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I ran a bunch of speed tests all within 2 minutes of each other it seems that PIE is slightly to substantially faster in every case. I tried it on Cingular's UMTS network and via activesync (Verizon).
Anyone else notice this?
Thanks for any input.
I second this. And Opera time-by-time hangs for a while on a - typically graphics-heavy - page that IE would load continuously.
To me Opera Mobile is currently a bugfest but has lot of extra stuff IE lacks.
Yeah, they do. That's the problem.
But I was really surprised by the speed difference. Glad I wasn't imagining things.
You should give PIE Plus a look, tabbed browsing and a few other very handy enhancements.
How is it with memory? I tried it a few years ago and found it a memory hog.
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How is it with memory? I tried it a few years ago and found it a memory hog.
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Pretty OK.
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Yeah, they do. That's the problem.
But I was really surprised by the speed difference. Glad I wasn't imagining things.
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Yup, the latest WM5 AKU2+-based IEM versions are indeed very fast, as opposed to pre-WM5 versions, also according to my speed tests. (See my articles for more info if interested.)
I find that often PIE will hang on 'Locating..' and then eventually start loading the page, while Opera loads immediately. I have tried different DNS settings as I thought that might be the issue, but if Opera doesn't have any trouble then it can't be that.
Currently a Opera user for that reason
just installed opera mobile 8.6 expecting to get alot better performance and functionality than from PIE plus and the problem is that im not getting it
almost all the sites are hanging on looking up host... for a substantially long period of time and thats if it finds it, and when it does then sometimes it zooms thru setting up secure connection and loads the site really fast if its not to image intensive.
this delay is longer than a few seconds, im not that impatient, its more so like a minute or 2 at times, google.com shouldnt take that long to load
another issue is that after closing it, and clicking the IE softkey i have pointed to opera mobile (my newly default browser) or selecting it from my start menu, it wont load up, mainly because the opera.exe process isnt terminated correctly, so i open up my task manager and have to end task it everytime.
help please
try changing your dns servers to 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 or there are many other open dns servers. I as having similar issues with cingular dns lookups taking forever. this really helped me. I think opera has it's own page to set up dns servers, but I don't use it so i'm not sure.
wes
my dns settings are as follows...
http://www.opendns.com/start/windows_mobile5.php
severly increased my dslreport.com/mspeed tests..from around 300 to 850+ kbps
need help =/
I have found that Opera mobile SUCKS compared to IE... simply sucks... and when I found out that I can do a little function to view myspace... the choose was over.. PIE rocks...
the opera.exe process not being terminated correctly issue, somewhat solved itself within a few soft resets.
the looking up host issue taking forever isnt completely gone but i have noticed that i.e. www.google.com loads alot faster than google.com (if it loads)
ill deal with it, do look the browser tho, tabs are alot nicer than in PIE plus which limits ur viewing size of the site
another dead thread i guess, less some1 has any tips =)
Hi Guys 'n' Gals:
If like me you have been struggling with poor GPS on your SGS2, then I may have the answer!
I am running Foxhound SniperWolf - have tried just about all of the "good" radios & have swapped regularly between Abyss / Siyah kernels to no avail.
Where I work (in Hampshire, right on the coast), it would often take up to 5 minutes (sometimes longer!) for Sygic to lock onto satellites. GPS status used to just about give up - it was hopeless & yet my trusty TomTom would lock in about 10 seconds! It really p*ssed me off!
Now with the following combination - FoxHound SniperWolf ROM, Siyah kernel 3.2.8.2, Stock XXLPX modem & Crypted AGPS Patch - I get a lock in 10 to 12 seconds maximum - every time from work! At home, even indoors, I get a lock in about 10 seconds!
To be fair I think a very large portion of my success is down to "crypted" and his fantastic AGPS fix which you can find here
My Samsung Galaxy S2 is now superb for any GPS application!
If this helps anyone - please click the THANKS button below this post.
Cheers
I'm skeptical about "patches", "fixes" and "hacks" which are supposed to improve or fix things.. Imo if the changes are really worth having I'm sure the veteran developers around here would include similar functionality in their roms / kernels as stock or recommend you install them.
That said I have no idea what the Crypted AGPS Patch does. From what I can tell it modifies the gps.conf file
Thus editing config, not adding any new drivers / coding to significantly change how GPS works
It maybe that the major speed increase you are getting is due to the patch setting a new Local GPS server. FasterFix (free from the android market) will allow you to set your GPS server yourself to greatly improve GPS Locking speed.
