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Jail break/Root comes to Windows Phone 8 soon?

It seems the Jail Break/Root is coming to Windows Phone 8 soon. It may free more features from wp8. Looking forward to it. :laugh:

Room408Design said:
It seems the Jail Break/Root is coming to Windows Phone 8 soon. It may free more features from wp8. Looking forward to it. :laugh:
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For the moment, not too hope...

Yeah, the closest we have right now is the capability-unlock for Samsung phones. That's not a full root (working on it!) and beyond that, we have almost nothing.

GoodDayToDie said:
Yeah, the closest we have right now is the capability-unlock for Samsung phones. That's not a full root (working on it!) and beyond that, we have almost nothing.
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Anyone find any new news on this so called "920 Unlock" that has been claimed it will be released soon ? If this is true, this could open the doors to most WP devices...

The only thing I saw was Ultrashot saying it was a Riffbox "hack" (meaning you'd need to have some special hardware and probably physically open up your phone, to do it).

GoodDayToDie said:
The only thing I saw was Ultrashot saying it was a Riffbox "hack" (meaning you'd need to have some special hardware and probably physically open up your phone, to do it).
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It's still better than nothing ^^

CodingBird said:
It's still better than nothing ^^
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and that's also not that easy ( retail)
because the wp8 phones also have so called E-fuse in Soc
on retail they are blown ( even the Jtag E-fuses are blown)

CodingBird said:
It's still better than nothing ^^
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its also unbelievably dodgy if you don't know what your doing.
You effectively connect directly to the ROM chip, an I mean that in a physical sense and rewrite any data you want, you can "root" anything doing this as you'll bypass any security measures, its just a matter of getting the correct software to flash on to the thing that's tricky, oh and the small matter cracking open your device, locating the chip, working out the necessary configurations to power it up and flash it
I did some research on this for the focus S and yes its possible but its way beyond my abilities
ceesheim said:
and that's also not that easy ( retail)
because the wp8 phones also have so called E-fuse in Soc
on retail they are blown ( even the Jtag E-fuses are blown)
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And there you have it, its even harder on WP8!

It's dispointing for sure....All I want is 3 rows of tiles and custom colors on my 928.... is this too much to ask ? (Not at Devs at Microsoft)...

Then get the ATIV Odyssey, which I just unlocked InteropUnlocked Sunday, except three tiles might be overkill on a 480x800 screen. O_0
I haven't updated to GDR3 yet because I'm not sure how to avoid Diagnosis' changes once I update.

It's been updated with a XAP...
http://www.silenstd.com/silenall/silentech/highxap/
any idea if it's any good or if we need an account to download it ?

DavidinCT said:
It's been updated with a XAP...
http://www.silenstd.com/silenall/silentech/highxap/
any idea if it's any good or if we need an account to download it ?
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Deploy with SDK, BUT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435697&page=48

lumia 625 root
Hi thanx for all the hard work.
Could anyone tell me if there is any way of rooting Lumia 625

meccy said:
Hi thanx for all the hard work.
Could anyone tell me if there is any way of rooting Lumia 625
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If you are 8.1 user use custom wpsystem and customPFD
also you can use resource hacker of djamol after that . Using resource hacker is not maybe very safe for this time so wait for it

Note that djamol's hacks don't make a complete root, though they are the closest thing that is public right now for a Lumia like yours. Nobody's going to say anything about a full root until it's ready, and ideally not even then not until after a major update (to give the most possible time before MS <REDACTED>s us over with an update that takes away control of our personal devices again).

[Q] Sony my Xperia vs Apple Lost Mode

In apples when in lost mode, you will never unlock the device even after flashing a new firmware.
But what about in Sony? After locking it, will it unlock by flashing a ftf?

f_u_006 said:
In apples when in lost mode, you will never unlock the device even after flashing a new firmware.
But what about in Sony? After locking it, will it unlock by flashing a ftf?
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most likely it will be usable again but all data will be gone.

lowrider_05 said:
most likely it will be usable again but all data will be gone.
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I am not in such status now, I just wanna know if i lock my Z1 using my Xperia and someone who stole or found it can they unlock it by flashing a new firmware?
in iOS it doesn't!

Nothing compares to iOS's lost mode, it ties deep into the device's hardware.
No Android device has a feature that's similar to iOS 7's activation lock. Even Samsung's Note 3 "equivalent" could surely be done away with by flashing CM.

