OK here's a question for all you android-heads: How to get rid of it ???
Android was originally developed as open source but then Google 'bought it' and converted it to a proprietory system which requires a Google 'account' which colates and tracks personal info across devices and systems. Huawei may finally give us a way out of the Yank back-end snooping problem but that can only be defeated by getting rid of the American OS (Android and IOS) which steal and pass all data directly to American authorities and companies. What happened to privacy ???
Sailfish, Ubuntu touch and Tizen may be useful but it would be infinitely better if we could install our own Linux versions and take back control.
The 'newspeak' labelled "Smartphones' remind me of the old 8088 computers from the 1980's that could hardly be used as they were so basic. "Smartphones' are so very very basic that you cannot even access the root to install your own OS and software. Surely someone can link the ideals of the Rapberry Pi to the advanced hardware of the "Smartphone" to get a device that can actually be used normaly ! THAT will be the day! Oh and by the way - in Australia there existed "Communicators" - just like a "Smartphone", but without Sim cards, using only wi-fi and telephony with mVoIP (but that didn't give billions of $' to the phone companies...) We seem to be going backwards technologically Over and out....
Update 22.12.2019:
A new (really) open source Linux phone has just been announced - the Pine-Phone which can run any Linux system. Details at fossmint pinephone-an-open-source-smartphone-for-linux
Install Armbian if it's kernel supported hardware that you can build a map for. Otherwise there isn't really an option, irritating as that is.
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Hey all,
I'm the proud owner of a Samsung Nexus S (sadly the i9020a model, though). I was forced against my will at gun point by someone named Jealousy to install ICS (4.0.4) on my i9020a when it was released for all other Nexus S devices except for the US AT&T version of the phone.
Anyway, love the ICS and absolutely love the ROM I'm using (Brainmaster's stock ICS, w/ Supercharger V6 and a number of other goodies). But I was a bit confused today when I opened my phone and noticed a recently downloaded APK called "update.apk". Looking at it's info, it's name is "com.android.fixed.update" with no author, developer, and minimum version of 0. It weighs roughly 40kb and is not associated with the market, so I'm going to have to disable my "Market-only" settings in order to install it, otherwise it was about to install itself.
I was wonder what it might be. With no other information, I'm a bit hesitant to install it. The only permissions it asks for is Network Access and Start on Boot.
I thought just maybe it was an OTA from a developer (maybe even Brainmaster) but I wasn't exactly sure what kind of access or ability non-service providers had to OTA functionality and what not. (I suppose, if it can probably be modified with some effort, seeing as the source is available...)
Anyway, hoping to hear your thoughts on it. Google showed ONE result for "com.android.fixed.update" and that's it. Thanks for your input in advance!
We also got the same file on our Moto Xoom, I believe its a virus so do not install it. The file was downloaded at biandroid (dot) info which is definitely not associated with android.com
http://anonhq.com/notcompatible-back-market/
that is the explanation
Back in 2012 malware called Not Compatible was haunting android devices. Now more powerful than ever the latest version of NotCompatible.C has its own self protected encryption. Thus making this program difficult to find and delete.
Lookout Inc, a mobile security firm says that this version of the malware is a threat on a massive scale. Once in it has the tendency to control and hack data. It is an advance form of malware that can be seen on a PC a botnet so powerful that it has a server design architecture, P2P communications and as previously said encryption capabilities.
The programming of the malware is one of the hardest to kill malware that we have observed. Once the malware is installed it does not appear on the android operating system as it keeps itself in the background. It only works when the device is unlocked by the user or if it is restarted.
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Source: Imgur
The only way you can find out is through Manage Applications>Settings. This will show you that an application by the long name of (com.andriod.fixed.update) is running. All you need to do is simply uninstall it.
Hi all
Does anyone know if I can run kde-based software on the developer alpha of Ubuntu for tablets yet please? Not expecting reliability, just want to do some child user testing of the edubuntu suite on tablets.
