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Resurrecting the Samsung Keyboard LI3 Victims Thread

So for those who don't know or have no heard of this, After the Li3 update on the Galaxy S3, the Samsung Default Keyboard in a such broke. Its functional but auto correct is broken. Word suggestions pop up but no matter what, it will not correct any typos or anything along such lines. After speaking to Samsung they basically have said, they dont know wtf the phones issue is and I'm not willing for them to have my phone away for like a month for repairs.. Another person from Samsung told me it WILL be fixed with the next update, the Android JB update came, and nothing was fixed, even a different looking keyboard but no change.
I honestly love the samsung keyboard more than any other keyboard but i cant figure out a way to fix this. Factory wipes of every single type, DO NOT fix it.
About a month i think ago, i tried downloading previous S3 updates so manually update to, but knowing how i tend to overlook things, the phone fails updating to previous versions.
My initial idea was to update backwards to the one before li3, and then try going to li3 and see if its fixed and then update back to jb. Process of elimination was my idea but i couldn't get so far.. For those lazy people who just say root, please dont. I want to find a real solution. I like my phone fully functional including google wallet and ota updates to work flawlessly.
So as i was saying somewhere above in this mess of a post, i believe the issue/glitch/bug or what ever it is, was a corrupt li3 update file that a large amount of people got including me and in this update, it affected a part of the phone thats setting and stuff gets passed over with wiping or factory resetting..
Does anyone have knowledge of how to fix this or what i should do? Last time no one had any solution besides the easy way out by rooting -_-

ReapersDeath said:
So for those who don't know or have no heard of this, After the Li3 update on the Galaxy S3, the Samsung Default Keyboard in a such broke. Its functional but auto correct is broken. Word suggestions pop up but no matter what, it will not correct any typos or anything along such lines. After speaking to Samsung they basically have said, they dont know wtf the phones issue is and I'm not willing for them to have my phone away for like a month for repairs.. Another person from Samsung told me it WILL be fixed with the next update, the Android JB update came, and nothing was fixed, even a different looking keyboard but no change.
I honestly love the samsung keyboard more than any other keyboard but i cant figure out a way to fix this. Factory wipes of every single type, DO NOT fix it.
About a month i think ago, i tried downloading previous S3 updates so manually update to, but knowing how i tend to overlook things, the phone fails updating to previous versions.
My initial idea was to update backwards to the one before li3, and then try going to li3 and see if its fixed and then update back to jb. Process of elimination was my idea but i couldn't get so far.. For those lazy people who just say root, please dont. I want to find a real solution. I like my phone fully functional including google wallet and ota updates to work flawlessly.
So as i was saying somewhere above in this mess of a post, i believe the issue/glitch/bug or what ever it is, was a corrupt li3 update file that a large amount of people got including me and in this update, it affected a part of the phone thats setting and stuff gets passed over with wiping or factory resetting..
Does anyone have knowledge of how to fix this or what i should do? Last time no one had any solution besides the easy way out by rooting -_-
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Don't know a solution for this nor did I experience it but would just like to point out that like I said in the other thread root access alone won't break ota updates or Google wallet. And when you blast people who suggest rooting you should keep in mind your posting on xda-DEVELOPERS so rooting is a natural thing and you won't find too many people scared to do it here. Gotta lol at ur other post tho.
Like I said, I'm not into the root terms considering I'm not going to root that which perfectly doesn't need rooting
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Guess its not as perfect as u thought huh

Cool story, download a 3rd party keyboard. Swype beta and swift key3 , soon to be swift key flow are my choices. Both are a million times better then Samsung keyboard.
And everything on the phone works with root access. By no means is it the lazy way out. Takes more work, so in essence not rooting is the lazy way.Just a fyi.
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Well generally I'm told to root and flash a custom rom which I don't want to.. But I use SwiftKey 3 and it has to many issues =/ the English set up is missing a lot of words I've noticed, and a lot of the time doesn't want to save words that I save, it takes up more battery than Samsung keyboard and just has some small occasional irritating issues. But yes SwiftKey flow does look nice. Also I just wish someone could look into it who has experience. This post isn't a matter of what's easiest to do, it's a matter of solving an annoying issue that a decent portion of people have, not to mention I prefer the Samsung keyboard more over SwiftKey..

