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[Q]Spy Software, is it viable?

Hello, I am a .NET Web Developer that has become enthralled with the android operating system. I had an idea the other night while me and a friend of mine were discussing his adulterous spouse.
The app would activate the mic and begin streaming audio to a remote server (she's not tech savvy, so as long as it's not obvious she won't notice). He could listen to what was happening in real time, with a slight time lag, and activate/deactivate from the same remote server by having the app check a variable on the remote server that he could change for whether or not it's recording at given point in time.
Would this require root? Is it even possible? I don't see why not.

jancarius said:
Would this require root? Is it even possible? I don't see why not.
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Once a service is running in the background, it can check whatever internet site it wants whenever it wants. No need for rooting the phone. You just need to install the app.
And you might as well suck up GPS data while you're at it... though some folks (Evo!) disable GPS to prolong their battery life. There's always "course location" information available.
As long as we're being horrifically intrusive, you might as well log incoming and outgoing phone calls, and make recordings of selected numbers. Heck you could record the first 10 seconds or so of all calls, and the full conversation of specific numbers you flag.
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Then all you need to do is install this beast... and give it some innocuous/useful name so if she ever checks the service list she won't kill it.
PS: Services don't show up on the app list.
PPS: I'm starting to feel dirty just typing this stuff. This sort of app would be so easy to abuse. Law enforcement wet dream. Stalker wet dream too. Yow!

Of course lets not forget text and mms forwarding or intercepting. Some similar products out the allow remote control over the phone such as turning on the gps, bluetooth, speaker, and camera. Even if the program did show up in a process or service list on the phone - given the proper name no one would end it in fear the it's an important system process or something similar. (Well that excludes us on XDA )

Oh my, this is nasty... Might you ever release it.. Let me know.
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yrref said:
Oh my, this is nasty... Might you ever release it.. Let me know.
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Hahaha. Sounds like yrref is up to something devious.

There are already several similar spy apps out there... there's a thread in the evo forum about some guy that can't get one off his phone, psycho girlfriend issues.
Not. Cool.

[VIDEO] The 1st short movie with Galaxy S3 intelligent features!

This is a short movie I made demonstrating the intelligent features of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in a possible real life scenario!
S Voice, Smart stay, Smart alert, Direct call and Social tag, all packed in a short movie (7:31")
A boy and a girl communicate to set a date! What's the funny/sexy part? hint: strawberry-banana
Special thanks to Litsa for being in this video with me!
I named my film "Strawberry-Banana" some people get it, some don't!
Will you?
Did you?

Not bad. I actually liked it. But it shows some flaws of smart stay. It recognises that you look at it but still screen wents off.
PS: I didn't get the one with the banana or maybe I did get it if I'm right. But that would be bad too.
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk 2

Nicely done, you seem to have some experience in making movies.
Also, I learned a bit more about S Voice and how to use it.
Kinda sad, I kept wondering whether the phone display needs to be turned on to speak to S Voice, the video confirms this. At least now I know.

Thanks guys!
Askannon12, if you mean @ 4:00 it is not a flaw of smart stay. The "eye" pops out to check! It checks that there is no one looking so it turns off the screen!
Landorin the phone display needs to be turned on to speak to S Voice, otherwise it would consume a lot of battery because it would be in "listening mode" all the time!

I tried the camera one where you say "cheese" and it takes a picture automatically but it won't. Is there a setting for it that I need to change/activate?

wicked14 said:
I tried the camera one where you say "cheese" and it takes a picture automatically but it won't. Is there a setting for it that I need to change/activate?
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Yes! Settings->Language and input. There you must activate "Voice cmd for apps" and in this option everything must be checked.
You can also do many thing with voice commands as you will see. As answer voice calls, play, pause music and more.
And the most important thing is that you can do all of these (voice commands) WITHOUT an internet connection!

wicked14 said:
I tried the camera one where you say "cheese" and it takes a picture automatically but it won't. Is there a setting for it that I need to change/activate?
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love this feature, I normally shout 'action' instead of 'cheese' though.
The best thing about this feature is you can switch it to the self portrait cam and give it to someone.

