[APP][5.0+][BETA] Island - app freezing, privacy protection, parallel accounts

[AW1]

Hi,
I can't hibernate apps in the island.
I installed island hoping to stop apps like messenger lite from auto-starting, wasting battery and data. I cloned the app then deleted the mainland app.
Now when I open the app, greenify shows 2 entries pending hibernation but it fails to hibernate (normal mode). If I select hibernation by island it works but then when I next open the app I have to re-enter the login details and all the settings have been lost.
Does anyone have a solution, I just want to stop the app, not clear all the settings.

I have also noticed that under "running services" there are many work profile processes and services running, probably using more battery than the app I'm trying to stop. How do I stop these when I'm not using any island apps.

Thanks

 

[sanchaz]

Hi,

Can you give an option to share contacts between personal and work profiles?

Eg: I've only one WhatsApp number using which I contact both my personal and work contacts. Now I can only see contacts from one profile only.

Such an option would help with Phone app as well.

Disclaimer: THIS SHOULD ONLY BE DONE IF YOU TRUST ALL THE APPS IN YOUR SANDBOX.

If you are only using apps that you trust in the sandbox, ie only for cloning, then clone the contacts app and login with the same account that you are using on the phone.
Your contacts will then be automatically synced across.

 

[HippoMan]

SIM card stopped working under Island

I tried Island on my OnePlus 7 Pro (GM-1917) running OOS 10.3.3.

As far as I know, I believe I correctly followed all of the installation instructions, and I did not set up God Mode. After going through all the steps, my device seemed to be working fine, except for the fact that it no longer recognized that I had a SIM card, and I couldn't make calls, send text messages, etc. After rebooting, the same problem continued.

I then uninstalled Island, but upon subsequent reboots, the SIM-card problem remained.

Luckily, I had taken a TWRP-based nandroid backup right before installing Island, and upon restoring my old system, I got my SIM functionality back.

Has anyone else encountered this SIM-card issue? Could it possibly be due to my having done something erroneously during the installation of Island?

UPDATE: Just to be clear, the OnePlus 7 Pro has the capability for dual SIM cards, but I always only use one. When I had the SIM-card problem with Island, the device always showed the icons for two missing SIM cards in the status bar. In other words, with Island installed (and even after uninstallation, as I mentioned above), the device couldn't recognize the presence of a SIM card in either slot.

Thank you in advance.

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[Mando1111]

Knox triggered S9 + with root instal

Hello

I installed the Island Apk with root with my s9 +, unfortunately Knox was triggered and locked the work area.
Error message:

Unauthorized software is installed, please contact
Your IT administrator.

What can I do about it.

 

[Adr1417]

Island stopped working after set-device-owner

My device, Huawei T2 7.0, doesn't support work mode. So, I can only setup God Mode through adb setup. After entering this command: adb shell dpm set-device-owner com.oasisfeng.island/.IslandDeviceAdminReceiver, I can't open Island, instead of Welcome Screen.

Anyone have a solution?

 

[PhoenixRogers]

Unable to uninstall

I installed that lastest APK, but now it will not uninstall. It also has a island app in the work profile not sure is this has anything to do with not being able to uninstall it.

 

[HippoMan]

I installed that lastest APK, but now it will not uninstall. It also has a island app in the work profile not sure is this has anything to do with not being able to uninstall it.

I had the same problem after I tried Island. It disabled my SIM card so I couldn't use my phone as a ... well, as a phone.

I could not uninstall it, and I had to restore my OS from a recent nandroid backup that I took before installing Island, in order to get my device back to a working state.

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[rodrorlz]

Hello, it's me or it's not available on the playstore anymore ?

 

[Babalawoo]

I'm using it on Tecno camon 12....
It installs but refuses to connect to the internet...
Please help!

 

[jasonv31]

Yes the app is gone from the play store. Not sure why .. anyone ?

I want to add... The app is working great for me on OnePlus 6 beta Android 10.

Edit.... Reading back, the issues people are having. That's likely why it was pulled.

 

[btb55]

The reason it was pulled from play store was due to problem with their policy, explained here...

https://github.com/oasisfeng/island/issues/105

There are frequent updates on github, the latest at the moment v4.5.4 was released just 6 days ago. Its working fine for me on OP3T, OP6T and Samsung Tab with BLISS ROM.

I use Island to keep my apps that detect root separate from the mainland, rooted with Magisk, and for me its just working as expected.

 

[HippoMan]

The reason it was pulled from play store was due to problem with their policy, explained here...

https://github.com/oasisfeng/island/issues/105

There are frequent updates on github, the latest at the moment v4.5.4 was released just 6 days ago. Its working fine for me on OP3T, OP6T and Samsung Tab with BLISS ROM.

I use Island to keep my apps that detect root separate from the mainland, rooted with Magisk, and for me its just working as expected.