Samsung Lock Screen Bypass Exploit

Posted in the General S III forum but it's so severe, everyone should be informed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38848847#post38848847

BluechipJ said:
Posted in the General S III forum but it's so severe, everyone should be informed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38848847#post38848847
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I'll test this out tomorrow. Pretty bad if it does indeed work (which it seems it will).

Just tested it took a couple times this dose work they need to fix this,I'm also running 4.1.2 MB1
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Guess I'll stay on LJ7 until its fixed.
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The bad thing about reporting these exploits, is that it allows for the people that are liable to steal someone's info/device to know exactly how to do it. It's great to precaution owners, just wish there was another way to alert users.

HashTagHell said:
The bad thing about reporting these exploits, is that it allows for the people that are liable to steal someone's info/device to know exactly how to do it. It's great to precaution owners, just wish there was another way to alert users.
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True. But then it becomes more difficult because how can you determine if those users wont try to steal someone info? Its hard

yes everyone needs to be educated on this exploit because in no way will anyone ever use this to learn how to unlock a stolen phone.
makes sense.

cnstarz said:
yes everyone needs to be educated on this exploit because in no way will anyone ever use this to learn how to unlock a stolen phone.
makes sense.
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Well now that they know they can take preventative measures to keep it from happening, like using another lockscreen thats not stock, or flashing an AOSP rom.

CNexus said:
Well now that they know they can take preventative measures to keep it from happening, like using another lockscreen thats not stock, or flashing an AOSP rom.
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because there's no possible way of getting that information across to people without showing everyone with bad intentions the exact, step-by-step method used to exploit it.
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because there's no possible way of getting that information across to people without showing everyone with bad intentions the exact, step-by-step method used to exploit it.
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Well obviously he has to state it like that or no one would be able to replicate the issue and believe him. Seems like you have better ideas as to how to do it, mind sharing?

I dont see the big deal, if someone steals your phone and cant access it, they will just do a factory reset and you will lose any chance of tracing and recovering your phone or remote wiping it.

ricocollege said:
I dont see the big deal, if someone steals your phone and cant access it, they will just do a factory reset and you will lose any chance of tracing and recovering your phone or remote wiping it.
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Yup, that too. Unless you move your lockscreen app to the system partition which cant be wiped like that

CNexus said:
Well obviously he has to state it like that or no one would be able to replicate the issue and believe him. Seems like you have better ideas as to how to do it, mind sharing?
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If it was me, I'd send Samsung a message about it. If that was the video poster's intent, he could've went about informing Samsung another way. People that find lost GS3s will definitely find this now. I know somebody who's found an ipod that had a PIN on it and the first thing they did was google how to crack it.
Still, this video also serves a purpose to inform those who can fall victim to this. It's a hit or miss. Samsung definitely is aware of the issue now, though.

Of course any exploit is a problem, but put it in perspective.
First, the criminal has to have physical access to your phone. This in itself makes it much less worrisome than most software hacks that you can download.
Second, according to Engadget:
"Despite literally hundreds of attempts in front of the lens and several more behind it, we've only managed it once -- we found it impossible to nail down the correct timing between the home and power button pushes."
and also from Engadget:
" Samsung has responded, confirming a fix is indeed on its way:
"Samsung considers user privacy and the security of user data its top priority. We are aware of this issue and will release a fix at the earliest possibility."
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/06/galaxy-s-iii-bug-disables-lock-screen/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fengadget+%28Engadget%29
So, the blogs stir up a frenzy, make some money on click-thrus, and it gets fixed.
Nothing to see here,

Temporary Fix (Makes it much harder to exploit)
Temporary fix:
1) Download another launcher like "Go Launcher". Set it as default.
2) Download and install another lock screen like the "Go Locker" and set it up.
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The problem is Samsung's Touchwiz launcher, getting another launcher is the only thing we can do until we get a fix from Samsung. This exploit takes about 5 minutes every time if you sit and get good at doing it. Dont kid yourself, this is very easy to reproduce.
In theory installing another launcher will make doing this much harder to do but will not completely eliminate the chances of getting exploited. This is because the touchwiz launcher still rears its ugly head when you reboot your phone. But if the attacker cant exploit your phone by the time the new launcher is loaded in the background then they have to restart your phone and try all over again.

