[ROM] WINDOWS 8 For CM Flare S3 Power

[ROM] WINDOWS 8 For CM Flare S3 Power

***FLASH AT UR OWN RISK***

I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this Patch before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you. ALWAYS DO A BACKUP, BACKUP and LASTLY BACKUPS!

Disclaimer: Im not held responsible if you brick your phone, Read doc, Follow simple instructions

Features:

• Android 4.4.4
• Windows 8.1 UI
• App Traffic Control
• SafeBox (vault for hiding confidential files)
• Pre-rooted (Kinguser)
• ClearMotion ™ Video Enhancer
• Built-in Power Saver
• Motion Gestures
• Xperia Keyboard
• InFocus Support
• Builtin apps like Lucky Patcher, Root Explorer

How to Flash ROM:

• Place zip file of Windows 8.1 ROM in SD Card.
• Reboot into recovery 
• Select Wipe on Main Menu, then Swipe to Wipe User Data/Cache/Dalvik Cache
• Wipe /System
• Go back to Menu, then select Install
• Locate the ROM file (zip), then Swipe to Install. Wait for a few minutes as the ROM is being flashed.
• Once the flashing is done, reboot the phone. Initial startup of the phone will take about 5-8 minutes as the ROM is being initialized for first use.

NOTE : WALANG PILITAN SA MAY GUSTO LNG HA KUNG AYAW MO NETO MAG COC K NA LNG

***X P L O R E   T H E   R O M***

HOW TO GET STATUBAR:

1. Download and Install Xposed Installer 

2. Open Xposed Installer

3. Click Module

4. Check the box of Lucky Patcher and click back

5. Click Framework

6. Click Install Update and Click OK

7. Mag Reboot yan

8. DONE 

REMINDER! Please make sure to back your NVRAM folder or IMEI before Flashing this one!

How to backup your imei [CLICK HERE]

Flash it with your own RISK!!!

I am not responsible for any damage or soft/hard brick will happened to your device!

ROM LINK:

Click Here

XPOSED INSTALLER LINK:

Click Here

SPECIAL THANKS:

ALLEN ALFONSO

CREDITS:

GLENN CANETE SANDIG 

McAfee Security Center Won't Stay the **** Out of My Computer

McAfee's suite of antivirus services have come pre-installed on Windows computers for a long time. I can't speak to how efficient or not efficient their antivirus is, because I have not used it in any real capacity for any length of time. What I have done is struggle to completely remove all of the components of their software package when I want to keep the version of Windows that came with the computers I purchased.

I recently picked up a new laptop with Windows 8.1 - my first time using this version of Windows for a laptop. I was dismayed to find McAffee pre-installed, as I knew it meant having to waste time getting rid of it.

I will say this for them - they have gotten better since the last time I went through this many years ago. Better, as in uninstalling using the utility provided by McAfee did not break vital parts of the Windows operating system. Great would be if the uninstaller actually removed all of McAffee's software from the computer. Good would be if the software that was left didn't connect to the internet.

Specifically, what gets left behind is the McAfee Update Manager; a utility designed to download applications from the McAfee corporate servers and install those applications on your computer with minimal human intervention.

Registry key & path of the remaining McAfee executables

Notice the registry keys that are created:

[AddRegEntry]

HKLM,Software\McAfee\UPDMGR\InstallSettings,"Install Dir",,"%45001%"
HKLM,Software\McAfee\UPDMGR\InstallSettings,"Install Dir",0x00001000,"%45001%"
HKLM,Software\McAfee\UPDMGR\InstallSettings,"Version",,"3.0.225.1"
HKLM,Software\McAfee\UPDMGR\InstallSettings,"Version",0x00001000,"3.0.225.1"

[ObfuscatedRegEntry]

HKLM,Software\McAfee\UPDMGR,"DownloadDomain",,"download.mcafee.com"
HKLM,Software\McAfee\UPDMGR,"DownloadDomain",0x00001000,"download.mcafee.com",0x00001000
HKLM,Software\McAfee\UPDMGR,"InitialPingUrl",,"https://consumerapps.mcafee.com/mantle/1.0.0.0/"
HKLM,Software\McAfee\UPDMGR,"InitialPingUrl",0x00001000,"https://consumerapps.mcafee.com/mantle/1.0.0.0/",

I haven't had time to look into how the application is obfuscating its registry entries, but they are in fact obfuscated:

Note the gobble-dee-gook

https://consumerapps.mcafee.com/mantle/1.0.0.0/ appears to provide a RESTful interface for application requests.

