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[Android Apps and Games] ITPython:
I would absolutely love to have this app working on my phone, as it is EXACTLY what I have wanted ever since I got into the droid scene. However, after an entire night of installing custom ROMS (deodexed and rooted) and attempting to apply PDroid patches to those ROMs, I have had absolutely zero luck getting it to work on my phone.

Every time I always get stuck in my phones boot (not boot loop... it just freezes on one of the screens that shows my phones model). I have tried various different ways of applying the patches (with CWM) but nothing works and always ends up as the same result, frozen boot screen. :(

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit II, if anybody out there has gotten PDroid to work on this phone model, please let me know what you did! There is at least one person who has successfully gotten PDroid to work on the same phone as me (by sorting Play Store reviews by my phone type). So I know it can be done somehow.

Also on a slightly different note, what is the deal with the instructions for getting this app to work? The first instruction is to make a backup of the ROM, which links to a tutorial on how to make a Nandroid backup with CWM.

But the thing is, the PDroid auto-patch thing only patches update.zip type ROMs, not Nandroid backups. What's up with this? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
you can create a fake update.zip from nandroid backup.

the zip just needs to be in the structure of

META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
system/framework/core.jar
system/framework/framework.jar
system/framework/services.jar

nandroid backup (system.ext3.tar) is a simple tar file. you can extract it by "tar xvf system.ext3.tar")

edit: also, ROM manager has a some sort of capability to create update.zip from ROM, i think...
[Android Apps and Games] ITPython:
Well after many hours of frustration and failure trying to get PDroid to work, turns out all I needed to do was use the 1.31 version of the patcher (which can be found HERE).

Once I patched my ROM using 1.31, it worked perfectly on the first try, everything booted up fine. I am now enjoying all the benefits of PDroid, and I have to say it is absolutely wonderful and works like a charm! :good:

And option of default deny would be nice so an app never has a chance to gather any info, but until we get such an option my firewall will do any necessary network blocking until I can revoke an apps permissions (firewall is set to whitelist, so all new apps are blocked by default). Also another neat feature would be real-time permission asking like what SU does, so if an app tries to access something PDroid pops up and asks me what I want to do (if I haven't manually configured the apps permissions yet).

Either way definitely going to be donating for this! :) Hopefully the dev keeps updating and perfecting this app.
[Android Apps and Games] chris29020:
Can anyone help me? im desperate lol
[Android Apps and Games] krzych:
Hmm, where's Svyat?

This patch needs care urgently... And I don't mean 'making patches' but bugfixes and stability...
[Android Apps and Games] jb789:
The ROMs available depend on your phone model, so google away. Cyanogenmod is usually a good option if it's available for your device.

The main reason to Nandroid is to be able to restore what you had if something screws up.
[Android Apps and Games] ITPython:
I guess it's assumed the person attempting to flash the PDroid patch is using a custom ROM, cause if you are on stock (as I was) there is not much you can do. Plus my stock ROM was odexed, so I didn't have much choice if I wanted to use PDroid.

But the instructions on the matter could have been a bit more clear. I also didn't realize that you could simply patch the base ROM you are using, I thought it had to be the actual ROM I was currently using; as in somehow I was supposed to back it up and patch it. But I later found/figured out that patching the ROM originally used to flash is good enough as long as certain system files haven't been altered.

It's a learning process, that's for sure. Just wished the instructions were more precise. Either way I donated to the developer, so all is good. :)
[Android Apps and Games] :
Did svyat ever release the sources for the Gingerbread patch version 1.32?

I don't want to have to beg for the source code on every update and then get flimsy excuses on why he doesn't spend the 5 minutes to set up a repo on GitHub or elsewhere.
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
his source always has been open.

currently, it's on the google source, http://code.google.com/p/pdroid/
[Android Apps and Games] :
Ah, cool! I take back the thing about flimsy excuses then :)

The last time I checked the status of PDroid was several months ago, so I seem to have missed that repo being set up.
[Android Apps and Games] creeve4:
Used on Samsung Exhibit II running Peach Sunrise (2.3.5). Phone won't boot. Attached is the log file.
[Android Apps and Games] thyl_:
I also had to use patcher version 1.31 .

With 1.32 the phone didn´t boot at all.

