Application Permissions

[aerize]

To set application permissions, BlackBerry Options > Security Options > Application Permissions - select the application and enable the permissions.

[ArGiEs]

Thanks for the post, answered my issue in advance. Tried to install Themeberry's Invertex theme, but window came up saying that Aerize permissions had to be set. Was a little concerned at first, since one of the main reasons I bought the app was to save device memory ffrom megabyte-hogging themes & run them from the SD card. Your directions worked, seems to work like a charm!
Thanks again!

[aerize]

I'm glad we were able to help.
Cheers

[tlcavnar]

under security options - application permissions ....not all of the apps are listed...how do i fix this

b/c when i go under just options- advanced -applications ....all of the apps are listed there.

someone pls help i am about to kill my bb 8330

[aerize]

Try Menu > Modules then.

[datvn2cb]

Originally Posted by aerize

Try Menu > Modules then.

Must i set all permissions Allow?? I just set the two, except "Connection". And it works. Is there any difference??

[rumour]

i set all mines to permission allowed

[aerize]

We recommend setting everything to "allow." Otherwise you may start having unexpected weird behavior -- and it might not even happen right away. (Many things on the BlackBerry seem to only take effect with a battery pull.)

[playsoutside]

I have my permissions set to allow, but when I click on open from SMS messages it still takes me to the mail inbox. If I have "Enable Direct Inbox" checked it actually takes me to the search menu within my email inbox.

[aerize]

Please try this and let us know if it helps on the Storm:

• Do a battery pull reset
• Before doing anything else, start the Messages application with your Storm turned sideways (landscape)
• See if the Alerts-inbox behavior persists

It seems this is an OS bug that can for the moment be worked around in this matter. Let us know if this helps.

[pnsdsb]

I am trying to download Epocrates, a medical software. I get a permission denied error. But when I try to set permissions, I cannot change custom to allowed. I am on an entreprise server, but no one else seems to have problems with this software. Can you help?

[aerize]

Originally Posted by pnsdsb

I am trying to download Epocrates, a medical software. I get a permission denied error. But when I try to set permissions, I cannot change custom to allowed. I am on an entreprise server, but no one else seems to have problems with this software. Can you help?

It's possible for your BES admin to disable installing software. This might be circumvented by manually copying the cods to the SD card using a computer and then using Card Loader to install them to the device.

[maseone]

Originally Posted by aerize

We recommend setting everything to "allow." Otherwise you may start having unexpected weird behavior -- and it might not even happen right away. (Many things on the BlackBerry seem to only take effect with a battery pull.)

While you're at it be sure to deactivate your firewall and keep your doors unlocked at all times. Otherwise you may start having unexpected weird behavior -- and it might not even happen right away. (Many times leaving your home with the door locked means you can't get back in without a key - EVEN after being out shopping all day! You may even have to crawl through a window if you lose your key - what a hassle!)

[purposedriven]

I was reading about apps in a t-mobile app forum about. In this one forum they were talking about the weather bug app having ad-ware and setting permissions to all of your apps on your phone. Although I've had my 8900 for a year, I'm still green when is comes to some of this app/tech stuff. Needless to say, I went into my permissions and denied permissions to all of my apps to everything except wifi and internet seeing as that's how they function. All of my apps worked fine until I did that. Pandora (but I think the recent pandora upgrade had something to do with this as well), weather bug, poynt, etc.. are all terminated. And the Dictionary app will not work because it is denied permissions to my media and organizer data. The other becuase they were denied access to my media, contacts and phone. Why would a app need permissions to the personal stuff on your phone just to work. Being a newbie to this, am I being overly paranoid about this stuff or should I allow all permissions to all apps on my phone? Thanks for any help any one can offer!!

[F0nage]

Originally Posted by maseone

While you're at it be sure to deactivate your firewall and keep your doors unlocked at all times. Otherwise you may start having unexpected weird behavior -- and it might not even happen right away. (Many times leaving your home with the door locked means you can't get back in without a key - EVEN after being out shopping all day! You may even have to crawl through a window if you lose your key - what a hassle!)

Yeah this is a very good point. Does RIM document for the End-User (that's us, the guys who bought the devices) what each permission controls and whether it's safe to allow or not? I don't understand why a Twitter app, for example, has to have everything set to allow or it doesn't work. Maybe I'm wrong and permissions all is safe. I doubt it, or RIM wasted a lot of time giving us such granular control for no reason. Still, I don't see why most apps need access to bluetooth, USB, phone, organiser data, email etc. It may be an education issue, or it may be a security issue, or both. But I'm with maseone on this one, I don't like writing blank checks, even to people I know.

More and more, applications are expecting all permissions or they don't work. And I have to say, they don't work badly. How about coughing up a helpful error message instead of just dying? We should not have to live with uncaught exceptions, fellas, that's just bad coding. In the end, it costs the developers time and money, because they have to answer questions and field support calls. And we the users/customers get a bad taste and say, wow this app really sucks. Would you rather look at traces and spend time emailing, or coding? So write defensive code and handle exceptions properly.