Nice to know it can be removed
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| tracyanne Dec 04, 2011 8:32 PM EDT |
Better still, would be for it not to be installed. |
| techiem2 Dec 05, 2011 5:03 PM EDT |
Sadly removal requires a rooted phone...which as far as I understand still tends to void most warranties (even though, as we all know, software modifications should NOT void hardware warranties). |
| JaseP Dec 05, 2011 10:12 PM EDT |
And rooting is not possible on Honeycomb devices, either. I very much want to root my Acer Iconia a500 (and I don't know whether it has this installed). |
| tmx Dec 05, 2011 11:45 PM EDT |
I had an A500 and 3 other Honeycomb tablets and I root all of them. There is an app in the market to root it, and another app to install CWM recovery AcerIconiaA500Root, AcerRecoveryInstaller Last I remember they worked for version 3.1, but not 3.2. But things has moved on and it should be easy to root 3.2 too, if you look around: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1136 Also its easy to return the phone back to stock if you know how. I wonder if the app works on all phone, since removing a rootkit isn't easy and can be hidden in many places and might also need to modify the kernel. But I don't have an Android to test it, but coming from TrevE it should be trustworthy. The international version of Android like Galaxy Note and Galaxy Nexus and other Nexus devices do not seem to have Carrier IQ. CIQ seems to be for American phones. PS. Removing CIQ isn't nothing if you're still sending tons of data to Google and to your carrier and to the server of the free apps that you downloaded. |
| JaseP Dec 06, 2011 12:27 PM EDT |
My a500 was updated to 3.2... And, I'd wager that any new ones are being shipped with 3.2 (could be wrong). But, in general, Freedom is dead, privacy,... an illusion. Patrick Henry would die if he wasn't dead already. I don't know if I'm a pessimist, or just slowly working myself up into a lather... |
| helios Dec 06, 2011 3:13 PM EDT |
JaseP...don't forget to rinse and repeat.... I feel your frustration. It looks like my HTC Hero wasn't infected and I played with the idea of rooting it for a while but with the horrendous battery life and 3G-Sometimes performance, an upgrade is imminent and I don't want to go to the trouble. I will shop for my next phone based on the absence of this mess. Of course, a slideout keyboard is requisite....I despise the touchpad. |
| jdixon Dec 06, 2011 3:54 PM EDT |
> Of course, a slideout keyboard is requisite....I despise the touchpad. We seem to be in the minority in that regard, Ken. |
| mrider Dec 06, 2011 7:34 PM EDT |
Quoting:don't forget to rinse and repeat That's how the programmer died - no exit clause. :) |
| tmx Dec 07, 2011 12:55 AM EDT |
JaseP: You can still flash back the stock factory 3.1 version if you go to the recovery mode. I think to access recovery mode, hold Power and Vol -, then there is an option to update via zip. Get the stock rom image and renamed as "update.zip", place it in your SD card root directory. Just make sure the rom version matches with your country. Applying the wrong one might get the OS not working correctly, but you can still access Recovery as flash the correct one. I've owned the A500 and that was how I got back to version 3.1. You can find different versions of the stock 3.1 at XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?s=407fa22dbb4... Or you can check this Tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?s=407fa22dbb4... Here is what I would do: Go back to version 3.1, use Acer Recovery Installer to install CWM, boot into CWM, install "Tabooney" rom which is the best rom for the Acer A500. Then you can install AdFree, and LBE Privacy Guard to prohibit network permissions for apps. FYI, there modules for the A500, two of them enable the usage of OpenVPN: cifs.ko and tun.ko, this is included with most of the custom roms. PS. After going through 5 of them Android tablets and sold or return them all, I bought a refurb Acer W500 Windows tablet. Been trying different distro, but they still need time to improve with the touch. It's better to buy a tablet with physical mouse buttons. Until there is a distro made specifically for tablet. It's sad there are no better offering than Android for cellphones which I will continue to use. Nokia have nice devices, but their hardware is no match for the best of Android phones which will have quadcore now, and I'm not that optimistic about Meego. |
| JaseP Dec 07, 2011 5:25 PM EDT |
Naah,... I'll wait for Ice Cream Sandwich before I do any monkeying around. It works pretty decently now, & I don't want to break it. |
| gus3 Dec 07, 2011 6:20 PM EDT |
Side thought: what would it take to get a carrier/vendor to offer Cyanogenmod on a supported phone? |
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