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beeshyams

Dec 17, 2023 08:52

Izzy

Sep 13, 2016 15:00

> To provide the industry with greater data ~~protection~~, access to accounts now includes access to your entire contacts list.

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beeshyams

May 23, 2022 05:23

BTW, Irfan has come up with another good app "Whats running", very powerful. For me battery hoggers and kernel Wakelocks (BBS is long discontinued) is main thing. It's got a ton of features that are useful for serious Android users. I've been using this since it was released. Promo codes available on his channel t.me/WhatsRunning

Izzy

Nov 27, 2018 11:15

8 more hours, and we'll have two new mods! I'm so excited :)

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beeshyams

May 31, 2020 04:08

@IrfanLatif Congrats on 10K milestone. Looking forward to your very useful contribution to this site and more :)

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Logcat

Jan 12, 2022 15:26

2021: a year in moderation

Firelord

Dec 31, 2021 20:57

Happy New Year, folks!

Dan Hulme

Dec 8, 2014 17:58

@govindak I think this is a programming question, in which case you're in the wrong room, but before you consider asking this question elsewhere, you might consider how you might make it less vague; i.e. give enough information for readers to know what you're talking about.

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beeshyams

Dec 3, 2021 09:42

Posted my 1000th answer 😊

StackExchange

Mar 14, 2016 20:34

Moderator Election!

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StackExchange

Mar 14, 2016 20:15

Moderator Q&A

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defalt

Jul 21, 2021 10:16

OEMs have long been using ARM TrustZone location to store the value of bootloader unlock status. That sucks no hardware can reach there without breaking the chip apart. Finding a vulnerability in bootloader to bypass AVB is tough and not scalable.

defalt

May 13, 2021 09:40

Brute forcing the lock code has become incredibly hard since android 7.

After 5th and 10th incorrect authentication attempt, there is a timeout of 30 seconds. Every successive attempt up to the 30th gets the same timeout. Between 30 and 140 attempts, the timeout grows in an exponential manner from 32 seconds to 17 hours 4 minutes. After 140 attempts the timeout for each incorrect attempt is 1 day. A brute force attack against a 4 digit PIN would take around 27 years to complete.

It's still recommended to use 6-8 digit PIN. People keep weak 4 digit PINs.

Sidney

Dec 4, 2014 18:35

Don't s'pose anyone knows of a way to the old style tab interface back in chrome after installing Lollipop?

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Izzy

Dec 4, 2014 16:18

@Wolfpack'08 Sorry, I'm no Windows guy, so I'm not of much help there. You've got to find some ADB drivers for your device then – the curse of Windows users (on Linux, we don't need that stuff – it simply works without).

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bmdixon

Dec 4, 2014 15:18

@Achu - You're probably better off asking in the Android room of SO – this site/chat is aimed at users of Android rather than developers

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Andrew T.

Apr 23, 2016 18:30

@beeshyams List of wiki-less tags from Data.SE: data.stackexchange.com/android/query/477025/…

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Andrew T.

Apr 22, 2016 12:18

@MatiEzelQ wrong chat room, this room is for Android end-user. Aside of that, The official Android Developer should be the first get-go to learn about it. The following is the Android chat room for developer.

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Dan Hulme

Mar 29, 2016 20:17

commiserations to Firelord, who was certainly deserving

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Logcat

Jan 19, 2021 18:37

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Q: 2020: a year in moderation

As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web: We designed the Stack Exchange netw...

Izzy

Mar 3, 2016 23:36

@MatthewRead rumors from HQ have it our elections start in 1..2 weeks ;)

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William

Jan 16, 2021 20:22

appsco.pe Android Web Store

Matthew Read

Feb 25, 2016 08:21

If you guys have any concerns about the site, mod activity, etc. PLEASE bring them up on Meta. The new chat room is good for extended discussion but chat is an extra augmentation, it's not the core place for getting in touch with mods or talking about site issues!

