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Power Management Apps and Gingerbread

Has anyone been able to get Tasker or Juice Defender or SuperPower or anything similar able to control mobile data and GPS on Gingerbread? Anyone have any insight as to why these apps don't work on 2.3? I'm assuming Gingerbread handles mobile data and GPS differently than Froyo?
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matt2053 said:
Has anyone been able to get Tasker or Juice Defender or SuperPower or anything similar able to control mobile data and GPS on Gingerbread? Anyone have any insight as to why these apps don't work on 2.3? I'm assuming Gingerbread handles mobile data and GPS differently than Froyo?
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Because the developers for those apps haven't optimized them for Gingerbread yet. Once they update them you will be able to use them.

...and it seem there's a bug in Gingerbread permission (or they enforce them ?).
Even you put "android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE" in your manifest for your app you won't be granted this permission, then you can't enable/disable directly mobile data .
It's really annoying ! If you look at the android docs there's no info about this modification in the permission management !
Hope this will be fixed soon (or a way to bypass that discovered).
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I figured something must be up! Perhaps someone with more knowledge than I can open up an issue with Google?

At least i saw one issue reported :
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars&start=100

ernest33 said:
At least i saw one issue reported :
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars&start=100
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Yikes that does not sound promising.
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Someone give a link to an email by the person who change this permission.
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=pl...it;h=f4ece2086f3b7060edc4b93a12f04c9af648867a
In his mail he talk about an eventuality of spliting this permission in small one...may be a solution...

ernest33 said:
Someone give a link to an email by the person who change this permission.
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=pl...it;h=f4ece2086f3b7060edc4b93a12f04c9af648867a
In his mail he talk about an eventuality of spliting this permission in small one...may be a solution...
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You'd think someone could at least come up with a rooted-ROM solution...

ernest33 said:
Someone give a link to an email by the person who change this permission.
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=pl...it;h=f4ece2086f3b7060edc4b93a12f04c9af648867a
In his mail he talk about an eventuality of spliting this permission in small one...may be a solution...
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he says there's no good reason for third party apps to declare it? Seriously?
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matt2053 said:
he says there's no good reason for third party apps to declare it? Seriously?
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Anyone who wants to see this resolved, click here and star the issue:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15031

Thanks for the link Matt!

If you want there is a private beta which work very well in Gingerbread
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I starred it, I also noticed a lot of pissed off devs in the comments. Some to the point where they quit and pulling their apps from the market, a lot of iOS comparisons too.

Battery update

Hi!
Does anybody know what this battery update is. I got it as an update and to unlock the full features, I had to pay 3€per month!
I immediately unistalled this.
Is it spam? Virus!
Best regards
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What are you referring to? No link.
It sounds suspicious though.

It came like a system update and then it installed a battery app that monitored my battery behavior and wanted me to pay 3€ per month ;-)
This is the first time I see something like this on my android phones!?
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I've never heard of anything like that. It does sound very suspicious.
As you say, probably scareware/malware.

Now I have to look for an app to remove what ever is doing this ;-)
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It is probably related to an app you have already installed. Go through any apps you aren't sure are from trusted sources/devs.

Thanks for the tip, I will check my apps. All my apps are from market place, its sad if we cannot trust the market?
Regards
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The sad thing is mate you can't trust the market. You have to be careful what your installing!

Always check what permissions needs the app you are downloading depends of the type you dl it should need the right permissions. So lets say you dl a game and it needs permission for your contacts and call services then it is up to you to dl it I would never. And as long the developers have no other way to get cash they implant ofc in their apps some advertises so be carefully all the time.
And market is like Facebook a no money platform that helps people to find things, but it moment check what it provides, it is on the user to report bad apps. So many people abuse that.
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Thanks a lot, I will try to be careful, and read before accepting anything this time.
Regards
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Are you serious?
Lol that's one of the scammiest things I've ever heard of.
If I were you I'd factory reset, and in future only install well reviewed and tested apps.
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As a rule of thumb, I don't click on any links from any app, except the browser

I use a program that lets you assign permissions to any app. Anything that I install that I don't think needs to access contacts, location etc, I just block.
It has a side benefit of blocking the stupid ads in the apps also.

Try to use "LBE privacy guard" from the market its free!
NEED ROOT!
With this app u can control every app u installed give and take permissions!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sYmUuc2VjdXJpdHkubGl0ZSJd

I had one of these updates in my notification menu. Never installed it though.
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I get this when I play certain games.
its just an in game advert made to look official which links to an app in the market.
It reads something like " You have two Battery updates available"

Download addon detektor then you can see whats causing the the push ad
And remove that battery thingy its probably the one that steals your contacts for spam

MikeFRG said:
Try to use "LBE privacy guard" from the market its free!
With this app u can control every app u installed give and take permissions!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sYmUuc2VjdXJpdHkubGl0ZSJd
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It requires root for full features.

