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I can't seem to find anything that touches on this, so I thought I'd go ahead and ask.
My girlfriend (who is in another state at the moment for a couple months) is concerned someone has 'hacked' her phone.
As much as I know right now, she had her phone sitting on her desk and it came on, out of sleep, bypassing her pattern lock and started automatically downloading and updating her Maps app. She does not have her phone rooted or modded in anyway, just some additional apps (none that deal with app management) and as far as I know (I have a Samsung Vibrant) there are no 'automatically update' option in any of the menus.
Anyone have any idea? I know this is very little information, but it's all I can grab right now and I had a few minutes.
Thanks in advance for any responses!
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I can't seem to find anything that touches on this, so I thought I'd go ahead and ask.
My girlfriend (who is in another state at the moment for a couple months) is concerned someone has 'hacked' her phone.
As much as I know right now, she had her phone sitting on her desk and it came on, out of sleep, bypassing her pattern lock and started automatically downloading and updating her Maps app. She does not have her phone rooted or modded in anyway, just some additional apps (none that deal with app management) and as far as I know (I have a Samsung Vibrant) there are no 'automatically update' option in any of the menus.
Anyone have any idea? I know this is very little information, but it's all I can grab right now and I had a few minutes.
Thanks in advance for any responses!
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Just to be sure, she has an Eris, correct? I only ask because if her Android Phone (since it's not rooted) is not an Eris then it could have Android OS 2.2 (Froyo), and the Android Market for Froyo does have an option (she would've had to toggle it on somehow) to autoupdate individual apps.
If she definitely has a unrooted Eris and therefore running 2.1, it may still be possible that she installed the Market from 2.2 (there are various sources to do so), although it doesn't sound likely from your description. She would be aware if she did that, too.
I would double check to make sure she has the phone set to only install apps through the Market:
Long-press Menu
Settings
Applications
Make sure that "Unknown sources" is unchecked.
I don't know if it would still be possible for a malicious app to be installed with it unchecked, but it should definitely reduce the probability.
I've seen weird things happen on all sorts of electronics/computers/phones so unless something else suspicious happened, or she has good reason to believe someone did something to her phone in person that would allow them to do things to it remotely, then I wouldn't sweat it yet.
I originally used security software on my phone, but I haven't for a long time.
If she wants to be certain nothing has invaded her phone, then she could do a factory reset:
Long-press Menu
Settings
Privacy
Factory data reset
This will erase everything that didn't come with her phone. Without root access, noone could've done anything permanent to it.
When she boots the phone after the reset, and puts her Google email and password in, Google will automatically restore her Contacts and Calendar (takes several minutes if a lot of data), but she would have to either manually reinstall and reconfigure her apps, or use a backup program like Titanium Backup, or My Backup Pro. MBP is much slower but recent versions have gotten faster and overall I've had better success with it than TB, but many people swear by TB so it just depends.
Good luck.
Ok, Thanks for everyone and their hard work on making this machine do more and be something worth buying.
Right after I rooted and blocked OTA- going 999, I lost the ability to reach B&N. I can see the books and apps I have on the B&N library etc, but cannot reach their server any longer- just getting error messages. I have looked at all the postings here and other websites. It appears my only hope is to wipe/deregister and start all over again. I have thought about how much I care to reach B&N again, and I guess I like having the option open. There are some ebooks they have that amazon etc does not. I could side load but the storage issue comes back into play with the inability to tap into B&N content storage (I am aware this is being worked on by others here).
So does anyone know of away to get this back without starting all over again.
Thanks
weird error on your part, i have a rooted, with a f rozen "version unavailable" ota and i can get my books fine. of course i buy ALL my books via my computer first and then just download them to the nook/tablet. i have both the nook and the nook tablet
Alright i had the same issue and i got it to work just fine on my Nook so just follow my instructions, though they may be time consuming.
First step, download Titanium Backup from the android market place, go to settings and batch. Then batch backup all apps and system data to SD Card.
Next save back up your launcher settings (i only use GO launcher so i only know how to do it that, which is by going menu button on go launcher screen, preferences backup and restore, then obviously backup) so you don't lose them.
Next step, download the unrooter onto you Nook from here (all credit goes to Indirect for that) then run it.
It will wipe all system data and unroot the Nook. However everything on the SD card will stay, and all purchase from B&N are backed up in the cloud on B&N servers.
Now re-root using the updated rooter by Indirect after you go through the basic setup and registration of your Nook Tab (by this i mean the first few screens where you agree to B&N terms of use and sign into your B&N account), now before you Root ensure you can access B&N servers via the shop menu(otherwise use built in factory erase under settings, device info, erase and repeat the registration though this shouldn't happen at all), then go ahead and use the root here to re-root everything.
Now a word of warning, for whatever reason when you use Indirects newest rooter and you select the launcher to install via the rooting script it will disable the use of the nook button on the home screen. So what i did was installed the honeycomb launcher, then finished rooting (also don't do any of the debloating, i did the first time and it wouldn't let me get the the store, but may of been a fluke, but to be safe don't debloat) then went to the market place to download go launcher ex, made it my default home screen, uninstalled honeycomb.