There are always ways around it. Even using hardware encryption. I guarantee you apple has an algorithm that will generate a password when needed if you call in to tech support. This will be hacked.
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Android (MUST) add feature!
How the best Mobile OS could lack this feature?

f_u_006 said:
Android (MUST) add feature!
How the best Mobile OS could lack this feature?
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By not being manufactured by the same company as mentioned by another member, Apple's Lost Mode ties deep into hardware which requires certain hardware support, which is not the case for Android phones since the software and hardware are by different companies.

you can use it again

Avast mobile security has functions and features like this with things in place to prevent flashing recoveries and such like, but to be fair, once your phone is stolen the only need of security software is to ensure your data is wiped. Everything else is unimportant as people will always find a way to reactivate a phone eventually, and you are very unlikely to get it back.

pandaball said:
By not being manufactured by the same company as mentioned by another member, Apple's Lost Mode ties deep into hardware which requires certain hardware support, which is not the case for Android phones since the software and hardware are by different companies.
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All of the manufacturers use the same API and OS, Android must release such an API then the manufacturers can compile them into there Firmware...

f_u_006 said:
All of the manufacturers use the same API and OS, Android must release such an API then the manufacturers can compile them into there Firmware...
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Not really. API levels differ between Android versions, so different Android versions can have different sets of API available. Google could arguably incorporate such a feature into Google Play Services, but then the hardware portion is missing so even if manufacturers had such an option, the prerequisite hardware support must be present and unfortunately pretty much all Android devices to my knowledge don't have such a thing

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Not really. API levels differ between Android versions, so different Android versions can have different sets of API available. Google could arguably incorporate such a feature into Google Play Services, but then the hardware portion is missing so even if manufacturers had such an option, the prerequisite hardware support must be present and unfortunately pretty much all Android devices to my knowledge don't have such a thing
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I agree with you but like Apple, why should someone loss there data and phone because of a disaster?
I am sure Android may be working on it#!#?

f_u_006 said:
I agree with you but like Apple, why should someone loss there data and phone because of a disaster?
I am sure Android may be working on it#!#?
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If an Apple user lost his/her phone, the data and phone would be gone too software based solutions cannot resist an OS wipe, and there's little Google can do about it.

pandaball said:
If an Apple user lost his/her phone, the data and phone would be gone too software based solutions cannot resist an OS wipe, and there's little Google can do about it.
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But if we had a backup in our PC or Cloud so we could restore it easily. At least you don't have to pay for a new phone.

f_u_006 said:
But if we had a backup in our PC or Cloud so we could restore it easily. At least you don't have to pay for a new phone.
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Uhh? If an iPhone user lost his phone, why wouldn't he have to pay for a new phone? I don't think Apple gives people who lost their phones new ones As for backups, app backups can be done with the adb backup command on your computer. Nandroids would work on the same phone model as well, as would apps like Titanium Backup and Helium.

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Uhh? If an iPhone user lost his phone, why wouldn't he have to pay for a new phone? I don't think Apple gives people who lost their phones new ones As for backups, app backups can be done with the adb backup command on your computer. Nandroids would work on the same phone model as well, as would apps like Titanium Backup and Helium.
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I argue for lost phone not data!
Atleast i won't buy a new phone if lost mine in such way.
My aunt lost her IPhone and she found it after 2 days, she also synced her Pictures from the cloud and apps from the iTunes.
THAT'S IT!
Well... i feel jealous in this case cuz i hate Apple. Lol
Android must work on some security features, they can even make something better than Apple's.

f_u_006 said:
I argue for lost phone not data!
Atleast i won't buy a new phone if lost mine in such way.
My aunt lost her IPhone and she found it after 2 days, she also synced her Pictures from the cloud and apps from the iTunes.
THAT'S IT!
Well... i feel jealous in this case cuz i hate Apple. Lol
Android must work on some security features, they can even make something better than Apple's.
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I don't really get you... you're saying that if a person loses his phone, he also loses his data?
While this is true for apps, some games now sync game saves to the cloud so it is accessible on other devices and for backup purposes, while for photos, you can try Dropbox or Google+, both have automatic photo and video uploading as well

