hi every one;
I am new here. This forum is suggested me by a good friend. i hope i will enjoy being here. I need to develop an application which has to make schedualed calls. The problem is it must call without permisson from the user. Also, it must end the call after sometime. Therefore i cant use PhoneCallTask. i heard about Microsoft.Phone.Media.Extended.dll and Microsoft.Phone.InteropServices.dll to use more features of the phone. I downloaded them but i could not add them as referance to the project in visual studio. It says "A referance to a higher version or incompatible assembly cannot be added to the project."
My question is that is there any way to implement such a functionality ("call without permission and end call without any interaction with user." )?
Good news is i will not upload it to the store... Thanks...
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Well, I’m sure that it isn’t a secret for anyone, CM7 has been and still is my favorite rom for my Defy(s). I’ve been using it since the day Quarx’s brought IP Tables support to it – hence allowing me to use Droidwall as an Android firewall. I could then selectively allow/deny internet access to any installed app [having internet access permission that is…]. This is a first and important security step, but like anything, this has limitations; apps that do ‘really’ need internet access are then free to send (and receive) whatever their Android permissions allow them to get a hand on. For that, CM7 has a neet feature called ‘permissions management’ that allows you to control each app’s permissions individually. This option works fine BUT the problem is that the apps that you control that way often lose functionalities, stop working altogether or even throw you an error message telling you that the app’s permissions have been altered and that you will not be able to use it unless you reset them.
So how to solve this potentially very critical security flaw without losing apps functionality? ==> PDroid.
Thanks to xda user measel, I’ve just recently discovered this wonderful piece of software and I don’t think that my Defy will ever live without it from now on. The app itself is not really a new one and I’ve decided to create this thread to spread to word around and in the hope that it will be helpful to other Defy owners conscious about their data privacy.
WHAT IT DOES:
• More than just blocking apps Android permissions, it lets you control each individual app’s access to private information (user + system);
• It allows you to block and, in some cases, let you either use random or custom private data;
• It will also (if desired) warn you on any root or privacy info access, all that with an easy to figure out and use user interface [see pics];
• And best of all, applications will not crash when their access to private data is blocked unlike with Permission Denied (using LBE Privacy or alike or with CM7).
Disclaimer: I’m only the messenger and I take no credit or responsibility for anything that you’ll do with your phone from here on.
HOW TO:
Original thread by the dev [go have a read and give your thanks to svyat]
Pre-requisites:
- Make sure that you did not use Titanium Backup to integrate sys Dalvik into the rom [if you don’t know what that means, chances are that you didn’t; ignore it];
- a PC running Windows;
- a CM7-jordan/Jordan-plus build;
- PDroid patcher v1.31 (v1.27 also work but the latest version (v1.32) from the link above doesn’t work for the Defy. So I’m attaching v1.31 here which I’ve found with a little digging through that thread;
- the PDroid.apk itself [Market link] or [Dropbox link from the dev];
=> If you don’t have access to a PC running Windows or just don’t want to go through the trouble of patching process described below, you can head over to measel’s CM7 nightlys | info collection thread and locate the build you are using; he was kind enough to provide us with patches for most of recent Jordan builds. So go and grab your applicable patches and give thanks to him.
=> If you’re running CM9 or CM10, this patcher will not work for you, but there are alternatives - namely: the ‘auto-patcher’ or even the PDroid v2 [I’ll give links to those later]. Just go read the last few pages of the original thread, there are quite a few mentions/redirections to those over there. [please don’t ask me about questions about those as I did not try them just yet]
Note: PDroid is an ongoing but currently ‘on hold’ project [because, like someone said before: devs sometimes have a life outside Android...] which works perfectly fine as it is if you follow the next few steps below.
Zero off: Make a nandroid backup of your current phone setup.
First off: Create the patch for your rom:
To work, PDroid first needs you to mod 3 framework files and push them onto your phone. To do so, all you need to do is to execute the PDroidPatcher.exe. file [extract it from the zip attached] and point it to the CM7 build you are using. Let it do its thing and it will create a CWM recovery flashable zip and an undo (RESTORE) one.
Second: Flash the patch:
Just boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik and install the patch and boot up.
Third: Install the apk
That’s it!, you’re now ready to go your list of installed apps and start controlling your privacy accesses.
