الثلاثاء، 30 يونيو 2015

Download Jailbreak Tool For iOS 8.4

Apple have released the new iOS 8.4 firmware update which comes with various bug fixes and enhancements but most importantly it comes with the most awaited music streaming app known as the Apple Music. The update is only about 153 MB and can be downloaded as an OTA update. However, for those that would want to jailbreak their device on iOS 8.4, it is adviced that a fresh iOS 8.4 firmware is downloaded and installed on the device through iTunes. 


The jailbreak tool which was released by PP Team is available for download here and so far it is working well although it was reported on social media that PP Team stole the exploits for this jailbreak from TaiG Team and quickly released it before TaiG released their jailbreak tool. This means that a lot of  people from the jailbreak community may refrain from using this jailbreak tool and use  the version that was released by TaiG Team few minutes ago. 



If you would love to use the TaiG Jailbreak tool instead use the link here to jailbreak iOS 8.4 untethered. 

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Manually Flash Galaxy S6 EDGE SM-G925F To Official Android 5.1.1 Lollipop G925FXXU2BOFJ

The international model of Samsung Galaxy S6 EDGE SM-G925F has received the official android 5.1.1 Lollipop G925FXXU2BOFJ update. If you are from Europe then you can use this tutorial to manually flash your Galaxy S6 EDGE to android 5.1.1. This latest update brings improvement for the camera app, allowing users to adjust exposure directly from the viewfinder.

s6 edge sm-g925f

Firmware Details

Model: SM-G925F
Model name: GALAXY S6 EDGE
Country: United Kingdom/Ireland
Version: Android 5.1.1
Changelist: 5012324
Build date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:29:17 +0000
Product code: XEU
PDA: G925FXXU2BOFJ
CSC: G925FOXA2BOFJ

Important Instructions


  • This tutorial is only meant for the global model of Galaxy S6 EDGE SM-G925F. 
  • If you live in Europe then you can use this tutorial to update your smartphone.
  • People having same model but living in other parts of the world may not use this tutorial otherwise the phone signals may disappear permanently.
  • Rooted S6E owners may use this tutorial but after flashing the root access will be revoked.
  • This is an official update so while flashing you won't loose any data. But it is necessary to backup your phone's data on your computer's hard drive, because after flashing we need to do a factory reset for a clean install.
  • Enable USB debugging by going to 'Settings>Developer options>USB debugging'. If Developer options is not visible then go to 'Settings>About device'. Tap the build number 10 times to unlock 'Developer options'.

Downloads Required


Install Android 5.1.1 Lollipop G925FXXU2BOFJ On Samsung Galaxy S6 EDGE SM-G925F


  • Download and install Samsung USB drivers from above link.
  • Download odin and Galaxy S6E ROM and extract them in separate folders on desktop.
  • Now switch off your phone and reboot it in download mode by pressing 'Home+Power+Volume Down' key at the same time.
  • Release the buttons when the phone vibrates.
  • Press volume up button when you see a warning page. Now you have entered in odin mode.
  • Now launch odin.exe on your pc.
  • Connect the phone to computer via USB cable.
  • Let odin recognize the phone.
  • When it is identified by odin the field under <ID:COM> in odin will turn blue and you will see a message "<ID:0/016> Added".
  • Make sure that only "Auto Reboot", and "F.Reset Time" options should be checked. Do not change other settings of ODIN.
  • Now check 'AP' and click it and select the firmware file G925FXXU2BOFJ tar.md5 Android 5.1.1 file from the folder where you saved it.
  • Wait for few seconds till ODIN finishes some checks.  
  • Click 'Start' to initiate the flashing process. When the process is completed odin will return a message 'PASS'.  
  • When your phone first boots to home screen (may take longer, 15 minutes or more) then disconnect it from PC.  Now check the android version in 'Settings>About device>Android version'.

Troubleshooting

  • If ODIN fails in between, then repeat the procedure. However it hardly happens.
  • If after updating to G925FXXU2BOFJ android 5.1.1 you see that your Galaxy S6 EDGE has become slow or doesn't booting to home screen even after 20 minutes, then do a factory reset in recovery mode.
  • Before doing factory reset, make sure you have backed up your personal data.

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Mobile App Marketing: Strategies to Promote and Increase Downloads

May be you have developed a multimillion app or you have an idea to make it multimillion. However you haven't developed strategies to market your app properly.

Well, if you haven't done that so far, then it is the time. If you want your app to be downloaded by millions of users, then you have to promote it, in such ways that users get aware of your killer app.

Mobile App Promotion

Obviously, you have to face a tough competition ahead, however you don't have to wait for your turn. It is not necessary that you will promote your app after completion and submission to store.

Getting user for your app is never easy for new apps in market. Early promotion and marketing is the best way to get started http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2015/06/top-5-tips-to-improve-user-engagement-level-for-mobile-applications.html" target="_blank">awaring your potentials customers.

If possible let people use beta versions and collect feedbacks and follow them for making your app more better and user friendly.

Make your app free for sometime or early users and let people go crazy for your app. Focus on reviews, ratings and feedbacks. There is so much to do with marketing and promoting mobile app to get more downloads.

Avoid Scamsters, Unlock Your iPhone 5s Legally

Avoid Scamsters, Unlock Your iPhone 5s Legally
A good idea can change one’s life, but let’s not talk that big though the iPhone 5s is considered larger than life at times. If you are a customer and have bought the iPhone 5s recently, you may want to unlock it. You should get it done by an authentic unlock service provider. Read on to find out how, and before that, why should you unlock.
Advantages You are Fetched with due to Unlocking of iPhone 5s
When you unlock iPhone 5s, you get to see many benefits that come out of it. The first one is the ease and freedom of using any network on the handset. Prior to that, there was only the default network for everything. The second benefit is directly related to the first one. It has a financial angle. You save a lot of money on calls and other services that you avail while on roaming. If there is a tour, with every country or state, you can use a new local SIM card and wave farewell to the roaming charges.
The third aspect is also financial. But here, it comes a little later. After you have used your iPhone 5s well, you might want to sell it. Now, if you use the locked iPhone 5s, you would definitely get a much lesser price and hardly any interested buyers. The tables turn well for an unlocked iPhone 5s.
How unlocking works?
To unlock your iPhone 5s, you need to visit a trusted website which provides that service. The first step is to login and select your model no., which happens to be iPhone 5s in this case. The next step shall need you to enter the IMEI code of your device. Once you submit the necessary details along with that, you get a confirmation mail stating the unlocking of your iPhone 5s has been successful. You now have to launch iTunes on your device to be able to use any other SIM card. And this entire process does not affect the warranty of your iPhone 5s in any manner.
Points to be Noted
Although you now know how to unlock iPhone 5s, you may need to consider some points that are necessary for the same. They are as follows:
  • Your iPhone 5s should be fully activated with your existing carrier
  • The IMEI code of your iPhone is not barred, blacklisted, or reported stolen
  • Avoid websites that fake unlocking and cheat you
To unlock your iPhone 5s, one of the reputed sites would be http://www.unlockninja.com/

