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[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gooface:
Permissions get reset constantly for apps, I think I read it somewhere that anytime the Launcher updates that all the app permissions for apps on my phone reset. Is there anyway to fix this?

I am sick and tired of allowing things to get permissions on my phone over and over again. I never had this issue on my Nexus 6.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] SacredDeviL666:
i would say expect things differently when you are on a non-nexus device...

did you mean to say launcher as in prism?

what rom are you on...
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gooface:
Stock HTC US ROM, and stock launcher.

The permissions reset all the time, and I have one friend that is on sprint on their ROM (I use the US unlocked ROM) and he has the same issue. where he will set the permissions to allow, and then out of nowhere the permissions reset on him.

Really irritates me with the google opinion rewards app, because I dont get any surveys since the app keeps losing the location permission.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] SacredDeviL666:
i am sorry... not on stock to say so... you aren't rooted are you?

did you try giving permissions manually by going to settings- app ?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gooface:
yep, I went to the application manager and even set them there and after a day or few hours or a reset of the phone it will lose them.

Yes I am rooted.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] SacredDeviL666:
thats odd... doesn't happen with me i have to set permissions if required only at the first time i run a app not always...

is it every app you get this permission or certain apps? also when it requests for permission are you ticking the box which states don't ask again?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gooface:
any app that asks for permission the first time you open it is doing it, and it seems like it is almost random when it will ask for permission again. Like I right now I just opened my camera app and it asked for location permission again.

I dont see a box that says dont ask again if I tell it "allow"
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] SacredDeviL666:
something like this you don't get?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gooface:
Nope, just an allow and deny option, nothing else.

That must be specific to your ROM or something.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] SacredDeviL666:
don't think so its specific to rom... as i had used multiple roms and every rom gives me a permission option with that option as shared in ss
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] djbutter:
I have the same issue and it's really irritating. I'm on the stock unlocked version.

I didn't think it was the launcher update that causes it. I suspected it was the fact that I use adopted storage and when I reboot my phone, I noticed that occasionally some app icons appear unavailable with the "X" icon. When that happens, I feel like that's when all the permissions get reset (and lost)
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] SacredDeviL666:
tried alternative launcher to see? as i am not stock my result won't help much as there are few more users who is reporting this permission being reset on reboot....
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
Joining the boat here. My app permissions also get reset every now and then. It only happens after a reset of the phone. I always turn the phone off at night, next morning all permissions are gone. It doesn't happen every morning, just sometimes.

I'm on a completely stock phone, never tinkered with root and s-off etc. It happened on both the first software version it came with, and the current latest software from HTC.

I have also set my external SD-card to be seen as internal storage. Is that the culprit?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mzguy:
I have had the loss of permissions problem after restart for a while. It has persisted across multiple hard resets, and even multiple devices! I am working on a theory. For anyone here who has had this issue, did you encrypt your device? I'm trying to find a common thread, as clearly every device hasn't had this issue, but many have. Any input is appreciated.

Now I also can't even change the permissions back, as it claims I have a screen overlay. Not only do I not, but disabling screen overlay for all apps still results in that error.

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PS: I'm on an M9. I hesitate to upgrade to the 10 if this is an HTC-wide issue. It has been a nightmare for me.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] vinicioh23:
Why not use appopsxposed? Works great for me and never resets ?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
I surely have my device encrypted.

What's appopsxposed?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mzguy:
What carrier version? Or are you unlocked?

If it's not encryption, I'm puzzled what other specifics could be causing this. Is anyone else using any other settings that could be somewhat atypical? How about launchers? Is everyone using a third-party launcher perhaps?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
I'm on the stock non-carrier-locked software. Not rooted. Not s-off, nothing. HTC sense launcher.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mzguy:
Did you ever wipe the partition cache?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
No. I did do a double factory reset 1 week ago, cause my device had become very slow.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] CrazyCypher:
You have to have window like this:

http://i.stack.imgur.com/Orlti.png

You can check the box and click deny and will not ask again. If you click deny and NOT click checkbox, it will ask again next time. If you click Allow, you will allow and will not ask again. If you CLEAR DATA of the app, you will be asked again. If you reinstall, it will ask again. If you have some other app that deletes data of other app, the other app will ask again no matter what.

If this is not helping, take the phone back - maybe it has faulty software
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
Thanks. Yes I know that dialogue. I've had it many times, for many types of different permissions for many different apps. That works perfectly for a while, maybe even months, until one day all permissions for every single app are reset.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] djbutter:
I still have the problem. I try to avoid rebooting my phone. Sometimes it doesn't happen after reboot.

I also noticed that some apps retain the permissions. I really don't know why it's happening, but it's really annoying to have to redo all the permissions.

