I just noticed recently that I have a program running on my tablet that I'm not familiar with, and don't know which application is responsible for it. The file running is called "com.crittercism.service"...
anybody know what this is? Thanks for the help!
that means somebody's app cares about your mobile experience
-Rob
crittercism.com
crittercism said:
that means somebody's app cares about your mobile experience
-Rob
crittercism.com
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OK.. is there any way to determine which app is using this, or is there a way to read the information it is collecting?
I am not at all against crash/error reports or feedback to help out developers, but security and transparency are also important to me and I'm having a hard time getting more information about this service online to figure out more of what it does for my "mobile experience"...
Hmm you could look for an app that has a built-in support forum but unfortunately, you probably can't figure out which app is using it since the data is encrypted and sent through SSL. That being said, I can ensure you that the data being sent securely and is being anonymized and aggregated. I'd be happy to give you an overview of what's being sent and how it's being displayed to the developer. Send me an email at rob at crittercism.
Thanks Rob! I'll send you an email tonight. I appreciate your willingness to talk about your software with me.
COM.CRITTERCISM.SERVICE is an external crash reporting aggregator. I was curious as my battery usage has recently spiked (grrr.... can't see obvious...) so I've been scanning logs.
I think it's used by Astrid and probably others.
Don't think it's spyware.
See more here: https://www.crittercism.com/developers/docs-faq
I ran across an app claiming to delete all facebook content.
Exfoliate for Facebook
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.worb.android.exfoliate&hl=en
My question is whether it is safe or not? I attempted using scripts from usercripts to wipe FB data but I believe that because of the new FB UI, the scripts no longer work. Plus, I'm not sure how it could possible delete likes and comments, aside from just wall posts.
Has anyone unpacked the apk and checked it out? Is there a way to check where it's sending the packets of data to? If it's not going to some remote server somewhere that isn't part of FB, that would be great. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
...or if anyone can point me in the right direction so I can do it myself, that would also be greatly appreciated. Would Shark for Root tell me where the data is being sent to?
antwan* said:
...or if anyone can point me in the right direction so I can do it myself, that would also be greatly appreciated. Would Shark for Root tell me where the data is being sent to?
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I posted it in this thread, post 7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913820
Hi, Wizards:
I have a Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 running Overcome 3.3.1. On occasion, when all else seems quiet, the device will suddenly decide to play the /system/media/audio/notifications/12_Tweeters.ogg sound file (sounds something like a bird chirp), and I would like to find the application that causes this sound file to be played. I ran the Log Collector app (v1.1.0) and poured through its output, and that is how I determined which file is being played,
In the latest instance, the log shows:
09-06 08:40:24.230 I/MediaPlayer( 306): The actual path is:/system/media/audio/notifications/12_Tweeters.ogg.
Before that, I can see references to (306) like "KeyguardViewMediator" in the same second. In fact, there are hundreds of references to 306 within parentheses in the log, mostly involving Sensors and PowerManagerService BatteryService. But I don't see a way to trace back to the originator. (Frankly, I also don't have any indication that the '306' is important.)
How would I go about finding the reason that MediaPlayer was kicked off in the first place? (My goal is to find the application that suddenly decides to play this sound file, and to understand why it does so. After all, I'm being notified of something, right? Wouldn't it be swell to understand the reason for the notification, instead of just "Hey!" ?)
I've searched for general information on how to figure out what the Log is trying to tell me, but to no avail for something like this. Is there enough information in the typical Log Collector output to determine this information? If so, where can I read up on how to trace this? If not, then what might I do to trap/identify this?
I appreciate any pointers you may have on this.
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Hi, Wizards:
I have a Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 running Overcome 3.3.1. On occasion, when all else seems quiet, the device will suddenly decide to play the /system/media/audio/notifications/12_Tweeters.ogg sound file (sounds something like a bird chirp), and I would like to find the application that causes this sound file to be played. I ran the Log Collector app (v1.1.0) and poured through its output, and that is how I determined which file is being played,
In the latest instance, the log shows:
09-06 08:40:24.230 I/MediaPlayer( 306): The actual path is:/system/media/audio/notifications/12_Tweeters.ogg.
Before that, I can see references to (306) like "KeyguardViewMediator" in the same second. In fact, there are hundreds of references to 306 within parentheses in the log, mostly involving Sensors and PowerManagerService BatteryService. But I don't see a way to trace back to the originator. (Frankly, I also don't have any indication that the '306' is important.)
