@na2day, i've read alot about android on dis thread now i think i'm convinced about android nw but i hav some questions c ask. I actually intended 2 buy htc hd2 phone which is a window phone. My major use of d phone is going 2 b mainly educational stuff like downloading and reading text books of different formats, multimedia and browsing. Can an android phone do those tasj if yes which one would u recommend? Also, i read dat i can route android os into d hd2 so dat u can use it 2 operate both android and windows is dis really possible? Which android os is d best? Thanks

^^^ My candid advice to u, considering what u wrote above, save ur money and buy SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB!
Download CALIBRE EBOOK CONVERTER and turn all ur PDF files to ebooks.
You can also make Calla wit it.

@ d moderator
pls release the last post of @na2day! caught by d antispam bot.
Its a serious warning about a Trojan injected into some apps in d marketplace.

@guddy
if ure impatient, I'd advice u buy HTC WILDFIRE! d android port to hd2 is still quite buggy.
I saw wildfire being advertised somewhere in this place for around 35k or something!

I'd like to enquire from you folks if these android phones work well with nigerian service providers.

Galaxy S works well with mtn,
Although it consumes a whole lot of band width.
Am already thinking of switching network

Hi folks,

I must say I am having enuf fun with my SGS, I now have games like:

PES 2011
GT
Nova 3.5
Asphalt 5

[size=13pt]Android Terror[/size]



Openness, the very characteristic of Android that makes us love it is a double-edged sword. Redditor lompolo has stumbled upon a perfect example of that fact; he’s noticed that a publisher has taken 21 popular free apps from the market, injected root exploits into them and republished. The really scary part? 50k-200k downloads combined in 4 days.

Lompolo explains the situation quite well:

Link to publishers apps here. I just randomly stumbled into one of the apps, recognized it and noticed that the publisher wasn’t who it was supposed to be.

Super Guitar Solo for example is originally Guitar Solo Lite. I downloaded two of the apps and extracted the APK’s, they both contain what seems to be the "rageagainstthecage" root exploit – binary contains string "CVE-2010-EASY Android local root exploit. Don’t know what the apps actually do, but can’t be good.

I appreciate being able to publish an update to an app and the update going live instantly, but this is a bit scary. Some sort of moderation, or at least quicker reaction to malware complaints would be nice.

EDIT: After some dexing and jaxing, the apps seem to be at least posting the IMEI and IMSI codes to a particular url, which seems to be located in Fremont, CA.

I asked our resident hacker to take a look at the code himself, and he’s verified it does indeed root the user’s device via rageagainstthecage or exploid. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg: it does more than just yank IMEI and IMSI. There’s another APK hidden inside the code, and it steals nearly everything it can: product ID, model, partner (provider), language, country, and userID. But that’s all child’s play; the true pièce de résistance is that it has the ability to download more code. In other words, there’s no way to know what the app does after it’s installed, and the possibilities are nearly endless.

Justin pinged a contact at Google to bring the issue to their attention. In the time I’ve proofed this post, they’ve already checked the apps and are planning on pulling them from the Market (Update: holy cheeseballs, they've been pulled already! Took less than 5 minutes from first contact to pull!), as well as remotely removing them from user’s devices. Unfortunately, that doesn’t remove any code that’s already been backdoored in.

Let’s hope they’re quick to react – this is the ultimate Android Trojan to date, and it’s already been downloaded over 50,000 times.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD A VERY GOOD ANTIVIRUS O!
I RECOMMEND LOOKOUT APP!

[size=13pt]Google flips Android kill switch, destroys a batch of malicious apps[/size]



When 21 rogue apps started siphoning off identifying information from Android phones and installing security holes, Google yanked the lot from Android Market, and called the authorities to boot. But what of the 50,000 copies already downloaded by unwitting users? That's what Google's dealing with this week, by utilizing Android's remote kill switch to delete them over the air. But that's not all, because this time the company isn't just removing offending packages, but also installing new code. The "Android Market Security Tool March 2011" will be remotely added to affected handsets to undo the exploit and keep it from sending your data out, as well as make you wonder just how much remote control Google has over our phones. Yes, we welcome our new Search Engine overlords and all that, so long as they've got our best interests at heart, but there's a certain irony in Google removing a backdoor exploit by using a backdoor of its own -- even one that (in this case) will email you to report what it's done.

Wow – from our perspective, it’s almost like the world exploded overnight. We have more information and details on the virus – which Lookout has named "DroidDream" (the word was consistently used in package names by the malware developers) – and some updates on where things stand.