ROM CyanogenMod 7.2 stable, Device Wildfire (Buzz)
[Android Apps and Games] SecUpwN:
Does somebody know a custom ICS-ROM for HTC EVO 3D that is patchable by Auto-Patcher?
[Android Apps and Games] kobik77:
I have a problem with restoring settings in pdroid. I see in the app list for which apps I've set custom permissions but when I click on an app to see the exact change, I see that all permissions are allowed.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Apps and Games] xternal:
Anyone tried this on JellyBean yet? :laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] DaBigFreak:
Hey there,

got massive problems with making the patches.

Windows7 proff x64bit SP1, all updates, latest java sdk.

This is what I get when patching.

Yeah, result is an not bootable ROM, after patching :(
[Android Apps and Games] SecUpwN:
No. You got a massive problem using WINBLOWS. Use Linux. Period.
[Android Apps and Games] CollegeDev:
Where is Svyat?!?!

All the patches and efforts are wasted time, because we need to update lot of code to get it work smooth with system apps and all features we need. So, please update the Source Code that the "hackers" on board can build new patches. :cowboy:
[Android Apps and Games] DaBigFreak:
Nice and helpfull suggestion :(
[Android Apps and Games] CollegeDev:
Set up VM (e.g. VirtualBox) and install Ubuntu. Nice tutorial for install java:

google tags: "install jdk ubuntu steps" first site: wikihow!

It could be that some commands doesn't work, if so type in: "sudo -s" and then your password. If you have finished use patch as described in first post!
[Android Apps and Games] DaBigFreak:
Guess I will better start an Windows32bit version, where for many others the patcher works... Thats most easier than learning how to use Linux...all that command stuff realy sucks...
[Android Apps and Games] CollegeDev:
If I will have free time in the next few days I can patch it for you. Takes only few minutes to do. If you can wait, just send me pm with link to your flashable rom (ROM_NAME.zip). Please do parallel your stuff to learn it, because I can't promise you if I get freetime.
[Android Apps and Games] jb789:
Have you tried this?:

If that doesn't work, you may need Auto-Patcher, but that does require Linux. I've never used it, but Ubuntu now has a Windows dual boot installer that might make things easier to get started.
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
I'd have to agree, I wish he'd hand development over or something to get other people to update this. We have jellybean already.
[Android Apps and Games] FFU5y:
You've got a massive problem with being a jerk, it seems. Go flame slashdot or something.
[Android Apps and Games] test123456789012:
ICS support would be so cool! :)

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9000 mit Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] pdppdp:
Maybe skip ics and work on jelly bean support.
[Android Apps and Games] kobik77:
Installing VM is a waste of time for users who doesn't already have it.

I patched AOKP and CM9 roms for maguro with no problems at all using Cygwin on Windows 7.

Just need to add one line for it to work properly.

Install JDK

Install Cygwin

And follow this

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=icxy6Rvy

After that you'll be good to go with running the patcher

Edit: Of course that if you're patching an ICS based ROM you should use the same method with AutoPatcher.
[Android Apps and Games] jb789:
He also tweeted the same about 2 weeks ago, and recently started a new job as well.

So the source is available for anyone with the skills & time to do more, as pastime & mateorod have done with Auto-Patcher. Pdroid is awesome & it'd be great if svyat were here, but let's cut him some slack to get settled in his new life. I nominate anyone in Germany to go help him with renovations. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Yes I fully understand his position. Real Life always takes priority, and that's perfectly fine. What I mean is I was hoping somebody else could pick up where he paused and keep improving pdroid. I would HAPPILY pay for this app as I think it's quite possibly one of the best apps for Android. I really wish we had more options to choose from. No other app does what pdroid does as far as I know
[Android Apps and Games] r0zj0k3r:
Just wanted to thanks for this app, gladly donated to the cause...:good:

I did have to use V 1.31 to successfully patch my roms. Nevertheless I sleep more soundly with this app running.

Many thanks
[Android Apps and Games] uwdus:
It's really sad, that this great project is dead...
[Android Apps and Games] SecUpwN:
no. all we need is a dev who's willing to tinker with the code and is as passionate about privact like svyat. and guys, if i knew where svyat lives.. i'd visit him and knock on his door. ;-)

so which dev is willing to contribute to this great project? maybe svyat sees what we're doing here and chimes in some day. @svyat: wo wohnst du? lass' bei kaffee und kuchen quatschen! ^^
[Android Apps and Games] DaBigFreak:
Yeah this is great!!!

