[mdlug] Crush, Kill, Destroy!! Cell Apps, Freedompop

[gib at juno.com]

We haven't talked about mobile app development. I'd be interested in any open source software that can be used to help with the development.  Is there an open source Android emulator?   Any other thoughts about doing some discussion about cell phone development? I purchased a Freedompop (http;//FreedomPop.com) device that gives me free access to the internet for a simple $60 initial purchase. The amount of data is small (500MB a month). But I use it for cases where I'm not close to home but I need a connection.  I get Wifi from a cellular connection. I hear the flashlight app tracks your location. So, that may explain why the apps take so much resources. They are gathering data about you.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Drew <drew4096 at gmail.com>
To: mdlug at mdlug.org
Subject: [mdlug] Crush, Kill, Destroy!!
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 01:40:18 +0800

Could someone, possibly at or after the next meeting, teach me the
finer points of working an Android phone? More specifically:

* Preferred apps
* Security and permissions (Why does an app whose sole purpose is to
turn the camera flash LED on and off have to take up 6 megabytes - and
generate 18 megabytes of dada???)
* System updates?
* To root or not to root, how best to do it, and what it means *in detail*
* Factory reset, howto and does it undo rooting?

Also does anyone have any personal knowledge or experience with
FreedomPop? I'm considering getting it, but need information that's
difficult to find on the Net.

My phone: an HTC EVO 3D running Android 4.0.3, kernel 3.0.16-g294f767
attached to Sprint, compliments of i3detroit.

Apps I've installed include:
* Flashlight (uses camera flash LED)
* AnDOSbox
* Better Terminal Emulator Pro (Linux shell)
* MoboClean (allows denying apps some permissions)
* VNC Viewer and a couple of SSH clients
* WPS Office
* Opera Mini
* UC Browser
* Assorted sensor and GPS apps
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