Am interested in getting this phone but I'm concerned about how WhatsApp will be handled with parallel space. Can anyone share on the experience of backups and restores for both WhatsApp accounts or even for app data? Parallel space doesn't support root so is there an app out there that supports root?
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got a 2GB limit on my data plan, except for Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, which they all have unlimited data. Any other app adds to the toll.
The thing is, for Facebook and Twitter they have to be through the official apps, which I absolutely despise. I would much rather use Tinfoil and Fenix respectively. Is there a way to hide use of Fenix instead of official twitter app? for instance? Or even better, make my carrier think Im using facebook when Im actually using say ...Spotify?
Thanks!!!
Yesterday my brother bought a Consumer Cellular MOTO E LTE (2nd Generation) 2015 device. It is a XT1527 with Android 5.1. He only got a 1500 text and 150mb data plan. This is his first smartphone ever and his last phone was a 2005 flip phone.
This is how he plans on using it. He wants it for checking Gmail, making a few hundred text messages every month, and for BT Headset phone calls. He is a truck driver and that is all it will be used for. He does not need Hangouts, Chrome or anything else on the device for that matter, not yet anyway. How can I setup his MOTO E like that? I already set a data limit to 150MB, but he wants 100% of all of that 150MB data for checking gmail only. Not sure if he plans on replying to gmail messages, but unless its important I doubt it.
Is this phone possible to setup like that and can I uninstall most of his unused apps? OH, and I already tried to remove apps such as Chrome and Hangouts and only updates get removed, not the entire app. So I will need root, but not sure I should try that on the XT1527. Maybe its possible to install and run a already rooted ROM without unlocking the bootloader? Any ideas on how to accomplish the above tasks?
Try disabling unwanted internet using apps from settings, disable sync for everything except contacts and gmail and also switch on "Background data restrictions" to avoid any apps running in the background to use up data. If you're using only mobile data, even turning on battery saver mode at all times will indirectly help you save some data
Dear experts,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7, rooted with Superman Rom v2.7 (Android N) installed. I was very sad when I found out, that it is impossible to have device encryption enabled on a rooted Android N phone. I do not want to go without root any more - too many benefits (Titanium etc) and I also do not want to revert to a former Android version. But I definitely also want to be sure, that if my phone gets lost or stolen, my personal data are not accessible by unauthorized third parties (other than Google and NSA). Without device encryption, this is a real challenge. A thief could simply boot into recovery mode and pull all my data. Even if this is rather unlikely to happen, as thiefs in general are not that interested in personal data, I want to eliminate this threat as far as possible.
So I made up a list of all my data persistent on my device, which I do not want to be accessible by thiefs:
Calendar (i.e. my google calendar app data)
Tasks (i.e. my tasks app data)
Contacts
E-Mails (i.e. my K-9 app data)
SMS messages
WhatsApp messages
Browser history and bookmarks (i.e. my Firefox app data)
Passwords (i.e. my password manager app data)
Access credentials from banking, cloud and social media apps
Photos
So far so good. My passwords are stored encrypted safely by my password manager app - so this point is done. WhatsApp only stores backups of its database encrypted (though they also can be decrypted with some programming skills) - the app data itself (and thus the messages) is stored unencrypted. I am rather sure that access credentials from banking, cloud and social media (Facebook) apps are stored encrypted. And as of my photos, they are just files and I found the tool EMS Lite, capable of putting all my sensible files into an encrypted container, simmilar to TrueCrypt. So what is left are calendar, tasks, contacts, K-9 data, Whatsapp messages, sms messages, Firefox data.
So my question to you is: How to encrypt these data (or parts of it) so that thiefs cannot simply access it by pulling it from my phone? Is there an app, capable of encrypting other apps data?
It must be possible, especially with root. Titanium is capable of encrypting other apps data. The workflow for making it impossible to access an app's data with Titanium would be this:
Enable Titanium encryption in the settings and set a key
Backup the app data
Wipe the app data
This way, a thief has no chance to access the app data without your password. To reaccess the data, one has to restore it via Titanium and provide the key. Of course, this workflow is not practicable to do every time I want to reaccess one of these apps, but theoretically it should work.
Long story short: Is it possible to encrypt specific app's data? If no, do you have any other tips for me to protect my data (or parts of it) from beeing accessed by possible thiefs (other than not loosing my phone)?
Thank you very much!
blaukraut said:
Dear experts, I have a Samsung Galaxy S7, rooted with Superman Rom v2.7 (Android N) installed. I was very sad when I found out, that it is impossible to have device encryption enabled on a rooted Android N phone...
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I don't have this device but, your best bet is to post this question within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3341138
Good Luck!
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Thanks, I already asked that question in the Superman Rom specific thread, without success. And since my question applys to ALL rooted Nougat devices (not just the SGS7), I thought this is the place where I will most likely get a good answer.
However, I will do as you said and ask my question in the SGS7 Q&A thread too.
Thanks!
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Hey guys,
at the moment i'm rebuilding my Moto G4 Plus. It's running Lineage OS and now i only want to install apps, which are open source and without any mal-/spyware.
My only big problem is, that my employer is forcing me into using whatsapp for groupchats. At the moment there is no possibility for me to change this situation, even if its not legal, what he is doing.
On my old phone i was running (until now) whatsapp with an online voip phonenumber. I don't wanted my private contacts contacting me over whatsapp, so there is this one voip number, only for the company.
Is there currently any possibility using an alternative client, running whatsapp in a virtual machine etc., anything which protects my privacy and the android system from the whatsapp app, but lets me use whatsapp groupchats?
Very thanks in advance!
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Hi Guys,
this is the problem:
my mother owns an LG G5 E610v. For some time I have bought her a new phone (an iPhone). She (on the old LG) has some very important chats with messages, photos and videos of her granddaughters. I wish I could transfer the chats to the new phone. But to do that I would have to update Whatsapp. Unfortunately, however, when I try to update, phone tells me that it is impossible because there is no space. There are many applications that I could delete (Google, Youtube, Gmail, Hangouts, Google play Books, etc ...) but I can't delete them because they seem to be pre-installed and there is no way to delete them. Unfortunately I don't know well the android environment and neither the phone.
How can I go about solving this problem?
The phone software is an LG G5 E610v (European) with fw v4.1.2
Thanks in advance
You may not like my thoughts but she needs to backup her photos and vids independently of WhatsApp or they will likely be lost, sooner or later.
I won't allow WhatsApp or any social media app to be installed on any of my phones. They are a big fat security risk especially for those that aren't tech savvy. WhatsApp is a mecca for scammers and hackers, easy pickens.
If I can't login and use a site completely via browser I don't use it. A browser like Brave provides a buffer zone.
All critical data needs to be redundantly backup to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. Never encrypt, clone or compress media backup data drives. Verify backup by folder count, data size and that the data is readable.
Regular critical data backup and good security practices are the only ways to help prevent data lose. After it happens will be too late...
A phone with an SD card slot would give her all the memory she needs. The SD card is then used as a data drive. It in turn is then redundantly backed up.
Address her backup plan asap if you haven't already...
Clearing app and system caches will free more space. Check the largest disk users of the 3rd party user installed apps to determine if they are really needed, uninstall to free space.