On the fuze how can I program the phone so it will automatically change certain words as I program. For example typing an "i" all by itself automatically becomes an "I". or march become March or tuesday becomes Tuesday.
There is a "find and replace" option for an entire document, but that is not what I am looking for. I am looking for Auto Correct where you type in Replace:______ With __________ and it applies to all things typed on the phone (emails, notes, word docs, etc)
Please advise. Thank you everyone!
http://www.ppcmobility.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63
This will tell you how to do it but it's not as great as it should be...
I think this would be the solution and is the exact feature I was asking about - http://mobile-sg.com/software/?p=WordCorrector&platform=ppc
But I am still trying to make it work. It installed with no problems and shows in the programs folder and I can open it up and add new items, but I can not figure out how to activate it to work with text, emails, Word, etc.
would love some help if possible.
that app just changes the autocorrect file...it's the same thing you can do manually but it is not the T9's autocorrect file (it's the standard SIP's file)
that is what I found out also. looks like i am back to having no option by the T9. This is another thing that I am surprised the htc fuze/touch pro phones do not have better installed systems/features. You should be able to make the choice to turn off T9 and use the normal Auto Correct tool like you would see in normal work, or most email programs. oh well.
Hi guys,
I noticed theres a few safe lists popping about but none of them are very concise. I was thinking we should compile a safe list of apps to remove and apps to move to sd.
For example, if we force it using TitaniumBackup, will it stop functioning? I will be performing a full root in the next few days and I will produce a list based. I also suggest we recommend a full Link2SD explanation as that is very important with this phone having such crap internal storage.
This thread should suffice. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382321
The title says it all: Deletable Stock-Applications.
That list contains things that have been tested by freezing/removing, in other words, other people managed to rip apart their ROMs (and soft-brick them) so that you can have a list of safe to remove stock applications and widgets.
Creating 5 threads of safe lists of random apps that are not part of the stock ROM should not be part of the XDA forum (in my opinion); the stock ROM on the other hand is something which we all have/had/will have at some point and we have backups of it in various places, therefore backups can be shared. As per other market applications, there is no warranty for that and each user has the ability to create his own backups when and how he wants. I presume that the warning Titanium Backup pops when trying to freeze/delete an application is enough.
If you require more info about how to create backups using Titanium or CWM, please consult the search function or Google.
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This thread should suffice. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382321
The title says it all: Deletable Stock-Applications.
That list contains things that have been tested by freezing/removing, in other words, other people managed to rip apart their ROMs (and soft-brick them) so that you can have a list of safe to remove stock applications and widgets.
Creating 5 threads of safe lists of random apps that are not part of the stock ROM should not be part of the XDA forum (in my opinion); the stock ROM on the other hand is something which we all have/had/will have at some point and we have backups of it in various places, therefore backups can be shared. As per other market applications, there is no warranty for that and each user has the ability to create his own backups when and how he wants. I presume that the warning Titanium Backup pops when trying to freeze/delete an application is enough.
If you require more info about how to create backups using Titanium or CWM, please consult the search function or Google.
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Wow, you couldn't have been any more condescending if you'd tried. Regardless, I never mentioned anything about Market apps. TitaniumBackup (and other apps) have the ability to force System apps onto the SD card (by converting them to a user app) with mixed results. Freezing a system app, fine. Deleting a system app, fine. You know the end result, however forcing a system app to SD isn't deterministic.
That said, the link you provided is very clear and appears to be very useful.
Oh and by the way, telling someone to consult the search function or Google is a pretty stupid thing to say (despite the fact I regularly see arsey users say it on here). You cannot consult an inanimate object or service. You can refer to it, use it, operate it, reference it, try it... you can't consult it, as that implies that it's a consultant and as such inhabits properties shared by living organisms. Don't try and act like a clever **** when you don't understand the words you're typing.
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Oh and by the way, telling someone to consult the search function or Google is a pretty stupid thing to say (despite the fact I regularly see arsey users say it on here). You cannot consult an inanimate object or service. You can refer to it, use it, operate it, reference it, try it... you can't consult it, as that implies that it's a consultant and as such inhabits properties shared by living organisms. Don't try and act like a clever **** when you don't understand the words you're typing.
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Oh, I'm really sorry as I am not a native English speaker, but I used this as a reference and I thought to myself that it's correct. I'll email the guys and tell them the proper definition:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consult
con·sult [v. kuhn-suhlt; n. kon-suhlt, kuhn-suhlt] Show IPA
verb (used with object)
2.
to refer to for information: Consult your dictionary for the spelling of the word.
So the dictionary is not an inanimate object. I see..
But these guys are rookies at dictionaries..
Let me search the Cambridge page, oh yes, it's here:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/consult?q=consult
consult
verb /kənˈsʌlt/
Definition
• [T] to get information or advice from a person, book, etc. with special knowledge on a particular subject
If the symptoms get worse, consult your doctor.
