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[Q] Security: Why some Apps read SMS

I want to know why some Apps read my SMS...
Downloaded "Go Keyboard" from the market and I think it is a nice App. But when I read the (German) comments, some people complaint about that this App can read your SMS.
What do you think?
Sent from Nexus S Limited Edition

If the keyboard should be smart it needs to learn from your typing. One way is to read your SMS/texts or emails.

So you think this is important for the app to work properly and can be neglected?
Maybe sounds like a stupid question but I am still an Android beginner.
Anyway there is nothing important in my messages that I should worry about...
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Superskunk said:
So you think this is important for the app to work properly and can be neglected?
Maybe sounds like a stupid question but I am still an Android beginner.
Anyway there is nothing important in my messages that I should worry about...
Sent from Nexus S Limited Edition
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As nothing is save on the internet... it's up to you. The app isn't unknown and widely spread/used, I'd not worry about giving the requested permission.
Other apps however... different story. Rethink your decision everytime an app requests permissions.
If the app works w/o that specific permission is something I don't know. There's an app that can restrict specific permissions, requires root and I sadly don't remember the name right now.

Of course an app can work without certain permissions. But those permission make it more powerful and add functions. If you chopped off your arms, you couldn't entertain someone with juggling could you ?

madd0g said:
Of course an app can work without certain permissions. But those permission make it more powerful and add functions. If you chopped off your arms, you couldn't entertain someone with juggling could you ?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lleKvepxp5E
Just saying

I wondered the same thing! I recently switched to KelLMSKing MIUI Mod and now when I get an SMS, I get two notifications. One is Car Locator wants to read my SMS. It is a GPS App where I can save my car's position in a parking lot and find it easily again. I have no idea why it would want to intercept my SMS messages, so I Deny it.. I looked it up and apparently in some countries, you can pay for parking by text message, and receive reminders that time is running out. That's a feature I'll never use, so I'll just tell it to remember to always Deny that request. The other notification is from Touchdown, which gets my Exchange Server emails for work.. I'm not sure what SMS it would be looking for, so I'll deny them, too
As for the keyboard, I have no idea why it would want to read incoming messages or how that would help it to learn your style.

I think it's more of a perusal of the messages for commonly typed words so that it knows the best words to recommend and predict. Like a scan, to add your speech to the dictionary.
I don't believe any developer is sitting up at night reading my texts. If he is, he should hit me back and help me out with some of my problems. <_<

What is Facebook's excuse then?
edit SMS or MMS
Allows application to write to SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious applications may delete your messages.
receive SMS
Allows application to receive and process SMS messages. Malicious applications may monitor your messages or delete them without showing them to you.
read SMS or MMS
Allows application to read SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious applications may read your confidential messages.
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praveenmarkandu said:
What is Facebook's excuse then?
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Facebook just blatently wants info to target you for advertising... but because theyre so big most people don't care

Facebook needs that permission to verify your account. Afair there's an option to add your mobile# to your fb account.

An application in the market that has been around awhile should be fine. Google will remove malicious software as soon as they know about it. It is new apps asking these permissions that I would be weary of. I use the Go keyboard myself and love it with royal purple neon theme.
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Deleting multiple SMS not whole threads

Hello,
I searched a lot but couldnt find a option or app that can allow me to delete multiple SMS not whole threads, can anybody please please please help me with this?

Shishant said:
Hello,
I searched a lot but couldnt find a option or app that can allow me to delete multiple SMS not whole threads, can anybody please please please help me with this?
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There is no option like this.

That is lame that you can't. I've said it before and I'll say it again "I miss Windows Mobile". Sure it froze here and there and it wasn't as pretty as WP but if you needed it to do something, it did it.

no this option now, and microsoft did not provide the access to MMS yet..so no app for this either

I can use mms if i run htc connection setup and chose att.

There is no option to erase multiple SMS messages at once, but you can delete a single SMS at a time by simply tapping and holding on the specific SMS to bring up a menu of options (which includes Delete).

Thanks for your reply I am aware of deleting single sms, but I want a option of deleting multiple sms at once in a thread like in iphone. Deleting one by one is way too annoying

super sms quick delete seems to work really well
would link it but too new to post links. just search market.android.com

ethanova said:
super sms quick delete seems to work really well
would link it but too new to post links. just search market.android.com
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You seem to be lost. This is a WP7 forum.

Shishant said:
Thanks for your reply I am aware of deleting single sms, but I want a option of deleting multiple sms at once in a thread like in iphone. Deleting one by one is way too annoying
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Fingers crossed they implement something the same as with the emails (where you can just tap to the side and all the checkboxes appear). I love how quick that is to delete email messages.
There doesn't seem to be anything in the public Mango APIs to allow developers to write something that would help. Microsoft only seem to let developers compose and send messages in their apps, not list or delete existing sms's.

[Q] different ring tones for dirrerent events

Hey is there a way I can have a diferent ring tone for some event events but not others? Like when I get a text it is the same ring tone as when I set a reminder for something. I would like to have 1 ring tone for text and one for reminders, one for calendar events, one for gtask and so on . . .

