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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] maxi16:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]

Hey i have just contact you over the contract form because i need the pro Version without Google Services/Play Store.

I became the automatic response that i should donate to get the instructions for the activation.

But i bought the pro features already (i can give Screenshots of my order history to prove that if necessary ).

So my question:

Can i contact you via pm/e mail to get my license and how can i use them?

Because from the contract form i only get this automatic response.

Or is it enough if i respond to it?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Namnodorel:
How did you purchase the Pro features? If you donated, you should've gotten an email that you need to reply to.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] maxi16:
Well that the point.

I purchased the pro features over Play Store (as said). And I instead Play Store i use Yalp Store at the moment ( i don't want to have Play Protect on my phone).

Of course i could use a donation to access pro features again.

But then i pay twice and i don't want this if it possible to avoid this.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
You should apply the accounts restriction to have the account name, which is mostly the email address, changed.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Unfortunately, I cannot allow exchanging Play store purchases for something else because I would violate Google's rules doing so and risking my Google developer account being banned, which would be quite disastrous.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] lfk0000:
Does "Force stop automatically" mean this app will be force stop for some reason(such like oom,battery saver) ?

By unchecking that could prevent it from being killed ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
It means that the app will be force stopped when changing restrictions to apply them immediately.

This question could better have been asked in the main XPrivacyLua thread because this is not a pro feature.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] lfk0000:
Got it , thanks !
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] maxi16:
Yes i understand. That would be the super GAU:)

The only reason why i didn't want the Play Store was the Play Protect which google is integrate in the newer Versions of the App.

And i don't want that Google scans my whole phone.

I use MicroG as replacement for Play Services so maybe i'm concerned without reason but i want to be safe:)

But now i have work around. I using a older Version where no Play Protect is integrated and block the self update of the App via Af Firewall.

Only if i want to download a app i allow the play store Internet connection.

Anyway thx for your info.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Namnodorel:
_sigh_ I'm sorry to bring this up again, but... Are you sure the activation stays just by backing up the XPLP data? I did a backup using Titanium Backup yesterday and after that reflashed my phone (I did switch from an engineering build to a user one though, if that matters), and now after I restored the app+data, I am greeted by "Invalid response" on every start and, of course, no activation.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
I am pretty sure, but I will double check it later this week when I am back home. If you send me a copy of the data, I will check that as well.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Kelvino9:
Titanium Backup does backup and restore the XPL Pro data without a problem and it did it for me 2-3 times the last week and a half until yesterday.

I flashed a new ROM after a full wipe and received an "Invalid response" error. I did requested a new activation code and received it so I'm good.

While restoring XPL Pro and other apps I did ignore/skip restoring the previous Android ID as it isn't working reliable on Oreo as well as it did on Nougat.

Not sure if using the new Android ID is causing this problem?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bluegrass55:
As a regular ROM & new device user I used to have this issue with older versions of Lua Pro. But recently haven't had this issue.

This is the only issue I have with the updated Xprivacy /pro version. You're never sure if you're going to have a seamless progression with a new ROM/ Device, even with Titanium restore with data. Yes Marcel will reply promptly with issue but it's like a constant dependence unlike the good old Xprivacy.

It's not a complaint as each Android update brings with it more complexity & different methods needed to protect privacy. We were spoiled with the original Xprivacy.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
I have just released version 0.61.

This version should fix the reactivation problems.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Namnodorel:
Can confirm, the app activated itself now even without a new request ^^
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NYCgirl:
XPrivacyLua Crashes when Scrolling

I installed XPrivacyLua and the Pro app, but soon after I open the interface and start scrolling in the main app, it crashes. I restarted, wiped cache, but the problem persists. I checked the log, and it looks like the app is running and blocking as it should, but I can't access the interface. Help!

Details:

XPrivacyLua version 1.23.11 (latest)

XPrivacyLua Pro version 0.61 (latest)

Android 6.01 (stock)

Magisk 16.0, Magisk manager 5.6.3

Xposed systemless 87.3 (latest stable version for Samsung stock ROM)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
I need a log file to look into this, but my best guess is "out of memory".
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NYCgirl:
Thanks for the quick reply! I couldn't find how to produce a log file. Is this an option in the program? You may want to add it to the FAQ.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
There is no such option, so you'll have to use adb. Use your favorite search engine to find a guide.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NYCgirl:
Thanks again. I understand that you're busy, and so am I (and most of us). I'm happy to support development by reporting bugs (and paying for the pro version). It would be helpful to know what do you need to receive and how do you expect to receive it.