I've set mine to the UK (uk.pool.ntp.org) and can achieve a GPS lock within 4 seconds
Just tested the speed while writing this. Believe me I have nothing to gain by exaggerating
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I'm skeptical about "patches", "fixes" and "hacks" which are supposed to improve or fix things.. Imo if the changes are really worth having I'm sure the veteran developers around here would include similar functionality in their roms / kernels as stock or recommend you install them.
That said I have no idea what the Crypted AGPS Patch does. From what I can tell it modifies the gps.conf file
Thus editing config, not adding any new drivers / coding to significantly change how GPS works
As the man says his own NTP SERVERS .
his patch has various objectives to ensure stability and efficacy with GPS. Locally, the patch will replace your /system/etc/gps.conf and your /system/etc/suplrootcert if you have this file. You can compare the difference in what you have to this one to get an idea of all the changes. V3.1, onward, contains section descriptions for variables in use. Most notably, starting with v3.1 the aGPS Patch uses my own central NTP DNS pool and my own central xtra.bin server by default. The xtra.bin does have fallback servers should mine fail. But, that is very, VERY much an unlikely scenario. These two imperatives allow for better stability and speed by providing top-rated NTP servers and prime-routed network access to transmit the xtra.bin to your phone.
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NICE
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...That said I have no idea what the Crypted AGPS Patch does. .....
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Maybe, if you had read the thread that I linked to in my post (as jje did) before you replied you would have had a greater understanding of what crypted was doing with his fix; and more so, what FasterFix does / does not do!
Be rash - try it! Believe you me - it works!
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Maybe, if you had read the thread that I linked to in my post (as jje did) before you replied you would have had a greater understanding of what crypted was doing with his fix; and more so, what FasterFix does / does not do!
Be rash - try it! Believe you me - it works!
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Loving how you cut the quote at the point where I read through his thread and changelog and report back what it appears to do
Still, I have an open mind.. I will give it a try (although I remain dubious)
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Loving how you cut the quote at the point where I read through his thread and changelog and report back what it appears to do
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Look mate - I don't want to cross swords with you, but ... you said in your post quite clearly
...I have no idea what the Crypted AGPS Patch does...
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As the dev says in his thread that I linked to, he uses his own NTP SERVERS - he very clearly explains what his AGPS Patch does!
I understood what the AGPS Patch was doing. If you also understood what the AGPS Patch was doing, then why on earth would you say that you have no idea what it does??
Anyway - no matter - it works brilliant for me - end of!
Cheers
Well what I meant was that I don't know what his patch actually did.. Of course it uses different servers (As you say, that's explained in his thread) but what ELSE does it do?
For example, this is different from my current GPS.conf:
QOS_ACCURACY=50
QOS_TIME_OUT_AGPS=95
QOS_TIME_OUT_STANDALONE=80
QosHorizontalThreshold=1000
QosVerticalThreshold=500
Do you know what all these changes do?
Regardless I've done my own testing and checking.
5 tests using FasterFix: (uk.pool.ntp.org)
17 second lock
5 second lock
5 second lock
6 second lock
8 second lock
5 tests using the AGPS Patch:
15 second lock
12 second lock
3 second lock
39 second lock
14 second lock
33 second lock
An extra one as the results differed greatly
Hybrid: (Using the patch with uk.pool.ntp.org)
14 second lock
6 second lock
7 second lock
9 second lock
7 second lock
Some further testing:
Ping this: ntp.derekgordon.com
230-240ms
His server
And Ping this: uk.pool.ntp.org
44ms (Stable)
UK server
Both tests seem to confirm the same.
NOTE: These tests were done in the UK, I believe the sever for the "patch" is located in the USA. Therefore I have no doubt that the patch would provide better results for those in the USA
I keep calling it a patch when all it's really a config (text) file
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Well what I meant was that I don't know what his patch actually did.. Of course it uses different servers (As you say, that's explained in his thread) but what ELSE does it do?
For example, this is different from my current GPS.conf:
QOS_ACCURACY=50
QOS_TIME_OUT_AGPS=95
QOS_TIME_OUT_STANDALONE=80
QosHorizontalThreshold=1000
QosVerticalThreshold=500
Do you know what all these changes do?
Regardless I've done my own testing and checking.
5 tests using FasterFix: (uk.pool.ntp.org)
17 second lock
5 second lock
5 second lock
6 second lock
8 second lock
5 tests using the AGPS Patch:
15 second lock
12 second lock
3 second lock
39 second lock
14 second lock
33 second lock
An extra one as the results differed greatly
Hybrid: (Using the patch with uk.pool.ntp.org)
14 second lock
6 second lock
7 second lock
9 second lock
7 second lock
Some further testing:
Ping this: ntp.derekgordon.com
230-240ms
His server
And Ping this: uk.pool.ntp.org
44ms (Stable)
UK server
Both tests seem to confirm the same.