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SarpSTA

Jan 30, 2016 16:07

We need mods that are actually within the community

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Izzy

Jan 23, 2014 23:59

@Shywim Congrats to 1.000 rep :)

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Izzy

Jan 1, 2021 01:19

Happy new year to all who already arrived in it – and see you on the other side once you arrive who are not yet here :D

Izzy

Jan 23, 2016 15:06

@Firelord Ongoing. And here's some interim result: UPVOTE!!! Provide a better description for migration targets in the close dialog

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beeshyams

Dec 25, 2020 07:47

Season's Greetings to all ; Wishing for a better year ahead

Izzy

Jan 10, 2018 10:55

Seen my F-Droid repo's WebIF recently? If you want to search mine, or Guardians, or F-Droid (main and Archive) … it deals with all of them now :)

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Dan Hulme

Jul 18, 2013 15:16

@GAThrawn No, we have canonical questions. Only askubuntu.com has Canonical questions :-)

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Death Mask Salesman

Nov 16, 2017 16:59

@LateralTerminal Everyone knows that, in order to improve performance, one needs to get rid of Windows as a whole, my man. ;)

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Firelord

Sep 13, 2017 16:28

Billions of devices imperiled by new clickless Bluetooth attack

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Dan Hulme

Aug 29, 2017 07:01

Secret chips in replacement parts can completely hijack your phone’s security

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Firelord

Jul 24, 2020 07:08

@beeshyams have you given PuppyLinux a try once? Puppy is what makes you feel like your old hardware is no longer old. :-)

Wolfpack'08

Dec 4, 2014 16:22

How hard can it be to instal an apk file on an android phone? The answer: impossible. Three days I've been trying to do something so stupidly simple.

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Matthew Read

Nov 19, 2014 19:23

Hey guys, if you notice any more "5.0 causes a ton of problems on my Nexus 4" questions, would you VTC as a duplicate of this question? A lot of the problems seem to be resolved by a factory reset, as per the edit comment, so I've reopened that one.

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Firelord

Mar 19, 2017 16:45

Recently came across PageShot (testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/page-shot). It can take extended screenshots (full page, including the full scroll) which I found convenient and it's promoted by Mozilla. If anyone uses Firefox, you are welcome to check it out. :-) Sadly, it is available only for desktop versions of Firefox.

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Dan Hulme

Apr 30, 2014 09:23

Some mornings I think you could replace me on this site with a bot that just comments "What are you trying to achieve?" on every question.

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Izzy

Apr 6, 2014 16:01

The 4th edition of my book is in the stores now! android.izzysoft.de/books.php

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Dan Hulme

Nov 29, 2016 14:08

I see. Well, we've tried making it as clear as we can in the on-topic guidelines, but the people who ask poor-quality questions don't read those anyway. We've spoken before about a software feature to detect programming questions while they're still being written, but SE isn't willing to spend resources to make that happen. We're open to other suggestions if you have any.

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Death Mask Salesman

Nov 11, 2016 21:28

Ah, this is a chat. Find me a chat that's serious, and I'll call it a miracle. Until then, let's collect Trumpish nonsense! #D

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GAThrawn

Feb 17, 2014 16:28

@Izzy A toilet flushing app would be pretty useless if it didn't migrate shit! ;)

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beeshyams

Dec 31, 2019 03:25

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year!

Izzy

Sep 13, 2016 15:03

Besides: Access to the MAC address seems to be pretty easy even in MM, and only requires the INTERNET permission. Which is granted to each app per default – for greater data ~~protection~~ or whatever.

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Flow

Dec 9, 2013 18:37

I am not sure if it's a good idea to hide the chat link. I'd really like to see it besides the help, review, ... links in the top bar. An active chat is very healthy for the community

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Izzy

Dec 4, 2013 11:52

More helpful: If you are experiencing a problem with your Nexus 10 and you want to determine whether they are being caused by a third-party app, press the power button for seven seconds until your tablet reboots. Then press and hold both the volume up and down keys until you see the words ‘Safe mode’ appear in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.

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Flow

Nov 1, 2013 08:42

@Izzy support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/contact/…

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Dan Hulme

Jun 1, 2016 17:54

oh, FYI, I've been using Solid Explorer, and I'm pretty happy with it as an ES replacement so far

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ce4

Jul 2, 2013 10:17

beneaththewaves.net/Projects/Motorola_Is_Listening.html

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ce4

Jun 18, 2013 08:46

IMHO, always try to deduce the core problem. Do not VTC if the questioner falls for the X-Y problem or into any other of the common pitfalls

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