Chinese court finds Gionee guilty of planting malware on more than 20 million units

05 December 2020
Other brands seem to have been found guilty of the same.

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Anonymous, 08 Dec 2020That's hilarious given Motorola is also Lenovo, a chin... moreIs that Gionee phones went off world wide?and are you going to compensate us?

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    Anonymous, 08 Dec 2020im starting to believe it cheap things are expensiveAnd do you think that Samsung and Apple are not doing that? it is only that they do not get caught and have too much money to always cover up things. Any day I would prefer to buy a Good Quality Chinese Phone which has 3.5mm Jack and weight is 160 gram or less with good other specs and not too big size than spending $1500 on piece of Samsung, Oppo, OnePlus and Vivo junk without basic 3.5mm feature.

      China does more than that with their censorship of opera content creators

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        • 08 Dec 2020

        Anonymous, 07 Dec 2020Motorola is best american phone. I will buy Razr That's hilarious given Motorola is also Lenovo, a chinese company....

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          • 08 Dec 2020

          im starting to believe it cheap things are expensive

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            • 08 Dec 2020

            [deleted post]Which Indian phone do you have? They're all dead. Micromax just came back.

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              • 07 Dec 2020

              Benny, 07 Dec 2020My S 11 lite just downloads app on its own, Indian apps and... moreThat’s fraudulent

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                • 07 Dec 2020

                ManDeepest, 06 Dec 2020Yet another solid reason for me not to buy/trust Chinese br... moreMotorola is best american phone. I will buy Razr

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                  • 07 Dec 2020

                  My S 11 lite just downloads app on its own, Indian apps and stuff,I am scared to buy airtime on my phone cause it uses my data for stupid weird stuff like... It's frustrating using my phone and it updates,sends me ads I don't even want to see

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                    • 07 Dec 2020

                    Vash, 07 Dec 2020I am so happy that justice still prevail. I ordered for a ... moreMe too am experiencing the same

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                      • 07 Dec 2020

                      I guess they convicted them so as to make it seem like trojans are not tolerated by the PRC, while in reality they probably mandate stealthier ones

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                        • 07 Dec 2020

                        I am so happy that justice still prevail.
                        I ordered for a Gionee S10 in 2019 till today they are deducing my airtime. I can't even load an airtime using the phone cos it will send a message to an unknown number without my permission in so doing stealing a bulk of my data.
                        I have complain to my SIM card providers but they confirmed that it's not them but the phone manufacturer.
                        This is unfortunate seriously.

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                          • 07 Dec 2020

                          Anonymous, 07 Dec 2020Motorola is best american phone. I will buy RazrIt's owned by the Chinese.

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                            ISpeakFacts, 06 Dec 2020Well, I use Gionee q20. Not a single ad there!I don't think you're paying attention to the article. You won't see any ads because that is exactly what they are doing: hiding the ads yet they still exist in your phone, stealing data. Don't believe me? then the Chinese court that ruled them guilty is a fool for doing so, right?

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                              • 07 Dec 2020

                              There was only one Tecno model with preinstalled malware, and there is not any proof of manufacturer malice. Also manufacturer issued patch ASAP, but no one cares

                                Robert, 06 Dec 2020Say no to Motorola, Huawei, Oppo, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Realme, ... moreBLU is an American brand tho isn't it

                                  AnonD-967176, 06 Dec 2020How about Asus?Asus is a Taiwanese brand ya know 🇹🇼

                                    Typical. It's so Chinese. Ugh SMH

                                      Almand, 07 Dec 2020These things are so easy to do on any android phone even by... moreThe trojans are baked in the ROM for most of these phones.
                                      I think there was a scandal some years ago where a dialer (trojan which sends SMSs to expensive numbers) was integrated. I had a friend who was affected by this, forgot which phone it was.

                                      Unless you have deep Android knowledge AND have full root access, you cannot get rid of the malware. They can be hidden as system services, undetectable and will survive a factory reset.

                                        These things are so easy to do on any android phone even by a third party app that people so ignorantly install by downloading APKs off of the internet. Stick to the official store. At least that would reduce the number of malware you install on your Phone.

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