yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
With stock or rooted the biggest threat is the user themselves. Most either install or download the malware themselves. A fully updated stock Android isn't invulnerable; there's no saving dumb bunnies...

Side loaded apps are high risk; at the least scan with online Virustotal and consider the results before installing. Keep email in the cloud and be careful if you choose to download anything.

All downloads stay in the download folder until vetted. Jpeg's and png's are suspect; open them there first before moving them and watch for strange behavior in that folder. Check the download folder daily for anything you didn't download, if found do not open, delete.

Keep thrash social media apps off the phone, all of them. They are targets and vectors for malware of all types.

Use a good firewall and police what apps are doing. Revoke internet access to all apps that don't need it. Know what apps have run at start permissions; do they need it? Updates and upgrades can cause more lost time then malware trying to find work arounds. Lock auto updates down, and download them only if needed. Updates and firmware upgrades can and do break things...

Most importantly cover your six and be prepared.

Critical data can not be lost, protect it!

Redundantly backup all critical data to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. Be ready to do a full reload if needed.

If malware is found or suspected, isolate the phone and if it can't be completely deleted in an hour or two, nuke that load. Be ready to change passwords and secure accounts.

Never trust antivirus apps to detect malware or save you, mostly they just waste resources on an Android.
[General Questions and Answers] Indigodream:
Thank you!

I'm already doing a lot of those things, especially social media apps.

One of the reasons I want to root my phone is that I can't uninstall, force stop, disable or take away permissions for some apps, like Facebook, Facebook App installer, FB app manager Google, ad nauseum. The same goes for the millions of preinstalled Samsung bloatware apps. They dont stay disabled and routinely restore permissions. Im sick of having to routinely check them all. I'll never buy another Saamsung again.
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
You're welcome. Welcome to XDA🤗

I run 2 stock N10+'s, one on Pie, the other on 10.

I use package disabler to kill bloatware and services I don't want to run at bootup. You can also use a adb editing app to disable apks. Don't go too nuts; be wary of disabling any Samsung system apps. Most of these apps just sit unless needed. Dependencies... actions have consequences; understand what the app does and what other apps, services or UI functions are dependent on it!

Google play Services can be disabled when not needed; disable find my device as System Administrator first.

On Pie Karma Firewall is fully functional but not on Android 10 and up, although it will still block access. It uses virtually no battery.

Once you sort it out (learning curve ahead🤣) stock Samsung's especially older ones like the N10+ are easy to run. They are the most customizable stock Android on the planet with an excellent UI. The current load on this one will be 2 yo this June; still fast, stable and fulfilling its mission. Security is simply not an issue.
[General Questions and Answers] Indigodream:
The more annoying Samsung apps I was referring to are the Bixby apps, AR doodle, Smarter things... those kind of apps. If they didn't re-enable themselves restore permissions, I wouldn't mind them so much. But they DO.

I won't be using that phone much longer anyway. I'm going back to Motorola.

I always buy factory or globally unlocked phones. That helps some. But Motorola recently started forcing FB. I can uninstall it, however I have to review updates to make sure it doesn't end up on my phone again. But then I review all updates before installing them anyway..

I always look up the system apps before making any changes. Like Google Easter Egg. Everything I could find says it's unnecessary.
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
All those mentioned apps can be safely disabled.

Bixby Vision is used for barcode scanning though.

Try the free Galaxy store icon packs, themes and the Good Lock family of apps including One Handed Operation plus.

Chose theme>icon pack>whatever wallpaper you want. The native high contrast theme looks good.

Play with it...
[General Questions and Answers] Indigodream:
I actually already ordered a new Moto. It will be here tomorrow. Well, it's after 1am, so I guess it'll be here later today.

I've disabled multiple Samsung apps, restricted data and battery, taken away permissions, not just in app settings, but in permissions setting, special access permissions... And all the other weird ways I keep finding out about that you wouldn't think would be a place to remove permissions. When my phone starts to slow down, or the battery isn't lasting very long, sure enough, Samsung has gone behind my back and reset my preferences again. I never had issues like this any of the Motorola phones I've had.
[General Questions and Answers] maxmax0:
Since this is one of the top search results on this topic, and still relevant, I will piggy back on this, hoping we can get some more good discussion here.