I just wish I could get Island to work on my OnePlus 7Pro (GM-1917) running OOS 10.3.3 without it disabling my ability to use my SIM card. I really want that same island/mainland partitioning.

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[btb55]

I just wish I could get Island to work on my OnePlus 7Pro (GM-1917) running OOS 10.3.3 without it disabling my ability to use my SIM card. I really want that same island/mainland partitioning.

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I saw your previous post regarding the SIM issue and hesitated before installing Island on my OP6T. So I installed it first on a spare OP3T, got familiarised with how it works and set up a few apps and all was good, then made a back-up on the OP6T and installed there too.

Which version of Island are you on?

After installing all i did was go to phone settings and give the 'work profile' its own security settings, PIN and fingerprint setup, (without doing that apps in Island couldn't use fingerprint logon), then run PlayStore under Island and login. After that I cloned a few apps to Island and they just worked. I also use AFWall+ so had to enable 'Island' in preferences and enable the Island apps separately to allow in them in the firewall.

At no point did my SIM not work.

PS My OP6T is still on Oxygen Android 9

 

[HippoMan]

I saw your previous post regarding the SIM issue and hesitated before installing Island on my OP6T. So I installed it first on a spare OP3T, got familiarised with how it works and set up a few apps and all was good, then made a back-up on the OP6T and installed there too.

Which version of Island are you on?

After installing all i did was go to phone settings and give the 'work profile' its own security settings, PIN and fingerprint setup, (without doing that apps in Island couldn't use fingerprint logon), then run PlayStore under Island and login. After that I cloned a few apps to Island and they just worked. I also use AFWall+ so had to enable 'Island' in preferences and enable the Island apps separately to allow in them in the firewall.

At no point did my SIM not work.

PS My OP6T is still on Oxygen Android 9

Thank you for your reply, and I'm glad you got Island to work for you!

I did my tests a while ago, and I don't recall which version of Island I tried. I believe it was the latest one on this site referenced in the OP:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3fmjigfejcu0kko/AABJy7du0DQx2Jn_R0uQcy6Ea?dl=0

As far as I remember, I performed all of the installation steps as documented and set up a work profile as you did, except I didn't do anything regarding PIN and fingerprint setup, since I don't normally use those security features. Everything seemed to work fine, except my SIM.

I'm using Oxygen Android 10 (OOS 10.3.3) on an OP 7Pro that is rooted via Magisk 20.4, and perhaps my problem is due to my OS version, my Magisk setup, or my device ... ???

It's also entirely possible that I made some sort of mistake when installing or configuring Island, and one of these days when I have a lot of spare time, I'll try again.

But before I do, I'd like to know whether anyone has successfully gotten Island to work specifically on a Magisk-rooted OP 7Pro running OOS 10.3.3.

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[insomniacandroid]

hi I have three questions:

1. how can I use island to hide apps?
2. when I plug my phone to the PC, in what directory can I find the sandboxed files? Are they hidden?
3. how can I put a file or a directory outside the sandboxed area?

 

[computman]

Do we know why the google store app is not up to date ?
I still need to go retrieve it on the dropbox regulary

 

[mermaidkiller]

Cloning does not work on Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro

I installed Island, then I issued ADB commands to preserver App Ops for frozen apps.
I got to the Mainland, clicked on an app and then on 'Clone' below right.

The first app then a popup appeared it was doing like 'installing' an app and then it finished, but sometimes it takes ages. But could not find the app in the Island. All subsequent cloning attempts did nothing at all.

What am I doing wrong ?

Hardware : Xiaomi Mi Pro 8 running stock Android 10 (MIUI 11), no root.

I cleaned up the app and set it up again and now I got the message 'installing' the app, but after some time (several minutes) I got the message 'Failed', 'Canceled by user' while I did not cancel anything. Find attached screenshots.

And the 'alternatve way', using 'manual setup' (https://island.oasisfeng.com/setup.html) did not work either.
After the command from ADB which is part of manual setup,
pm install -r --user 13 /data/app/com.oasisfeng.island-2nR_Kzebho0W_94oGLbk-w==/base.apk
it keeps hanging so I aborted and pulled the USB plug and rebooted the device. Afterwards I removed the work profile.

I tried three different versions of the Island app: v4.54 from the Dropbox link in XDA Developers thread, 4.01 from apkpure and 3.8 from Play store. All three have the same issues. In between I uninstalled Island and removed the 'work profile' from the standard Android settings.

 

[shu151]

i am trying to pass safetynet in work profile without success. in mainland i have magisk, is there a way to pass safetynet also on island?

 

[JudgeDread11]

i am trying to pass safetynet in work profile without success. in mainland i have magisk, is there a way to pass safetynet also on island?

Have you cloned Magisk manager to the island?

 

[shu151]

Have you cloned Magisk manager to the island?

I solved it by cloning edxposed too, I don't know why it is necessary but now it works