Install Android 5.1.1 Lollipop G920FXXU2BOFJ On Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F

The international model of Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F has received the official android 5.1.1 Lollipop G920FXXU2BOFJ update. If you are from Europe then you can use this tutorial to manually flash your Galaxy S6 to android 5.1.1. This latest update comes with performance improvements and ability to sort apps alphabetically in app drawer. The update was first reported in France.

s6 sm-g920f

Firmware Details

Model: SM-G920F
Model name: GALAXY S6
Country: France
Version: Android 5.1.1
Changelist: 5012324
Build date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:29:17 +0000
Product code: XEF
PDA: G920FXXU2BOFJ
CSC: G920FOXA2BOFJ

Important Instructions


  • This tutorial is only meant for the global model of Galaxy S6 SM-G920F. 
  • If you live in Europe then you can use this tutorial to update your smartphone.
  • People having same model but living in other parts of the world may not use this tutorial otherwise the phone signals may disappear permanently.
  • Rooted Galaxy S6 owners may use this tutorial but after flashing the root access will be revoked.
  • This is an official update so while flashing you won't loose any data. But it is necessary to backup your phone's data on your computer's hard drive, because after flashing we need to do a factory reset for a clean install.
  • Enable USB debugging by going to 'Settings>Developer options>USB debugging'. If Developer options is not visible then go to 'Settings>About device'. Tap the build number 10 times to unlock 'Developer options'.

Downloads Required


Install Android 5.1.1 Lollipop G920FXXU2BOFJ On Samsung Galaxy S6 G920F


  • Download and install Samsung USB drivers from above link.
  • Download odin and Galaxy S6 ROM and extract them in separate folders on desktop.
  • Now switch off your Galaxy S6 and reboot it in download mode by pressing 'Home+Power+Volume Down' key at the same time.
  • Release the buttons when the phone vibrates.
  • Press volume up button when you see a warning page. Now you have entered in odin mode.
  • Now launch odin.exe on your pc.
  • Connect the phone to computer via USB cable.
  • Let odin recognize the phone.
  • When it is identified by odin the field under <ID:COM> in odin will turn blue and you will see a message "<ID:0/016> Added".
  • Make sure that only "Auto Reboot", and "F.Reset Time" options should be checked. Do not change other settings of ODIN.
  • Now check 'AP' and click it and select the firmware file G920FXXU2BOFJ tar.md5 Android 5.1.1 file from the folder where you saved it.
  • Wait for few seconds till ODIN finishes some checks.  
  • Click 'Start' to initiate the flashing process. When the process is completed odin will return a message 'PASS'.  
  • When your phone first boots to home screen (may take longer, 15 minutes or more) then disconnect it from PC.  Now check the android version in 'Settings>About device>Android version'.

Troubleshooting

  • If ODIN fails in between, then repeat the procedure. However it hardly happens.
  • If after updating to G920FXXU2BOFJ android 5.1.1 you see that your Galaxy S6 has become slow or doesn't booting to home screen even after 20 minutes, then do a factory reset in recovery mode.
  • Before doing factory reset, make sure you have backed up your personal data.

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الاثنين، 29 يونيو 2015

Identify whether a website is reliable

 Many people wonder if a particular site is reliable or not. These are usually shopping sites that offer very large discounts on expensive products in normal times.
 There are several methods to determine the credibility of a website.


Using WOT

Install WOT!
 This little add-on for browsers provide you with an estimate of Internet users for each site you visit and thus determine its commercial credibility.
 You can install WOT from its official site.

 Visual methods

 Terms of use or sale:
 Websites usually have "Terms of use", especially shopping sites, which have "Sales Terms". They are at the bottom of the page, and provide information on prices, deliveries, and products origin...

 Legal Notice:
 "The editor of a website, the author of a blog or an online shopping store shall display legal notices on its website. This is a legal requirement worldide.
 A site with no imprint is illegal.

 Site security:
 Most reputable shopping sites have, during the transaction, the architecture https://, which defines payment security.
 The https is not obtained anyhow, so it is a valuable warranty in orders. You can see if the site is https in the web browser address bar:


 Attention: A site displaying https:// is not necessarily reliable. But, a site that will not display during a transaction will be considered as unreliable.

 Orthography:
 A site full of mistakes is invalid. Serious sites make no mistake.

 Presentation:
 If the Web site is disorganized (not centered pictures, overflowing text, unrecognized characters...), it is certain that it's not reliable.
 Fraudulent sites generally follow the same format: all their products on the left, top bars and all brands are in bottom.

 Redirects:
 It is not rare that an unreliable website redirects you to sites in China, North Korea, or other "world workshop". So you can be sure that this site has no value and that you will leave your money there!

 Discounts and Products:
 If discounts of a site are all the same (generally 60%: it is just above 50% to be attractive and just below 70% to not look suspicious), it's a bad sign.

 Whois

 Whois is used to find information on the site, such as, country, administrator contact information...
 A commercial site in Spain domiciled in China for example, means most probably forgeries or a scam.
 Just go to network-tools and on the left menu, select Whois, enter the address and click go! :


 An example of infringement:
 Registrant Country: SP
 Admin Name : xx

 Registrant:
 Organization   : zhao chun ...
 Name           : zhao chun ...
 Address        : li xia ...
 City           : ji nan shi
 Province/State : Shandong
 Country        : CN
 Postal Code    : 250000
 We see clearly that the country (CN) is China, with the person's name.
 It's the same as sites with contact details "Anonymous" can not be of trusted.

 BE CAREFUL! Do not throw headlong on discounts... because it's often forgery, which is punishable by law.

How to Retrieve Deleted/Lost Contacts from Samsung Galaxy

There were too much data on my Galaxy Note. I just want to clean it up, but accidentally deleted the whole contacts list. How can I get them back? Is there any way to recover deleted contacts from Samsung Galaxy Note?

It is very common issue that Samsung users accidentally lost their contacts. There are many ways to recover deleted/lost contacts from Samsung devices, like recovering from backup files, syncing with Google account or Samsung kies etc. If you don’t have available backups, don’t worry either, you can also restore contacts from Samsung as long as the lost contacts not be overwritten. Let's get the detailed ways to recover contacts from Samsung:




Part 1. Recover Deleted Contacts from Samsung Backup.


In this part, you can restore Samsung contacts from backup files only if you have previously backed up your contacts before. Check out the following 3 options.

Option 1. Recover Contacts from Samsung via Display Options


From Samsung Internal Memory:
- On your Samsung phone, go to “Contacts”.
- On the “Contacts” tap, click “Menu” button.
- Scroll to and hit “Contacts to display”, then tap “All contacts”.
- That’s it. Back to see if all of your contacts are recovered.

