hi all
i searched a lot on the internet but could not find a solution for this (without root)
is there a way to give an app, in my case "your phone" from microsoft (i hope thats how its called in english), permission to stream the displaywithout asking for the permission every time i wantto use this feature?
cause if i need to pick up my phone to give the app permission to stream to my pc, i dont need this feature cause i already have myphone in my hand
im thankfull for any solution
(i dont think any automation will work cause of the android security. somewhere should be an entry for that)
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Hi,
I've a new HTC desire, and I LOVE it!
The problem is with the apps... some of them require you to give them access to your phone calls or location etc when they don't really need it...
What should I do? can I remove this access from the apps?
Thanks
Gil.
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That´s the Android/Google way of doing things...
I think what he is saying, and I would like to know this too, is can you block an apps access; on a per-application basis. Just because (insert app name) wants full internet and full call access doesn't mean I want to give it that.
IIRC, there is an app called Droidwall that can block use of the internet by other apps. I believe you need root access though.
isn't it possible?
I think that it's not much to ask... change the application access...
for example: I've installed a nice game, but it wanted access to my phone calls... dhaa.. why!?!?
Well, if the author made it 1.5 compatible then the OS grants it that permission even though the author didn't set it in the manifest file. I learned that when writing my app. The access to the phone call storage was restricted in 1.6, but anything compatible with 1.5 will have that permission, no matter what.
gilamran said:
I think that it's not much to ask... change the application access...
for example: I've installed a nice game, but it wanted access to my phone calls... dhaa.. why!?!?
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In this case, the game has access to your ohone calls so when a call comes in the game will pause so you can answer it. At least that's my theory.
im curious about opinions and ideas on something i thought of and dont know of its entierly possable.
would it be feasably possable and effective if android could be patched with a list of allowed applications, specificly applications allowed to start on specific triggers like phone state and recived messages or any trigger really. however if these apps were started by the home launcher, they wouldnt be stopped from starting.
i know cyanogen has permission restrictions, maybe something similar?
im seriously looking for some ideas on this. it would help save power in many cases.
an idea i had thinking on this is having a list of apps allowed to start others, applications that can share to another for example, or maybe in this case, a su like program that asks for permissions, remembers permissions and stuff
Hi amigos,
I do have HTC explorer, My office have a policy on employees to use only non-camera moblie phones. So I need a solution to this,is there any app available in market to disable the camera with out rooting. I browsed in play store,and I do got an app,but it works only on ICS platform. Pls suggest me any remedy pls..
Thanks,
Viki
Without rooting, I don't think so, sorry. You can block access to the app, requiring a passcode, but if you know the passcode, then it's not really much different to having the app there normally, plus it wastes battery.
Any app available?
Thanks for the reply SifJar. Is there any app which popups an error message kinda like that, if I tap to open camera. Since the one who gonna checking all this will be the security incharge in the gates, he lacks knowledge on android and stuffs.
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Without rooting, I don't think so, sorry. You can block access to the app, requiring a passcode, but if you know the passcode, then it's not really much different to having the app there normally, plus it wastes battery.
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SifJar said:
Without rooting, I don't think so, sorry. You can block access to the app, requiring a passcode, but if you know the passcode, then it's not really much different to having the app there normally, plus it wastes battery.
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hi
try this root ur phone and use root explorer and see if u can delete the camera .apk.But make sure to take a backup of the same so u can use the same if needed in the future and at bangalore i have seem that some companies allow u to put a sticker on the camera lens to close it and thus not use the same in the company premises chek with ur co if this is OK it would be a better solution if this is acceptable:laugh:
Any other remedy without rooting
I was using ma phone by sticking a sticker over the camera till now, but the admin security over ma office found many were using kinda like that.so now
haree said:
hi
try this root ur phone and use root explorer and see if u can delete the camera .apk.But make sure to take a backup of the same so u can use the same if needed in the future and at bangalore i have seem that some companies allow u to put a sticker on the camera lens to close it and thus not use the same in the company premises chek with ur co if this is OK it would be a better solution if this is acceptable:laugh:
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Thanks for the reply SifJar. Is there any app which popups an error message kinda like that, if I tap to open camera. Since the one who gonna checking all this will be the security incharge in the gates, he lacks knowledge on android and stuffs.
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Actually, now that I think about it, it should be possible, yes.
There is an app called "Tasker" which allows you to run certain actions whenever certain things happen. One of the "contexts" you can set is an app being launched (e.g. the camera app). This context will then trigger a set of actions, which can include a whole variety of things from returning to the home screen to displaying a custom made popup. You could combine these two, so that whenever the camera is launched, it will return to the home screen and then display a popup saying some error.
There is a free one week trial of Tasker available here: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/download.html (any tasks you create during that first week will continue to work after this time, you just won't be able to add any more without paying for the full version, which is available in the Play Store or via the same link as the trial)
Once you install the trial, download the attached file, remove the .txt extension (put it there as XDA doesn't allow upload of XML files) and put it on your SD card in the folder "profiles" inside "Tasker" on your SD card, then import it into Tasker by long pressing on the button "profiles" at the top and then selecting "import" and then choose "Camera Disable". It is a task I made which I think should do the trick for you. If you want to edit the error message, tap on "No Access" in Tasker (should have a green arrow at it), then tap on "2. Popup" and edit the text accordingly.
EDIT: Also note that disabling the task is as simple as tapping the green tick beside it's name in Tasker, which will turn it into a red circle with a line through it to represent the task is disabled and camera can now be accessed again.