Warning: again, go read the original thread for a how to on how to backup your PDroid settings and/or use TB to do so.
HOW TO USE:
Well, it’s all pretty obvious and with a bit of common sense, you will easily figure out how and what to set up. By default, nothing is blocked and apps are free to access data. So you’ll have to go through your list of installed apps and set up each individual data access and then try them out. For example, logic would tell us not to block the ‘GPS/Network Location’ data to maps related apps nor block ‘Accounts credentials’ to apps dealing with user IDs and passwords like Email or social apps.
I can’t give you detailed instructions here (it’s not the point of this thread anyway), but if like me you already use Droidwall, you can first leave alone all the apps that you’ve black listed for internet access [pic 2] since they won’t do anything with your private data if they can’t send it back home… There is also an option within the app to ‘hide all the safe apps’ [which do not have an internet permission]; check it to reduce the size of your list of apps to configure.
From experience, I’d also suggest you to keep an eye on the apps requiring a password to run since blocking Device or Subscriber ID might mean that you’ll have to always enter passwords each time you run the app that would otherwise be remembered by those apps. As a rule of thumb, I pretty much choose the ‘use random’ option whenever it is available (just to minimize problems with the app on blocking completely – I’m not even sure this is a valid argument here…) or block everything else when it’s not and finally, I leave ‘Network Info’ allowed since it basically only lets apps know if you connected to internet or not [who cares if they get your wifi’s SSID or not…].
But again, you’ll have to fine tune the whole thing for each and every app and run them to check for full functionalities – but at least they won’t crash on you… Finally, you can pinpoint potential problems/solutions by turning off the general PDroid notifications option and by turning on a specific app’s ones [pic 3].
Happy privacy enhancement!
/AL
As usual!
Quality guides from lovely []AL[]
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nogoodusername said:
As usual!
Quality guides for lovely []AL[]
Why not move to Android Apps forums?
I don't want a tapatalk sig!
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"lovely AL" wow! you surely are the first person to tell me anything like this here on xda.
..not sure if I should be flattered or run away by homophobia - hehehe! :laugh:
Well, I didn't mean to make it a guide when I started writing it, but like always I had things
to say and the post got longer and longer.. so I guess that we can call it a sort of guide...
But I truly like the app and believe that along with Droidwall, that should be installed on every phone.
In fact, Google should look at this and incorporate something similar into Android.
OK, I'll go reply to your PM now... cheers!
Edit for your question: because like I wrote in the OP, I'm just the messenger and not the dev of the app.
The app also works mostly for on phones running CM7 and even not all the phones support it either.
So I wouldn't publish this widely without at least asking permission to the dev. But here for Defy owners fellows,
I know it works fine and again, I think that it is pretty much an essential app to have.
9 downloads/1 thank;
Leeches, I see leeches everywhere!
Shhhiiiiii- You got me excited! I thought I'd find a patch for the Quarx rom! So far auto-patcher can't patch Quarx's CM10 roms. Nor do I understand why that's so but that's why I'm not a dev.
Excellent app
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Shhhiiiiii- You got me excited! I thought I'd find a patch for the Quarx rom! So far auto-patcher can't patch Quarx's CM10 roms. Nor do I understand why that's so but that's why I'm not a dev.
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Well... sorry to hear that; I had no clue that it doesn't work with Quarx CM10. It seems to work for some other JB builds/phones... But like I wrote on the OP, I haven't tried any of this on CM9/JB yet. So again, too bad that this thing is a no go for now. I hear that Quarx is very busy outside Android's world as of lately so it might not be a good time to ask him about this - might also be low on his priority...but who knows, someone might read this and find an answer for you.
ps: quite an avatar you got there :silly:
an thanks for the link to the auto-patcher thread; it might be useful to others and it'll save me the search when I update the OP with it and your comment eventually...
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Excellent app
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Well thanks but again, just I'm just a messenger here and not the dev... :highfive:
Actually, I use DroidWall , so.. can uninstall this app? And right now, JUST USE pdroid! Right?
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juan296 said:
Actually, I use DroidWall , so.. can uninstall this app? And right now, JUST USE pdroid! Right?
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I still use both...they are quite different apps and don't do the same at all. Droidwall is a firewall that let you control if an app has access to internet or not; PDroid controls what private information each app can access.