From Samsung Memory Card:
- On your Samsung phone, go to “Contacts”.
- On the “Contacts” tap, click “Menu” button.
- Select “Import/Export”, and tap “Import from SD card”.
- Choose the preferred save location.
- Your Samsung phone will automatically search the contacts store on memory card. When it is done, click “OK”.




Option 2. Restore Lost Contacts by Syncing with Samsung Kies


If you backed up contacts with Samsung kies, it makes Samsung contacts recovery more easier. The steps are very easy:
- Connect Samsung to computer.
- Launch Samsung kies, then select “Back up/Restore” top -> click “Restore data”.
- Select and find the backup file.
- Mark “Contacts” and hit “Restore”.
- When the restore is done, a message will prompt, simply click “Complete”.




Option 3. Retrieve Deleted Contacts with Google Account.


Google Sync is a free service which allows your sync Samsung contacts with your Google account. If you’ve saved your contacts to your Google account, then, you can restore them through this way.
- On home screen, go to app drawer.
- Select “Setting” -> scroll to and click “Add account”-> hit “Google”, then Existing.
- Enter your Google account credentials and tap “Next” then click ”OK” .
- That’s it. Google will automatically store your contacts to your Google account, your contacts will be retrieved when you sync your Gmail with your Samsung phone.





Part 2. Directly Recover Samsung Contacts via Samsung Galaxy Contacts Recovery


Failed to get your contacts back through the ways mentioned above? Take it easy, from this part, you will get the easiest solution to directly recover contacts from Samsung.

Before we get started, I’d like to introduce an useful Samsung phone contacts recovery tool named Jihosoft Android Data Recovery( Android Recovery Mac) to you. It is specially designed to retrieve deleted photos, videos, text messages, contacts, Whatsapp messages,call history and other files from Samsung Android phones & tablets. You can recover deleted contacts from Samsung with a few steps:

- Launch the program and connect Samsung to computer
- Select specified files that you want to get back
- Access and scan data on your Samsung phone/tablet
- Selectively preview and recover lost data from Samsung

That’s it. You can mark the lost files on the scanning result and tap “Recover” to directly get them back to your computer.




Samsung Galaxy S5 Troubleshooting

This page will contain all Samsung Galaxy S5 problems and their solutions that we posted on our site. It will be updated regularly to better help our readers especially those who have emailed us asking for assistance.


We are real life technicians (and bloggers) and we deal with real problems everyday. In fact, what we write in this blog are experiences we encountered while fixing issues. We are willing to help you. Just reach out to us and we will do our best to provide assistance...for free.

The troubleshooting procedures we present here are based on our actual troubleshooting routine. While we are willing to take the risk, we often take the safer route in fixing problems. So, if you have problems with your Galaxy S5, read on as you will find amazing troubleshooting procedures here. Or, you may email us at sebertech@gmail.com and we will gladly help you with your problems.

Here are the Samsung Galaxy S5 troubleshooting guides available here…

Samsung Galaxy S5 Hardware Problems

  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2014/08/my-samsung-galaxy-s5-wont-turn-on-or.html" target="_blank">How to troubleshoot Samsung Galaxy S5 that won't turn on
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2015/08/fix-prevent-samsung-galaxy-s5-overheating-troubleshooting-guide.html" target="_blank">How to fix and prevent Samsung Galaxy S5 overheating
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2015/08/how-to-troubleshoot-quick-battery.html" target="_blank">How to troubleshoot quick battery draining issues on Galaxy S5
  • How to fix a Galaxy S5 that is not charging
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 screen is flickering, here's how to troubleshoot it
  • How to fix microSD card problems on Galaxy S5
  • How to fix Galaxy S5 screen flickering issue
  • How to fix Samsung Galaxy S5 with unresponsive screen
  • How to troubleshoot Samsung Galaxy S5 that's not charging
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/06/what-to-do-when-your-samsung-galaxy.html">How to fix a Samsung Galaxy S5 that's overheating or heating up so fast
  • Fix Samsung Galaxy S5 that doesn't have audio in headphones
  • How to fix Samsung Galaxy S5 with earpiece that's not functioning
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/04/my-samsung-galaxy-note-3-note-4-s4-s5.html">How to troubleshoot a Galaxy S5 that won't turn on
  • What to do when your Galaxy S5's USB port is loose
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/08/how-to-fix-no-service-error-other.html">Fix a Samsung Galaxy S5 that can't detect a SIM card
  • How to fix Galaxy S5 with soft keys that won't respond
  • Galaxy S5 crackles when shaken. Is it defective?

Samsung Galaxy S5 Firmware Problems

  • How to fix your Samsung Galaxy S5 that is slow or sluggish
  • Troubleshooting guide for your Galaxy S5 that's freezing or unresponsive
  • Troubleshooting Galaxy S5 that entered into boot loop after an update
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 update process is always interrupted
  • How to fix Samsung Galaxy S5 that keeps rebooting on its own
  • How to solve slow performance issues with Galaxy S5
  • How to make sluggish Galaxy S5 run faster
  • How to fix a Samsung Galaxy S5 with apps that keeps crashing
  • How to fix a Samsung Galaxy S5 that can't update to latest firmware
  • What to do when Samsung Galaxy S5 get stuck on boot loop
  • How to fix Galaxy S5 that freezes when app is opened
  • What to do with Galaxy S5 that's stuck on boot logo
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 Settings service keeps crashing
  • How to get Samsung Galaxy S5 out of Safe Mode
  • How to fix a Galaxy S5 that's stuck on Factory Mode

Samsung Galaxy S5 Connectivity Problems

  • How to fix various Wi-Fi issues with Samsung Galaxy S5
  • How troubleshoot various mobile data problems on Galaxy S5

Samsung Galaxy S5 Service Problems

  • How to fix most common email problems with Galaxy S5
  • Troubleshoot Galaxy S5 that cannot send or receive SMS or text messages
  • How to fix Galaxy S5 that can't send or receive MMS or picture messages
  • Galaxy S5 text messages aren't in order, how to fix it
  • How to fix Samsung Galaxy S5 that can't get good service

Samsung Galaxy S5 App Problems

  • Samsung Galaxy S5 cannot download apps from the Play Store
  • Here's the most common Play Store errors Galaxy S5 owners encountered
  • Fix Gmail app that keeps crashing on Samsung Galaxy S5
  • How to fix a Samsung Galaxy S5 that freezes when YouTube is opened
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 lags when using Google Maps
  • How to fix Samsung Galaxy S5 that can't open the Facebook app
  • Suddenly Facebook Messenger crashes on Samsung Galaxy S5
  • Chrome keeps crashing on Samsung Galaxy S5 [Solution]
  • Angry Birds Go won't open on Galaxy S5 after Lollipop update
  • Avast Mobile Security & Antivirus makes Galaxy S5 slow
  • How to fix Skype that keeps crashing & freezing on Galaxy S5
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 lags when Twitter for Android is opened
  • Google Play Store runs very slow on Galaxy S5