This topic raises a really great questions, and since I have been considering this topic recently, I would like to contribute by mentioning the things I am doing to decrease attack surface on a rooted device:

Turn on user authentication in Magisk (asks for Fingerprint when granting root, thus reducing potential for clickbaiting/clickjacking attacks)

Turn off all auto-update features of Magisk modules or rooted apps. Since I cannot vet and compile the source myself (would be impractical), I never install "bleeding edge" versions, but wait for at least 14 days until using a stable release (higher likelyhood that security problems with the release, malicious code etc. would be found by then).

Never leave device unattended where someone might have physical access. Of course goes for all devices, but since my bootloader is unlocked, someone could use an evil maid attack, in theory flash malicious stuff, thus installing rootkits or PIN code sniffers that kick in when I logon to the compromised device. In case device was unattended, do not boot it, immediately wipe and clean flash everything. Your data will be secure by FBE, just pick a long PIN (not just 4 numbers), as long as you do not boot and unlock manually.

For root apps like theming/UI customization stuff, revoke root privileges once the desired changes have been done. Manually reenable when I want to change something.

Remove root over adb in magisk, enable only when you need it.

Limit stuff stored on device. If in doubt, keep it off-device, encrypted in a remote location.

All critical stuff that needs to be on-device should be encrypted (on top of FBE) with strong encryption (example: password manager vault)

Do not sideload stuff from untrusted sources (of course, this rule is the same for non-rooted phones, but I believe it should still be mentioned extra, since there are more attack vectors on rooted devices)

Would love to hear everyones thoughts, other best practices etc...!
[G1 Android Development] smooththg69:
Hello all I have a g1 and I'm still at rc19 and I'm feeling an update coming soon. But I don't know how to block it or telnet into the phone are there any dummie write ups for rooting and blocking updates or is anyone willing to make a step by step write up on it. I belive if some one did this it would help a lot of us that don't know linux thanks.
[G1 Android Development] elcanela:
updating the G1

I've installed rc29 through the SD card, but if what youre looking for is to upgrade to the "Modded RC30" which still has root, there's a nice step-by-step here.......

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=443797
[G1 Android Development] CleverJake37:
While its always great to see new people showing interest in linux and proper system structure, it should be noted that it IS full on possible to brick your phone with full root privileges, and not overly difficult to do so if you don't know what you're doing.

Be safe, and dont do anything brazen.

but most importatntly, buy insurance and have fun
[G1 Android Development] smooththg69:
Well looks like my feeling was right the update is waiting in my phone right now so I'm gonna have to try something when I get home later can I upgrade to the modded rc30 from the sd card?
[G1 Android Development] Ryanmo5:
Well put!!!
[Moto G40 / G60] Kenji0s:
Can anyone build a custom rom for the moto g60(s) I will pay you 5 euros just send me a payement request.

my email : caidenkenjiprivate@gmail.com
[MTCD  Android Head Units Q&A] tjnptel1:
Is there a way to connect a bluetooth keyboard to the headunit to make it easier to type and work with the head unit? I a small portable bluetooth keyboard but I have no luck connecting it to the headunit.

https://www.amazon.com/XIWMIX-Ultra-Slim-Wireless-Bluetooth-Keyboard/dp/B081Z8JDYG/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=xuLmx&pf_rd_p=5fe95cd4-8512-42fa-bf21-63d83b898785&pf_rd_r=CWGJY9RG8KQ4DXWJ6E03&pd_rd_r=3d98f09c-65e0-4b90-9257-e897b7834dff&pd_rd_wg=G0bGu&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m&th=1
[General Questions and Answers] Indigodream:
Will a rooted device work on both CDMA and GMS cellular networks?

My cellular provider is Visible which uses Verizon networks. There are phones that hat work on the Verizon network, but Visible won't allow me to use them.

Is the IMEI number the only way they can tell what phone I'm using?

