Phone apk

[adamhos]

If i delete the phone apk will the phone function be completely disabled?

I will be giving my ov to my kid and want to be sure he cant dial 911 by accident



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[Paul627g]

Yes it will but at the same time the device could end up in repeating FC's from the missing Phone.apk.

 

[adamhos]

Is there a better way?
There will be no service on the phone, but as i understand it, every cell is able to dial 911 with or without service
Airplane mode is not an option as this is my kid! If its there he will find a way to dial 911 lol!
Any help is appreciated

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[atrain2324]

Just curious. Why would your son dial 911 at anytime? Prank calling them is a misdemeanor in a lot of states or at the very least a warning from law enforcement at your doorstep. I am not sure if Virgin Mobile can disable the E-911 function, but never hurts to ask them if they can disable it?

Otherwise, you would have to use the *#*#4636#*#* feature to disable the cell radio. But doing so will also disable texting, not sure if you want that.

HOWEVER, it is true, you can dial 911 with or without service. But I believe one's cell radio has be to be on to do so.

 

[adamhos]

My son is 5, i am giving him this phone as a game/music device


He has no need for text or phone
I would like to keep wifi but that is not critical

So using that number will it put me in a menu? Or just disable the radio?
Is it permanent?

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[jxc011]

My son is 5, i am giving him this phone as a game/music device


He has no need for text or phone
I would like to keep wifi but that is not critical

So using that number will it put me in a menu? Or just disable the radio?
Is it permanent?

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Yes click on phone information. Scroll down to turn off radio. Its not permanent you can turn radio on and off when you want.

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[adamhos]

Yes click on phone information. Scroll down to turn off radio.

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Does this need to be done on the stock rom?

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[Paul627g]

Does this need to be done on the stock rom?

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It should work on stock or custom ROMs. I've accessed dialer codes on both ends of the spectrum on other brands/models of Android phones. VM should be any different.

 

[bigsupersquid]

you could probably delete the RIL files from /system and it'd be unable to use the cell radio at all.
they're listed in one of the makefiles in the device folder in any ROM version that's open-sourced.
if you tell me which ROM is on there I could maybe make you a list or something fancier.

edit:
that service menu works in CAI, which is an optimus s ROM. I fear the dialer service menus aren't usually included in v ROMs since LG never updated the v past froyo and I think there's framework incompatibilities or something with the hidden menu apks.

 

[adamhos]

you could probably delete the RIL files from /system and it'd be unable to use the cell radio at all.
they're listed in one of the makefiles in the device folder in any ROM version that's open-sourced.
if you tell me which ROM is on there I could maybe make you a list or something fancier.

Sweet
I?m planning to do the joyos so it?ll be like his big sis ipod
Ive got till Christmas to get it ready so i will definitely be trying this soon

I would prefer there is no phone at all because this kid is mischievous

All your advice is greatly appreciated

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[adamhos]

so looking through the zipped rom i have found the following:
in system /lib
libril.so
libril-qc-1.so
libril-qcril-hook-oem.so
in system /bin
rild

are these the ril files i need to find or are there others?
once i delete these can i also delete the telephonyprovider.apk and mms.apk? or will i cause fc's?
i guess i should just try and report back lol!

thanks for the replies

 

[adamhos]

yea million fc's!!!
but look what i found
just what the dr ordered a flashable zip to turn off all radio and delete phone and messaging apps gonna try soon

[MOD]Any phone, any ROM: Wi-Fi only mode (disable cell radio) - Android - RootzWiki

 

[adamhos]

The above zip worked with gsnap but not with joyos


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[bigsupersquid]

The above zip worked with gsnap but not with joyos

I'll peek at it tonight and see what I can do.

 

[adamhos]

I'll peek at it tonight and see what I can do.

I think I got it good enough for now, but it would be nice to use joyos

So here is what I've done,

I started with gsnap 2.2 (joyos wasn't playing well)

I flashed the v1 zip to disable radio found here

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/25016-modany-phone-any-rom-wi-fi-only-mode-disable-cell-radio/

Then I disabled power prompt (so he doesn't reboot to recovery)

Then I installed the ilauncher from the store and set it as a default

Then I downloaded an app hiding tool from the play store. With this I hid everything I don't want him getting into


So now I have a music and game device that I can give to him and have no worries

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[bigsupersquid]

The problem is that JoyOS renames the apk files the zip removes.

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "rm", "/system/app/JoyPhone.apk");
show_progress(5, 15);
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "rm", "/system/app/JoyTelephonyProvider.apk");
show_progress(6, 15);
show_progress(7, 15);
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "rm", "/system/app/JoyMms.apk");

I rewrote the updater-script to match if you want to try it out.
/attachment removed/
If mods are worried, the only change is posted here, and I'm gonna post in the original dev's thread with a link here, and remove it if he wants.
I doubt he'll have a problem though since he's openly sharing his work.

 

[adamhos]

The problem is that JoyOS renames the apk files the zip removes.

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "rm", "/system/app/JoyPhone.apk");
show_progress(5, 15);
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "rm", "/system/app/JoyTelephonyProvider.apk");
show_progress(6, 15);
show_progress(7, 15);
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "rm", "/system/app/JoyMms.apk");

I rewrote the updater-script to match if you want to try it out.
View attachment 49286
If mods are worried, the only change is posted here, and I'm gonna post in the original dev's thread with a link here, and remove it if he wants.
I doubt he'll have a problem though since he's openly sharing his work.

Thank you sir
I will try this tonight

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[learning2]

Adam,
Did this work for you? I still seem to have a phone. The problem may be the location of busybox, which is in /system/xbin instead of /sbin?

 

[adamhos]

It never did work
I ended up disabling radio through the hidden menu mentioned a few posts back, then I used a app hiding app and hid the apps I don't want him accessing, including phone....its working great and my boy loves his ghetto iPhone lol

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[bigsupersquid]

bummer the easy way didn't work, but cool you got another method to.
I'll remove the attachment since it.'s nonfunctional.