Check to See if Your Device is Running Carrier IQ with This New App: Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector

December 2, 2011

Check to See if Your Device is Running Carrier IQ with This New App: Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector 4

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This whole Carrier IQ thing just hit us like a storm, didn't it? All the sudden everyone is up in arms, worried weather or not their beloved Android device is reporting every little move they make. In case you missed this huge Carrier IQ fiasco, check out our previous report explaining the in's and out's of the whole ordeal and come back here to learn how to find out if your device is currently harboring the Carrier IQ tracking software.

Today, a new app was released into the Android Market solely designed to check your device to see if the CIQ software is present. For those of you who are Verizon customers, apparently your device is free and clear of the CIQ program (but who's to say they don't use something different?), so you need not worry about checking your device. In case you still want proof for yourself, and for all the other peep's out there, download the new Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector found through the Voodoo link below. Root status is not required and this app should work across all devices and manufacturers. Since this app is fresh off the press, the developer claims that “it's unfinished” and “results are not reliable yet,” so don't get all upset if you are not happy with the outcome, it may be reading a false positive or something similar. App updates will be issued in the near future, and hopefully soon it will be a reliable source, but for now it seems to be producing fairly accurate results (All of my Verizon devices have come up clean). Let us know the outcome in the comments below, I am curious to see which devices/carriers use the software.

Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector

[via Droid Life]

Stacy Bruce Author

Stacy Bruce was born and raised in Spokane Washington. He attended the University of Washington to study pre-med only to change his course study a year later to forensic science. Although currently not a doctor or a scientist, some believe he posseses the knowledge of both. He was a resident of San Diego California for ten years, lived beachside and sometimes wonders why the hell he moved back to Spokane. A multi-talented man, Stacy is a fabricator, an artist, a gear head, a tech junkie and at most, the disciple of Casanova. Growing up, he was always enthralled with electronics, gadgets and gizmos. Throughout his life he has had one, if not two, of every cool and new electronic device available. He began his smartphone experience with the original iPhone. After realizing it was more like theirPhone, he decided he wanted the ability to customize, so Stacy moved to the OG Droid and has been a loyal Android fanatic ever since. Moving through all of the top tier Verizon phones, he recently retired his Droid Charge in favor of the Galaxy Nexus, only to wonder what great device Samsung will come out with next. Stacy is a busy new homeowner in where he lives with his beautiful girlfriend and two dogs.

3 comments

Anonymous says:

December 7, 2011 at 7:13 PM

I have an Evo with Sprint and “Carrier IQ has been found and is active”.

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Curt says:

December 2, 2011 at 8:25 PM

Nothing found on my Droid X either…..

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Omar Feliciano says:

December 2, 2011 at 4:54 PM

Thank god it found nothing on my Samsung Galaxy S Showcase Generic CDMA 2.3.5 Gingerbread TouchWiz.

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