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lundi 2 juillet 2018

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 render shows slim bezels and no home button

Android tablets are not the trendy devices they used to be. There was a time when every Android OEM was releasing a tablet, but those days are long gone. Samsung is one of the few OEMs still pumping out decent Android tablets. The latest tablet to leak is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4, and it looks like Samsung has made some big changes.

The Galaxy Tab S4 has popped up a couple of times in recent weeks, but this is our first look at the device. Based on the leaked render from Android Headlines, we can see that Samsung has removed the physical home button. The bezels have also been slimmed down and the 10.5-inch display seems to be 16:9 instead of 4:3. On the back, we can see "Tuned by AKG" branding, which should mean great audio quality with the 4 stereo speakers. One thing that seems to be missing is the fingerprint scanner.

Previously, we saw the Galaxy Tab S4 pass through the FCC with LTE bands and get support for the Samsung DeX dock. Rumored specs for the device include the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, 13 and 8MP cameras, 7,300 mAh battery, and Android 8.1 Oreo. We're not sure when the tablet will be announced, but it seems like it should be soon. Are you still interested in tablets?

Source: Android Headlines

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Essential Phone receiving Android P Beta 3 with July security patches

Today has been a big day for Android updates. The latest Android P Developer Preview was just released earlier today along with the July Security Bulletin. The Essential Phone is already joining the party. Just like with the last Android P beta release, Essential is sending out the update on the same day. Android 8.1 Oreo with July security patches and Android P Beta 3 are now rolling out.

Essential has posted the official changelog on Twitter for the Android 8.1 update:

It's the second day of July and we've got your monthly security patches ready to go! Oh yeah, we also included some stability improvements for Android Auto. Check your Essential Phone now to download the update. pic.twitter.com/6QS3Ay3O2r

— Essential (@essential) July 2, 2018

They also tweeted that the new Android P Beta build with July security patches is rolling out. The update includes all of the usual goodies and a few extra tweaks, such as the Recent Apps screen. Check out the screenshots below.

If you're interested in joining the Android P beta, you can find all the information on Essential's landing page. If you are already on the beta you will receive this latest version as an OTA update. We love seeing non-Pixel/Nexus devices getting to enjoy the latest and greatest from Google. Despite rumors of the company struggling, Essential has been doing a bang-up job of keeping their phone on the bleeding edge.

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Android Security Updates for July are now available with OTA and Factory Images

The first week of a new month means a fresh batch of Android security updates. Hot on the tails of Android P Beta 3 (Developer Preview 4), Google has posted the Android Security Bulletins for the month of July. These bulletins mark the release of the latest security updates for Pixel, Nexus, and other Android devices.

As is tradition, the most severe patches relate to the "media framework and possibly permitting a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code through a "crafted file." As per usual, Google says they had no reports of customers being affected by this vulnerability. The OTA files and factory images are available for the Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 2, Pixel XL, Pixel, Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, and Pixel C at the links below.

This Android security update resolves 43 issues in total. The bulletin for Pixel/Nexus devices has 26 fixes and only one functional update this month:

Category	Improvements	Devices
Connectivity	Improve consistency of Wi-Fi connections with certain routers	Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL

All of the download links for the compatible devices can be found at the links below along with the full Android Security Bulletins.

Android Security Bulletin Pixel/Nexus Security Bulletin
OTA Files Factory Images

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Android P Beta 3 is here for Google Pixel/Pixel XL & Google Pixel 2/Pixel 2 XL

Google's developer preview program continues as the company releases yet another beta build, Android P Beta 3 (Developer Preview 4). Today, the third beta version is available for download for the Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL, Google Pixel 2, and Google Pixel 2 XL.

The first preview version was released in March, which brought an almost complete redesign of the user interface. A month later the first beta version (Developer Preview 2) dropped, featuring gesture navigation and a new adaptive brightness and battery management enhanced by machine learning. It was then followed by the second beta version (Developer Preview 3), which brought features like an improved brightness slider, 'Clear all' button in recents menu, tweaks to gesture navigation and many more.

Android P Beta 3 Release Notes Summary

  API level 28  Date: July 2018  Build: PPP4.180612.004 (See supported Android P Beta devices)  Emulator support: x86 & ARM (32/64-bit)  Security patch level: June 2018  Google Play services: 12.4.46

Keep in mind that this update is the "release candidate for testing", so it includes the final APIs and near-final system images for development and testing. Google always recommends updating to the latest preview version for testing purposes. Besides the Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL, Google Pixel 2, and Google Pixel 2 XL, this update may become available for the following devices depending on how soon the OEM rolls them out:

Download Android P Beta 3 (Developer Preview 4) on the Google Pixel & Pixel 2

As always, OTA and Factory Images of the update are already available for Pixel devices. You can also sign up for the Android Beta program to receive the over-the-air update. Be sure to follow XDA for the coming days as we'll definitely break down every single new thing that this update features like we did for Android P Beta 2, the Android P Beta 1, and Android P Developer Preview 1.

