Hello!
My colleague has pulled of the amazing achievement of installing some sort of malware on his phone, i have no idea of how he did it or what .apk he installed to get it.
It shows itself by randomly showing a notice in the pull down bar, saying something about improving battery life, when the notice is clicked it opens a website:
hxxp://get.batteryoptimizer.net/lp6.b/index.html?utm_source=cb&utm_campaign=2012-01-13.c.pro&utm_term=sweden&custom_tag=en-minasmstips-Sweden
(disabled the automatic BB-code link, site contains mentioned malware use with caution )
View of the website in the phone:
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I can not find any suspicious app anywhere on the phone, and the phone is not rooted so i can not open a ADB shell to find it either.
Anyone have any idea of what this is? How can it be removed?
I cant find any information about this when googling it either.
He had the same thing on his old phone, Nexus One, so i dont know if he got the virus when it re-synced installed apps through gmail account when installing the new phone or if he succeeded to install the same malware .apk manually on both phones.
Ill be happy for any hints at all about this.
check all .apk's in /system/apps/ and try to remove those u dont know via titanium... also try avast! internet security from market... its free and imho the best anti-malware out there for android
PS: w/o rooting forget the titanium method...
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I have seen people mention it on twitter
And from what I recall it was another app they have installed already that's spamming them with ads
this is only from what I recall from my twitter stream however, ask you friend what apps he has installed lately and check the market comments on those to see if other people have had the same issue
Uninstall all recent Market apps.. It may have been hidden inside another app, so just uninstall some apps. If you get forced to, you might have to clear data in recovery.
Its an ad nor.ally by airpush. Developers have been using this as these ads pay more. Look for an airpush locator app from the market. It will tell you what app has it built into it.
Great stuff! Quite helpful for me.
Thanks for the help everyone.
I found the app, some spanish learning app. link
Found it using theese two apps:
Addons Detector
AirPush Detector
Thanks everyone
is useless app
Received a notification of this batterycrap already 2-3 times. I will now use airpush detector to find out which damn app is the root cause for that stuff.
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Hi Guys
Thanks for the advice on this piece of malware. I installed airpush locator app, and it identified my humble 'notepad' app (that was recently updated itself)
Notepad link
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1lLmxhb3llLmZyZWUubm90ZXBhZCJd
Phew!
Hmmmmmmmm nasty indeed !!!!!!!
But everyone needs to stop calling junk like this "MALWARE",
It is "ADWARE" a well known form of spam essentially.
Where as "malware" is an application that either degrades system performance or is involved in malign activities.
It being hidden installed on your phones, against your will doesn't make it malware
The reason it matters is the rather rapidly growing assumption amongst the general public that Android is a malware troubled flatform. Which it is not.
Guru Zeb said:
Hmmmmmmmm nasty indeed !!!!!!!
But everyone needs to stop calling junk like this "MALWARE",
It is "ADWARE" a well known form of spam essentially.
Where as "malware" is an application that either degrades system performance or is involved in malign activities.
It being hidden installed on your phones, against your will doesn't make it malware
The reason it matters is the rather rapidly growing assumption amongst the general public that Android is a malware troubled flatform. Which it is not.
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Hey Guru
Good point about the naming of the problem! Although on this occasion, whether it's 'malware', 'adware', or even 'underware' the name is less relevant. I think the point is that someone has infiltrated our phones and we needed to find the culprit
Personally, if it's 'pushing' stuff to my phone without me knowing, then in my book, that's 'malign activity'.
Glad I got rid of it though
stevep said:
Personally, if it's 'pushing' stuff to my phone without me knowing, then in my book, that's 'malign activity'.
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You installed the app therefore giving it the permissions it requests
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DarkhShadow said:
You installed the app therefore giving it the permissions it requests
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Well said! Yeah..and that's the point. The original app - Notepad - was a 'safe' one.. so I let it install when it said that an update was available. The latest version introduced 'extra' permissions that I didn't look out for because I assumed it was still essentially the same app and therefore it would NOT allow ads/apps to be pushed.