equalness said:
Hi!
Does anybody know what this battery update is. I got it as an update and to unlock the full features, I had to pay 3€per month!
I immediately unistalled this.
Is it spam? Virus!
Best regards
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Unfortunately you have been hit by a 'Scareware' attack.
As Android is becoming more popular and unlike Apple which has tighter control the Android OS is much more open to attacks such as this.
You really have to be on your guard watching for these malicious attacks.
Read the comments from PCWorld and 2Viruses for a greater explanation.

keep personal information a little safer on nexus s

Hey guys,
I was wondering if there was a way of controlling what information, stored on the phone, is getting seen by wich app!
Or how would i stop an app from seeing my contacts (for example) but still having it installed?
I started this thread because i thought it would help ppl with an interest in keeping private data a little more private, like me.
If there's nothing nice to say dont say anything!
(My phone froze while writing this thread so this is a shortened version ;D)

There's an app called Pdroid, it might be what you're looking for.

Permissions is a good app.
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There's lbe security app which is somewhat questionable in itself. And pdroid which doesn't support ics yet.
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Thanks for your answers! Im trying permissions at the moment and its working...
does anybody know if theres a possibility that i get asked when an app wants to do sth and i can accept or deny without having to look through all the permissions?
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Just in case somebody is interested: i found an app called LBE Privacy Guard, with which one can allow and deny all the requests of apps that want to look at contacts, access internet etc.! You can download it from the market for free!
Im using it at the moment and im rly satisfied with it!
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I flash roms therefore i am!

Like I said, just be cautious with LBE . It's created by some relatively unknown devs in china. It might be safe but who knows. I don't believe they've released source and obviously the app has root so as always use caution.
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4I-I said:
Thanks for your answers! Im trying permissions at the moment and its working...
does anybody know if theres a possibility that i get asked when an app wants to do sth and i can accept or deny without having to look through all the permissions?
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https://market.android.com/details?...EsImNvbS5nb29nbGVjb2RlLmRyb2lkd2FsbC5mcmVlIl0.

I have been using LBE since the day I first rooted my Nexus S. Yes, the app's author is somewhat unknown, but it's the best alternative I can find. With Google Bouncer in place now on the Market, hopefully it would detect malwares, and LBE has not been flagged by the Bouncer.
In the past I had tried Permissions Denied but the apps I had permissions removed kept on FC because PD actually removed the declared permissions from the apps manifest.
PDroid seems promising but it doesn't support ICS and a lot of devices yet.

[email protected] said:
I have been using LBE since the day I first rooted my Nexus S. Yes, the app's author is somewhat unknown, but it's the best alternative I can find. With Google Bouncer in place now on the Market, hopefully it would detect malwares, and LBE has not been flagged by the Bouncer.
In the past I had tried Permissions Denied but the apps I had permissions removed kept on FC because PD actually removed the declared permissions from the apps manifest.
PDroid seems promising but it doesn't support ICS and a lot of devices yet.
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Yea I've been asking the dev about ics and a while ago he said it will come but after he does more testing with gingerbread. I just hope it's soon. I wish there were more alternatives.
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The joys of Lucky Patcher

No, this is not associated with piracy as are most cases with this app. After many weeks of extensive testing I've learned that Lucky Patcher can drastically increase the battery life of Android devices. There are a lot of apps out there that stop ads in applications but that doesn't stop the application from waking up your device and sending a request for the ad. I would barely make 8 hours of battery life with that happening and after using Lucky Patcher to remove Google ads from apps that had them my battery life has tripled. Test it for yourselves.
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Interesting, im going to try this.
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djluis48 said:
Interesting, im going to try this.
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Has it worked for you?
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8 hours of moderate use, texting, a few calls, web browsing and minor gaming, and I'm at 82%.
My longest was about 3 days with only texting and light browsing.
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Anyone have the apk? Can't seem to find it in play store.

cause you can't. This app is for cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication, adblocks and other illegal things

ovitz said:
cause you can't. This app is for cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication, adblocks and other illegal things
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So wouldn't that make things like Ad Free and ROM Toolbox illegal since they almost do the same thing when it comes to blocking ads? Those apps stop you from receiving ads while lucky patcher stops the apps from sending a request for them. Both stop the ads while lucky patcher stops the apps from sending a request for them which will increase your battery life. A while back I read something on MSN news about how these ads diminish battery life and this is just a way to stop that. Either way, lucky patcher AND apps like ROM Toolbox and Ad Free would technically be illegal because they both stop the ads. It all depends on how you use them. That's like saying apps like Root Explorer are illegal because you can copy data you've downloaded online for a paid app and use it for free when most of us use it in different ways.
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read carefuly, "cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication"... adblocking is one from those things. You can download app for free, but you have to accept adverts. Simply.

ovitz said:
read carefuly, "cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication"... adblocking is one from those things. You can download app for free, but you have to accept adverts. Simply.
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Not to be rude, but its MY phone. I can put on/take off, block whatever I want on it. I get all my ad blockers from the Play Store.
Sent my Atrix that is faster than most phones