Phone	OTA	Factory Image
Google Pixel	ota-ppp4.180612.004	ppp4.180612.004-factory
Google Pixel XL	ota-ppp4.180612.004	ppp4.180612.004-factory
Google Pixel 2	ota-ppp4.180612.004	ppp4.180612.004-factory
Google Pixel 2 XL	ota-ppp4.180612.004	ppp4.180612.004-factory

How to Install Android P Beta 3 on the Google Pixel & Pixel 2

OTA Image Instructions

Download the OTA image for your device
Move it to the internal storage of your device
Make sure you've set up ADB if you haven't already
Reboot to recovery with the following command: adb reboot recovery
Select the option "Apply update from ADB"
Sideload the OTA with the following command: adb sideload <OTA_image.zip>

Factory Image Instructions

Download the factory image for your device
Extract the factory image zip on your PC
Run the flash-all.bat if you're on Windows or flash-all.sh if you're on Mac/Linux. This will wipe all data on your device! If you want to flash the update without losing any data, please follow these instructions instead.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 S Pen could be used to take photos and control music

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 event is on the horizon, and we already basically know how the device will look. Samsung seems to be putting a large focus on an upgraded version of the S Pen, according to Ice Universe, a well known Chinese leaker. We could be seeing the S Pen finally become more than just a drawing tool. It could potentially be used for taking photos and controlling music playback too, effectively making it a portable Bluetooth controller for your smartphone. The S Pen is what sets aside the Note series from the regular flagship series of devices from Samsung, so it's only right that the Galaxy Note 9 will improve upon that feature yet again.

The S Pen is looking at not only becoming a controller for your music, it also could potentially be used for gameplay too. What that means isn't quite clear though, and could possibly be the result of a poor machine translation of the original leak. You can check that out below.

Any other functionality is yet to be seen, but it's clear that Samsung is looking to expand the S Pen's feature set. If it's Bluetooth enabled, though, that could mean that it requires a battery, which would make it bulkier than before. If it's not Bluetooth enabled, then it's unclear how the buttons on the pen will work with the Samsung Galaxy Note 9.

Ice Universe has been correct on multiple occasions in the past. Not just on Samsung devices either. Ice Universe said the Google Pixel 3 XL will have a notched display made by LG. We can't confirm it's made by LG just yet but renders leaked by OnLeaks and MySmartPrice indicate that the notched display will, in fact, be present. There's not much doubt regarding the authenticity of Ice Universe's report. The press event is still a bit away for the device's launch, but with leaks starting to appear we may learn more about the upgraded S Pen very soon.

Via: SamMobile

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PSA: Latest Play Store update breaks license verification for paid apps

Google offers a number of tools to developers to protect their applications and ensure that pirates can't easily sideload the premium versions of their apps. One of these tools is LVL, the License Verification Library. Many applications on the Play Store use it such as Substratum and our own XDA Navigation Gestures App. But there's a major problem: In the latest version of the Google Play Store, version 10.7.17 and above, access to this library seems to be broken. This is causing a lot of people who purchase apps to suddenly see their apps tell them that their paid license is no longer valid.

One user faced this issue when launching Substratum // Source : XDA Junior Member theninjew

XDA Recognized Developer flar2, the developer of EX Kernel Manager, confirmed that this bug has affected his apps personally and he also reports seeing the bug on his daughter's device for numerous applications. He states that paid Toca Boca apps, like Toca Life: School and Toca Life: City won't open as they get stuck with a blank screen and rotating progress bar. flar2 confirmed that downgrading to Google Play Store v10.6.x fixes the issue. Another developer facing the issue is XDA Recognized Developer arter97, and the Open GApps team has acknowledged that flashing back an earlier version fixes the issue.

There are dozens of new complaints from the users on how arkTube doesn't activate due to "Google services error" in the last 24 hrs.
Anyone knows wth is going on?

— arter97 (@arter97) July 2, 2018

For most applications though, problems won't show up immediately. While EX Kernel Manager checks the license on every launch, many cache the license and only check periodically. Users of these applications will not notice any issues until the license is re-checked, at which point the verification will fail.

There is now a post on the Google issue tracker, though a Googler has yet to respond. We urge users not to comment on it as it notifies everybody in the chain. This is a crucial bug that needs to be fixed by Google as soon as possible. We've reached out to Google for comment and will update this article if we hear back.

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Millions of users’ data leaked through misconfigured Firebase backends

Millions of users' data have been leaked because of misconfigured Firebase backends, according to a report from Appthority. Around 113GB of data over 2,271 databases were exposed publicly as a result of being misconfigured. Firebase is a Backend-as-a-Service offering by Google which was reported to be the fastest growing SDK in 2017. The service is hugely popular amongst the top Android developers. It provides cloud messaging, push notifications, databases, analytics, advertising and a lot more that developers can utilize, all powered by Google's high-performance servers. However, it appears that many developers are misusing it.

According to the report, starting in January 2018, researchers scanned mobile apps which utilize Firebase for their back-end functionality. After scanning a little over 2.7 million iOS and Android applications, they found that around 28 thousand of these used Firebase. Of those apps, some 3,000 were leaking their data in a publicly viewable database that could be found by monitoring the app's communication with a server. What's more, the total downloads of these 3,000 applications exceeded 620 million, suggesting some very high profile applications are possible offenders too. The types of data that were leaked are below.

2.6 million plaintext passwords and user IDs
4 million+ PHI (Protected Health Information) records (chat messages and prescription details)
25 million GPS location records
50 thousand financial records including banking, payment and Bitcoin transactions
4.5 million+ Facebook, LinkedIn, Firebase, and corporate data store user tokens

At present, there's no way to tell whether your data has also been leaked, but it's always safest to assume th and you should act accordingly. Apthority claims that they notified Google prior to publishing the report, providing the list of affected applications along with the links to the publicly viewable databases.

We can only hope that the list of applications will be released at a later date, as currently users are left in the dark as to whether their information is publicly viewable or not. While presumably trustworthy, eyes from both Google and the researchers will have seen the data. We recommend changing your passwords as a precaution until we find out more information.

Source: Appthority Via: Bleeping Computer

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