I'll test it tomorow.hii

I found it simple to repeat. It took me 5 tries to get it. I am not that concerned about it but my work probably would be...
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Tried this with multiple scenarios and activating "with swipe lock" in addition to password or pin will prevent it from working because the swipe lock will always come up even if you're seeing the home screen.
pr0fess0rx29 said:
Temporary fix:
1) Download another launcher like "Go Launcher". Set it as default.
2) Download and install another lock screen like the "Go Locker" and set it up.
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The problem is Samsung's Touchwiz launcher, getting another launcher is the only thing we can do until we get a fix from Samsung. This exploit takes about 5 minutes every time if you sit and get good at doing it. Dont kid yourself, this is very easy to reproduce.
In theory installing another launcher will make doing this much harder to do but will not completely eliminate the chances of getting exploited. This is because the touchwiz launcher still rears its ugly head when you reboot your phone. But if the attacker cant exploit your phone by the time the new launcher is loaded in the background then they have to restart your phone and try all over again.
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nacron said:
Tried this with multiple scenarios and activating "with swipe lock" in addition to password or pin will prevent it from working because the swipe lock will always come up even if you're seeing the home screen.
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Nah, "with swipe lock" in addition to password or pin doesnt change anything. My friend can still break in within 5 minutes. Then he laughs at me. the only thing that shut him up was changing the launcher and lock screen to something other than touchwiz. :highfive:

I tried on my Sprint S3 and I couldn't re produce the exploit can somebody be more speciffic on how to do it exactly with the button combo. So I can try again.
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I need help N910v

I need root note 4 5.0.1
Baseband n910vvru2b0g5
Please help me

hoangthanh892005 said:
I need root note 4 5.0.1
Baseband n910vvru2b0g5
Please help me
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Good luck with permanent root.

edjahman said:
Good luck with permanent root.
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What permanent root
How to use permanent root
Help me please
Share me a link

So my note 4 can't be root

Read the forums! NO!
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outcasted2003 said:
Read the forums! NO!
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Can you share me a link about my phone
I don't understand
Help me please

hoangthanh892005 said:
Can you share me a link about my phone
I don't understand
Help me please
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There currently is no root for the Verizon retail Note 4, but there is a Yemen team who is working on it. Everyone here is patiently, if not anxiously, waiting for news on whether they'll release it to us or not. Some are understandably somewhat skeptical as to whether it's real or not, or if it is real the realistic likelihood that we'll actually get it, considering how many times we've heard about true root for this thing and were disappointed. As to how to help you with your phone, without actually specifying what you need/want help with, we can't actually help you much. What is it you need help with?

will4958 said:
There currently is no root for the Verizon retail Note 4, but there is a Yemen team who is working on it. Everyone here is patiently, if not anxiously, waiting for news on whether they'll release it to us or not. Some are understandably somewhat skeptical as to whether it's real or not, or if it is real the realistic likelihood that we'll actually get it, considering how many times we've heard about true root for this thing and were disappointed. As to how to help you with your phone, without actually specifying what you need/want help with, we can't actually help you much. What is it you need help with?
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I need root my note 4
These are parameters
I was looking on google for days but found nothing
please guide me how to root
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hoangthanh892005 said:
I need root my note 4
These are parameters
I was looking on google for days but found nothing
please guide me how to root
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Sorry, my friend, but as I mentioned earlier there is no current root method for the Verizon retail version of the Note 4. It's just not happening yet. As wonderful as the phone is, it can not be rooted at this point. There is a temporary root, but it disappears after reboot, so it's not really all that useful, something that many of us who have been a while have come to realize. Unless you have a developer version of the phone, which you can only get a full price, and Verizon doesn't sell (neither does any other Verizon retailer, for that matter), you can't root the phone. There is no root method, no link, that anyone here can share with because it's just not possible. Be patient, as the rest of us are trying to be, and we may hopefully have something soon, emphasis on hopefully. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's just something we've had to live with. I've only had mine since last November, and as much as I'd like to have root, I found ways around it and can still do some of the things that usually require root. For instance, I use FoxFi for my mobile hot spot, which only costs just a little over $7, and I use Helium to back up my apps and their data. I will be honest, though, I would love to get rid of those dang adds. :cyclops:

will4958 said:
Sorry, my friend, ...... I would love to get rid of those dang adds. :cyclops:
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I just erase all the services of samsung
it makes my phone fast out of battery
there are too many garbage apps , the app runs in the background
can you guide me fix it

hoangthanh892005 said:
I just erase all the services of samsung
it makes my phone fast out of battery
there are too many garbage apps , the app runs in the background
can you guide me fix it
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Search the forums here for a program called Debloater. It's for Windows and lets you block whichever apps you want on your phone. I used it on mine when I wanted to block automatic updates, but others here use it to block many other apps also. If you go into Settings and then Application Manager on the phone, you can disable the app in question, but the best solution would be to just use the Debloater app for Windows I mentioned to block the apps. It's easy to use, just open the program, plug in your phone, make sure it's set to 'mass storage' (or whatever it says), and wait for the program to detect it. After that, select the app(s) you want to block and click the appropriate button. That's it. Oh, and since you mentioned your battery being drained quickly, I have to ask if your GPS, Wi-Fi, or bluetooth are turned on. If they are, turn them off, unless you actually need them, and that'll save a lot of battery juice. Hope this helps you out, trust me, after having every Android I've ever owned be rooted, I can feel your pain. And remember, you're not alone here. Maybe someone here should start a support group so we can begin to cope with all the false promises of root we've had to endure.:silly:

will4958 said:
Search the forums here for a program called Debloater. It's for Windows and lets you block whichever apps you want on your phone. I used it on mine when I wanted to block automatic updates, but others here use it to block many other apps also. If you go into Settings and then Application Manager on the phone, you can disable the app in question, but the best solution would be to just use the Debloater app for Windows I mentioned to block the apps. It's easy to use, just open the program, plug in your phone, make sure it's set to 'mass storage' (or whatever it says), and wait for the program to detect it. After that, select the app(s) you want to block and click the appropriate button. That's it. Oh, and since you mentioned your battery being drained quickly, I have to ask if your GPS, Wi-Fi, or bluetooth are turned on. If they are, turn them off, unless you actually need them, and that'll save a lot of battery juice. Hope this helps you out, trust me, after having every Android I've ever owned be rooted, I can feel your pain. And remember, you're not alone here. Maybe someone here should start a support group so we can begin to cope with all the false promises of root we've had to endure.:silly:
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I will try it
Thank u very much Will

Can you tell me that you disable any underground applications by debloater ?

Look in the Debloater thread!

New Firmware 47.1.A.12.34

Out for a few markets, based on the build number alone I would say just a bump to the January security update.

Downloading now (233,4MB for customized DE)
Edit: Can confirm, it's security update 1.1.2018
Device feels a lot snapier (like scrolling etc.).
Didn't find anything new.

Can't see any difference except security updates from 1.1.2018.
BTW guys, do you use notifications "priorities" in drop-down notifications panel?
Since the start of using XZ1c I have put my monitoring app to low priority so the app's notification bar was very slim in the notifications panel.
I've done hard reset now when updating the phone and I can't see such feature any more. Did they move it somewhere or it's gone?
I'm not talking about configuring audio/vibrations - this feature it's there for apps created for Oreo - I'm talking about customizing notification bar size in drop-down notifications panel.

****, blank screen in Smart Lock still exists, even after latest update

SirRobin78 said:
****, blank screen in Smart Lock still exists, even after latest update
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This is getting frustrating ?

Davka said:
Can't see any difference except security updates from 1.1.2018.
BTW guys, do you use notifications "priorities" in drop-down notifications panel?
Since the start of using XZ1c I have put my monitoring app to low priority so the app's notification bar was very slim in the notifications panel.
I've done hard reset now when updating the phone and I can't see such feature any more. Did they move it somewhere or it's gone?
I'm not talking about configuring audio/vibrations - this feature it's there for apps created for Oreo - I'm talking about customizing notification bar size in drop-down notifications panel.
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Try to long press mini button in notification panel, al appear a new hidden menu, should be what you are looking for

Anyone who got this update using Linux and would like to give USB-Tethering a try? I'm stuck on an old version (47.1.A.5.51) and on this one, USB tethering download speeds are terrible (lots of RX packet errors, <1Mbps download speed). This was also an issue with some OnePlus phones which was fixed with a software update, so I'm hopeful that Sony will also fix it (although seeing how the smart lock blank screen bug is still there, my hopes aren't very high)

PeppeBove said:
Try to long press mini button in notification panel, al appear a new hidden menu, should be what you are looking for
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This enables/disables UI Calibrator (addidtional submenu in System menu) but there are no options regarding notifications.
What I'm talking about is shown below. Earlier I was able to assign chosen apps (for example System Panel monitoring tool) to low priority notifications, in picture below these are Clipper+, Network Monitor and USB charging device. "Android System 2 apps are using battery" is a normal priority notification here:
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This is getting really depressing; those of us using USA firmware are being treated as second-class citizens. We're still on 47.1.A.2.234 with the August 2017 security patch.

