Root Validator checks your root setup.
Permissions explained:
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - To store&export results
INTERNET & ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - For ads and crash reports
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v0.3 is on the market, fixed crash when taking screenshot.
Put v0.5 on the market which now includes checks for Chainfire's SuperSu app and improves detection for cases where root is available, but has been denied.
v0.7 is now available and allows you to upload results to dropbox or mail them and additionally display the su binary version.
v0.8 offers improved information incase of a busybox being available, but path can't be determined
tnx for the app
Oops. Wrong forum
Just uploaded v0.9.
Small improvements and added support for Koush's app.
I completely rewrote the app "Root Validator". It now comes in Material Design and has new tests that are better suited for the current "root situation".
Sadly there now also is an ad banner. The ads are from Google's AdMob. I really don't like adding ads, especially to apps that were previously without ads, but it was either that or unpublish the app.
Direct download:
http://darken.eu/stuff/
You can create the following file and the ads will be gone:
"/sdcard/Android/data/eu.thedarken.rootvalidator/files/no_ads"
I'm contemplating to upload the whole thing to github. There really are no secret here and it's a nice small project that shows both material design and root use.
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...especially to apps that were previously without ads, but it was either that or unpublish the app.
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Thanks for the update.
But of course I have issue with a 100k-ish app become megabytes monster because of ridiculous ads sdk inclusion. Particularly this one, which I don't actually use but recommended to hundreds of people because its just slightly larger than a simple shell script for the same task. I despise the other 99.9% similar apps, because of their size, or ads. So I hate to 'unpublish' this one from recommendations too.
Of course its your code and I respect your decision but you're welcome to reverse this (I call it ill-fated) decision. And sorry if this displeased you, I don't mean to hurt a good dev's feelings, but I need to say this so thats it.
I totally get that and expected feedback like this.
The apk size grew mostly because of Material Design (support down to GB), not only the Ads SDK.
RV needed an update to stay up to date with Android 5.0+ and without motiviation/fun, it was at that point just exhausting (complaints/mails). So either I make it somehow interesting for me or unpublish it. Money is always a motivating factor so ads provided that, additionally i got the chance to redesign an existing simple app in Material Design which was also fun.
I still intend to offer the most straight forward solution in contrast to other apps and add more checks in the future (next up: --context switching availability).
I will however not revert the design to save space. Possibly the ads at some point, depending on how much it actually brings in. Currently it's enough to buy a nice coffee every day, if it stays that way, I'm gonna enjoy my coffee .
What is more likely is that in a month or so i will publish the source code on github (i tend to enjoy that lately) and people can build their own minimalistic fork. If you raise the minimum API level to 21 (no need for support libs) you could probably keep the design and still have it below 300KB or less.
For older devices the previous RV version is probably fine. I have attached the previous to this post, feel free to share it.
The sourcecode is now available on GitHub: https://github.com/d4rken/rootvalidator
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Paul over at MoDaCo is starting to get some interest in a new application he's developing - basically it involves developers providing some XML with their installer that ties in with some similar XML on the applications' download page on their web server.
When a new version is released, the XML on the download page is updated, "AppToDate" will check the download server and you'll be able to see that a new version is available.......
AstraWare, Developer One and SK-Tools have already expressed an interest in making their software work with "AppToDate".......what are you waiting for!?!?!
I'll stop babbling, this is what Paul posted over at MoDaCo "AppToDate"
I have a dream! OK, so it's not quite as ground breaking as some other dreams of our time, but it's a dream none the less. It goes something like this...
I have a whole bunch of software on my device. Probably 15 apps at least. I also write software, which is downloaded by a fair few people, both commercial and free. I like to ensure that my software on my device is up to date with the latest versions, and it's a right pain in the ****. Not only that, I'd like my end users to have the latest versions installed to get the best possible experience... and to facilitate that I have to write a custom update checker into each of my applications. Fine for big apps, not great for quickly rustled up apps or tweaks.
But there could be another way.
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What if you could have an application that lived on the device, that wasn't tied to any one application or vendor, that could check for updates for everything installed on your device? IMHO, that would be awesome. A dream. For such an approach to work, you'd need a few things...
Someone to write the update application, and to develop it. A community project perhaps?
The update application MUST be FREE for end users and developers
The update application MUST be easy for developers to plug in to
The application needs to be used by end users!
Freeware developers need to use the application!
Commercial developers need to use the application!
Now here comes the audience participation part - if you are a user, would you like to see such an application? If you are a developer - either freeware or commercial - would you like - and would you use - such an application? Make your voice heard here, and if there's an appetite for this, let's make it happen! I'll be updating this topic to list developers who would like to be involved.
Oh, I forgot to mention... I've basically written the update application! It's simple, has plenty of scope for future development, can update itself (of course) and in order to be used by a 3rd party, just needs an XML file dropped into the updater directory from your install CAB, and a current version XML on your server!