I'd say that was 'less-than-honest-behaviour' - Maybe it should be called 'ReadTheSmallPrintWare'
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Well said! Yeah..and that's the point. The original app - Notepad - was a 'safe' one.. so I let it install when it said that an update was available. The latest version introduced 'extra' permissions that I didn't look out for because I assumed it was still essentially the same app and therefore it would NOT allow ads/apps to be pushed.
I'd say that was 'less-than-honest-behaviour' - Maybe it should be called 'ReadTheSmallPrintWare'
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If you install via market and an apps permissions change later it does highlight them in bold to bring them to your attention.
But they should say "can push notifications to your phone".
Dave
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Hi,
i have the same problem.
I find in my install apps two apps without peculiar icon (only universal system icon). This apps have in name too samsung. I don't remember when this apps I install. I uninstall it. And now I without batteryoptimizer malware message.
(Sorry my english is bad)
Same problem. Used the airpush and addons detector and found the culprit. Pin to Pinterest.
Thanks guys.
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Some apps ask for more permissions than I want to give them.
With DroidWall I can take internet permissions away from individual apps, which is great for all those app that demand internet access even though they work fine without it. But what if I want to remove other permissions, such as access to my location or my contacts?
There is a manual way to edit unwanted permissions out of .apk files, but this method is not meant for human consumption.
Q: Is there an app that lets me allow/deny permissions per app?
It is not possible and is a very bad idea to do by modifying the APK.
I agree it'd be cool if Android was implemented to allow optional permissions. I hate adding permissions to my apps because I know some users don't want to give them. But Android is not designed this way.
Here's how I and just about every other developer would do something like make use of the READ_PHONE_STATE permissions to read your IMEI:
Code:
TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
String deviceId = tm.getDeviceId();
Without the READ_PHONE_STATE permission, the above could would do this:
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It's possible for developers to write their code to handle not having a permission they expect to have:
Code:
String deviceId;
try { TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
deviceId = tm.getDeviceId();
} catch (SecurityException ex) {
deviceId = "1234";
}
However no app dev does this. And unless a future version of Android itself were to allow this, it's unlikely app devs would take the time to test and update their apps to gracefully degrade when the user has used some hacky method to restrict the app. (I wouldn't. I have to do enough testing already just supporting all the manufacture skins and custom roms.)
If you question a permission you should ask the dev. And if you don't like the answer, or don't trust the dev, you should avoid the app.
(DroidWall doesn't remove the INTERNET permission, it just firewalls off the app from using the internet. Looks like a network connection issue to the app, which already has to be handle gracefully.)
DroidWall tells the apps it blocks that there is no live internet connection, even though the connection is alive and kicking for every other app. AdBlock works in a similar way: it doesn't deny apps from calling their banner farm, it just keeps it out of reach by redirecting the request to 127.0.0.1.
There are many ways to make apps believe they've got permissions that they don't really have.
For example, a permissions manager could spoof an empty contacts list for apps that want to read your phone book. Apps that want to know where you are for no good reason would only have to be fed some random coordinates instead of getting your real location.
Maybe Android was not designed that way, but one of the advantages of an open system is that you can make it do things beyond the original specs. If we root our phones and install custom ROMs to get rid of unwanted bloatware, why not apply similar techniques to get rid of unwanted app permissions?
Of course you could simply avoid apps that ask for too many permissions (but only if suitable alternative apps are available), but such a sledgehammer approach wouldn't be necessary with a permissions manager that gives you more subtle tools to tame your apps. This way you can have the best of both worlds: remove undesired permissions without throwing out the entire app.
It's been done in the lab, hopefully they release source. The paper is a pretty good read, and not overly verbose.
Can't post links, don't want to spam 8 posts for it, so Google for "Taming Information-Stealing Smartphone Applications". The paper is from NCSU.
Exactly what I'm looking for. Let's hope it hits the market soon!
The long version (in pdf format): http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/jiang/pubs/TRUST11.pdf
The short version: http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=10052
Even shorter: http://apps.findingthis.com/utilities/android/taming-information-stealing-smartphone-applications/
Screenshot:
Permissions manager for rooted phones from the author of Busybox: Permissions Denied.