NOTE: These tests were done in the UK, I believe the sever for the "patch" is located in the USA. Therefore I have no doubt that the patch would provide better results for those in the USA
I keep calling it a patch when all it's really a config (text) file
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OMG - far far too techy for me! If you are really that concerned, you really should direct your comments on the devs thread right here - I am sure he'll love to "engage with you"! For me - I am not interested, OK?
It works brilliantly; I don't care or understand what it does, or how it does it - end of!
Similarly, I drink Woodford Reserve bourbon - love it in fact, but I don't give a fig how they make it!
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OMG - far far too techy for me! If you are really that concerned, you really should direct your comments on the devs thread right here - I am sure he'll love to "engage with you"! For me - I am not interested, OK?
It works brilliantly; I don't care or understand what it does, or how it does it - end of!
Similarly, I drink Woodford Reserve bourbon - love it in fact, but I don't give a fig how they make it!
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You're completely right, you should use whatever works well for yourself. All I posted was the tests (Really simple, just using GMaps and counting how many "blinks" the GPS icon did before locking )
The "Ping" tests just measured how long it took to "talk" to both servers
I would recommend you try-out FasterFix though, it may reduce your GPS lock speed
You could always just re-patch it if you want to revert
Oh and this has been bothering me for a while so I'll just say it.. I didn't give this thread a one star rating.
Honestly
Hey guys i was looking arroun xda and stumbled appon this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961353.
EDIT: TESTED DOES NOT WORK!!
It says it
-Increase internet speed (EDGE, 3G, WLAN, VPN). Works with all browsers including Opera with all APNs.
- Compressing pages and then decompressing for less data usage & smooth browsing.
- Bypass slow downloads and let you full speed downloads from some file sharing site which requires premium account for fast downloads. Like depositfiles etc.
- Boosting network signal strength so to have no call drops.
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I have been running iy for about 7 hours now, and have to say that it does do some of what it claims.
3g speed seems to have increased and remain steady at over 1mbps. However wifi (wlan) seems no faster but no worse either. I did not test vpn as i do not have one setup.
The browser compression also seems to work, as pages load quicker. It also seems the whole page loads all at once instead of piece by piece.
The full speed downloads dosent seem to work, at least not from depositfiles.
The network signal boot also dosent work, as my db's are the same as usual, high 80s to low 90s.
Even though several things dont seem to work, they dont break anything either. I think just for the 3g tweak and browser compression, it is worth it. Also i know it says for android 2.3.6+, but works fine on 2.3.4.
I don't expect much from these type of tweaks and think they're more placebo than anything. There's nothing on the ROM side that can improve signal.
Browser compression sounds like an interesting idea. If you're familiar with the protocol rsync, it can use compression to transfer and use less bandwidth. However, I haven't heard of compression remote webpages prior to sending them which is really the only way this would logically work. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
The 3g speed tweak I'm also wary of. I think it may be placebo as network speeds vary and Verizon can already achieve 1mbps+ on their network.
As far as the bypassing slow downloads, that's definitely possible; however, it sounds wrong.
The only differences between Android 2.3.6 and 2.3.4 are a few bug fixes.
Edit: A little extra feedback after viewing the script.
I don't think any of the service lines will actually work as some of these look designed for init.rc, not init.d which is shell scripts.
As far as the network signal strength booster, it calls a legacy device script (goldfish which is the emulator and not a real device).
Not sure about the speed tweaks or slow download bypassing.
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I don't expect much from these type of tweaks and think they're more placebo than anything. There's nothing on the ROM side that can improve signal.
Browser compression sounds like an interesting idea. If you're familiar with the protocol rsync, it can use compression to transfer and use less bandwidth. However, I haven't heard of compression remote webpages prior to sending them which is really the only way this would logically work. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
The 3g speed tweak I'm also wary of. I think it may be placebo as network speeds vary and Verizon can already achieve 1mbps+ on their network.
As far as the bypassing slow downloads, that's definitely possible; however, it sounds wrong.
The only differences between Android 2.3.6 and 2.3.4 are a few bug fixes.