Cyanogenmod has such a function included, but it just crashes the apps when been forbidden rights, so its useless!!!

This is the only available way, to have low battery usage control of installation apps rights!

IF I was a dev, I would help out here, but I dont understand even the main things in programming :(
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
May I ask which function in cm is that you are referring to ?

It is hard to believe it, knowing the history of cm's policy...
[Android Apps and Games] krzkrush:
He is referring to cm7.1/cm7.2's integrated permission management, that lets you selectively revoke (not spoof) app permissions.

This feature is missing in cm9 so far.

---------- Post added at 06:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:17 PM ----------

it is not useless. Denying access to contacts only crashes 50% of all apps though ... ;)
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
didn't know cm7 included this. thanks for the info.

mind if i ask how i access this feature ? (thanks in advance.)
[Android Apps and Games] Avilove.Cullen:
Where can i find the patch ?

RuCk

FulEs!
[Android Apps and Games] jb789:
I've never used it, but go to Settings > CM Settings > Application > Permission Management. See here for more details.
[Android Apps and Games] Sotik11:
svyat, what about ICS? How soon?
[Android Apps and Games] kobik77:
Try Auto-Patcher

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1719408
[Android Apps and Games] CollegeDev:
After long time reading source code (and logcat of my ICS device) and try to understand why Pdroid is crashing on ICS, I believe I know what's goin on (please note that it is only a assumption, I will have to do some tests to prove it). It depends on core implementation changings from Gingerbread to ICS. I try to modify the source-Code and give a new release, but it could take some time because there is not so much free time. Next two weeks I definitely have no more freetime.If anyone of you find also some bugs, please tell me, I will have a look.
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
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[Android Apps and Games] exadeci:
Could we have a version for galaxy s ??

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] droidcutie:
nice, Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Samugai:
Dz/g2 cm 7.1

Awesome stuff man, i was looking for an LBE alternative. This looks really promising.

My question is, all those HTC Desire listed is there one for the G2? I know it doesn't say DZ or G2 but was hopin.
[Android Apps and Games] MightySashiman:
trying for the first time on my HTC Desire with CyanogenRom 7.1.0.

Downloaded and flashed the correct zip (had to switch off sig check in recovery), installed the market app, rebooted, and still get the "Privacy API is not available" error message on pdroid app launch :(

Have tried rebooting a couple of times, reflashing the zip patch. Not working.

Any way round this issue please ?
[Android Apps and Games] peachpuff:
Just installed it on my sgs2 running cm7 #116, when installing cpu spy pdroid force closes, but when installing other apps everything is ok.

Would be nice to be able to select all or some apps and do a mass allow/block or random setting on them, other than that great app!
[Android Apps and Games] avgjoemomma:
Anxiously awaiting a build for us Nexus One CM7.1 users. Would love to ditch LBE since it's getting too heavy for my tastes.
[Android Apps and Games] izomiac:
Aside from fingerprinting and the fact that apps don't need to know what I'm doing, I can think of several apps that shouldn't be revealed to other apps. My university has an app for looking at the course catalog, events, safety alerts and such. If I had that app installed then my location, approximate age, and current "occupation" are all easily surmised by an app with GET_TASKS (or looking at the app list, that's pretty bad too).

There are also apps for people with depression, epilepsy, or HIV, and I doubt those people want their medical status widely known. In the same vein, if a woman installs a pregnancy tracker but later miscarries, she might be getting baby ads for months now that that data has been leaked to an advertising network. And if someone installs an app for locating homosexual singles then what happens when their homophobic coworker notices they get a lot of ads for that sort of thing on their phone? A malicious app could even find out which banking app you use and send the appropriately spoofed phishing e-mails to your Gmail account. Which apps you choose to install says a lot about you, and IMHO that's private information.
[Android Apps and Games] VerizonKoolaid:
prompt mia

install/zip

Droid X MiUi

the phone (re)boots without issue

unfortunately without market access I was unable to download the PDroid app. :(

direct link? :)
[Android Apps and Games] IPB_Refugee:
XDA has no heart for newbies...