I'm not quite sure how to get there - I'd better consult a map.
Point taken. You're absolutely right. The map isn't an inanimate object. But first thing's first:
1. I did not insult you in any matter using offensive words or name calling, as you did above.
2. I pointed out a thread where you could openly speak about "moving internal stock applications to sd card" and the results of this.
3. If I did not make myself clear or my post seemed a bit out of tune, I don't care.
Dont be offended if Alex says something like go look for yourself, he's said it to me at least once! I didn't take it personally- what I did do was think, hmmm fair point I'll go look! (And now my cwm is up to date, thanks!!)
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First things first, you still don't get it Alex but I'm not going to get into a grammar argument with you. I'll let bygones be bygones.
It's just unnecessary. If every douchebag turned round and said "use google", "the search engine is your friend", you'd never have any activity on this forum. You're not only being unnecessarily rude, you're slowing down the progress of those who want to gain information.
Hi!
Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, I'm a noob... Well, sort of actually coz even if it's my first public message I've been roaming this forum for quite a while. And thanks to you guys I understood how to root, how to flash a CD Rom and so on. Without disturbing anyone, ain't it nice?:good:
But now I have a question, I couldn't find the answer anywhere on the web hence this post.
I'm rooted on both my Galaxy Mini and my Galaxy Tab P6210 and I noticed that some apks leave files like webview.db, googlestats etc. on the data/data/whateverapk/databases folders.
On the Mini I found how to prevent those annoying files from polluting my system(yep, I don't like cookies and similar spying stuff) by changing the databases folder's perms to --x --- ---, or even sometimes -- --- ---. For the most stubborn apks I rwx --- --- the databases folder, then I erase all the text in the unwanted file and finally I lock the file's perms to --- --- ---. It works with most apks including Dolphin Mini and Opera Mini, cool. Only one or two resist and FC if I attempt to modify too much the perms but it's OK, I don't use then that often and I don't mind to delete the trash manually.
The problem is that on the Galaxy Tab it doesn't work on most apks, it makes them FC. I've tried all the possible perms combinations but nope, FC.
I guess, since the concerned apks are the same on my Mini and on my Tab, that it has to do with the OS, Gingerbread for the Mini, Honeycomb for the Tab. I noticed as well that some of the files on the Tab are different, on the Mini it's mostly googleanalytics.db, webview.db and webviewCache.db files, whereas on the Tab I have, apart from the above mentioned ones, some webview.db-shm, webview.db-wal, webcookieschromium.db and webcookieschromiumprivate.db files.
I guess .db has something to do with dropbox, but I don't use any dropbox, and I even deleted the (empty by the way) folder in my system. When I open those files I can see that they have something to do as well with sqlite, but I don't have any built in sqlite. I have one that has been installed by an apk in the /xbin folder but I erased it and it didn't change anything (don't worry, I put the sqlite back afterwards). It's very annoying, those files spy on us guys, they record all the web sites we visited, the email(s) or facebook accounts we use etc.
For now I have put bookmarks on my home screen and I delete manually the troublesome files just after I opened the relevant apk but hey, it's not very convenient!
Anyone knows how I can prevent them from coming back everytime I use an apk?
Thanks a lot for your help, and sorry for the long post:angel:
Already 3 days and over 50 views but no answer yet, what's wrong?
Is it that my question is of absolute no interest?
Or that the way I explained my problem was not clear?
Or that no one knows how to do it?
Or a bit of the 3?
It seems that you want to remove unnecessary garbage files that have been left out by some applications. I recommend that you use SD Maid, free is good enough, but of course PRO is better.
Anyway, SD Maid can clean File Corpses and clean the system files like the ff:
/data/log
/data/tombstones
/data/system/dropbox
/cache
Temporary Files
Log Files
Gallery Thumbnails(This one can really build up even with just the same files. I'm not exactly sure as to why it adds again and again but it saves me a lot. Like 300~600MB)
Empty Directories
LOST.DIR Directories
It can also optimize DBs. All of these are available on the free version.
As for cookies in browser, you can uncheck "accept cookies" but this might cause some websites to malfunction or not work.
Other things like cache you can use History Eraser, One Tap Cleaner and etc.
Hope I helped.
I think most don't want to delete them because they are normal caches and cookies, also some apps' settings are stored on those database files. I don't see any advantages in deleting those files (apart from saving couple of MBs storage space...) They aren't any "bad" or "spying" files.
By the way, the .db means database, not dropbox.
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I think most don't want to delete them because they are normal caches and cookies, also some apps' settings are stored on those database files. I don't see any advantages in deleting those files (apart from saving couple of MBs storage space...) They aren't any "bad" or "spying" files.
By the way, the .db means database, not dropbox.
