get contacts (including blocked numbers)

Get location

Get messages (MMS, SMS, SIM, voicemail)

Read account name (mostly e-mail address)

Read clipboard

Record audio

Record video

Use camera (take pictures)

Reenabled Restricions (unofficial build)

Sensor Data

Phone Data (IMEI, SubscriberID, SIM-Serial, ...)

XDA:DevDB Information

XPrivacyLua, Xposed for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors:

M66B (Developer of the official XPrivacyLua)

Participated:

EinsteinXXL

Installation:

Download, install and activate the Xposed framework (skip this step if already installed)

Download, install and activate the mod edit - link removed

Source Code: mod edit - link removed

App Download: mod edit - link removed

Xposed Package Name: eu.faircode.xlua

Version Information

Status: Beta

More information about XPrivacyLua, please visit the official thread!

Current Version: 0.20

Last Update: 2018-01-14
[Xposed Framework Modules] M66B:
I wouldn't call this a contribution, since it is just enabling something that was already developed:

https://github.com/EinsteinXXL/XPrivacyLua/commit/c7a46e28831b60323d26f2c086fe8ec343f3b7fd
[Xposed Framework Modules] xanthrax:
thread closed as per OP request
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] jfdebo779:
Are there any roms being worked on? The XL has two so far. Hoping we get some.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] kalinda99:
They have two now? Wow I only saw the Lineage one, good to hear.

I'm wondering this as well, I imagine it shouldn't be that hard to port them over to our Walleye should anyone want to. After all, aren't they basically the same phone besides the bigger battery and different screen?

Anyway it's still early days yet, we just have to be patient.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] an21281:
Yup theres LOS and AOSP so far. Carbon and ABC are being worked on, also think DU, OMNI, AICP and SLIM but not 100% sure. After spending so much on a phone seeing development is a relief. The phone is amazing stock, but coming from N6 I do miss flashing a bit. Havent used the N6 since dec 5 but I still download all latest rom updates + TWRP etc. for the N6 to keep backed up for the future.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Diesel_Jeremiah:
I'm impatiently waiting for the Carbon Ron. I had it on my HTC m8 and genuinely miss it.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] jfdebo779:
I would be happy with anything at this point. I'm just shocked there isn't something at this point.

I haven't heard anything about any roms.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] jfdebo779:
Looks like the XL now has 3 roms.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Archangel:
I know thats awesome just hope there will be a maintainer for them for the regular Pixel 2
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] jfdebo779:
Me too.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] HaarisTheBoss:
According to the maintainer of taimen for LineageOs there will be a mantainer. That's what he said in the post. But it's up to the maintainer to provide unofficial/test builds for us. .
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] vuP22:
does flashing a custom rom on a Pixel effect the camera picture quality like it does on Oneplus Phones?
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] jfdebo779:
I never had that issue with the Nexus phones. I would assume the same for this. It was one reason I purchased this phone over the 5T.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] GohanBurner:
I'm glad that there are some ROMS being worked on. I really REALLY miss hold-back-to-kill and music controls with the volume rocker. Would be EXTREMELY helpful to have status bar brightness control as well. Pulling down the shade every time I want to change the brightness is pretty tedious.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] jascolli:
If passing safety net is not an issue for you, the Xposed module GravityBox for Oreo is now ready. I believe this has all of the features that you are looking for.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] jimmyboding:
Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] GohanBurner:
Thanks, this will work for now. Status bar brightness is a little glitchy in landscape, but other than that this it's perfect shin while I wait for an actual ROM.
[Moto Z Play Themes, Apps, and Mods] spacejam:
What is this?

Basically by installing this application, as soon as you receive a notification, the front flash of your phone starts blinking as it were a notification LED.

It can be useful to all those (but not only) that have a device without the notification LED, but instead have a flash next to the selfie camera.

Various settings are also available to better configure the application to suit your needs.

It works on all devices equipped with a front flash, regardless of whether or not it has the hardware notification LED.

More information, detailed specifications and the download link in the main thread
[Moto Z Play Themes, Apps, and Mods] dandrumheller:
Slick!

While Moto display serves a similar purpose, there are times I'm across the room from my phone, and I think this will come in handy.

I do have a couple suggestions:

Include a "select all" toggle in the list of excluded apps. I only want this turned on for high priority notifications (SMS, missed call, FB messenger and Google voice in my case). It was a little bit of a pita to go through and disable it on a long list of apps individually.

Add a "quiet hours" toggle to disable during certain times, e.g. when I'm sleeping. Or integration with existing quiet hours settings on the device if that's possible.

Edit: derp, missed the quiet hours, it's already there. Sorry.
[Moto Z Play Themes, Apps, and Mods] spacejam:
Ok, it will be available with the next update.

