Hey!
I searched but I could not find a clear answer about the question whether a rooted device poses a risk potential. I am talking about getting hacked or similar "over the air".
In addition: Does activating the network data pose or increase the risk of getting hacked or similar risks (also in conjuction with being rooted)?
Thanks a lot!
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First Ive heard of such a device for anything past flip phones.
Just wondering if encryption that Honeycomb is supposedly supporting would defeat this.
Im assuming apps that offer "encrypted" lockers will but wondering how Full device encryption would work against such probing.
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If you say theft then all phone are vulnerable.. its either "easily broken into" or "hard to get" even the CIA website could be hack right?
Even playstation network is vulnerable to password theft I'm pretty sure if someone wanted to get your info very badly, then you are vulnerable no matter what. I guess 2.3.4 update just makes it "harder" to hack.
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Even playstation network is vulnerable to password theft I'm pretty sure if someone wanted to get your info very badly, then you are vulnerable no matter what. I guess 2.3.4 update just makes it "harder" to hack.
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Cia pentagon FBI NASA many more have been hacked android phones any phone I guess in theory can be I guess right
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The vulnerability occurs when one connects to an open WiFi network, since the connection is not secured, the packets moving across your phone and your Google account can be tapped. The Gingerbread 2.3.4 use secure https connection for the transmission of data packets.
Now, with android 2.3.4 will be more harder to "hack" the system. But, negativity score for google, cause older versions of android until now are vulnerable...
i seldom use the password on android device.
well, all networks, softwares, phones are vulnerable
the problem is, how difficult is it to exploit the vulnerable
not every user knows how to hack a phone, so at least protect the phone from normal users
Glad I got the Android 2.3.4 ota last month!
Yikes!!....why are all these companies so careless when it comes to handling sensitive user-data? We trust them too much
good to know... i guess will wait for a stable gingerbread for mini pro.
this scares me :-ss
Hmm, how do you prevent this?
It is not as big a problem as people might think. But the simple thing is not to use your phone for sensitive data transfer, I never do never did when I had an Iphuc........ I have 2.34 on my phone already anyway even though it is a vibrant......
So whats the best way to check my account¿
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Hi folks, I've already done browsing about this subject as well as checked all over google about it and can't come up with solution to this. I don't know who actually uses this app and am guessing that it's not only on the samsung galaxy s 4g from t-mobile. I'm not 'dev' class at things like this but am proficient at the intermediate level. I'm upgraded to gingerbread 2.3.5 and am rooted. If anyone out there knows how to get rid of this please post (possibly with a tutorial) on how to get rid of this step-by-step and anything/everything that needs to be deleted/edited. This would benefit everyone all over because I'm guessing that the procedure would be similar as long as it's an android phone.
So I got my letter from ATT the other day saying that they have detected tethering software on my phone and that if I dont remove it by 12/31/12 they will automatically bump me up to the 5GB tethering plan for $50/mo
Whats the best way to resolve this and still be able to run custom roms? Ideally I would still like to be able to tether for free (obviously) but at the very least just be able to not pay the $50/mo and still run custom roms.
I spoke with a customer service rep and told her I had no idea how to tether and asked if they could just put a block on it or something, and she said no, the software has been detected and it has to be removed.
Maybe I should call back and ask for supervisor?
Alternatively she said if I go into the att store and they can look at my phone and see that there is no tethering software, they can make a notation on my account.
So I suppose I could unroot, go into att store, have them note the account, and then root again.... that would probly be my last resort.
Thanks in advance for any help!
No, you do understand the second you tether they can detect it right? They also aren't idiots and can tell if you're running a custom ROM as well
I've heard about Verizon reps commenting about custom ROMs before
So you flashing back to stock and showing them there's nothing on the phone does nothing.
If you don't want to be charged then stop
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I disagree, because if they make a notation on the account and they have proven that they can't find any programs or software to remove when I bring the phone into the store, then there is no way they can charge me.
But even if I didnt want to tether (which I have not tethered in quite a while and still got the letter) it would see to me that they are detecting the software (rom) and seeing that I have the ability to tether, so how do I run a custom rom (and not tether) and still not get charged?