Now check the B&N shop menu, and it should be working with the root and OTA's blocked. Now to recover all your apps and data, download Titanium backup from market, go batch and restore apps and system data. Do the same for you launchers settings too.
I typed this quickly just to get the basis out to you fast so it may be confusing, if you got questions just ask and i will answer as soon as i see them. Hope this helps you.
lenardo said:
weird error on your part, i have a rooted, with a f rozen "version unavailable" ota and i can get my books fine. of course i buy ALL my books via my computer first and then just download them to the nook/tablet. i have both the nook and the nook tablet
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Great suggestion! I downloaded a freebie BN book via the Nook app on my pc then transferred it onto the Nook through usb cable. Beautiful alternative.
I have tried the Nook for PC connection and the book cover did not transfer. I have tried the dropbox method another user suggested and it did not fix shop for me like it did for them. I am hesitant to unroot/erase blah blah reroot etc because everything went so smoothly the first time and with the OTA's running, I could get caught with 1.4.1 or have another problem that I did not have before. I was hoping for a solid solution. This issue appears to rear up for many people with no clear reason as to why (root or nonroot). I did not choose to debloat before so I am not thinking that is a link to my problem as well. I have noticed that under accounts and sync settings that "device" and "user" are off with no way to turn on. I am not sure if this is because of the OTA blocks.
Thanks for the responses. Hopefully, I can figure out something without the long process.
The way i described it is the exact way i did it on my Nook, it took me about a hour to do it, but that was due to me doing it for the first time. If you follow the instructions i told you, you should get done within 15 minutes and be in the exact shape you are in right now with no data loss. Though i can understand you apprehension to doing it, as i was too but i figured i might as well.
So this post is merely a vote of confidence saying you should try it if you find nothing else, worse case scenario your out 30 minutes and your exactly where you are now.
Thanks,
I will probably end up using your instructions. Just waiting for the odd chance of a miracle.
Pain in the ass but it does work. Took me half hour to do cause I had to reset widgets they didnt backup, but that was expected
If you froze the device manager that can keep the nook store from working. Unfreeze it to access the store the freeze it again once you are done.
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I have a NT rooted and setup to disable automatic downloads from BN following directions on this forum. Everythings been working pretty good but I would still like to purchase things from BN occasionally.
I then went out to the Android marketplace and downloaded Nook for Android, installed it and I can see it in my list of apps.
When I click on the icon for it though, all it does it take me back to the main page of my launcher.
Has anyone else had these issues?
Sounds like a bad install to me. I am rooted with zergy and have minor debloat, opting to keep all of the B&N stuff as I still buy books often. Which root method did you use? I also have the nook app on my phone with a few books in my dropbox. It works fine on that as well. Perhaps try clearing cache and data from the app and try signing in again?
I know there have been other threads on this, and I don't recall anyone getting it to work. I believe B&N has done something either to the app or to Android to prevent it from running.
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I had the same outcome after rooting. I suspect and accepted that it was most likely due to opting for a full B&N debloat.
Right, I did do a full debloat also.
If BN would let me just get the ebook, even to my computer, I suppose maybe I could transfer it over to the nook that way but I haven't tried it.
Thanks!
larrynooktb said:
Right, I did do a full debloat also.
If BN would let me just get the ebook, even to my computer, I suppose maybe I could transfer it over to the nook that way but I haven't tried it.
Thanks!
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Calibre is a resource to assist in that. I find it a great library manager and it will act as a WiFi server to your Nook through the Calibre Library app
I'm unclear whether this post is about the nook software already baked into the device, or the "Nook for Android by B&N" available to download on the Market.
When you say "Nook for Android" I assume you mean the latter.
It's strange that the app will not even launch. I'm not sure how it differs from any other android app. The app works fine on my Droid and Droid charge, but won't download certain magazines saying they're unavailable on the app, when they clearly work just fine on the software baked into the Nook Tablet.
Perhaps after someone gets Cyanogenmod stable on the device we will see whether or not there was something baked in that specifically blocked the "Nook for Android" app in the Market.
I was referring to the B&N Nook app from Android market. MOst of the other B&N preloaded apps also stopped working after debloat too
As ckevinwelch mentioned there have been numerous posts about this - including one by me. What I did instead was find the reader.apk, shop.apk and library.apk apps in an old back-up of Ti-Backup I had and installed those after doing a full debloat using indirect's root. Have had no problems since then.... (I've re-rooted a couple of times to take advantage of updates, etc).
edit... I mispoke, it appears that after I did the freeze OTA block (9.9.9) recently, it now shows as unavailable under owner/account in settings, I don't have access to the B&N shop, but my old books are still on my NT and I can read them. It did work when I was listed under owner/account.
Sorry to get your hopes up.
~ G
If you did the debloat PRIOR to installing and backing up using TI-backup, is there some other place to find and reinstall these apps?
You can get them from the acclaim update zip file (for the magic restore card).
So did you decide not to sell yours?
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TX Kevin, and no, didn't change my mind but the buyer flaked on me. So, still trying to make it worthwhile keeping if it ends up that way.