First, we’re absolutely amazed at how quickly Google reacted. As mentioned last night, our own Justin Case pinged a contact and the apps were pulled from the market within minutes. That’s quite impressive, but then again, one of the developers whose app had been copied had been trying to get Goog on the job for just over a week. On the one hand, Google was quick to react to our hacker. On the other, they were slow to react to a developer, who should really be made the priority of the two. Either way, they pulled the app in question, and this is definitely one of those times that it’s better late than never.

Google wasn’t the only one on the ball: we were contacted late last night/early this morning by Symantec, Samsung, and Lookout. As the apps had already been pulled from the Market, they were looking to get their hands on the code – obviously, we obliged. Lookout has already updated their app to identify DroidDream and protect their users. However, the apps are now effectively nuked, and it’s unlikely the hackers will attempt to use the same code again, so it may be too late to ever be useful.

Now, on to some more details of the virus. We should point out that this vulnerability was patched with Gingerbread, meaning any device running Android 2.3+ should be fine. In other words, if you’re looking to play the blame game (which I’m not, but having read all the comments on the original post, many people are), then there’s plenty to go around. The hole was fixed by Google, but it’s relatively useless since many phones aren’t yet running a version of Android that is protected. It’s noteworthy that some manufacturers released updates that patched the exploit for devices without updating to Gingerbread; unfortunately, it appears that minority is quite a small one.

Perhaps most important is the question of what infected users can do about their situation, but it seems the answer is "not much of anything." Because the virus opens up a backdoor and can bring in new code at any time, the only way to really rid an infected device of any damage is to completely wipe it – not exactly the optimal solution, but it looks like the only one available, at least for now.

Finally, Justin notes that ROM developers working with pre-Gingerbread versions of Android can prevent the virus from backdooring in code by putting a dummy file at /system/bin/profile.

The Infected apps were all placed on the market under developer Myournet, they are:

Falling Down
Super Guitar Solo
Super History Eraser
Photo Editor
Super Ringtone Maker
Super Sex Positions
Hot Sexy Videos
Chess
下坠滚球_Falldown
Hilton Sex Sound
Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls
Falling Ball Dodge
Scientific Calculator
Dice Roller
躲避弹球
Advanced Currency Converter
APP Uninstaller
几何战机_PewPew
Funny Paint
Spider Man
蜘蛛侠


People bad o!

@ the mo, am on froyo on ma sgs, will be "Gingerbreading" this monster this coming saturday, if any1's got his/her SGS Gingerbreaded already, pls share ur experience so far.

:Pjust look at the list, i mean why would anyone want to get apps with names like

Super Sex Positions
Hot Sexy Videos
Hilton Sex Sound
Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls


lols, real longerthroating

4llerbuntu:

:Pjust look at the list, i mean why would anyone want to get apps with names like

Super Sex Positions
Hot Sexy Videos
Hilton Sex Sound
Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls


lols, real longerthroating

No mind dem jare

4llerbuntu:

:Pjust look at the list, i mean why would anyone want to get apps with names like

Super Sex Positions
Hot Sexy Videos
Hilton Sex Sound
Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls


lols, real longerthroating

lol, those are the only apps you find on some phones oh. like my doctor friend.

Would you take $1 billion to stay away from Android, apparently Nokia will


Earlier this year it was big new that Nokia had announced a partnership with Microsoft to start making WP7 phones. Reportedly the company did not move to Android because it would “feel like giving up”. And now according to Bloomberg, there’s a second reason. Microsoft offered Nokia a cool billion to sweeten the deal.

The agreement for the more than billion-dollar payment was part of a campaign by Microsoft to keep Nokia from choosing Google’s Android operating system, one of the people said. Nokia also opted for Microsoft because Windows Phone software, which is newer than Android and has a smaller number of handsets for sale, gives Nokia a better chance to stand out, one of the people said.

Nokia will still end up paying Microsoft for each license of WP7, but in the short term, they offset their software development costs. While Android doesn’t have licensing fees, it would still cost Nokia untold amounts of money for software engineers to make it work with Nokia’s hardware.

The second part of the reasoning only makes half sense. Yes, Nokia does stand a better chance of standing out with Windows Phone 7, as there are only a handful of manufacturers in the game right now. But on the other hand, they can’t do much in terms of customizing the software (like a lot of companies love to do with Android). How are they going to stand out with WP7 when there’s very little differences between the few phones available?