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Correct me If I'm wrong but it is necessary to clean caches and cookies once in a while because it can hog the device. Sometimes old caches are stored even if they are of no use anymore. It's like the principle of filling up your internal storage too much that you can see a dramatic decrease in performance. These kind of files updates a lot and does not seem to overwrite existing files or at least delete those that are unnecessary. It is not needed however to clean it every after use. Just once or twice a week is good enough.
Thanks for your answer but it's not what I was meaning, let me explain more clearly.
Take any app, say a mp3 cutter. It doesn t need any internet connection to work but when one downloads it one sees that it requires internet access permission. One thinks it s ok and one downloads it. But then in the mp3 cutter databases one finds those webview.db files, and this is why I say that it spies on us coz why this mp3 cutter needs such databases? The same with offline dictionaries, or one tap cleaner (a very bad one by the way, put it through privacy blocker and you ll be amazed of all the infos it takes from you), or mp3 players etc. On browsers like dolphin it s the same story, and when one views those files one sees that they record all the sites one has been through although the apk doesn t need it (I know it for sure coz I delete the files before my browsing cession and it still works). Disabling the cookies doesn t help, it just prevents you from accessing web sites that need cookies like gmail, yahoo and the like. Apps like LBE or privacy blocker show partly what those apks do in our back, taking our IMEI number, our contacts, reading our sms and sending everything to who knows where and for who knows what purpose. But they don t show the databases leaks...
As I said in my first post another parameter is that for a same apk, with the same version, let s say dolphin 2.3, on my Galaxy Mini running GB I managed to block the perms and thus to prevent those files to pollute my system but on my Tab running HC it doesn t work and FC the apks. Plus the files are not the same, there are more of them and with different extensions on HC (again using the same apk on both GB and HC).
So the answer lies somewhere in the OS but I couldn t find where due to my limited knowledge and that s why I m here
Any hint or idea on how to eradicate those files from their source? Of course one can delete them manually and that s what I do but it would be so nice not to have to do it all the time. It s not about saving space, those files weight next to nothing, it s about privacy.
By the way I deleted most google apks and this is already a big relief. Other setting I did include blocking all the perms of the usagestats folder, of the throttle folder (well I just left r--, ---, --- otherwise it bootloops). Download testlogging and you will see for exemple of many spying stuff the google apks put on your tablet...
Anyway, back to the topic:
how can I permanently block those files? Many people on this forum and elsewhere are very concerned with their privacy, to the extend that some create privacy watching apks, but to my knowledge nobody ever bothered about those databases files although they represent a big privacy hole in our systems...
Thanks a lot for your help!
Send from my barebone Galaxy Tab P6210, 34 system apks left and counting down
Apart for some real serious stuff, apps need some way to persist information. If you prevent them to, you should expect fc when they try, no?
That's too much paranoia for me.
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Correct me If I'm wrong but it is necessary to clean caches and cookies once in a while because it can hog the device. Sometimes old caches are stored even if they are of no use anymore. It's like the principle of filling up your internal storage too much that you can see a dramatic decrease in performance. These kind of files updates a lot and does not seem to overwrite existing files or at least delete those that are unnecessary. It is not needed however to clean it every after use. Just once or twice a week is good enough.
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Yes, the caches can get bloated if the app doesn't remove unnecessary things automatically. In that case a clean is ok.
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@unclefab
If the mp3 cutter that you mentioned in your example has ads it needs the internet permission for them, and some ad providers make the database files automatically. They just contain some ad web address cache and only "personal" information saved is your language setting, at least from my experience.
And blocking the apps saving the information doesn't help with privacy really much because they can still access the info, they just can't save it in the databases. A malicious app can send the info without saving it too.
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leodfs said:
Apart for some real serious stuff, apps need some way to persist information. If you prevent them to, you should expect fc when they try, no?
That's too much paranoia for me.
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I have to agree with this one. Messing up with permissions can cause issues to certain applications and it really seems that he is paranoid.
If your concerned about such privacy, you shouldn't download the app on the first place. Although some developers get rid of such permissions because of some people's concern, this is unlikely to happen to every application. HC is a different platform from Gingerbread and so such issues that you have mentioned may occur.
Have you tried firewalls like DroidWall? I'm not sure if it really works, but it might lessen your burden from manually deleting files or privacy concerns like your data being accessed/used. Again, not sure.
Don t worry, I m not paranoid, my Tab is well protected, I have rather intricated settings between Privacy Blocker, LBE (by the way and FYI, LBE conflicts with Droidwall, both can t work together) Rom Tool Box, Logging Test and Permissions denied, so I don t think that any apk can steal any info from me!!!