pandaball said:
I don't really get you... you're saying that if a person loses his phone, he also loses his data?
While this is true for apps, some games now sync game saves to the cloud so it is accessible on other devices and for backup purposes, while for photos, you can try Dropbox or Google+, both have automatic photo and video uploading as well
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If you lost your Android Phone then forgot about your Data in your phone, Unless you have a backup ( Nandroid, Cloud, Titanium.....)
There's very less chance to you if you find your phone again. So... Can you live phoneless? PROBABLY NO!
You need to buy a new phone in sucha condition.
In Apple finding your phone after losing it is easy, and your data will be never extracted.
I am an entry level dev and i can extract data from any Android phone but in Apple nobody did yet.
So i want Android (The best OS ever in mine and everyone is view) to create such feature in there upcoming version API, Source code or..... then other manufacturers can compile them into there Firmwares..
By anymean i found Apple's lost mode better than Android device manager or manufacturer's specific.

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If you lost your Android Phone then forgot about your Data in your phone, Unless you have a backup ( Nandroid, Cloud, Titanium.....)
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True, which is why people should backup more often. Helium has a scheduled backup option
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In Apple finding your phone after losing it is easy, and your data will be never extracted.
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Ehh? If your phone goes missing and it shows up in another country because someone stole it, I would think it isn't very easy to get it back
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I am an entry level dev and i can extract data from any Android phone
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You can't if the person encrypted his Android phone That's another way to protect your data if you so wish.
f_u_006 said:
So i want Android (The best OS ever in mine and everyone is view) to create such feature in there upcoming version API, Source code or..... then other manufacturers can compile them into there Firmwares..
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As mentioned above, the hardware support has to be present, else software based solutions can only do so much.

Full system partition after 6.0.1 update.

Alright, so let me start by saying I read around and I know it's normal, Google just decided to pack the system partition full this time around, but when using the diskinfo app, it shows that there are 0B of unused data! Is that right? Not a single byte? Haha that's weird that Google would choose this! And I know you can delete some Google bloatware to get some space back. Anyways, question here is, is everyone else at 0B after this 6.0.1 update?
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Mines full up as well, or at least it was til I made room for cataclysm. Google makes stock with the idea that you'll never touch the /system ever so having it 100% full just means Google is using every bit of space available to them trying to keep from using internal storage space for their google apps.

As others have said and done, delete some unused Google apps from /system/apps or some foreign language keyboards from /system.

JimSmith94 said:
As others have said and done, delete some unused Google apps from /system/apps or some foreign language keyboards from /system.
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Yes, I've seen this said in many threads, I made this thread just to see if everyone else had 0B of memory open.
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StykerB said:
Mines full up as well, or at least it was til I made room for cataclysm. Google makes stock with the idea that you'll never touch the /system ever so having it 100% full just means Google is using every bit of space available to them trying to keep from using internal storage space for their google apps.
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It's strange really! Thanks for the input though! Glad it's supposed to be this full, I was starting to even think there might be left over files from flashing or something strange like that! Lol
Sent from my Nexus 6

H4X0R46 said:
It's strange really! Thanks for the input though! Glad it's supposed to be this full, I was starting to even think there might be left over files from flashing or something strange like that! Lol
Sent from my Nexus 6
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Empty space is not full but "reserved"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64208563&postcount=3393

I did a comparison between the system partition of the MMB29K factory image and my AOSP MMB29K based rom with Benzo Gapps which is quite full and the difference is 1,3 GB. The difference is actually about 100M less, because a couple of Google apps is called Prebuilt-something, and it differs from the Gapps installed. So if anybody needs space on system, there's a lot of things to delete from.

This was done to prevent things like xposed. With the more strict root setup and this Google is making it harder and harder for things like xposed which google wants to put an end to.

zelendel said:
This was done to prevent things like xposed. With the more strict root setup and this Google is making it harder and harder for things like xposed which google wants to put an end to.
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I sincerely doubt it. I don't think Google cares about any software particularly. It's more to stop those messing with their system partition that are not entirely sure what they are doing.

istperson said:
I sincerely doubt it. I don't think Google cares about any software particularly. It's more to stop those messing with their system partition that are not entirely sure what they are doing.
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Don't be mistaken. Google doesn't like what we do here.

zelendel said:
Don't be mistaken. Google doesn't like what we do here.
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I don't doubt that for a second. I just don'T believe that that is the main reason the system partition is being filled to the brim.

zelendel said:
This was done to prevent things like xposed. With the more strict root setup and this Google is making it harder and harder for things like xposed which google wants to put an end to.
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I really wouldn't doubt it! I was thinking maybe to put an end to root or something like that! Now you have to delete some of the Google bloatware to install traditional root or xposed! I just wonder how they're going to update the Nexus 6 to the next version of Android with no space to work with, unless it is just reserved space and done on purpose.