Nokia is already well known world-wide for their hardware. With the addition of the explosive growth of Android, it should have been a no-brainer to get a piece of the pie. But instead that pie will go to mostly HTC, Motorola and Samsung. Standing out by itself doesn’t guarantee success in the smartphone industry, having a good product brings you success. And as in most businesses, the more competition out there, the better the product becomes through innovation and the consumer wins.

No telling if Nokia’s strategy will work or not, but the Nokia-Microsoft deal is reportedly for five years. If Nokia doesn’t turn around profits in that time, they will go under before they can turn to Android for help.

Android Is Less Secure Than iOS, Says AV Maker Trend Micro


As Android’s market share continues to grow, it is inevitable that it will become a target for viruses and other malware. Indeed Steve Chang, the chairman of Trend Micro, a provider of security software, cautioned that Android is far more susceptible to malware attacks than iOS.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Chang claimed that Android’s open source infrastructure allowed hackers to better understand the underlying architecture and source code. In contrast, Chang gave Apple credit because he believed that they were very careful about malware and that it was "impossible for certain types of viruses to operate on the iPhone." He explained that Apple uses a "sandbox concept" which isolates the platform, preventing viruses from replicating themselves or decomposing and recomposing to avoid virus scanners.

Nevertheless, Chang accepted that iOS is not completely immune to security threats as the user is still vulnerable to social engineering attacks, whereby he or she is tricked into installing an infected app or visiting a malware ridden website.

It seems unlikely that merely having an open environment enables hackers to create more destructive malware. In fact, security by obscurity, which is a security principle that uses secrecy of certain components to achieve security (not to be confused with security through minority), is often criticized by security experts for providing false sense of confidence. The fact that iOS is not open-source and Android is may create an initial bump for iOS hackers, but in the end, a closed system is just as vulnerable as an open one, if not more. An open system like Android benefits from thousands of eyes of security experts all over the world that may examine the source and alert Google of potential vulnerabilities, thus making it more secure overall. No such crowd-sourcing effort is possible with a closed-source project, such as iOS.

It may be Google’s lack of a formal app approval process that allows viruses masquerading as legitimate apps to pepper the Android Market, misleading the unsuspecting user into installing them. For example, one of the early viruses on the Android OS appeared to be a media player app that, unbeknownst to the user, would start sending premium-rate messages from the user’s phone, leaving the creator of the virus with a healthy revenue stream generated by those messages.

Google acknowledges that Android users must necessarily entrust some of their information to the developer of the application they are using; however, Android ensures that the user can view permissions granted to a particular app and make a relatively informed decision about installing it. On the other hand, Apple’s rigid, often draconian app approval policies do have the benefit of filtering out most potential malware.

It is unsurprising Chang has warned users of smartphones to be wary of malware, since Trend Micro offers antivirus suites for both Android and iOS.

na2day!:

The Infected apps were all placed on the market under developer Myournet, they are:

Falling Down
Super Guitar Solo
Super History Eraser
Photo Editor
Super Ringtone Maker
Super Sex Positions
Hot Sexy Videos
Chess
下坠滚球_Falldown
Hilton Sex Sound
Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls
Falling Ball Dodge
Scientific Calculator
Dice Roller
躲避弹球
Advanced Currency Converter
APP Uninstaller
几何战机_PewPew
Funny Paint
Spider Man
蜘蛛侠


People bad o!

What sort of apps are these and what are their functions ?
I have given my droid to a male cuz,I wud be shocked to see him with such apps.

ifyalways:

What sort of apps are these and what are their functions ?
I have given my droid to a male cuz,I wud be shocked to see him with such apps.

U know naa, boyz will boyz!

Google Squashes Another Potentially Serious Bug




Google has responded to the alarm raised by an Android security expert of a bug related to the Android Market that could have raised a lot of trouble. The security hole was related to the recent implementation of the Android Web Market, and would have given hackers the ability to install malicious software fairly easily.

Co-founder and chief technology officer at Duo Security Jon Oberheide discovered the flaw last month and notified Google, who fixed it within "the last week or so." Users would have merely had to click on a malicious link on either their phones or on their desktops to activate the unwanted installation of rogue software. Oberheide said he was surprised nobody had discovered the flaw before (which he called "low hanging fruit".

After last week’s scare with the DroidDream malware installed from Market apps (unrelated to this news today), Google is likely very relieved to have nipped this one in the bud before any damage was done. However, are we beginning to see the downside of Android’s openness? What if this well-meaning security expert hadn’t brought it up? While I hardly see this as cause for panic, perhaps the search king would be wise to amp up its detection and response to these kinds of threats (particularly if this latest bug was as easily detectable as the Duo chief claims it was).