Thanks
Chris
Currently you can't and probably neither in the near futur 'cause you need an X Server for that.
And there is no X server on ubuntu touch.
Huge thanks, that is really useful
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Currently you can't and probably neither in the near futur 'cause you need an X Server for that.
And there is no X server on ubuntu touch.
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After some research on your reply I've a couple questions. Does it mean the Unity interface doesn't need X-server? Or are they just using a temporary workaround until X-server is implemented?
And does this apply to both Ubuntu for Android, and Ubuntu for tablets?
Huge thanks
Having done some further research I've made my decision - thanks hugely for providing the missing link in my knowledge. What follows is my best interpretation of the rumours.
Currently in place of X-server is SurfaceFlinger, ("because X-server uses 30 yr old code" - Canonical). Canonical publicly dabbled with using Wayland until mid-Feb, then decided to create their own revamped display server from scratch, called Mir, which they seem to have been working on since mid last year, and are trying to get GPU vendors to support, written to run across all devices and to meet the needs of the Unity interface, and written in Qt/QML which is what they want native apps written in.
Bottom line for me, is that the technology is still right up there in the clouds and nowhere near decided enough to base my business strategy on. Also, Ubuntu for tablets seems a pretty thin version of Ubuntu anyway, so Edubuntu was never an option and I'm unlikely to be able to leverage much from Ubuntu's Open Source libraries anyway.
Like others, (see the comment on jonobacon.org below), I find it frustrating that the wealth of code written for Ubuntu is no longer usable, but I reckon this is probably necessary to squeeze the most out of every single CPU cycle and milliamp. Ubuntu for tablet is dead in the water if it kills the battery and performs worse than the established competitors.
Therefore all indications are I need to write for Android, keeping my options as open as possible to migrate. So it is now Titanium/UnityIDE versus HTML5, particularly assessing relative performance.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/03/canonical-announce-custom-display-server-mir-not-wayland-not-x
http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/02/21/five-ubuntu-touch-facts/ -- not the article but the comment starting "In that case, wouldn't it be better to port existing apps instead of...."
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/canonical-working-on-new-display-server
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTMwOTM
Just to clarify.
1. There are plans to make a X-Mir compatibility layer that will allow you to run programs that require an X-Server to work with mir.
2. Not all is lost at the moment it just looks that way.
Only Graphical Userinterfaces are affected. Your commandline tools and libraries don't need to be changed.
3. If you are looking for platform to write apps for, well there is worke being done to let you run your QML apps (intended for ubuntu touch) on android.
So if you choose to make QML apps they can be or will be able to run on linux, mac, windows and android
Wow, huge thanks, I missed that.
Does this mean EVERYTHING Ubuntu without a GUI will work? I want to run a NodeJS server. How likely is it that it will work perfectly now? How likely is it that it will work perfectly in the (nominally October 2013) release? (Sorry, just give me a keyword and I'll go off and do my research.)
Is Canonical planning to get X-Mir into the next ~Oct release?
My other query was whether QML on Android would perform as well. For others interested, it looks like it works directly with the Android SurfaceFlinger, bypassing the Dalvik VM, so performance should compare with native Java code.
Huge thanks once again
Chris
Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEkubKZaUt8
http://victorpalau.net/2013/01/25/ubuntu-qml-todo-android-vs-ubuntu/
Wanted to start a thread on this subject as I have yet to see anything regarding AfW anywhere in these threads.
Does anyone have any information on how the o/s will handle securely wrapping applications and how the o/s creates a second partition/perimeter that is secured from the personal side?
Google Android For Work if you haven't heard about it.
I'm wondering if a rooted device would be able to trick the MDM protected work perimeter to think it has a secure bootrom, recovery partition and valid o/s?
Anyone have a picture of what the filesystem difference looks like?
There's such little information on this, yet it was released with 5.0 lollipop and I'm sure if we reverse engineer the way it functions we could create our own pki enabled MDM open source solution. This would allow end users to freely use there phone without the fear of being snooped on by viruses, corporations for marketing purposes, etc. Overall an open source Mobile Iron solution is what I'm getting to.
