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The main reason I rooted my Android phone is to run AppOps 4.3/4.4. I can revoke permissions from apps, just like the one in the linked article. This should b
by e40 13y ago
The main reason I rooted my Android phone is to run AppOps 4.3/4.4. I can revoke permissions from apps, just like the one in the linked article.
This should be a standard part of Android, in my opinion.
The app, for those curious (I have no affiliation with it):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger.appopsinstaller https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger...
My favorite permissions to revoke are: Wake lock, Location, Read contacts. As a result, I get almost 2 days on a full charge on my Nexus 5.
- StavrosK 13y agoWhat does revoking the wake lock do, both to the app and the phone?
- poopsintub 13y agoI've used it in cases where there isn't interaction with the user and I want to keep the screen on. I don't think it handles any type of security.
- e40 13y agoThe Wakelock allows the app to wake up when your phone is asleep. My twitter client wants one, but I have notifications turned off. It might be that because I have them turned off it doesn't invoke a Wakelock. But it might. Basically, Wakelocks are the #1 cause of unnecessary battery drain.
- StavrosK 13y agoI see, thanks. That's what I thought, but I thought that apps rely on push to get notifications. I guess that would not be very scalable, so the client wakes up once every X hours and polls.