Latest aFirewall (call blocking software) update has 2 new permissions, one of them I can understand since its related to app purpose:
INTERCEPT OUTGOING CALLS
Allows the app to process outgoing calls and change the number to be dialed. Malicious apps may monitor, redirect, or prevent outgoing calls.
But there's a second permission that I dont see its purpose:
RETRIEVE RUNNING APPS
Allows the app to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. Malicious apps may discover private information about other apps.
What's in this version:
3.6.0:
1. Update application icon;
2. Add running info display and shortcut;
3. Fix two FCs;
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Anyone knows if this permission is really necessary?
Thank you
Look at number 2
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I can see that, but what does this do? Why does a call blocking app needs this?
To identify malicious apps running in the background, I assume?
It used to identify if BackupToEmail is installed in your phone. Thanks.
thl16888 said:
It used to identify if BackupToEmail is installed in your phone. Thanks.
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Shouldn't need any special permission to determine if a specific package is installed.
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I can see that, but what does this do? Why does a call blocking app needs this?
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Hmm maybe becease its a firewall app that its gonna maybe protect you from harmfull apps??? Or even look for apps that sigh you up for premium texting services without asking...
On a side not Wrong section! Post in questions next time!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1236
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aFirewall on lollipop
motodroidfreak said:
Hmm maybe becease its a firewall app that its gonna maybe protect you from harmfull apps??? Or even look for apps that sigh you up for premium texting services without asking...
On a side not Wrong section! Post in questions next time!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1236
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hello everyone, anyone can help me figure out with my experience in using aFirewall on my phone previously that was samsung GT-S7582 everything about this app seem fine. but when I tried to use it in my GT-i9515 Im having problem after installing because it cant serve its feautures anymore maybe partly it is since the messages were still detected though, but it goes through my inbox as well where it shouldn't be can somebody share your ideas as to how to fix this issue... Thanks.
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for some reason my phone is reading my text i receive while im on a voice call. it just started doing it recently and i can not figure out how to stop it. please help
What kind of messaging apps do you have installed? Some will have the option to read them out loud to you.
Have you installed any text-to-voice apps? That could also be a culprit.
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Mirmensky said:
What kind of messaging apps do you have installed? Some will have the option to read them out loud to you.
Have you installed any text-to-voice apps? That could also be a culprit.
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i have no text to voice apps installed. i gave up and just going to do a fresh install. its been a while and needs to be done anyway. thanks
fioricet said:
for some reason my phone is reading my text i receive while im on a voice call. it just started doing it recently and i can not figure out how to stop it. please help
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That 'll fix it.................
What rom are you on, isn't there a rom/app that utilizes Linda (womans voice) for a lot of things now? I hate to sound so vague, but I recalll a thread title in this regard.
I have been getting some spam notifications i don't know where they are coming from. Please see the screenshot below. Help me take care of this. Thanks.
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i have been getting these 2 but cant think of anything new i have installed since they started to appear
Its an app you have recently installed. Uninstall that app and they go away or download airpush blocker to get rid of them. But If I were you guys just uninstall that app I hate those stupid notifications
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I'd recommend getting an antivirus software for Android.
Sadly even mobile phones nowaday need such software regardless of OS and manufacturer.
Either avast (free) or Dr.Web Beta (also free) are excellt and additionally report such Spammer apps.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en
10076757 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en
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+1
Works well
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I hope somebody can give me some advice on this cos it's driving me potty, I keep getting notifications on my phone and they are in chinese (see screenshots), clearing them is no problem but I'd like to know if there's any way of blocking them, it's not a text or email, just a notification and a little picture of a star at the top of my screen, any suggestions welcomed thanks
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Try downloading some antivirus app from Market. Maybe it finds something.
And where can I get that wallpaper?
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Its some sort of adware.Get that Dr web lite and it'll soon find the app that contains the adware.
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boki9999 said:
Try downloading some antivirus app from Market. Maybe it finds something.
And where can I get that wallpaper?
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Pm me with your email or mobile number and I'll send it to you
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The notification appears because you have installed an app with airpush advertisements in your phone.
Install this and do a scan on your phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
Then uninstall the aplication that came out with the result and rate developer with 1 star on google play. (this usually gets the developer to react, if alot of 1 star ratings are received)
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The notification appears because you have installed an app with airpush advertisements in your phone.
Install this and do a scan on your phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
Then uninstall the aplication that came out with the result and rate developer with 1 star on google play. (this usually gets the developer to react, if alot of 1 star ratings are received)
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I installed it and it said no apps detected, i've also installed avast, dr web and lookout but they didn't find anything either, thanks anyway
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Try "addons detector". However that's not a generic ad so it may not detect anything. You just have to go through your recent installed apps and running processes to figure out which app is the culprit.
jzmtl said:
Try "addons detector". However that's not a generic ad so it may not detect anything. You just have to go through your recent installed apps and running processes to figure out which app is the culprit.