I played around with permissions for fun. I changed some on words free and it resulted in a boot loop. Wipe cache wipe dalvik fix permissions and still a boot loop.. I had to do a full wipe.. be warned. Do a full backup if you plan to mess around with this thing
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andrew.cambridge said:
Not to be rude, but its MY phone. I can put on/take off, block whatever I want on it. I get all my ad blockers from the Play Store.
Sent my Atrix that is faster than most phones
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Yes, I know, but pre4speed ask "Anyone have the apk? Can't seem to find it in play store.", so I told him why

ovitz said:
read carefuly, "cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication"... adblocking is one from those things. You can download app for free, but you have to accept adverts. Simply.
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So you're saying Ad Free and ROM Toolbox are illegal? There's no difference between between not sending a request for an ad and not receiving an ad. Either way, the ad is not being shown and the people who made the apps are not getting paid. So just about every ROM out there is illegal because it contains ROM Toolbox?
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Neroga said:
So you're saying Ad Free and ROM Toolbox are illegal? There's no difference between between not sending a request for an ad and not receiving an ad. Either way, the ad is not being shown and the people who made the apps are not getting paid. So just about every ROM out there is illegal because it contains ROM Toolbox?
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I think the major issue is "cracking other apps". AdFree simply blocks ad urls (via HOSTS), it does not block the application from requesting the ad from the internet. The app in question modifies other program code to remove the ad functionality, etc - this is the licensing issue....
Edit: I don't use ROM Toolbox, but its description does say that it blocks ads by IP as well, same as AdFree. Blocking Internet traffic in/out is one thing, modifying other licensed code for this app's reason is quite another. While I understand the battery life issue and it does make sense, you agree to the ads when you install the (quite often Free) apps.....
Edit2: Don't get me wrong, if you use it and it works, use it - it is your phone. This is simply the reason you won't find it on the Play Store!

god damn it... read carefuly, it's just examples... using ROM Toolbox isn't illegal to use, but you have to get rooted phone. If you have rooted phon you have violated the guarantee

ovitz said:
god damn it... read carefuly, it's just examples... using ROM Toolbox isn't illegal to use, but you have to get rooted phone. If you have rooted phon you have violated the guarantee
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LOL and this too :good:

That's the problem in itself. Yes. Free apps. They get paid for the advertising. So modifying the app or just blocking it via host files does the same thing. Stops the ads. Meaning that both are technically illegal.
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ovitz said:
Yes, I know, but pre4speed ask "Anyone have the apk? Can't seem to find it in play store.", so I told him why
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Just a side note. He (meaning me) is a she. Lol. Thanx for the info

On the note of piracyy, has anyone heard that the protection of apps has increased in jelly bean and it is not possible to crack new apps that will include this feature?

pre4speed said:
Just a side note. He (meaning me) is a she. Lol. Thanx for the info
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Lol its a stereotype not many women users on xda.
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does lucky patcher work on Jelly Bean?

How to intercept text messages without being rooted?

Does anyone know of an app that can intercept text messages and place them in a private box or something like that?
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troybklyn said:
Does anyone know of an app that can intercept text messages and place them in a private box or something like that?
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KNOX?

Nope. No setting in KNOX for that.
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Depending on the ROM you're using, Shady SMS works very well. Be sure to turn notifications off if you have Handcent installed or even your private sms messages will show up temporarily.

troybklyn said:
Does anyone know of an app that can intercept text messages and place them in a private box or something like that?
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Do you mean if "Sally" texts you, you want it to go someplace else so "your wife" doesnt see the text?
If so, try GoSMS.
It has a Private InBox that you can tag people so their messages go in there. You prepare the InBox with a special pattern for access so if "your wife" get a hold of the phone, she would have to figure out the private inbox deal and also know your pattern

Exactly. But I don't like the UI that much on go sms. I was using Root Call Blocker on all of my previous phones and was kinda hoping to stumble across a similar app that doesn't require root access cause Root call blocker worked flawlessly for me, and the only access to the app and hidden messages was by using the dial pad to enter a code. Nice, right? ?
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Exactly. But I don't like the UI that much on go sms. I was using Root Call Blocker on all of my previous phones and was kinda hoping to stumble across a similar app that doesn't require root access cause Root call blocker worked flawlessly for me, and the only access to the app and hidden messages was by using the dial pad to enter a code. Nice, right? ...?
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Hide it pro always worked for me
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troybklyn said:
Exactly. But I don't like the UI that much on go sms. I was using Root Call Blocker on all of my previous phones and was kinda hoping to stumble across a similar app that doesn't require root access cause Root call blocker worked flawlessly for me, and the only access to the app and hidden messages was by using the dial pad to enter a code. Nice, right? ?
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Lets not assume a cheating husband. It could also be someone wants to keep txts from their dealer private.
But in all honesty, I would recommend Root Call Blocker. (I know your requirements are for a non-rooted phone, but wanted to give it a +1)

colbur87 said:
Lets not assume a cheating husband. It could also be someone wants to keep txts from their dealer private.
But in all honesty, I would recommend Root Call Blocker. (I know your requirements are for a non-rooted phone, but wanted to give it a +1)
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