Ya! I like that, at SO, I manage to be at the top during the entire first week :D (but then it suck, users tend to abuse and just click-click-click to approve...).
Seems like most users feel like competing and don't bother to take the time to actually review or even improve the suggested edits :/
@ce4 I'm translating Andrew Hoog's "Android Forensics" to German.
My editor asked me to ;)
@RichardBorcsik Besides from being anon, I sometimes wish it would be required to give a reason for your vote. Especially some down-votes cause confusion ("What's wrong?") -- but sometimes upvotes do, too ("What the heck...?!?")
@ce4 as you asked: Learned a lot by that translation -- many tips I give here are inspired by it. e.g. where Gmail stores it's mails. Or @RichardBorcsik that Wifi passwords are stored in plain text.
@RichardBorcsik I guess the name "Android Forensics" makes most people stop from a seceond look. I'd definitely recommend it for developers and power users.
They should at least get a "copy" to read (not a black one -- I mean, borrow it from somebody if the 50 bucks are too much)
The German version will be more up-to-date (already include the authors errata, for example) and its costs are ~EUR 35 (at least that's the current plan of the publisher)
Exactly that's the point -- and the reason why I'd like to see a note on downvotes telling me "why".
If I give an answer and receive an anonymous downvote, this doesn't help me much to improve. But if (we two had it a couple of times) the reason is given, I can learn from it -- and next time do better.
@Richard: What do you expect: If you like to have some 'auto' feature it needs to know it in plain text
The most you can have is some obfuscation or another layer (keyring), but you also need to at least once provide the master key to. PW's will be accessible until the next reboot (or if you say forget master key or so)
As for the "plain text passwords", a recommendation to the AOSP team and developers, taken from the book: When turning the device on, user could specify a password/passphrase/passcode which is then used as encryption key and stored in RAM only. So it's gone at power-down or reboot.
Sure. But why should Joh/whatever bother with cracking, when there are other devices available which are completely "open"? Hackers are also lazy -- unless they are out on competition :)
And I was shocked to see how few apps really passed the test at AppWatchdog -- not a single one in the productivity field made it!
@ce4 If I can get it, I take both. And I write both. But I publish in German when it comes to books :)
@Zuul in a more recent study they (the "German publisher" from your comment) used the Galaxy S3. Could not yet get my fingers on that paper, just gathered a few data from an article quoting it...
@ce4 freelancer is correct, but mainly in Oracle databases. The book stuff came from a hobby: originally I only published free ebooks (still do), but my fans more or less forced me to check for a publisher since they wanted a paper edition :D
In my contract with the publisher, I always have a paragraph included to keep the community edition available and up-to-date.
@RichardBorcsik on Android topics -- mainly for end users.
Simply google for "AndroidPITiden", that's a unique term I brought up.
Funny thing is: in connection with anti-virus apps I invented the term "GMV" ("Gesunder Menschenverstand" => "Common Sense"), saying that being the best app. You won't guess how many people reach my server via a Google search for the "GMV app"... :D
@ce4 my latest invention: a product named VIda GE! (Vor Inbetriebnahme des Android-Geräts GEHIRN EINSCHALTEN!) :D
@RichardBorcsik Looks like :D Same for VIdA GE! ("before turning on your Android Device: SWITCH ON YOUR BRAIN!"). People were asking me for a link when I posted that on a forum -- and just afterwards noticed the explanation in its last sentence :D
@RichardBorcsik It's one of the most stupid security faults one can find! Sometimes I lose track of what century we're in... Is it so hard to apply an encryption/decryption to a string!?!?
Not Android Related: I use some applications that don't allow you to see passwords, but guess what, export to XML and it's all there, in plain text :) lol, I have so much fun with this stuff!!!
Sure. HTCs Mail App is a good example, storing all EAS info plain text (user, pass, organization, domain info, ...). That's what one could call "Enterprise Level Insecurity" (Wow, nice acronym: ELI).
@RichardBorcsik there are plenty security-related tickets at Googles tracker for AOSP, which are regularly getting closed with "works as designed" and the like.
