4G and torrents

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by gTen

Even an unrooted phone can be susceptible to a virus if it is written for the platform.

I agree with this and with there being so much hype on Android its possible for viruses to exist for it.




CW

[rushco]

Originally Posted by WarChild

I agree with this and with there being so much hype on Android its possible for viruses to exist for it.




CW

Adding on - if you think sending a virus to your boss via email was bad enough because you installed a virus just wait till your phone starts texting your boss without you knowing. Maybe it will hit up the recent call list.

[Meanee]

well, I guess unrooted virus is more than possible, but on rooted phone it can do more damage. But then again, my only exposure to Android was the Android on TP2, and I am still fairly weak in *nix, so I may be talking out of my ass.

[iviyth0s]

A good torrent program that actually downloads torrents straight to your phone (as in none of those "download to remote computer" wannabe's).

The catch is it isn't free but I like AndTorrent myself


aBTC is another direct to phone app but it didn't work as good as AndTorrent does (bless that 24hr refund )

[Arreat]

Keep in mind that Sprints 4G is running on top of Clearwires infrastructure and they do have a habit of throttling connections if not outright blocking common P2P ports on their backend. Though we'll see how well the FCC's Net neutrality movement will possibly slap them in the face for doing this.