Samsung Galaxy S5 Error Messages

  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2015/08/fix-samsung-galaxy-s5-contacts-has-stopped-problem.html" target="_blank">How to fix Samsung Galaxy S5 "Unfortunately, Contacts has stopped" error
  • How to fix "Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped" on Galaxy S5
  • Troubleshoot Galaxy S5 that shows "No SIM Card" error
  • Troubleshoot "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped" error on Galaxy S5
  • How to fix Samsung Galaxy S5 "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped" error
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 shows "Unfortunately, Messages has stopped" error
  • How to fix "Sorry, unable to login to Facebook" error on Galaxy S5
  • Fix the Galaxy S5 "Unfortunately, Process.com.android.phone has stopped" error
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 shows "Camera failed" error, here's how to fix it
  • Fix the error "Unfortunately, Messages has stopped" on Galaxy S5
  • Fix Samsung Galaxy S5 "Unfortunately, Internet has stopped" error
  • How to fix Galaxy S5 "Unfortunately, Touchwiz has stopped" error
  • Fix Samsung Galaxy S5 "Unfortunately, Clock has stopped" error
  • How to fix "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped" on Galaxy S5
  • How to fix "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped" on Samsung Galaxy S5
  • Fix the error "Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped" on Galaxy S5
You may bookmark this page so you can easily find it in case you need help with your phone and check it out regularly for more troubleshooting guides and updates.

Android Wear: Must Have Apps For Your Android Watch

Since the inception of smart watch, wearable market is growing rapidly. Android and Apple wear are in high demand. everybody want to have a smart watch, that can make their day to day task more easier and well managed.


If you own such a watch then you must have following apps installed in your watch to make it more better and smarter:

1. Android Wear App:

Android Wear App

Android wear app makes you pair your wearables with you Android phones easily. With this app you can control voice action preferences, adjust notifications setting, and configure devices.

Get It On Google

2. Trello:

Trello

Best app that can make you organize your task easily. You can manage everything with this Android wear app. Write your ideas down on Trello cards and arrange them in lists on your boards. Add details to your cards such as:
  • checklists to keep track of to-dos.
  • comments to update your co-workers
  • photos and videos
  • who's working on that card
With the Trello http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2015/06/top-11-android-games-to-refresh-your-mood.html" target="_blank">app in your pocket, you can make to-do lists waiting in line at the grocery store, assign tasks to your co-worker while you're on the train home, or upload a photo of that paisley couch you saw the store that's just perfect for the house you're furnishing.

Trello is great with Wear! You can quickly reply to comments and create cards from you watch by simply saying Take a note.

Get It On Google

3. Google Camera:

Google Camera

Missing most out of your phone ten don't worry here comes Google Camera. It uses your smart phone's features like HDR+, Lens Blur, Panorama etc. to enhance your phone's picture capabilities.

Features of Google Camera:
  • Easy Interface - Capture photos and video easily with Google Camera's beautiful and intuitive Material Design interface.
  • Lens Blur - Control the camera's depth of field using Lens Blur to focus on the subject in the foreground and blur the background; great for portraits and selfies.
  • HDR+ - Use the HDR+ (High Dynamic Range + Low Light) setting to improve images captured in low light, and backlit scenes (only available on Nexus 5 and Nexus 6).
  • Photo Stitching - Create amazing 360° Photo Sphere, panoramas, wide angle and fish-eye images with Google's photo stitching technology developed for Google Maps.
  • Video - Shoot video and simultaneously capture stills just by tapping on the screen.
  • Android Wear - Take photos from a distance by tapping on your Android Wear device.
Get It On Google

4. 1Weather

1Weather

1Weather is #1 most loved app for your android devices is now available for Android wear also. It is the free weather app which has lots of amazing features. It is simple yet beautiful in look and feel. this app allows you to use a bunch of weather tools.

FEATURES:
  • Real-time weather forecasting and local weather information.
  • Information of 10 days of weather. Hourly weather information.
  • Location tracking and getting information around that area.
  • Get information about clouds, radar status, surface temperature, dew point, wind speed, relative humidity, and UV Index.
  • Know about sunrise, sunset and lunar phases in animation.
  • Save and track multiple locations simultaneously.
  • Share various weather related information directly to your social media friends.
Units that you can measure:
  • Temperature: Fahrenheit or Celsius
  • Wind: mph, kph, m/s, knots and Beaufort scale
  • Pressure: Inches of mercury, millibars, millimeters of mercury
  • Distance: Miles, Kilometers

Get It On Google


 5. Find My Phone:

Find My Phone

Are you heck up of forgetting your phone, then next time you don't have to be. Get Find My Phone http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2015/06/google-play-download-material-designed-android-clock-app.html" target="_blank">app for your Android phone and pair it with your android wear and feel free to put your phone anywhere.

Whenever go out of reach from your phone, your Android wear start buzzing. To find your phone just tap on notification or open Find My Phone app in your watch and it will show you the visual signals to reach your phone.

The alarm can be setting up for your needs. You can:
  • Set alarm volume
  • Turn on gradual volume increasing
  • Turn on vibration
  • Select ringtone
  • Set screen brightness
  • Turn on Flashlight
The main thing is that you can get this app for free, however if you want to customize your alarm and other things then purchase PRO version of this app from Google Play.

Get It On Google

الأحد، 28 يونيو 2015

Draft of New Constitution of Nepal ready

Breaking News: Due to the differences in some of the provisions in the new constitutions preliminary draft, the drafting committee failed to submit the draft to full CA meeting yesterday. Now that such issues raised by UCPN Maoists are settled by editing some and removing Multiparty parliamentary democracy and the Local election within six months of constitution promulgation, the edited first draft is submitted today in the evening. Following the submission in full CA meeting, some of the lawmakers from Madhesi parties and RPP-Nepal who were against the 16 point deal obstructed the process. Some Madhesi lawmakers even tore the draft copies.
Here is the pdf of the preliminary draft which was submitted today in the CA meeting.
Click below to download or save.


Preliminary draft of the new constitution 2072 (in Nepali)
Here is the draft of the new constitution in English language, Click Preliminary draft of New constitution in English.
To download the final version of the constitution of Nepal 2072, click  http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2015/09/president-of-nepal-promulgates-new.html">here.

June 29, 2015: The constitution drafting committee on June 28, Sunday has finalized the first draft of the new constitution of Nepal. Despite resolving all contentious issues, the committee has endorsed the draft, putting the vote of dissents in it. The drafting is made possible with rounds of discussion in subcommittees and high ranking leaders within 15 days, due to the recent http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2015/06/disaster-led-consensus-among-four.html" style="background-color: yellow;">16 point deal between the major four political parties. It is known that the draft will be presented in the full CA meeting today and it is quite possible that the new constitution will be delivered with in next month through short cut.
The draft of the new constitution is found to contain 37 parts and 296 articles which may be changed or edited as per the discussion in the full CA meeting. Among the contentious issues for the constitution, the committee has proposed the following, among which some are the key components of new constitution.