^^^ The reason for the posts above is for sensitization!
Pls get a very good antivirus and try as much as possible to avoid apps side loading!

I recommend LOOKOUT app



U can use the premium version for some days and revert back to d free, if u can't afford to pay, both free and premium gives u d needed protection, plus missing phone locator.

@ ^^^

[size=13pt]40 Best (And 1 WTF) New Android Apps And Games[/size]

TetherGPS Lite: Interesting idea – could be useful for geocaching or enabling GPS on devices without it. TetherGPS Lite will allow you to share the GPS on one WiFi enabled Android device with another WiFi enabled Android Device.
Example use – Connect your Nook Color and your HTC Evo to the same network, or tether the Nook Color to the HTC Evo with android-wifi-tether. Run TGPS Server on the HTC Evo and TGPS Client on the Nook color. The Nook Color will receive GPS data from the HTC Evo. Applications on the Nook Color such as Google Maps and Google Navigation will then work using the shared GPS data.



[size=13pt]Wave Launcher[/size]: Wave Launcher is a unique, gesture-enabled, quick action-bar for Android. It resembles a well-known and loved feature on WebOS phones like the Palm-Pre.




[size=13pt]N64oid (N64 emulator)[/size]: N64oid is the Nintendo 64 emulator optimized for Android.




[size=13pt]travelButton[/size]: I’m quite intrigued. Frequent travelers, please read the description in full.

TravelButton is a mobile phone application that allows travelers to easily consolidate guest room phone services and messaging with their personal smartphone, as well as have access to all hotel room phone services.

Upon checking in to a hotel, TravelButton users simply open the app on their phones and select their hotel from a pre-populated list. Once their hotel is selected, users enter their name and room number or confirmation number. The traveler’s personal phone is now enabled with the hotel guest room functionality in addition to their existing phone capabilities. Hotel guests are disconnected from the room upon checking out of the hotel or can manually disconnect anytime.

TravelButton users can receive calls made directly to their guest room on their mobile devices and make and receive calls as they normally would. Standard hotel icons for wake-up calls, room service, front desk and other hotel amenities appear as icons on the guests phones, allowing the user to easily access these services. Calls from guests’ mobile phone enabled with TravelButton will appear to the hotel staff to come from the guests’ rooms. A hotels’ standard identification information, such as room number and guest name, will be provided so that hotel staff can greet guests by name.




[size=13pt]Thrutu[/size]:


Smartbench 2011 (multi-core friendly): Smartbench 2011 is a multi-core friendly benchmark application that measures the overall performance of your smartphone. It reports both Productivity and Games Index to suit both productivity users and 3D gaming users.




[size=13pt]Minimal Reader Pro[/size]: From the creator of Minimal RSS Widget, which is probably the cleanest and most useful RSS widget on the Market, now comes Minimal Reader Pro.

Display the latest news titles from your favourite websites/blogs right on your desktop and easily scroll through them.

Import your Google Reader Subscriptions or add your own RSS/Atom feeds.

Click on a news title to open the full story in a customizable Pop-up window, works in offline mode too !

Customize the widget and the pop-up to match your home screen.

Swipe left or right on a pop-up to read the next or previous news article.

Many settings available : Filter the News by age, auto scroll, auto refresh …

You can add as many feeds as you want on the same widget or separate them in several widgets.




[size=13pt]Syncness Wifi Sync Music/Files[/size]: Can this finally solve by goal of automatically backing up my SD card that contains weekly Nandroid dumps among other things? This app is almost there – it already supports multiple backup sources, and all it’s missing is scheduling. I’ve pinged the author about that, so I’m confident it will be coming soon.

Sync your files (media, music, etc) in both directions over wireless. Syncness, the new application for Google’s Android based phones and tablets, that allows you to sync (synchronize) files between your phone or tablet and a Windows or Samba file share using a WIFI connection.




[size=13pt]Android Seven Lite1 (Windows 7 Theme)[/size]: A Windows 7 desktop theme (not Windows phone 7) for Android – you don’t see many of these around. It looks quite detailed.




[size=13pt]DropSpace[/size]: This is an application for backing up files on sdcard through Dropbox. Users can choose any files/directories on sdcard to be synced with remote directories on Dropbox. It can start syncing on users’ demand, and also can be run as a service that will automatically start with certain time intervals.




[size=13pt]Pixel Art Clock Widget[/size]: Pixel Art Clock Widget is a widget for your Android home screen.

You can change color (10 total), Decorate with illustrations and 24h/12h mode




[size=13pt]Dexrex Mobile[/size]: Dexrex Mobile for Android allows you to capture, save, and read your SMS, MMS, and Call Logs from anywhere, just as you do your emails.




