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Root [Boost Mobile] B10G Updater, compatible with custom recovery

here's an update in reference to the post above.

I let the smith app run for a couple weeks to see what it would do. In the end, i dumped its log file, and inside i found it made about 1,400 records over the course of about 14 days. The things logged were events such as when you transmit/receive data, connect to - or disconnect from - a network, and data about what phone you have is sent at random intervals. There's also some hex strings which work out to gibberish.

This all seems to indicate that the privacy risk isn't too great. Still, it doesn't mean i like it though. Do i want an app running in the background constantly tracking my phone's behavior and taking notes on things what works out to roughly one hundred times a day?


No thank you.
first off "thank you" for that information and for taking the time to research and test it out on your own phone.. Knowing this how do we get rid of it?.. Or have you already removed it from your updates above?..
Im with you when you said in your post above.. "no thank you".. =)
 
well it's official...just got throttled lol

BSTFreeMsg You exceeded your data usage cap of 2560.000MB. We reduced your data speeds until your new month begins on 2/26/2013

I should mention that I've been using A LOT of data over the last week or so as my internet has been down at the house and I've been using the warp via USB tether for that purpose...dl'd mint14, been watching netflix and playing swtor among other things.

I would also like to note that I'm not noticing any "noticeable" difference in speed...

--sorry mercury for dropping this in your thread but I didn't see any better/more suitable ones and didn't feel it required a thread of it's own
 
Nice job Thank you

first off "thank you" for that information and for taking the time to research and test it out on your own phone.. Knowing this how do we get rid of it?.. Or have you already removed it from your updates above?..
Im with you when you said in your post above.. "no thank you".. =)

You're quite welcome! I have this little annoyance removed from the zips in the links referenced in my last two posts - numbers 2 and 3. I don't believe it's in Mr. Bobo's flashable either.



well it's official...just got throttled lol

I should mention that I've been using A LOT of data over the last week or so as my internet has been down at the house and I've been using the warp via USB tether for that purpose...dl'd mint14, been watching netflix and playing swtor among other things.

I would also like to note that I'm not noticing any "noticeable" difference in speed...

--sorry mercury for dropping this in your thread but I didn't see any better/more suitable ones and didn't feel it required a thread of it's own

No problem, I see no reason why you shouldn't've added your findings here as well :)

I've not gotten a throttle text, but I have noticed my entire internet is crawling lately. And I hardly use it. This sucks.
 
Same here...just got the text about 30 seconds ago.. exceeded 2500 mbps. At 85% of my usage cap..my 3good speed already sux..really gonna sux once they throttle my ass..wat can we di to bout it?or at least soften the blow from boost..lol
 
Same here...just got the text about 30 seconds ago.. exceeded 2500 mbps. At 85% of my usage cap..my 3good speed already sux..really gonna sux once they throttle my ass..wat can we di to bout it?or at least soften the blow from boost..lol


All this does is lower the max possible bandwidth...chances are you won't notice a difference. I'm still tethering via USB and playing swtor with little to no lag :)
 
Help me please. I just flashed the #2 B10G Updater and now my phone is stuck on the WCS boot scream. How do I get phone to boot. I did make a backup of system just don't know how to proceed. :(
 
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