Is there a legal way to change the IMEI number or make them think I'm using an "approved " device? (I think this is called ghosting)
[Introductions] Игорь 38:
Привет!!!

Ребят такая проблема, сделал сброс на магнитоле и после того как пропало изображение задней камеры, захожу, там такое "Суперменю" требует 5 значный пароль, который я не знаю и не делал не знаю, камера новое подключение к другому автомагнитоле, камера работает, камера новая, прозвонили всю проводку и саму магнитолу, все работает,

Автомагнитола на WIN CE 6.0 (без названия)

Может кто подскажет где в форме или на сайте можно найти этот пароль???

https://ibb.co/W6XkJFD фото

Mod translation via GT:

Hey!!!

Guys such a problem, I did a reset on the radio and after the image of the rear camera disappeared, I go in, there such a "Supermenu" requires a 5-digit password, which I don't know and didn't know, the camera is a new connection to another car radio, the camera works, the camera new, they rang all the wiring and the radio itself, everything works,

Car radio on WIN CE 6.0 (no name)

Can anyone tell me where in the form or on the site you can find this password ???

https://ibb.co/W6XkJFD photo
[Introductions] orb3000:
Welcome to XDA

English is the preferred language in the forums, but you can always use an online translator!
[Introductions] Davera100:
/ Junsun car radio for Android - rear camera is now working /

Hello everyone,

Recently I also bought such a radio, also front and rear camera,

I connected the front camera, work immediately after activating the application.

I also connected the rear camera, but quickly and without soldering the connections anywhere,

I ran the wires through the trim, I was very excited about the successful purchase, I acted quickly out of habit as I am an electrical engineer by trade. I expected the camera to work, but it doesn't.

Three days of rummaging through the settings begins, but alas "No signal" such a message gave me three days with reverse gear on and ignition key on.

On Thursday I decided to check all the connections and solder the solder joints everywhere,

So I did, I soldered the tail light wire solder, checked the rear camera connector and the extension cable to the radio,

Turns out I didn't push the female connector in enough and so there is no contact between the camera and the radio.

I pushed the two connectors well into each other, they have very fine holes and a lot of care needs to be taken when inserting them,

There is a delicate plastic guide that must be properly and precisely oriented. Then, when it's inserted, you should hear a slight click, telling you that the two connectors are connected properly and securely.

I then put it in reverse and the ignition key in the "Ignition" position.

and oh wonder! The camera worked, but in grayscale. This made me very happy, the main work was done, I entered the settings with a pass: 8888 or 0000, I don't remember well, and changed the settings to:

Cam type: 0 / CVBS /

Cam Format: / NTSC /

Then measure that there is 12v voltage on the red wire that is attached to the yellow connector, wire #3.

Then I soldered: wire 3 - the red wire, with wire 4 - pink wire. This is how it is provided in the navigation manual, but somewhere they also give it, as a brown cable,

I connected the extension cable with the yellow connector that comes from the rear camera to the yellow connector on the radio that has no markings on it.

Two other yellow connectors are marked SVBS-1 / SVBS-2, but the camera does not work on them, the attempts,

In /rear camera settings/, pass:1111 changes the leading yellow-red lines of the camera, which are in real video mode,

But I guess there are other similar settings for the rear camera, for I don't have a pass:

Say hello to the boy and have a nice day,

Excuse my google english.
[Touch HD General] boojai:
http://www.gmmcomm.com/htc-touch-hd.html

Take a look here guys. They are selling the Touch HD for $410 and the other phones on the site are way cheap as well. Anyone ever bought from them. It seems too good to be true.
[Touch HD General] gizmo2431:
Yes, too good to be true. Scam....
[Touch HD General] the-equinoxe:
yups 419 scammers, aka phonelads..
[General Questions and Answers] Indigodream:
Is there a guide or data base that explains what a particular system app does, if I really need it and what information it's collecting on me?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
There really isn't anything specifically detailing what you are looking for. The best you can hope for is to do a Google search for:

