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Root Thanks for all involved in CIQ removal

Considering the phone has a microphone and a camera, and if any of you can recall that they installed some app that lets them remotely control the phone, plus the CIQ, you can understand why this should be removed.

So we are all gratefull to Bloodawn for removing this for us.

Bloodawn was inspired to do this, after he found some naughty videos of himself with a chicken on the internet, that were some how recorded from his phone.

That is why he named his ROM CTMOD
 
hroark13 said:
Considering the phone has a microphone and a camera, and if any of you can recall that they installed some app that lets them remotely control the phone, plus the CIQ, you can understand why this should be removed.

So we are all gratefull to Bloodawn for removing this for us.

Bloodawn was inspired to do this, after he found some naughty videos of himself with a chicken on the internet, that were some how recorded from his phone.

That is why he named his ROM CTMOD
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you said you wouldn't tell anyone :(
 
hroark13 said:
dude, I am making huge bucks selling that video to web sites

Just so you know, you are a huge movie star in various countries around the world
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Why did the chicken run across the road instead of walk?? He was trying to
get away from bloodawn!!! Just joking your a cool dude,, thanks for your work..
 
76ford90lx said:
If your interested in this thread then this might interest you also
I just saw this in the lounge

http://androidforums.com/android-ap...-breach-lets-apps-get-around-permissions.html
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Thanks for the link. I guess we are fortunate in that the Prevail comes as pretty much vanilla Android minus a few apps which bloat the OS. From what I've read on that security breach is that so called features like HTC's "Sense" UI and Samsung's "Touchwiz" UI are to blame. These launchers have a gapping hole in them, which also doesn't help in regard to updates for Android OS since these have to be updated as well. Part of the reason it takes so long for certain contract phones to even receive updates.

Original equipment manufacturers OS manipulation are definitely the culprit here. So now we know that not just the carriers are causing issues(thanks to their love of CIQ). The actual manufacturers(Motorola, HTC, Samsung, who essentially are the majority of the market) are as well. Thankfully none of the prepaid smartphones so far come with these embedded UI's installed.
 
hroark13 said:
Considering the phone has a microphone and a camera, and if any of you can recall that they installed some app that lets them remotely control the phone, plus the CIQ, you can understand why this should be removed.

So we are all gratefull to Bloodawn for removing this for us.

Bloodawn was inspired to do this, after he found some naughty videos of himself with a chicken on the internet, that were some how recorded from his phone.

That is why he named his ROM CTMOD
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Running ctmod, and I just read this, and stopped... looked at my phone sitting on my desk, and I swear it moved... Bloodawn are you watching me too? I am not chicken. But I love your rom. Not in any fowl way.
 
HeroLau said:
Sent a mail to ZTE, and confirmed with them no CIQ bundled in Warp. :p
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Good deal im glad they left the warp alone.. No telling what others are not lucky and have this installed.. just hope something is done about it soon so all dev's are not worrying bot
privacy issues an can concentrate on ther kernal and rom projects..
 
Excellent video done by the animated and passionate Azrienoch. Make sure to click the links in the description for a wealth of additional information.

What People Aren't Saying About Carrier IQ - YouTube

Edit: Carrier IQ's Marketing VP Andrew Coward defends patent application.

https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222428/Carrier_IQ_downplays_2010_patent_request_

Which contradicts his department's own promotional material and website.

https://www.computerworld.com/s/art...Q_s_own_marketing_claims_undercut_its_defense
 
This just in:

Sprint has ordered that all of their hardware partners remove the Carrier IQ software from Sprint devices as soon as possible.

Details over at geek.com.
 
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