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I bought a new phone/pda but can't identify what it is or what its running. it's model no is A858 and is IPTV compatable whatever that means. all the instruction are in Chinese. and there seems to be no way of messing with the software or adding progs as I don't know what it is running on, just says "Windows push technology" Help please.........

is this it? it doesnt run windows, it doenst look like...
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network frequency is "900/1800MHZ" which means its GSM, which means you can use it with everyone pretty much except Verizon but they might not be able to activate it since its a foreign model, but i think you are out of luck here anyway since the developers on this site program for windows mobile (which it doesnt run)
p.s.- IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television...not sure what the heck that means in terms of your phone though

yes. It comes up with the windows logo & says "Windows push technology" in the startup screen, other than that I have no idea?

well, "push technolgoy", whether its windows or apple or whoever makes it...just means that your phone has the capability of constantly checking for email, messages, etc....it means that you can set it to check for email (if you have a data plan), ever 5, 10, or 15 minutes, etc...if you wish. data is constantly being 'pushed" to and from your phone, that's all it means, so it looks like you have a limited user interface, not windows by any stretch, but still microsoft based technology, while the base rom is probably made by some 3rd party subsidiary of the company that makes the phone.
so not supported by microsoft, but still usable.

Thank you for your prompt reply on this. It is a good phone but limited on it's PDA side, Music wise is excellent as it has an extremely loud MP3 player and plays videos downloaded from the net or from my own camera....It's just a bit annoying that the PDA section is worse than useless... but your help is appreciated

Automatically connect to the internet using any available WiFi network

I am looking for something similar to what Hitchhicker is supposed to do, but without the Hitchhiker's problems on WM6. For me, it was completely unreliable, left tons of connection settings behind in the registry etc etc.
All i want is an ability to find a public/open WiFi network with internet access and connect to it in a single tap.
Any ideas ?

I use WeFi- Free and works like charm. Also can start programms after it connected.
I start Palringo (Free multi Messanger)

I read about WeFi here, the reason i never tried it was this:
VanGog said:
Same thing as with the previous version.
It scrambled my wifi settings I had to make a hard reset (Asus P535, WM6).
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Will never install it again!
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Can you tell me what particular version seems to work on Polaris ?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: i am currently backing up to try the latest version myself, will report here later today

First report about WeFi:
It seems to erase all your normal (WZC) WiFi settings without asking, including the WEP/WPA keys. And KEEP ERASING those every start.
It would not connect to my own home WiFi (secured, WPA2+PSK, AES) despite having correct the key entered in it's dialog.
After manually connecting using the normal utility, while WeFi still running in the background, it "tested" the hostspot, and found it to have internet connectivity. After that, it reported 1 user being connected on that hot spot (me) ! What this means is, it certainly tells some of the hotspot details (SSID) to it's server. The question is, would it also share the key with every other user on the planet ? If it would, this would be completely unacceptable !!!
One positive thing about it, somehow, it managed to reconfigure the WZC on Polaris to connect to any open hotspot available (good for me), even when the program isn't running (no, i didn't forget to shut it's today plugin down). This is probably some registry setting unknown to us. I'll try fishing it out and report.
EDIT: sorry, my mistake, it didn't really reconfigure WZC, it got some processes installed, running at the background, that i missed :-(​

Just in case someone may want to know this, the part of WeFi that seems to do the "auto-connect to any open network" thing, but not the internet connectivity probing, is the WeFiSrv.exe, that seems to require Comm.DLL, Engine.dll, Hessian.dll, OpenNETCF.dll, Prot.DLL, Util.dll and Win.dll to run
as well.
EDIT: WeFiSrv.exe seems to be responsible for deleting the existing "normal" WiFi settings too. As well as responsible for eating a big chunk of RAM while running.
EDIT2: same app also responsible for screwing up the settings
Conclusion: unless you are going to connect to unprotected WiFi hotspots ONLY, this program, or any parts of it, isn't really an option.
Any other suggestions ?

[Q] Phone hacked/unauthorised access?

Hi XDA,
So I've have my Milestone 2 for two days and installed only a handful of apps from the Market.
However I just noticed my data usage is ~350MB with most of that usage from "Gallery" - as listed in Data Manager in Settings.
Looking in the Gallery app and there were about 6 images of chinese characters from websites like sina.cn that I didn't put there.
And their creation date was from a day ago at 4:34am :/
Any ideas and/or suggestions?
Thanks!
PS: Stuffed up original thread; this is not "[Resolved]"

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Can someone suggest somewhere else this might be better asked if this is not the ideal place (Questions & Answers)?