Like I wrote on the OP, any app that is blocked by Droidwall doesn't need a PDroid setup, but apps that need internet connection could be free to get private information from your phone if you don't use PDroid...
Basically, PDroid has no way of blocking all internet access; it only blocks apps from reading private info (or scrambles it by returning info like random network location or sim ID#...)
Hi Guys,
I am planning to make an Android App which will act as a virtual Meditation hall, where many others would have connected to, and this App, should show me the count of the number of people that are currently logged in, it must also show me, the current Idea or Notion or say, a goal, for which the people are meditating, Now, just to clarify, in case you are wondering, In Yoga, there is a practice of Group meditation with a unified thought or unified mental state, so, I am planning to emulate this real life activity, for the Yogic practitioners, also.
Anyways, here is how i imagined it would be,
Module 1: Connect to the server
Module 2: log in
Module 3: Suspension, where the user simply keeps the app on and it will update the status of the hall, i.e. whether any new members have joined in or any has left.
Module 4: exit
Now, I must say, that the only background i have is of Flash, and I am not sure how this would help me out, but I just want to know
1) how to implement modules 1,2,3,4. i.e what is the programming elements i should use, no need for detailed explanation, just to point me out to what to study, because i am just about to start learning android programming and i need to have this app up and running ASAP.
If possible, i would also like to hear how you would segment this app idea into your own modules, if you have any advice on it.
P.S Please bear with me if i had commited any of the noobish mistakes of asking in a wrong category or asking something redundant as I am new to this and It was not intentional.
Thank you
Hi everyone,
So the company that provides the TV channels in my country (like the cable companies in the US) has a streaming service that streams most of these channels online to phones, tablets, computers.
The problem is that their app is, according to them "not supported on hacked devices". Just so we're clear, we're talking about Android here, and hacked = root/custom rom, which this stupid company considers illegal. In some devices, they check both root and custom rom, in some only one of them, and in some the app will work even if you have both. For example, on my Nexus 4 the app worked with stock rom that was rooted. Now that I am running a custom rom, trying to hide root using various apps does not work. So obviously the problem, with my device at least, is running the custom rom.
I'm currently learning Java & Android development and have decided to use the little knowledge that I have to try to find the lines of code responsible for this idiotic check.
I looked up many tools for decompiling apps and have finally found a good one, called JadX.
http://androidcracking.blogspot.co.il/2014/03/jadx-dex-to-java-decompiler.html#links
This decompiler is excellent, but gives me a scary amount of code files to look. Even so, trying to search all of them (JadX has that functionality) for the code that checks for root/custom rom has turned up nothing. I have also tried to search for the message they give me when I open the app (about hacked devices not working) but I found nothing, again.
One more thing - a developer that also tried to solve this problem said he traced the problem back to DxDrmDlcCore. I searched it, found it a some class, but not sure what to do now (delete the entire class and recompile?)
Can someone here direct me towards what I need to be looking for?
OR
Is the solution really simple, such as editing my build.prop? Someone suggested it once, but did not know what lines to edit.
If someone is ready to step up to the challenge, I can upload the apk.
Thank you!
Hi guys, not sure if this is the right place to do this but i've got a question i hope i can get clarified here with you experts
I am a PM that is in charge of a managing the delivery and development of a business's mobile application. Recently the company is looking to get rid of the incumbent developer due to unprofessional-ism and exorbitant fees. The other technology partner i am directly engaging with is a newly appointed development house and is tasked to clone the app and add additional features the incumbent refuses to add on.
Come launch date, the business requires the new app to replace the old app. To the existing customer base, the goal is to ensure that the transition is as seamless as possible. They are hoping that when existing users open the app, they will be prompted to install an update where the old one is then replaced with the old one. As such, is it possible for the new technology partners to this? What are the necessary steps required? I am trying to ensure that all necessary precautions and dependencies are covered to ensure any potential backlash / fallout. Is it as simple as obtaining the app certificate and ensuring the apk is named exactly the same? Any advice would be helpful.
The worst case scenario here would be to get the users to reinstall the app entirely or treat it as a completely separate app. :crying:
You need the signature keys of your first developer to sign the new APK which needs to have the same package name. And access to the dev console. Then you can upload the new app which will be treated as every other update by Google Play. Without changing the first app you won't be able to force the users to update AFAIK.
