UMIDIGI London (5002W) V3.03_20170620 ROM - SPFT release

bencebacsi

fanjul replied at 2017-6-29 14:50
Hi bencebacsi.
The last firmware I've been running has been the V3.03_20170307. And shortly after  ...

Hi,
First of all, only UMi Diamond and London have received such complaints ever, so I don't know how you could find that, most of UMi's firmwares have the same problem. On the other hand, the presence of such issues in stock ROMs was never proven. I've got a UMi Diamond in hand, always turned on and connected to the internet since its release date but I have never received any ads or any kind of unwanted apps or any kind of unwanted activity on my phone. I have 3 friends around me using UMi Diamond as their daily driver but no one of them has ever had such issues. After disassembling the system components reported as infected files, I couldn't find any infected elements by virus checking.
Unfortunately I don't have a UMi London in hand and only 2, not so close friends of mine use it but they haven't reported any issues.
I extracted the content of the V3.03_20170307 ROM and it does not contain the FineSearch.apk, FineVideoPlayer.apk, webcore.apk, LovelyFonts.apk and LovelyFontsService.apk files. Launcher3 is the stock launcher, checked on virustotal.com and it's not infected. The SystemUI app manages the notification bar and some other system UI components, it's a part of all Android releases of any smartphone, checked and it's not infected. The AdupsFota.apk manages the wireless (OTA) system updates. It must connect to a Chinese server or it couldn't work. Some virus scanners report it as a suspicious file but not infected.
I suggest you to flash the V3.03_20170307 ROM (downloaded from here, not from another site) in firmware upgrade mode, then do not restore any saved backups, not even the one saved by google.

pdj

Thanks bencebacsi for your reply. So forse the First product verdion of Umi London you say that is possibile ti installa the V3.03_20170307 rom? No problem with older screen type driver? In this rom the unknow source taggle bag are solved? Thanks for your reply. I have 2 diamond and 1 London. For the diamond the bug are solved, so i ask you before upgrade the firmware if the problem are solved also for London. I bought this Phone in September 2016 and till now i still visualize adv and i keep on have autoinstallation of luncher and other unwanted app. Thanks for your reply.

bencebacsi

pdj replied at 2017-7-3 20:52
Thanks bencebacsi for your reply. So forse the First product verdion of Umi London you say that is p ...

The London is an entry level smartphone, the cheapest model in UMi's portfolio, so it receives updates only if hardware changes make necessary. So newer base versions (like 3.03) might not be backward compatible. You should install only such versions, that are available via OTA as well.

pdj

Too many hardware version. And not solved bug till September 2016 (10 months).. think i'll install mod version or stop using that mobile Phone. Thanks Umi. For your unsecured smartphone. Bye.

fanjul

bencebacsi replied at 2017-7-4 07:40
The London is an entry level smartphone, the cheapest model in UMi's portfolio, so it receives upd ...

Hi Bencebacsi.
I have 2 UMI LONDON (model with old screen) and I think I have tried all the updates that you have in your web.
One cell phone is from my mother, who only uses Whatsapp.
The other one is from my wife who uses very few apps.
Without restoring any kind of copy (nor from Google's, since it is not necessary) in ALL ROMs I have tried, the publicity comes out.
Sometimes it becomes so annoying, that it doesn't allow to use the phone without clicking on it, after which appear unwanted applications installed in the mobile.
A person who does not understand ROMs or versions, CAN NOT use this phone.

For what you say, there will be no more updates for my mobile (the hardware will not change). So sadly I will have to use some ROM modified by the 4PDA guys, who seem to be doing well.
It doesn't seem serious to me, that a mobile manufacturer does these things, and the worst thing is that it does not recognize it.
UMI, one and no more.

bencebacsi

fanjul replied at 2017-7-4 16:17
Hi Bencebacsi.
I have 2 UMI LONDON (model with old screen) and I think I have tried all the update ...

Hi,
You cannot use all versions on the same device due to the differences in hardware. Could you please tell me which specific versions did you try?

MohamedYassins

plz help me .. my umi london stopped working its dead .. and i got errors while flash it with "sp flash tool"
can any one here help me plz ? thank you...

bencebacsi

MohamedYassins replied at 2017-8-18 06:52
plz help me .. my umi london stopped working its dead .. and i got errors while flash it with "sp fl ...

Hi,
Can you power on your phone and it just doesn't boot up or you can't even power on it? Please describe what kind of error (what error messages) you get when try to flash.

memememe

\n\nNot exactly fits the topic header
But if supposed malware
(or not malware (but there is no need in antivirus to conclude that this: /system/app/Webcore/webcore.apk - fake Opera Store is ... complete ... and so the ... rom it contained.))
is discussed, let me add it here:

UMI_London.V3.01_20160826

/system/app/FineSearch/FineSearch.apk - chinese fake search Cooee - Android-PUP/Cooee.197d1 \ not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.AndroidOS.Coee.a
/system/app/FineVideoPlayer/FineVideoPlayer.apk - built-in chinese videoplayer - Android/Inmobi.D
/system/app/Webcore/webcore.apk - fake Opera Store
/system/app/AdupsFota/AdupsFota.apk - OTA
/system/app/LovelyFonts/LovelyFonts.apk - chinese fonts
/system/priv-app/LovelyFontsService/LovelyFontsService.apk - the same  not found see next line
/system/priv-app/LovelyFontContainerService/

install nova launcher from google play then make it default then remove launcher3
/system/priv-app/Launcher3/Launcher3.apk - built-in launcher - Trojan.Android.Agent.dqfsll
if deleted -> system hang on reboot
/system/priv-app/Launcher3/ - hang on reboot (android is blinking)

/s/p-a/SystemUI.apk - can't  delete - blocked with firewall and also with xprivacy

What I found I removed. What I dont - I write I dont. What cannot be removed - see comments.

And to add about preinstalled malware:
Now  I have chromes and mail that are reinstalling themselves.
Reported on some other phones NOMU s10  etc this malware resides in ROM.
Thank You umidigi.