I decompiled a few of the DLLs in the directory; nothing stood out. Unfortunately, the EXEs crashed the one 64 bit decompiler I currently have for Intel instructionsets (C4Decompiler). As a result I cannot guarantee exactly what these programs are up to. That said, given what we have seen, there is a fairly strong case that this set of programs can do the following to sum up our findings:

    - Download other applications from remote servers hosting download.mcafee.com and consumerapps.mcafee.com
    - It is likely these applications can install software it downloads without user approval, at least in some circumstances
    - The Update Manager leaves a substantial amount of registry entries behind following a complete uninstallation and reboot of everything McAfee related.
    - Fortunately, following uninstallation there do not appear to be any services left behind.

The bottom line is that at this point in the game ditching the factory-installed Operating System is a requirement for those who want to actually know what is on their computer. This can be cost-prohibitive with some Windows licensing arrangements or those not as familiar with how to install an OS, especially since most manufacturers no longer include driver disks with their computers. Stop loading up computers with spy & adware OEMs!

Windows 8.1 Error 80200056 after installing update KB2267602

Recently I noticed some strange behavior while launching an update through Windows 8.1's 'metro' menu. I launched Computer Settings app to run the update, which was a definitions update for Windows Defender (KB2267602).

The Update settings were configured to prompt prior to download & installation. This was the first task launched after awaking the computer from a Sleep state. The computer is not a virtual machine.

With Windows 8 and 8.1 the first places to look for Update failures are in the files C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log and C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log - for those still unfamiliar with navigating the newer Windowses, you can reach a Run prompt to open these files using copy + paste by hitting the Window key and "R" key at the same time. 

The relevant entry of the ReportingEvents.log file shows me what Error 80200056 means in the most basic sense - the update failed to download; as opposed to failing to install.

{C7C93C12-61E3-4998-9EBD-B448C62540A4} 2015-03-23 19:39:34:484-0400 1 

161 [AGENT_DOWNLOAD_FAILED] 101 {FD8A47F9-2E75-4763-AE52-777D471C87C8} 201 

80200056 AutomaticUpdatesWuApp Failure Content Download 

Error: Download failed.

Right away my first instinct is a networking problem related to the sleep state. Going back to the Run prompt, I type `eventvwr` to bring up the Event Viewer log entries. I expand the Windows Log icon in the left navigation pane and select the System folder. A few seconds after the failed content download I see this: 

The browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D03DC1BF-134A-4B75-B8F2-CD9086B301E1} because a master browser was stopped.

This would seem to confirm that there was in fact a networking issue; one relating to the always-disruptive Computer Browser service. The computer this issue occurred on does in fact reside on a network with a number of other Windows computers. The computer was also part of a homegroup. It was unlikely that any of the Windows computers had modified default LMHOSTS / NetBIOS over TCP/IP settings beyond configuration of the Homegroup.

This is a very long-winded blog post for what ended up being a very brainless solution. I launched the update service through the Control Panel in the Desktop user interface as opposed to the Metro user interface and the update completed successfully. Because my logs show that the a Browser election was forced and successfully completed seconds after the download failure, it is likely a retry within Metro would have worked as well.

Still, there is a reason why I described the issue in this much detail, and that is because there seems to be a great deal of misunderstanding about error and what is needed to resolve it.

First and foremost, Error 80200056 only indicates a download failure for Windows updates - not permissions failure, and it is not what I would describe as a warning sign of malware infection. Its possible I suppose that a compromised host could display this error but it is highly unlikely to be the only problem with a host that has been compromised through the updates system - there are a number of other places, like BITS and certificate trust issues, that are likely to occur as well. Quite a few of the articles I have seen on this issue on the internet are hysterical in their screams of "Its a virus!" when this issue comes up - even in paid technical support pages.