  • Discussion to continue on contentious issues and amend of some provision until the final one.
  • Vote of dissents are not a part of the draft but put there for further discussion.
  • Citizenship in the name of Father or mother.
  • Special citizenship to Non resident Nepalese, without political rights.
  • 60 percent FPTP and 40 PR in state assemblies as well.
  • Secularism to continue with freedom of any religion.
  • 8 States (Name and demarcation to be determined by a committee).
  • Bicameral legislation (275 Parliament and 45 National assembly members)
  • New Prime Minister, President and Parliament head election to be held within a month after promulgation of new constitution.
  • Five unamendable provisions.
With the draft ready to be submitted, major political parties will power to deliver the constitution and opposition parties to move ahead writing dissents on the draft, it seems the new constitution will be delivered within this year, as a matter of fact within next month. The new constitution of Nepal 2072 is the first constitution made by the people through constituent assembly ( the second one). Though the Constitution of Nepal 2047 is also called to be made by the people of Nepal, it has many unamendable provisions, giving high powers to King and Royal Family. Now that the country is republic, the new constitution has only five such unamendable provisions for Independence, Sovereignty, territorial integrity, Multiparty democracy and sovereignty vested in people of Nepal. The other issues in the new constitution can be amended by a two third majority of federal parliament.
Though I (as a citizen) completely agree with the provisions in the new constitution, I am happy that the dream of writing our own constitution by our representatives (without any interference from neighbors and some big kings) is about to come true. And you all know after getting the new constitution, we all have a new day for the celebration marking the day of promulgation of the new constitution also called Constitution day.


Samsung Galaxy Alpha Troubleshooting


This page will be dedicated to Samsung Galaxy Alpha troubleshooting. It contains the most common problems owners encountered as well as solutions on how to fix them. The troubleshooting procedures presented in our articles are always based on deductive procedures to be able to pinpoint what the problem is and what caused it.



We are offering this service for free. So, if you have problems with your Samsung Galaxy Alpha or any mobile phone for that matter, feel free to contact us at sebertech@gmail.com and we will do our best to help you fix your issues. If there are things happening on your phone that you don't understand, we also offer free consultation.

Here are the troubleshooting guides we published on our site, so far, for the Samsung Galaxy Alpha...

  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/02/how-to-fix-unfortunately-contacts-has.html">How to fix Samsung  Galaxy Alpha "Unfortunately, Contacts has stopped" error
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/01/how-to-fix-samsung-galaxy-alpha-that.html">How to fix Samsung Galaxy Alpha that won't mute after Lollipop update
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/04/my-samsung-galaxy-note-3-note-4-s4-s5.html">How to troubleshooting Samsung Galaxy Alpha that won't turn on
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/05/how-to-fix-samsung-galaxy-alpha.html">How to fix and prevent Samsung Galaxy Alpha overheating
  • How to troubleshoot quick battery draining issues on Galaxy Alpha
  • How to fix your Samsung Galaxy Alpha that is slow or sluggish
  • Troubleshooting guide for your Galaxy Alpha that's freezing or unresponsive
  • How to fix a Galaxy Alpha that is not charging
  • Troubleshooting Galaxy Alpha that entered into boot loop after an update
  • How to fix most common email problems with Galaxy Alpha
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha screen is flickering, here's how to troubleshoot it
  • Troubleshoot Galaxy Alpha that cannot send or receive SMS or text messages
  • How to fix Galaxy Alpha that can't send or receive MMS or picture messages
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha cannot download apps from the Play Store
  • How to fix "Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped" on Galaxy Alpha
  • Here's the most common Play Store errors Galaxy Alpha owners encountered
  • How to fix various Wi-Fi issues with Samsung Galaxy Alpha
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/08/how-to-fix-no-service-error-other.html">Troubleshoot Galaxy Alpha that shows "No SIM Card" or "No Service"error
  • How to fix microSD card problems on Galaxy Alpha
  • Troubleshoot "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped" error on Galaxy Alpha
  • How to fix Samsung Galaxy Alpha "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped" error
  • How troubleshoot various mobile data problems on Galaxy Alpha
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha shows "Camera failed" error, here's how to fix it
  • Galaxy Alpha text messages aren't in order, how to fix it
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha shows "Unfortunately, Messages has stopped" error
  • How to fix "Sorry, unable to login to Facebook" error on Galaxy Alpha
  • Fix the Galaxy Alpha "Unfortunately, Process.com.android.phone has stopped" error
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha update process is always interrupted
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/01/how-to-fix-smart-switch-error.html">How to Fix Smart Switch Error "Unsupported Device" on Galaxy Alpha
  • http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2016/08/samsung-keyboard-or-swype-is-not.html">How to fix Samsung Keyboard or Swype app that is not working on Samsung Galaxy Alpha

We will be updating this troubleshooting page for the Galaxy Alpha, bookmark it so you can easily find it whenever you need help. If you have other issues not listed here, leave a comment below or email us at the address provided above.


How to fix "Could not scan for wireless networks" error on iPhone 6 after iOS 8.3 update

Many Apple iPhone 6 owners complained about the error message "Could not scan for wireless networks," which happens when their Wi-Fi connection drops and they try to reconnect. Apple didn't acknowledge the problem so it hasn't been confirmed that it came with the iOS 8.3 update.



But the thing is it also happened to some owners after updating their phone to previous versions. It's probably just a problem with some data that became corrupt after an update as it occurs more often after Apple rolled out new iOS updates.

Now, here's one email our reader sent seeking help because his iPhone 6 is having issues connecting to his Wi-Fi network.

Reader's message: Hello guys! I really hope you can help me with my problem. I own an iPhone 6 which has been with me for a couple of months now. Everything was working fine until Apple screwed it up for me by its new update--iOS 8.3. After I downloaded the update, which installed successfully by the way, my Wi-Fi has been disconnecting randomly. 

Yesterday, it disconnected more than 10 times--imagine how annoying that is--and when I try to reconnect it would say "Could not scan for wireless networks." Rebooted my iPhone several times to no avail so I had to "Reset Network Settings" to make it work again. I don't want to do that and I know you understand why. 

The phone has been working just fine then this update came and mess it up. What am I going to do to fix this problem? By the way, I called Apple support but they all wanted me to restore my phone. If there's something I can do to fix the problem without losing everything I've setup, that would be great. Please help me. Regards, Sylvester.

As I said earlier, Apple didn't acknowledge the problem but many encountered it. The good thing if the problem is common is that many will try to discover workarounds for it. That said, these are the procedures that reportedly worked for other users:

Update to latest available iOS version. I understand the reader just updated to iOS 8.3 but with iOS 8.4 launching next week, it might be practical to wait for it and see if it bring bug fixes. Or, you may try other procedures specified below.