Unfortunately, it looks like Permissions Denied actually denies permissions rather than spoofing them, so I would expect most apps to crash as mentioned by kevin. The spoofing approach in the NCSU papers seems like the more robust approach unless and until Google implements optional permissions, at which point app developers would hopefully start adding graceful permission exception handlers.
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This is really the worst "feature" of Android. Someone should fix it really fast even creating a "shadow" distro with patched permission manager (if it cannot be done as an add-on).
Is anything new in this topic around?
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rogier666 said:
Some apps ask for more permissions than I want to give them.
Q: Is there an app that lets me allow/deny permissions per app?
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Did they ever release the TISSA app? I can't find anything about the app since last April.
It doesn't matter anymore, 'cos now we have LBE, PDroid, and the built-in permissions manager of CyanogenMod.
i've been using lbe and it's been useful. it doesn't block every permission of an app but some things as internet (as droidwall), contacts, gps and sms/phone call it blocks. If you're looking for a real permission blocker, you may want to take a look at some cyanogen 7 rom. the app blocking is enabled on it, pretty handy for me.
Unfortunately LBE crashes my phone (black screen as soon as the background service starts) and Cyanogen Mod doesn't include this feature anymore. Are there any other permission manager apps? Since PDroid seams hard to setup.
white-gecko said:
Unfortunately LBE crashes my phone (black screen as soon as the background service starts) and Cyanogen Mod doesn't include this feature anymore. Are there any other permission manager apps? Since PDroid seams hard to setup.
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There's a new app called LBE Security Manager, but it's Google-translated from chinese to english so it may be hard to use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422479
Looks like the makers of LBE are focussing on their home market (population 1.35 billion) and ignoring the rest of the world.
Hi!
I have just got myself an android phone and I am lookign for a good permissions manager app - would be grateful for any solutions.
I've had a look at LBE, but it requires access to all your phone's functions!!! Seems silly to produce a security app that can MAKE CALLS and SEND MESSAGES from your phone!!
Are there any other alternatives for android JB?
Thank you!
PS I'm absolutely shocked by android's permissions policy - seems like a massive threat to me. maybe I'm paranoid =) I'd be grateful for any links to info about securing the phone.
Also I can't seem to set a root password but that's a different story 0_0
Mr.Chavez said:
Hi!
I have just got myself an android phone and I am lookign for a good permissions manager app - would be grateful for any solutions.
I've had a look at LBE, but it requires access to all your phone's functions!!! Seems silly to produce a security app that can MAKE CALLS and SEND MESSAGES from your phone!!
Are there any other alternatives for android JB?
Thank you!
PS I'm absolutely shocked by android's permissions policy - seems like a massive threat to me. maybe I'm paranoid =) I'd be grateful for any links to info about securing the phone.
Also I can't seem to set a root password but that's a different story 0_0
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With the way Android is set up all permissions managers need a truckload of permissions to do their job. Once you give your security app root access the other permissions don't matter anymore. Whether it's LBE, Permissions Denied, or the built-in permissions manager of CyanogenMod makes no difference. Once you give 'em root access they can do whatever they want.
rogier666 said:
With the way Android is set up all permissions managers need a truckload of permissions to do their job. Once you give your security app root access the other permissions don't matter anymore. Whether it's LBE, Permissions Denied, or the built-in permissions manager of CyanogenMod makes no difference. Once you give 'em root access they can do whatever they want.
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Thank you.
Can LBE from XDA be trusted?..
In my understanding Google does not provide any guarantees on apps downloaded from Google Play store (i.e. i've been warned about permissions when installing an app so it's at my own risk - is that right?
What is the general public view on android security then? Is it better to let one app take over the phone (eg lbe or permission denied)?
Thank you for helping an android newbie!
Mr.Chavez said:
Thank you.
Can LBE from XDA be trusted?..
In my understanding Google does not provide any guarantees on apps downloaded from Google Play store (i.e. i've been warned about permissions when installing an app so it's at my own risk - is that right?