I have also seen incorrect explanations of KB2267602, where "technicians" describe this update as a one-time package. In at least one webpage I saw, a technician told a user that since KB2267602 was a package that "should have" been installed 9 months ago, that likely the last 9 months of updates were corrupted, instead of a single Virus definition. This claim is outrageous. Systems using Windows Defender should see regular downloads of KB2267602 in their Update History. Individual definition files can be told apart by their definition signature. The distinction is obvious:

Windows Defender Definition Update Logs

If this issue is caught quickly, C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log should display a very detailed transaction history for Windows Update. If reviewing an older Update failure, older copies of this transaction log can be saved in subdirectories of C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\ - the exact subdirectory can be found by consulting Event Viewer. The relevant log will be reported as Event ID 1001 from source Windows Error Reporting and will look like this:

Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: WindowsUpdateFailure2
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: 7.9.9600.17489
P2: 80200056
P3: FD8A47F9-2E75-4763-AE52-777D471C87C8
P4: Download
P5: 101
P6: Unmanaged {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}
P7: 0
P8:
P9:
P10:

Attached files:
C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log

These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\NonCritical_7.9.9600.17489_60820ed604236fc9285c92356031cd8da6466_00000000_cab_164a6aea

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: deccbe22-d1b5-11e4-8269-c7e81028dc3b
Report Status: 4

The "These files may be available here:" directory will include a copy of the relevant WindowsUpdate.log. For this error, the transaction report should provide quite a bit of detail about what was going on with the Update Service through the time of the failure:

19:39:34:015  892 191c AU #############
2015-03-23 19:39:34:015  892 191c AU ## START ##  AU: Download updates
2015-03-23 19:39:34:015  892 191c AU #########
2015-03-23 19:39:34:015  892 191c AU   # Approved updates = 1
2015-03-23 19:39:34:015  892 191c AU WARNING: Failed to get Wu Exemption info from NLM, assuming not exempt, error = 0x80070490
2015-03-23 19:39:34:015  892 191c IdleTmr Incremented idle timer priority operation counter to 2
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 191c AU AU initiated download, updateId = {FD8A47F9-2E75-4763-AE52-777D471C87C8}.201, callId = {D9E27348-F835-47F4-8C48-7F6F84A58614}
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 DnldMgr ***********  DnldMgr: Begin Downloading Updates [CallerId = AutomaticUpdatesWuApp]  ***********
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 DnldMgr   * Call ID = {D9E27348-F835-47F4-8C48-7F6F84A58614}
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 DnldMgr   * Priority = 3, NetworkCostPolicy = 6, Interactive = 1, Owner is system = 1, Explicit proxy = 0, Proxy session id = 1, ServiceId = {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 DnldMgr   * Updates to download = 1
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 Agent   *   Title = Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB2267602 (Definition 1.193.3478.0)
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 Agent   *   UpdateId = {FD8A47F9-2E75-4763-AE52-777D471C87C8}.201
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 Agent   *     Bundles 3 updates:
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 Agent   *       {78E75BF6-5B6F-4FCB-AD33-9A5618E50403}.200
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 Agent   *       {768A90D1-09F4-475A-A4AF-6FCBB85222F1}.200
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 Agent   *       {9B5A0E5A-4ED6-47B6-B0B2-B45C537C02A1}.201
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 DnldMgr No locked revisions found for update FD8A47F9-2E75-4763-AE52-777D471C87C8; locking the user-specified revision.
2015-03-23 19:39:34:031  892 18b0 DnldMgr No locked revisions found for update 9B5A0E5A-4ED6-47B6-B0B2-B45C537C02A1; locking the user-specified revision.
2015-03-23 19:39:34:046  892 191c AU   # Pending download calls = 1
2015-03-23 19:39:34:046  892 191c AU <<## SUBMITTED ## AU: Download updates
2015-03-23 19:39:34:062  892 18b0 IdleTmr WU operation (DownloadManagerDownloadJob) started; operation # 760; does use network; is not at background priority; will NOT stop idle timer
2015-03-23 19:39:34:062  892 18b0 IdleTmr Incremented idle timer priority operation counter to 3
2015-03-23 19:39:34:093  892 18b0 DnldMgr ***********  DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {9B5A0E5A-4ED6-47B6-B0B2-B45C537C02A1}.201]  ***********
2015-03-23 19:39:34:109  892 18b0 DnldMgr   * BITS job initialized, JobId = {8F94CFCA-5055-4CD6-B71E-13F540B0BC5F}
2015-03-23 19:39:34:171  892 18b0 DnldMgr   * Downloading from http://fg.v4.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/defu/2015/03/am_delta_48e485cc83da49bce931292934e1d75788e0629a.exe to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\a72da7d4ae868d3ed29b457ac7415777\48e485cc83da49bce931292934e1d75788e0629a (full file).
2015-03-23 19:39:34:203  892 18b0 IdleTmr WU operation (DownloadManagerDownloadJob) started; operation # 762; does use network; is not at background priority; will NOT stop idle timer
2015-03-23 19:39:34:203  892 18b0 IdleTmr Incremented idle timer priority operation counter to 4
2015-03-23 19:39:34:234  892 18b0 DnldMgr *********
2015-03-23 19:39:34:234  892 18b0 DnldMgr **  END  **  DnldMgr: Begin Downloading Updates [CallerId = AutomaticUpdatesWuApp]
2015-03-23 19:39:34:234  892 18b0 DnldMgr *************
2015-03-23 19:39:34:312  892 db4 DnldMgr WARNING: BITS job {F79CE1D4-F6F3-4D14-A8AB-704A88E200AC} failed, updateId = {768A90D1-09F4-475A-A4AF-6FCBB85222F1}.200, hr = 0x80200056, BG_ERROR_CONTEXT = 2
2015-03-23 19:39:34:312  892 db4 DnldMgr   Progress failure bytes total = 295552, bytes transferred = 0
2015-03-23 19:39:34:312  892 db4 DnldMgr   Failed job file: URL = http://fg.v4.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/defu/2015/03/mpsigstub_5dfd7f28a79c6fac6a908b9e5c2cf4e56320f3ee.exe, local path = C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\f160e023de7cfeeda671dc169ba732fb\5dfd7f28a79c6fac6a908b9e5c2cf4e56320f3ee
2015-03-23 19:39:34:312  892 db4 DnldMgr CUpdateDownloadJob::GetNetworkCostSwitch() Neither unrestricted or restricted network cost used, so using current cost
2015-03-23 19:39:34:375  892 db4 IdleTmr WU operation (DownloadManagerDownloadJob, operation # 760) stopped; does use network; is not at background priority; will NOT start idle timer (task did not previously stop it
2015-03-23 19:39:34:375  892 db4 IdleTmr Decremented idle timer priority operation counter to 3
2015-03-23 19:39:34:375  892 db4 DnldMgr Error 0x80200056 occurred while downloading update; notifying dependent calls.
2015-03-23 19:39:34:375  892 12ec AU >>##  RESUMED  ## AU: Download update [UpdateId = {FD8A47F9-2E75-4763-AE52-777D471C87C8}]
2015-03-23 19:39:34:375  892 12ec AU   # WARNING: Download failed, error = 0x80200056
2015-03-23 19:39:34:437  892 18b0 DnldMgr *********
2015-03-23 19:39:34:437  892 18b0 DnldMgr **  END  **  DnldMgr: Download Call Complete [Call 5 for caller AutomaticUpdatesWuApp has completed; signaling completion.]
2015-03-23 19:39:34:437  892 18b0 DnldMgr *************
2015-03-23 19:39:34:468  892 18b0 IdleTmr WU operation (DownloadManagerDownloadJob, operation # 762) stopped; does use network; is not at background priority; will NOT start idle timer (task did not previously stop it
2015-03-23 19:39:34:468  892 18b0 IdleTmr Decremented idle timer priority operation counter to 2
2015-03-23 19:39:34:468  892 12ec AU Download call completed, hr = 0x80200056
2015-03-23 19:39:34:468  892 12ec AU #########
2015-03-23 19:39:34:468  892 12ec AU ##  END  ##  AU: Download updates
2015-03-23 19:39:34:468  892 12ec AU #############

That's pretty much it. Since this has brought the always-irritating Computer Browser service to my immediate attention, I think I will write a more detailed post about it as well as some common issues here soon - as online documentation is few and far between on it.