Turn off Wi-Fi Networking. This service is responsible in handling data that relates to your location that is used for Wi-Fi networking. So, there will be no impact on your Wi-Fi usage if it's disabled. However, many users said this procedure fixed the problem for them. Just go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services, and toggle the switch off.

Reset Network Settings. This procedure is for other users who may have experienced this problem but don't know how to temporarily fix it. As our reader pointed out, he doesn't want to do this every time so it's not permanent. However, it can help if you badly need an internet connection and this problem happens to you. Just go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.

Change DNS servers on your phone. This procedure only applies if the problem is with your internet service provider. Google and OpenDNS provide free DNS services that are more reliable than others. Try changing the ones on your device and see if that helps. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi > tap on the i icon that can be found on the far right of your network > scroll down to the DNS section > tap on the numbers and enter any of the following:

  • Google DNS - 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4
  • OpenDNS - 208.67.222.222 or 208.67.222.220

Restore iPhone and set it up again. If all else fails, then restore your iPhone 6 and set it up as a new device. I understand it's a lot of work especially if you have a lot of data in your phone but if this is what it takes to make your phone work smoothly as before, then it's worth it. Or,  you can visit an Apple Store and have the tech check the iPhone for you. Your choice.

There you have it! If you have further questions or other concerns, feel free to email us at sebertech@gmail.com and we will do our best to help you.

السبت، 27 يونيو 2015

How to Make Money Using Affiliate Marketing on your Blog

 So can you really make money with affiliate programs using your blog or website? Well yes and no; There is money in affiliate marketing, but that YOU can make money or not depends on many other factors such as your commitment, your experience, your site traffic etc.


 Read also: http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2015/11/how-to-create-high-quality-blog-using.html" target="_blank">How to Create a High Quality Blog Using Blogger (FULL-COMPLETE TUTORIAL)

 Why become an Affiliate Marketer?

 - International Market
 - No fee
 - No Storage No Shipping
 - No Customer Support
 - Passive income
 - Allows you to work from home!

 How does affiliate marketing work?


 

 As a publisher, affiliate marketing depends on your relationship with users and advertisers. Once you are registered with an affiliate network and you have applied for programs, you have the opportunity to promote products and / or services of a commercial site (called seller) to your users.




1/ The user visits your website
 To make affiliation as a publisher, you need an online space on which to insert affiliate links for products and / or services you want to recommend to your users. This can be a website, a blog, a mobile application or a newsletter.

2/ The user clicks on the banner of the advertiser
 You can monetize traffic to your website by integrating offers on the site in adequacy with your audience. This increases the chances of your visitors to click on your visuals.

3/ The user buys from the advertiser's Website
 If the user you've referred to the advertiser website makes a purchase, you earn a commission. More you would redirect traffic to the advertiser website (clickthrough rate), more users will convert to customers (conversion rate) and more commission you will earn.

4/ You receive a commission for leads and sales you have generated
 Once an advertiser valid leads and / or sales you have generated your earnings are credited and visible in your account balance.

Note: You do not have to sell products all the time to earn a commission. Various affiliate programs can use different payment methods such as:

Pay per Sale: In this program a merchant pays you a percentage of the sale price when the purchase is made.

Pay to Click: In this program your payment is based on the number of visitors you redirect to Seller's website for your affiliate site, regardless of whether there have been sales or not.

Pay per Lead (prospect): You get paid once sent visitors to provide their contact details on the site by filling a simple form.

Pay per view (little known): ie that pays for display, it is a landing page display and no banners.


 Many websites live exclusively from advertising. http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /">pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com is one of them (well we try to live...).
 Note, however, that these partners expect that your earnings have reaches a certain amount (between 15 and 100 Dollars) before sending you a check / payment.

 Finally, if you want to earn money today, we recommend you to use shareASale.com, which is an Affiliate Marketing Network, in business for 15 years, free registration and over 3000 merchants! (minimum payout is $50)


 Please share your tips in the comment box below :)

Unlock Samsung S6 Edge to Enjoy a Bucket of Benefits

Unlock Samsung S6 Edge to Enjoy a Bucket of Benefits
The Samsung S6 Edge is one of the most popular gadgets available today. However, if you own the device and wish to use it to its fullest capacity, you must get it unlocked legally and securely. You will enjoy a number of benefits once you get your Samsung S6 Edge unlocked via a leading and genuine unlocking provider.
Change Your Carrier Provider
Unlocking brings along with a host of advantages and perhaps the biggest of them all is that you can change your carrier provider as and when you desire. Almost all the high-end phones are locked to one or another carrier and your Samsung S6 Edge is no different. Once you opt for the unlocking procedure, you will be free to insert a SIM card of your choice of network provider.
Avoid Roaming Fee
Unlocking Samsung S6 Edge will allow you to insert a local SIM card of the country you chose to travel to. This way you won’t have to pay the extremely high roaming charges that your original carrier provider may charge from you.
Unlocking Made Easier
There are many unlocking providers that offer phone unlocking services. However, it is important that you seek the services of professional and permanent unlocking companies. A professional unlocking provider will make unlocking procedure extremely easy by providing simple to follow instructions and steps. Reputed unlocking providers offer IMEI unlocking, which is legal, affordable, safe, and permanent. On top of all, there is a money refund guarantee, if the unlocking fails for any reason.
As per the IMEI phone unlocking method, a user needs to mail his/her device’s IMEI number to the unlocking service offering company and in return it will email you the unlock codes, which can easily be used for unlock Samsung S6 Edge. Thus, unlocking doesn’t really require you to have any technical expertise. As a user you simply need to log into the website of the unlocking provider and choose the model and brand of phone being used by them. Apart from this, you must also select the country from where the cell phone was purchased originally and send the IMEI code of your device. Within a couple of days you will receive an email containing unlocking code. Once the code has been entered into your device, you will receive a message from the unlocking provider indicating that your Samsung S6 Edge has been unlocked successfully.
How to pick an unlocking provider?

Unlocking your Samsung S6 Edge is a pretty convenient procedure. However, a lot depends on your unlocking provider too. Make sure you pick an unlocking provider that offers quick and efficient unlocking services. In addition to this, your unlocking provider should also offer customer support services as and when required.

الجمعة، 26 يونيو 2015

Wikileaks published some of the most secret NSA reports so far

(Updated: October 6, 2015)

Last Tuesday, June 23, the website Wikileaks (in cooperation with Libération and Mediapart) published a number of NSA-documents showing that between 2006 and 2012, NSA had been able to eavesdrop on the phone calls of three French presidents.

This is the first time we see actual finished intelligence reports that prove such eavesdropping, and being classified as TOP SECRET//COMINT-GAMMA they are much more sensitive than most of the documents from the Snowden-archive.

Also it seems that these new Wikileaks-documents are not from Snowden, but from another source, which could be the same as the one that leaked a database record about NSA's eavesdropping on German chancellor Merkel.

