Samsung's TouchWiz vulnerable to one-click data wipe or reset attack (video)

2. neutralguy posted on 25 Sep 2012, 07:54 8 3

A good thing is, there's tons of solution for this. Change a ROM if you want to :)

4. kamil posted on 25 Sep 2012, 08:20 6 2

touchwiz UI is the most boringest (if there is word for that) UI you can ever get on an Android platform device literally.

5. OpTiMuS_BlAcK posted on 25 Sep 2012, 08:32 2 0

All the data gone, ouch.

9. kreneo posted on 25 Sep 2012, 10:18 4 2

samsung fanboys giving out excuses! LoL

10. som posted on 25 Sep 2012, 10:46 2 3

It is just a test nothing will harm your phone.

11. Berzerk000 posted on 25 Sep 2012, 10:49 3 1

Another reason added to my list of why Touchwiz is not to be trusted.

13. bigstrudel posted on 25 Sep 2012, 11:36 6 2

Sense don't look so bad now huh

14. taz89 posted on 25 Sep 2012, 11:46 0 0

Does this affect everyone or just US PHONES... verge reports they only got it to work on a at&t s3...either way let's hope this is fixed ASAP and should not be a problem unless you or on dodgy sites

15. tedkord posted on 25 Sep 2012, 13:05 0 0

Come on, Samsung. Address this. It should be as easy as having a confirm factory reset dialog box poo up for all hidden code disks.

16. Gingershnaps posted on 25 Sep 2012, 13:41 5 0

Per another android site:
Update: This issue is, unsurprisingly, a lot more nuanced than the video here lets on. The bug is based in the stock Android browser, is in fact quite old, and has been patched in more recent builds of Android - this is probably why Nexus devices running the most recent OTAs are unaffected. The fact is, this is not a Samsung problem, it's an old Android problem that has been known about for some time.

Any of the U.S. SGs3 that have their OTA updates aren't able to be affected.

19. christianqwerty posted on 25 Sep 2012, 15:34 2 0

touchwiz has crashed on my s3 so many times

20. Martine posted on 25 Sep 2012, 16:32 0 0

@ Phonearena.

This has been confirmed to be a vulnerability of the stock Android browser. A fix for this hack was released with the latest Jelly bean update.
Therefore, the hack will affect any android device running previous versions of Android.

You can use a simple google search to confirm this info.

Please update the post.

Thanks.

Jokesy

21. geesanut posted on 25 Sep 2012, 16:49 0 1

Looks like a conspiracy to me.? (LoL)! Phones not meeting expectations,android haters, could it be possible!?

25. PapaSmurf posted on 25 Sep 2012, 20:20 0 0

Why is there no source listed?