Carrier IQ Detector is available on the Android Market - find out if you have it

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.carrieriqdetector

by dbin78 • 15 years ago

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dlsspy• 15 years ago

No CIQ on Republic Wireless.

http://republicwireless.com/forum/news-discussions/suggestio...

biobot• 15 years ago

NO (Samsung galaxy S II, T-Mobile)

aw3c22• 15 years ago

I suggest using this open-source alternative instead: https://market.android.com/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.simp...

afhof• 15 years ago

Used this to check my Samsung Intercept and got a positive on CIQ. However, Voodoo says it seems to be inactive.

mikemaccana2• 15 years ago

They don't pay as much attention to UI as these guys. I'd rather use the better app.

a3_nm• 15 years ago

I don't really like the other UI either. "Share results with Lookout"? "For full protection, download Lookout Mobile Security"? "Tell your friends about Carrier IQ Detector"?

babebridou2• 15 years ago

UI? what ui? All the app does is open a detection report. The "better app" shows a green/yellow icon and links to other apps. The "worse app" shows a list of tests performed along with "found/not found".

The whole app UI is basically install/run/home/uninstall.

(by the way, no carrierIQ found on Motorola Atrix w/Orange French ISP)

aw3c22• 15 years ago

For some perspective, the one I linked only requests permission to read log files (to detect) while the Lookout one wants full network access (and interestingly enough no access to log files).

tanelpuhu2• 15 years ago

No (Desire, cm7.1)

jonursenbach• 15 years ago

Cyanogen stated a few days ago that CarrierIQ has never, and will never, be in their roms.

tanelpuhu2• 15 years ago

Yes, I'm was aware of it.

And I really tested it with "Voodoo Carrier IQ detector", also mentioned here in comments, just when it was released - install count was less than 500 - yesterday or day before - just before CM announced that they don't have it.

Estragon• 15 years ago

This scandal was the trigger for me to finally root my phone and install CM.

joshu• 15 years ago

No (Sony Magic Cap)

D_Drake• 15 years ago

Every single app review says their phone was clean. That makes me think this app is less detector and more placebo.

jaipilot747• 15 years ago

Dell Streak 5, Softbank: Not found (checked with both apps)

antimora• 15 years ago

Not found on Samsung Charge (Android 2.3)

epo• 15 years ago

Another way to get the guileless to install malware?

andybak• 15 years ago

Any evidence or should we assume all app are now malware?

daimyoyo2• 15 years ago

So my Sprint Replenish does have Carrier IQ. Now that I know, how do I get rid of it?

xxqs• 15 years ago

soak it in salted water, then wrap it in aluminum foil. Then you're safe

mike-cardwell2• 15 years ago

root it and installed a non-tainted ROM like Cyanogenmod.

daimyoyo2• 15 years ago

I just looked at the website and they don't support my phone. Do you have any other suggestions for what I can use on a samsung replenish?

lfx• 15 years ago

Any of us in Europe has CarrierIQ? None of my friends has on their phones. P.S. I bought my phone not from network provider.

fdb• 15 years ago

I bought my Samsung Galaxy S II in Finland. It does not have CarrierIQ.

zombielifestyle• 15 years ago

Galaxy S, Telekom / Germany is clean!

rossmasters• 15 years ago

I'm on Orange, UK - I can't find any of the related apps in the applications list and the Voodoo app says it isn't present. I'm yet to check LogCat myself.

However, I've not actually seen anyone directly say that it's US only but I haven't seen any Europeans claiming they have it either. I'm fairly certain it's only used on American carriers at the moment.

igravious• 15 years ago

HTC Desire S on O2 in the Republic of Ireland, clean!

Vaanir• 15 years ago

T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II is all clean.

tarkin2• 15 years ago

It's telling me no on HTC / Orange / UK.

wildmXranat• 15 years ago

Score 320, with CIQ active and running on Infuse4g on Rogers Wireless. I guess, I shouldn't be surprised considering it's Rogers.

Is there a detailed list of what CIQ transmits ?

SuperJ• 15 years ago

This app worked. I have an Atrix 2. I froze the process associated with cIQ. I'm not an advocate for violating peoples privacy but if they want to collect the texts i send to my mother they can have at it. The lack of disclosure is obviously a problem though. What was infuriating to me is now my phones battery life has increased by 1/3. For the last few weeks and probably on my older android devices this nonsense has been sucking the battery down like a sorority girl drinking malibu. On the atrix 2 the process you want to freeze is called "device health application"

bconway• 15 years ago

I see this as a triumph of the Android ecosystem. Carriers (Verizon) have the option of doing the right thing and not inflicting this invasive tracking software/rootkit on their users.

With Apple's our-rule-is-law, whether you're on AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint, you don't have a choice. You have Carrier IQ.

Carrier IQ Detector is available on the Android Market - find out if you have it

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