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You need the signature keys of your first developer to sign the new APK which needs to have the same package name. And access to the dev console. Then you can upload the new app which will be treated as every other update by Google Play. Without changing the first app you won't be able to force the users to update AFAIK.
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Hi thanks for the reply. Much appreciated! Would this be similar for iOS as well?
Relating to the last statement. What do you mean by "without changing the first app.."
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Hi thanks for the reply. Much appreciated! Would this be similar for iOS as well?
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I don't have enough experience with iOS to comment on that.
Relating to the last statement. What do you mean by "without changing the first app.."
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While you can upload a new version of the same app the users would still have to manually (or automatically if their device is configured that way) download it. Google released a "forced update" API a while ago. If that is included in your old app that might help. Otherwise you would have to add it manually which would require access to the source code. But then the users would have to manually update too so it would be quite useless.
So one way to force them to update is to disable all APIs the app might use but that might alienate the users as they have no clue why it stopped working. So as long as you have no notification system that is working right now you have to depend on your users updating.
Please excuse me, but I've been looking for 3 hours now and, frankly, I'm now more utterly confused than ever - sorry
I am genuinely desperate to get back call recording to my S9 Plus for business purposes. I've seen that for some UK phones it is apparently now possible to record even with Pie but I can't, despite genuinely trying, find how I'd make that work.
It worked fine until Pie, so I fully understand I will have to go back to Oreo. I also understand I will have to lose all my data. I'll live with those little things. However, can someone PLEASE point me to:
oldest O2 UK Oreo firmware. I don't seem to be able to download from anywhere I've seen them advertised without 'signing up' to frankly dodgy looking sites
Instructions on how to actually do what I need to do
Thank you
Can help with part of your question...
The how to flash was posted at the link below. The instructions are actually pretty clear, they tell you what to do.. Click on the show content under the "how to flash the stock flashable odin firmware".
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75917820&postcount=1
Just be aware that you can only flash firmware that has a bootloader equal too or higher then what is installed on your phone right now. You can not flash firmware that has a bootloader version that is lower then what is currently on the phone.
To locate your bootloader version look under settings > about phone > software information > baseband version
Once you locate the baseband version count 5 characters in to the left (starting at the far right as character number 1). The number at the 5th character will be the bootloader version.
If you have a recently updated your phone to android pie then you will not be able to downgrade it to oreo... so from what I can tell if you installed android pie updates released after April 2019 you will not be able to downgrade to oreo
I used the link below to determine what firmware versions your looking for. Unfortunately I can not get the files you need, which is why I am only able to help with part of your request.
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s9-plus/firmware/SM-G965F/O2U/
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Can help with part of your question...
The how to flash was posted at the link below. The instructions are actually pretty clear, they tell you what to do.. Click on the show content under the "how to flash the stock flashable odin firmware".
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75917820&postcount=1
Just be aware that you can only flash firmware that has a bootloader equal too or higher then what is installed on your phone right now. You can not flash firmware that has a bootloader version that is lower then what is currently on the phone.
To locate your bootloader version look under settings > about phone > software information > baseband version
Once you locate the baseband version count 5 characters in to the left (starting at the far right as character number 1). The number at the 5th character will be the bootloader version.
If you have a recently updated your phone to android pie then you will not be able to downgrade it to oreo... so from what I can tell if you installed android pie updates released after April 2019 you will not be able to downgrade to oreo
I used the link below to determine what firmware versions your looking for. Unfortunately I can not get the files you need, which is why I am only able to help with part of your request.
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s9-plus/firmware/SM-G965F/O2U/
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Thanks Scott. I think.
I guess this is yet a further example of how consumers are being actively denied genuine choice whilst the companies tell us what is happening is in 'our' best interest. God help us.
I have read that Google are releasing new firmware updates to Pie for the UK that allows recording again. Does anyone know where I can get hold of it for my S9 plus please?
YorkshireDave said:
Thanks Scott. I think.
I guess this is yet a further example of how consumers are being actively denied genuine choice whilst the companies tell us what is happening is in 'our' best interest.
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There's more to it then that, the updates we get contain security patches and the bootloader is always going to receive patches as well to curb vulnerabilities and etc.
If your phone is used for work they may have an IT policy that requires your phone to be updated as to be secure from vulnerabilities.. so I would check with them to be sure. Reason why i suggest this is because If your using call recording then the recording of customers calls would need to be kept updated so it's secure... If they don't have a policy then they should because it makes it that much easier for a data breach to happen running devices that are behind on patches/updates.