Beautiful! The response to this topic will determine how much time I spend on getting it production ready
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Lend your support to this - with all the updates for various applications flying around, it's an almost impossible task to know if you're running the latest and greatest version - hopefully it will grow into a REALLY useful tool.
Thanks for listening
Mark.
Cheers for the post Mark!
I'd love to see support for all the great apps on XDA-Devs - who's interested?
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Hello
Mobile Money Manager is what its name suggest. I've created it because none of the existing ones was fit to me. They were either overloaded with functionalities or just poor-looking. In this app, I'm trying to find something between.
Mobile Money Manager is avalible in english and polish language version. Description avalible on Google Play
The beta version is free of charges and adds. It might however include some bugs. I'd appreciate any bug report.
Regards
Xylian said:
Hello
Mobile Money Manager is what its name suggest. I've created it because none of the existing ones was fit to me. They were either overloaded with functionalities or just poor-looking. In this app, I'm trying to find something between.
Mobile Money Manager is avalible in english and polish language version. Description avalible on Google Play
The beta version is free of charges and adds. It might however include some bugs. I'd appreciate any bug report.
Regards
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Why no holo theme?
It's classy and actually pretty easy to implement in an app.
Consider it
I'm considering it. The only thing that stops me is those cute icons (they are cute, you have to admit)
Great application! Works great on HTC Desire. Simple and nice, easy to use
Looks promising. Good work. Here's something I noticed : When you add income or expense and select the category and get the prompt "Insert Value", clicking on the text area opens the alphabet keyboard. Clearly a number is expected so the number keypad should open up.
ShahabJafri said:
Looks promising. Good work. Here's something I noticed : When you add income or expense and select the category and get the prompt "Insert Value", clicking on the text area opens the alphabet keyboard. Clearly a number is expected so the number keypad should open up.
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yeah it's a big pain int the... you know. It's a known issue. Such a simple thing is actually not easy to do. I'm trying to get some clues over the internet and fix it asap. For now I'll just make the keyboard pop-up without clicking on edit, so its at least what I can do to make user's life easier
I cant instal this app on my froyo, maybe you should make version for older phones too?
Garithos said:
I cant instal this app on my froyo, maybe you should make version for older phones too?
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About time you ask. Such version is on the way to Google Play. Should be avalible in couple of hours. Here is the changelog for the newest version. Plenty of changes in
*app is now avalible for devices with android 2.1 and newer
*changed the layout of statistics, added tabs with swipe functionality
*added new functionality - detailed stats
*corrected the automatic keyboard pop-up in expenses
*changed the widget layout to fully transparent
*removed the black frame, that was "eating" the precious screen space
*added the about site avalible on logo click
*changed the red color to less annoying
UI is cute~~
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The best minimalistic clock on the market is out for your home screens!
Very clean yet interesting design of your typical analog clock. Get it today and make your home screen even more beautiful with our widget! Four different skins, simple design, two sizes will make it the best analog clock widget you have ever had.
Minimlistic clock in Google Play
And our profile link.
Link to adblocker:
Airblocker (NO ads, for ROOT users)
For ppl who dosen't want ads and support us.
Thanks but no thanks:
This app pushes ads to the user's notification bar and collects all sorts of info.
I think Leadbolt is a quite legit service and nobody has ever accused our apps of malware.
If someone really has such a problem with push ads [damn, that one notification a day] there's an adblock available.
Quote from Leadbolt site:
Security & storage
We take reasonable steps to protect all information which we hold from misuse, loss, from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. All personal information is kept on a secure server and protected by firewall security systems to keep information secure and safe on our servers. Where we store information, we shall only store the information for as long as necessary in order to provide our services to you
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It doesn't matter your opinion of the ad company - but the opinion of those who might want your app does.
Why don't you try creating a settings menu for choosing the clock style/color and put an ad right there at the bottom? Most people can deal with ads like that.
They have the worst ratio :]
guess why
Seriously? Wants my location and pushes ads? Get out.
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Do us all a favour and stop posting your crapware on XDA. Every single app you make is riddled with push ads and data gathering permissions, not welcome here
Listy2021 said:
Do us all a favour and stop posting your crapware on XDA. Every single app you make is riddled with push ads and data gathering permissions, not welcome here
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After reading your post, I went on to read Werg's other threads because I wanted to be sure that he wasn't going to be under fire due to hasty generalization.
Turns out, you're right. Three apps, three apps with push.
Werg, you need to understand that "it's just one notification a day" is not a good defense. If everybody started doing what you're doing, then it would be dozens if not more notifications a day. Not to mention that these notifications seemingly coming out of nowhere really creep people out.
This being said, I apologize for hijacking your thread because your minimalistic clocks are nice.
Let me rephrase one thing:
Apps are free _because_ they have ads. Not the other way around. We could go with paid versions for those better widgets but I'm almost sure nobody would get it.
Or maybe I'm wrong, and you'd prove me wrong after we release paid non-ad versions of our apps?