Windows 7 and Windows 8 Basics: Searching by File Size, Modification Date and Other File Properties

It was one of these days, not long ago, that I work up one day and realized that I had become an Old Man. Mine is the last generation that remembers a time prior to the internet. I remember using acoustic couplers. My first laptop, a Toshiba, had dual 5 1/2 inch floppy drives, but had no hard drive. I was so excited when I got my hands on that machine. It meant I could connect to networks using my acoustic coupler from a pay phone!

My ruminations on aging is at least somewhat related to the topic at hand. You see, among the memories rattling around my grey hair ensconced head are a few about searching Windows file systems for files of specific types. This sort of thing is very important, even just for every day normal computer usage.

When your computer starts running out of space, wouldn't it be nice to be able to find all of the really large files on that computer? Or perhaps you are looking for an important document you wrote - you can't remember the name of the file but you remember the week that you wrote it. Doing this in Windows XP is straight-forward, because the Windows XP search box (what Microsoft calls the "Search Companion") includes these more advanced functions, and accessing that search box is as simple as clicking the Start button and clicking Search from the resulting contextual menu. Such a search box typically looks similar to this:

Ruff!

As you can see selecting size and date modification are simple in this format. However, Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, decided to abandon this simple and straight forward menu, replacing it with a single magnifying glass icon without any options whatsoever:

Searching mad stupid.

Without the simple and easy to use Search Companion, how are we supposed to look for files based on their properties instead of their name?

The answer, unfortunately for users only accustomed to graphical interfaces, is a series of command line arguments.

Here is a list of such the available search commands for Windows 7 and Windows 8, taken from the relevant Microsoft KB article:

Example search term	Use this to find
System.FileName:~<"notes"	Files whose names begin with "notes." The ~< means "begins with."
System.FileName:="quarterly report"	Files named "quarterly report." The = means "matches exactly."
System.FileName:~="pro"	Files whose names contain the word "pro" or the characters pro as part of another word (such as "process" or "procedure"). The ~= means "contains."
System.Kind:<>picture	Files that aren't pictures. The <> means "is not."
System.DateModified:05/25/2010	Files that were modified on that date. You can also type "System.DateModified:2010" to find files changed at any time during that year.
System.Author:~!"herb"	Files whose authors don't have "herb" in their name. The ~! means "doesn't contain."
System.Keywords:"sunset"	Files that are tagged with the word sunset.
System.Size:<1mb	Files that are less than 1 MB in size.
System.Size:>1mb	Files that are more than 1 MB in size.

In addition to these commands, users can also use a series of Boolean command line operators to further refine searches:

Operator	Example	Use this to
AND	tropical AND island	Find files that contain both of the words "tropical" and "island" (even if those words are in different places in the file). In the case of a simple text search, this gives the same results as typing "tropical island."
NOT	tropical NOT island	Find files that contain the word "tropical," but not "island."
OR	tropical OR island	Find files that contain either of the words "tropical" or "island."

Although the commands themselves are non-intuitive, using them is straight-forward. Simply type the appropriate command into the Windows search box, either in the Start menu or in the top-right corner of a File Manager menu. Here is an example, where we have searched for all files larger than 100MB in size in the drive C:\

A search example in Windows 7

There are a variety of circumstances where Windows' search implementation will fail to meet a user's needs. First and foremost, the search function is resource intensive, inaccurate and slow. Compared to Linux's `grep`, `find` and `locate` commands, Windows Search is almost laughably bad, particularly when attempting to search for strings inside of files.

There are other tools available for Windows that vastly improve on the default Windows search function. My recommendation at this time is GrepWin built by Stefan Kiing, available for download at the Google Code site.

GrepWin allows users to search by simple strings, operators and terms like those we described above, providing faster more accurate responses than those available from Windows' default search. In addition to basic search functionality, GrepWin also accepts regular expressions as input. While cryptic, and with a steep initial learning curve, regular expressions are incredibly powerful and a fundamental part of modern computer programming. With regular expressions, you may find specific and complex patterns from large datasets efficiently and quickly. We will almost certainly explore regular expressions in depth with their own post (or perhaps series of posts).

Thats it for now on Windows-based searching. When we return to searching in the future, we will likely spend more time on searching databases, arrays and other data structures as well as providing more theoretical explanations for file system search.