I was busy theming my device to my own needs, and ended up decompiling and modifying an apk to make it meet my demands.
It was a live wallpaper. I saw it had full network access control so it can update itself I guess. How do remove that permission?
I used tools for compiling and decompiling on windows 32 bit.
shaggydiamond said:
I was busy theming my device to my own needs, and ended up decompiling and modifying an apk to make it meet my demands.
It was a live wallpaper. I saw it had full network access control so it can update itself I guess. How do remove that permission?
I used tools for compiling and decompiling on windows 32 bit.
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Use Lucky patcher
OR
There is a xposed module for this too out there... Just search it...
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Xposed module is : Xprivacy......
Just curious bout this as I just installed XPrivacy - if you have a firewall that cuts off internet access of the culprit app say live wallpaper will that be sufficient to make sure it doesn't access web & self-update, if that is all the control you ever exert on that app?
I my be wrong here but I have been using Xprivacy and a few other apps in tamtan and from what I am able to detect.. Xprivacy "fakes"data...feel me?
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I thought I would share my discovery on this forum although it has been described by others elsewhere.
There appear to be several methods for enabling any app to work with multiwindow mode if you have a rooted device but I did not want to root mine. I found an app called MW-Pen App Enabler Pro which does the job for non-rooted devices. It will let you choose your installed app, modify it on your phone, prompt you to uninstall and reinstall using the app itself and the end result will be a multiwindow compatible app. The process was pretty quick even for fairly large apps. There are manual methods described on the web that involve decompiling, editing and repacking an apk but this app will take that effort out and do the job smoothly.
The app is free to install on the Play store but in order to start modifying apps you need to purchase the Pro key which is a one off cost of £1.50. I modified TomTom and Audible which immediately appeared in the multiwindow drawer without even a reboot.
I have no stake in the app but it has made my life a lot easier and I congratulate the developer on his great work.:good:
Can this app run more than 2 apps at once?
Oneiros said:
I thought I would share my discovery on this forum although it has been described by others elsewhere.
There appear to be several methods for enabling any app to work with multiwindow mode if you have a rooted device but I did not want to root mine. I found an app called MW-Pen App Enabler Pro which does the job for non-rooted devices. It will let you choose your installed app, modify it on your phone, prompt you to uninstall and reinstall using the app itself and the end result will be a multiwindow compatible app. The process was pretty quick even for fairly large apps. There are manual methods described on the web that involve decompiling, editing and repacking an apk but this app will take that effort out and do the job smoothly.
The app is free to install on the Play store but in order to start modifying apps you need to purchase the Pro key which is a one off cost of £1.50. I modified TomTom and Audible which immediately appeared in the multiwindow drawer without even a reboot.
I have no stake in the app but it has made my life a lot easier and I congratulate the developer on his great work.:good:
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Hello,
I realize that this post is 3 years old but I recently started using this app but I can only get 2 apps to run at the same time. Is it possible to run more than 2 apps at the same time? If so, how do I do this?
Thanks
I thought about this one multiple times and finally decided to open this thread.
My idea is for those people that aren't able to root their devices. Apart from the warranty side there are various reasons not to do so:
KNOX
Company-owned devices?
Closed BL
Internal counters (e.g. Samsung devices)
...
So rooting won't be easy with one of the above situations.
The concept is to decompile the APK, build a modified one frome the "old" resources and include the xPrivacy APK Builder "Controll Service" and install this. Another Controll App is then able to give the Service in the modified App commands, what device-specific value it should spoof.
The concept mainly builds on the SRT App Guard that is used to take permissions from apps away. It does this e.g. by spoofing the mobile phone number to 123456 as well as the IMEI and IMSI (if READ_PHONE_STATE is in AndroidManifest and disabled by AppGuard).
It would be really nice if it were possible to manage which data should be spoofed from another App without root.
What do you think about this idea?
Greetz
Awesome idea. But who is able to make your idea real?
The feature I liked most about miui was that I could choose certain permissions and block them across all apps with one switch,then make a white list as necessary. For example an app going in to read my address book would get fed blank data until I whitelisted (so it wouldn't throw an error in the meantime).
How can I get this behavior from my z3? I looked at a lot of the permission managers and the only ones I found require me to painstakingly inspect and adjust the permissions on each app one by one.
Certainly miui is not the only flavor that got this privacy frame done right?
I haven't rooted but I would do so just for this.
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First of all, root your device, then install xposed framework and the module,Xprivacy...
Hi guys
Lot of people after rooting just want to get all root benifits.
And its not a wrong thing. We root our devices fot that. But as our topic says infound a lot of noobs searvhing about how to change the dpi of screen the correct way.
Just editing build.prop is good. Butbsome apps may not work properly.
As you call some ond a call the phone reboots.
The dialer is not shown properly.
Default internet brouser not working.
And mouc more.
To get rid of that use xposed framework.
Thanks from my heart for the app developers they are on top of world.
You can go to google play store to download xpoaed framework app. Amd from that app download its osoum module named apps setting.
Its another app for which i give all creditbto its real developer .
After installing both the apps.
Open xposed and goto mpdules. Tic the module. Goback and click framewprk and click install. After a reboot you have apps setting working. Go to the apps and change their dpi to normal which are not working properly. Save these aettings and give a reboot.
Boom yo have solved a great problem of android.
These apps are not developed bye and i pay a loots pf thanks yo their developers for their heard work.
If you have any problem
My gmail is [email protected]
Good day. PEACE
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This guide is intended for a common user and it is assumed that the person has no knowledge of code at all or even what Android is
Please keep this in mind while reading this thread
It is not in my nature to spoon-feed. Please understand that I can't answer the same question multiple times for you, use the search button and if you still can't find it then ask here
We're gonna need
Mod Edit - Removed
Thanks for understanding
They will probably update their app now to block the cloned app but when that happens I'll tell you another method
Why am I doing this? I believe the root app should just be an interface between the user and the root app should not act on its own. The user should have choice of what root app he wants and trusts
Kingroot is untrustworthy. It has network access permission, which can be used to download malware. It's fake cleaner slows down your phone. The app runs in the background and drains your battery. It spams your notifications. On top of that it doesn't allow you to get rid of it. It gives a false sense of security. Kingroot is nothing but malware
On top of that it installs purify, another fake app that claims to boost your phone
It doesn't work. Android creates cache because Android needs it. If you clean this cache Android will generate the same cache again. What purify cleans is essential os files that the system has to regenerate
In doing this you waste battery and CPU cycles
And the newly created "junk" as claimed by purify is actually system critical cache that the system will be forced to rebuild if it's deleted
Never use their code, they will harm your device and you won't even know
As a kernel developer, I know how security on android works. Kingroot cannot introduce extra security
Let me phrase this in a noob-friendly way
Android is a dalvik and java hybrid virtual machine running on top of a Linux kernel
Let's call Android the userspace
Stuff like selinux can only protect the userspace. Selinux isolates every app so no app can tell what the other app is doing. This is where anti-virus fails. Selinux isn't going to allow your antivirus to see what other apps are doing
Antivirus does not decompile apks, all release apps made by developers experienced in their field use something called proguard which makes decompiling very hard
Let's imagine an ideal case where the userspace is protected. Even then your kernel is technically "outside" the java VM (not exactly but I'm explaining to the average Joe). The antivirus doesn't even know what the kernel is doing. Even with root selinux won't allow you to read the whole kernel log
Oh, you want to hear more?
Kingroot is not selinux-aware
Many apps won't be able to work if selinux is in place. SuperSU, magisk and phh are fully selinux-aware and all apps work reliably on them
In short kingroot can't even root correctly
Closing for now.