"Safe to remove list for (your specific model number)"
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) Questions & Answers] MaxWhite3790:
Since not only Samsung doesn't use this feature on their devices, but also this smartphone runs Android 5.1.1, is this possible?
[Android General] laptop.dz:
INZ APKTool 2.4.0 beta

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What's New:

Added Open recent apk files

Added Execute from menu (prompts for apk if not selected)

Added Application Icon change

Added Search bar for strings editor (F11 Shows/Hides Toolbar)

Added Main Toolbar + Statusbar (Ctrl+F11 to Show/Hide Toolbar)

Added Image Editor

Automatic conversion between many graphic formats

UI advance form improvements

Skin change (mod)

Image editor (F11 Shows/Hides Toolbar)

Import (Open/Edit an image)

Export (save as)

Selection Tool (Rectanguler,Circular,Polygan, ...)

Fill button (ColorFill, AlphaFill)

BrushTool (Rectangular, Circular, Brush Size)

Paint buttons (Line, Rectangular, RoundRect, Ellipse)

Erase Tool

Picker Tool (Alpha, Color, Alpha&Color)

Rotation (Right, Left)

Horizontal & Vertical Flip

Adjust(Brightness, Contrast, Black&White)

Negative, Gray scale

Image Properties

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[Touch HD General] Prerna:
Hi all,

I know these 2 models are quite different. What I would like to discuss is how good or bad the Touch HD is, because I've been quite disappointed with my Touch Pro that I just sold.

This time, I want to evaluate properly before deciding for a new PDA.

So, the guys who have a Touch HD, or better: who know the Touch Pro, please express your views and feedbacks (honest ones) on this device.

Thanks.
[Touch HD General] apd:
You could try looking here for a few relevant posts: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=444459
[Touch HD General] Beards:
Maybe you could list what you are not happy with on your Touch Pro.

Having dedicated problem areas to work on makes it easier for a reply and quite often gives quicker results too.

Beards. :)
[FYT Android Head Units] pegaso99:
Hi, I bought a Navifly M500s on aliexpress. Unfortunately, it doesn't start. The No Command image comes out .... I asked the seller for help who told me to flash the original ROM again, I did it but I get this message "failed to open dev block dm-2 no such file or directory" and this other "failed to save locale to cache recovery last_locale no such file or directory" and then the system boots into Fastboot mode. What do I have to do to make it work? Someone help me .... thanks
[FYT Android Head Units] marchnz:
Send it back - dispute- refund - warranty

These are community forums, see seller for paid support
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] MistryMan00:
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Its started after applying my new rom(with root) but it was working fine with my previous rom(with root)...Need help.
[General Questions and Answers] Pernilex:
Does anyone else on here use other forums to learn about flashing and troubleshooting anywhere else that they would recommend?

There isn't anything wrong with XDA but I like to have as many resources to learn from as possible. Sometimes I don't get more than one response when I post and it would be nice to have some backup communities to trouble shoot and members to bounce ideas off of.
[General Questions and Answers] Indigodream:
For my PC, {Mod edit} is great. Sometimes people can be a little rude, but they are very helpful. I've been going there for years. The last time I looked, there wasn't much help in the Android forum and the Linux one is a little lean too.
[General Questions and Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
@Pernilex Welcome to XDA. I hope you'll always find and get the support you require.

However, I've closed the thread and also very slightly edited @Indigodream's post above. I hope you can understand and agree that we don't want our website to be a platform, on which alternative sites that are certainly around are promoted and advertised.