What is the general public view on android security then? Is it better to let one app take over the phone (eg lbe or permission denied)?
Thank you for helping an android newbie!
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I have used various versions of LBE without problems in the past (am not using it at the moment). You need to trust someone or something eventually.
Firewall can help.
ROM Toolbox has an advanced freeze option in app manager which can disable a number of intents, including start on boot, ad engines, analytics, etc. Of course, disabling things can at times have undesirable results but if you take notes of your changes they can easily be turned back on later.
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I've switched off everything in LBE Privacy Guard (Play Store version) that needs internet, blocked it with DroidWall (and later with AFWall+), and checked my router logs and packet sniffer. I never caught LBE going online when it wasn't supposed to.
PDroid is safe too, but very hard to build into your ROM.
How about permission managera under Android 4.3? No root needed...
Is it possible to unlock APP ops without an third party APP? Just editing some file? I have got root
Good news, Droidwall development has been picked up by a new dev. It's now called Android Firewall, and yes it works on 4.0 and higher--something Droidwall did not support.
It's open source and worth checking out.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jtschohl.androidfirewall
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Good news, Droidwall development has been picked up by a new dev. It's now called Android Firewall, and yes it works on 4.0 and higher--something Droidwall did not support.
It's open source and worth checking out.
View attachment 1535338
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jtschohl.androidfirewall
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Will this app allow you to block certain apps from accessing phone data, etc.. when they have nothing to do with phone data or network?
Is there a solution for earlier android versions?
hydeah said:
Will this app allow you to block certain apps from accessing phone data, etc.. when they have nothing to do with phone data or network?
Is there a solution for earlier android versions?
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No, this is just a firewall/iptables. For further protection, like blocking certain apps from getting specific permissions, there are apps like pdroid, LBE, etc.
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LaserChicken said:
No, this is just a firewall/iptables. For further protection, like blocking certain apps from getting specific permissions, there are apps like pdroid, LBE, etc.
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Thanks, I have been looking for one like that but I kept getting firewalls. I noticed firewall is simply blocking/allowing wifi/3g-4g data access. I iwll check those apps you mentioned, there is no reason why angry birds should have access to phone data.. I wonder if any one of those apps actually replace the phone data so the app/game itself does not FC when it cannot access the data it needs (my caller ID data.. )
Rom toolbox has an auto start function that tells you how many receivers an app has at startup and lets you disable them not sure if that's what your looking for or not
don't be scared it's only a phone
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Hi, I use normal home wifi, and mobile wifi with DATA PLAN when I'm out, is there a way to setup different access restriction for each one???
That is different settings for: DATA / WIFI xxx / WIFI yyy, or just treats certain WIFI Hotspots as Mobile Data like in some new JellyBean Data restriction
hydeah said:
Thanks, I have been looking for one like that but I kept getting firewalls. I noticed firewall is simply blocking/allowing wifi/3g-4g data access. I iwll check those apps you mentioned, there is no reason why angry birds should have access to phone data.. I wonder if any one of those apps actually replace the phone data so the app/game itself does not FC when it cannot access the data it needs (my caller ID data.. )
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LBE Privacy Guard is great. I think it's exactly what you're looking for
Anybody else having the problem that settings aren't sticking on latest version from play store?
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Have you tried flushing the rules and clearing the cache?
will give this a try
Isn't this now a stock feature of 4.4, ability to block apps from accessing certain phone information and functions?
I believe it was introduced in 4.3.
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I would suggest using xprivacy and the xposed framework. They weren't available when I made this thread, they work great. Make sure you use the 2.3 port of xposed.
hydeah said:
Isn't this now a stock feature of 4.4, ability to block apps from accessing certain phone information and functions?
I believe it was introduced in 4.3.
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I don't believe the stock feature allows for as much control as xprivacy does. And if I understand, the stock 4.4 feature won't block system apps.
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I don't believe the stock feature allows for as much control as xprivacy does. And if I understand, the stock 4.4 feature won't block system apps.
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Xposed is getting a lot of attention, are they on the track to be the next CM of Android community? Possibly.