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The browser compression and 3g seem to work, pages load faster and seem snappier. I know vzw is capable of 1mbps, but i rarley ever got half that before the tweak. Now i get it consitentlty at all times of the day. I dont think its placedo, and the the poll on that thread suggest people are happy with it. Its worth a shot if you have some free time. And its easy to remove if you dont like it, just delete 2 files and a folder
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The browser compression and 3g seem to work, pages load faster and seem snappier. I know vzw is capable of 1mbps, but i rarley ever got half that before the tweak. Now i get it consitentlty at all times of the day. I dont think its placedo, and the the poll on that thread suggest people are happy with it. Its worth a shot if you have some free time. And its easy to remove if you dont like it, just delete 2 files and a folder
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Try running it from the terminal or adb shell by doing sh init.d script name and I'm pretty sure it will bomb out on you like it did for me. I tried the bottom one and the second attachment from the OP there.
Below is my error:
Code:
[email protected]:/storage/sdcard0 # sh netforks_tweak
netforks_tweak[12]: syntax error: '(' unexpected
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Try running it from the terminal or adb shell by doing sh init.d script name and I'm pretty sure it will bomb out on you like it did for me. I tried the bottom one and the second attachment from the OP there.
Below is my error:
Code:
[email protected]:/storage/sdcard0 # sh netforks_tweak
netforks_tweak[12]: syntax error: '(' unexpected
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Lol, never even thought of trying that. Your right i het the same error. The init-goldfish.sh file that the init.d script runs also fails on execution, but that is a stock system file. I wonder why my 3g speeds are better? Im getting double what i usually get, and its actually consistent and not bouncing all over the place. Mabey vzw put up a new tower or something. And i guess with increased speed the browser would seem snappier. Oh well thought i stumbled on something cool, but its just garbage i guess. Thanks for clearing it up tiny.
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Lol, never even thought of trying that. Your right i het the same error. The init-goldfish.sh file that the init.d script runs also fails on execution, but that is a stock system file. I wonder why my 3g speeds are better? Im getting double what i usually get, and its actually consistent and not bouncing all over the place. Mabey vzw put up a new tower or something. And i guess with increased speed the browser would seem snappier. Oh well thought i stumbled on something cool, but its just garbage i guess. Thanks for clearing it up tiny.
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According to the dev, the ( error is ok.
So, if you want to test it again to verify, type getprop and see if anything shows from the tweaks script as far as the setprop lines. I have a feeling nothing will but I want to validate 100% that this doesn't work.
I've done some testing on my own by making shell scripts and confirming an error should not bomb out the whole script but just abort at the point of the error.
But really, this thing does nothing, even zeppelinrox shot it down.
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According to the dev, the ( error is ok.
So, if you want to test it again to verify, type getprop and see if anything shows from the tweaks script as far as the setprop lines. I have a feeling nothing will but I want to validate 100% that this doesn't work.
I've done some testing on my own by making shell scripts and confirming an error should not bomb out the whole script but just abort at the point of the error.
But really, this thing does nothing, even zeppelinrox shot it down.
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No nothing from the script shows in getprop. I would say the whole things a bust.
Today I've investigated suspicious activity from FMRadio.apk on the latest update of the system.
So I followed whois to discover IPs Firewall managed to block.
There are possibilities of brut attacks or personal data flows.
Stay away from this Chinese little present.
That's the answer to out donates guys.
Pissed off.
LoL. That's nice. How you figured out there is some data flow in the background? Just just started capturing the packets?
http://cyberwarzone.com/malicious-history-of-119-90-35-243/
At first I noticed high battery drain and high data usage. Investigation led me to the app that uses much processor time.
So I installed firewall and set an aggregative rules.
And voilà.
Also there are another dark IPs on the list.
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At first I noticed high battery drain and high data usage. Investigation led me to the app that uses much processor time.
So I installed firewall and set an aggregative rules.
And voilà.
Also there are another dark IPs on the list.
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Wow that's interesting, nice find. I always suspected Chinese OS leaked info through a backdoor, that's why I've never flashed them. Did you report it to the mokee maintainers?
Thanks for pointing this out, this is really weird. To be fair, I had a look and this FM Radio was directly forked off CM. If you want a fair comparison, you might wanna try to check on CM too (with similar setup of course).
EDIT: I did some extra research and AFWall+ did have this: "Q: I see data traffic consumed by application xyz which is blocked by AFWall+, why? A: It's possible false data traffic. AFWall+ uses IPtables which is at kernel level (low-level). Usage data shown by Android is calculated before it gets dropped by firewall."
So to prove that it's really FMRadio's fault (since interference is possible), a way is to do a test with clean install with nothing else. Feel free to voice your opinions, but I am not here to start a flame fest. I am interested in this weird behaviour too.