In the XDA Forum Rules, which you've certainly studied as you agreed to adhere to them when you registered on this private platform a few days ago, we've therefore established the following in rule no. 11:

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[General Questions and Answers] corvairbob:
i got a nice ASUS TABLET P00I (CGH017984) from ebay and as you guessed it it is locked with the frp. i tred all i know and even some you tubes and so far nothing works. so is there a chance someone here has a way to unlock one of these. or i will need to send it back to the seller. along with some neg feedback. they said when i asked them if it was unlocked and they said it was networked unlocked and it was usable, well they lied i guess. it even came with a sim and that number was in it, i called that number and it rang busy. my guess is because it is not activated so google sent the busy signal. i asked the seller to see if they could get the last username and password. the device comes up with the phone and then wants the last user's name first and last and i do not know what is will ask for after that.

i know they make these hard to bypass so people will not just steal them for a fast buck. i got this from a pawnshop seller so maybe the owner needed some fast money or a crook did. anyway now it is my issue if can figure out how to fix it or maybe i can send it back. i would like to keep it but if i can't get it to go back it goes.

thanks, for any ideas or help
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
enter fastboot mode and confirm model ZT500KL then find firehose programmer and erase FRP partition from EDL mode
[General Questions and Answers] corvairbob:
mine will not show the arrow or the clock when i get to the point of going to yourtube. mine wants to updated youtube and when trying to update you tube i have to have the account setup because it want me to enter my user name and password. and i do not have them. so that procedure will not work for me. i spent hours yesterday looing for a way around that and could not fine it. i even found that asus frp program in the rar format and could not find any unzipping program to open the rar and then try to get thet into the tablet. i connected the table to may win10 pc
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
sorry but I won't explain anything about EDL mode if you're not even able to unpack rar file
[General Questions and Answers] corvairbob:
ok not a problem it is going back thanks for the help.
[General Questions and Answers] corvairbob:
i tried to open the asus rar file and 7 zip failed WinRAR failed WinZip failed. it needs some type of password to get into the program to unpack it and i can't seem to find the password so that is why i just quit. if you know the password that might help. providing that file with manage to get into the table without me being able to get past the user name and password section. thanks
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
read the site where you got download from
[General Questions and Answers] corvairbob:
i did i have used all of those unpacking programs. i did not see on that asus site where they had the password posted. but i will go back and see if i can find it

ok i think i got the tool open turns out htey have different passwords anyway i ahve a window open on the s4tri0 team site and i have 3 options fastboot tool the edl tool and the asus mtk tool so now to figure out how to use them. in the fastboot tool i see quite a few options but i do not quite know yet what one to pick? i think these are the models but i do not see the p001 model and i do not know yet how to find one of these models if mine is one of these.

i think i need the last photo that show the p001 z170mg button. but then how would i get the tablet and the pc to talk to each other? i had the tablet plugged into the laptop usb port and it did not show up in the files section.

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[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
share link please, curious about asus provides frp bypass files
[General Questions and Answers] corvairbob:
Asus FRP Bypass Tool Download free

Download Asus FRP Bypass Tool Latest Verison Free 2021 FRP TOOL you can unlock the Factory Reset Protection from most Asus device

bypassfrp.net
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
yours is Qualcomm MSM8956 Snapdragon 650 processor? so check specifications for each model if one of these is same SoC like yours

Asus Zenpad Z10 ZT500KL - Full tablet specifications

gsmarena.com

@Renate do you have prog_emmc_firehose_8956_ddr_asus1.mbn
[General Questions and Answers] corvairbob:
ok if i click in the fastboot tool page it comes up and says waiting for devide. so if i connect the tablet and click on the wrong tab in that page will that mess with the device \? in the next page the edl page i click on the a001 button and it comes up and says comport erro quailcome not found. on the last page nothing shows it open a new tab and then sayd not there.

so if i boot the tablet to the fastboot and have the tablet connected to the pc and then click on one of the first-page fastboot tools will that tool try to unlock the tablet? and if i pick the wrong button that button will not brick the tablet will it? so if that button i pick is not correct nothing should happen?

i click all those buttons and not of them did come up and tell me the info you posted for this p001 tablet. thanks
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
please power off device, hold volume down + power + plug in usb cable computer to enter fastboot mode.

when tablet connected in fastboot mode, install android_winusb.inf and select Android Bootloader Interface driver.

once drivers installed, download fastboot.exe and type the following command in cmd.exe (from within platform-tools directory)

fastboot devices

if it shows serialno you are connected in fastboot mode. you can now get some device info to figure out it's mediatek or qualcomm.

fastboot oem device-info
fastboot getvar all