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Beware of android market malware

Redmondpie report here which is self explanatory....

Now thats what im talking about...

And both of these require users to download and install crap on their phones. The solution still seems to be to only download reputable apps from reputable devs.

Oh well,,time to install AVG!!!
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naimmkassim said:
Oh well,,time to install AVG!!!
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You could, but you might be better off installing something that will actually protect your device.......
(lookout)

Malware in android market??
What can i do to protect my SGT?

Next flash new
Rottenapple says that android is rubbish and not to be used, also is copy of iOS because apple invented the world and they have a patent to prove i

conantroutman said:
You could, but you might be better off installing something that will actually protect your device.......
(lookout)
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Or you could do neither and just not install pirated apps and only install apps from legit devs.

A. Nonymous said:
Or you could do neither and just not install pirated apps and only install apps from legit devs.
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Thats some good advice right there...
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....

conantroutman said:
You could, but you might be better off installing something that will actually protect your device.......
(lookout)
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Ohh,,any good suggestion conantroutman? Something that will actually protect my device?
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Grr Google ...
So that is probably how my twitter account got hacked.
If the mallware can do all that mentioned in the article then I guess it will have no problem reading saved passwords like Gmail and others
Twitter account got hacked a while after starting to use Galaxy Tab, I am thinking the pass from Android was read by some mallware.
A Skype update mentioned a similar thing and asked to update.
If I remember correctly Android was supposed to allow each application to read/write its in its own area in the device, I guess that only applies to the ... "good-ware" applications, the mall-ware can read all the other data.
On the other hand Google can do a great job when it comes to not letting us see/install all applications because we are from some X country.
... sent from my PC

My mama once told me always use protection son!
As Mulder on the X-Files used to say, “Trust No One”. Not even this site. Use your common sense and check the sources. Can you verify the information? Does the information sound balance and reasonable? Where else can you research this before you do something that cannot be fixed? At the end of the day, you are the last barrier of protection for yourself.

naimmkassim said:
Ohh,,any good suggestion conantroutman? Something that will actually protect my device?
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Read my last post!

In other news
Cupertino Tart report that Android is bad and will eat your babies
Here: www.rottenapples.troll
In the other hand the chaps at Redmond knows a lot about malware and viruses, after all they suffered every single infection known to man and computer

naimmkassim said:
Ohh,,any good suggestion conantroutman? Something that will actually protect my device?
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Lookout and wavesecure were reccomended to me...

conantroutman said:
Lookout and wavesecure were reccomended to me...
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Wow. Nice one, i will try it. Thanks. They should upgrade this tapatalk so that i can hit the thanks button for you
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Data Backup

Hi,
ive just bought the atrix and i dont really want to root it just yet...
are there any apps that can backup my app data like titanium does?

none that i'm aware of, which is shame

This might be something to take a look at:
https://market.android.com/details?...wMiwiY29tLnJlcndhcmUuYW5kcm9pZC5NeUJhY2t1cCJd
jman316 said:
Hi,
ive just bought the atrix and i dont really want to root it just yet...
are there any apps that can backup my app data like titanium does?
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I bought MyBackup Pro or something like that. It has a pretty good UI. I use it mainly to back up texts to their cloud. They have a demo version if you wanted to check it out.

Just root it. Its pretty safe. Make sure you get a recovery that works.
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I use titanium backup as just a means to keep the apks of apps I've bought and and downloaded off the market so I can reinstall them after flashing a ROM. Restoring apps + data causes me nothing but trouble as in apps going 'rogue' and draining my battery by not letting my phone go to sleep. A fresh start for every app is recommended.
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i use titaniumbackup. works great.