Update:
On Monday, June 29, Wikileaks published two Information Need (IN) requests and five additional intelligence reports, but the latter are not as highly classified as the ones revealed earlier.




NSA intelligence report about an intercepted conversation between French president
François Hollande and prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, May 22, 2012.
(Watermarked by Wikileaks - Click to enlarge)
 

Intelligence reports

The reports are from various editions of the "Global SIGINT Highlights - Executive Edition" briefings. Only one report is published in the original layout with header and a disclaimer, the other ones are just transcripts, probably because they are taken from pages that also contain reports about other countries. For Wikileaks it is very unusual to disclose documents in such a selective way.

The newsletter contains or is based upon so-called Serialized Reports, which are "the primary means by which NSA provides foreign intelligence information to intelligence users", most of whom are outside the SIGINT community. Such a report can be in electrical, hard-copy, video, or digital form.

The first five intelligence reports published by Wikileaks are:

2006:
Conversation between president Jacques Chirac and foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy.
- Method: Unconventional
- Serial number: G/OO/6411-06, 271650Z
- Classification: Top Secret/Comint-Gamma

2008:
Positions of president Nicolas Sarkozy.
- Method: Unidentified
- Serial number: G/OO/503290-08, 291640Z
- Classification: Top Secret/Comint-Gamma

2010, March 24:
Conversation between the French ambassador in Washington Pierre Vimont and Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor Jean-David Levitte.
- Method: Unconventional
- Serial number: Z-3/OO/507179-10, 231635Z
- Classification: Top Secret/Comint

2011, June 11:
Conversation between president Nicolas Sarkozy and foreign minister Alain Juppé.
- Method: Unconventional
- Serial number: Z-G/OO/513370-11, 091416Z
- Classification: Top Secret/Comint-Gamma

2012, May 22:
Conversation between president François Hollande and prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
- Method: Foreign satellite and Unconventional
- Serial numbers: Z-G/OO/503643-12, 211549Z and Z-G/OO/503541-12, 161711Z
- Classification: Top Secret/Comint-Gamma
 
Methods

For most of the five initial, and for all five additional reports, NSA's source of the intercepted communications is "Unconventional". It's not clear what that means, but phone calls between the president and his ministers will in most cases be handled by a local switch and therefore don't go through the intercontinental submarine fiber-optic cables, where they could pass NSA's conventional filter systems for telephone and internet traffic.

For intercepting this kind of foreign government phone calls, NSA would have to have access to the public telephone exchange(s) of Paris or the private branch exchanges (PBX) of the presidential palace and important government departments.

This would indeed require unconventional methods, like those conducted by the joint NSA-CIA units of the Special Collection Service (SCS) who operate from US embassies, or NSA's hacking division TAO.
Update:
According to a book by James Bamford, NSA had an Office of Unconventional Programs in the late 1990s, which in another book was presented as NSA's own equivalent of the SCS units. It is not known whether this office still exists or has evolved into another division.
A 2010 presentation (.pdf) says that http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2014/10/the-german-operation-eikonal-as-part-of.html#rampart-a">RAMPART-A is "NSA's unconventional special access program". This is about cable tapping in cooperation with Third Party partner agencies, but seems not the means to get access to local government phone calls.

In one case, the source is "Foreign Satellite" (or FORNSAT), which is the traditional interception of the downlinks of communication satellites. This method was probably used because president Hollande visited his American counterpart in Washington a few days earlier.

In yet one other case, the method is "Unidentified", and although Wikileaks says it's about an "intercepted communication", the actual report only reflects the positions of president Sarkozy, without mentioning a conversation counterpart.



Google Earth view of the US embassy in Paris, where a joint NSA-CIA unit
of the SCS is stationed. The building in the center has a rooftop
structure that is probably used for spying purposes.
(Click to enlarge)


Classification

Looking at the classification level of the reports shows that they are TOP SECRET//COMINT-GAMMA when the president is involved in the conversation. Intercepted communications between ministers and/or top level advisors, diplomats and government officials are "only" classified as TOP SECRET//COMINT.

Three of the reports have the dissemination marking NOFORN, meaning they may not be released to foreigners. The other two may be released to officials with a need-to-know from agencies of the Five Eyes community.

Four of the reports also have the marking ORCON, meaning the originator controls dissemination of a document, for example by imposing that it has to be viewed in a secured area, or by not allowing copies to be made.


The GAMMA compartment

Probably most remarkable about these reports is that they are from the GAMMA compartment, which protects highly sensitive communication intercepts. It was already used in the late 1960s for intercepted phone calls from Soviet leaders.

The overwhelming majority of the Snowden-documents is classified TOP SECRET//COMINT, with COMINT being the control system for signals intelligence which covers almost anything the NSA does. All those powerpoint presentations, wiki pages and daily business reports are therefore not the agency's biggest secrets.

It is not clear whether Snowden had access to the GAMMA compartment. So far, no such documents have been published, except for five internal NSA Wiki pages, for which the highest possible classification was TOP SECRET//SI-GAMMA/TALENT KEYHOLE/etc., but without GAMMA information being seen in them.

Only a few of the Snowden documents that have been published have a more special classification: we have seen a document from the STELLARWIND and the http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2014/07/nsa-still-uses-umbra-compartment-for.html">UMBRA control system, as well as from the ECI RAGTIME, but it is possible that Snowden found these as part of his task to move documents that were not in the right place, given their classification level.


Serial number & time stamp

Besides the source and the topic, there's also a serial number and a timestamp below each report. The time is presented according to the standard military notation. 161711Z for example stands for the 16th day, 17 hours and 11 minutes ZULU (= Greenwich Mean) Time, with the month and the year being that of the particular briefing.

The serial number is in the format for NSA's serialized reports, for example Z-G/OO/503643-12. According to the 2010 NSA SIGINT Reporter's Style and Usage Manual (.pdf), such a serial number consists of a code for the classification level, the Producer Designator Digraph (PDDG), a one-up annual number, and the last two digits of the year in which the report was issued. For the classification level, the following codes are known:

1 = Confidential(?)
2 = Secret
3 = Top Secret
 S = ?
E = ?
I = ?
 Z-G = Top Secret/Comint-Gamma
Z-3 = Top Secret/Comint


The Producer Designator Digraph (PDDG) consists of a combination of two letters and/or numbers and designates a particular "collector", but it's not clear what exactly that means. The serial numbers mentioned in the reports about France all have OO as PDDG. That one is not associated with a specific interception facility, and therefore it might be a dummy used to actually hide the source in reports for people outside the agency.

> See also: http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /p/sigint.html#pddg">List of Producer Designator Digraphs
Update:
Acoording to the 1996 book Secret Power by Nicky Hager, the five UKUSA partners have the following identification codes: GCHQ: AA, DSD: EE, GCSB: II, NSA: OO, CSE: UU, which indicates that OO in the serialized report numbers means they were produced by NSA.
 

