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Google Android apps found to be sharing data

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11443111
Apologies if this has been said already.

Good post!
Some apps gathered and despatched location information even when an application was not running and some sent updates every 30 seconds.
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First of all, anyone have a list of the apps? And secondly, could the above be the reason that alot of people running Android suffer worse battery loss than others?

u can find a setting like that next to the gps switch in the settinngs menu
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Dunno, but explains high data usuage. 1gb plus for me on moderate use
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Having read it again, surely apps on the market are vetted by google? Douche bags...
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johndub71 said:
Having read it again, surely apps on the market are vetted by google? Douche bags...
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Nope, apps on the android market are not vetted or checked.
You are expected to check the permissions an app uses, and decide to install or not. When one of our team published an app, it appeared within seconds on the market available for install.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=796576

Very informative.
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Im not so much annoyed they are getting information from me. At the end of the day there is very little information they can take.
BUT:
I am annoyed that apps are doing things I have not asked them too. Thats the single most annoying thing an application can possibly do!
I want my phone to do what I ask of it.
Not what some developer wants... What are they? A bunch of little steve jobs?!
Im glad the devs here are trustworthy..

Mobile iron reporting rooted phone

My phone is rooted running rooted stock rooted Mr2
I install mobile iron and it works for a day then stops syncing and I get an email from it that my phone is rooted and that is against company policy. I call to get it reset and the next day the same thing. Anyone know a workaround? I don't know what mobile iron is looking at to telll it is roooted.
Any help would be great... IT isn't going to beleive me much longer..
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i'd hate to be one the tough asses you see on here but, how about not rooting your company phone?

Not rooting a company phone, it is my phone but i connect to my work with it for emails, contacts, etc... but to take your method of thinking... Perhaps we should'nt root our phones at all since verizon does not approve of it....

denonlake said:
Not rooting a company phone, it is my phone but i connect to my work with it for emails, contacts, etc... but to take your method of thinking... Perhaps we should'nt root our phones at all since verizon does not approve of it....
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I don't think he is saying that we shouldn't root our phones because companies disapprove. I think he is saying, don't root your phone if you want that particular app to work without issue....

I'm curious to know how the app checks whether the device is rooted. I see similar behavior with the new Android Market on my rooted Nook Color; Movies just don't show up, but I don't get a SuperUser request, or anything indicating the app is checking for the ability to gain root.

denonlake said:
My phone is rooted running rooted stock rooted Mr2
I install mobile iron and it works for a day then stops syncing and I get an email from it that my phone is rooted and that is against company policy. I call to get it reset and the next day the same thing. Anyone know a workaround? I don't know what mobile iron is looking at to telll it is roooted.
Any help would be great... IT isn't going to beleive me much longer..
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Are you sure its rooted? Rooted? Rooted?

I bet that the app can scan the installed apps and check for SU. I would check the permissions of the app and see if there is anything odd. If your running CM7 i thought a little while back they introduced the ability to block permissions for apps. Might start there.

dalrym05 said:
Are you sure its rooted? Rooted? Rooted?
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Just caught that... Funny
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altimax98 said:
I bet that the app can scan the installed apps and check for SU. I would check the permissions of the app and see if there is anything odd. If your running CM7 i thought a little while back they introduced the ability to block permissions for apps. Might start there.
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or download the permissions app from the market

[Q] how to disable apps from auto starting?

hello guys
does somebody knows how to disable apps from auto starting? my phone is rooted and i tried autostarts from google play but it doesn't work or detect my apps. sorry for my wrong grammar or if i posted on a wrong tread thanks

You cannot.
Delete the app that you don't use.
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gm007 said:
You cannot.
Delete the app that you don't use.
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may i ask why? or is it no apps to stop apps from auto starting in xperia z ? sorry for a newbie question

paulkhim said:
may i ask why? or is it no apps to stop apps from auto starting in xperia z ? sorry for a newbie question
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I don't know why,android is like that.
There is many processes that will start automatically even if you stop them.
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It's so annoying seeing 15+ system apps running, although it's nothing compared to TouchWiz ! :laugh:
But yeah disable them using Chef's Freezer, App Quarantine or Titanium.

23Six said:
It's so annoying seeing 15+ system apps running, although it's nothing compared to TouchWiz ! :laugh:
But yeah disable them using Chef's Freezer, App Quarantine or Titanium.
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i guess i have to freeze them for now till a good app comes out .

paulkhim said:
hello guys
does somebody knows how to disable apps from auto starting? my phone is rooted and i tried autostarts from google play but it doesn't work or detect my apps. sorry for my wrong grammar or if i posted on a wrong tread thanks
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There's some apps which normally can do this, Autorun Manager, Autostart Manager in ROM Toolbox and few other. Unfortunately none of them works on Xperia ROM. Something in the Sony ROM prevent app from reading receivers.
Edit : started a new thread in XZ section, but looks like nobody care : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2212544
I wanted to offer a reward via paypal for the one who find a solution but need people to contribute with me few $ to motivate devs...

babylonbwoy said:
There's some apps which normally can do this, Autorun Manager, Autostart Manager in ROM Toolbox and few other. Unfortunately none of them works on Xperia ROM. Something in the Sony ROM prevent app from reading receivers.
Edit : started a new thread in XZ section, but looks like nobody care : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2212544
I wanted to offer a reward via paypal for the one who find a solution but need people to contribute with me few $ to motivate devs...
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i found an app called greenify in the apps store . its for rooted device and it hibernates the app so it wont auto start at boot , but it can only disable user apps not system apps. works good for now.

