*ANDROID Users read - Computrace Agent software*

Also this thread is a PR disaster for EE

http://community.ee.co.uk/t5/apps-more/Computrace-Agent/td-p/178495

They have some moron who thinks it is okay to have a rootkit installed by default which cannot be removed because EE are good people and should be able to snoop on you for the things they deem fit.

They don't even need this as IMEI blacklisting and user controlled security features are good at making a phone useless when stolen.
 
Did you pay less less as its a network locked handset?

Almost sounds like you either accept the presence of the app, or sell the handset on and move on if there's no solution. Anyway sounds like a right pita.
 
I believe it is still active even when you unlock the phone from the EE network, they just don't use it.........
 
I bought the handset from the marketplace here, I believe it was sim free unlocked but still had the software
Samsung have it as part of their KNOX package which I find atrocious.

I think we'll see a lot more posts come up as it tries to send text messages but does not attempt to hide the fact its sending them. For a rootkit with such persistence, it isnt any extra work to hide these things so I dont know why they havent.

Ill have a write up on how to clean the SM-G20F handset by the end of the weekend I hope.
 
So Odin crashed on me while flashing the stock BTU samsung ROM over and I can't turn it off. Waiting until it dies, hopefully I can get into Download mode otherwise it's a paperweight...
 
illuz said:
So Odin crashed on me while flashing the stock BTU samsung ROM over and I can't turn it off. Waiting until it dies, hopefully I can get into Download mode otherwise it's a paperweight...
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You don't have to wait for the battery to drain. Hold power button, volume down and home button at once until the phone switches off.
 
Alright, I got the phone back from a family member today. Told them to hold it until it dies or I'd have smashed it by now ...

I can get her into Download mode. Just waiting to charge a bit (how ironic now?) so I can attempt another flash of the Stock ROM. Using a different USB port & Odin version this time.
 
This is why many people have started to go to places like Carphone Warehouse again, EE contract but an unbranded unlocked handset.
 
So the stock BTU rom finally flashed over, on attempted #18 or something... I then rooted it without letting it boot up.

I now enter a boot loop, the power button doesn't work unless it's plugged into a power source & I can't start the phone up unless I go into Download mode and hit cancel.

**** knows.
 
<ID:0/007> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/007> File analysis..
<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/007> Initialzation..
<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/007> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/007> sboot.bin
<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/007> cm.bin
<ID:0/007> boot.img
<ID:0/007> recovery.img
<ID:0/007> system.img
<ID:0/007> modem.bin
<ID:0/007> cache.img
<ID:0/007> hidden.img
<ID:0/007> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/007> RES OK !!
<ID:0/007> Removed!!
<ID:0/007> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/007> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltexx-smg920f.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/007> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/007> File analysis..
<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/007> Initialzation..
<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/007> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/007> recovery.img
<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/007> cache.img
<ID:0/007> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/007> RES OK !!
<ID:0/007> Removed!!
<ID:0/007> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/004> Added!!
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Both flashed over correctly.

I'm off out, sick of this damn phone. To top it off EE can't even activate my sim card in my old phone now. ******* useless.
 
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