I am curious, does it actually stop these apps from trying to get data or just deny access but they keep trying. And if they keep trying when they don't get what they want, will that have any impact on battery life?
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Is Android Firewall still supported? I don't see it on Google Play anymore, and even though I have it enabled it has stopped working on my KitKat phone.
EEngineer said:
Is Android Firewall still supported? I don't see it on Google Play anymore, and even though I have it enabled it has stopped working on my KitKat phone.
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Yea I was just looking for it today and it's gone. What's the next best thing?
Flyview said:
EEngineer said:
Is Android Firewall still supported? I don't see it on Google Play anymore, and even though I have it enabled it has stopped working on my KitKat phone.
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Yea I was just looking for it today and it's gone. What's the next best thing?
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It seems to be working but it doesn't block ads any more..
First I had DroidWall and that was abandoned, now I have Android Firewall and that is abandoned. I think I'll look for a firewall that has been around for a long time, it has less chance of turning into abandonware.
Seriously you guys are not aware of AFWall+ ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957231
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Seriously you guys are not aware of AFWall+ ?
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Seriously, have you not read this thread?
First, there was DroidWall, which was unceremoniously discontinued and not fit for use for any Android OS past Gingerbread.
Next, the same developer launched Android Firewall. Not only did the developer also discontinue this firewall and drop it from Google Play without notice, but it appears Android Firewall now lets ads through! Note that this does not happen if you block Android Firewall in Android Firewall, so it might be that the developer deliberately modified the firewall to let ads through - someone with more knowledge would have to verify this.
Now, the same developer has released AFWall+. I'm sorry but I can't trust a firewall from a developer that has a history of abandoning their apps, especially a security app.
In each case, the developer went dark.
So now many are looking for a firewall that has been supported for a long time, and we are willing to pay for it. I don't think we are being unreasonable here, I appreciate the work that developers have done for the community but would be respectful of users if the app was discontinued with some notice and explanation, rather than leaving users vulnerable.
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Seriously, have you not read this thread?
First, there was DroidWall, which was unceremoniously discontinued and not fit for use for any Android OS past Gingerbread.
Next, the same developer launched Android Firewall. Not only did the developer also discontinue this firewall and drop it from Google Play without notice, but it appears Android Firewall now lets ads through! Note that this does not happen if you block Android Firewall in Android Firewall, so it might be that the developer deliberately modified the firewall to let ads through - someone with more knowledge would have to verify this.
Now, the same developer has released AFWall+. I'm sorry but I can't trust a firewall from a developer that has a history of abandoning their apps, especially a security app.
In each case, the developer went dark.
So now many are looking for a firewall that has been supported for a long time, and we are willing to pay for it. I don't think we are being unreasonable here, I appreciate the work that developers have done for the community but would be respectful of users if the app was discontinued with some notice and explanation, rather than leaving users vulnerable.
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Same developer ? get you stats right. DroidWall was developed by Rodrigo and sold it to Avast
There were two forks of Droidwall after that.
1. AFWall+ by me
2. Android Firewall by "Jason Tschohl"
AFWall+ is still active and currently in BETA to support Lollipop. You can see that in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957231
You heard that right, Saurik (the creator of Cydia on iOS) has released Cydia Substrate on Android - Available On google play store.
Winterboard is already available now !!!
Some people have inquired about the possibility of having a Google Play alternative, sort of like Cydia is an App Store alternative. While that may sound like a good idea, it’s not absolutely necessary like it was on iOS. With iOS, Apple would outright reject any app or tweak submitted to the App Store. Google is much more lenient on what it will accept, and it has less strict rules about the openness of certain apps. That’s why it is possible for Saurik to submit WinterBoard to Google Play and get approved. There is no absolute need for an alternative like there is with iOS.
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With all of that being stated, I think that an alternate store would be beneficial for a couple of reasons, but one sticks out above all others. I think that a Google Play alternative would be good simply for organizational purposes. On iOS, you know you go to the App Store when you want to download an App Store app, and you know you go to Cydia when you want to download a jailbreak app. The lines are rarely, if ever, blurred. With the Android situation, I can see things becoming a lot more confusing with everything being mixed in together.