The error will also appear when launching "Camcorder".
Couldnt you get away with just hiding the camera app, that way you can easily say that you deleted it.
Hello,
I once considered asking XDA for suggestions about this, and so I'm doing now, as maybe you can share a few ideas on how that can be acheivable, if possible at all;
This is a serious request, while I believe that I'm no addict or anything - I have self control, but emh, trying to quit;
Thing is I'm doing this for myself as a matter of self-control - First I would like to mention rooting my device was really useful (Rooted Android devices since 2011), as it allowed me to modify my hosts file and block a few common websites first, which did worked really well, especially the first few days/weeks. Once a site is blocked in the hosts file, there's no going back, I never removed any site from it. (If I was doing this, I'm not not helping myself anyway. So that's why I never change it back. I mean, everytime you'd want to fire up your browser, you would just remember, sorry man, that site is blocked now. That work.
But obviously, hosts file has it's flaws, since I couldn't filter https websites from it, and I even wonder if it's possible doing this. Also made me really wish it could support wildcards, or ANYTHING can be used to block sites using wildcards, to block as many as possible. like, blocking http:..*porn* , or anything else (I know what keyword to filter to make that work best).
Or alternatively, I would have attempted something else long ago (Did this on PC using Leachblock, but on a different purpose/topic, focussing to study stuff), blocking this URL with wildcard: google.ca/*porn*
By blocking the search engine using wildcards and a few common keywords I usually use, I would imagine that CAN be done. But just not sure how to do it, especially with wildcards, which is probably essential.
Alternatively: block the whole Opera browser from, 22PM to 8PM (Only browser I have installed)? How? (I've thought of Tasker, or planified Titanium Backup task... Freezing Opera?) Of course this wouldn't prevent me from installing a different browser, but like I've mentionned, by installing a different browser, you choose to give up on all this effort. I don't do that, like I don't modify my hosts file back. Of course it would be so easy using root to delete or JUST rename the hosts file to disable it for a while, but I don't think that really matter, it's effort related, like I've mentionned. I was thinking of setting a password asking for deletion or anything.. Only way I thought was to input a random PIN I did not know to SuperSU, but now that prevent me from allowing every root apps.
Even by installing APKs, they can be uninstalled... Even if they ask for admin rights, even if removing admin rights requires a password (Cerberus is the only one I know who does this).. The APK could just be removed from the partition heh;
Of course, flashing ROMs to bypass this is out of the question - I could do that, but as usual you're not helping yourself, and I'm not such a freak XD Waiting 10 minutes to restore a different ROM / Nandroid backup, I mean, usually the urge would fade anyway. Well.
Aware that there would be no bulletproof way to prevent accessing such sites for sure, but maybe you are open to share some ideas, Android related huh; I believe that the more stuff I put to prevent access, the more that help, and the less you are tempted of doing the effort to bypass. Still, modifying the hosts files was a HUGE first step (I don't think I could have started without doing this).
Thank you for maybe sharing your thoughts
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Even by installing APKs, they can be uninstalled... Even if they ask for admin rights, even if removing admin rights requires a password (Cerberus is the only one I know who does this).. The APK could just be removed from the partition heh;
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Qustodio and Netspark and netnanny and tones of other apps require a password when removing admin...
Netspark will also make sure that you won't be able to uncheck device admin in safe mode...
Have someone else setup password on your device on site blocking software.
I want to beef up my security on my tablet. I want a program that can lock and encrypt selected applications. But I don't just want a basic app locker. I don't want a program that just prevents apps from running unless I have a password. A lot of programs can do that. I want encryption. I want the app's data secure, so even if someone boots it into recovery and goes in with ADB or something, they can't get any data. I don't necessarily need to encrypt the apk or the odex or anything like that, but the data for sure.
Basically, I want something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Hackerso35-Crypto-App-Locker/dp/B074FJPFPN . That description really seems to be what I'm looking for. "Protects your apps data with SHA3 / AES 256-bit encryption." BUT that program was released back in 2017 with no apparent updates since, it only has one review, and searching for it on Google only gives two pages of results. So I don't know if I want to trust that particular program. I want something like it.
I want something that can do what that program purports to do, regarding encrypting app data. I want something with a strong reputation. I want something a lot of people use and trust. Any recommendations? Thanks.
Recommendation only. I will not be here to reply.
Smart AppLock: Privacy Protect - Apps on Google Play
Lock apps with password!
play.google.com
As for not having it unable to be uninstalled, do some research on how to set it as a device admin app.
Also, you mentioned"connecting through adb"
just disable USB debugging, etc
All the best.
ps, contact the developer of the app you mentioned ,and im sure he could point out why he hasnt updated, maybe "they" are already on other projects...
Not quite what I was asking for. The Crypto App Locker program above says that it "encrypts the app's data as well." The one you recommended doesn't say anything about that.
Like I say, I'm only hesitant about that particular app because it has so few reviews and hasn't been updated in so long. As for the developer, this very forum reports: "Last seen Nov 26, 2017"
Well that all depends(regarding your first post) Have you heard of Trust Wallet?
Also if you're rooted, you can compress the app..etc. With a vital key. Then, unfreeze it.
The reason I suggested contacting the Dev, was he/she could point you in the right direction.
But if its an app you open every day, that could be a pain. Perhaps telegram group could give you some insight. Maybe As the guys at airdrop...