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Thanks for pointing this out, this is really weird. To be fair, I had a look and this FM Radio was directly forked off CM. If you want a fair comparison, you might wanna try to check on CM too (with similar setup of course).
EDIT: I did some extra research and AFWall+ did have this: "Q: I see data traffic consumed by application xyz which is blocked by AFWall+, why? A: It's possible false data traffic. AFWall+ uses IPtables which is at kernel level (low-level). Usage data shown by Android is calculated before it gets dropped by firewall."
So to prove that it's really FMRadio's fault (since interference is possible), a way is to do a test with clean install with nothing else. Feel free to voice your opinions, but I am not here to start a flame fest. I am interested in this weird behaviour too.
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Anyway if that's not FM radio, why does kernel / low level software connects to black IPs?
Can not provide in-depth testing 'cause I stopped using MK immediately after that issue.
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Anyway if that's not FM radio, why does kernel / low level software connects to black IPs?
Can not provide in-depth testing 'cause I stopped using MK immediately after that issue.
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Something else must have triggered the connection (all high level requests gets completed at low level), but I actually checked those IPs, they aren't really blacklisted, most of them are cloud providers/university
For example:
https://urlquery.net/report.php?id=1463689740716
http://www.iplocationtools.com/192.86.14.67.html
http://www.tcpiputils.com/browse/ip-address/23.251.100.132
This as mentioned in a previous post did not appear at all
http://cyberwarzone.com/malicious-history-of-119-90-35-243/
Ryuinferno said:
Something else must have triggered the connection (all high level requests gets completed at low level), but I actually checked those IPs, they aren't really blacklisted, most of them are cloud providers/university
For example:
https://urlquery.net/report.php?id=1463689740716
http://www.iplocationtools.com/192.86.14.67.html
http://www.tcpiputils.com/browse/ip-address/23.251.100.132
This as mentioned in a previous post did not appear at all
http://cyberwarzone.com/malicious-history-of-119-90-35-243/
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Just fresh installed mokee, just wondering, why does it have to connect to servers to china and singapore all the time?
Another MoKee security issue
Android/AdDisplay.Waps.Q
I determined a lot of FMradio.apk´s in several ROM´s that ask for root privileges and was wondering why a FMradio needs those privileges.
Also firewall loging shows a lot of activity. I don´t use FM and always delete that apk but if someone is using it: Be careful and check out what´s wrong there.
PS; I don't know if that has anything to do with mokee, stating just about FM radio*s behaviour.
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I determined a lot of FMradio.apk´s in several ROM´s that ask for root privileges and was wondering why a FMradio needs those privileges.
Also firewall loging shows a lot of activity. I don´t use FM and always delete that apk but if someone is using it: Be careful and check out what´s wrong there.
PS; I don't know if that has anything to do with mokee, stating just about FM radio*s behaviour.
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This FM radio asking for root rights .. i had this experience with Turbo, Cdroid ROM too .. Then i had thought that they are coz of rooted device in general. .. now i am afraid ..
When We root and flash any ROM, or Modify OS, Or use Cracked apps, We understand every risk of data leaking. So Posting this useless post is useless. Learn something then Say ****.
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When We root and flash any ROM, or Modify OS, Or use Cracked apps, We understand every risk of data leaking. So Posting this useless post is useless. Learn something then Say ****.
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oh really? you so smart? :laugh::laugh::laugh:
omg
the search for 'useless' in this thread only reveals 1 post
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oh really? you so smart? :laugh::laugh::laugh:
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omg
the search for 'useless' in this thread only reveals 1 post
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When I tell this on Mokee google+ group the other day, that guy straight to insulting me, so I had to just shut up and laughing instead. He so insist that I'm dumb or noob. Hahaha. What a pathetic group.
It's clear that something fishy is going on, and with no privacy guard control over fm apk, we can't do much aside of freeze the fm apk, and watch for other possible sketchy things from the rom. So if we don't want our data going to "that place", well, I'd say no to Mokee.
As for that guy, he apparently like to insist that we have to surrender our private data when using custom rom etc, and he like to insult us if we don't. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Too bad. Unfortunately I am stuck on mokee because its the only one that still provides OTA Updates for the old Redmi 3 (Ido) after LineageOS dropped support.
I am not able to compile Android by myself.
For V500 and some other devices there is still https://www.los-legacy.de/ but nor for our old gem.
I am nor trying my best to restrict spy-activities using AF-Wall
best regards,
Bul