My phone is unlocked, straight from HTC US, carrier-free, encrypted and completely stock.

I wonder if it's because I use adopted storage with and SD card. Maybe apps stored on the SD card are getting messed up?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] samisax:
That was an issue on my M8. No amount of factory resets, different ROMs would fix it. I flashed an RUU and it was fixed.

Flash an RUU. I'm no expert, but my theory is that permissions are messed up on a partition level. That's just my theory based on almost no knowledge of partitions. I don't know of an easier way to fix that. An RUU would bring you back to factory state.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Bleak Outlook:
I have the exact same problem (HTC 10) I have expanded storage and encryption
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mzguy:
You have the false screen overlay warning too? Have you ruled out any actual overlay caused by an app?

I think we can rule out encryption as sufficient to distinguish anything, since all HTC 10 devices are presumably encrypted. I never used expanded storage though, and had the lost permissions problem across multiple devices. So that's not it either.

Does anyone have any ideas what else could be triggering this for a small subset of users?

The "screen overlay" problem seems more rare, and may have nothing to do with the loss of permissions problem, so it might be worthwhile to focus on the more common problem first.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
I have the permissions problem and occasionally get the screen overlay message too. However in my case I think that message is correct, because I use Tasker with scenes to make overlays. Does any of you use Tasker or any other app that generates overlays?

Mzguy do you get the permission problem on HTC 10 without expanded storage? So you have internal and external storage separately?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mzguy:
The overlay problem may not be a problem, as you say. In my case, I ruled out all apps (disabled their overlay permissions), and still had the issue. Others might legitimately have apps creating overlays and just simply be unaware of that, or not know how to turn it off. I have not had a problem with Tasker. I use Scenes too, but always destroy them when done.

On the M9, I never enabled adopted storage (or whatever it's called). I always used an SD card, but internal storage was separate. And yet I had this issue across several devices and hard resets. I have not experienced the permissions problem on an HTC 10. Hopefully I won't! I'm still interested in understanding the core of this issue, as I really don't want it to happen again!
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Bleak Outlook:
I found that if I had a Facebook messenger chat head active this gave me the screen overlay issue... Close the chat head and things worked...
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] rambojambo21:
I finally found a fix, go to stock recovery and wipe /cache. Doesn't delete your data and fixes the problem, rebooted many times and permissions have stayed. Only do it with stock recovery.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mzguy:
What do you mean "wipe / cache... Do it with stock recovery?"

Do you mean that on the stock OS image, wipe the partition cache? If so, don't declare victory too quickly. Give it a few weeks before you're sure. I did that several times on my M9, then still experienced the issue a few weeks later. I've also experienced it after a total wipe / hard reset, AND with replacement device.

I don't think there's a solution that's so simple. I fear the issue may come back for you.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] rambojambo21:
I found the solution on a One M9 forum and I did it and haven't had the issue for a month and I reboot every night, used to have the issue every 3 or so reboots, just give it a try. Reboot to recovery and format /cache.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mzguy:
That's what I'm saying - I tried it many times already. It never happened (and it happened to me at least 3 times across devices) without my trying to clear the partition cache, often multiple times. Can you think of anything else you may have changed?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] rambojambo21:
I dunno then, all I did was wipe /cache and I've not had the issue for a while, maybe just got randomly lucky.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
I've contacted HTC and they advised me to clear cache from recovery too. I did it two times, but kept getting the permission resets. So it never helped me. I ended up doing a factory reset again, but this time I didn't format sd as internal storage. So far, I'm good.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] chrisully:
It happens to me and it appears to be after an update or reboot when using adoptable storage
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] davemckelvey:
Happens to me too, I'm on the HTC 10 and happens all the darn time. I'll try the cache wipe! Glad it wasn't just me. I'll repost in a month if it stays fine.

Running stock WWE rom but had to reflash as it had a stupid Australian rom. Unlocked bootloader was my thought originally but I had the same on my locked m8.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jeffshead:
Wow... Glad I decided to google about this again before getting the HTC 10.

This pain in the butt problem has plagued my M8 from day one. I've never set the external SD as internal storage so I don't think that has anything to do with it.

I seem to lose permissions mainly after app updates, but it does not seem to be related to any single app and it does not happen everytime an app or apps are updated. Also, a few of my apps have never lost their permissions.

I have experienced this issue with root, unrooted, stock ROM and custom rom. I've RUU'ed, factory reset, etc. It still happens.

Since some of my apps have never lost their permissions and it's always the same ones that do lose their permissions... Could it be that the apps' code was not properly updated for the way Marshmallow handles permissons?

I have seen a handful of posts around the Internet where users claim they have the same issue with other makes and models but the vast majority of reports seem to be from HTC owners.