How would I go about finding the reason that MediaPlayer was kicked off in the first place? (My goal is to find the application that suddenly decides to play this sound file, and to understand why it does so. After all, I'm being notified of something, right? Wouldn't it be swell to understand the reason for the notification, instead of just "Hey!" ?)
I've searched for general information on how to figure out what the Log is trying to tell me, but to no avail for something like this. Is there enough information in the typical Log Collector output to determine this information? If so, where can I read up on how to trace this? If not, then what might I do to trap/identify this?
I appreciate any pointers you may have on this.
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Log Collector should give you enough information to solve the problem. I suppose one simple and quick solution you could try is go into /system/media/audio/notifications/12_Tweeters.ogg and just delete the file. If you delete the file, then when it wants to play that sound it won't be able to because it doesn't exist, and then it shouldn't bother you anymore.
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Log Collector should give you enough information to solve the problem.
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That's encouraging. Sorry I wasn't clear. Where might I find out how to read the log in such a way?
shimp208 said:
I suppose one simple and quick solution you could try is go into /system/media/audio/notifications/12_Tweeters.ogg and just delete the file. If you delete the file, then when it wants to play that sound it won't be able to because it doesn't exist, and then it shouldn't bother you anymore.
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Hmmm... to me, that sounds like "If the fire alarm bothers you, just remove the battery." I do appreciate your reply, but that doesn't that sound to me like a good idea since I don't know the cause... I do welcome advice regarding figuring out that cause.
I had a problem with audios starting to play randomly. Googling led to many possible causes.
The only one I remember is the fix that worked for me - simply installing and running once a program available free from the market called DisableAutoPlay.
It disables the feature where plugging headphones in causes auto-playing. Mind you I wasn't doing anything with headphones when my music started randomly, but apparently there can be some intermittent hardware malfunction that makes the phone think you are plugging headphones in (perhaps limited to Samsung phones like mine IIRC... I have an Infuse).
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I had a problem with audios starting to play randomly. Googling led to many possible causes.
The only one I remember is the fix that worked for me - simply installing and running once a program available free from the market called DisableAutoPlay.
It disables the feature where plugging headphones in causes auto-playing. Mind you I wasn't doing anything with headphones when my music started randomly, but apparently there can be some intermittent hardware malfunction that makes the phone think you are plugging headphones in (perhaps limited to Samsung phones like mine IIRC... I have an Infuse).
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Thanks. I will keep that in mind if the time comes that I need to take such action.
I'm sorry I'm apparently expressing my intent so poorly. My goal, to be clear, is to find out WHY the alarm is sounding, not to prevent it. (I reserve the right to want to prevent it in the future, but right now the point remains.)
I will try to track down the author(s) of Log Collector and see where that leads me. If I find out anything useful, I will post back here.
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Thanks. I will keep that in mind if the time comes that I need to take such action.
I'm sorry I'm apparently expressing my intent so poorly. My goal, to be clear, is to find out WHY the alarm is sounding, not to prevent it. (I reserve the right to want to prevent it in the future, but right now the point remains.)
I will try to track down the author(s) of Log Collector and see where that leads me. If I find out anything useful, I will post back here.
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Id also look into using logcat to try and solve your problem take a look at this guide to reading and writing logcat files.
Reading and Writing Logs in Android
Looked around and don't see anything about this and I am desperate to get my Instagram back. I seen questions posted in here so I figured it was ok. My apologizes if this is the wrong section. Basically my Instagram account has been disabled. I try to make a new account but it's a no go. Has to be something in the phone that is causing this since I can log in perfectly with a friends phone. I seen on iOS there is a UDID Faker but didn't find one for Android. I tried everything and I am just looking for a little guidance. Please help me.
BUMP
I am looking for someone that can mod the stock email app in order to use the new card UI that Google is now using. Similar to what tapatalk is using now, as well as many others.
What I am looking for is for each email line to be a card, then when opening the email the header would be a card and the body would be a card.
Anyone think they can do this? For an idea take a look at evomail in the market. It has started to move in this direction but is terrible at handling email, and doesn't do exchange.
PM me if you would like to work together on this. I can easily pass ideas or test the apk, but know nothing about programming so wouldn't be helpful with that part. If this can be done by just theming let me know, as I can do a little of that and would love to help there too.
I personally think this is how the email app should look in the future...and seeing as how Google is beta testing a new email app, maybe it will be. But until then I would like to get started.
Thanks in advance.
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