Hm I didn't get an OTA as well and I'm on the North Columbian build (I think).
Don't want to reflash everything just because of a security patch.

pseudonym58 said:
This is getting really depressing; those of us using USA firmware are being treated as second-class citizens. We're still on 47.1.A.2.234 with the August 2017 security patch.
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I went looking for a manual firmware update for the g8141 on the US version and don't see it. that sucks! I would suggest you consider flashing to CE1, not only will it enable your fingerprint scanner it's updated more frequently.

Dany XP said:
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There's a workaround for that. In Security, go to Trusted Agents and turn off smart lock, then reboot and turn it back on and the problem is solved.

N1ghtr08d said:
There's a workaround for that. In Security, go to Trusted Agents and turn off smart lock, then reboot and turn it back on and the problem is solved.
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Dude, we already know that....
But after some time, the bug returns. That's the problem. It only works for a few days

Dany XP said:
Dude, we already know that....
But after some time, the bug returns. That's the problem. It only works for a few days
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Just trying to help

Obievil said:
I went looking for a manual firmware update for the g8141 on the US version and don't see it. that sucks! I would suggest you consider flashing to CE1, not only will it enable your fingerprint scanner it's updated more frequently.
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Is "CE1" an official stock firmware? I haven't done any firmware flashing since the days of Symbian; could you perhaps point me to a "Sony firmware flashing 101" tutorial that you would recommend? I want to make sure that I do it correctly. Thanks.

pseudonym58 said:
Is "CE1" an official stock firmware? I haven't done any firmware flashing since the days of Symbian; could you perhaps point me to a "Sony firmware flashing 101" tutorial that you would recommend? I want to make sure that I do it correctly. Thanks.
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I wrote this answering someone else's question, but it might be helpful

pseudonym58 said:
Is "CE1" an official stock firmware? I haven't done any firmware flashing since the days of Symbian; could you perhaps point me to a "Sony firmware flashing 101" tutorial that you would recommend? I want to make sure that I do it correctly. Thanks.
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I used this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72958788&postcount=16
which looks nearly Identical to the post above.

Obievil said:
I went looking for a manual firmware update for the g8141 on the US version and don't see it. that sucks! I would suggest you consider flashing to CE1, not only will it enable your fingerprint scanner it's updated more frequently.
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Customized DE and GEL seem to get updates even faster than CE1 from what I've seen. CE1 is still on 8.49 as of writing this, but DE and GEL are on 12.34. I'm currently running Customized UK and thinking of switching to one of those since I'm impatient.

nm

power useage
Any other feedback on the new firmware? Still not availabe here in the UK.
What's the battery life like?

LG Update Center - Possible Malware?