I can capture the logs with CatLog, if that's ok with you, and send them to you. Posting full logs on a public forum is problematic because of privacy.

Let me know how I can help you improve the stability of your very important program.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
You can contact me through this contact form: https://contact.faircode.eu (select "Other").
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
If you are using the F-Droid build of XPrivacyLua, you'll have to wait until F-Droid builds version 1.23.12 of XPrivacyLua to make the pro companion app work with the F-Droid build.

Note that I have no control over F-Droid builds and that I do not officially support F-Droid builds.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.xlua/
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
[MENTION=8967821]mark_at[/MENTION]

To use the contacts settings in the pro companion app you'll need to restrict contacts too.

The pro contacts settings are:

Block all: hide all contacts (the default)

Allow starred: make starred contacts visible

Allow not starred: make not starred contacts visible

You can star (make favorite) contacts in the Android contacts app. Mostly the 'star' is upper right in the contact data.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mark_at:
Ah, thanks. Did not understand about starred and non starred especially.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] OSheden:
I opened the Manage hook assignments from the pro companion and several hooks are disabled.

Is it normal? Did you disable some of them? (e.g PackageManager.getInstalledApplications)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Some hooks are disabled by default because they cause problems, like triggering Xposed bugs.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] landwinwand:
Hi Marcel

Can install Lua with LBE,or I face issues

I need lbe because block instantly calls and other

Useful things...

I use now lua I don't get the slowest have first witg xprivacy,and apps working very well.

I think to buy pro now.

Bye

:)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Are you sure you want to use closed source LBE?

Anyway, if LBE works with Xposed, I don't see why it shouldn't work with XPrivacyLua.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] landwinwand:
Xprivacy fusion into LUA needed

Thanks

Howewer I am using xprivacy latest with lua

and I see no interference between them

I like xprivacy it is full and useful for me

I hope you a day do a fusion with your old

Xprivacy and new lua .

Because for me lua need to be more realtime

Restrictive as xprivacy,I need on-demand restriction

Need the app say me with a pop-up the action app by app.

I hope you revive and update a real piece of security is xprivacy .

Thank

Have nice week-end

Bye

:)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
XPrivacy will never be updated again, so better fully restrict new apps, enable access notifications and unrestricted what is needed. See also the FAQ question 4.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bluegrass55:
Import Export function suddenly gone.

I reinstalled Lua Pro with data using Titanium backup 2 days ago. All went well and spent almost an hour re downloading & setting the hooks.

Today changed a restriction on app which caused issues. Went to restore a working backup only for the function to be disabled.

I can remove and reinstall it but then I'd have to re do all the hook download stuff again.It did happen once before when I restored without data. This is an ongoing issue with Pro companion app.

What could be causing this issue?

Edit; Found the cause. I was getting android.process.acore warnings constantly. Froze the built in File manager in Titanium. This also removed the Pro functions. Strange though that this can effect Lua pro.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] eldersouza:
Usage Data option

Hi, is there a "Usage Data" option somewhere?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Yes, there is an 'event' icon for that in the action bar.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] OSheden:
Hi,

Is it possible to whitelist 2 email address for an app.

I have 4 gmail accounts on my device but I'd like to give access to only 2 accounts to my email client.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
This is not possible. You could modify the account hook definitions to allow more email addresses than the one configured in the pro companion app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] OSheden:
I'll have a look later but I have no idea how to do that. It seems there's only one hook for "accounts".
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
There is indeed just one hook for accounts. Just an "if" with the two email addresses would do. You can also make a copy of the hook and rename the hook or the hook group to apply it separately.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] The7Suggester:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]

Just wanted to say 'Thank You' very much for all your hard work :)

Such a great app indeed. I have been a historical user of the original XPrivacy of which i bought the Pro version

I have also purchased all the Pro features of XPrivacyLua as well.