Actually it s more a matter of principle, why apks like let s say Dolphin or Opera record all the sites I ve surfed, eventhough they don t need to do so (coz they still work after I deleted those files manually). And about the exemple given above, why apks which don t display adds need to have an internet permission and to put such webview.db files in the databases? Of course I m not obliged to download them, and actually I ve already erased many such apks, but for some I don t have any choice, specially for dictionaries (I travel a lot and need such stuff).
Plus it s a matter of curiosity, where the heck lies the source of those files? And why can I block those files easily on GB but not on HC? Yes, it s because the OS is different, I know, but how does it work? I don t know so much about Android OS but I like it and I want to learn more.
So back to the question, how can I tweak my system in order to prevent those files from appearing everytime use an apk? There are enough experts on thsi forum so hopefully someone knows the answer.
And BTW, when I see the difference between GB and HC, I mean more spying from the Google/Android OS, then I feel less eager to upgrade to ICS coz for sure it will get even worse, not to mention JB...
You're not saving passwords in your browsers/webview-based-apps, right?...
Do you mind explaining why webview.db databases have you concerned?
Thanks.
They are saving information from him, that's why. Nothing can save his information, I think that is the point.
Dude relax, there are spy apps, there loggers, but you are blacklisting all webview based ones.
And as some guy told before, if they want to spy you, they don't need to save anything.
But seriously, you don't need to study much on Android OS to known why what you are doing are causing fc. Take any app in any platform that have internal Conf and db files. Corrupt them and mess with permissions, you should get something similar.
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Thank you for explaining me why they Fc but I had understood it by myself from the very begining, I m what you call a noob but I m not brain dead:silly:
All what I want to know is what generates those files in the OS, and how to prevent it from happening, provided that it s possible.
Apart from that it s ok for me if other people don t mind having files in their databases which record their web activity, and if they don t feel uneasy to know that the more advanced the Android OS the more files there is and the more difficult it is to block them (I said already 2 times that on Ginger Bread I block all those files and that the apks don t FC, which prove that the files are not required by the apks to work normally).
Thanks
I am not calling you noob buddy, but you were trying to solve a problem with no elegance at all.
Contact developers and ask why they are using webview and that you are not comfortable with files it creates. But if you use a program that uses it you have to accept those files, simple.
A lot of details of stuff like webview are API specific so changes version to version. So access of those files may changes on each version of android, as well as file location, name or how to handle errors. So the fact that what you did worked on gb, helps you with no conclusions.
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I didn t mean thay you (tu) called me a noob but that you in general (vos) call newbies noobs. Sorry for the misunderstanding, it s one of the many limitations of english compated to latin or germanic languages
So it sounds like what I was asking about is impossible to do, well, well, I will see what I can do with apktool, maybe I can change something in the manifest or ressources or I don t know where. Just for info, here s what s insideone of those files when it s newly created and before it starts spying:
SQLite format 3@
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�� �k �6 � ` � ��" �tablepasswordpassword CREATE TABLE password (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, host TEXT, username TEXT, password TEXT, UNIQUE (host, username) ON CONFLICT REPLACE)/
C indexsqlite_autoindex_password_1password �+ �)tablehttpauthhttpauth CREATE TABLE httpauth (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, host TEXT, realm TEXT, username TEXT, password TEXT, UNIQUE (host, realm) ON CONFLICT REPLACE)/C indexsqlite_autoindex_httpauth_1httpauth
�" �tableformdataformdataCREATE TABLE formdata (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, urlid INTEGER, name TEXT, value TEXT, UNIQUE (urlid, name, value) ON CONFLICT IGNORE)/C indexsqlite_autoindex_formdata_1formdataR}tableformurlformurlCREATE TABLE formurl (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, url TEXT)J%cindexcookiesIndexcookiesCREATE INDEX cookiesIndex ON cookies (path)�� tablecookiescookiesCREATE TABLE cookies (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT, value TEXT, domain TEXT, path TEXT, expires INTEGER, secure INTEGER)W--ctableandroid_metadataandroid_metadataCREATE TABLE android_metadata (locale TEXT) ��en_GB
@unclefab
Even if the webview.db has always all the fields it doesn't mean they need to have a value or string. For example the "password" field is almost always emtpy.
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A little old, but worth the reading:
forensicsferret.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/android-browser-forensics/
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Why would I use such apks?
I said it already, it s because I need them. I deleted some and replaced them by similar apks more privacy friendly, but for some I don t have any choice. For exemple browser. I managed to lock the perms on opera mini and it still works but you know opera mini, on some sites it doesn t display correctly so I have to use dolphin whose perms can t be locked. Talking about it I will try boat browser, it s not as good as dolphin but if it doesn t have those files it could be a solution...
Same stories with dictionaries. I m a language teacher who lives in asia and I need far eastern languages dictionaries. Try to find a thai english or thai indonesian dictionary which can work without those files... BTW if you are interested I found a good english chinese which works without any .db garbage;-)
Thanks for the links, interesting article, some food for thoughts...