Yes it is.
plz give more informations about your phone and rom

Ok within each app like gmail or messages u can pick which notification u wantfor that app, even for every contact, for conctacts i use Go Contacts, fortexts i use go SMS pro, just today i downloaded something that while the phone its ringing the soundu picked for a certain person, it also says the name of the person app its called speaking ring
so basicly what u need is
zedge - download ringtones and notifications, - FREE
Go SMS pro - set up customs SMS notifications to every single contact - FREE
Go contact - custom rintones - FREE
Speaking Ring - A ''computorized'' says the name of the person calling you - FREE
when setting notifications and ringtones, dont use system,use zedge instead
hope that was helpfull. if so thnaks are welcome. wanted to post some stuff on other threads but couldnt untill i have 10 post argggghhh

Arcanium said:
Ok within each app like gmail or messages u can pick which notification u wantfor that app, even for every contact, for conctacts i use Go Contacts, fortexts i use go SMS pro, just today i downloaded something that while the phone its ringing the soundu picked for a certain person, it also says the name of the person app its called speaking ring
so basicly what u need is
zedge - download ringtones and notifications, - FREE
Go SMS pro - set up customs SMS notifications to every single contact - FREE
Go contact - custom rintones - FREE
Speaking Ring - A ''computorized'' says the name of the person calling you - FREE
when setting notifications and ringtones, dont use system,use zedge instead
hope that was helpfull. if so thnaks are welcome. wanted to post some stuff on other threads but couldnt untill i have 10 post argggghhh
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free?

aaronisaacm said:
free?
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wow!!

85gallon said:
wow!!
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I mean all apps are free on market

Arcanium said:
I mean all apps are free on market
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You had the word "free" with a question mark behind it. Which means you were asking if they were free and the guy had FREE behind every app he suggested. That is why I said wow. Maybe it is a language barrier. Not sure where you are from.

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Viber call record & messages?

Is there any way to
1. Automatically record viber calls
2. Retrieve viber messages
When I do not have root on that phone?

Hi,
This is an official member of the Viber R&D Team.
At this stage there is no way to record Viber calls - at least not through the app itself. If you would like to see this feature in future versions, then we invite you to enter our Feature Request page and post your suggestion there, or join an existing similar suggestion. The more people join on a request, the faster it will become reality
You can find it here: http://helpme.viber.com/index.php/Knowledgebase/Article/View/43/9/have-an-idea-for-a-new-feature
2. If by "retrieve messages" you mean to retrieve deleted Viber messages, then unfortunately this isn't possible since we (Viber) don't keep our users' chat history in our servers, as we respect user privacy. In order to prevent this from happening, we now offer the "Export Message History" option in Viber's settings, so users can backup their message history in their emails.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me again
Regards,
the Viber Team.

third party apps ??
it is possible though third party apps ? if yes so which one ???

How to transfer viber messages to new phone (android)
I just migrated to a Samsung Notes 3 from Notes 2, is it possible to migrate the viber messages as well, as in Whatsapp the restore function was quite simple can the same be done on Viber.
Thanks.

@JSChong9 -
Hi,
At this point unfortunatel this option is not possible.
It is only possible to export Viber's messages via email, but not to import them back onto Viber.
We are considering to add this option in future versions, and we apologize for any inconvenience caused.

If you want to record Viber on android or IOS, you can use mspy or Flexispy. If you want to record Viber on PC, you can use Spy Voice Recorder. You can download it on http://www.mysuperspy.com/viber-call-recorder.htm

Viber Team said:
@JSChong9 -
Hi,
At this point unfortunatel this option is not possible.
It is only possible to export Viber's messages via email, but not to import them back onto Viber.
We are considering to add this option in future versions, and we apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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Well it seems that both video and photos are saved automatically but not voice massages!
Is that future coming soon?

We are looking into as a future feature, but we currently have no plans in place.
zizifiroozi said:
Well it seems that both video and photos are saved automatically but not voice massages!
Is that future coming soon?
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Take a look at
any-data-recovery.com/iphone-data/how-to-recover-viber-messages-photos-contacts-call-history-on-iphone.html
This guide will tell you:
how to get back lost Viber messages iPhone
how to backup Viber messages

Recently you can save the message to mail.

Rifesdi said:
Recently you can save the message to mail.
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is there any way i can get my deleted call logs on viber. if somebody knows how to do this please let me know,this is like hell important for me
thanks guys

Facebook chat on andriod app

Hi,
I am making an app and I want to use Facebook chat in it. Meaning I want to enable for people can log in using Facebook and select friends and message them. I tried looking in the developers section of Facebook and couldnt find anything related to chatting. Is this not possible? Anyone have any information on this? I think its possible since apps like Go!Chat does it.
Thanks!
Sorry if this is the wrong section I am new here.

It is possible, but considering that Facebook themselves already have an app dedicated for this, there isn't much interest in developing another chatting app, especially if it can only pull from a person's Facebook contacts.

syung said:
It is possible, but considering that Facebook themselves already have an app dedicated for this, there isn't much interest in developing another chatting app, especially if it can only pull from a person's Facebook contacts.
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Or probably you need to contact the fb business unit for a partnership agreement