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[Android Apps and Games] XDAcat62:
So I'm using a rom that basically has a2sd built into the kernel, not sure exactly what the patch is called, the rom is AreaRom 2.3. You just make an sdext partition and suddenly you'll have +1 gig of space for apps.

First of all, I got a boot loop trying the latest patcher, so I tried 1.31 because I was told this was common. It booted this time but I was getting quite a few FCs, but I was able to sort of use the pDroid. Later, either after a slower than normal boot/media folder rescan or wiping cache, basically EVERYTHING was FCing and it was unusable. The kind of disturbing thing is too that reverting back to the undo patch, there were still a few things that FCed, I fixed a few by reinstalling but it was too bad. Oh well better than reinstalling the whole OS :)

Anyway neat idea, I'd love to use it, but I'm just assuming that it's not being that smart about kernel support for a2sd on the sdext partition...am I correct or is it something else about this rom? Haven't tried it without the sdext, the onboard memory is too low :) Will there be a patch coming for this or something I can do myself? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] J0s3f:
Can you please take a look at this ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1567241

The patch causes a bootloop directly after the bootloader, and ddms doesn't show anything!
[Android Apps and Games] XDAcat62:
Additionally, there's an incompatibility with Lucky Patcher - I had it around to play with removing Google Ads and apparently it left a bunch of odex files which I'm sure pDroid wasn't very happy about.
[Android Apps and Games] (•.•):
PDroid is a very good idea, but this needs the attention of other developers to help him with the developement or implement a modificated version of this in their rom to get it working properly.

PLEASE HELP HIM!

Android by itself is soooooooo unsecure by intention!

It is the nr1 spy of privacy in everyones household, especially since ICS! but ios is even worse!
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
He already shares his source code in the first page here and on google source.

A ROM just needs a compiler who are willing to compile from the source with those patches.
[Android Apps and Games] devrruti:
Droidwall + pdroid will be a much powerful combination than using lbe, but it will be much harder to configure. You could integrate droidwall if you also release this app as gpl. Also you are going to need lot of help and rom devs won't doubt to include pdroid if it has a nice license. I guess you realize this things, they are what could make this project big and used everywhere, imho.
[Android Apps and Games] uwdus:
AdFree: SIM Info -> Block | Network Info -> Block = No problems

DolphinHD: Device ID -> Block | Phone and Voice Mailboxnumber -> Block | SIM Card Serial -> Block | Subsriber ID -> Block | SIM Info -> Block | Network Info -> Block = No problems
[Android Apps and Games] bonanza123:
Yes, i somehow cant activate the firewall or see the log. The program hangs and i just can go back to homescreen and kill it.
[Android Apps and Games] joey16s:
I wait Pdroid patch for HTC Desire on MIUI roms 1.11

I'm ready to try your patch :D Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Oh man I can't wait for the ICS version. I'll be sure to test it thoroughly :)
[Android Apps and Games] izomiac:
Very nice app! I just hope a future version has some control over Get Tasks, and SD Card access (e.g. chroot* to /sdcard/Android/packagename). Some global settings would also be nice, e.g. show all apps requesting the incoming call number permission, set to default deny, and check off the three or so with legitimate need for that information.

* Technically I suppose it'd be something like chroot to /tmp/PDroid/packagename/ with bind mounts for expected directories, and ./sdcard bound to a custom directory.
[Android Apps and Games] svyat:
I've found the bug conflicting with DroidWall. I'm working on a fix. BTW, other ROOT apps may be affected too.