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Easier to do a full wipe and flash the rom again but thanks anyway
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mrbluesman said:
Easier to do a full wipe and flash the rom again but thanks anyway
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Have you installed any apps recently right before you started getting the chinese notifications? That would probably be the culprit. I would start uninstalling recent apps and that might solve your issue
kilometers4 said:
Have you installed any apps recently right before you started getting the chinese notifications? That would probably be the culprit. I would start uninstalling recent apps and that might solve your issue
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I flash different roms all the time and use titanium to restore my apps, come to think of it I only have this issue with the rom I'm using for my daily (perfect galaxy), can't imagine it's a problem with the rom but I think I'll dual boot it and monitor it for a couple of days, I'll let you know how I get on, thanks for everybody's comments
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jzmtl said:
Try "addons detector". However that's not a generic ad so it may not detect anything. You just have to go through your recent installed apps and running processes to figure out which app is the culprit.
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I got the notification again this morning and found the culprit with the notification monitor function in addons detector, thanks for putting me on to it, the app that was doing the dirty was flashlight and is now uninstalled from my s2
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I have the same issue as you do
did your issue come back anymore?
Same here...
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Torres_Spain said:
Same here...
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dataman said:
I have the same issue as you do
did your issue come back anymore?
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when you get the notification Spam don't remove it yet:
Settings > under system tap on {} Developer options > check USB Debugging
connect the phone using a usb to your computer
open adb shell
Code:
adb shell dumpsys notification
copy the output and save it to a text file, post it here
i'll tell you which app is spaming.
I FIXED MINE!!
the KEY: notification monitor function in addons detector
leave it on and wait a day or so till you get the notification
I used to get bunch of Chinese ads
addon detector showed me exactly which program caused it
it was a hacked version of game I have downloaded... got rid of it and the ad was gone...
thanks guys
the link to addon detector
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.denper.addonsdetector&hl=en
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Now that we have some root access, I figured we could use this thread to report what apps we've successfully frozen/uninstalled, and using which app.
So far from using Rom Toolbox (Pro) I was able to freeze the following:
-Amazon
-Amazon Kindle
-Backup Assistant Plus
-My Verizon Mobile
-SEAndroid
-Setup Wizard
-Sync Service (backup assistant)
-Verizon Login
-Verizon Mobile Security
-Verizon Remote Diagnostics
-Verizon Tones
-Verizon Navigator
-Verizon Voicemail
-Voice Recorder
Uninstalled:
-NFL Mobile
-Audible
Cant find/figure out:
-Viewdini apk (no idea what this even is)
-VZW Mobile Hotspot apk
-Audible Re-installs itself.
Some of the apps were stubborn and needed to be frozen a couple of times for it to stick.
I have frozen via TitanBU:
All things Amazon related
Appstore release 4.56
Backup Assistant Plus
Basic Daydreams 4.2.2
Beauty Face
Best Face
Bluetooth test 1.0
Blurbcheckout
Briefing
ChocoEUkor
Chrome
Come2uSPoker
CoolEUKor
DirectShareManager
DirectConnectManager
DroidSeriftalic
ELMAgent
Faceunlock
Flipboard
FWupgrade
GooglePlaybooks
Googlemagazines
GoogleTV/Movies
GoogleMusic
Google+
GroupPlay
Help 1.0
LocalFOTA
Match3VS
MobilePrint
MobileTracker
MobilePrintSvc
NFLMobile
OmaDrmpopup
Pagebuddy
RoseEUkor
Shealth
SSBooks
SSHub
SS Sans
SEAndroid
Setup Wizard (Both)
Share Music
Story Album / Widget
Sync Service
Talk Back
Travel Travel Wallpaper
TripAdvisor
VZWLogin
VZWRemote
VZWTones
Viewdini
VZWNav
All Yahoo
Wow, you don't like Chrome, huh?
PEOPLE YOU DON'T NEED TO ROOT THE PHONE TO FREEZE AND APP ICECREAM FIXED THIS WHEN THEY INTRODUCED ITS OWN VERSION OF FREEZING AN APP WERE IN JELLY BEAN WHICH MEAN YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FREEZE AN APP WITHOUT ROOTING DUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! AND YOU DON'T NEED A ROOTING APP TO DO SO!
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PEOPLE YOU DON'T NEED TO ROOT THE PHONE TO FREEZE AND APP ICECREAM FIXED THIS WHEN THEY INTRODUCED ITS OWN VERSION OF FREEZING AN APP WERE IN JELLY BEAN WHICH MEAN YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FREEZE AN APP WITHOUT ROOTING DUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! AND YOU DON'T NEED A ROOTING APP TO DO SO!