I also own a Galaxy S5 (so does my wife) and my daughter has the previous model Galaxy. None of them suffer from this issue but they all have different apps.

This makes me lean towards getting the S7 over the HTC 10 even though I much prefer HTC's build quality. Actually, I might not even upgrade now that I know the cause of this issue has still not been found :(
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
It's been a while now that I've factory reset my HTC 10 and chosen to not format sd as internal storage. This has finally solved all problems for me, which previous hard resets never did.

No more permissions reset.

No more crashes.

No more Spotify downloaded music disappearing.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jeffshead:
I performed a few formats and resets. Issue always returned. How long has it been since you did your format? Did you reinstall all of the same apps? I've gone a whole month or more before the issue returned but it always comes back.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
It was 1,5 month ago. I installed the same apps. After previous factory resets, problems would return within a week.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jeffshead:
Glad to hear the issue hasn't returned for you :)

I've tried everything except for re-adding each app, one-by-one, over the course of a year after formatting/resetting .

I think my love affair with HTC is over. I've been buying nothing but HTC's since they entered the market because of their build quality and the favorable reviews. However, after receiving a Galaxy S5 as my work phone and using both for over a year, I have to admit I much prefer the Samsung's keyboard, the way it handles calls, it's word prediction & spell check, etc, etc. The HTC's sound quality and camera are better and I don't like the cheap plastic feel of the Samsung but I keep my phones in heavy-duty cases so maybe build quality shouldn't be much of a concern for me.

Anyway, I'm going off topic. I was just about to order the HTC 10 when I found this thread. Can't believe this is still an unsolved mystery. So disappointing. Now I'm back to square one and considering the S7 again.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
Well, I've seen reports of Samsung phones on marshmallow with the same permission problems. And there's only a very small amount of HTC 10 owners coming here with this problem. So who is to say that Samsung is the better choice on this specific topic? I personally think it's an Android problem. Spotify even has a QA advising users not to use MM's adoptable storage with their app.

Anyway, choice is yours of course. For me, there are still plenty reasons to favor HTC here.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jeffshead:
Thanks for the info.

Not me, but... I've seen far more reports made by HTC owners (multiple versions) and the fact that we have three heavily used Galaxy's in our house without this issue. That's all I can go on :D I'm also leaning towards this being an Android issue but it does seem to be more prevalent with HTC owners. Does HTC have the lion's share of the market? That could be the reason for more HTC reports.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] deechte:
That would be Samsung, with the lion's share ðŸ˜Š One of the reasons for me to go HTC. Apart from the S4 my employer got me. That's a dreadful phone in so many aspects.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mech_supernova:
Mines permissions have reset a few times, it's usually due to a failed boot on mine, due to me trying to restart my phone while it's coming on because I tried to reboot instead of booting to recovery
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jeffshead:
I've lost my apps' permissions after reboots as well.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] davemckelvey:
I can confirm that I had success erasing the /cache part and permissions stayed after allowing them for the whole time (the past few weeks or so) until a major app update or something. Two days ago I relocked the bootloader and returned s-on. All the app permissions won't even stay a day so I'm going to try the erase/cache command in the recovery and see if that truly does work. The screen overlay message is only from apps that have draw permissions like messenger and automate and your antivirus and some launchers etc etc. You need to do the permissions from settings to get past the screen overlay warnings.

So I re-flashed the stock recovery. And all of the app permissions began going away after each reset (i mean it would be EVERY time!!) I went into the bootloader and accessed recovery, (which shows an exclamation mark) and then in recovery pressed the power button and quick toggled the volume up/down rocker to get the options screen. Then clicked on "erase cache" and rebooted the phone.

I set up all app permissions and have reset multiple times and can confirm they have stayed. thanks to the OP for this thread!
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] :
Disable boost+

It's boost+

Just found that out. Uninstall all updates of boost+ and disable it. Then reboot your phone and you will see, all permissions still here!

Hope that helps.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] cluxter:
[MENTION=8122716]Haerion[/MENTION]: Thank you so much!!! That was definitely the cause of the problem!! Turning off my phone was fine but restarting it made all the permissions go away every single time. I just deleted the "Boost+" app, restarted the phone and now all the permissions are saved and are not asked again! Thank you!!
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mzguy:
Strange. I have done nothing with Boost+ (it's enabled), and do not have the permissions loss. I have never had the loss of permissions on my HTC 10. However, I had it all the time on several M9s, and that never had Boost+!

Until there are more than 2 successful fixes, I'd consider this potentially a fluke. I always thought this was some memory access bug, or perhaps a hardware fault, that's only triggered under particular circumstances. Perhaps Boost+ is more likely to do so, but not certain to do it.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] mwake4goten:
Going to throw my two cents this into the mix but I think this is a Marshmallow issue. Has anybody had this issue on Lollipop or KitKat? I know that is not specific but probably linked to HTC implementation of Marshmallow.

