Root: The List of Tools!
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 29, 2016
How to unlock Electronic Image Stabilization on Nexus 5X
How to unlock Electronic Image Stabilization on Nexus 5X
About every photographer knows about EIS, it's importance and how it can make your photography perfect.
Both Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P have EIS feature, but it's hidden and disabled.
But with root access and this neat trick you can enable and use it!
Here's how:
You'll need - Root Access and any root file manager. (I'll recommend Root Explorer)
1. Mount /system as r/w with button at top.
2. Tap and hold on build.prop file.
3. Select Open With in options dialog.
4. Select Text Editor to edit build.prop.
5. Add this line at the end:
persist.camera.eis.enable=1
6. Tap on Menu button and tap Save and Exit option.
7. Go to stock Camera app, and go to Settings.
8. Go to Resolution & Quality, and check Enable video stabilization
And congratulations, now you can use EIS in Nexus 5X or Nexus 6P! :)
Aug 28, 2016
Opera VPN - Unlimited Free VPN
Opera released it's new free unlimited VPN app
Back in April, when Opera announced an addition of free VPN service to their desktop browser.
On Monday, they released an app called Opera Free VPN, with features like, block ad-tracking, unlimited, five different locations, it does not require you to register the account to use it.
Opera Free VPN uses SurfEasy Inc. services to connect you to their private network, and yes, you can see ads, but ads won't track your usage.
Remember, Opera does collect your usage data and share it with partner companies, so it's not clean as you think it is.
Aug 27, 2016
When the Symbians were Androids! [A story of me]
When Symbian smartphones were Androids...
Have you ever heard of Symbian, some of you probably have heard, or even used them.
I remember when we had only 2 of those phones at home, my father used one, and other one was divided in me and my elder brother.
It was Nokia 6600 (high-end phone at that time)
I always used to play games like Moorhuhn, Raging Thunder, Jewel matching game (forgot name), and other old games, but he didn't let me play much, he liked taking pictures, morphing them with app called Jelly.
It was fun then, it had VGA camera, but quality was pure and bright!
It had 10 or 12 MBs of internal probably, a joystick pad, wide pin CA cable, and yes a standard SDCard slot (bigger one), at that time we didn't have WiFis, 2G, 3G, 4G, but there was internet available through WAP, and GPRS (in larger and popular cities).
After that beast, we bought Nokia 7610, just for more 0.5 MP camera and a classic video editor thingy.
It was much faster and durable, except for one app which it didn't have, neither we knew how to install it on that phone, but we managed to get through it.
As a "wise" man once said, "with great power, comes great responsibility", it has remarkably good battery life compared to Nokia 6600 but it seemed to drain all the juice when we played same games on Nokia 7610, but we managed to get through it as well.
Well... few years went by greatly, but there was a change when I heard about phone which has two batteries, also works without battery, at that time we didn't know how that is possible, so went to buy it, we bought it! It was a Bilwani phone, a Chinese feature phone, it wasn't go great after all, but music volume was loud, also with camera of 1.5 or 2MP it was great for some stupids like us.
But! When we found out there was a small battery fixed inside of phone, we laughed at our stupidness.
After that we bought lots of phones, some Chinese, some Symbian, some even Java (J2ME) phones, I remember few names.
But how could I forget that last Symbian phone which my elder brother bought? It was glorious!
THE NOKIA 5230, GREATEST SYMBIAN PHONE WE EVER HAD!
It could support lots of games and apps, also with better internal space, and a 2MegaPixel camera, gyro sensor all that plus touch screen!! It was like precious gem to us!
God have mercy, we used to play Raging Thunder on it, as we know now, touch + sensors = totally fun, that was next level!
And yes, after we discovered a handwriting keyboard, we were like "Okay... that's new!"
Then came, 2011 June 11th, the day when I bought the first Android phone, Samsung Galaxy Gio! The first phone in whole neighborhood running Android OS!
Remembering the Nokia 5230 features, I thought does this phone have handwriting keyboard? gyro sensor? better battery? new games?
I was totally shocked when I found out a new keyboard, already installed and ready to use keyboard Swype! The keyboard with gesture typing!
Few hours spent learning basics and stuff with System Settings, Keyboard Settings, Languages, Lockscreen, etcetera, I noticed Google Market app at home screen after swiping a few times, it needed Gmail account to start it up, so I created new one.
Few minutes later, a screen popped up containing lots of colorful icons, at the top trending apps, I saw Talking Tom app, which everyone is familiar with. I never thought it was soooooooooooooooooooooooooo fun (notice the 'o' in 'so', that's long, I mean it), I was shouting, running room to room, showing everyone what that app can do.
We had so many laughs on the app, next day searching through Market, saw a keyboard, I was like "wow, we can install new keyboards??!!11?!1", downloaded it, installed, enabled, tapped on a text box, keyboard pops up, it was cool!
After some time, Chinese Android smartphones came into market place, people saw what this phone can do, friends told their friends, Android got viral here, and after few more months, 30% of population had their own Android phones.
Now it's like 5 years, at least 90% here own 1 Android phone, 80% own 2 or more Android phones, and 99% of them used 1 Android phone.
QuadRooter vulnerability, over 1 billion devices vulnerable
QuadRooter - A new Android bug, over 1b devices vulnerable
What is QuadRooter?
QuadRooter is a set of four vulnerabilities affecting Android devices built using Qualcomm chipsets. Qualcomm is the world’s leading designer of LTE chipsets with a 65% share of the LTE modem base-band market. If any one of the four vulnerabilities is exploited, an attacker can trigger privilege escalations for the purpose of gaining root access to a device.
Which devices QuadRooter can attack?
Which devices QuadRooter can attack?
QuadRooter vulnerabilities are found in software drivers that ship with Qualcomm chipsets. Any Android device built using these chipsets is at risk. The drivers, which control communication between chipset components, become incorporated into Android builds manufacturers develop for their devices.Since the vulnerable drivers are pre-installed on devices at the point of manufacture, they can only be fixed by installing a patch from the distributor or carrier. Distributors and carriers issuing patches can only do so after receiving fixed driver packs from Qualcomm.This situation highlights the inherent risks in the Android security model. Critical security updates must pass through the entire supply chain before they can be made available to end users. Once available, the end users must then be sure to install these updates to protect their devices and data.
Is my device safe?
Your device might be safe if it's not Qualcomm, or maybe if it is Qualcomm, even without patched installed.But there's also a slight chance that your device has it, even if you visit trustworthy websites, or use trusted apps.But you should install and run scan to check QuadRooter vulnerability.
Your device might be safe if it's not Qualcomm, or maybe if it is Qualcomm, even without patched installed.But there's also a slight chance that your device has it, even if you visit trustworthy websites, or use trusted apps.But you should install and run scan to check QuadRooter vulnerability.
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