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Get It On Google Play Store: Cydia Substrate
blakstar said:
You heard that right, Saurik (the creator of Cydia on iOS) has released Cydia Substrate on Android - Available On google play store.
Winterboard is already available now !!!
Get It On Google Play Store: Cydia Substrate
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Does that mean we will have access to ios jailbroken apps? Working on our Android?
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dark ryder said:
Does that mean we will have access to ios jailbroken apps? Working on our Android?
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Not quite. There are some tweaks available, That includes Winterboard (theme chooser for any rom, also use icon packs for any launcher on a stock rom).
This is just the beginning, as you see in the below image. But I hope it turns out to something big.
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you can check it out on google, its a major hit for android, but I guess I won't be seeing it as I no longer own an android device, but an iphone
I did see it... Absolutely ridiculous.. Didn't even work, very poor... There's Xposed Framework for such and much more options... Anyway what have you done ?! Im no fan of iPhone nor the shi*y OS, we chose Android for a reason... And it your choice, enjoy
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I did see it... Absolutely ridiculous.. Didn't even work, very poor... There's Xposed Framework for such and much more options... Anyway what have you done ?! Im no fan of iPhone nor the shi*y OS, we chose Android for a reason... And it your choice, enjoy
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LOL, the iPhone was a present from my uncle, I can't say no. But I'm sure I will return to android some day.
On Topic again...
If you use the Winterboard app found on the play store you can transform your phone into one another, I haven't tried it yet, but people are saying it has issues
Omessy7 said:
I did see it... Absolutely ridiculous.. Didn't even work, very poor... There's Xposed Framework for such and much more options... Anyway what have you done ?! Im no fan of iPhone nor the shi*y OS, we chose Android for a reason... And it your choice, enjoy
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I am terribly sorry it did not work for you, but I will point out that it was just released when you tried it. I will also ask if you meant that WinterBoard didn't work (which is somewhat to be expected: it's kind of hit-or-miss) or Substrate itself. Finally, I will point out that Substrate (in comparison to Xposed) allows you to inject into daemons, hook native code, supports Intel devices, runs on Android 2.3, and has constant-time performance (Xposed gets slower the more hooks you install); while there are certainly more things developed right now that target it for a user, I think it provides many more options to the developer. Over the last couple weeks I've been able to get it rapidly supporting all of the corner-cases people have been throwing at me with regards to random ROMs, so if your issue was with Substrate (not WinterBoard), then I somewhat expect that you might not have issues anymore with a more recent version. (If you are on an HTC version, a workaround for full support is coming in 0.9.4008, to be released to the Play Store later tonight.)
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I am terribly sorry it did not work for you, but I will point out that it was just released when you tried it. I will also ask if you meant that WinterBoard didn't work (which is somewhat to be expected: it's kind of hit-or-miss) or Substrate itself. Finally, I will point out that Substrate (in comparison to Xposed) allows you to inject into daemons, hook native code, supports Intel devices, runs on Android 2.3, and has constant-time performance (Xposed gets slower the more hooks you install); while there are certainly more things developed right now that target it for a user, I think it provides many more options to the developer. Over the last couple weeks I've been able to get it rapidly supporting all of the corner-cases people have been throwing at me with regards to random ROMs, so if your issue was with Substrate (not WinterBoard), then I somewhat expect that you might not have issues anymore with a more recent version. (If you are on an HTC version, a workaround for full support is coming in 0.9.4008, to be released to the Play Store later tonight.)
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Saurik I just install and I get an error
My android version:4.0.4/4.1.B.0.431
Hope this can help you to make better
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Saurik I just install and I get an error
My android version:4.0.4/4.1.B.0.431
Hope this can help you to make better
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I'm sorry for the late reply. This is actually caused by a bug in your Superuser application, which is stripping library paths from executions of setuid programs. This was fixed in later versions of most Superuser programs, but some people don't have that fix. I actually made a new version of Substrate a while ago that totally bypassed this kind of issue entirely, but for various reasons (mostly life stuff: life sucks sometimes) I did not get around to releasing it. There will be a big update to Substrate in the next couple days that includes this change.
Hi I'm new to android phone. When I bought my phone, the mobile store gave me some apps including paid for a deal price from dealers. But I found some apps having a prefix in their file name which on googling I found they are piracy developers. But many of other apps provided by them are already free apps from google play. But some are paid apps, for example, AVG mobile antivirus pro. The file is doesn't have any prefix. Is there any way to find if its genuine or not? Any tips regarding this is much appreciated.
Thanks
Anilnc
Hey
i have been trying to find out too but it seems there is not much attention given on piracy. You would find various copies of same software with changes in icon and stuff to dodge copyright
I have sent an email to AVG team about this. Lets see what they say in order to identify if mine is genuine or not and hope some tips to find for other apps as well.
Hi Anil,
If its a paid app and its not from Google Play but from some other site, then its definitely pirated.
It's not from other site, the mobile store gave them a deal price. I'm 90% sure it's pirated
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It's not from other site, the mobile store gave them a deal price. I'm 90% sure it's pirated
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If it's not from the play store it is most likely pirated and a another giveaway that the software is pirated is when you say that the mobile store gave them a deal price most mobile phone stores don't do this.
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Yea that's why I got this doubt. I refused to pay him with a doubt but I believed when he said its a special dealer's offer.
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If it's not from the play store it is most likely pirated and a another giveaway that the software is pirated is when you say that the mobile store gave them a deal price most mobile phone stores don't do this.
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Hi, for safety reasons I recommend that you use google play. Anyone who has an app knows that google play is the best showcase, if it isnt there, we have reason to suspect, that doesnt mean that all are necessarily pirates
The easiest way to check this is if the app is listed in Google Play as purchased, if it's not it may be pirated.
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The easiest way to check this is if the app is listed in Google Play as purchased, if it's not it may be pirated.
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Yea I got same idea. And in google store it shows as purchased. It shows either open or uninstall buttons in the PlayStore. But the version number is different, yet it shows. But not in the installed apps location. I searched for the app in the google play, then the app in google play is not showing to install it, it shows to open button.
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Yea I got same idea. And in google store it shows as purchased. It shows either open or uninstall buttons in the PlayStore. But the version number is different, yet it shows. But not in the installed apps location. I searched for the app in the google play, then the app in google play is not showing to install it, it shows to open button.
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Then it's not a legit app, which are from Google Play, then it might be a illegal app. I suggest you to uninstall the apps then buy them if you want updates and support the dev.
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Hi, for safety reasons I recommend that you use google play. Anyone who has an app knows that google play is the best showcase, if it isnt there, we have reason to suspect, that doesnt mean that all are necessarily pirates
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Yes I too doubt that maybe all are not pirates, but this app doesn't update to latest version as available in google play, yet it shows the open button instead of install or buy. I'm confused. Hope to get a reply from the AVG team soon.
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Then it's not a legit app, which are from Google Play, then it might be a illegal app. I suggest you to uninstall the apps then buy them if you want updates and support the dev.
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Yep, I think I will do that.
Hi,
I finally got a reply from AVG regarding the app how to check of its legit or not. I've pasted the mail below.
"We would like to inform you that if the software is not visible on "MyApps" list, then this will tell us that you did not purchased it from google store. To confirm that this is a valid application submitted to google play store, we can identify it by clicking on the "Open" button when you search the name of the application and you were able to open it, then this is a valid application. And if there is no update button, then this is an updated application."
The app not listed in my apps but after searching the app in google play, and clicking open button, it opens the app as AVG said, which means possibility of a valid app. But I am not able to update. They said the current version is 3.2.3 but my app is 3.0.3 with build number 998. I've attached a screenshot. If anyone can help it would be great.
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Google is trying to combat this. With the recent update to In-App Billing API V3, even free versions of software can have license checks to ensure the app came from the right place.
I got another reply from AVG, in response to the app I submitted them to check the originality. They said the app I have submitted and installed is original and valid file. But as that file is maybe 6 months old, it cannot be updated. Hence recommended me to purchase the latest version of the app.
