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PDroid allows blocking access for any installed application to the following data separately:

Device ID (IMEI/MEID/ESN)

Subscriber ID (IMSI)

SIM serial (ICCID)

Phone and mailbox number

Incoming call number

Outgoing call number

GPS location

Network location

List of accounts (including your google e-mail address)

Account auth tokens

Contacts

Call logs

Calendar

SMS

MMS

Browser bookmarks and history

System logs

SIM info (operator, country)

Network info (operator, country)

For device ID, phone and mailbox number, SIM serial, subscriber ID and device location it also allows supplying custom or random values.

Why you would want to use it:

Applicaitons do NOT crash when access to private data is blocked (unlike with Permissions Denied or CM)

Fine-grained tuning of access to private data

No background service needed

Very small memory footprint (~700KB)

No impact on battery life

No impact on performance (5ms overhead on access to private data; yes, that's 0.005s)

100% reliable unlike ROOT applications (LBE), which need to start their background service on boot (see android underground to learn why this is an issue)

No ROOT required for the app to run

No Android permissions required for the app to run

Open-source

Download:

Automatic PDroid Patcher for Windows (XP/Vista/7):

JDK 6 or newer is required (get it here http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u25-download-346242.html)

Install JDK 6 into the default directory (don't change anything when installing)

.NET Framework 2.0 or newer required (ships with Windows since XP SP2)

Currently only supports Gingerbread (Android 2.3)

Will only work with deodexed ROMs (take a look into your ROM's system/framework directory; if there are any *.odex files, your ROM is NOT deodexed)

You will need to re-create your settings backup after updating from version 1.27 (it is not compatible with the newer version)

Download PDroid Patcher v1.32 Beta 0.321 for Windows

Patch Installation Requirements:

ROOTED device

For HTC devices: S-OFF ([TOOL] One click ENG S-OFF for HTC Desire HD)

ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.2.6 or newer

If you "integrated sys Dalvik into ROM" with Titanium Backup, you will have to undo it

Installation Instructions:

BACKUP YOUR ROM (HOWTO)

Make a PDroid Patch for your ROM with the PDroid Patcher and put the patch on your SD card

Boot your device into your custom (CWM) recovery (Desire HD: vol down + power)

If you flashed the patch before but PDroid said it still was not installed, then select "mount /system"

Select "install zip from sdcard"

Select "choose zip from sdcard"

Select the PDroid patch you have put on your SD card

After flashing is finished, reboot the device

Install the PDroid app from the Android Market

Rate the app at the Android market ;) (let me know, if you have any issues beforehand)

Patch Changelog:

1.32: Fixed updating from version 1.27 and below

1.31: Fixed patching incompatibility with some ROMs (like Zeus v5)

1.30:

Fixed the alarm being put to snooze every time a call is received or made

Fixed FC for some applications (like Yandex Maps)

Fixed bootloops for AT&T and SonyEricsson devices (hopefully)

Many small tweaks

1.27: Fixed an issue, where the Touchwiz launcher (and probably others) would continuously crash

1.26: Fixed an issue, which would make Google Listen and probably other apps crash

1.25:

Fixed an issue, where PDroid would conflict with some ROOT applications making them freeze

Fixed random geocoordinates generation

Fixed other minor bugs

1.22: Fixed the patch version reporting bug (v1.21 reports that it's 1.2) :)

1.21: Fixed the bug where the device would sometimes boot loop right after the boot is finished

1.2: Added data access notification feature

1.1: Bugfixes

1.0: Initial release

Source:

Download: PDroid 2.3.4 source (v1.27) (yes it is based on 2.3.4 but also works with 2.3.3 and 2.3.5 flawlessly)

Get the 2.3.4 source from AOSP (branch: android-2.3.4_r1)

Extract the patches from the above archive to the 2.3.4 tree root

Run:

patch -p1 -i build.patch
patch -p1 -i frameworks.patch
patch -p1 -i libcore.patch

Building from source:

Make a clean build

Apply the patches (see above)

Run:

source build/envsetup.sh
make update-api
mmm frameworks/base
mmm frameworks/base/services/java
mmm libcore
make snod

FAQ:

Right here

Controlling access to the network/internet requires either patching the kernel or using ROOT access within the PDroid app. I try avoiding the former due to portability and the latter due to user privacy/security reasons. I am looking into adding internet access control in a way, which would be the most acceptable/convenient for the user. However, this feature currently isn't on the top of my to-do list.

For experienced developers the following basic steps for creating a PDroid patch should be enough to get you started:

Make a clean AOSP build (2.3.4, assuming that your ROM is based on 2.3.x)

Make another build with PDroid sources added

Decompile the framework.jar, services.jar and core.jar files inside the system/framework directory (of both above builds) using apktool

Diff the output so that you know, which parts were changed by PDroid

Decompile the above three files from your ROM, you want to patch

Add the missing code to your ROM files based on the above diff

Recompile your patched ROM files using apktool

Yes. But I have not ported PDroid to Froyo or ICS yet. No ETAs yet. You'll need some patience there.

I might, when I get some more spare time :)

Yes, however you will need to backup your settings to internal memory (PDroid preferences)

before

making a backup with TitaniumBackup. After restoring with TitaniumBackup, you will need to restore the previously backed up settings. Alternatively you can backup privacy settings to the SD card.

Yes.

Restore your backup

Get the Android SDK

Install it (you don't need the eclipse part)

Enable USB-debugging on your device

Connect it to your PC

Start ddms, which is located in the android-sdk-[platform]\tools directory

Apply PDroid patch

Reboot the device

When your device appears in the ddms window, click on it to see the system log

Filter the log by "error"

Watch the system log for errors and post them here ;)

Have you flashed other mods to your ROM? If so, PDroid is most likely conflicting with them. You will need to create a patch for your customized ROM.

Also make sure that you are using a patch appropriate for your ROM (the CyanogenMod patches for stable 7.1 will mostly not work on nightlies unless the link says so).

If your other mods DO NOT replace any of the three files: framework.jar, services.jar or core.jar in /system/framework, you can just create a patch normally based on your original ROM file.

Otherwise you will need to extract those three files from your device (use a root file manager or adb pull), put them into your ROM zip (also in /system/framework) and then create a PDroid patch based on the ROM zip.