Josh Smith
Lurker
Hi Folks,
I've had a cheap Android pad for a while now. It was marketed by Matricom but is one of those Allwinner pads.
I decided to root it. It went well enough, and it's much faster now.
However, there are a couple troubling items:
1. There is malware/viruses/PUP in the bundled packages. I delete them and they come back. At least one (identified as a virus by two Avast and 360), when deleted, throws the pad into demo mode, as denoted by a large red "DEMO" declaration across the screen. This one is called com.android.server . Is it maybe a valid system file that was cracked by the factory?
2. Root access doesn't seem to work for any firewall I've tried. Kingo says they have access; root checkers say the device is rooted; all other apps requiring root work fine. It's just the firewalls that have problems. I'm running a VPN firewall right now, and it seems to work well enough. I'm trying to locate the program that's reinstalling the malware behind my back. However, there are a couple things it's not blocking and I'd like to rectify this.
3. Is it possible to wipe the tablet and reinstall a clean Android OS? This is what I prefer to do with new computers, and would love to just wipe this pad clean and install the base system, then build on that.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Josh
I've had a cheap Android pad for a while now. It was marketed by Matricom but is one of those Allwinner pads.
I decided to root it. It went well enough, and it's much faster now.
However, there are a couple troubling items:
1. There is malware/viruses/PUP in the bundled packages. I delete them and they come back. At least one (identified as a virus by two Avast and 360), when deleted, throws the pad into demo mode, as denoted by a large red "DEMO" declaration across the screen. This one is called com.android.server . Is it maybe a valid system file that was cracked by the factory?
2. Root access doesn't seem to work for any firewall I've tried. Kingo says they have access; root checkers say the device is rooted; all other apps requiring root work fine. It's just the firewalls that have problems. I'm running a VPN firewall right now, and it seems to work well enough. I'm trying to locate the program that's reinstalling the malware behind my back. However, there are a couple things it's not blocking and I'd like to rectify this.
3. Is it possible to wipe the tablet and reinstall a clean Android OS? This is what I prefer to do with new computers, and would love to just wipe this pad clean and install the base system, then build on that.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Josh