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[Samsung Galaxy J1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Ventur83:
hello

actually i have the device and can test stuff

i was looking for your discord or telegram id

if you need tester give me your IDs or reply me here
[Samsung Galaxy J1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] notnoelchannel:
DM me here on XDA please. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy J1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Ventur83:
DMed you. waiting for your reply sir.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Quazza:
Ok is there anything you can do about this ? More and more my face is suddenly muting calls, hanging up on people , opening aps etc.... Doing my head in gah !

Is there a fix for this ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] wgraz:
I've tried a half dozen email apps and Edison Mail is the only app that gives me consistent 1 second email notifications without fail even if the phone has been inactive for hours. But there's a few things I hate about that app.

But I'd rather use BlueMail, but the push notifications (Data or WIFI) are sporadic and delayed depending on how long the phone's been sitting inactive. I contacted the developer who supplied the basics: Optimize Battery OFF, Adaptive Battery OFF, No Sleeping Apps, Allow Background Data, Data Saver OFF, etc.

Is there anything else I can try besides a factory reset? Are there any apps BlueMail may rely on for push notifications to work that I can troubleshoot? Thx.

Factory Unlocked Note10+ Android 11 OneUI 3.1 **FUC6. Fairly new.. only installed a few apps so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] wgraz:
I just checked running services and cached processes and BlueMail is not running in either list. Strange. Should it be? Just checked my Marshmallow Android TV and it's running "BlueMail Push Service" in Running Services but nothing on the Note 10+.

Set the Push Notification Tester app for 60 seconds, immediately turn off display, and got the Push Notification. Set it for 6 minutes, immediately turn off display, waited 10 minutes.. nothing, but when I unlocked the phone, I got the notification. WTF! Set it for 5 minutes, immediately turn off display and got the notification at 5 minutes. Driving me nuts. Something in the phone disables after sleeping between 5 and 6 minutes.

Advice would be greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] wgraz:
Can I use this ADB (showing samsung mail but insert any app):

adb shell dumpsys deviceidle whitelist +com.samsung.android.email.provider

to place that app on the whitelist from Doze? Will it work and stick on reboot?

Factory Unlocked Note10+ Android 11 OneUI 3.1 **FUC6
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] Rich_Palermo:
Hello, were you able to solve this problem? I am grappling with this same problem on a new Pixel 5a/5g running Android 12. I also like BlueMail but I am seeing dramatically faster notifications on an old LG V20 with Android 8 compared to the new Pixel. Details at:

https://xdaforums.com/t/setup-notifications-while-inactive-on-5a-5g-android-12.4367989/
[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
Privacy: Does Android upload your home AP SSID/BSSID/GPS if the home AP beacon is "hidden?"

Does hiding your home AP broadcast beacon prevent

UPLOAD

of your SSID/BSSID/GPS to Google?

If so, how?

Background:

Anyone navigating on Android who drives by my home after they pressed OK to the Google Maps query is likely automatically uploading to Google my private information without my consent.

To continue, turn on device location, which uses Google's location service. [No Thanks or OK]

By default, this simple act turns the Android phone that drives by my home into a spying device for Google:

Android11-Settings > Location > Location services > Google Location Accuracy = ON

​

Google's location service improves location accuracy by using Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and sensors to help estimate your location. ​

Google may collect location data periodicaly and use this data in an anonymous way to improve location accuracy and location-based services. ​

Turning this off will result in your device only using GPS for location. ​

This may impact the accuracy of location used by apps such as Maps and Find My Device.​

All I'm asking with this question is whether turning off the home access point broadcast beacon (aka hiding the SSID) prevents those phones from

UPLOADING

my information to Google servers (and to other servers) by default.

Please be advised this question has nothing to do with using "_nomap" as part of the SSID. ​

The question is independent of whether _nomap is used because the upload to Google by phones driving by your home of your SSDI/BSSID/GPS still occurs with or without _nomap on a broadcast SSID.​

​

See also:

[Privacy] Does Android upload your home AP SSID/BSSID/GPS if the home AP broadcast beacon is "hidden?"​

[PRIVACY] Precise Location vs Approximate Location: Google Maps will not route without it. It says "Can't apply some route options; try again" Why?​

[Tutorial] Illustrated (mostly privacy based) one-tap shortcuts so that you can access (in a single tap!) any buried Android setting or app activity​
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 8347329:
I'm interested in this as well. I've lowered the signal strength so you can't connect to it from the street, hidden SSID, but I'm pretty sure that [Forgot to not be evil] Google will collect all and any data it can get hold on. For example, if using an app to check signal strength, it recognizes the WIFI signal, so I'm guessing it's getting picked up by G as well. It's only a guess... and a history knowledge from them getting high on personal data
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
To clarify things: Android OS is developed by a consortium of developers known as the Open Handset Alliance and commercially sponsored by Google. It is free and open-souce software. It's source code is known as AOSP.

