AppOpps Launcher

[Goodspike]

Anyone use this?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixelmonster.AppOps

You need 4.3 or better, but supposedly it allows you to control the permission of individual apps. Apparently it only launches a feature that Android keeps somewhat hidden starting in 4.3.

 

[gtbarry]

I used a similiar app until I updated to 4.4.2 which kills these off (for now)

 

[Digital Controller]

You can't use it on the latest version of android either, it crashes right away.

 

[Goodspike]

I used a similiar app until I updated to 4.4.2 which kills these off (for now)

Apparently Google is killing off the feature, not just stopping the app from working.

Might be a reason to avoid upgrading to 4.4, since there really isn't much benefit to it over 4.3 on more powerful phones.

 

[Rxpert83]

You need root to use it on 4.4.2

Google says app ops was never meant to be a user facing feature.

They keep trying to bury it deeper and deeper now

Might be a reason to avoid upgrading to 4.4, since there really isn't much benefit to it over 4.3 on more powerful phones.

It still brought plenty of under the hood improvements. Bluetooth low energy, the ability for any phone to use Google wallet, huge battery savings when listening to music, ect

I wouldn't not take an upgrade just because app ops is a little harder to get to.

Its actually more powerful than ever on 4.4, but google blocked it from nonrooted users on 4.4.2

 

[Goodspike]

It still brought plenty of under the hood improvements. Bluetooth low energy, the ability for any phone to use Google wallet, huge battery savings when listening to music, ect

I thought BT low energy was added in 4.3?

I can't imagine how much energy savings there would be from just listening to music. I assume you're not talking about the energy consumed by the headphones. But one of the things I like about the S4 is the battery life. With my old phone I used to plug it in while in the car virtually every time no matter what I was doing, while with the S4 I only plug it in about half the time even if I'm using Navigation (which means screen on) and playing music.

But you're probably right, just this one feature isn't worth not upgrading.

 

[Rxpert83]

It looks like the music tunneling feature was nexus 5 only due to hardware. It effectively doubled the amount of time you could listen to audio on a charge. From 30 hours to 60.

KitKat Feature Spotlight: Audio Tunneling To DSP Dramatically Reduces Battery Consumption When Playing Audio

I'm sure many of the bluetooth improvements I was thinking of were n5 specific too

 

[Petrah]

You need root to use it on 4.4.2

Google says app ops was never meant to be a user facing feature.

They keep trying to bury it deeper and deeper now



It still brought plenty of under the hood improvements. Bluetooth low energy, the ability for any phone to use Google wallet, huge battery savings when listening to music, ect

I wouldn't not take an upgrade just because app ops is a little harder to get to.

Its actually more powerful than ever on 4.4, but google blocked it from nonrooted users on 4.4.2

I'm running CyanogenMod 11 (4.4.2) on my Google Edition Galaxy S4. I installed that app, but it crashes as soon as you open it.

 

[Hadron]

Do you need it with CM11? I thought they had a "Privacy Guard" feature which gives access to App Ops.

 

[Mr. Lucky]

Apparently Google is killing off the feature, not just stopping the app from working.

I tend to agree - it was useful, but never 100% (e.g., it would list permissions that it did not provide a UI for toggling). Does anyone know what happens if you have disabled permissions and then update? Does it reset the permissions, or are you stuck, with no way of reversing the setting (other than uninstalling/reinstalling, which could be cumbersome, depending on the app)?

 

[Digital Controller]

I'm running CyanogenMod 11 (4.4.2) on my Google Edition Galaxy S4. I installed that app, but it crashes as soon as you open it.

I don't believe that app works on anything 4.4

All the reviews on it says it doesn't work with 4.4

 

[Rxpert83]

I don't believe that app works on anything 4.4

All the reviews on it says it doesn't work with 4.4

It worked fine for me on 4.4.0 when the nexus 5 came out

4.4.1+ breaks it

 

[funkylogik]

Yeah ive just tried it on cm11 (4.4.2) and it crashes the settings app :thumbdown:

 

[Digital Controller]

It worked fine for me on 4.4.0 when the nexus 5 came out

4.4.1+ breaks it

Ahhh, that must be it, anything above 4.4 breaks it

Thanks for the information RX!

 

[Rxpert83]

Yeah ive just tried it on cm11 (4.4.2) and it crashes the settings app :thumbdown:

The root enabled one *should* work. Ill test it now

 

[Rxpert83]

Yep, rooted version works as advertised on 4.4.2

If it won't work on CM based ROMS its something CM did

 

[funkylogik]

Is the rooted one different from the one in the OP mate?

 

[Rxpert83]

Is the rooted one different from the one in the OP mate?

Yes. I didn't even notice that.

Everyone should be using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger.appopsinstaller

You'll want to install app ops X when you open that app for the first time on 4.4.2

 

[funkylogik]

Cheers mate aye that works fine so it has to be installed as a system app now hence the root access

 

[Digital Controller]

Haha what! there was a different one, man we are all pretty smart

 

[Rxpert83]

Haha what! there was a different one, man we are all pretty smart

I could have probably saved a lot of confusion had I clicked the link in the OP before telling everyone it worked :thumbdown::banghead:

 

[Mr. Lucky]

Can someone with the root X PRO version of App opps test it to see if removed permissions on an app with its data stored to SD survives a reboot? The non-root version doesn't.