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Is there any way to access /data/app folder? I need to download new version of my app in it.
Update:
I have installed say MyApp_1.apk. Now I want to update it with new version. I download MyApp_2.apk from server to /data/app. System will rewrite MyApp_1 with MyApp_2. But need access to /data/app.
a) could go to an answer, b) as well -- and I was not sure whether simply c) already means off-topic. Tried to figure whether he's the developer looking for a method -- which would mean OT -> SO
Nope. That's the idea behind my evil comment there... To sing along: I'm bad, I'm bad...
@RichardBorcsik tnx -- just upvoted that. If they built it in, would we automatically get that as well -- or, in other words, are those updates global?
This also rather looks like a development question:
I was wondering if it is possible to pull out the raw RF data from the antenna for use in an application. I have a device that operates as a separate entity with an an antenna feed, but I am interested in trying to put our processing on an Android. This would be the most useful if I could tap o...
@Zuul that's what I meant by "ya know what" -- thinking about it makes it obvious, though the downvote-permission is not the first one gets.
@RichardBorcsik I don't like to blame people -- which is why I'm not downvoting that often. I do so when something is obviously - how to say, "not fitting". I rather like "encouraging", which I do by upvoting. Admitted, I don't vote that much at all, maybe ;)
@RichardBorcsik It's to stop serial-downvote-killer, not regular downvotes that actually make sense :) (if you downvote and lose rep, you will make sure that the downvote is well deserved... In theory at least)
@RichardBorcsik Down-voting can be good, if used wisely. Personally, from time to time I get a downvote, that forces me to improve the answer as to make it rock solid. The downvoter ends up removing the downvote, as to stating that it's satisfied with the result. I get happy :D
Hangout at chat when this appeared:
The question was migrated to Stackoverflow, but yet, it was presented at Android Enthusiasts News Feed.
Is it supposed to be? I mean, why something that got off Android would be interesting to Android users?
I noticed that the link still points to Androi...
@RichardBorcsik agreed -- and it won't keep me from downvoting.
Actually today was the first time I thought about whether I had enough votes available. Cast about 15 close-votes. Just hope it get's noticed by enough other potential voters so it's not lost.
Was the things we discussed here recently: Questions unlikely to receive answers due to lack of input/clarification.
@RichardBorcsik I have a few votes left. Just parsing the "open questions" for the 3rd time now. Up to now, I evertime found something again which I could work on. After clearifying things yesterday with eldareratis, I'm currently casting close-votes on those questions which are very unlikely/impossible to solve (mostly when the OP just visited once to ask, never returned (to provide necessary details), and there was nothing more going on for 2+ months.
One of the 10k+ tools -- where others casted votes on (to close)
@RichardBorcsik e.g. I see one from last year which should be closed, cast my vote -- and only a few will be able to see it. Less than 5 votes within 4 days, and my vote was forfeit...
I've noticed any apps that use the Flash player via the browser to play video just fail with a flash error. For example, trying to play a video via Amazon Video On Demand (via the installed App, which just launches the browser on Amazon's web site) results in "The following plug-in has crashed: S...
Is there any way to access /data/app folder? I need to download new version of my app in it.
Update:
I have installed say MyApp_1.apk. Now I want to update it with new version. I download MyApp_2.apk from server to /data/app. System will rewrite MyApp_1 with MyApp_2. But need access to /data/app.
Yepp -- the translation is done by tomorrow. Then just go over the authors errata (to merge that in), then extract my notes (to send to the author to approve).
@Zuul 1) some votes kept me busy #) 2) I've got regular work as well (so the translation is after-work-work), and 3) the source code formatting in that PDF is HELL (they actually used tables for source code -- so you have to copy line by line, and eacht time remove newlines, insert spaces...)
@RichardBorcsik & @Zuul at the end of your profiles page, below the votes, is a link for "more" -- there you can see the close/delete/... votes you've cast. If you've got any I should check, I have ~10 votes left for today.
