So I was trying to play some MCPE, and it was lagging like crazy, so I looked into it a bit to see what was going on... and it looks like my carrier hacked my phone. Found a Motorola services thing with a connection open to somewhere in California, and an app called "fake blur xmpp" that had the CPU maxed out. Looked pretty sketchy; googling it seems to indicate carriers put it on there for data mining purposes or whatever.
So I was trying to play some MCPE, and it was lagging like crazy, so I looked into it a bit to see what was going on... and it looks like my carrier hacked my phone. Found a Motorola services thing with a connection open to somewhere in California, and an app called "fake blur xmpp" that had the CPU maxed out. Looked pretty sketchy; googling it seems to indicate carriers put it on there for data mining purposes or whatever.
Have you rooted your phone? If you have you should be able to stop the service completely. This is why i prefer iOS to Android though :/
Yeah, it's rooted. I knew I could uninstall it, just figuring it will come back eventually since it wasn't there in the first place... trying to figure out how it got there and prevent it from coming back.
Yeah, it's rooted. I knew I could uninstall it, just figuring it will come back eventually since it wasn't there in the first place... trying to figure out how it got there and prevent it from coming back.
Use a custom ROM if you really want to control your device, there's a similar issue concerning iPhone and iPad owners on iOS 6 so most of us are already making the switch to Android with custom ROMs. I don't know why they need to spy on their customers :\
Heh, it reminds of the time I noticed that something in the bowels of Windows XP would open a network connection to somewhere in Redmond every time I hit ctrl-f in explorer.exe or MS Word. That was around the time I quit Windows for good IIRC.
Heh, it reminds of the time I noticed that something in the bowels of Windows XP would open a network connection to somewhere in Redmond every time I hit ctrl-f in explorer.exe or MS Word. That was around the time I quit Windows for good IIRC.
Motorola says it's not in use, but it was definitely maxing out my CPU and opening up network connections. I wonder if something else was using it, or if this is just BS?
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Eh, I thought about it but I didn't see much else mobile-related there, and it looked like pretty low-quality stuff... figured posting it here would be more useful. Is there good mobile discussion there sometimes?
I suppose I really should sign up for XDA or similar and post it there, but I figured you guys might have run into it already.
Hmmmph... invalid argument: carrier IQ applies to multiple phones independently of OS. Carrier IQ is something a bit old, but as mobile data connections had more importance over time, this has become an issue with privacy. Carrier IQ can be disabled on iOS via a shady Cydia tweak, and on Android via custom ROMs. However, there has been a big debate over this, and Carrier IQ has not applied to newer smart phones (including lastest iPhones and all devices on Google's Nexus line).
Hmmmph... invalid argument: carrier IQ applies to multiple phones independently of OS. Carrier IQ is something a bit old, but as mobile data connections had more importance over time, this has become an issue with privacy. Carrier IQ can be disabled on iOS via a shady Cydia tweak, and on Android via custom ROMs. However, there has been a big debate over this, and Carrier IQ has not applied to newer smart phones (including lastest iPhones and all devices on Google's Nexus line).
Yeah, I thought the CIQ article did a good job explaining the situation... this "fake blur xmpp" is either Motorola's version of the same thing, or some other malicious thing hijacks it, still haven't figured out which. Whatever it was, it hasn't come back yet, and my CPU and RAM usage has dropped a ton from when it showed up, and no more weird connections are open
This article was interesting: http://www.androidpo...eally-going-on/
My phone is off until I figure out a way to get rid of this thing. Has anyone here run across anything similar to this? How did you get rid of it?
Have you rooted your phone? If you have you should be able to stop the service completely. This is why i prefer iOS to Android though :/
Yeah, it's rooted. I knew I could uninstall it, just figuring it will come back eventually since it wasn't there in the first place... trying to figure out how it got there and prevent it from coming back.
Ugh... I guess it's time for custom firmware.
Use a custom ROM if you really want to control your device, there's a similar issue concerning iPhone and iPad owners on iOS 6 so most of us are already making the switch to Android with custom ROMs. I don't know why they need to spy on their customers :\
Heh, it reminds of the time I noticed that something in the bowels of Windows XP would open a network connection to somewhere in Redmond every time I hit ctrl-f in explorer.exe or MS Word. That was around the time I quit Windows for good IIRC.
Motorola says it's not in use, but it was definitely maxing out my CPU and opening up network connections. I wonder if something else was using it, or if this is just BS?
Eh, I thought about it but I didn't see much else mobile-related there, and it looked like pretty low-quality stuff... figured posting it here would be more useful. Is there good mobile discussion there sometimes?
I suppose I really should sign up for XDA or similar and post it there, but I figured you guys might have run into it already.
Hmmmph... invalid argument: carrier IQ applies to multiple phones independently of OS. Carrier IQ is something a bit old, but as mobile data connections had more importance over time, this has become an issue with privacy. Carrier IQ can be disabled on iOS via a shady Cydia tweak, and on Android via custom ROMs. However, there has been a big debate over this, and Carrier IQ has not applied to newer smart phones (including lastest iPhones and all devices on Google's Nexus line).
I'm also on Minecraft PE! (Nexus 7, Xperia Play and iPod 4 owner)
Yeah, I thought the CIQ article did a good job explaining the situation... this "fake blur xmpp" is either Motorola's version of the same thing, or some other malicious thing hijacks it, still haven't figured out which. Whatever it was, it hasn't come back yet, and my CPU and RAM usage has dropped a ton from when it showed up, and no more weird connections are open