Android OS isn't collecting data as Google Mobile Services ( GMS ) do.

If you do not need any GMS applications or services, a high-quality AOSP ( like LineageOS what is just a modded version of AOSP ) protects your privacy at 100%, IMO.
[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
I agree with you that I should switch to aosp given that I have no need for gms services.

But the phone is still technically owned by T-Mobile for two years (it was free) so I am under the impressions (see below links) that I can't add aosp yet (is that true?).

Question Does anyone know how to root the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G?​

Question Any chance that a Samsung Galaxy A32 5G can get aosp?​
[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
Apparently, and unfortunately....

Google has recently changed the Google Maps program to REQUIRE vacuuming your personal home unique GPS location and BSSID (which uniquely identifies your exact home to the entire world!)

Google is forcing users to spy by vacuuming your home BSSID/GPS

If you know more about this, please add that information to this thread so everyone can find a workaround to ameliorate the problem.

As a workaround (but not a solution) this one-touch shortcut in the illustrated below will make it easy for you to tap once to turn off the Google spying which Google hid five levels deeply into the settings.
[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
Here's more information on the recently reported privacy hole where every Apple

WPS-enabled device is giving to Apple your exact location (and that of

your 400 nearest neighbors) to anyone in the world who asks for it.

<https://www.cs.umd.edu/~dml/papers/wifi-surveillance-sp24.pdf>

Here's what the Apple-related media has to say about the privacy issue.

*Apple Location Services vulnerability*

<https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/24/apple-location-services-vulnerability/>

"This includes your home wifi router, for example. Devices don't

gain any access to your router, but they can detect it and

consult a database to find out exactly where it is located.

The issue could also allow an attacker to work out the location

of anyone using a mobile wifi router, such as those in RVs,

and travel routers sometimes used by business travellers."

*Researchers find Apple's Wi-Fi Positioning System represents*

*a serious privacy vulnerability*

<https://www.macworld.com/article/23...wps-vulnerability-location-services-leak.html>

"Researchers at the University of Maryland have discovered

a crucial vulnerability in the way Apple's location services work,

which could allow an unauthorized person to access data on millions

of routers and potentially information on a person's movements

without much effort."

This is what Krebs on Security had to say about this privacy issue.

*Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag*

<https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/why-your-wi-fi-router-doubles-as-an-apple-airtag/>

The most common workaround is simple as anyone can do it, but they have

to understand the privacy issue before they'll care to enact any fix.

If your router's SSID is, oh, say "My_SSID", then simply change it to

"My_SSID_nomap"

Note: There's far more you can do; but that's the simplest thing to do.

It's not just Apple!

Bear in mind that your privacy is under attack by AirTags not only from

Apple but also Google who is making your bluetooth radio no longer

optional in Android 15, so this trend of AirTags destroying any

remaining semblage of location privacy is only getting worse by the day.

"thanks to specialized Pixel hardware, Pixel 8 and 8 Pro owners

will also be able to find their devices if they're powered off

or the battery is dead"

<https://blog.google/products/android/android-find-my-device/>

*Android 15 really doesn't want you to turn off Bluetooth*

<https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-bluetooth-auto-on-3431445/>

"Android 15 will add a new feature that can automatically turn

on Bluetooth the day after you've disabled it.

Your phone's Bluetooth radio is used for several key Android features,

such as Quick Share and Find My Device."
[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
BTW, as a related privacy-is-going-in-the-wrong-direction aside....

I think it's becoming obvious that Google is brilliant at providing the API (aka Google Services Framework & Google Mobile Services) for app developers to link into their code - but notice this creates a huge privacy hole because it seems those APIs, as of last summer, no longer allow any app using it to NOT have Wi-Fi Precise Location turned on for the app to work.

Notice how crazy that is, when you realize that most of the offline backcountry apps can't even record GPX tracks anymore without the user having to turn on Wi-Fi Precise Scanning (which is such a ridiculous requirement that you have to realize that Google is doing this for their own profits - and not for your privacy).

For more details about that tangential privacy topic, see this thread.

Why should an offline backcountry track saver require Wi-Fi to run?
[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
BTW, if we thought Google was bad, Apple is far worse in terms of throwing your privacy under the bus given they give anyone in the world your location and the location of the 400 people nearest to you to anyone who asks - without any checks whatsoever!