Mgamerz said:
Just root it. Its pretty safe. Make sure you get a recovery that works.
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Ive managed to root it, although the bootloader is still locked.
Are there any simple "one click" ways of unlocking this too?

jman316 said:
Ive managed to root it, although the bootloader is still locked.
Are there any simple "one click" ways of unlocking this too?
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Yes. But i am not sure of the link atm.
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Mgamerz said:
Yes. But i am not sure of the link atm.
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well look forward to it being posted here !

jman316 said:
well look forward to it being posted here !
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search for "pudding" in the Development forum --- that's where you'll find out how to unlock your bootloader.

s1mpd1ddy said:
search for "pudding" in the Development forum --- that's where you'll find out how to unlock your bootloader.
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yes ive seen that. But i was looking for something a bit more simpler for a noob like me !

Mgamerz said:
Yes. But i am not sure of the link atm.
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was it this link ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871

Might try mybackup pro. Not as good if you aren't rooted, but it does back everything up.

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Mods, please delete this thread.
I'm returning the tablet since there isn't a working root method anymore.

They have something call safestrap for the locked vzw s4. I'm sure it can be ported over to the note if you get in contact with one of the devs working on it.

Airtioteclint said:
They have something call safestrap for the locked vzw s4. I'm sure it can be ported over to the note if you get in contact with one of the devs working on it.
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thanks for the heads up, I'll check over there once I'm back from vacation

Airtioteclint said:
They have something call safestrap for the locked vzw s4. I'm sure it can be ported over to the note if you get in contact with one of the devs working on it.
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I reached out to a few developers and haven't heard back. Hopefully, I'll be able to find a dev that will take interest in our device. The biggest reason I want to root is to make all apps multiwindow without having to connect the tablet to the PC to modify APKs.

addictivepixels said:
I reached out to a few developers and haven't heard back. Hopefully, I'll be able to find a dev that will take interest in our device. The biggest reason I want to root is to make all apps multiwindow without having to connect the tablet to the PC to modify APKs.
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Lol so youre putting in 50$ to avoid having to use your computer for a few minutes?
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younix258 said:
Lol so youre putting in 50$ to avoid having to use your computer for a few minutes?
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Thanks for being a smartass. If you read my post it clearly says WITH THE LATEST OTA UPDATE. I just purchased the tablet and it already has the latest OTA update installed.
If you're not interested in discussing the topic at hand, kindly piss off. Otherwise, please, cite your sources on how "using my computer for a few minutes" will root/unlock my note with the latest OTA update.

addictivepixels said:
Thanks for being a smartass. If you read my post it clearly says WITH THE LATEST OTA UPDATE. I just purchased the tablet and it already has the latest OTA update installed.
If you're not interested in discussing the topic at hand, kindly piss off. Otherwise, please, cite your sources on how "using my computer for a few minutes" will root/unlock my note with the latest OTA update.
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Oh i misunderstood. Id taken this to mean exactly what i posted and it really seemed pointless. No insult meant, and i did read your OP but i guess it didnt fully register in my mind lol. Gl on bounty
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younix258 said:
Oh i misunderstood. Id taken this to mean exactly what i posted and it really seemed pointless. No insult meant, and i did read your OP but i guess it didnt fully register in my mind lol. Gl on bounty
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Its all good, thanks
Hopefully, I'll be able to find someone/something that can at least get me root on this tablet. I really don't want to sell it, but, no root = no keep.

I'm in for $10
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addictivepixels said:
I reached out to a few developers and haven't heard back. Hopefully, I'll be able to find a dev that will take interest in our device. The biggest reason I want to root is to make all apps multiwindow without having to connect the tablet to the PC to modify APKs.
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If all you really want is root access then it might be easier. Have u tried this yet? This is for at&t, there is one for vzw too. It's a risk since it's made for the s4 tho be warned.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577

Airtioteclint said:
If all you really want is root access then it might be easier. Have u tried this yet? This is for at&t, there is one for vzw too. It's a risk since it's made for the s4 tho be warned.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577
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Thanks for the heads-up. I just tried following the instructions in the thread and it gives me a "permission denied" error. I'm so desperate for root at this point :<

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Kingo root malware?