Verizon media app.

So anyone know how to get around Verizon's root check. I get the following message when trying to watch stuff we've bought using their media manager app.
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Usually you rename the superuser.apk file to something else, like superuser.bk, but this also disables superuser. It would be something you switch every time you want to use the app, then switch back when you're done. Not sure if this works for that Verizon app, but it's how people have gotten around root checks before.
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gk1984 said:
Usually you rename the superuser.apk file to something else, like superuser.bk, but this also disables superuser. It would be something you switch every time you want to use the app, then switch back when you're done. Not sure if this works for that Verizon app, but it's how people have gotten around root checks before.
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Thanks, I'll try that out.

QuiQNeZZ said:
Thanks, I'll try that out.
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It's certainly one solution, but most Superuser apps have a temporary unroot feature that will take care of this for you, which can be a lot safer than monkeying around with your APKs if you don't know what you're doing. There are also some good apps out there that can hide an active root, although it's been some time since I've had to use them.

Rirere said:
It's certainly one solution, but most Superuser apps have a temporary unroot feature that will take care of this for you, which can be a lot safer than monkeying around with your APKs if you don't know what you're doing. There are also some good apps out there that can hide an active root, although it's been some time since I've had to use them.
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I'll have to look into that too when I get home. Thanks.

Getting rid of bloatware??

Ok so I've rooted my z1 and now I'm wondering which apps are save to delete from device to free up more space.
Is there a list anywhere listing which bloatware is safe to delete?
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gibbo82 said:
Ok so I've rooted my z1 and now I'm wondering which apps are save to delete from device to free up more space.
Is there a list anywhere listing which bloatware is safe to delete?
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There are lists, you can just google it.
However, the best thing to do is use an app like titanium backup and then "Freeze" aps. This way you can see if it effects performance or stability before actually uninstalling it. If it goes wrong you can just defrost the app again.

gregbradley said:
There are lists, you can just google it.
However, the best thing to do is use an app like titanium backup and then "Freeze" aps. This way you can see if it effects performance or stability before actually uninstalling it. If it goes wrong you can just defrost the app again.
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I think you can just disable it from settings->apps

gibbo82 said:
Ok so I've rooted my z1 and now I'm wondering which apps are save to delete from device to free up more space.
Is there a list anywhere listing which bloatware is safe to delete?
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I was wondering the same thing today and just found some lists from other phones. Just hadn't gotten around to asking yet, so thanks.
But this is my first locked bootloader device I've rooted, so was wondering if the bootloader checks any system apps on boot? I assume not, but want to be safe. If the bootloader won't boot, then titanium won't help much to recover
Also, anyone know if tweaking things like the dpi in the build.prop will cause the bootloader to freeze?
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DAddYE said:
I think you can just disable it from settings->apps
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Not for system apps and bloatware
301stSpartan said:
I was wondering the same thing today and just found some lists from other phones. Just hadn't gotten around to asking yet, so thanks.
But this is my first locked bootloader device I've rooted, so was wondering if the bootloader checks any system apps on boot? I assume not, but want to be safe. If the bootloader won't boot, then titanium won't help much to recover
Also, anyone know if tweaking things like the dpi in the build.prop will cause the bootloader to freeze?
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Its not a problem deleting system apps and the bootloader. However, deleting system apps can some processes to fail, but the device should always boot.

gregbradley said:
Its not a problem deleting system apps and the bootloader. However, deleting system apps can some processes to fail, but the device should always boot.
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Thanks mate. Any thoughts on build.prop tweaks? (Sorry for OT)
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This may be slightly off topic but did anyone get their Z1's with bloatware in another language that could not be uninstalled? When I got mine, it had a few apps in Polish (I think) that played music and some other things. I could not remove it the normal way. Just curious if anyone else got the same crap I did. I guess it shouldn't be too surprising seeing as how I got the C6903 overseas model. I just didn't think it'd have apps that I couldn't remove.

AhsanU said:
This may be slightly off topic but did anyone get their Z1's with bloatware in another language that could not be uninstalled? When I got mine, it had a few apps in Polish (I think) that played music and some other things. I could not remove it the normal way. Just curious if anyone else got the same crap I did. I guess it shouldn't be too surprising seeing as how I got the C6903 overseas model. I just didn't think it'd have apps that I couldn't remove.
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Titanium back up or root explorer I've found to be the best apps to do this
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