How is your privacy violated by reading the list of currently running tasks? Any application can actually get a list of all applications installed on the device without any permission.
[Android Apps and Games] deadf1sh:
Wonderful app thanks!

i'm on SGS2 cyano 116;

i have 2 problems already stated:

- Pdroid FC after installing the app "Samurai II Vengeance" (free from getjar, don't ask for any permission, install on external SD)

here is the logcat (1st logcat, took me 2h to do it so i hope it's ok :p)

12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver com.privacy.pdroid.PrivacyReceiver: java.lang.NullPointerException
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:1926)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2400(ActivityThread.java:123)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:989)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3835)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at com.privacy.pdroid.PrivacyReceiver.a(Unknown Source)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at com.privacy.pdroid.PrivacyReceiver.onReceive(Unknown Source)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:1915)
12-07 04:46:09.588: E/AndroidRuntime(10359):	... 10 more

-2nd problem with Walldroid and Voodoo Screen Tuning (installed before Pdroid)

and Gemini App Manager (installed after, have root access from the description)

So yes i think there might be a problem with root access app.
[Android Apps and Games] VerizonKoolaid:
collecting list of actively running apps on every launch? why would any app need to know that?

I would be more comfortable with a custom get_tasks response that excluded the adblocking apps I was running at the time

Can that be subjected to spoofing of any kind?
[Android Apps and Games] VerizonKoolaid:
yay

applied zip for miui on DX without issue from cwm 5020

finding update package

opening update package

installing update

mounting partitions

cleaning dalvik cache

installing pdroid

unmounting partitions

done

install from sdcard complete

..

Plan to test on fresh install of MIUI: SFB back to verizon OTA, flash MIUI, flash pdroid. currently testing a flash of pdroid atop existing miui setup (including lbe "security master").

will post back after the day's fiddling is complete
[Android Apps and Games] katmant:
Looking forward to this fix. Also affecting File Expert here (root app).
[Android Apps and Games] vitalikis:
App work without root permission?
[Android Apps and Games] Caboose13:
Hmmm maybe ill give it a try
[Android Apps and Games] maeman:
Yes. So far the app runs without root permission. Root is required only for installing the patch.

IMO the best approach to Internet blocking would be to make it optional. When users enable it, then Superuser asks them to accept/deny root for Pdroid.

I am not sure how, but the more we can control what apps know about us the best. That could be used as a fingerprint. (btw, in the past I have experienced at least once that Google made use of browser fingerprinting (or something else) to bypass Tor.)

It would be nice if we could have a list with all the stuff apps can know about us even using Pdroid. That would help us assess which practices make sense and which dont.

Finally, unless you get some sort of benefit for offering Pdroid app exclusively through google's android market, a direct download link would be appreciated.

Thanks for Pdroid. It's what many like me have dreamed for a while to have in Android.
[Android Apps and Games] SysAdmNj:
Will this app work on an htc inspire running ice cream sandwich beta3? And if so, which patch should I apply?
[Android Apps and Games] forceu:
How did you manage to get bold keywords in the market description?
[Android Apps and Games] igorgomez:
The app is very interesting! I really liked the idea, but I have a question:

What patch is the most appropriate for my SGS Captivate with CM7.1?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] akiNgHK:
Hello, friends ：

Do you have a Pdroid version 1.31 ?

I need this version (V1.31) to test, can give a copy to me?

（or Email to akinghk@live.com）

thank you very much
[Android Apps and Games] azrash:
It is a few pages behind, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24521813
[Android Apps and Games] sjhotwings:
patch galaxy note checkrom v6 , put patch into internal sd card, flash it now stuck at samsung galaxy note n7000 LOGO ?. i'm restoring my back up now, so any help ?
[Android Apps and Games] Theraze:
Use an older version of the patcher instead of 1.32, since 1.32 generally causes bootloops. Earlier versions are found in prior pages of this thread, repeatedly.
[Android Apps and Games] sometimepart:
Help Me!

Can u give/creat a patch for me? using wildfire-S , stock 2.3.5, rooted,s-off. sdk not works on my pc . so do it for me........ pm me pls.. bye
[Android Apps and Games] krzych:
Perfect solution!

But...