[size=13pt]SXSW GO - official SXSW app[/size]: SXSW GO is the official mobile app for getting the most out of attending SXSW 2011. The app allows you to view/build your schedule, see a map of what’s happening and how to get there, navigate the tradeshow, stay connected to the social world and more! You can build your schedule online at schedule at their website or directly on your mobile device. With SXSW GO, you can sync your online schedule with your mobile device, so your info will always be up-to-date!




[size=13pt]ADWTheme Antique CyanogenMod[/size]: This is a CyanogenMod (CM7 specifically) dedicated version of the Antique ADWTheme series for ADW.Launcher.

You must have ADW.Launcher or ADW.Launcher EX. If you don’t have it, then get that first.




[size=13pt]ActionComplete[/size]: ActionComplete is a family of productivity applications based on David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology.

At the core of ActionComplete is management of four types of tasks: Actions (next actions in GTD parlance), Waits (Waiting for), Projects, and Ideas (Someday/Maybe). The tasks can be assigned three types of metadata: tags, people, and places. Together the metadata form a context that can be easily filtered upon.




[size=13pt]BlueMuze (Trial version)[/size]: P2P Bluetooth music file and playlist transfer. Transfer music files and playlists over bluetooth directly P2P (phone to phone)




[size=13pt]Plug In Launcher[/size]: Tasker does this as well, but if you don’t want complexity and want free, this is a great program.

This app provides a background service that will launch a specified app when the Power/USB cable and/or Headphone cable is connected to the device.

Tired before bed and want the Alarm clock app to launch when you plug it in to charge? Go ahead and plug it in… AND ITS THERE!

Out on a run and want to quickly launch your music player app? just plug in your headphones and click play!




[size=13pt]Epinephrine (formerly MSN Talk)[/size]: MSN Talk was knocked off the Market by Microsoft – Epinephrine is the new name.




[size=13pt]we7 Radio Plus[/size]: we7 Radio Plus is a completely FREE music app for anyone who loves music! It is currently in beta release. The app uses our millions of available tracks to play and create radio stations based on the music you love:

Choose one of our Themed stations to find out whats hot or pick a style of music you enjoy

Create your own stations from any genre, artist or theme you like

Play a station based on the songs you love – you can love songs in the app or at our website

Going out and about? No problem you can save stations to listen to when there is no network available and play them in the car, on a train or tube or anywhere you choose. This app reinforces the mobile’s position as the device of choice for listening to music.




[size=13pt]Socialcam by Justin.tv[/size]: Socialcam is the easiest way to share videos with friends. It makes sharing video from your phone as simple as uploading photos to Facebook. With a few clicks, you’re able to record, tag, and share videos as well as browse, like, and comment on your friend’s videos.

Features:
Unlimited video length and storage
Upload video while you are recording for fastest possible upload
Record video offline and it uploads later when you have Internet
Tag your friends in videos
Instant notification when you are tagged in a video
Browse, like, and comment on your friend’s videos
Share videos with Facebook, Twitter, Email and SMS




[size=13pt]Car Dashboard (Free)[/size]: Some commenters are calling it the best car-home app on the Market.

Car Dashboard is both a speedometer and a Car Home dock replacement app. Use this app to watch your speed and easily access 20 customizable shortcuts!

The app automatically launches when placed in a car dock (that has a magnet).

Features include:
Speedometer
Speed Alerts (fully customizable by speed, colors, flashing, and sounds)
Compass
Current location
Current temperature
Current altitude
Max speed
US and Metric units/speed alerts: knots, km/h or mph, Fahrenheit or Celsius, meters or feet
Custom text colors
20 customizable shortcuts – launch favorite applications, directly dial important numbers, navigate to common locations, and more!




[size=13pt]Entrepreneur Mobile[/size]: You own the business. Entrepreneur Mobile will help you grow it with articles from our website.




[size=13pt]Monster Job Search[/size]: Official Monster job search app.




[size=13pt]Friday[/size]: Friday is your life companion app

^^ thanx a lot mahn

na2day, thump up for the good job. are you based in naija??

Used Lookout Premium for the period it lasted and i was quiet impressed, till a friend of mine recommended Netquin to me cos he uses it on his HTC Desire. All i can say is i have since uninstalled the lookout.

Netquin at work. It also has a scanning utility called 'cloud scanning'.

;d

Double N:

Netquin at work. It also has a scanning utility called 'cloud scanning'.

Thanks Double N, i'm downloading now ,