Is this thing worth it? (Powered by McAfee) Taking into consideration the integration with the Samsung Ecosystem.
Or do you stick to already known providers like NordVPN?
its just wifi with a vpn inluded, personally myself I wouldn't use a Samsung VPN, their going to data mine everything you do and keep logs
The system memory sucking Mcafee Antivirus for Windows is enough to make me avoid ANYTHING associated with Mcafee.
Yeah, I know, right?
I don't really understand the AV trend for smartphones. Can anyone tell me how come they got so popular?
doriandiaconu said:
Yeah, I know, right?
I don't really understand the AV trend for smartphones. Can anyone tell me how come they got so popular?
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I think because their Windows versions are so popular, antivirus companiea just want a foot in the Android market. Somebody tries their Android version and says hey I didn't get an Android virus so I need to buy the Windows version. I've been working with Android since the very beginning and I've never known anyone that's had anything an Android Antivirus would even fix.
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I wanted to get thoughts on if virus protection for the Eris such as Lookout are actually worth using?
Thanks!
zach.xtr said:
I wanted to get thoughts on if virus protection for the Eris such as Lookout are actually worth using?
Thanks!
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use common sense. dont flash **** that you dont know what it is or from someone that isnt respectable. Thats also what the superuser.apk app is for to let you know what app is requesting superuser (root) access, then you can either deny or allow on an individual basis or on a permanent basis.
I don't know about the virus protection part but lookout is great if some tries to take your phone. mine was taken last Thursday and it was recovered the same day thanks to Lookout, and it has a nice backup feature to it too.
Hi,
Noob here.
I currently running my HD2 on Darkstone Froyo, do I install the Lookout program on my Windows or Android software?
I'm assuming Windows, right? since currently I manually load Android.
Incase my phone is stolen & shutoff, at somepoint on start-up it will load Windows and pin point it.
e1money said:
Hi,
Noob here.
I currently running my HD2 on Darkstone Froyo, do I install the Lookout program on my Windows or Android software?
I'm assuming Windows, right? since currently I manually load Android.
Incase my phone is stolen & shutoff, at somepoint on start-up it will load Windows and pin point it.
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That would make the most sense to me. If you have to manually load Android then Windows is where you want it. You should probably ask this in the HD2 section though. This really has nothing to do with the Eris, and not completely an Android question either. The question is specific to people that dual boot Windows and Android, so the guys over there are going to have a lot more accurate information. You may need to have it installed to both Android and Windows, they will be able to help you out more.
I swear by lookout, not so much for virus protection, but for lost device locating and for the backup feature. It's all free and right now I believe it's unlimited. It only does photos, but still it's free and automatic. I recommend it to everyone. I just got my wife to install it on her CrackBerry.
Yeah like others have said the virus protection might not be needed. But the rest of the features are awesome and make the free app worth getting.
This is from Samsung and only for UK and Germany now, but let's hope we get it too.
http://www.slipperybrick.com/2010/07/samsung-dive-remotely-locks-wipes-your-wave-galaxy-s-for-free/
there are third party apps that work well. but it's cool that samsung cares about theft, privacy and security.
this phone has done nothing but keep every user waiting for something that's already available for other devices. smh.
chasesavestheday said:
this phone has done nothing but keep every user waiting for something that's already available for other devices. smh.
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What other device manufacturers ship a free app for tracking and remote wipe?
On paper it sounds great, but when your GPS can't get a location what's the use?
Won't that be fun when someone hacks that database and starts wiping phones.
autocorrelation said:
On paper it sounds great, but when your GPS can't get a location what's the use?
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That's a good point. Even if the GPS works, if the person in possesion knows much about Android phones, they'll likely be able to disable it. That being said, does anyone have any recommendations on a good security/locator app? Particularly if using Google Voice and not SMS.
Okay, new to this. Started up a gear yesterday and I'm impressed. Now I want to go further... (already bored lol). Any links to docs on how to develop for this thing. I already know that this it is standard Android and that one can write standalone apps the usual way for this thing. What I'm interested in is how the communication model works with companion apps on the phone. I suspect it will be done by running services on the phone, but how can one interact with those services via a Bluetooth connection. Or is it event driven?
I'm really surprised that Samsung hasn't publiced anything about this on their site? What? Don't they like developers to jump on the bandwagon?
Best advice is to read this forum you will learn all there is to know
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appelflap said:
Okay, new to this. Started up a gear yesterday and I'm impressed. Now I want to go further... (already bored lol). Any links to docs on how to develop for this thing. I already know that this it is standard Android and that one can write standalone apps the usual way for this thing. What I'm interested in is how the communication model works with companion apps on the phone. I suspect it will be done by running services on the phone, but how can one interact with those services via a Bluetooth connection. Or is it event driven?
I'm really surprised that Samsung hasn't publiced anything about this on their site? What? Don't they like developers to jump on the bandwagon?