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Empty space is not full but "reserved"
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Just now read that post, well that's just strange! Like I said, I wonder how Google will update this phone further with the next version of Android!

The nexus 5 did the same thing when it was updated to lollipop, it had a 1gb system partition, now the nexus 6 is doing it with a 2gb system partition, the nexus 6p has a 3gb partition, and it wouldn't surprise me android Nougat or Nutella or whatever will probably fill it up too for whatever reason.

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The nexus 5 did the same thing when it was updated to lollipop, it had a 1gb system partition, now the nexus 6 is doing it with a 2gb system partition, the nexus 6p has a 3gb partition, and it wouldn't surprise me android Nougat or Nutella or whatever will probably fill it up too for whatever reason.
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The 6P has a 3GB partition? Wow! That's kinda neat actually lol and I just checked the disk space on my sisters Nexus 5 and yea! It's nearly full with a few MB open! And that phone has a locked bootloader and never had any mods installed, it's clean lol That's interesting and I wonder what they're real reasoning is. It could very well be that they don't like system mods on their phones, but like everything else, XDA devs find a way around that almost instantly! Hence the reason people are deleting Google bloatware apps and installing them through the play store! Easy work around
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The 6P has a 3GB partition? Wow! That's kinda neat actually lol and I just checked the disk space on my sisters Nexus 5 and yea! It's nearly full with a few MB open! And that phone has a locked bootloader and never had any mods installed, it's clean lol That's interesting and I wonder what they're real reasoning is. It could very well be that they don't like system mods on their phones, but like everything else, XDA devs find a way around that almost instantly! Hence the reason people are deleting Google bloatware apps and installing them through the play store! Easy work around
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The main reason is simple. Google doesnt think people need to mess with the system partition so wasted space is pointless.
No they dont like us messing with it and to be honest it has been a bain to their devices and os. Sooner or later they will find a way to lock it completely down.

zelendel said:
The main reason is simple. Google doesnt think people need to mess with the system partition so wasted space is pointless.
No they dont like us messing with it and to be honest it has been a bain to their devices and os. Sooner or later they will find a way to lock it completely down.
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I sure hope not! That would be awful! :/ people buy a Nexus for the development community and the mods that are out there! But XDA devs work fast, there will be a way to change that rather quickly if this happens! [emoji14] But like I said, that would be awful! Chainfire's systemless root is a huge step in the right direction though! Having root in the boot.img so you can remove bloatware!

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I sure hope not! That would be awful! :/ people buy a Nexus for the development community and the mods that are out there! But XDA devs work fast, there will be a way to change that rather quickly if this happens! [emoji14] But like I said, that would be awful! Chainfire's systemless root is a huge step in the right direction though! Having root in the boot.img so you can remove bloatware!
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Have you been readin just what he has been saying about it? Even for the nexus Root is not seen as a good thing. Dont get me wrong doesnt matter to me anyway as I dont use google based roms myself so it is just a matter of compiling the new build.
But it is happening. If you step back like a few of us have you can see it coming. Even more and more apps from the play store are looking for things like root and xposed and refusing to work if they are detected.

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Have you been readin just what he has been saying about it? Even for the nexus Root is not seen as a good thing. Dont get me wrong doesnt matter to me anyway as I dont use google based roms myself so it is just a matter of compiling the new build.
But it is happening. If you step back like a few of us have you can see it coming. Even more and more apps from the play store are looking for things like root and xposed and refusing to work if they are detected.
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Oh wow! That's the first I'm hearing of this! I really like Android for it's flexibility and open source licensing, that bums me out. :/ Well thanks for bringing that to my attention! I'll read up on that.