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Wow. You're such an android wizz. Teach us your mighty ways, brilliant one, because apparently we don't know anything about android, which is why we are rooting.
/scoff
I dunno if you're joking or serious. Hard to tell, but from the way your write in all caps, have horrible structure, and have faces spread throughout your post, I'm inclined to think you're joking...or just really ignorant and/or stupid.
yyhd said:
Wow. You're such an android OS wizz. Teach us your mighty ways, brilliant one.
/scoff
I dunno if you're joking or serious. Hard to tell, but from the way your write in all caps, have horrible structure, and have faces spread throughout your post, I'm inclined to think you're joking...or just really ignorant and/or stupid.
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http://m.blogs.computerworld.com/19...evloc&q=frezzing+an+ice+cream+app&v=134000000
Click the link!!! and read instructions !! Should be the same for jelly bean!
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gabrielpina4 said:
http://m.blogs.computerworld.com/19...evloc&q=frezzing+an+ice+cream+app&v=134000000
Click the link!!! and read instructions !! Should be the same for jelly bean!
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/facepalm
He's serious.
You do know that the built in disable feature cannot disable every app, right? Hence one reason some of us root out phones.
Disabling app is the same thing as freezing if YOU watched the Google videos from there YouTube channel they explained it but Google is not gona use the stupid word (freeze) so they went for (disable) its exactly the same effect and does exactly the same thing nothing different at all !
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gabrielpina4 said:
Disabling app is the same thing as freezing if YOU watched the Google videos from there YouTube channel they explained it but Google is not gona use the stupid word (freeze) so they went for (disable) its exactly the same effect and does exactly the same thing nothing different at all !
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DUH!!!! Freezing is the same as disabling. I'm sure we all know that here on XDA.
I'm not going to continue this discussion because you obviously are too ignorant to know better as to why we want to root our phones and freeze/disable apps.
yyhd said:
DUH!!!! Freezing is the same as disabling. I'm sure we all know that here on XDA.
I'm not going to continue this discussion because you obviously are too ignorant to know better as to why we want to root our phones and freeze/disable apps.
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Then plzz enlighten me all I'm saying is if removing appS IS your only reason to root then don't root at all BEcause YOU can do it without root noW if wanna flash RomS and change kernels and change cpu FREQUENCYS then by allllllllllll means DEFINITELY ROOOOOT ..
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Then plzz enlighten me all I'm saying is if removing appS IS your only reason to root then don't root at all BEcause YOU can do it without root noW if wanna flash RomS and change kernels and change cpu FREQUENCYS then by allllllllllll means DEFINITELY ROOOOOT ..
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I could be mistaken but i think when you don't root, there isn't ALWAYS an option to disable an app. I know on my wife's phone there are some apps she has to leave in the app drawer because when you go to disable it, the "disable" button is greyed out. You can't click it.
If you root, you can disable EVERY app, even the ones with the greyed out buttons.
But i'm sure if i'm wrong you will correct me with all caps and annoying exclamation points
I feel dumber for reading this thread (past the first couple responses).
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gabrielpina4 said:
Disabling app is the same thing as freezing if YOU watched the Google videos from there YouTube channel they explained it but Google is not gona use the stupid word (freeze) so they went for (disable) its exactly the same effect and does exactly the same thing nothing different at all !
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If only you could disable every app... On the S3 and Note 2 there are several pre-installed Google, Samsung, and Verizon apps that can't be disabled or removed without the use of root.
joshw0000 said:
I feel dumber for reading this thread (past the first couple responses).
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I concur...
So do I open an app and place my phone the freezer and let it get frozen? And if I re-enable the app.. am I an enabler?
joshw0000 said:
I feel dumber for reading this thread (past the first couple responses).
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Seriously!!!
sk337sk337 said:
I concur...
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I concur your concur.
notown775 said:
So do I open an app and place my phone the freezer and let it get frozen? And if I re-enable the app.. am I an enabler?
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YES!!!! LOL
andross77 said:
I could be mistaken but i think when you don't root, there isn't ALWAYS an option to disable an app. I know on my wife's phone there are some apps she has to leave in the app drawer because when you go to disable it, the "disable" button is greyed out. You can't click it.
If you root, you can disable EVERY app, even the ones with the greyed out buttons.
But i'm sure if i'm wrong you will correct me with all caps and annoying exclamation points
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he better not correct you since you're correct. lol. i just didnt want to argue with dumb.
Just to clarify, by freezing applications it doesn't remove them, it just stops them from taking up system resources?
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Just to clarify, by freezing applications it doesn't remove them, it just stops them from taking up system resources?
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Correct.
