Android Phone Users

Holy crap, didn't see that coming! My Desire HD is going to devour this!

You have to wait for the Desire HD to get 2.3 first.

Definitely a case of when and not if! This will be a great feather in Androids cap, props to Sony.

Only just ventured into Rooting my galaxy S. Very happy with the results so far. currently using Darkys Rom via speedymods kernal. My quadrant benchmark shot through the roof after the switch. I can finally use sonicwalls Netexender phone app as well so i can VPN into my work network and easily reset idiots phone/user accounts on the fly without my laptop. Bad ass!

[Born2beSlicker]

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99.7% of Android devices vulnerable to leaking personal information.

A research group from Germany's Ulm University claims to have discovered a security hole present in 99.7 per cent of all Android smartphones. According to the group, mobile devices using Google's operating system could currently be exploited by hackers, allowing them to “gain full access to the [user’s] calendar, contacts information, or private web albums”.

Hackers could supposedly also view, modify and delete contacts, calendar events and private images. The research paper stresses that the flaw only affects individual users on a case-by-case basis, and is not related to any database servers like the recent high-profile hacking attack on Sony's PSN service.

"We wanted to know if it is really possible to launch an impersonation attack against Google services and started our own analysis," researchers Bastian Könings and Jens Nickels explain in a blog posted on the university's website. "The short answer is: Yes, it is possible, and it is quite easy to do so. Further, the attack is not limited to Google Calendar and Contacts, but is theoretically feasible with all Google services using the ClientLogin authentication protocol for access to its data APIs."

The exploit was tested across a range of devices running multiple versions of Android, including 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.3.3, 2.3.4 and 3.0.

Google (and Apple) are already in trouble with privacy and security issues, but this is bad for Google. Apple jumped on their geo-tracking issue quickly, but Google's sounds a lot more serious.

[Phlashman]

And with updates being down to carriers and phone makers, it isn't like google can quickly issue a patch.

Looks like they've fixed most of it (other than the picasa part) on the server end

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/18/goog ... x-rolling/

Has anyone got a Samsung Galaxy S2 and would you recommend it? Looks huge, by the way.

I guess the alternative is wait for iPhone 5!

Has anyone got a Samsung Galaxy S2 and would you recommend it? Looks huge, by the way.

I guess the alternative is wait for iPhone 5!

I'll be able to tell you in a week or so when my girlfriend gets hers through from 02

Has anyone got a Samsung Galaxy S2 and would you recommend it? Looks huge, by the way.

I guess the alternative is wait for iPhone 5!

We've a couple at work that I've played around with. They're slightly better than the Sensation I reckon. The battery life is shit though; I used it over the whole weekend last week and had to charge it twice. It's fine if you disable everything (i.e. wireless, gps, etc) and you make sure not too much is running in the background.

I do like the phone but the battery would prevent me from buying one.

[Pug]

To be fair, all smartphones are wank with battery life. They've yet to invent a battery to keep up with the ever faster processors and large screens.

I'm happy if I can get through the day and stick it on charge when I go to bed.

I doubt I would use it all day whilst at work so I may squeeze 2 days use out of it, after having it a while . I did see that the battery life was rubbish.

To be fair, all smartphones are wank with battery life. They've yet to invent a battery to keep up with the ever faster processors and large screens.

I'm happy if I can get through the day and stick it on charge when I go to bed.

You can buy larger batteries online for about £50. I can just about get my phone to the end of the day on the standard battery so tempted to upgrade. With 2 year phone contracts now it makes sense, would be nice if they gave you a choice of ah size when you get the phone.

Has anyone got a Samsung Galaxy S2 and would you recommend it? Looks huge, by the way.

I guess the alternative is wait for iPhone 5!

We've a couple at work that I've played around with. They're slightly better than the Sensation I reckon. The battery life is shit though; I used it over the whole weekend last week and had to charge it twice. It's fine if you disable everything (i.e. wireless, gps, etc) and you make sure not too much is running in the background.

I do like the phone but the battery would prevent me from buying one.

The Galaxy S2 has better battery life than the iPhone 4, what were you doing with it?

Right, my girlfriend got hers through the post yesterday, and damn that thing is slick! It really does make the iPhone 4 look a bit shit. That and the performance of it is amazing, and now I am really jealous

Damnit, I can upgrade on Saturday. I'd be a fool to not wait and see what the iPhone 5 specs are like!!

Got my new sensation from orange, managed to break it within 14 days so they sent me out another brand new one.

Old phones have gone in to phone exchange website and got £60 for my old HTC Hero