I've seen a lot of threads and posts lately talking about how to get device reset programs working with suggestions like the following:
- Set all of your default permissions to Allow
- Set all of the permissions for the Email Setup Application to Allow
- Set all of the permissions for Application X to Allow, then set those as the defaults
First of all, the permissions for the Email Setup Application are the permissions for ALL applications, i.e. the default permissions. Note that the menu entry reads "Edit Default Applications".
I want to make sure everyone understands what they're actually doing when they follow these instructions. The default permissions are applied to any new application you install. If every default permission is set to Allow, you are giving any application you install in the future free rein - complete access to your phone's files, contacts, internet connection, etc.
Is this a breach of national security? No. A good idea? Probably not. RIM has a very robust security backbone in their OS, and if you set all of your default permissions to Allow, you're completely bypassing it. Of course, you are in charge of what you install on your phone, but as smartphones become more popular, so will exploits. Plus, a huge benefit of having permissions is that you can catch when an application is requesting access to something it shouldn't need.
If you're willing to accept this, go ahead and do it. But a lot of people don't realize what they're actually doing, especially when they "only" set the permissions for the Email Setup Application, which are actually the default permissions for all applications.
I wouldn't recommend doing this to get any application working, including MeterBerry.
Last edited by Giant Cashew; 10-27-09 at 01:12 PM.
I would leave the permissions at the default (when you go to set the permissions it has an option to set back to the original defaults). Developers have the ability to request what permissions are needed by there apps, and should do so, to allow users to know what they are allowing the app to do. I am currently going back to make my apps request whatever permissions they need and would suggest that you encourage other developers to do so as well. You could always set apps to ALLOW for individual apps but never for the default. This would ensure that an app does not do something that is not advertised (like a game that does not have online scoring trying to access the internet - unless maybe it's add supported).
I would leave the permissions at the default (when you go to set the permissions it has an option to set back to the original defaults). Developers have the ability to request what permissions are needed by there apps, and should do so, to allow users to know what they are allowing the app to do. I am currently going back to make my apps request whatever permissions they need and would suggest that you encourage other developers to do so as well. You could always set apps to ALLOW for individual apps but never for the default. This would ensure that an app does not do something that is not advertised (like a game that does not have online scoring trying to access the internet - unless maybe it's add supported).
I would leave the permissions at the default (when you go to set the permissions it has an option to set back to the original defaults). Developers have the ability to request what permissions are needed by there apps, and should do so, to allow users to know what they are allowing the app to do. I am currently going back to make my apps request whatever permissions they need and would suggest that you encourage other developers to do so as well. You could always set apps to ALLOW for individual apps but never for the default. This would ensure that an app does not do something that is not advertised (like a game that does not have online scoring trying to access the internet - unless maybe it's add supported).
Agreed. An application should always request the permissions it requires, instead of the developer just telling users to "set everything to Allow".
I noticed this problem with app SentX, it asks for wifi and internet privilege. I understand it needs access to processes within the device, but not without.
I ended up uninstalling the app.
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+2 if they were changed what are the settings to go back?
try this for weird:
I was looking for the same answer yesterday...but the threads that explained how to do it didn't match the options to do so on my storm...but guess what? a few hours later, the phone had reset its default permission on its own whatever!
This has to be what happened to my last Storm...simply set too many permissions to "allow" -- according to dmglakewood this leave you having to reboot the device in "safe mode" to get it to work anymore...
egads!!!!!!!! And then when you see an article like this one and this one (referenced from this thread), you appreciate the value of being able to control what permissions you grant to an application.
egads!!!!!!!! And then when you see an article like this one and this one (referenced from this thread), you appreciate the value of being able to control the what permissions you grant to an application.
whatever!