Thanks for your suggestion
[Moto Z Play Themes, Apps, and Mods] spacejam:
[UPDATED] FrontFlash Notification v1.7

Changelog

1.7 (current release)

extended support to both Camera and Camera2 API to properly detect and manage the front flash also on devices with limited access to the camera (e.g. new Samsung device series)

fixed the issue with Gmail notifications on Android 6.0 devices

fixed the missing installed applications issue in the excluded applications list

fixed the wrong low battery detection issue on some devices

added a "select/unselect all" toggle switch in the excluded applications list

integration with the current Android "Do not disturb" settings as an additional way to disable the service in certain situations

minor fixes and code optimizations

updated internal black list for the auto-excluded applications

some GUI improvements and adjustments

new dark theme

new application icon

some corrections to writing errors

added the Deutsch translation

Download

Link on first post
[Moto Z Play Themes, Apps, and Mods] spacejam:
FrontFlash Notification v1.8.3

Changelog

1.8.3 (current release)

official Play Store release

minor bug fixes in the notifications detection engine

added compatibility to Android 8.0 Oreo (API 26)

added the Polish translation

In order to always keep in touch with the latest updates, I strictly suggest you to uninstall any previous version you downloaded here from XDA and then install the official Play Store ones.
[Moto Z Play Themes, Apps, and Mods] spacejam:
FrontFlash Notification v1.9

Changelog

1.9 (current release)

fixed the service force close issue and runtime exception on some Motorola devices

minor bug fixes

added the Spanish translation
[Moto Z Play Themes, Apps, and Mods] spacejam:
FrontFlash Notification v1.9.2

Changelog

1.9.2 (current release)

added the option to force the English language

fixed the Samsung Email application issue

stability improvement

added the light sensor management (if present) for the flash type auto-adjustment (single/double)

added the option to use the rear flash when device is turn upside down

added RTL support for Arabic languages

Download

Link on first post
[Moto Z Play Themes, Apps, and Mods] spacejam:
FrontFlash Notification v1.9.4

Changelog

1.9.4 (current release)

added the Portuguese (Brazil) translation

added the Arabic (Egypt) translation

added the French translation

added the Czech translation

added the Croatian translation

added the Russian translation

added the Arabic (Syria) translation

new range values for the duration and the frequency of the flashing loop

Download

Link on first post
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanmat0:
Hi,

My phone has TWRP installed and I have tried getting into recovery with vol up, home and power but I just get stuck on the regular boot screen (Samsung Galaxy S5 with Set Warranty Bit: Kernel). I have tried using Odin to flash TWRP in download mode (no Pit file error) which fails. I can't get my device to show up in adb or fastboot. I can't enable USB debugging because my device won't boot.

The only mode I can get into is download mode (vol down, home and power). Is there any hope of getting into recovery or accessing my files from there?

I have read through countless threads and posts without finding a solution. I really appreciate any suggestions.

Device: SM-G900T
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
I don't have this variant but, your best bet is to post this question within the following Official TWRP thread for your device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2727406

If all else fails, try posting your question within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2700073

Good Luck!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT VIA PM UNLESS ASKED/REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Hi,

That's not a good symptom.

Just to be sure:

Did you try installing full stock firmware from odin via download mode?

Does download mode confirm that your phone model is SM-G900T? Is that model in line with a label under the battery?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanmat0:
I tried installing TWRP with Odin, if I install stock firmware, will all my data be wiped? All I wanted was to get into TWRP to save the data.

Yes download mode confirms SM-G900T same as under battery.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
The question is what happened before that your phone doesn't boot?

If a phone doesn't boot the basic way to fix it is to reflash it with stock firmware. It will not wipe your files in internal storage like pictures, downloads etc but it will most likely wipe your apps, settings, contacts, messages etc.

By the way what version of TWRP have you tried installing?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanmat0:
OK I tried reflashing with stock firmware, but same error "There is no pit binary. Flash read failure".

TWRP 3.2.1.

The thing is I'm not sure what happend because my screen broke, the phone was still working fine but I tried to reboot into recovery without a functional screen many times, perhaps some combination of buttons I pressed bricked it...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsc:
Try to falsh this firmware only file with TWRP and pit (use AP slot in Odin): https://mega.nz/#!XksGAThB!oQnTcnp7YHJfEfekbQMaihm2SGItBNMihPPfzQehUq4

You cannot brick the phone with just a buttons' pressing.

To say the truth, your story sounds like a memory failure and there's almost no chance to get your data.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanmat0:
Same error looks like (There is no PIT binary).

I see, well in any case, thank you very much for your help. Its bizarre because the phone was working fine as the screen was slowly breaking up until it finally went dark forever.