Let me know what you guys think.
Hi all
We use a few rugged android devices at work as glorified GPS and mapping units. They work great however today I found out that our main data collection service is updating their android application to use TLSv1.2. From my research it looks like all android devices beyond API level 16 (Jellybean) CAN support TLSv1.2, however it is not turned on by default (whatever that means) before API level 20/21 (KitKat wearable/Lollipop). We have devices running 4.1.1, 4.2.1 and 4.4.4.
There is literally zero chance of getting these devices upgraded to Lollipop. They are made by Getac and Aspera - both small companies. Anyone that uses rugged devices knows that you trade in your access to updates and custom roms etc when you opt for one. They are too much of a niche product to attract developers and the manufactures just want a stable device, not the latest and greatest. They also generally run lower end specifications, so updating to newer OS is not always desired. We have a Getac z710 (http://us.getac.com/tablets/Z710/features.html), one Aspera R5 (http://asperamobile.com/products/aspera-r5/) and three Aspera R6s (http://asperamobile.com/products/aspera-r6/). I am not even sure if they have root solutions available for them...
So does anyone out there with a kind heart and some knowledge want to help see if there is anything that can be done on my end to turn on support for TLSv1.2? Here is some stuff I found so far, but most of it seems like it needs to be done on the server side, not client side.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24357863/making-sslengine-use-tlsv1-2-on-android-4-4-2
http://www.jordanrejaud.com/android/2015/09/19/android-tls-ssl-engine.html
None of these devices are rooted, so everything needs to be done via adb, or i need a root solution...
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Did you ever find a solution for this? I'm trying looking into this myself but haven't found anything that would modify it for the whole OS, only something that would require modifying the source code for an app.
I have the same problem/question:
GetBackersBH said:
Did you ever find a solution for this? I'm trying looking into this myself but haven't found anything that would modify it for the whole OS, only something that would require modifying the source code for an app.
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Is there a known solution that would modify the whole OS, not just an app through a code? I would need TLS 1.2 permanently enabled on Android 4.4.2 KitKat. The phone is rooted, BTW.
Hello,
First of all I would like to say that I'm completely new to android (except for the occasional dabblin on a friends phone) so please go easy on me. I am tech savy, but just never had anything to do with this platform, due to my not so nice opinion of google...
I am on blackberry passport and am/was a loyal bb customer with all that follows. But please I do not wish to start android vs bb vs ios etc thread. It is a matter of taste in the end.
So long story short, never had anything to do with IOS or android as I prefered BB for security, productivity and slimeline OS. However due to recent BB swithc to android and priv (which id god awful imho) and apparent abandonment of OS10 i am faced with increasing frustraton over current passport usage as it is more and more laggy problematic every day. So seeming that bb has abandoned os10 I have finnaly decided that perhaps it is a time for a different platform.
I am considering getting the oneplus 3.
So my questions are:
- What kernel and ROM to flash? I explicitly do not want anything to do with google or google services, i do not have gmail and have no intentions to open one. I do not use any service connected to google, no cloud sync, no FB, no instagram etc.... I want my phone google free, bloatware, spyware, ads free, cloud sync free etc. so basically I want as much control over what is installed as possible, with preferably NO personal info shared to any service.
- What is the most open source build? (coming from a viewpoint that google is evil, apple too.. I am putting my trust in the open source community) - replicant project peaked my interest, but the supported phones are too old and too few. I would be extremely pleased tho, if sth like this existed for newer phones.
- Encryption is a must, both of memory and communication (pgp)
- advanced app permission control is a must
- if there exist sth like BB hub or other similar true multitasking option even better
to put it simply, what custom rom and kernel to flash to get the most secure, opensource, google and similar companies free phone with maximum control over os and no to minimum personal info shared.
I would very much appreciate if you could point me in the right direction. As i said no experiance with android, but am quick learner and tech savy. so no need to dumb it down for me.
Thank you !!