Has anyone used App Ops yet?

[msndrstood]

I activated App Ops after reading an article about it on another site. It's a nice feature. I'm trying to strike the right balance with it for optimum battery life and just wondered if anyone else has used it or am I just late to the party?

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[msndrstood]

No? Really? It's gets pretty deep into the system without rooting. Tons of toggles. Tons.

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[msndrstood]

It's built into 4.3. No one has used it? It's not a third party app.

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[AgentScribe]

Where is it?

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[fantom305]

I downloaded this app from google play and all it did was crash my phone..........so I uninstalled it....... where is it in 4.3 ?? it sounds fishy .....

 

[DCSholtis]

Downloaded the app. I like it so far.

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[msndrstood]

It's accessible via Nova launcher.

Heres the link to the article that I found. It's not fishy at all. It's legit.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...ager-control-permissions-for-individual-apps/

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[msndrstood]

In Nova> long press home screen> shortcuts> activities> settings> App Ops> makes a shortcut on your home screen. Click on it and side scroll through the menus. Click on each item for toggles on/off for various activities.

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[fantom305]

Perhaps that is the reason it kept freezing my phone. I don't use any launcher besides the stock.

 

[msndrstood]

That's entirely possible, although I don't know if any other launcher has the same menu hierarchy,

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[msndrstood]

Some screen shots....

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[DCSholtis]

Perhaps that is the reason it kept freezing my phone. I don't use any launcher besides the stock.

I use stock too and I haven't had a freeze up

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[KingGinger55]

Just wanna point out the fact that Hangouts has the option to receive SMS/MMS if you go into App Ops. It says never used but still.

 

[msndrstood]

Just wanna point out the fact that Hangouts has the option to receive SMS/MMS if you go into App Ops. It says never used but still.

Good catch! I think that's in prep for the next Hangout update.

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[Trees]

Good tip. Here's some related information. I may experiment more with Nova again over the holidays to see what AppOps is all about.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/an...manager-feature-introduced-android-4-3-a.html

 

[SumthinNew]

Glad that app ops allows more permission control without root.
I've restricted a good majority of apps requiring too many access and have not seen any crashes or errors.

 

[zmann]

Nice find. Just downloaded the app,, good to know this is there. Thanks

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[stackberry369]

Nice find. Just downloaded the app,, good to know this is there. Thanks

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It's a GREAT application.

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[WalterDA]

I'm curious how the location toggle works. I understand you would need it for location based services but I don't want it tagging my location in some instances say in a message or a photo, so how can you work out how the location toggle is being used?

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[msndrstood]

I'm curious how the location toggle works. I understand you would need it for location based services but I don't want it tagging my location in some instances say in a message or a photo, so how can you work out how the location toggle is being used?

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On mine, there is a location toggle for each app that uses it. I set the toggles for individual apps to be able to use location services. Is this what you mean?

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