headimonster
Active member
Okay, so as Apps are becoming more frequent in our every day life, I think it should come to your attention (if you don't already know), a lot of these apps WILL NOT install unless you click OK and essentially sign your mobile phone's privacy away, and all friends contacts !
[1a]But we are in luck, if your phone is rooted {NO, not ready to transplant
}(http://lifehacker.com/top-10-reasons-to-root-your-android-phone-1079161983) you can take advantage of this great program with a few minor steps. Goto [2]
[1b][If you aren't rooted, either do a google search on how to root your phone, or search XDA developers, their forums are easy, search for your device and follow instructions to root. Also this link (http://lifehacker.com/5789397/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-rooting-any-android-phone) has great info and will guide you to the right place. Once rooted goto step [2]
[2] You will now need to install Xposed Framework. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401)
This program adds framework to your phone allowing you to "MOD" it and install the program "XPrivacy" which is our privacy blocker. Once installed, do not reboot yet as we will need to reboot once Xprivacy is installed, might as well reboot once.
[3] Now download XPrivacy (https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacy#installation) <---install page for help
XPrivacy Download
Enable it (in Xposed Framework) and reboot....if you installed a recovery (which i recommend, but some phones that are rooted cannot be installed with a custom recovery) then follow step 9 on the Xprivacy installation website
[4] Once rebooted, you can open XPrivacy and check it out, it will list all your apps and all the permissions, I'm pretty sure as default nothing is checked. Checked indicates that the app is NOT allowed to use those permissions....so for instance, Pandora, you can check everything except [Internet] and Pandora will just stream music, no stealing any info from you anymore. Just remember, some apps DO need certain permissions so if an app starts acting up you may have to do a trial-by-error until it starts working again, be sure to Force Close or Task manage close the app you are trying to fix before re-trying, as the app may have stayed in the memory and Xprivacy changes will not be in effect until reloaded (the app).
I wanted to write this as quick as i could just to get it up, and will probably be editing it soon to help with those that are computer/phone illiterate; please feel free to ask questions, post comments in this thread so we can help other users that may have similar issues!!!
Also once rooted, download Orbot, its a Tor Client for Android phones, it will mount and load (if you want) on start-up and you will be behind the Tor client for any program that connects to internet!
and stay safe family!
[1a]But we are in luck, if your phone is rooted {NO, not ready to transplant
}(http://lifehacker.com/top-10-reasons-to-root-your-android-phone-1079161983) you can take advantage of this great program with a few minor steps. Goto [2][1b][If you aren't rooted, either do a google search on how to root your phone, or search XDA developers, their forums are easy, search for your device and follow instructions to root. Also this link (http://lifehacker.com/5789397/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-rooting-any-android-phone) has great info and will guide you to the right place. Once rooted goto step [2]
[2] You will now need to install Xposed Framework. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401)
This program adds framework to your phone allowing you to "MOD" it and install the program "XPrivacy" which is our privacy blocker. Once installed, do not reboot yet as we will need to reboot once Xprivacy is installed, might as well reboot once.
[3] Now download XPrivacy (https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacy#installation) <---install page for help
XPrivacy Download
Enable it (in Xposed Framework) and reboot....if you installed a recovery (which i recommend, but some phones that are rooted cannot be installed with a custom recovery) then follow step 9 on the Xprivacy installation website
[4] Once rebooted, you can open XPrivacy and check it out, it will list all your apps and all the permissions, I'm pretty sure as default nothing is checked. Checked indicates that the app is NOT allowed to use those permissions....so for instance, Pandora, you can check everything except [Internet] and Pandora will just stream music, no stealing any info from you anymore. Just remember, some apps DO need certain permissions so if an app starts acting up you may have to do a trial-by-error until it starts working again, be sure to Force Close or Task manage close the app you are trying to fix before re-trying, as the app may have stayed in the memory and Xprivacy changes will not be in effect until reloaded (the app).
I wanted to write this as quick as i could just to get it up, and will probably be editing it soon to help with those that are computer/phone illiterate; please feel free to ask questions, post comments in this thread so we can help other users that may have similar issues!!!
Also once rooted, download Orbot, its a Tor Client for Android phones, it will mount and load (if you want) on start-up and you will be behind the Tor client for any program that connects to internet!
and stay safe family!