omg!
a prawn template ftw!
hehe
nice vid.
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there are voice commands that don't need svoice to be enabled just enable voice commands and check all options.
few examples are:
when using camera just say "shoot" to take a shot.
when someone is calling your phone, say "answer" to answer and "reject" to reject the call.
from that vid, i learned stop and snooze for alarm. in turn i'm reminded of another not so well known new feature and it's smart alarm.
the description says, sound will start quietly a few minutes early and slowly increase in volume. so it basically is like the increasing ringtone.
lols and i do get what strawberry-banana meant, hehe it's because the op asked the girl "that" question. hehehehe
me and my gf don't want to use casings.
btw, this vid is better than some of samsung's and that recent u.s. company's vids.
because some of their vids are easy to understand, but the rest can only be understood by only those who already know that certain feature.
this one is pretty clear and people can relate to since what they're doing is pretty much what people would do in their normal lives.
thanks.

Nicely done, though i have freezed s-voice.

If you liked this video maybe you'll like my previous (smaller) video which demonstrates the "smart stay" feature of the Galaxy S3 with examples that has happen to all of us! don't miss the bloopers video link at the end!

@radeonxt you sure got it! some people stay in the "ice-cream" scenario

tolisHD said:
This is a short movie I made demonstrating the intelligent features of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in a possible real life scenario!
S Voice, Smart stay, Smart alert, Direct call and Social tag, all packed in a short movie (7:31")
A boy and a girl communicate to set a date! What's the funny/sexy part? hint: strawberry-banana
Special thanks to Litsa for being in this video with me!
I named my film "Strawberry-Banana" some people get it, some don't!
Will you?
Did you?
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Very nice video showing the Samsung hard work on our s3, i will share this on my Facebook for sure
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

sorry for a noob question, can i still use voice commands(camera, call reject) even after disabling s voice?
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@Alejandrissimo, thanks !
@sohebq, yes! they are separate from s-voice, voice commands even work without network and internet connection!

Nice movie man
Keep Burning Apple F**ks

thanks coolguy1242!

nice video, and was that porn music?

tolisHD said:
@Alejandrissimo, thanks !
@sohebq, yes! they are separate from s-voice, voice commands even work without network and internet connection!
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How do you access voice commands please?
Sent from Galaxy S3

@bednim
Settings->Language and input. There you must activate "Voice cmd for apps" and in this option everything must be checked.
You can also do many thing with voice commands as you will see. Like answer/reject voice calls, play, pause music and more.

tolisHD said:
@bednim
Settings->Language and input. There you must activate "Voice cmd for apps" and in this option everything must be checked.
You can also do many thing with voice commands as you will see. Like answer/reject voice calls, play, pause music and more.
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Thanks a lot for that! Can you make a phone call by using voice commands?
Sent from Galaxy S3
Stock ROM: XXLFB
Not rooted

Random idea for glass

Someone should make an app that scans documents and where you could then find certain words like you would using CTRL+F. Sorry if someone already thought of this, I didn't really know where to post this either.

good idea!
Flo_wz said:
Someone should make an app that scans documents and where you could then find certain words like you would using CTRL+F. Sorry if someone already thought of this, I didn't really know where to post this either.
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Good idea! :good: We need an undo/delete/cntrl+Z command also!

My brain drifts directly to sports- encouraging progress indication when running, turn info such as degree and camber for moto-sports.
When I am in my car, it should sync to speedo and GPS (though I am not sure to what degree you have to focus on display.)
Oh- and when my eyes cross, it should call me a cab!

Re:Google Glass
Flo_wz said:
Someone should make an app that scans documents and where you could then find certain words like you would using CTRL+F. Sorry if someone already thought of this, I didn't really know where to post this either.
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Google glass? It hasn't offered for sale now.:fingers-crossed:

Flo_wz said:
Someone should make an app that scans documents and where you could then find certain words like you would using CTRL+F. Sorry if someone already thought of this, I didn't really know where to post this either.
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There is already an android app that scans documents, corrects for camera angle, enhances text, optimizes contrast and converts the page to a PDF. It's called CamScanner and I use it almost daily to save receipts and fax documents. (I fax them for free using Files Anywhere) There are also several OCR apps on the Play Store so there's no reason this couldn't be done. That's one feature I would love to have.

That's an awsome idea, finding texts etc using your eyes rather than Ctrl+F. This requires accurate eye movement tracing I guess?