Hello everyone,
I am not as well versed with electronics like a lot of you seem to be, I have ran into an issue and I was told to go on this forum.
So my phone is an LG G8s ThinQ, and I was browsing the web on my phone yesterday until I suddenly got the notification that there are 15 new updates available. I thought that was weird since my phone got system updates like once a year or something. I went to the Update Center app and took a look, these alleged 15 updates were downloadable game apps. In Update Center there should only be like 3 or 4 downloadable apps, which are preinstalled anyway, Facebook, Instagram and some LG Bloatware.
And these 15 games suddenly available seemed a bit sketchy to me.
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(Herunterl. means download, Install. means install)
So I let Malwarebytes scan my phone and it didn't turn up anything. I also searched for apps manually that could be malicious, but I didn't find anything either. Never downloaded anything on my phone after my phone's last hard reset. Never done anything sketchy with it. Mostly use it for YouTube, browsing and Whatsapp, that's it.
So I hard reset my phone in order to get rid of that, who knows what caused this issue and what it was doing with my phone. But after hard resetting the update center app again showed 15 available updates. I hard resetted several times, it persisted.
So I became curious and downloaded a few of these game apps. A few of those games you can play immediately after downloading, some others you need to download the app from update center, then the phone opens Google Play and redirects you to a download page for the app... but for some of these games Google Play simply shows an "error" page, these games are not even on Google Play - super sketchy.
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I played some of those games (the ones I could download fully), and they worked normally as I would expect. After trying them out, I downloaded Malwarebytes and let it scan my phone - and it detected something malicious and uninstalled it!
I hard reset my phone, I am using it still, but with caution. Update Center still keeps showing these downloadable apps and sends notifications from time to time.
So is LG Update Center hijacked? Why is it promoting these weird apps? Is that malware? What is it doing? Is it spying on my phone?
Without downloading any of these apps Malwarebytes isn't detecting anything malicious after scanning... but I don't necessarily trust that. Who knows what is causing this issue and what's going on in the background.
I asked an IT guy I know and he told me that I should be cautious and it would be best if I either installed some custom ROM or bought a new phone alltogether...
I think this whole thing is super sketchy and I wanted to share it with you all, maybe someone here can explain.
Best of love everyone!

Likely an app you installed.
Which OS version?
Anything below Android is suspectable to Xhelper, a factory reset will not eliminate it.

Honestly I can't recall having installed any app lately. And I definitely didn't download any apk apps from the internet or anything like it. Phone runs on Android 12. I read about that xhelper thing, sounds scary .
I was browsing the web, reading about celebrity scandals on some websites when it happened. Maybe those websites infected my phone in some way, is that possible? I put some of the websites and articles I could remember through VirusTotal, but nothing came up on it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LGVelvet/comments/12lv7vb
It seems like there are some other phones from LG that have similar issues, but besides this single post and another (I believe already deleted??) Reddit post I can't find anything to go on. Another G8 user commented on Reddit saying he doesn't have any issues.

thr0waway_377 said:
Honestly I can't recall having installed any app lately. And I definitely didn't download any apk apps from the internet or anything like it. Phone runs on Android 12. I read about that xhelper thing, sounds scary .
I was browsing the web, reading about celebrity scandals on some websites when it happened. Maybe those websites infected my phone in some way, is that possible? I put some of the websites and articles I could remember through VirusTotal, but nothing came up on it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LGVelvet/comments/12lv7vb
It seems like there are some other phones from LG that have similar issues, but besides this single post and another (I believe already deleted??) Reddit post I can't find anything to go on. Another G8 user commented on Reddit saying he doesn't have any issues.
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A factory reset would purge Xhelper on 12.
It may have come through as an update for a "clean" app. Payloads are sometimes delivered like that. I don't allow apps to update.
All my games are always firewall blocked as are any apps that don't need internet access to function.
Check the download folder daily for files you didn't download especially when visiting questionable sites. Delete any unknown files.
Get a good firewall to see what's doing what.
Set up free NextDNS to further control internet access and use Brave browser.
Those two options may shut it down entirely but try to find the root cause.
Play with it.
A 3rd party rom isn't needed and may cause more issues. At the worst reflash the stock rom but that shouldn't be necessary at all.

I have the exact issue,
Is there a way to track what apps was updated this saturday? Can be done on PC-systems but not andriod?
Secondly can the install program list be cleared manually somehow?
I am not a big phone user, havent installed any apps for months and havent used the phone for since last week. Still got this crap so I suspect some ap.
The is a LG G6, seem unlikley to be a push from LG. Avast AV-scan found nothing strange.
All games pushed seem to be made by "gameloft"

Update:
I also made a post on Reddit and it seems like this issue has happened to a few other LG owners as well, but not everyone.
Antivirus scans didn't turn up anything so far. From time to time, Update Center still reminds me of these sketchy updates, but I just ignore the notifications. Besides that, nothing suspicious has happened. Battery life is normal, no suspicious downloads or anything...
(On rare occasions phone is a little bit laggy for one or two seconds but that's maybe just age or whatever, I dunno, nothing concerning to me at least, just something I noticed).
I planned on writing an eMail to LG but I still didn't do it cause I forgot, going to do that soon (I hope that they will actually answer).
And I didn't mess with NextDNS or firewall cause I didn't really have the time yet to do so.