I think everybody should take privacy seriously - I know i do

Again, thanks for being there for Android users :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] nexuslexus6:
Have xposed XPL and Pro companion app, try to activate and keep getting 'invalid response'. got another activation link and got same response. what am i doing wrong?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] The7Suggester:
Notification Issue:

I have a number of apps that have restrictions on them,

however XPrivacyLua keep notifying me of the restrictions that some apps have

Opera Browser and Messenger

I went into my phones Settings > Notifications and turned the notifications OFF for both XPrivacyLua and XPrivacyLua Pro

I even re-booted the phone, but i still get notifications that constantly come up for these 2 apps and a system app

Am i correct that if a person has the Pro companion app (which i do have) that they are meant to be able to specify wether

or not that a particular app will have XPrivacyLua or XPrivacyLua Pro give you a notification about that apps restrictions

My Procedure:

1. In XPrivacyLua i choose an app that i decide to give me or not give me notifications about

2. I Press the Cog to the right side of the app name which takes me to the XPrivacyLua Pro app

3. In the XPrivacyLua Pro app i decide as to weather i want notifications as to the given apps restrictions by Selecting/Not Selecting the 'Notify on restriction' option

I have tryed both combinations of the 'Notify on restriction' for 2 apps but it does not make any difference, i always get notifications all the time

Appreciate your help as always

Android 8.0 - OREO

S8 - SM-G950F (Exynos)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Some restrictions, like accessing the camera, will always result in a notifications.

Which notifications do you exactly get?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] The7Suggester:
I get 'Restricted Usetracking' for both Messenger

and Opera browser
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Notification for 'Use tracking' is disabled by default. Did you change the built-in hook definitions or did you download custom hook definitions?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] beeshyams:
Pardon elementary questions, since I haven't got a grip of the pro app and I don't want to risk doing something wrong and stupid

So far playing safe using M66B hooks and want to experiment with Fif hooks

1. Does downloading a Fif hook equal to it being applied? Or do I need to do something else?

2. In case the hook doesn't play well with apps, how do I disable it?

3. How to apply the hook to all apps or selectively?

You have taken and do take a lot of time to develop and support users promptly, so here is a request for users like me (without development background) to use. I have searched for this and unless I missed couldn't find. Is it possible to kindly summarize the usage of pro app in one place as an FAQ or something like that which may be handy for others as well, as the app gains popularity

I hope I am not expecting too much
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
You'll need to apply the custom hooks like all other hooks. The name/group depends on the choice of the author.

Just 'reverse' apply.

Hooks are applied in groups using the XPrivacyLua main app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] The7Suggester:
At one point i had gone to 'Manage hook definitions' from XPrivacyLua Pro

I had looked into 'Wifi.getIpAddress'

also at one point i had added 'Fif' to the global settings under 'Collection', and i had turned it on.

later i turned 'Fif' Off (Unticked)

I have read all the FAQ's and all documentation on XPrivacyLua/XPrivacyLua Pro - and there nothing mentioning

that XPrivacyLua/XPrivacyLua Pro can/will override the system app notifications settings.

I also have downloaded a Hook definition
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] beeshyams:
Thanks

If I want to enable for example Fif hook of neura-authenticate for all apps on which analytics is restricted, it looks like I can't do that or am I missing something?

Only way I can see is to go to each app and from l manage hooks select that book
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
XPrivacyLua with the default built-in hook definitions does not override system app notifications.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Select one restriction in the XPrivacyLua main app using the top drop down and there will be a button to batch apply this restriction to all visible apps (so, filters are taken into account).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] The7Suggester:
Ok, so how do i fix this problem ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Maybe disable/remove all custom hook definitions? Else I don't know.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] The7Suggester:
The only thing i added was 'Build.FINGERPRINT' in messenger

Note that there is a date and time stamp showing that the Messenger app did in fact attempt to get that data.

Im not prepared to give messenger that data

But i still dont see why its imperitive to have xPrivacyLua mandatorily show all notifications for all access read attems on any definitions

Default or downloaed hook definitions.

I think its very good to have this kind of reporting myself, however i would still like review all attempts by a log file.

Can you not please provide us users of XPrivacyLua with an option to turn notifications about restrictions on/off - regardless of wether they are

downloaded hooks or not ?

It just makes the daily use/utilisation of using various apps more 'seemless' without having a constant notification 'popup' every few seconds.

Great App - hope you consider my suggestion :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
By default XPrivacyLua only shows notifications for some restrictions like 'Use camera'. You can turn these off by changing the hook definition.

Notification for other restrictions can be turn on and off (the default is off) per app through the settings wheel.

Maybe we don't understand each other properly, so post a screenshot with an example notification.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
The just released version 0.30 allows you to enable/disable individual hooks per app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] badabing2003:
Wow, this is huge, such a fine grain control? Wow

Thanks

BB
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
It will allow you to disable individual hooks which are causing trouble for an app without disabling all hooks of a restrictions (which is in fact a group of hooks).