So before finding out about this I have already rooted with it and now all of the xda admins are advising not to use this. After a good bit of reading I guess this app has sent www.wmshua.com my imei. It uses their exploit and their patches and makes it seem like they made a root method. This is a deceptive app and I wish I would have never used it. The lest this app developer could have done was change the layout of the program and download all the patches and hosted them himself. Not I fear some conglomerate in China has my imei and will use it at a later date to do a worldwide hack or something. I understand there is no going back so I'll just uninstall the app and hope nothing bad comes from this....

DustinKimble said:
So before finding out about this I have already rooted with it and now all of the xda admins are advising not to use this. After a good bit of reading I guess this app has sent www.wmshua.com my imei. It uses their exploit and their patches and makes it seem like they made a root method. This is a deceptive app and I wish I would have never used it. The lest this app developer could have done was change the layout of the program and download all the patches and hosted them himself. Not I fear some conglomerate in China has my imei and will use it at a later date to do a worldwide hack or something. I understand there is no going back so I'll just uninstall the app and hope nothing bad comes from this....
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Designgears seems to endorse it on his de la vega thread so I would think it's ok.

agent929 said:
Designgears seems to endorse it on his de la vega thread so I would think it's ok.
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I think that post was before it was questioned that Kingo could contain malware.
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Yea it was. Someone needs to dissect the program, see what info is collected, what is downloaded, and what's transfered to the phone and all that dissected. I don't have hardly any knowledge on how to do this but I'm about to attempt this. I wish I had a whole day and a couple adderall I could dedicate to digging into this.

I'm in no special hurry to root my 9005, so I can happily wait for the next version. Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable than I can take that *.exe apart and so what load it carries, if any.
In any case caution is a virtue...
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The reason manufacturers and carriers do not like rooting is the security issues. It has nothing to do with them trying to prevent tethering or modifications. With that said any root method not developed and hosted on XDA by a known developer should be used with extreme caution. Exploits are not required to have source posted and it takes a great deal of time and effort to reverse them to see what they do.

I would encourage everyone to make their own decisions on this. I'm keeping my Kingo root, as I contacted them and was satisfied with the response I received. I like open source as much as the next guy, but not every piece of software can be open source. That doesn't mean that the application is malware.

DustinKimble said:
The main reason they were shut down here is because they are being so secretive with their methods and "closed source" doesn't exactly go around here expecially not with root methods. Expecially not with root methods originated from china.
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The world's espionage leader right now seems to be the US, not China. AT&T users in particular should consider the most recent apying revelation: NYT:cia-is-said-to-pay-att-for-call-data

So what exactly could they do with said information? There's nothing extra running on our phones after using it to root. Plus its not like they didn't actually supply us with a simple root method. I could understand the concern if it didn't work
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Anthonok said:
So what exactly could they do with said information? There's nothing extra running on our phones after using it to root. Plus its not like they didn't actually supply us with a simple root method. I could understand the concern if it didn't work
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I have to agree with you. I'm not even remotely worried about it. The program works.
It scares people on here, so maybe not host it on XDA, but Kingo has their own site.

defectiveleader said:
I have to agree with you. I'm not even remotely worried about it. The program works.
It scares people on here, so maybe not host it on XDA, but Kingo has their own site.
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I understand the fear. Its also interesting that they have a root method for many devices. So maybe they have a reason to not be so open. Maybe they've found the mother of exploits and they don't want it to be closed.
Or with all this talk about how they want to keep root free but pay their devs means they are going to use this super exploit to lock devices and charge people to unlock them in order to use it. Idk I'll wait a day or 2 and see what comes of this whether that's a good idea or not idk. Time will tell. Either way I've got designgears' one click stock on my PC just in case.
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If you wanted to be safe, couldn't you just disconnect from the Internet while you root and then reconnect after? Or does it require an active Internet connect to root?

funfordds said:
If you wanted to be safe, couldn't you just disconnect from the Internet while you root and then reconnect after? Or does it require an active Internet connect to root?
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Tried that no go
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This is weird now. Im rooted with kingo and now I dont know if its safe. Im thinking now of unrooting
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Just went back to stock. But still afraid of the imei stuff

Well theres nothing extra running on the phone with Kingo. People are way to paranoid
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As far as can be seen the information is grabbed and sent during the rooting process which is why it will not work without an active internet connection. Kingo is working on a revision to remove the data collection.
Also note thread cleaned
Profanity is NOT acceptable on this site...ever!
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manny18pr said:
This is weird now. Im rooted with kingo and now I dont know if its safe. Im thinking now of unrooting
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You can't unscrew a girl.. Whatever is done, is done. Now you just have to root again...

Wait, so if i've rooted using kingo..is it safe to stay rooted with their exploit or do i have to wipe + reset?

Zwarx said:
Well there[']s nothing extra running on the phone with Kingo.
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Just wondering: how did you establish that?

MK2 Update question

I haven't been able to find a straight forward answer to my question.
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 with MF3. This is how it was purchased and I then (only) rooted it.
Will I keep my root access if I take the now available MK2 OTA update and have enabled the SuperSU Pro OTA Survival mode option before I take the OTA?
With all due respect, I dont want to hear about custom roms, ODIN, or anything else that doesn't apply to my direct question.
Thanks!
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nedfolks said:
I haven't been able to find a straight forward answer to my question.
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 with MF3. This is how it was purchased and I then (only) rooted it.
Will I keep my root access if I take the now available MK2 OTA update and have enabled the SuperSU Pro OTA Survival mode option before I take the OTA?
With all due respect, I dont want to hear about custom roms, ODIN, or anything else that doesn't apply to my direct question.
Thanks!
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With all due respect, you will get more (and better) answers in the:Q & A Section rather than the Accessories section.

nunjabusiness said:
With all due respect, you will get more (and better) answers in the:Q & A Section rather than the Accessories section.
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I was in the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 section and clicked on the add thread button. This was all done using the xda premium ap. Perhaps its poorly designed.

Get a nexus or dont ***** about root and flame xda's app. Or perhaps just go get an iPhone and bother jailbreak nation or some other site.

nedfolks said:
I was in the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 section and clicked on the add thread button. This was all done using the xda premium ap. Perhaps its poorly designed.
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You might have accidentally clicked something, point of the matter is its in the wrong section, mistakes happen, a simple "oh sorry didn't realize it!" would have sufficed.
As for your issue, I haven't seen any successful or failed update attempts with OTA survival enabled. If you do loose root, you can always simply re-root the firmware update.
Easton999GS said:
Get a nexus or dont ***** about root and flame xda's app. Or perhaps just go get an iPhone and bother jailbreak nation or some other site.
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I have no words for you. Other then be nice to people.

Easton999GS said:
Get a nexus or dont ***** about root and flame xda's app. Or perhaps just go get an iPhone and bother jailbreak nation or some other site.
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Take a breather kid
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Easton999GS said:
Get a nexus or dont ***** about root and flame xda's app. Or perhaps just go get an iPhone and bother jailbreak nation or some other site.
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Wow.....

Easton999GS said:
Get a nexus or dont ***** about root and flame xda's app. Or perhaps just go get an iPhone and bother jailbreak nation or some other site.
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The Nexus is as stupid as you are. Why would I ever want a device with no external data storage and a terrible camera? I wouldn't use that junk if it was given to me for free.

nedfolks said:
The Nexus is as stupid as you are. Why would I ever want a device with no external data storage and a terrible camera? I wouldn't use that junk if it was given to me for free.
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Um no it isnt. Not if your into developing and looking for a method to always have root and bootloader unlock, I love my GS4 but this locked bootloader **** is annoying. If we all were unlocked this phone would be hands down better than the nexus 5