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Didn't a number of texting apps, possibly including hangouts, update to fix it separate of this botched fix?

EDIT: I just checked and sure enough my texting app, QKSMS, updated to remove the Stagefright library

No, apps cannot remove system libraries responsible for processing video. What your MMS app did was disable the auto-retrieval of MMS messages.

It can't remove the system libraries, but it can decide not to use them. Yes, this means if you were to open it with any app that isn't protected then you will still be vulnerable, but within the app you're safe.

Source: I wrote QKSMS

Uh no, it disable the stagefright library... disabling MMS auto-retrial is something else that I also did, but QKSMS also removed the ability for the app to interface with the Stagefright Libraries

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