[Q] need help in dev

Hello this is my frist time here, I need help with my project.
1. How to detect if there are sounds from the speaker?
2. How do I make my app to be on all the time?
3. How do I detect if the phone is off?(not completely off).
thx in advance .

copent said:
Hello this is my frist time here, I need help with my project.
1. How to detect if there are sounds from the speaker?
2. How do I make my app to be on all the time?
3. How do I detect if the phone is off?(not completely off).
thx in advance .
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I can't answer 1, but...
2. You can use services for long running background tasks.
3. Not sure exactly what you mean, do you want to detect if the screen is off?

flywheels said:
I can't answer 1, but...
2. You can use services for long running background tasks.
3. Not sure exactly what you mean, do you want to detect if the screen is off?
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About 3: yes only when the screen is off...

copent said:
About 3: yes only when the screen is off...
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Try receiving the ACTION_SCREEN_OFF intent in a broadcast receiver inside you're always on service. My post count is too low to post links, but there's lots of examples out there, try Googling "detect screen off android".

flywheels said:
Try receiving the ACTION_SCREEN_OFF intent in a broadcast receiver inside you're always on service. My post count is too low to post links, but there's lots of examples out there, try Googling "detect screen off android".
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Ok thx if i will have more quest i will ask you

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Still need help with 1.

copent said:
Hello this is my frist time here, I need help with my project.
1. How to detect if there are sounds from the speaker?
2. How do I make my app to be on all the time?
3. How do I detect if the phone is off?(not completely off).
thx in advance .
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1. Check MediaRecorder of if you want to go deeper - Funf
2. WakeLock? Will keep the device on all time. There is no guarantee that your app will be alive all the time, there are mechanisms to free up resources in Android which can take care of your app.
3. isInteractive

surlac said:
1. Check MediaRecorder of if you want to go deeper
2. WakeLock? Will keep the device on all time. There is no guarantee that your app will be alive all the time, there are mechanisms to free up resources in Android which can take care of your app.
3.
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Ok thank you i will get in to it later.

surlac said:
1. Check MediaRecorder of if you want to go deeper - Funf
2. WakeLock? Will keep the device on all time. There is no guarantee that your app will be alive all the time, there are mechanisms to free up resources in Android which can take care of your app.
3. isInteractive
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I dont understand u or u dont understand me, i need to know if there is voice in the speaker not in the mic. if i mistake here plz explain me what is "Funf".

copent said:
i need to know if there is voice in the speaker not in the mic
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It looks like there is no way for Android to capture the sound before it goes to the speaker. Voice recording apps use VOICE_DOWNLINK to record what will go to the speaker from third-party, but it for calls only.

OP, did you figure it out?

surlac said:
OP, did you figure it out?
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Well I dont really think that there is a way to do it :/

How to setup voice notifications using Tasker | Tutorial

Hey Guys!
Tasker is really epic, we all know that dont we?
I discovered something epic, and made a tutorial out of it for you all to give it a shot, it works on any android device [It's 2015, get a decent device] it's not restricted to the One.
Why can this be usefull?
Well my friend at The Techolic featured the video on his website, and and mentioned every reason why this is epic!
So do check the article out too!
http://bit.ly/TheTecholic-BlogPost
So what is the tutorial about?
It's simple, suppose you're cycling (using my own example), headphones always on, due to that i miss important notifications, even if i notice that something has come, i have to stop to read the notification, but that irritates me, or moreover takes my average speed , So i used Tasker and Autonotification to make a profile which would work with headphones connected/or not (it's upto you), the profile will speak up all notifications, specially whats app's or texts, for eg. it would say, "New Message from (Contact Name). (Message).
This also works for all of us lazy asses out there, Feeling Lazy to read? or even extend your hand to the table next to you? damn this would do the job for you, speak up the notifications
Let me know how is it, and if you find it usefull, hit on the Thanks meter

So you made this video? You're Android Kingdom?
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timmaaa said:
So you made this video? You're Android Kingdom?
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Yeah, is it nice?
always appreciating nice and not so nice comments

Bump.

Aman said:
Bump.
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Excellent.
For those of us hard of hearing, would you post up the Tasker config file for this and or write up the How To?

Nothing new that is not on Youtube and the multitude of 101 Tasker howto videos. Oh and please don't bump you own posts.... And BTW you don't need anything else than Tasker to do this. You want ot learn more about tasker programming ? Look for
hollywoodfrodo's videos i found it to be one of the best.