This is a subverse to share news and discuss everything Android related.
IRC
To keep things clean around the sub, there are going to be stickied threads every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
- Screenshots on Sundays | Latest
- Apps & Games Recommendations on Mondays | Latest
- Support on Wednesdays | Latest
- General Discussions/Questions on Fridays | Latest
- Phone Reviews/Recommendations on the first Sunday of every month. | Latest
^These will be updated with links to the latest sticky. All stickies will be archived somewhere. Maybe a subverse.
Stickies will be posted at 11 am GMT+2.
Once the sub gets a decent amount of users, there could be a sticky for developers to promote their apps.
Rules.
- Only post content that is related to Android.
- Nothing illegal
Are you a dev?
If you are a developer, you are allowed to promote your app with the [DEV] tag at the beginning of your self post.
Beginners Guide to Android
A beginners guide will be here with a lot of stuff. Soon.
Voat clients
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[–] 1414688? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If you turn off MMS auto-retrieve and you tap on the text message, will you still get infected?
It would be great to know which, if any of the android antimalware apps were actively defending against this.
[–] LosingFocus [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
From what I understand, you have to actually download the MMS, reading the text message itself has no effect.
[–] NovelistDG 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I agree.
[–] El_Guzano 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The article says that you can turn off auto-retrieve of MMS messages either in system settings or in the settings of your default messaging app.
I have a Nexus 5 and use Textra as my message app, and with this combination I'm not seeing any way to turn off auto-retrieve. Anybody have an idea if this setting is available in the Nexus 5 system settings and I'm just not finding it? I'd hate to have to switch from Textra to Hangouts just to implement the workaround for this exploit while I wait for Google to put out an OS update with a fix.
[–] DaBagel ago
Maybe if we email the dev team they can implement an option to turn off auto retrieve.
[–] basotl ago
I don't know if Textra supports that function or not. I was able to disable it in Messenger (Google's other texting app) on my Nexus 5. On the bright side, an update from Google for Nexus devices is promised for next week.
[–] LosingFocus [S] ago (edited ago)
The messaging apps discussed in the article are either from Google or reputable manufacturers (like Samsung), perhaps other third-party apps lack the ability to disable that option (even from the system Settings). Not sure what you can do about it, beside uninstalling it and using another messaging app.