Vulnerability of Apple Location Services - troop movements can be tracked

View attachment 6110868

Here is the paper which was published just recently, which explains the same problem we've known about for years with Google - but it's far worse with Apple since Apple throws your privacy completely under the bus (and that of the nearest 400 other people too!).

Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems

At least Google only gives you one result, and even then Google implements checks to make sure you're not repeatedly doing this - but not Apple.

Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag​

See also:

Apple Location Services vulnerability can enable troop movements to be tracked

"There is one crucial difference between the way in which

Apple and Google devices carry out this task

and that's exactly where the privacy issue arises."

Apple Wi-Fi network vulnerability could leak your location in real-time

"Researchers have discovered a crucial vulnerability in the way

only Apple's location services work"

Surveillance Risk: Apple's Wi-Fi-Based Positioning System

"The attack risk stems from Apple's WiFi-based Positioning System, or WPS"

Apple Location Services vulnerability can enable troop movements to be tracked

"We need to understand Apple devices figure out locations differently"

Apple API Allows Wi-Fi AP Location Tracking

"An unrestricted Apple API endpoint allows for easy tracking"

Anyone can tap into your WiFi location data to track you, researchers find

"Anyone can exploit Apple's flawed WiFi-based positioning system (WPS)"

Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems

"In this work, we show that Apple's flawed WPS can too easily be abused"
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Nsain1:
I have the S21 Ultra running Android 11. I would like to disable the annoying Google Assistant Beep. Everything I see online refers to an option in accessability called switch access. That option is apparently not part of Android 11 or S21 Ultra.

I contacted Google and Samsung and they were no help.

Has anyone figured out how to do this on this device?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] nixnixnixnix4:
Even when my volume is turned ON -- my Google Assistant only vibrates lightly. I don't know what I did to generate that behavior.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] nixnixnixnix4:
Actually, go into "System sound/vibration control". See if that helps.
[OnePlus 9] craznazn:
I've created a TMO to Global MSM conversion, but lack a OP9 to test with. I am looking for volunteers to help test the build.

You will lose all data, so back up everything.

Be aware that this, like any other dev project, can possibly brick you phone. If you are uncomfortable, please don't apply.

Please PM me if available.
[OnePlus 9] iSkyJIE:
Do you need to unlock the bootloader, and the SIM network. I tried to update ColorOS and I have already bricked it. Now this one has been replaced with more than 20 dollars, and there is no SIM unlock yet.
[OnePlus 9] craznazn:
No sim unlock or bootloader unlock.

Can you explain how it was bricked and what happened when you tried to MSM to stock?
[OnePlus 9] iSkyJIE:
After I ROOT, I tried to modify the phone device information to LE2110 version, then use the ColorOS downgrade package and put it in the root directory, it can be updated, but after the update, restart the phone, only a black screen, only a slight cycle Vibration. I tried all the boot modes, but couldn't enter, including boot loader, recovery mode, flastboot mode, EDL mode, all of them could not start. It is estimated that the BOOT partition is destroyed. Try to use T-MOBILE MSM tool 9008 mode to reload. It indicates that sahara communication failed. In the end, there is no way, only to contact T-MOBILE customer service to change the phone. The customer service does not charge transportation fees, but it needs to charge 21 US dollars for the replacement of the mobile phone.
[OnePlus 9] FizzyAps:
you can sim unlock for free with tmo even if you owe on the devices

just contact them on facebook /twitter/ or corporate

super easy

but o always recomand unlocking bootloader
[OnePlus 9] Amd4life:
I am game, pm sent.
[OnePlus 9] craznazn:
Yeah, the LE2110 is the chinese version and you cannot use the TMO msm on it. I hear the 2115 MSM works for it.
[OnePlus 9] iSkyJIE:
yes! My friend's Not the TMO version can be updated to coloros! But there is no Internet! The impatient returned to Europe.

Anyway! It has been replaced with a new one! Now wait to unlock the SIM network and boot loader! Don't try it again until there are no more official coloros resources available! After the partition is destroyed, MSM tools can't save it!
[OnePlus 9] craznazn:
The point of the MSM conversion is that you don't need to wait for the sim/bootloader unlock on T-Mobile
[OnePlus 9] iSkyJIE:
No need to unlock! I can try to test it！ PM me Thank you!
[OnePlus 9] Josh McGrath:
Picking up my warranty replacement tomorrow so I'll have a 100 pct virgin tmo op9 to test if you still need it.

Already running the international version on this one.

