[android-beginners] Re: Vodafone distributes Mariposa botnet

2010-03-21 Thread Shawn Brown
http://research.pandasecurity.com/vodafone-distributes-mariposa/ Maybe this is just an isolated incident? I guess it's only a few hundred users in Spain who may be affected. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-2820-245.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 Yeah not me! Shawn -- You received

[android-beginners] Vodafone distributes Mariposa botnet

2010-03-10 Thread Shawn Brown
How widespread is this? How can I check on osx if my handset has the Mariposa bot, Confiker or Lineage password stealing malware. I'm probably safe running osx but don't want to infect any windows machines I hook up to. http://research.pandasecurity.com/vodafone-distributes-mariposa/ Maybe

Re: [android-beginners] Eclipse always loads Android SDK content, even with non-Android projects

2009-12-03 Thread Shawn Brown
Is there a way to prevent Android SDK from being loaded into Eclipse (more importantly, its presumed resource drain) when I work on non- Android projects? If it is, what happens if you go to project properties--builders and de-select the android stuff. It worked for me. -- You received this

Re: [android-beginners] Re: android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r3.zip

2009-11-26 Thread Shawn Brown
I have one if you really need it but like mentioned, you should be able to build for 1.5 with the currently available SDK. Shawn On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:35 AM, abnormative abnormat...@gmail.com wrote: I have an expanded/installed copy (but not the original zip) of

Re: [android-beginners] why Java, not Python?

2009-11-22 Thread Shawn Brown
Again, not trying to start any arguments, just curious if anyone has any background on this. Well consider that Google AppEngine started in python and then added java support. In some ways, the python version is more advanced. I don't know why java was chosen but you have to believe that

Re: [android-beginners] Will Android OS support East-Asian Languages?

2009-11-17 Thread Shawn Brown
As stated in the title.. Not sure what you mean by support but ... Sure. No problem. My IO conference handset displays Japanese just fine. There are input methods such as simeji (which got good when the Japanese IME maker open sourced it) which run well. On the other hand, I have US numbers

[android-beginners] why can't I get paid apps

2009-10-11 Thread Shawn Brown
Hi, I have a google IO handset. When I updated to donut, I didn't get paid market apps ./fastboot-mac erase userdata erasing 'userdata'... OKAY $ ./fastboot-mac erase cache erasing 'cache'... OKAY reisMac:donut brownasamoto-brown$ ./fastboot-mac update

[android-beginners] Re: HTC Hero

2009-09-29 Thread Shawn Brown
Will the app I wrote for G2 work the same way on a Hero? It may. If you are using bluetooth, it may not. I am not sure why -- other than to say bluetooth is not finalize as an api -- but there are differences in the G2 and Hero. Apps that work on the G1, and G2 fail under Hero. This is

Re: Automatic Updates - iphone vastly superior (Was Re: [android-beginners] Re: Availability of Developer Phone.)

2009-07-25 Thread Shawn Brown
Hi, Perhaps a Google experience phone can be upgraded over Wi-Fi?  This is something I will try out the next time my phone detects an upgrade. If it works, please let me know the process so I can get the info out to anyone here who might choose to go that route -- including letting DoCoMo

Re: Automatic Updates - iphone vastly superior (Was Re: [android-beginners] Re: Availability of Developer Phone.)

2009-07-25 Thread Shawn Brown
You can download the OTA over WiFi, yes. Eh? At the DoCoMo shop set up to handle the initial Android release here is Japan I asked that very question. Sorry, if that's true then it was my carrier misinformation and not a flaw in Android. I apologize. I was told no! I was told I needed to

Re: Automatic Updates - iphone vastly superior (Was Re: [android-beginners] Re: Availability of Developer Phone.)

2009-07-25 Thread Shawn Brown
I cannot speak for what happens on an NTT DoComo network, but whenever my phone (on a T-Mobile US network) informs me of an available update, I switch it to WiFi to download the update faster. OK, thanks for the info. I'll have friends confirm if that is possible. Shawn

Automatic Updates - iphone vastly superior (Was Re: [android-beginners] Re: Availability of Developer Phone.)

2009-07-24 Thread Shawn Brown
Also, all “with Google” Android phones will automatically update themselves to the latest firmware. I think this needs to be worked on and is not a good function. I didn't buy a DoCoMo ht-03a (magic) because of it. I want control to be able to update via wifi and not pay packet charges. In

Re: Automatic Updates - iphone vastly superior (Was Re: [android-beginners] Re: Availability of Developer Phone.)

2009-07-24 Thread Shawn Brown
Mobile phone carriers push updates to devices. Also, mobile phone carriers set the packet fees, if there are any, for such updates. Hence, your questions need to be directed to the mobile phone carriers serving your area. Well they are using cupcake out of the box mostly with just a

Re: Automatic Updates - iphone vastly superior (Was Re: [android-beginners] Re: Availability of Developer Phone.)

2009-07-24 Thread Shawn Brown
1. Ask your carrier. Idle speculation gets you nowhere. Only the people who would send you a bill can tell you what will be on that bill. Everyone who gets Android in Japan gets a form to sign consenting to packet charges for updates. They state there is no way to do it over wifi. That is

Re: Automatic Updates - iphone vastly superior (Was Re: [android-beginners] Re: Availability of Developer Phone.)

2009-07-24 Thread Shawn Brown
Updates over Wifi would definitely be a nice-have, but with the work-arounds available, I would say it's not amongst the highest priorities for the Android platform to face. I see. OK. I probably can't get a firmware upgrade from the carrier with the *correct security certificate* to do it

[android-beginners] Re: Availability of Developer Phone.

2009-07-23 Thread Shawn Brown
I joined Android Market so I could order a Google developer phone. Once I got signed up the web page tells me the phone is out of stock. Have you looked at ebay? I picked one up off of there (Ion - touch screen). Do you really want a G1 anyway? Shawn

[android-beginners] work on bluetooth api

2009-07-12 Thread Shawn Brown
Hi, How does Android development work. As the bluetooth API get developed, if I have a developer phone, could I flash my device with builds to try to develop with and possibly debug the bluetooth api. Also, does wifi work on a developer handset without a 3g (data packets) contract with a