I tried to contact the developer of this app via PM, but obviously my message couldn't be received by the developer. (I don't see anything in my "outbox".) So I try it this way...

The following text is in German. The main point of the content is: Please offer your patch for ZTE Blade with CyanogenMod 7.1.0 stable. Here is the original text of the PM in German language:

Obviously not being able to send polite PMs, I feel a bit discriminated here at one of the best boards regarding Android development...

Sad greetings

Wolfgang
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
I'm hoping he is busy with working on the ICS version. If you guys are having problems you should probably be providing him with logcats.
[Android Apps and Games] Goozy:
Yes I was excited when Plamen was implementing similar features for cyanogenmod but then he was forced to scale back his efforts to only allow for revoking permissions. I was going to pick up the source code and build on it myself but never got around to it.

There is absolutely no reason why an app needs access to my IMEI and phone number to function. I blame google for bundling phone state and identity into one permission. Revoking this permission always causes problems.

Thank you so much for developing this app!

PS) Can we get a patch for CM7.1 on Desire Z (HTC Vision)?
[Android Apps and Games] ZeroManArmy:
Noob Question

Will this work on a stock Motorola Photon 4G? I would love to have this application!
[Android Apps and Games] hollal:
Hi svyat

I PM'd you the details for a Galaxy S2 ROM a while back. Can I ask if this has made it onto your To-Do list?
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Read the op. He says he sees all requests but can only do one at a time. I'm hoping he just releases the feature that will patch a rom from the app. That would be much easier.
[Android Apps and Games] sensati13:
What is it meant by "All patches should also work for other ROMs with the same base"? Is a rooted Sensation with the Android Revolution HD ROM considered the same base as, say, the "HTC Desire HD - Android Revolution HD"?

What is base referring to?

tia

s13
[Android Apps and Games] hollal:
I've read the thread. What I asked was a polite, slightly cheeky way of trying to draw his attention to that particular request ;)

Thanks though.
[Android Apps and Games] btafoya:
Lock Screen gone after install

My lock screen is now gone and I can't seem to re-enable it.

HTC Inspire running BBModRom 1.8.2 (CM7)

Any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] jb789:
I believe what he means is ROMs derived from the same source for the same device. For instance, there are many devices that run CM7 ROMs, but for the most part, a CM7 ROM for a Droid 2 is not compatible with a Droid 1. However, there are many other Droid 2 ROMs derived from the same CM7 base, so that's what he's talking about. I don't know about any relation between the Sensation & Desire, so I'd say no, don't try it.
[Android Apps and Games] jimbobalu:
Can I use the Desire patch on my HTC Nexus One? I thought they were essentially the same phone.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] mojoflux:
Yup, same issue here. Apparently the pdroid patch installs without any problems, but the Privacy API error still appears as phentex mentions.

I don't know too much about the tech side of these things, but I'm running 'CyanogenMod-7.1.0-RC1-Desire' on a 'HTC Desire', ClockworkModRecovery version 5.0.2.0.

The update log from CMR shows:

I:Checking for extendedcommand...

I:Running extendedcommand...

Waiting for SD Card to mount (20s)

SD Card mounted...

I:Running script:

I:

ui_print("ROM Manager Version 4.8.0.6");

ui_print("December 9, 2011");

ui_print("Preparing to install ROM...");

run_program("/cache/dowipedalvikcache.sh");

assert(install_zip("/sdcard/download/PDroid-HTC-Desire-CM-7.1.zip"));

line 1: unexpected character at 'u'

Syntax error in update script​

If that's any help?
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Maybe we should spread the word? Possibly somebody post a new thread requesting a dev to carry on with this project?
[Android Apps and Games] pastime1971:
i do have ICS port of PDroid

source

, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1554960

and mateorod made auto patcher (for CM9 and AOKP roms), http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1719408
[Android Apps and Games] nk7:
Is there anything like PDroid for Google Chrome on windows?
[Android Apps and Games] Doplgangr:
Is there anywhere I can download the 1.27 version? I tried 1.32 but it stuck at boot logo with Galaxy w
[Android Apps and Games] jb789:
What's wrong with 1.31? It seems to be the version of choice. But, if you really need 1.27, the version I have is attached.