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Q: What is this kind of picture?
A: It's a 2D barcode.
In general, 2D barcodes can encode more data than 1D barcodes of the same size and can encode the same amount of data in much less space.
Q: How can I use this picture on my phone?
A: Go to i-nigma.mobi on your mobile. I-nigma will automatically identify your handset type, download and install i-nigma. Replace .mobi with .com to goto their main website for more info
Hope this helps,

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Until now I was sure that a Milestone 2 is running Android.
cobo_, search the market for droidwall or similar. I don't think that it has same features as Win products but maybe it's useful for you to avoid such things in the future. For your actual request: sorry, no clue.

stepsch said:
Until now I was sure that a Milestone 2 is running Android.
cobo_, search the market for droidwall or similar. I don't think that it has same features as Win products but maybe it's useful for you to avoid such things in the future. For your actual request: sorry, no clue.
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Thanks stepsch, I had no idea there were firewall-type apps for Android
I'll definately give DroidWall a look at.

Online Virus Scan Apps - Android & Win Mobile

NetQin Online Virus Scan is a free service to scan software packet for Mobile OS, such as Symbian S60, Android, KJava, and Windows Mobile (for “.sisx”, “.sis”, “ .apk”, “.jar” and “.cab” formats) As noted on scan.netqin.com/en/
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The website apparently uploads the file to scan, and gives it a grade, from "dangerous" to "secure".
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Disclaimer 2:
I am, in no way, trying to advertise the company in this post, the information I post here comes only from my own will to help.
I do NOT support hacking copyrighted apps, or any type of piracy.

Works
Has anyone got a result that's not "Secure"? So you know it works.

Take a look also to AndroTotal (andrototal.org).
It is specifically thought to scan suspicious Android APKs against multiple antivirus apps, so that you can easily have an idea of the app maliciousness.

Thanks alot. Though link shifted to http://scan.nq.com/
also virustotal works fine too.

Sites got major problems......
Sites got major problems, it wont upload a file to check it, at the time I'm posting this.
15min to up an apk, still no go.
I used Firefox and Comodo Dragon, not going to bother with IE.

Mchael T. said:
Sites got major problems, it wont upload a file to check it, at the time I'm posting this.
15min to up an apk, still no go.
I used Firefox and Comodo Dragon, not going to bother with IE.
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Maybe you have a virus

n00bs........
Crichton333 said:
Maybe you have a virus
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Pfffftttttt!
6 years at Safer Networking Forum, HP Forum and Avast Forum and you think I might be infected?!

SteeLx said:
Though link shifted to scan.nq.com/
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Um, (long) dead?..
Mchael T. said:
[..] not going to bother with IE.
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Just btw., I might've thought you had a virus too - as you (apparently, LOL) had considered MSIE. xD

Major Security vulnerability in ALL versions of android

This. Is. Major.
So, I have been meaning to create an xda-developers account for a while. And one of the reasons is this - a major security vulnerability potentially usable for data theft.
On all versions of android, If you have root, you can find information for ALL (previously, i think even if you press forget) wifi networks you have connected to. Even by WPS. The same goes for p2p. The file is located in /data/misc/wifi/ and is called wpa_supplicant.conf (p2p_supplicant.conf for p2p). This file contains a lot of sensitive information like the mac addresses, ssid's and passwords/passkeys. Keep in mind that these are ALL entirely unencrypted and are plain text format.
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You may be wondering: so this only affects root users?
Well, the answer is no.
An app could perform temporary root and send a copy of the wpa_supplicant.conf file to an attacker
and of course, an ordinary user would be none the wiser, for the root would be gone on the next boot up and they would not even have a clue what root is.
I do alot of root projects and it is my passion. This is something I have come across over time. I know this is the case from as far back as android eclair (2.1) to android oreo (8) but dont have an older android device to test it with.
Also, please try to mark this as a helpful post. I think I have made a breakthrough in Htc Wildfire Buzz (and potentially other devices) Network Unlocking via Root, but I cant post it here.

huh? This is not an exploit, if you say so then all the devices running an operating system is potentially exploitable. It all comes down to application's trust and system firewall to prevent this from happening.
Besides you don't need to root/administrator privileges to get MAC ID, wifi password on any operating system.

SpiritBreak3r said:
huh? This is not an exploit, if you say so then all the devices running an operating system is potentially exploitable. It all comes down to application's trust and system firewall to prevent this from happening.
Besides you don't need to root/administrator privileges to get MAC ID, wifi password on any operating system.
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Ah yes sorry i confused it! Either way, this is major, root or no root