But there's a BUTT. As I told Svyat before, PDroid causes this:

01-06 01:02:49.177: E/dalvikvm(1263): Invalid debug info stream. class Lcom/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService;; proto ()V

And as far as I could observe by using PDroid about a half a year, this is not only a message in logcat where you can find it, this is a quite problematic thing which can slow sown system server and cause problems, a big problems like... reboots. I'm not sure of this, but I wasted rather a TON of time searching for the problem. I have switched between Sense ROMs from LeeDroid 3.3.3 to 5.1 and Virtuous Affinity (two of them) and then, I landed on AOSP ROM now - everywhere the same result after patching the ROM. No of those Sense ROMs was stable. AOSP is still running well just because it does not use CPU almost at all so additional system_server overload does no harm. That's my theory.

If anyone can deny or confirm what I say, it would be nice. Until Svyat gets back and fix the behavior, I won't use PDroid anymore. It is VERY good application, VERY. But it MUST be STABLE before I can use it and before I will advice to anyone of using it.

Svyat, can I help anyhow as a developer? PM me if you can coop in ths matter.
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
did you try to build a ROM from scratch using his source, instead of patcher, and see if the problem persists ?

as for AOSP being most stable, could it be because he develops patcher based on it ?

i haven't looked at logcat for a while, but never noticed it before. (yes, i compile CM9 using his source.) that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. i might have missed it. i will ask P990/CM7 thread if anyone see it...
[Android Apps and Games] krzych:
Nope, I'm too weak _yet_ to keep on AOSP made on my own. I need Desire HD drivers and I have no knowledge about it. I would like to have it but since I'm rather concentrating on app development, it's kinda hard to became two of us ;). Is there any Desire HD specific tutorial anywhere? ;)

Maybe, or maybe not. Look below...

This is quite clear why - I'm "happily" having a ROM which does _debugging_on_, so every "Log.d" in the system code is present on my logcat, and this means, there's a lot of output. So it's just clear that you nor Svyat ever seen this, coz you have no debugging, it would be crazy to leave it in production system. BUT - when there's no PDroid, all works just fine. Maybe even better ;P. When PDroid gets in the way, Log.d fails with the error I pasted and phone gets random instabilities. Mainly occuring when CPU is loaded much, like video recording.

Strange thing is, that with no-Sense system like Oxygen AOSP, there's _no_debugging_ on by default, and still, the message about invalid debug stream _is_present_ - this means that you or Svyat _should_have_it_ (he told me the same, that he didn't observed it - but it's impossible it's the hardware so I assume that if Oxygen has really _no_ debug messages, it's a good base to state anything...). Dunno why you have not.

I will observe this _without_ PDroid, but honestly, I'm expecting not to have any more issuses because after PDroid removal, many strange behaviors just disapeared. Maybe it's just me, but maybe not. Will see.
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
i am fairly certain (not 100% though) that i have debugging on, since i am building CM9 w/ userdebug target. (am i correct in this ?)

that specific LOGE is from dalvik/libdex/DexDebugInfo.cpp > invalidStream, which is called from dexDecodeDebugInfo0. (i have little knowledge in android, java, dalvik, odexing, etc., but i figured it might mean something to you.)

i will look out for that error message and see if it comes up on my phone.

i am assuming that you are running GB ROM ? i think CM7 supports your phone (probably). i have CM7 repo on my pc. maybe i can build CM7/PDroid for your phone, just to make sure it is the patching process (smali patching), not the code. don't get me wrong. smali patching worked like a charm for CM7. but it always made me a bit uncomfortable. as soon as i managed to compile PDroid with source, i never looked back. mateorod and i managed to get smali patching to work for a few ICS ROMs, but we realized that we need separate patches for CM, AOKP, AOSP, etc. and of course AOSP isn't working well yet.

edit: just to be clear, CM9 is nowhere near production stage. i also believe CM7 also has debugging on, since it was nightly (kang) not release nor RC. but i could be wrong about CM7....

edit: i found another guy who reports similar error. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26462135#post26462135 let's see if he also has PDroid.

edit: CM for Desire HD, http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/forum/171-htc-desire-hd-htc-inspire-experimental-mod/
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
@ krzych,

I just spent some time running various apps while recording logcat.

It generated 6000 lines, and there is no occurrence of that particular error message.

I am running CM9 compiled w/ userdebug target.