Does acclaim file require me to reroot? hate the idea of that...
Don't restore from the zip, just pull them out, move them to system/app and install.
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of course none of these will actually do much until I reregister the device under my B&N account, correct? Presently, they run but don't access anything.
Speaking of...is there a way to reregister without rerooting?
of course none of these will actually do much until I reregister the device under my B&N account, correct? Presently, they run but don't access anything.
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Correct...
Speaking of...is there a way to reregister without rerooting?
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I don't think so...
~ G
I did not do a full debloat and only removed games but I have the same problem and cannot use some of the originally installed B&N apps. I think it is something I have to accept since I rooted the device. I did not install the Nook for Android app.
OK - Did a test last night w/ the following results:
After backing up all my apps and go launcher settings, and using Indirect's unroot app and Indirect's root method I rooted once each using option 5 debloat and option 1 debloat. Both times I registered my NT when the initial welcome screens started.
- With option 5 debloat and OTA block I did not have access to the B&N Shop/Library and couldn't purchase new books. I could re-install the library & reader apps from my back-up and my old stuff was there but no access to buy/download new stuff. Device Info/About Your Nook showed Unavailable for Owner/Account.
- With option 1 debloat and OTA block I do have access to the B&N Shop/Library and was able to purchase and download a new book. Device Info/About Your Nook showed my name and e-mail for Owner/Account.
I find it takes about 45 - 60 min. to completely unroot, reroot and reinstall my apps from back-up (after installing Ti-Backup from the market). Since your computer has already been set-up w/ the drivers to root when you did your intitial root - just start the reroot process w/ the NookandZergy.bat that you have in your c:\ntroot folder.
HTH ~ G
Silly question...
I have a few Android devices and I play around with them quite a bit - flashing ROMs, etc. - and there's one thing that tends to irk me: When setting up my Google account on the device, there's the following checkbox:
Bring apps, settings and other data that you previously backup up to your Google account
Is there any way to limit this to settings and other data? I've used a TON of Android apps, and there are many, free and paid, that I have no desire to use again.
I know a more robust solution (Titanium Backup, etc.) is better, but I'm not always running with root and I'm not looking for extremely-fine-grain control. I simply want to skip installing apps I haven't used in months!
I know I could simply uninstall the apps, but there are a ton.
I'm willing to uncheck the box if I can get a clear understanding of what I'll be missing if I don't sync. I don't have much time to experiment with it at the moment. For example, I don't remember if known wi-fi networks are synced (compare to Windows 8, which does - if I remember correctly - along with tons of other data)
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Is there any way to limit this to settings and other data? I've used a TON of Android apps, and there are many, free and paid, that I have no desire to use again.
For example, I don't remember if known wi-fi networks are synced (compare to Windows 8, which does - if I remember correctly - along with tons of other data)[/LIST]
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As for the first point, backup doesn't bring back all the apps you ever downloaded, but -- if all goes well -- just the ones you had on your last install.
Regarding your second point, wi-fi networks; yes, they are backed up.
lyrois said:
As for the first point, backup doesn't bring back all the apps you ever downloaded, but -- if all goes well -- just the ones you had on your last install.
Regarding your second point, wi-fi networks; yes, they are backed up.
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Hmm... that doesn't quite seem to be my experience, but it probably doesn't help that I have multiple android devices active at any given time.
Either way, yeah, still need to figure out if there's a good way to make it selective.
Hello!
I've recently purchased what I thought was a feature phone with long battery life, the Vodafone Smart A9 (VFD 120) for the purpose of putting my "home" SIM card in while I travel. Surprisingly, this phone actually runs Android! Albeit a very locked down version of Android without Google Play Services. In hindsight I probably should've purchased a different cheap phone and turned off data and location to get a similarly long battery life, at the time the price of $49NZD ($32USD) didn't seem like a bad idea. For the sake of interest I decided to try and sideload an application onto this phone, it seems like a decent companion to take hiking as I lost my last phone off the side of a mountain.
I've tried a few things to sideload an app or gain some sort of privileged access to the phone. I haven't really been up to date with the Android Hacking/Dev scene in a good while as my personal need to root has diminished greatly in the last few years.
Things I've tried:
Enable ADB in Developer Mode by pressing Build Version a bunch of times. Unfortunately pressing Build Version does nothing.
Look for settings to enable applications from other sources. This doesn't exist in the security settings.
Tried installing an app from the file manager. This doesn't work either.
Boot into recovery to do "anything". The phone shows up in ADB as "Unauthorised". There aren't any settings except a bunch of hardware tests and factory reset.
The device only has OTA updates but I imagine that even if I grab the file and spoof the download URL with a modified ROM, it wouldn't pass a hash/signature check.
Is there anything else I could realistically try? I'd just like to know if I've missed anything glaringly obvious.
Thanks for taking a look at my post!
phone is now 13nzd from harvy norman did you ever work out a way to load apps
If Android device is Wi-Fi enabled and has browser installed, you at any time can install an app from one of the several existing app markets: Google Play Store isn't the only one though it's highly recommended to use it due to security reasons.
Hi I was wondering if You could tell me how to boot into Recovery mode for this phone.