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I don't believe the SDK has been released yet, welcome to the gear community nether the less.
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I don't believe the SDK has been released yet, welcome to the gear community nether the less.
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So you think they work with special APIs? Or just the standard APIs? I saw there were already some interesting apps on the Samsung market like for example Zine. It has a controller architecture. On the Gear side you get headlines pushed and by tapping on a headline the Zine app is opened with the corresponding article. Can this can be done with standard Android APIs or do we need a special APIs for that. I can imagine that this can be done with the standard event model.
@lucf I did, couldn't find anything interesting wrt this topic. If you stumble upon some good posts let me know! Thx
Appears that Samsung kept it 'invite-only' for now:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57609639-94/this-is-why-there-arent-more-samsung-galaxy-gear-apps/
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Appears that Samsung kept it 'invite-only' for now:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57609639-94/this-is-why-there-arent-more-samsung-galaxy-gear-apps/
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Crap, so it does work with proprietary APIs? Right, might return this thing and wait till it is open for development, cheaper and will have more apps. They should have written that on the box. With their crap apps.
appelflap said:
Crap, so it does work with proprietary APIs? Right, might return this thing and wait till it is open for development, cheaper and will have more apps. They should have written that on the box. With their crap apps.
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"We need to make sure we're ready to go big."
Thats a quote from the article, they will be released. Although not just yet..
they never said they will release the sdk to the public, did they? so please stop making false claims.
samsung might as well decide that they are not ready to go big with this generation (lack of wifi, poor software etc). what then?
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they never said they will release the sdk to the public, did they? so please stop making false claims.
samsung might as well decide that they are not ready to go big with this generation (lack of wifi, poor software etc). what then?
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It's definitely a remarkable manoeuvre. Another remarkable thing is that everything is kept in the Samsung app store. It's not a secret that Samsung has big ambitions. Maybe they are trying to build their own ecosystem in the Android ecosystem. Maybe they gonna lock the APIs in some kind of Samsung Appstore service. Meh .. let's hope Google comes up with a watch soon and an addition to the Android framework for smart watches.
I recently tried to release an app to the Samsung store specifically for the gear but it was rejected for "other" reasons...
Seems like the public are just unknowing beta testers of a half-arsed device by Samsung.
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I recently tried to release an app to the Samsung store specifically for the gear but it was rejected for "other" reasons...
Seems like the public are just unknowing beta testers of a half-arsed device by Samsung.
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Really? What did you try to submit? A simple standalone app that only runs on the gear?
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Really? What did you try to submit? A simple standalone app that only runs on the gear?
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Tried to release my Calculator app that only runs on the Gear. I've since emailed back asking what "other" reasons they are talking about.
Just speculation on my part --
I have a feeling that Samsung is simply testing waters with this initial release of Gear. They are very serious about it, but they also know that it's not entirely polished product. They wanted to be first to market.
I think the 2rev of Gear might have some radical changes. They could probably build it on top of Kitkat (optimized for low memory devices?) and some new low energy communication protocols. Probably they will then open the APIs for all devs. Maybe we will also see some of the curved screen goodness!
But it's for sure they will never make the Gear compatible with all Android by default -- doesn't make a good business sense. Google will obviously try to make their smartwatch compatible with all Android, and that makes perfect business sense for google.
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Tried to release my Calculator app that only runs on the Gear. I've since emailed back asking what "other" reasons they are talking about.
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are you the guy who made it? nice. i sideloaded it into my Gear. works flawlessly, althought I would like to see some colored theme like numbers in one color, functions in other. 5 stars from me! super lite too!
Thanks...The coloured buttons are on the way...
Using AVG the past years, but I was wondering if we actually NEED an antivirus on android. I heard it is the platform hackers love the most, but I really don't think AVG (or another av) could stop that. What do you guys do?
Short answer? No. Long one? It's up to you.
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Using AVG the past years, but I was wondering if we actually NEED an antivirus on android. I heard it is the platform hackers love the most, but I really don't think AVG (or another av) could stop that. What do you guys do?
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No, you dont need an antivirus as you cant have an executable running on Android, unlike Windows.
Hackers? Those vulnerabilities that allows intrusion to your device is in no way stoppable by a mere antivirus.
Intrusion is only possible when a known exploit is used, say, like the Stagefright. This kind of thing however is no way possible to be "fixed" by an antivirus.
Also, keep an eye on the apps you install. Never install suspicious apps.
I have never use any on any of the phones I owned. I always cringe whenever a sales assistant tells people to buy an iPhone because Android is plagued with viruses. Wtf?
As far as I know Android, if there is any vulnerability that would be at your ROM level which can't be fixed by a 10MB piece of code (antivirus). Google used to push security patches every month which is actual fix or solution for intrusion.
