Hi,
That's strange.
Can you try to check if magisk manager has "deny" on Permission Ruler?
If it's "ask", when the app starts it should ask for root permission.
What happens if you grant root permissions directly from Magisk manager?
Thanks
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That's strange.
Can you try to check if magisk manager has "deny" on Permission Ruler?
If it's "ask", when the app starts it should ask for root permission.
What happens if you grant root permissions directly from Magisk manager?
Thanks
im not 100% sure how to do that in magisk.
ive gone into the 2nd menu button at the bottom of magisk what looks like shield.
permission ruler had the greybar turned off here. i turned it on, restarted the phone and now it has root access
so it seems to be working.
thanks
That grey bar means root permissions are denied for that app.
If no bar was present for Permission Ruler, that would mean the app will ask for root.
Turning it on will grant root to that app.
It seems for some reason root was simply denied for the app.
Glad it's working for you. Hope you find it good
@sianos I seem to have an issue on A11 where when I add a music app to the Allowlist it still kills the permissions once the screen is turned off (as soon as the buffer empties). If I pause Permission Ruler the music continues to play. I haven't really tested whether anything other than music apps work when allowed. (Poweramp, Spotify, Pandora) Any guesses for me?
Maybe, systemize which ever music app that you are using to see if the results repeat.
Sorry for the late answer...
It shouldn't happen. The only thing I can think about is the music app depends on another app (like google play services or something else) which get its permissions removed, blocking the music app.
Can you try to enable Permission Ruler only on a few apps and allow everything else? Then slowly add all other apps until you find the guilty app.
Thanks for the feedback,
Stefano
I want to remove the permission `MANAGE_DEBUGGING` from System Settings app, or from --user 0, Will the donated version will do it? because when I'm typing `pm revoke --user 0 com.android.settings android.permission.MANAGE_DEBUGGING` I got the message: `is not a changeable permission type`. If this app won't help, is there a way to revoke this permission somehow from Settings or from user 0?
I'm not sure why you'd want to do this, since it would break adb and usb debug, from what I understood.
However, there are things that simply cannot be done, even if you have root permission, and changing this MANAGE_DEBUGGING permission is one of them.
The only way would be to create a custom rom allowing changing this permission.
You may also try with xposed, but I'm not sure you'll find anything there
Neither.
You can check at https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission for permissions with protection level "dangerous". These are the permissions managed by Permission Ruler, with the only expection of SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW, and are the ones you're asked to grant.
"normal" permissions are granted automatically, while "signature" is granted to system apps and "privileged" to privileged apps.
You can try to run pm grant/revoke commands on other permissions, but if you receive the error "is not a changeable permission type" it means it cannot be changed in any way (unless custom roms or maybe xposed)
You can check at https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission for permissions with protection level "dangerous". These are the permissions managed by Permission Ruler, with the only expection of SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW, and are the ones you're asked to grant.
"normal" permissions are granted automatically, while "signature" is granted to system apps and "privileged" to privileged apps.
You can try to run pm grant/revoke commands on other permissions, but if you receive the error "is not a changeable permission type" it means it cannot be changed in any way (unless custom roms or maybe xposed)
I'm haven't an issue with the app, when viewing "Apps" within permission ruler it says "Allowlist (10)" yet it only displays 2 apps (magisk and adaway) why is it saying 10 if only these 2 are visible? Is this an indication something is wrong?
mmm... that's weird
So you see 2 apps after clicking on "Allowlist"?
Or you see 2 apps and on the top there is "Managed Apps (2)" and "Allowlist (10)"?
I see 2 apps within the allow list tab and at the top it says "allowlist 10" but I only see 2 apps
Update: I've installed new apps since then, The allowlist now says "Allowlist 16" but only shows 5 apps, do I have a virus or something?
Update: I've installed new apps since then, The allowlist now says "Allowlist 16" but only shows 5 apps, do I have a virus or something?
No, i don't think so.
More probably is a bug in the allowlist count...
If you check the "0" between the managed apps and allowlist (to hide the apps without any dangerous permissions required), is the updated number correct?
I'll check the count anyway, probably something screwed there
After clicking the 0 the number is correct, though it does end up hiding all root access apps as well
Ok then it's just an error in counting the apps
will update it, thanks for the feedback!
Hi,
I updated the app (should be out soon). Can you check it again and let me know?
There really was an error in counting the apps that should have been fixed.
Thanks!
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That grey bar means root permissions are denied for that app.
If no bar was present for Permission Ruler, that would mean the app will ask for root.
Turning it on will grant root to that app.
It seems for some reason root was simply denied for the app.
Glad it's working for you. Hope you find it good2Just seen this thread, very important app imo, strange that its not popular on xda.
Keep up the good work I will report bugs if found any
Me too
I browse this forum at least a few times a week. First time i see it. Thinking about it seems like an excellent idea. I will try it and report any bugs.
Keep up the good work
Cheers2Neither.
You can check at https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission for permissions with protection level "dangerous". These are the permissions managed by Permission Ruler, with the only expection of SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW, and are the ones you're asked to grant.
"normal" permissions are granted automatically, while "signature" is granted to system apps and "privileged" to privileged apps.
You can try to run pm grant/revoke commands on other permissions, but if you receive the error "is not a changeable permission type" it means it cannot be changed in any way (unless custom roms or maybe xposed)2
The number of allowed permissions in allowlist shows the permissions the app currently have (e.g. Messenger ask microphone permission to record voice notes). Permission Ruler will not change them automatically, but you can choose to grant or revoke them manually.
Regarding the check, yes you are right. It shouldn't appear in the allowlist. Will release a fix soon
