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Ports on the Android PHONE
I often use my Samsung Galaxy Note2 on local WiFi networks which are protected by a firewall, and experience problems with some apps which are most likely caused by strict firewall rules.
Is there ...
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DroidWall and Wireless Tethering
I have a very simple problem: when I run Wifi Tether on my Galaxy S3 the computer won't get the IP address unless I disable DroidWall firewall.
DW runs in whitelist mode, but I ran across its menu to ...
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How to set a DroidWall custom script for allowing global access to the LAN via wifi?
I'm trying to follow the second example at http://code.google.com/p/droidwall/wiki/CustomScripts :
# Allow all connections to the local network (192.168.0.XXX) on Wi-fi
$IPTABLES -A "droidwall-wifi" ...
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Allow only specific apps to use cell data, only when on 3G
I use Tasker to sync every 30 mins when on 3G. I'm on a limited data plan, and the only apps I use constantly are browser, a Twitter app (Echofon) and Whatsapp. Is there a way to allow only these apps ...
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DroidWall (firewall app) alternative for non-rooted phones
Are there any applications that can restrict specific applications from accessing data/internet for non-rooted ICS phones? DroidWall - Android Firewall provides this functionality but it requires Root ...
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How to limit an app's access only to specific networks?
I'm currently using DroidWall to limit apps' access to the Internet - and it's working great.
Recently I've started to have the need of allowing certain apps network connectivity, but limited only to ...
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Internet filterer?
I'm looking for an app that will alert me and ask me whenever an app wants to access an internet connection then prompt me to decide wether to allow it or not. It would also be nice if the application ...
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How to limit data usage of individual apps?
There are many apps out there to limit data usage of entire system. Using Firewall, I can block an app from accessing Internet, too.
But, I don't want these. I want to limit data usage of individual ...
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Can Google services be firewall-filtered (market yes, sync no)?
I recently asked about the availability of calendars with limited sandbox permissions, since I felt that most of them ask for access that is too wide, and hence are not as secure as I'd like. I also ...
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How do I check tcp packets when they were blocked by droidwall?
I'm using cyanogenmod's rom with droidwall activated with whitelist mode, and nothing checked.
I've seen some strange ips being called, and droidwall blocking them. I wan to analyse these packets. ...
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How to use hosts.allow or hosts.deny in Android
Is there a way to use the files hosts.allow and hosts.deny in Android? I've searched over the internet but found nothing.
I have to control access of both wifi and mobile networks. And limit the ...
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Preventing mobile data use for select apps on non-rooted phone?
I have a number of apps that are fairly chatty on the network, and with a limited data connection I would like these apps to not use the 3G connection (WiFi is fine).
I know that rooting the phone ...
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How do you trace incoming/outgoing HTTP connections on a rooted Android?
I would like to get a trace of any incoming & outgoing requests over HTTP from my android phone over a period of time (like you can do with Fiddler on a PC) - is there tool apart from WhisperCore ...
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Phone doesn't respond to ping
I'm trying to develop an application that knows when I am home based on my phone being on my wifi network or not. I'm running into a weird issue in that I can only ping the phone if I have recently ...
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Questions about Samsung Galaxy S security applications
Hello
I would like to know whether is it recommended to have some antiVirus+firewall application for this current phone? (I usually open email attachments for example)
1.Do these applications runs ...
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Are there any “iptables like” firewall for Android? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there any good firewalls available?
How can i make my Android more secure with a firewall? Are there any legal/offical ways to do it?
Thank you!
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What methods can I use to block adult content?
I'm looking for something along the lines of K-9 for my phone. Does such a thing exist?
My goal: to have all adult content blocked.
I would like to know if this is possible and if it is, how to ...
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