So don't be confuse with antivirus that 'll in-fact make your system slow
Hi all,
I have been a Samsung Note User from day one (and Note1). To keep apps in check, I always used xposed plus xprivacy or LBE. Today, I am totally aware my Note4 is totally outdated but I really got used to being able to deny data and (maybe more importantly) network access to any app at will.
I have been keeping to use my old phone because whenever I looked for viable app-fencing solutions on the current android versions, everything seemed very volatile and unstable. Recently my company gave me a Note8 and although I am not a big friend of the modern "glass brick" design trend at all, it is hard to ignore the advances in terms of hardware power and that my trusty old Note begins to be unable to execute certain new apps.
I presume most of you are using current Android versions. So I'd like to ask you which solutions are you using to prevent unwanted data and privacy drain on your devices. I my dreams I would continue to be able to willingly decide whether any app may be allowed to use either Wifi or mobile networks (bonus prize: depending on if the app is in foreground or not), be able to suppress advertising extensions in apps and deny access to privacy-related data like position, unique IDs and contact database.
Which solutions would I use to achieve as many of these goals as possible on Android 7 or even 8? Maybe even some without rooting?
Thank you very much for you suggestions and input..
Much of that is backed right into nougat and Oreo. Many permissions can be denied (depending on the app developers). Root on the newer samsungs seems to be problematic.
Bitmixer said:
Hi all,
I have been a Samsung Note User from day one (and Note1). To keep apps in check, I always used xposed plus xprivacy or LBE. Today, I am totally aware my Note4 is totally outdated but I really got used to being able to deny data and (maybe more importantly) network access to any app at will.
I have been keeping to use my old phone because whenever I looked for viable app-fencing solutions on the current android versions, everything seemed very volatile and unstable. Recently my company gave me a Note8 and although I am not a big friend of the modern "glass brick" design trend at all, it is hard to ignore the advances in terms of hardware power and that my trusty old Note begins to be unable to execute certain new apps.
I presume most of you are using current Android versions. So I'd like to ask you which solutions are you using to prevent unwanted data and privacy drain on your devices. I my dreams I would continue to be able to willingly decide whether any app may be allowed to use either Wifi or mobile networks (bonus prize: depending on if the app is in foreground or not), be able to suppress advertising extensions in apps and deny access to privacy-related data like position, unique IDs and contact database.
Which solutions would I use to achieve as many of these goals as possible on Android 7 or even 8? Maybe even some without rooting?
Thank you very much for you suggestions and input..
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Hey! We are together in this! I am exactly the same on my Motorola x play! Been using xprivacy and xposed too for ages on all apps, plus a firewall too.
Give a look at f-droid app store and xposed itself, on the download tab. There is the new xprivacy LUA for android 6/7, and it's the successor of the old version. Haven't tested out yet, but seems to be more or less the same, judging by what I read.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/xprivacylua6-0-android-privacy-manager-t3730663
Also... Give a look at a good firewall, to block rogue internet access for all the nasty apps out there.
Anything just give me a shout. It's good to know I am not alone! [emoji108][emoji56]
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Much of that is backed right into nougat and Oreo. Many permissions can be denied (depending on the app developers). Root on the newer samsungs seems to be problematic.
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Thanks for your reply, madbat.
I have seen the new permission management in oreo. Please understand that to me it is important that not an app developer decides what I can deny but I want to be able to make that decision myself. Moreover, as far as my knowledge goes, android does not allow to deny network access to apps when I deem they shouldn't have any business on my uplink. Most importantly this applies for any Amazon apps and most apps from their store. All of them are trying to phone home every few minutes(!).
Ev0luti0n_ said:
Hey! We are together in this! I am exactly the same on my Motorola x play! Been using xprivacy and xposed too for ages on all apps, plus a firewall too.
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I had hoped I am not alone
Ev0luti0n_ said:
(...) There is the new xprivacy LUA for android 6/7, and it's the successor of the old version. Haven't tested out yet, but seems to be more or less the same, judging by what I read.
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I have read about that one and to me it appears like it is not quite there. Last time I looked, the developer was about to REMOVE protection of several sensitive data points like IMEI. Also, like madcat mentioned, rooting the latest Samsung devices can be problematic and I might get some problems bricking a $1000 company device
Ev0luti0n_ said:
Also... Give a look at a good firewall, to block rogue internet access for all the nasty apps out there.
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Any recommendations here?
kind regards
Oh... I use afwall, which requires root. I did read here on XDA, that there is a good no root firewall here, but I can't remember the name. ..
Also you won't be able to root the device? I am not sure you are going to have much luck... [emoji848]
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Ev0luti0n_ said:
Also you won't be able to root the device? I am not sure you are going to have much luck... [emoji848]
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I guess I am able to root it, just a little reluctant yet Like, waiting for someone to finally discover a rooting method that does not invalidate knox for the note8
Hey guys, I have a question. What firewall were you talking about for KitKat?