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I want to have the per-permission denial back. I used to be able to deny some permissions while allowing other for an individual app. Here, I could turn off the

I want to have the per-permission denial back. I used to be able to deny some permissions while allowing other for an individual app. Here, I could turn off the app's permissions to access SMS messages and control WiFi without disabling its internet access or camera permissions. This would cause some apps would crash, true, but at least I can control that and work with it. It was removed from Cyanogenmod around 7.0.

eigenvector 13y ago
If you have root, you can install this functionality with AppOps X. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger.appopsinstaller https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger...
- RexRollman 13y ago
  If he has root? I thought the selling point of Android is that it is open. Certainly people don't still have to jump through hoops to root their devices?
  - ars 13y ago
    You still have to do it though, it doesn't come that way by default. But you don't have to crack it first.
    - dTal 13y ago
      In the vast majority of cases, yes you do. I had to use an exploit to root my phone. When I lost it and insurance got me an identical phone, there had been a firmware update that patched the hole. Didn't update anything else, still the same outdated version of Android, I just couldn't root it. I still haven't been able to. It drives me mad.
  - dTal 13y ago
    Nope. The "selling point" of Android is that it's free (as in no licensing costs). Carriers are still free to lock it down, and of course they do, complete with bootloader lock. Personally I think bootloader locks on general-purpose computing hardware should be made outright illegal, regardless of whether the company would like to sell it as an "appliance".
aeroevan 13y ago
It's back (and better than ever) in CyanogenMod 11. Settings -> Privacy -> Privacy Guard Simply tap on each application to toggle the default privacy guard settings or longpress to see the per-permission toggles.
ars 13y ago
> I want to have the per-permission denial back. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bokhorst.xprivacy.installer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bokhorst.x...

eigenvector 13y ago

If you have root, you can install this functionality with AppOps X. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger.appopsinstaller https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger...

RexRollman 13y ago
If he has root? I thought the selling point of Android is that it is open. Certainly people don't still have to jump through hoops to root their devices?
- ars 13y ago
  You still have to do it though, it doesn't come that way by default. But you don't have to crack it first.
  - dTal 13y ago
    In the vast majority of cases, yes you do. I had to use an exploit to root my phone. When I lost it and insurance got me an identical phone, there had been a firmware update that patched the hole. Didn't update anything else, still the same outdated version of Android, I just couldn't root it. I still haven't been able to. It drives me mad.
- dTal 13y ago
  Nope. The "selling point" of Android is that it's free (as in no licensing costs). Carriers are still free to lock it down, and of course they do, complete with bootloader lock. Personally I think bootloader locks on general-purpose computing hardware should be made outright illegal, regardless of whether the company would like to sell it as an "appliance".

aeroevan 13y ago

It's back (and better than ever) in CyanogenMod 11. Settings -> Privacy -> Privacy Guard Simply tap on each application to toggle the default privacy guard settings or longpress to see the per-permission toggles.

ars 13y ago

> I want to have the per-permission denial back. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bokhorst.xprivacy.installer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bokhorst.x...