PDroid was compiled, not binary-patched.

edit: i also asked P990 CM7 users to report about that error message, and so far nobody seen it. their ROM was also compiled w/ PDroid, not binary-patched. i worked with the kanger to compile CM7 with PDroid 1.32 source.

Also I am building CM7 w/ PDroid for HTC ace for you to test. Although i am not 100% sure whether Desire HD is ace or not.

edit: uploaded

PDroid/CM7 for HTC ace

, http://www.mediafire.com/?2869mssi56moptx

please nandroid backup, and make sure that HTC ace is your device. (i don't own it, so not tested...)
[Android Apps and Games] HerrKomissar:
Can't install patch from CWM - Error Status 1

Phone: HTC Evo 4G (unlocked/SOFF)

ROM: Swagged Out Stock 2.0.9.4 (from sosdao.wordpress.com) - SOS-X-deodexed

I was able to create the patch successfully with 1.32, but it failed (see below) when I tried to install with CWM. Dug up the link to 1.31 in the thread and tried with that, but I got the exact same result. I've tried mounting /system, rebuilding the patch, and reflashing the ROM itself. All no dice.

-- Installing: /sdcard/PDroid-v1.31-SOS_X-N_2.0.9.4.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...

Starting AROMA INSTALLER version 1.63
(c) 2012 by amarullz xda-developers

E:Error in /sdcard/PDroid-v1.31-SOS_X-N_2.0.9.4.zip
(Status 1)
Installation aborted.

I googled myself silly, but I haven't been able to nail down what "Status 1" means. If anyone could help, I'd be immensely grateful.
[Android Apps and Games] Theraze:
Aroma stops PDroid patches from working. Need to either compile with PDroid built in or manually generate a non-Aroma ROM file to build your patch. And 1.32 doesn't generally boot after...
[Android Apps and Games] HerrKomissar:
Boot after what? Manually generating the the rom file?

So I guess I need to look for a new rom, then. :P Damn. I liked SOS.
[Android Apps and Games] Theraze:
Yeah, patcher 1.32 tends to bootloop, though some people do have it work for them. The patcher 1.27 tends to not work with self-created ROM files. People have reported the 1.31 patcher as working for self generated... directions, back from post 1332:
[Android Apps and Games] HerrKomissar:
Oh, I saw that but misunderstood. I thought you meant that even if I used a non-Aroma mod it probably wouldn't work.

I think I can probably manage to suss my way through those instructions. Here's hoping. :D

Thanks again.

Update: Well, that seemed to work, in so far as I could get it to install. Now, I just have to cross my fingers and hope the little bugger boots up again. :)

Update 2: No dice. :P No looping, just a blank screen after the white "HTC Evo" screen.

Maybe I need a clarification about those signing instructions. When it says to zip up the "/system" folder, does it mean the one from the ROM image, or the one from my phone?
[Android Apps and Games] Theraze:
If it's looping, your PDroid patcher version might just not support your ROM. Whether that's because you need to try a newer/older patcher, or because the ROM wasn't created properly; basically just SOMEthing went wrong.

Try a different version of the patcher. The bootloops happen anytime anything goes wrong, and are why we love the wonderful PDroid restore patches. :)
[Android Apps and Games] krzych:
Thanks for multiple informations about that. I appreciate this very much. First of all, because i really WANT to have an AOSP and I see I can ask you a few questions as an experienced user, second, as PDroid is a quite big advantage to have without issues, so I will probably patch original sources one day when I will learn how to compile CM...

Thanks for those, I will use them tommorow (link for CM7 for DHD and the patch). If this will help me to have stable rom at last, I will be very very happy. I have enough of wondering that I have managed to break my ROM or the ROM itself is crappy.

Ok, so, basicaly we probably should go to private messages as until we figure out few things, we will do no good in this thread, so I'm goin to PM answering the things you have mentioned.

[edit]

A post below states correctly I got rid of any problems with PDroid when swapped to CM7. I will not investigate this further because... I love CM7 already! :D
[Android Apps and Games] HerrKomissar:
Well, I tried 1.32, 1.31, and 1.27. No luck.