I have the M8 and I get the permissions issue every now and again especially after a reboot. I never had the issue with Lollipop only started with Marshmallow.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jfandl:
HTC Repaired HTC m8 with issues

I just got my M8 Developer Edition back from repair and what a nightmare. I didn't have the permission problems before (I was running the Venom ROM) and now that they replaced the main board and battery plus installed Developer Edition ROM 6.12.1540.4, HTC's last ROM for this device, I am constantly losing permissions on almost every reboot. It also keeps losing network connection where it shows a signal but has no connection. I was able to resolve the signal issue by installing SU and changing the Build.prop file to disable fast dormancy which was great but now my apps that don't allow a rooted phone stopped working.

Changed the MID to allow TMO official ROM (6.12.531.5) to be installed. I still lose permissions but not quite as often. No issues with the network dropping even though fast dormancy is enabled in this build. (Of course they flash a TMO specific radio file)

I've wiped all the partitions and cache to reset the phone as clean as possible but still no luck as you can see for the format /cache is probably a temporary solution.

It also resets other settings on reboot such as turning off bluetooth, WIFI, screen timeout set for fixed brightness, however it behaves like in automatic until I tap it to dim, the back to full bright, etc.

I'm going to put money on it that it's software issues with HTC. Since the phone isn't usable, I'm sending it back to repair since I keep losing permissions. (I'm also going to be that if I put Venom ROM back on, I won't have the issue either, but then root checking apps like my work email and snapchat will not work)
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] kruc Ire:
I am hating my HTC M8s for this permissions sh!+ The id keep changing. The full reset of all the options and toasts and info banner returns. Every damn day.

I know some yall dont never reboot or shut off they phones but I don't NEVER charge withit on cuz it will DESTROY the M8 breed. I can't get the hang of MM nobody gets your hang MM.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jeffshead:
I was never able to resolve the permissions issue with my M8 and I tried every thing. I have owned nothing but HTC's over many years but I saw the writing on the wall and bailed. HTC seems to have changed course and is no longer focusing on what made their reputation. Rather than going for the HTC 10 or 11, I went with the Galaxy S7. Yeah, yeah it's a Samsung but I'm very happy with it. The software flows better in my opinion and the spellcheck and predictive word work way, way better than that of HTC (including the latest models). And... No more losing permissions :D
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] PrettyLush:
I know this thread is old. But my HTC ONE M9 started resetting ALL my app permissions using this a VPN app TunnelBear and my 'deepweb' apps OrBot and OrFox today.

Any connection there? Maybe when I accidentally selected 'All Apps' when I turned 'App VPN Mode' instead of the certain ones I wanted?

I don't know. Just found this thread on Google because I'm having the issue all of a sudden now.

I have to reboot my device once or twice daily, sometimes more because I have a sound/mic issue on my phone that's only fixed by rebooting my device.

Not until I installed and used TunnelBear VPN and OrBot and OrFox today, and then rebooted to get my sound back did all my app permissions get reset. And then when I reset again later it did it again.

Every app I use, plus different features on those apps give me the option to allow or deny permission to use functions of my device.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] GPAPA42:
Many thanks. I had the same issue on my HTC M9 and after Boost+ uninstalled, all permissions are still here.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Farabomb:
I'm glad I found this thread because I thought I was going nuts. I've been having the permissions issue with my M8 for a while now and it's infuriating. I tried wiping the cache and if that doesn't work a RUU will be next. I don't understand why they would let this be such a problem across seemingly many devices.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Atharkhan101:
I'm pretty sure it's problem in marshmallow. Still finding a fix and my devive is Lenovo P2 Turbo.
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m_esser:
Hello,

some discussions on android-hilfe.de about the Honor 7 modem partition and additionally Wanams App "Partitions Backup & Restore" brought me to the following issue:

The Honor 7 has a bunch of partitions and some partitions seem to be very device specific.

Looking into Wanams App (s. attachments) several partitions are marked with a yellow background as "IMEI / EFS related". Because of that I am assuming that device specific informations like IMEI, serial nummber, mac addresses for WLAN and Bluetooth etc. are stored on one or more of those special partitions (I think that the time to burn such informations on EPROMs is gone, isn't it?).

That's leading to my question: Can somebody tell me which device specific information is stored on what partition?

I think that this aspect is very important for those who want to create their own Custom ROM because it would be very "stupid" if you provide a ROM that changes one of those partitions and later on you have to recognize that all affected devices have (for example) the same IMEI.

Thank you in advance and best regards

m_esser
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m_esser:
Curious ... this forum has thousands of users and has a community with an extremely high knowledge level ... but nobody can answer my questions?