STRANGE.
But if I must buy, I feel for me, this app, AVG Mobile antivirus pro is way too high in price. It is 15$ and right now with 30% off with 11$. If anyone could recommend me of any less priced best anti virus app? I was thinking about Kaspersky anti virus for mobile at 5$.
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I got another reply from AVG, in response to the app I submitted them to check the originality. They said the app I have submitted and installed is original and valid file. But as that file is maybe 6 months old, it cannot be updated. Hence recommended me to purchase the latest version of the app.
STRANGE.
But if I must buy, I feel for me, this app, AVG Mobile antivirus pro is way too high in price. It is 15$ and right now with 30% off with 11$. If anyone could recommend me of any less priced best anti virus app? I was thinking about Kaspersky anti virus for mobile at 5$.
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Kasperksy is a good anti virus for the money. Another choice of mine would be Norton.
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Hello all, I searched extensively for an answer about this on here and the Android docs but found nothing.
I'm using a Pixel 3AXL that still has security updates thru 03/22(-ish)
Google is trying to beg me to upgrade to Android 12 and I don't want the upgrade. I tested Android 12 while it was in beta and I simply don't like the bubbly interface it's the opposite of what I prefer.
That being said there's no option to refuse the upgrade and continue on with updates for Android 11 until my security end of life occurs...
Anyone know how I can get just security updates on Android 11? Will I need to manual update by "side loading" update files with adb? (or if that's even possible?)
Don't know. Android 12 might as well be malware if it screws up you're device's functionality or usability
Backup all critical data redundantly to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. Never encrypt data drives and make sure the data is all there, intact and readable. That's your best protection against all that can happen.
In real time use it doesn't seem to matter as long as you're running on Android 9 or higher. It's fairly secure.
This N10+ hasn't been updated in over 2 years and the current load is over 1.5 yo.
Malware hasn't been an issue but I'm careful with what I install, download and back out of or close the browser, sometimes clear the cache if things get sketchy, etc. I hawk the download folder daily. Wifi is locked down as well.
Most malware is downloaded* by the user... and there's no saving dumb bunnies.
*and/or they they fail to detect malware in the download folder such as a trojan preloader. Had one breach the Samsung browser 22 months ago in spite of file settings. Tricky little rascal. It got perished before it could download its payload
Thanks, my greatest concern these days is a fdroid package gone rogue or infiltrated with malware... I suppose the same thing can and sometimes does happen on Googles play store as well. So yeah mostly package manager attacks or supply chain or whatever they're known as.
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Thanks, my greatest concern these days is a fdroid package gone rogue or infiltrated with malware... I suppose the same thing can and sometimes does happen on Googles play store as well. So yeah mostly package manager attacks or supply chain or whatever they're known as.
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When side loading scan with online Virustotal.
Scan occasionally with Malwarebytes as it will pick off one every now and then. It found a raskily trojan preloader in the download folder once that snuck in before it could retrieve its payload.
Lol, just because it's on Playstore doesn't mean I trust it. All my apps have been in use for a long time and I don't "sample" apps unless I need too.
It's rare but a poorly written Android app will sometimes do a dirty uninstall and leave you with a mess. My current OS load is over 1.5 yo, still fast and stable. In part because I'm careful what I install.
I firewall block apps that don't need internet access with Karma Firewall.
I also use this setting modification to kill ads globally...
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Excellent idea. Can some apps hide from karma? I'm using a KeePass compatible open source password manager downloaded from fdroid and it's not listed on my karma firewall apps list.
All my other apps and fdroid apps are listed though...
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Excellent idea. Can some apps hide from karma? I'm using a KeePass compatible open source password manager downloaded from fdroid and it's not listed on my karma firewall apps list.
All my other apps and fdroid apps are listed though...
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Nothing can hid from Karma's logging feature that I'm aware of. Problem is that feature is only active on Android 9 and below.
I've use this feature a lot as you can see what accessed the internet and when.
It's "piggybacking" on another Android service be my guess or you just didn't spot it.
Some apks show only as UID numbers.
I use the logging feature to determine their purpose.