All i have to say is one thing and hope this guy can comprehend .... If root is pointless to "freeze/disable" apps and only for flashing roms... then explain to us how you can disable Verizon apps without root (like VZ Backup Assistant) cause without root, the disable button is gone or grayed out.
wow...came here to see what apps people had uninstalled (instead of just freezing them) and all i got was dumber!
so...to try to salvage this thread....
what apps have you uninstalled without issue?
thanks
Rooted my phone using the Vroot method and did some surveying with permission manager, xPrivacy and I stumbled upon a mysterious app called MtkCamera (com.example.cameraroot). I have no recollection of ever installing this app. I find this suspicious because I use permission manager on other phones running ICS and never have to deal with this app before. Considering all the apps listed are installed from Google Play Store, I decided to restrict all permission and uninstall the app. Check out the permissions list.
lex xander said:
Rooted my phone and did some surveying with permission manager, xPrivacy and I stumbled upon a mysterious app called MtkCamera (com.example.cameraroot). I have no recollection of ever installing this app. I find this suspicious because I use permission manager on other phones running ICS and never have to deal with this app before. Considering all the apps listed are installed from Google Play Store, I decided to restrict all permission. Has anyone come across this app before?
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I removed it right after I found its existence.
If root fail then we see toast notifications that restore successful and this app we can see in multitask... I think it is for reverting back if root fails...
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Mmmh this doesn't sound good.
Was about to root my newly received Ultra
newstar said:
If root fail then we see toast notifications that restore successful and this app we can see in multitask... I think it is for reverting back if root fails...
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I'm not convinced. Looking at the network permissions, it doesn't make sense why it would need to control network access.
lex xander said:
I'm not convinced. Looking at the network permissions, it doesn't make sense why it would need to control network access.
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If you not sure if you want to remove it yet, put it behind a firewall
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jtschohl.androidfirewall
or freeze the app
appreciate the warning
Any devs here want to decompile it and see what it does?
LordManhattan said:
Any devs here want to decompile it and see what it does?
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I rooted with Vroot, installed english SU and then removed the Chinese SU using the vroot app and I don't have the app installed.
Removed it as soon as I saw it. Better not run it, and remove it does nothing to the root.
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baileyjr said:
I rooted with Vroot, installed english SU and then removed the Chinese SU using the vroot app and I don't have the app installed.
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Sure, but what does it do? Does it steal your contacts? Send SMS'? Log your IMEI? Log your keystrokes? Or is it nothing out of the ordinary? Who knows!
I could decompile it myself, but I have no idea what to look for, so that's a complete waste of time.
We can make a game out of this. Post what you think it does, and we'll see who wins The winner gets an Xperia Z1 (image from the internetz).
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A quick Google search reveals that "MTK" is MediaTek, a Taiwanese semiconductor company that's in the smartphone business, so I guess that's something? Still doesn't tell us why MediaTek's camera thingy is installed on some Ultras, though.
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I vrooted too.
Is this thing only visible when using certain security apps?
I cannot find it in list of settings〉apps
I cannot see such process running either. I have not uninstalled anything since vroot
LordManhattan said:
A quick Google search reveals that "MTK" is MediaTek, a Taiwanese semiconductor company that's in the smartphone business, so I guess that's something? Still doesn't tell us why MediaTek's camera thingy is installed on some Ultras, though.
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So the reason some people do not have can be simply because they do not have a TW firmware. Have a TW firmware and got it after vroot. But where would be the point for vroot to put a malicious apps on your phone when they can do anything they want while rooting your device? Maybe you should not take your phone with you on the bathroom, they may record you hahahaha.
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jewelkobayashi said:
I vrooted too.
Is this thing only visible when using certain security apps?
I cannot find it in list of settings〉apps
I cannot see such process running either. I have not uninstalled anything since vroot
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Which country firmware do you have?
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Which country firmware do you have?
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I have VN Firmware .510
So your theory about TW firmware might be valid.
jewelkobayashi said:
I have VN Firmware .510
So your theory about TW firmware might be valid.
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sounds valid to me.
LordManhattan said:
Sure, but what does it do? Does it steal your contacts? Send SMS'? Log your IMEI? Log your keystrokes? Or is it nothing out of the ordinary? Who knows!
I could decompile it myself, but I have no idea what to look for, so that's a complete waste of time.
We can make a game out of this. Post what you think it does, and we'll see who wins The winner gets an Xperia Z1 (image from the internetz).
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So you don't find the following permissions suspicious?
Change network connectivity
Connect and disconnect wifi
Full network access
View network connection
View wi-fi connection
Pair with bluetooth devices
Allow wifi multicast reception
Call me paranoid, but I think this is a spying app...
this app with us from the beginning.
this is what I found -platform for the bottom and top of the camera for a detailed explanation of the process and the introduction of the frame code
that does seem suspicious.
Is the view that this root method is trustworthy?
Trying to weigh up if all is well before I root.
Cheers