I don't know how to PM on this horrible new xda app so if you need my help, please tag me here.
[OnePlus 9] Josh McGrath:
PM sent
[OnePlus 9] craznazn:
Have enough testers, thanks all!
[OnePlus 9] Oswald Boelcke:
Thread closed on request of OP @craznazn
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] sujju:
Hi.. In Android 10, Whatsapp folder used to be in root folder (emulated/0), but in Android 11, it has moved to Android/media folder. The big problem it has is - everytime you wipe data to install a ROM (with decrypted storage), Whatsapp along with media needs to be backed up, which is a pain. Does someone know a workaround here so that WhatsApp has its folder in the root directory? Thanks.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] jmfb55:
Mine is on emulated...maybe you change them.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] sujju:
That's surprising.. Will Whatsapp not have a consistent way of saving its data across A11 devices?

Looking forward to few more users posting their experiences. Hopefully there should be a workaround for cases like mine..
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Laptapper:
For me in android 10 and 11 is the same. The whatsapp dcim download... folders and other self created folders aren't backupped in TWRP data partition.

So I guess everyone has this problem and you have to manually backup "media" like others ;) and yes it's annoying.

This is a reason why I bought again a phone with micro sd slot. I've got a fast sd inside for backup, because storing data on external drive it's much more time trashing.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] sujju:
For me.. The ideal scenario would be to have WhatsApp folder like a normal folder in internal storage, like camera photos etc. That's the way I used to have on my last device (with A10). This made flashing ROMs very easy, just wiping data was good enough and no need to backup Whatsapp. Now with A11 ROMs for me, it's in data folder, hence even wipe data would remove it.

If you are having your WhatsApp folder as a separate one in internal storage (not under data), let me know if you did anything different. Thanks.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Laptapper:
I've clean flashed and whatsapp is here:

View attachment 5324583
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] sujju:
Thanks.. So that's clear whatsapp is treating my account differently.. Not sure why don't I have whatsapp folder in root directory of internal storage..
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] sujju:
Tried this now - uninstalled WhatsApp, moved WhatsApp folder to root of Internal storage, reinstalled Whatsapp, and guess what - WhatsApp automatically moved full WhatsApp folder back to Android/media. This is so strange, can't seem to find a way to have my WhatsApp folder in the root Internal storage directory. What's confusing me more is the different treatment with different devices..
[General Topics] GalaxyA325G:
Privacy: How to set a random MAC address upon every Wi-Fi connection

I post this for two reasons, the first being I just learned this and therefore I want others to benefit from my newfound knowledge:

"Every time your device connects to a new network it can use a randomized MAC address. Why is this important? To put it simply: Privacy."​

which seems to apply to a variety of Android releases:

"Starting in Android 8.0, Android devices use randomized MAC addresses when probing for new networks while not currently associated with a network. MAC randomization prevents listeners from using MAC addresses to build a history of device activity, thus increasing user privacy."​

And the second reason is that those who know more than I do can further add technical value to this topic.

What I did on Android 11 was I changed the following two settings which I believe add to privacy.

Android11-Settings > Connections > Wi-Fi > GearIcon > Advanced > MAC Address Type

Set to either {Randomized MAC} or top {Phone MAC}

Settings > Developer options > Networking > Enhanced Wi-Fi MAC randomization

Turn either {ON} or {OFF}

"Change this phone's MAC address each time it connects to a network that has MAC randomization turned on."

One caveat is the following:

"Once a random MAC address is used for a given network profile, the mobile device will continue to use the same random MAC address even after the user deletes the network profile and recreates the SSID/network profile."

Another caveat is the following:

"There is a bit which gets set in the OUI portion of a MAC address to signify a randomized / locally administered address. The quick synopsis is look at the second character in a MAC address, if it is a 2, 6, A, or E it is a randomized address."

If you're aware of additional technical information on this privacy topic, please add it to this thread so that we all benefit from your knowledge.
[General Topics] helionexusbiz:
Thanx,

I did option 2 - Settings - Developer Options - Networking - Enhanced Wi-Fi MAC Randomization - as to On, and I tried googling where to find your first option 'Randomized MAC' on Android 11, but I can't find a solution as to why I don't see that 'Randomized MAC' option there on my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, it is updated.

May you possibly tell me if you know of whether if I should have both your suggested options enabled and why I maybe can't see option 1 for me?
[General Topics] 4trackmind:
Hi, I cant find the setting Privacy - Use Randomized MAC on my Galaxy Note 8 but on my Mi Mix 2S, this option is there. Tried MacRandomizationEnabler module on Magisk but there's no changes. Tried it on various Roms Q/R/S for Note 8 but cant seem to get it to appear.
[General Topics] mdbshuvo:
Try going in WiFi setting while being connected to a WiFi network. You will see a 'gear' icon beside the connected WiFi name. click on that then click on 'advanced'. Hope you will find what you are looking for.

Though I might be too late to reply, but anyway. I just got into (and presumably out of) this mess.