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I disagree, because if they make a notation on the account and they have proven that they can't find any programs or software to remove when I bring the phone into the store, then there is no way they can charge me.
But even if I didnt want to tether (which I have not tethered in quite a while and still got the letter) it would see to me that they are detecting the software (rom) and seeing that I have the ability to tether, so how do I run a custom rom (and not tether) and still not get charged?
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They wouldn't make a notation on the account because tethering is possible with the stock software, there's quite a few apps on the market that allow this. So you could just uninstall it.
You didn't get the letter because of the custom ROM, you got it because you violated your contract by tethering. It may have taken them some time to send out the letter.
They have detected it so they will be watching for future violations
So my suggestion stays the same, stop tethering or pay for it
Pretty simple
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What Phil said although you may not agree with att's rules on tethering...its in the contact and you signed to it so you will get taken off your plan and to the 5gb plan if you continue
Gotcha, thanks for the input guys.
I am fairly new to ATT (came from Sprint)
Does this apply to wired tethering as well? Does someone using wired tether (such as pdanet) still have to pay, or is that free?
The way I think they catch people is # of hops it does to terminate data and packet sniffers so I'd just stay away even though pda may be a bit safer will LTE around theyre hunkering up
For the sake of mentioning this--its a topic which has been raked over in every phone forum, Android, Apple etc nd tablets too.
Doing a general and specific search on the Net seems to point to mostly theory. When I owned my previous iPhones and jailbroke, I used MyWi. However, the devs made it clear you could be caught.
That notion aside-many of us and this includes me, believe it comes down to being abusive with the tethering. Of course many would disagree but if you cared to specifically search iPhone sites and focused mostly on AT&T, it somewhat became clear they knew we were tethering since algorithms change when tethering. In conjunction, we also surmised they went after people who had unlimited data plans and really used the heck out of it.
I personally have tethered many times and many people I know too but we didn't use it too long. I've never gotten a notice from ATT but it doesn't mean they aren't watching. Not be be a jerk but your op is a topic I've seen literally hundreds of times. Everyone claims the same thing but no one seems to admit they abuse it. They noticed you for a reason is what it comes down to. I should also mention I've tethered my HOX as well.
In my personal opinion I believe we should be able to get a free amount of gigabytes to tether. Once over it, then you get charged. This is just a real touchy subject.
These are just my opinions.
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I tethered without a tethering plan for years, first on my jailbroken iPhone and then on my HOX until I switched to the Mobile Share plans that include tethering. I never got caught, but I was also very careful not to abuse it by, for example, streaming video, moving large files, or doing things that a phone would never do untethered like updating my laptop's software.
I am convinced, from watching this issue over the years, that AT&T does two things: They mainly go after the data hogs, flagging people for tethering detection when they get close to or over their data caps; they also run spot checks on random accounts. Detecting tethering, should you get their attention, is dead simple, by the way. There are any number of ways to confirm it.
Once you're on their radar screen, the jig is up. Your only choices are to stop tethering or get a tethering plan.
So, there are some major/minor issues with the root, so I've heard. Some of these issues include bad wifi, not remembering wifi password, lag, no service at all, etc.
How can I fix these issues ENTIRELY? I would rather not have to worry about these issues if I get root. I hear that doing a system format before rooting helps? Would you even recommend that I root this device? It's a phone I use a lot day-to-day
These are my main concerns:
- Battery Life
- Lag (I've seen how people fixed this, but does this drain battery?)
- Possibility of messages not sending
- Service not working
If worse comes to worst, should I just do a factory reset after rooting so that all goes to normal?
Yeah, I've been considering rooting my s7 for a few days, specifically for things like sixaxis, controlling app access to data on a per app basis (youtube plus weak wifi = high data usage) but, I've been hearing stuff like what you've posted, as well as people easily bricking their phones. Also, I'm nervous about the effects from tripping knox.
I don't want to do too much, just want access to some apps and features that the unrooted device can't give.
This is... for the snapdragon locked bootloader variant... right?
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This is... for the snapdragon locked bootloader variant... right?
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I rooted my Samsung Galaxy s7 edge w/qual snapdragon: I have had all of the above mentioned issues!!! I am new to working with tech and frankly started learning code a few months ago. Can someone please help? Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated!