Android Oreo’s Rollback Protection Will Block OS Downgrades, but it can be...

Android Oreo's Rollback Protection Will Block OS Downgrades, but it can be... xda-developers Sep 6, 2017 9:05 PM • by Doug Lynch Android Oreo's Rollback Protection Will Block OS Downgrades, but it can be Disabled Google recently rebranded a number of their security features for Android as Google Play Protect. We see the company constantly trying to rebrand various products and services it offers, but it makes sense in this case since these individual features were never really packaged under one umbrella. Now there has been some added emphasis on increased security with the new Android Oreo update in a number of ways, with an interesting change being what Google is calling Rollback Protection. In this instance, Rollback is referring to downgrading the Android Oreo operating system. For your average user, this really isn't going to hinder their everyday life but it does add an additional requirement for enthusiasts who want more control over their devices. You can find some technical details about the feature here, but the overall goal is to help keep your smartphone or tablet safe against vulnerabilities that have already been patched. As you likely already know, security updates are not added on top of the current version of Android. So you can't use an official version of Android from an OEM that was released last year and expect it to have the latest security patches added to it. Not always, but in some cases this means that if you downgrade to an older version of Android then you are opening yourself up to malicious attacks since those vulnerabilities are no longer patched. This feature has been added to the Verified Boot process and it will literally prevent the operating system from booting if it detects it has been downgraded to an earlier version. Thankfully, Google is aware that us enthusiasts have a number of reasons as to why we would want to downgrade our current version of Android. So to help us out, Google has added a way for us to disable this protection so that we can downgrade if we really need to. Ron from Ars Technica writes that if we disable this feature then it "will trigger the usual slew of boot-up warning messages" so there isn't any confusion as to what we have done. Via: Android Police Source: Ars Technica Android Advices Sep 6, 2017 3:52 PM • by Karunakar Donthamshetti ZTE Axon Multy To Sport a Dual Screen Display Device in the Works These days most of the people are not interested in using the tablets and still few manufacturers have been developing the tablets in which ZTE is the one handset maker. However, it has been surfacing the news regarding tablet which is working on a new device which would offer a dual screen display. As of now, we have seen few manufacturers developed a dual-screen technology phones in the market. The Chinese mobile maker Hisense has launched the A2 & A2 Pro devices with this technology, while Yotaphone launched dual-screen display of smartphones with their smartphones like Yotaphone, Yotaphone 2 and would be going to launch Yotaphone 3 a.k.a Yota 3 very soon. According to the latest news have been surfacing online with a dual display tablet from the ZTE company, which is named as Axon Multy. This tablet comes with a dual-screen technology one is front, and another one is rear side., It would sport a large 6.8-inch screen the individual resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. This table is the foldable form factor which means when you fold a tablet it would appear two screens one is in the front and the another one is on the back side. The total screen resolution of the smartphone which includes 2160 x 1920 pixes. This foldable tablet would offer a flagship specifications which would pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset and is supporting a 4GB of RAM. There would be a 32GB of internal storage which also has an option to extend the memory via microSD card slot. It would provide a single camera at the back which is a 20MP sensor and won't get the front-facing camera for this foldable device. It would be backed by a 3,120mAh capacity battery. This company would be introducing this foldable device in partnership with AT & T carrier which would be planning to launch on mid-October, and initial leaks are suggesting that it would offer a price about $650. Cet e-mail a été envoyé par Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). Il est le résultat de la potion appartenant à « Tech: Topic watch », dashboard « Personal Dashboard », onglet « Tech > Android ». Se désabonner © Netvibes 2005-2017 | Conditions d'utilisation | Protection des données Retrouvez aussi Netvibes sur : Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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