MD5- 3250feebab818cd4586a8b0fa024fd17
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Would somebody be so kind as to elaborate a little more on what this guy is saying? I want to do a patch myself, but I have no experience. I want to patch paranoid android rom for ICS. It's based off cyanogen.
[Android Apps and Games] krzkrush:
Cygwin is a Unix enviroment for windows. You can run Unix scripts (as autopatcher) within windows using Cygwin.
[Android Apps and Games] MightySashiman:
Has anyone got pdroid to work for galaxy nexus running jelly bean stock rooted?
[Android Apps and Games] kobik77:
Here you go, I wrote a detailed manual of how to run Auto-Patcher which can also patch ICS roms under Windows

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28196231&postcount=104

No need for much experience using, just follow the steps closely.
[Android Apps and Games] Rakeesh_j:
Any chance of a default deny for SMS, contact list, and dialing? Those are the two that are most often targetted.

Perhaps a whitelist of certain well known apps which have obvious dependencies upon those functions, e.g. all google branded apps, facebook app, twitter, etc.

Something that would be really nice is if you could individually enable or disable permissions upon app installation where it notifies you of the requested permissions.
[Android Apps and Games] Uzephi:
That would be nice, but a few minutes of setting up permissions isn't too bad.

Also, those programs don't need access to that, besides dialer and SMS apps. I deny Facebook access to everything, and turn off the sync option as I hate having my personal contact list cluttered with my Facebook 'friends'
[Android Apps and Games] raha0007:
Will I essentially have to reinstall my whole ROM? :silly:
[Android Apps and Games] DnaPolymerase:
So I guess this works for ICS roms too now?
[Android Apps and Games] raha0007:
So I made a patch for my MIUI XJ zip file and flashed it in CWM without any issues, however the MIUI doesnt boot up now.

It said its a so and so build and made the patch, no errors, also while flashing.

Should this work or is it clear that it cant work with MIUI

MIUI is built with cm7 right?
[Android Apps and Games] kaizokan:
Soon we will focus on Jelly Bean!, don't know how long it will take? I guess when ICS is stable a Jelly Bean update won't be that hard right.

btw Cyanogenmod is starting to work on CM10 (Jelly bean) (waiting for source code)
[Android Apps and Games] raha0007:
Will try the 1.31 ver of the patcher and report back :cowboy:

EDIT1: At least it boots when I use this version.

EDIT2: Seems to work

Success with HTC Desire and MIUI XJ a2sd using the 1.31 version of the patcher.

This should be on page one!

Link to the 1.31 version

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24521813&postcount=1164
[Android Apps and Games] anongeek:
I can't remember what rom I have installed. Can you just upload a CWM zip file?
[Android Apps and Games] batp:
Hello - first and foremost thank you greatly for this application. (If I have not thanked you yet)

Secondly - when flashing stable CM 7.2 for HTC Glacier the 1.32 beta build of patcher did not create a working patch, the screen would freeze on boot and get stuck with a black screen. Using 1.31 worked perfectly.

Thirdly 64 bit versions of java made the patcher fail.
[Android Apps and Games] DoubleFace:
htc evo 4g

firmware stock_deo_4.67

android 2.3.5

Creating updater script

Building modified framework.jar

I: Checking whether sources has changed...

I: Smaling...

W: Unknown file type, ignoring: framework.mod.jar.out\smali\android\app\ContextImpl.smali.orig

W: Could not find resources

I: Building apk file...

created: META-INF/

inflated: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

inflated: preloaded-classes

adding: preloaded-classes(in = 65693) (out= 11977)(deflated 81%)

updated manifest

Building modified services.jar

I: Checking whether sources has changed...

I: Smaling...

W: Unknown file type, ignoring: services.mod.jar.out\smali\com\android\server\am\ActivityManagerService.smali.orig

W: Could not find resources

I: Building apk file...

created: META-INF/

inflated: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

updated manifest

Building modified core.jar

I: Checking whether sources has changed...

I: Smaling...

W: Unknown file type, ignoring: core.mod.jar.out\smali\java\lang\ProcessManager$ProcessImpl.smali.orig

W: Could not find resources

I: Building apk file...

and after flash patch - phone show only sprint logo