H4X0R46 said:
Oh wow! That's the first I'm hearing of this! I really like Android for it's flexibility and open source licensing, that bums me out. :/ Well thanks for bringing that to my attention! I'll read up on that.
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This is a very common misconception. Only the android kernel is open source. The rest is not. Only AOSP (different then google android) is open source. The flexibility that Google was talking about was being able to change launchers, SMS apps and things like that. They dont really want you messing with the OS.

Google Play System Update issue (U.S. T-Mobile)

So both my sister and I have the same model unlocked Pixel 5 and are using our phones on T-Mobile's network as well.
I've noticed that on my phone I get the Google Play system update (not to be confused with the main phone/security update) whenever I do a manual check for it and a new one's available (Settings, Security, Google Play system update, tap on "Check for update"). But when I do the same thing on her phone, it doesn't update it, even after I restart and ensure that the Google Play Store app is up-to-date as well.
Eventually her phone finally got the December 1 update a couple weeks ago after I tried again, but then now there's a January 1 update and once again mine let me download it right away, but her phone refuses to update that regardless of what I do (main update it does do just fine though).
I'm guessing it will update it soon enough, but why the delay? Can anyone explain why two IDENTICAL phones won't update this at the same time when manually prompted?

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Hey Saturday Night,
Thanks for the link. However, even if it does work for her phone, I still would rather not use it b/c doing so doesn't solve the actual issue of why it's not updating it automatically, or at the very least, when I attempt to update it manually (by doing a recheck).
It seems to update eventually, but I just find it annoying that my phone will do it when I recheck, but not her's. Makes no sense since again we have the same model phone and are on the same carrier.

RockStar2005 said:
Hey Saturday Night,
Thanks for the link. However, even if it does work for her phone, I still would rather not use it b/c doing so doesn't solve the actual issue of why it's not updating it automatically, or at the very least, when I attempt to update it manually (by doing a recheck).
It seems to update eventually, but I just find it annoying that my phone will do it when I recheck, but not her's. Makes no sense since again we have the same model phone and are on the same carrier.
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Same thing happens to me but in reverse. My wife P5 gets it and then about a month later I get it on my P5. I don't really think about it since it really doesn't affect anything. Is there a reason you feel you need it?

bobby janow said:
Same thing happens to me but in reverse. My wife P5 gets it and then about a month later I get it on my P5. I don't really think about it since it really doesn't affect anything. Is there a reason you feel you need it?
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Hey Bobby,
Ok, so it's not JUST me. Good to know. lol
No, not really. As I'd mentioned, it's really not a big deal. I just hope it doesn't indicate that there might be a deeper issue present with her phone. Also, I just hate that I can't explain why it happens at all. lol

RockStar2005 said:
Hey Bobby,
Ok, so it's not JUST me. Good to know. lol
No, not really. As I'd mentioned, it's really not a big deal. I just hope it doesn't indicate that there might be a deeper issue present with her phone. Also, I just hate that I can't explain why it happens at all. lol
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The only thing I can think of is that it's a staged rollout and a random one at that. I update my phone's apps more often than she does so I figured that might be it and then forgot about it. A month later it popped up. I believe the monthlies are way more critical and those come at the same time.

bobby janow said:
The only thing I can think of is that it's a staged rollout and a random one at that.
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You are correct. It's a scattered release.

xunholyx said:
You are correct. It's a scattered release.
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Yes. I agree with you both. This answer seems to make the most sense, and so therefore I'm going to consider this issue resolved.
Thank you all so much for your posts!!

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That's not really an update but more of a place holder. The real update is much larger and can't be installed with an apk. It will change the date to make it look up to date but that's it.

General Large collection of ROM files for our SPES(N) device

Hi All,
You may or may not all ready know about this.... Spotted it via another via another thread for something completely different.
Further expanding to the link, exposed there was a heck of a lot of other roms that we apparently not aware of....
Feel free to visit: https://sourceforge.net/projects/spes-roms/files/
To see all the great work of: imtiaz-modder (imtiaz-modder, if you view these boards.... we thank you for your work !!!)
Thanks, Lister

Immmmmmmm totally amazeeeeeddd fr.
I mean how? How's that even possible?
Indeed there are too many of em and now I'mma try them one by ine

Unfortunately the list isn't actively updated, but it's a nice work regardless. I recommend searching for the specific ROM before you install because you might miss out on some updates