Maybe this will be of help to you in the meantime? You can use a PBX calling app with a voip provider (like voip.ms or one of the other ones). The PBX calling apps generally do have voice recording abilities that work really well. I ran my own PBX voice server with an older computer (used a voip provider for calling to/from landlines) to help filter spam calls, but I also recorded my calls since it was easier to remember important dates/info that way.
Also here's some info on the removal of the call recording API.. Originally it was done around android 6.0 for privacy reasons. It was the developers of 3rd party applications who found ways around the removal of the API to make call recording to work.. When Android Pie was released that the work around was patched. Also while our phone's are capable of native call recording, this is only enabled when it is allowed by your country/region/cellular provider (which is nothing Google can control).
In your case you could root your phone and modify it to accommodate call recording if you wanted (not sure if that is viable since you indicated your phone and a work environment).
Google has indicated they would like to return the api for call recording, but so far has only said it is on there roadmap. So I would hope someday they do but it doesn't look like it will be at the release of Android Q.
Link to the XDA article on Google adding call recording api back someday:
https://www.xda-developers.com/future-android-version-call-recording/
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There's more to it then that, the updates we get contain security patches and the bootloader is always going to receive patches as well to curb vulnerabilities and etc.
If your phone is used for work they may have an IT policy that requires your phone to be updated as to be secure from vulnerabilities.. so I would check with them to be sure. Reason why i suggest this is because If your using call recording then the recording of customers calls would need to be kept updated so it's secure... If they don't have a policy then they should because it makes it that much easier for a data breach to happen running devices that are behind on patches/updates.
Maybe this will be of help to you in the meantime? You can use a PBX calling app with a voip provider (like voip.ms or one of the other ones). The PBX calling apps generally do have voice recording abilities that work really well. I ran my own PBX voice server with an older computer (used a voip provider for calling to/from landlines) to help filter spam calls, but I also recorded my calls since it was easier to remember important dates/info that way.
Also here's some info on the removal of the call recording API.. Originally it was done around android 6.0 for privacy reasons. It was the developers of 3rd party applications who found ways around the removal of the API to make call recording to work.. When Android Pie was released that the work around was patched. Also while our phone's are capable of native call recording, this is only enabled when it is allowed by your country/region/cellular provider (which is nothing Google can control).
In your case you could root your phone and modify it to accommodate call recording if you wanted (not sure if that is viable since you indicated your phone and a work environment).
Google has indicated they would like to return the api for call recording, but so far has only said it is on there roadmap. So I would hope someday they do but it doesn't look like it will be at the release of Android Q.
Link to the XDA article on Google adding call recording api back someday:
https://www.xda-developers.com/future-android-version-call-recording/
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Hi Scott.
Whilst I mentioned 'work', it is my company so I control what goes on. Additionally, recording anything without informing the other party is perfectly legal in the UK so long as it is for personal use only. I even have a call recorded where the Information Commissioners Office told me this
As I am seriously desperate to record my calls, and my phone is now out of warranty, would you be kind enough to point me to a thread or two where I can find a well trodden and not too complicated rooting procedure pls?
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Hi Scott.
Whilst I mentioned 'work', it is my company so I control what goes on. Additionally, recording anything without informing the other party is perfectly legal in the UK so long as it is for personal use only. I even have a call recorded where the Information Commissioners Office told me this
As I am seriously desperate to record my calls, and my phone is now out of warranty, would you be kind enough to point me to a thread or two where I can find a well trodden and not too complicated rooting procedure pls?
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This thread deals with rooting the model you have.. perhaps it will be of use for you?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/how-to/guide-root-s9-oem-fix-t3763974
Also the ability to add native call recording seems to be a csc feature tweak. Two ways you could try this:
1.) I am not sure if this still works or not, but you can try this. Edit the cscfeature.xml and add the following to it at the bottom:
Code:
<CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording> RecordingAllowed </CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording>
2.) Install a custom rom that has the feature as an optional addition. One rom I see mentioned often is this one
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...g96xf-fd-n-stock-rom-soldier9312-1-0-t3771346
Others may have ideas too.. so before you do anything maybe consider waiting to see if others post ideas?