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

[Drew]

I have a qemu Android emulator laying around somewhere.


On 7/5/16, gib at juno.com <gib at juno.com> wrote:
> 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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