Thank you for sharing! Never know what to choose actually. But we have choice!
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Hi All,
You may or may not all ready know about this.... Spotted it via another via another thread for something completely different.
Further expanding to the link, exposed there was a heck of a lot of other roms that we apparently not aware of....
Feel free to visit: https://sourceforge.net/projects/spes-roms/files/
To see all the great work of: imtiaz-modder (imtiaz-modder, if you view these boards.... we thank you for your work !!!)
Thanks, Lister
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are these all safe to download and test out?

ictsz.roy said:
are these all safe to download and test out?
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Hi Ictsz.roy,
I can't imagine these are any less safe, or more safe than other custom roms. I imagine they are just compiled by a hobbiest who is building roms for themselves, with no ill intentions and just sharing them.
I personally haven't tested any myself yet, as I am still fully stock for the time being. But at a later date, when I decided to rom and they are still available I have no issues trying/testing them then....
Cheers, Lister

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Hi Ictsz.roy,
I can't imagine these are any less safe, or more safe than other custom roms. I imagine they are just compiled by a hobbiest who is building roms for themselves, with no ill intentions and just sharing them.
I personally haven't tested any myself yet, as I am still fully stock for the time being. But at a later date, when I decided to rom and they are still available I have no issues trying/testing them then....
Cheers, Lister
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Hey Lister,
Thanks for the response. I get what you're saying. However, and this is just out of curiosity, (hypothetically speaking), if a rom zip file does contain some sort of malware, will your average antivirus software pick it up? Any thoughts?
Cheers.

ictsz.roy said:
Hey Lister,
Thanks for the response. I get what you're saying. However, and this is just out of curiosity, (hypothetically speaking), if a rom zip file does contain some sort of malware, will your average antivirus software pick it up? Any thoughts?
Cheers.
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Hi Ictsz.roy,
No worries, you're welcome....
Here's how I see it, so depends what you mean by AV detecthing any malware within the rom....?
If you mean, will it be picked up by your computers AV... Depends if it's setup to scan within inside files, such as Zip files. And depends if the code within the zip file is known/triggered by desktop OS AV. It could be written so only readable/executable within Android OS. Most good AVs can detect this kinda of behavour. As I've seen APK files sitting on my drive being detected as risky.
However if you mean, what would happen if I flashed the rom, and it was packed with iffy code/apps/apks. I'd like to think that Googles own built in scanners would pick these up. I must admit I am very impressed with it up until now, even under older version of Android and without any official AV installed within Android OS, Google PlayServices have detected rogue apps. I've seen Android (Gingerbread) v2.3.6 detect iffy apps without any updates from the phones OEM itself. Google PlayServices gets updated regulary. Not to mention the Google PlayStore also has its own scan protection, and has flagged up many a apps in the past. And then if you go with your own trusted Android AV, such as Comodo, Avast and so on, they also have high detection rates.
So the likely hood of any iffy code/apps getting past Google's ecosystem will be remote these days I believe, just speaking of own personally experiences. Think the detection rate is very high now...
Cheers, Lister

Lister Of Smeg said:
Hi Ictsz.roy,
No worries, you're welcome....
Here's how I see it, so depends what you mean by AV detecthing any malware within the rom....?
If you mean, will it be picked up by your computers AV... Depends if it's setup to scan within inside files, such as Zip files. And depends if the code within the zip file is known/triggered by desktop OS AV. It could be written so only readable/executable within Android OS. Most good AVs can detect this kinda of behavour. As I've seen APK files sitting on my drive being detected as risky.
However if you mean, what would happen if I flashed the rom, and it was packed with iffy code/apps/apks. I'd like to think that Googles own built in scanners would pick these up. I must admit I am very impressed with it up until now, even under older version of Android and without any official AV installed within Android OS, Google PlayServices have detected rogue apps. I've seen Android (Gingerbread) v2.3.6 detect iffy apps without any updates from the phones OEM itself. Google PlayServices gets updated regulary. Not to mention the Google PlayStore also has its own scan protection, and has flagged up many a apps in the past. And then if you go with your own trusted Android AV, such as Comodo, Avast and so on, they also have high detection rates.
So the likely hood of any iffy code/apps getting past Google's ecosystem will be remote these days I believe, just speaking of own personally experiences. Think the detection rate is very high now...
Cheers, Lister
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Thanks again Lister. You're a trooper. Cheers.