Also, here's the link to adblocker:
Airblocker (NO ads, for ROOT users)
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We made this app to be THE Pocket Fan killer. Both of these apps are simple one-screeners with rotating propeller, but our is simply that much better.
Here's an extract from our app description:
This application creates a high-quality sound that operates on certain frequences providing you an effect of an actual chilly air coming from your speakers!
Two speeds: normal and fast
Also works great if you have troubles with sleeping! Let your screen go into sleep mode and have a comfortable noise coming out from the fan to make falling asleep process easier!
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Don't wait anymore. Grab your own cooling fan today!
Cooling fan in Google Play
And our profile link.
It looks kind of interesting I think I will review it on my blog in the category of funny android apps.
Just wrote a short review about it, you can find it right here.
Instant remove after your notification ads.
interesting idea...
Ads are ads and they are very important if you plan to release few apps in order to actually get some $ from it. It's simple as that and if there was a better solution, we'd take it. With that being said, I believe that free apps even with ads are better than pay-only apps that you rather see on iOS market.
Thanks guys!
@sharonlewis Cool. Appreciate it!
*snort* Right. So, push advertisements and probably even some nice malware, mh?
I think Leadbolt is a quite legit service and nobody has ever accused our apps of malware. Unless real proofs are there, no actions shall be taken except a smile when I read your message. If someone really has such a problem with push ads [damn, that one notification a day] there's an adblock available.
Ads are OK, but in the notification bar is not cool. That's involuntary, and that's a problem for the users.
I'm a dev myself, so not meaning to be rude .
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I think Leadbolt is a quite legit service and nobody has ever accused our apps of malware. Unless real proofs are there, no actions shall be taken except a smile when I read your message. If someone really has such a problem with push ads [damn, that one notification a day] there's an adblock available.
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So your telling me the app access my call log and GPS location for "harmless reasons"?
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Quote from Leadbolt site:
Security & storage
We take reasonable steps to protect all information which we hold from misuse, loss, from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. All personal information is kept on a secure server and protected by firewall security systems to keep information secure and safe on our servers. Where we store information, we shall only store the information for as long as necessary in order to provide our services to you
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sharonlewis said:
Just wrote a short review about it, you can find it right here.
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Might want to review a spell check app sometime soon.
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bassie1995 said:
Ads are OK, but in the notification bar is not cool. That's involuntary, and that's a problem for the users.
I'm a dev myself, so not meaning to be rude .
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But they provide the best income,
right?
Vigilante
An app that focuses on your privacy and alerts you when a third-party application uses your device camera or microphone, plus few other goodies.
Features
Notifications when microphone/camera is used
Screen dots when microphone/camera is used
Screen dots customizations when microphone/camera is useed (size, color, screen position)
History when apps requested permissions
History when you disconnected/connected your charger
History when you connected/disconnected your headphones
History of your notifications
Lock screen history
Security sensible device informations
No useless permissions
Does not connect to the Internet
All of your data is encrypted (database and preferences)
Dark mode/light mode
Built with many amazing open source libraries such as (Kotlin extensions and helpers, Crashy, SQL Cipher, Color picker)
and many more...
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Really nice app! I'm the one who contributed the spanish translations
This app takes the Android 10 privacy features and puts them to another level. I really love this app. Great job OP!
Looks amazing! How come you haven't released it on the Play Store?
razerphynx said:
Looks amazing! How come you haven't released it on the Play Store?
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The app bypasses Doze restrictions by asking the user to allow it to run in the background which fixes some issues on heavily restrictive manufacturers with background processes like Huawei, Xiaomi etc.. that have draconic measures just to save battery life.
Google doesn't allow that.
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The app bypasses Doze restrictions by asking the user to allow it to run in the background which fixes some issues on heavily restrictive manufacturers with background processes like Huawei, Xiaomi etc.. that have draconic measures just to save battery life.
Google doesn't allow that.
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Fair enough, thanks for the response
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Fair enough, thanks for the response
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No probs, 1.1.0 just dropped with few more improvements.
Be careful with this app! Once installed I was not able to remove it anymore. The devolper claims it is the fault of F-Droid but that is not true. All apps can be removed except this one. Even in the apps menu of the phone without F-Droid it denies being uninstalled. Even after the latest update. The devolper either seems not to care or is this on purpose? So better think twice before you install this app!
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Be careful with this app! Once installed I was not able to remove it anymore. The devolper claims it is the fault of F-Droid but that is not true. All apps can be removed except this one. Even in the apps menu of the phone without F-Droid it denies being uninstalled. Even after the latest update. The devolper either seems not to care or is this on purpose? So better think twice before you install this app!
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Before removal, turned off the application?
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yk_grom said:
Before removal, turned off the application?
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Yes the app is turned off. So why would I want to keep it on my phone, if I don't even use it. I get angry about it, every time I see the list of my apps and it is still there. But I am not skilled enough to connect my phone to a computer and do stuff like a developer, to remove it, as I am a normal phone user.