@Zuul I use to do such things quite often (extracting text from PDF to reformat). Quality differs a lot. Some are simply done by a couple of regexps -- others need a week manual work...
Is there a way to read aloud the text shown on the screen by apps that do not support text to speech?
For instance, it would be very nice to listen to the text shown by the Kindle app if you can't look at the phone all the time, but Amazon doesn't support this for more or less evil reasons. I'm...
Background
I have a 16GB Samsung micro SD card that I use on my Samsung Galaxy tablet. It has 116 videos and tons of pics and songs. One day I recorded a concert and when my tablet's battery became low I switched the SD card to my Galaxy S3 phone. It recorded fine and was able to upload some of ...
@Zuul: Wow! Didn't see that when I last looked there. Must have got some additional rep :)
@RichardBorcsik Hm, the camera one even has an accepted answer. But that audio production thingy I wanted to tag a couple of days ago, somehow it escaped me...
I'm using a Moto Atrix 4G (MB860) running Android 2.3.6 bought from AT&T, and have tried a wide range of call recording apps but have yet to find one that actually works on my device. I notice that some apps explicitly explain that they don't work on Moto phones. Is this a hardware problem? C...
So I've wiped my Asus / Google Nexus 7 tablet, and reinstalled Dead Trigger from the Android Market (Google Play Store). How do you log into Dead Trigger with your user account? Do you have to play through the first mission where you escape into the garage, or is there another way to do it? I can...
I am a Android developer who has been noticing horrible performance and memory dumps that are crashing my Droid Charge SCH-i510. Besides the lack of roadmap for the phone ( because obviously they are targeting newer models) I know it will never really be updated again.
But I would like to see if...
the tts looks valid for me: He describes a problem ("how can I make it happen"), not explicitly asks for app recommendations.
Aehm... which one? Ah... OK, I check again...
no more gps repair :)
Yepp, got it. Just closed 2 others :)
That crazy dev (who should simply do a factory reset) needs one more vote.
What was that last one supposed to mean? Is his house running away? #D
If you read the first answer just quick and rawly, you could think he wanted kinda tracking app (and watch the track later with Google Earth)...
That guy with the SD also needs one more vote.
...and so does the image sorter -- on a second reading it gets clear OT, issuing a discussion.
needs 1 more vote.
Got ~10 off the list.
To prevent the "me toos" etc., probably including long discussions. Oh, just see the "Why": OT mainly -- see the first comment.
Except that this card was in an Android device, it's not an Android topic (but a broken SD card). I'd say "grey area".
I wasn't sure. Now that I read it again, I remember why I didn't vote to close on my last scan -- and would agree with you. As said, grey zone. Ooops: I even answered that one :)
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Is there any way to access /data/app folder? I need to download new version of my app in it.
Update:
I have installed say MyApp_1.apk. Now I want to update it with new version. I download MyApp_2.apk from server to /data/app. System will rewrite MyApp_1 with MyApp_2. But need access to /data/app.
I was wondering if it is possible to pull out the raw RF data from the antenna for use in an application. I have a device that operates as a separate entity with an an antenna feed, but I am interested in trying to put our processing on an Android. This would be the most useful if I could tap o...
A lot of the "root" programs exploit a security hole. If you get root, you were vulnerable.
Hangout at chat when this appeared:
The question was migrated to Stackoverflow, but yet, it was presented at Android Enthusiasts News Feed.
Is it supposed to be? I mean, why something that got off Android would be interesting to Android users?
I noticed that the link still points to Androi...
Is there a way to read aloud the text shown on the screen by apps that do not support text to speech?
For instance, it would be very nice to listen to the text shown by the Kindle app if you can't look at the phone all the time, but Amazon doesn't support this for more or less evil reasons. I'm...
I'm using a Moto Atrix 4G (MB860) running Android 2.3.6 bought from AT&T, and have tried a wide range of call recording apps but have yet to find one that actually works on my device. I notice that some apps explicitly explain that they don't work on Moto phones. Is this a hardware problem? C...
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