Tasking database records

Besides the NSA intelligence reports, Wikileaks also published an database extract which includes the (landline and/or mobile) phone numbers of significant French political and economic targets, including the office of the President.

Because this list is about phone numbers, it seems most likely from a database system codenamed OCTAVE, which kept the selectors used for instructing the various collection facilities. It was reportedly replaced by the Unified Targeting Tool (UTT) in 2011.



Entries from an NSA tasking database with French government targets
(Source: Wikileaks - Click to enlarge)


TOPI: Stands for Target Office of Primary Interest, which is the NSA unit in the Analysis & Production division where the interceptions are analysed and intelligence reports are produced. In the list we see the following TOPIs, all part of the so-called Product Line for International Security Issues (S2C):
S2C13: Europe, Strategic Partnerships & Energy SIGDEV *
S2C32: European States Branch
S2C51: (unknown)

Selector: Shows the particular identifier to select the communications that have to be collected, in this case a phone number. +33 is the country code for France, the third digit being a 1 means that it's a landline (Paris area code), being a 6 means it's a mobile phone.

Subscriber_ID: A description of the subscriber of the selector phone number:
- President of the Republic (cell phone)
- Presidential advisor for Africa (landline, date: 101215)
- Director for Global Public Property of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (cell phone)
- Government communications center at the Elysée palace (landline)
- Diplomatic advisor at the Elysée palace (cell phone)
- Secretary general at the Elysée palace (cell phone)
- Spokesman of the foreign minister (cell phone)
- Cabinet of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE, cell phone)
- Presidential advisor for Africa (landline, date: 101214)
- Secretary of State for European Affairs (cell phone)
- Secretary of State for Trade (cell phone)
- Ministry of Agriculture SWBD (landline)
- Ministry of Finance, Economy and Budget (landline, for S2C32)
- Ministry of Finance, Economy and Budget (landline, for S2C51)
- Government air transportation wing (landline)

Information_Need: The collection requirement derived from the National SIGINT Requirements List (NSRL), which is a daily updated compendium of the tasks given to the various Signals Intelligence collection units around the world. These needs have a code number, consisting of the year in which the need was established, followed by a number that refers to a specific topic:
165: France: Political Affairs
204: France: Economic Developments
388: Germany: Political Affairs (see Merkel-entry below)
1136: European Union: Political Affairs
2777: Multi-country: International Finance developments
From all its allies, the US was most interested in France - according to the 1985 version of the NSRL, which fell in the hands of East Germany and was eventually returned in 1992.

TOPI_Add_Date: According to Wikileaks this is the date of tagging of the entry with the responsible TOPI. These dates seem to be in the format yymmdd, which means they are either December 14 or December 15, 2010.

Priority: The priority of the particular Information Need, likely derived from the National Intelligence Priority Framework (NIPF, a reconstruction of which can be found here). This is a huge list containing all countries and topics the US government wants to be informed about, and which prioritizes these topics with a number from 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest). As we can see in the Wikileaks-list, for France, only the president and the director for global public property of the ministry of foreign affairs have priority 2, the rest is medium level 3.

IN_Explainer: Description of the Information_Need

 

A second source

The database entries published by Wikileaks are very similar to the database record that revealed NSA's intention of eavesdropping on German chancellor Merkel back in October 2013. This record contains the number of Merkel's non-secure cell phone and several other entries just like we saw in the Wikileaks list, but it also has some additional information:



Printed version of a transcription of an NSA database
record about German chancellor Merkel


Because for Merkel only this record was available, and no finished intelligence reports like those about the French presidents, there is no hard proof that NSA succesfully intercepted her communications.

> See also: http://pinkberrylicious.blogspot.com /2013/10/how-nsa-targeted-chancellor-merkels.html">How NSA targeted chancellor Merkel's mobile phone

What many people don't realize, is that this database record about Merkel wasn't from the Snowden-documents. Der Spiegel received it from another source that was never identified, which was confirmed by Glenn Greenwald and Bruce Schneier (this seems to exclude the option that someone with access to the Snowden-documents leaked this on his own).

Because the tasking records about France are very similar, and most likely from the same database as the one about chancellor Merkel, it's very well possible that they are from the same source. Because keeping an eye on foreign governments is a legitimate task, this source is not a whistleblower. He or she could be a cryptoanarchist, or maybe even an agent of a foreign intelligence agency.

Perhaps Wikileaks itself also doesn't know who the source is, because last May, it relaunched its secure TOR-based drop box that allows anonymous submissions of sensitive materials.

During his work for the NSA, Edward Snowden was not involved with European targets. He was based in Japan, and later in Hawaii, where they are responsible for the Pacific region. His last job was supporting the regional NSA/CSS Threat Operation Center (NTOC), which counters cyber threats.

This is reflected by the intercepted content that Snowden apparently did had (legal) access to, according to a report by The Washington Post from July 5, 2014. These intercepts came "from a repository hosted at the NSA’s Kunia regional facility in Hawaii, which was shared by a group of analysts who specialize in Southeast Asian threats and targets".

 

Some perspective

French prime minister Manuel Valls strongly condemned these spying activities, but that was of course just for show. France's own foreign intelligence service DGSE is well-known for its aggressive industrial espionage against American and German companies, and for example also targeted former US president George W. Bush and foreign secretary Madeleine Albright.

On the other hand, the French government was well aware of the security risks, as in 2010 it ordered over 14.000 secure mobile phones, to be used by the president, ministers and high officials of the armed forces and the various ministries that deal with classified defence information.

This highly secure TEOREM cell phone is manufactured by the French multinational defence company Thales, and the price of a single device is said to be around 1.500,- euros. Because the TEOREM has a rather old-fashioned design and the security features don't improve usability, it was apparently not used as often as it should be...



The TEOREM secure mobile phone made by Thales
(Source: Thales leaflet - Click to enlarge)


White House response

A spokesman of the US National Security Council (NSC) told the website Ars Technica that "we do not conduct any foreign intelligence surveillance activities unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose. This applies to ordinary citizens and world leaders alike". Later he added: "We are not targeting and will not target the communications of President Hollande."

Just as in the case of German chancellor Merkel, the past tense misses, which means the US government doesn't deny that the French president had been eavesdropped on in the past. But it seems that at least for the near future, both leaders will not be targeted by NSA anymore.



Links and sources
- Reuters.com: NSA wiretapped two French finance ministers: Wikileaks
- ArsTechnica.com: WikiLeaks publishes top secret NSA briefs showing US spied on France
- Wired.com: With its French NSA Leak, Wikileaks is Back
- Zeit.de: Was die Frankreich-Dokumente preisgeben
- LeMonde.fr: Trois présidents français espionnés par les Etats-Unis
- Tagesschau.de: NSA spähte Frankreichs Staatsspitze aus

- See also the thread on Hacker News