I will even add the group name and the last time the hook was used in the next release, but this was enough for today and already quite useful as it is.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
I have just released version 0.31 which fixes a display bug and adds displaying group hooks.

The last used time of a hook will be displayed after the next update of XPrivacyLua.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
These kind of Play store comments are the reason why the pro companion app will be a beta version forever:

(I do not know how it works the other way, but I got through this s ***** participation, so captured the mighty malware! As far as I can, I will definitely report to Google! This goes too far...! I hope that your action pays off. Interesting Gangsta are still the true ones! I save more!)

(Seemingly unable to deceive certain app, as long as check, just like other rights management software, it is straightforward to refuse, did not give a fake value as a fraud)

(14 € ... no thanks!)

Some people ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gothicVI:
That's the important part. Some. Don't get discouraged. You're doing a great job ;)

Gesendet von meinem Moto G 2014 LTE mit Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Don't worry, I won't get discouraged. I quoted a few of the comments just to make clear why the pro companion app is and will stay a beta version (beta versions of an app don't have an average rating).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Namnodorel:
Yeah, well. Remember saying that there is at least some basic intelligence to be expected from users? The description of the app literally says XPL is required, yet some people still don't get it. Sometimes I wonder how such people are able to even survive when they pay that little attention
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
The pro companion app even checks if XPrivacyLua is installed and displays a message / link to the instructions if this is not the case.

Some people just don't read and/or have unreasonable expectations.

I guess those same people are not aware about privacy issues.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
You know what is really disturbing about 'some people' ?

They don't ask and will therefore learn nothing.

They are not giving another a chance to answer as well.

I guess their IQ have a low, fake value, lol.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Namnodorel:
But then we also gotta be fair and ask questions ourselves, in this case especially "Why is this person behaving that way?" I think only in very rare cases it's blunt stupidit. Some are just (consciously or sub-consciously) searching for something to hate. My guess is that they're actually compensating for something completely different that's bothering them.

Or someone might be overwhelmed by the complexity of everything around them and, as a defensive measure label everything as "good" or "bad", so once they've got an opinion on something (often without investigating thoroughly) they stick to it and everything associated with that is [insert insulting word here].

Or someone has already made a few bad experiences with scams and is now scared and extremely quick with labeling something as a scam.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
[MENTION=7034101]Namnodorel[/MENTION] absolutely and maybe that can be summarized by time to grow up and act as an adult.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] badabing2003:
"Little knowledge is a dangerous thing"

There's plenty of that in those posters.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] belrei:
... if you have no knowledge you have to believe everything ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tbv2005:
At least you still have the hope it's just their fake (and not real) value :D :D:D (sorry for OT)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheAKAlias:
HI Marcel! Thanks for the pro app! As usual great work and more we've hoped for. Just purchased the compete pro features package.

However, I am not sure about two issues/questions:

I was of the impression, the purchased contacts pro feature would allow me to block specific contacts (e.g. for whatsapp). Still, the future remains "greyed out" and only shows "block all" in the drop-down. What can I do?

As I've purchased the complete package (13,99) - will potential future features that are pro, be included?

Thanks for clarification!

cheers
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
You should be able to select 'allow starred' and 'allow not starred' for contacts too

Yes
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheAKAlias:
Thanks for your quick reply! Could you please give me a hint, how the starring of contacts works or where I can select the option (companion app or xlua)?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
Select either 'allow starred' or 'allow not starred' and star the contacts you want to allow/not to allow in the Android contacts app. Where the star is in the Android contacts app depends on the Android version/variant, but often it is at top right side.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zzzhead:
Could I suggest a feature - a randomize on access or randomize value buttons for the pro companion app, something like what xprivacy has.

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] The7Suggester:
ORIGINAL POST:

My Procedure:

1. In XPrivacyLua i choose an app that i decide to give me or not give me notifications about

2. I Press the Cog to the right side of the app name which takes me to the XPrivacyLua Pro app

3. In the XPrivacyLua Pro app i decide as to weather i want notifications as to the given apps restrictions by Selecting/Not Selecting the 'Notify on restriction' option

I have tryed both combinations of the 'Notify on restriction' for 2 apps but it does not make any difference, i always get notifications all the time

ScreenShot:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] M66B:
As said before: 'Use tracking' has no notifications by default, so either you or a custom hook author has notifications on hook level enabled. The main notification setting will not override this.

So, you will have to figure out which (custom) hook has been set the notify.