At this point, I'm thinking I'll just change from SOS to Cyanogen (turns out it is available for the Evo), since that seems to be a pretty popular choice.
[Android Apps and Games] krzych:
Do it man, I'm on CM7 now and it's flawless. NO PROBLEMS WITH PDROID!!!

What I'm saying... no problems AT ALL!!! :D It's a perfect solution for me if not counting lack of some Sense apps like "Music with DLNA" or much better keyboard application. But I'll live somehow, If I'll find solution, I'll publish a quick tutorial how to shred Sense ;)

PS. My PDroid patch was applied to CM7 sources by pastime1971 who saved my butt in the terms of AOSPs ;). I don't think I'll ever swap it to another mod :)
[Android Apps and Games] HerrKomissar:
I'm finding some signal issues, though I don't know if that's just from the calculation changing. In particular, I find it odd that my WiFi only shows 33-50% when I'm sitting, literally, 5 feet on unobstructed from my WAP on the desk. :P

I'm also working right now on trying to find a copy of the HTC IME keyboard. That's just too damn good to give up. Hacker's Keyboard comes close, but it's too damn small.
[Android Apps and Games] pickxda:
Hi,

I've just tried PDroid software. I have CheckRom v6 with speedmod kernel... I've used PDroid Patcher 0.321 to integrate PDroid in CheckRom, after the flashing... my device does not boot, it remain with Samsung Galaxy S2 logo on screen and stays like this forever. I have start ddms... and i get "Unable to open log device '/dev/log/main': No such file or directory"

Can someone help me, please?
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
On checkrom v6, 1.32 patcher will give you a bootloop, with 1.31, no bootloop, but pdroid doesn't find the patch. The only succes I had was with 1.27... but it is buggy as stated in first post so I removed the patch.
[Android Apps and Games] pickxda:
Well... in this case, maybe the next version of the patcher will be more compatible with CheckRom V6 :(
[Android Apps and Games] pickxda:
i've tried with patch 1.31 and pdroid 1.32 and is working fine...

Device: Galaxy S2

ROM: CheckRom v6

A little detail... Pdroid don't detect that Hot Pursuit have the permission to access the internet, but Premissions Denied Pro show all the permissions...
[Android Apps and Games] krzych:
Yeah, HTC IME is best and I cannot find anything like this. Hacker's is not close - no cursors, and yes, buttons too small. Enlarging fonts closes up to HTC, but it still no-go.

About the signal, try different radios. I always had problems with my WiFi router so I'm never sure is it my router or phone, so I won't tell you much, but so far, all is working quite ok, I do not look at signal's power indicator - i just look at transfer rate - until it's good enough, I do not mind even one bar on the indicator, let it be any picture while it works.

By the way, not all is so flawless as I told before - I had some issues but right now, reflashed all and again have none of them - I'm checking what happened step by step. The issues was connected mainly to strange logcat entries about apps dying and quite a slowdown of whole ROM, but I think it could be my "deny all even for system apps" policy as one of the base reasons AND few other tricks I made, so now I'm doing everything slowly with step by step backups to check WHAT caused my problems. When I find it, I'll tell you more.
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
Hmh, good you give some hints for the 1.32 patch to avoid bootloop on checkrom v6?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] pickxda:
you did not understood properly

Is working with PATCHER 1.31 and PDROID (from market) 1.32, in this combination

I think you understood that I've done working with both Patcher versions, witch is totally worng

The only thing that I did different from the "tutorial installation of this patcher", it that i didn't not use the backup ROM from my phone, i've use the original V6 rom for patching (witch is the same in my opinion)... but, who knows
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
Really strange. It's exactly what I have tried. Did you install pdroid AFTER installing the patch? It's the only thing I didn't tried.
[Android Apps and Games] nightmare911:
i have made a patcher for CM7.2 nightly for desire but im now stuck a bootloop using pdroid patcher 1.32