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It only affects the Roms that Samsung directly influenced and only their browsers. The best way to handle this as of right now, if rooted is to install Chrome ( which is not affected ) or FireFox. Then connect to your phone via ADB ( after installing the android sdk ) , remount the system partition via
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/null /system
CD into /system/app
either delete or rename the SecBrowser_ATT.apk, I moved it to SecBrowser_ATT.bak to make sure I still had it, and that it wouldn't start up.
From what I understand the CM10, Miui and CM9 Browsers are OK due to not having anything to do with the TouchWiz framework.
IF you are not rooted, you can still install Chrome or Firefox, make sure its your "Default" browser and go into Settings-> Application Manager -> find SecBrowser aka stock browser and force stop it and then disable it. I would even clear the cache and data of it also just to be safe.
Me personally, I would be more afraid of some of the JAVA vulnerabilities we have seen surfaced recently, specially due to some of the POF code I have worked on there is def. going to be some Android madness going on.
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/null /system
CD into /system/app
either delete or rename the SecBrowser_ATT.apk, I moved it to SecBrowser_ATT.bak to make sure I still had it, and that it wouldn't start up.
From what I understand the CM10, Miui and CM9 Browsers are OK due to not having anything to do with the TouchWiz framework.
IF you are not rooted, you can still install Chrome or Firefox, make sure its your "Default" browser and go into Settings-> Application Manager -> find SecBrowser aka stock browser and force stop it and then disable it. I would even clear the cache and data of it also just to be safe.
Me personally, I would be more afraid of some of the JAVA vulnerabilities we have seen surfaced recently, specially due to some of the POF code I have worked on there is def. going to be some Android madness going on.
Nopcodex90, very good suggestion, but wouldn't it be easier (assuming you had root) to just freeze the app in Titanium Backup?
While your example would work, it seems to be more work. Also, why did you add " /dev/null" to the remount command? You can just remount /system by itself.
While your example would work, it seems to be more work. Also, why did you add " /dev/null" to the remount command? You can just remount /system by itself.
That would def. work also, I actually do not use Titanium backup, I tend to use the shell for my backups and own scripts. Nothing against the App, it does a great job, I am just a little old school.
Also with that said, I am still used to an older POSIX mount command that would have failed with just passing /system, but you are correct , just passing /system would also mount. And you took the damn fun out of focing some of the noobs to learn the damn shell! Sure you can use your fancy dang ol' GUI but In my hayday, we would connect to the interwebz at 9600 baud modems in a green and black vtz1000 terminal.
I can't find it in Titanium, I see it in root explorer under system/app/SecBrowser_ATT but nowhere in app manager or Tiatanium
It is probably called Browser in the app manager and titanium backup. The app has a different display name than the actual file name.
http://gizmodo.com/5946334/samsung-security-bug-can-wipe-out-your-galaxy-phone-updating
It's been fixed already. Samsung has known about it for months. As long as you're running the latest firmware update (or any ROM based off of it), you're perfectly fine.
It's been fixed already. Samsung has known about it for months. As long as you're running the latest firmware update (or any ROM based off of it), you're perfectly fine.
Hahah.
9600?!?! Man, you were blazing. I remember back when I had to rely on my trusty old 2400 baud modem. Everything was great until the 9600s came out. Then suddenly every BBS was "too good" for us 2400 folk and put minimum speed restrictions up.
2400!? I had to rely on my town's trusty old 1200 baud modem, which was two hours away, uphill (both ways), in the snow for half a year, and had to wait for everyone else in the town to finish using it just to get to my favorite BBS - if the phone lines were up that day.
Kids these days...
Ah the good old days... The best part was when you were trying to call a BBS and the line was busy. I would call the operator and say that my computer was stuck on the line and I couldn't call home. She would listen and just hear "static". I asked her if she could break in and just blow or talk for a few seconds until it dropped. 9/10 times not only would they do it, but they wouldn't even charge me for the operator intercept, since they thought it was just fixing a phone problem. This was before modems were really common place, so they often had no idea what I meant when I said my computer was on the phone. I'd thank them, and magically the BBS was available.
Hey young man, what about our incredible 300 baud modems????
Also, this issue was fixed. Clicking the link does nothing on the latest AT&T OTA.
My daily driver is an old Hayes 2400 because it can step all the way down to about 50 baud. We need that for remotely programming our hardware. With DOS software.
Ah the good old days... The best part was when you were trying to call a BBS and the line was busy. I would call the operator and say that my computer was stuck on the line and I couldn't call home. She would listen and just hear "static". I asked her if she could break in and just blow or talk for a few seconds until it dropped. 9/10 times not only would they do it, but they wouldn't even charge me for the operator intercept, since they thought it was just fixing a phone problem. This was before modems were really common place, so they often had no idea what I meant when I said my computer was on the phone. I'd thank them, and magically the BBS was available.
That's a pretty selfish thing to do, but I guess you were a kid, so it goes with the territory...
I loved my BBS days too. TradeWars, File drops, Forums, Sysop watching you and chatting, ANSI art, demo scene, yay...
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That would def. work also, I actually do not use Titanium backup, I tend to use the shell for my backups and own scripts. Nothing against the App, it does a great job, I am just a little old school.
Also with that said, I am still used to an older POSIX mount command that would have failed with just passing /system, but you are correct , just passing /system would also mount. And you took the damn fun out of focing some of the noobs to learn the damn shell! Sure you can use your fancy dang ol' GUI but In my hayday, we would connect to the interwebz at 9600 baud modems in a green and black vtz1000 terminal.1It only affects the Roms that Samsung directly influenced and only their browsers. The best way to handle this as of right now, if rooted is to install Chrome ( which is not affected ) or FireFox. Then connect to your phone via ADB ( after installing the android sdk ) , remount the system partition via
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/null /system
CD into /system/app
either delete or rename the SecBrowser_ATT.apk, I moved it to SecBrowser_ATT.bak to make sure I still had it, and that it wouldn't start up.
From what I understand the CM10, Miui and CM9 Browsers are OK due to not having anything to do with the TouchWiz framework.
IF you are not rooted, you can still install Chrome or Firefox, make sure its your "Default" browser and go into Settings-> Application Manager -> find SecBrowser aka stock browser and force stop it and then disable it. I would even clear the cache and data of it also just to be safe.
Me personally, I would be more afraid of some of the JAVA vulnerabilities we have seen surfaced recently, specially due to some of the POF code I have worked on there is def. going to be some Android madness going on.1
2400!? I had to rely on my town's trusty old 1200 baud modem, which was two hours away, uphill (both ways), in the snow for half a year, and had to wait for everyone else in the town to finish using it just to get to my favorite BBS - if the phone lines were up that day.
Kids these days...
