ChatON

Samsung Electronics Ltd. · com.sec.chaton

4.4 out of 5 (166 ratings) 5.8M downloads v3.0.29 12.8 MB Android 2.2+ PEGI 16 · Medium Maturity

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At a glance

Latest version: v3.0.29 (300290235)
Updated: Feb 1, 2014 (12 years ago)
APK size: 12.8 MB
Requires: Android 2.2+ (API 8)
CPU support: ARM (legacy)
Google Play services: Required
Category: Communication (app)
Listed since: Apr 18, 2012 (at least)
Permissions: 46 (14 sensitive)
Website: chaton.com
Developer contact: [email protected]

About this APK

ChatON is an app by Samsung Electronics Ltd. in the Communication category, listed since at least April 2012. It includes native code only for ARM (legacy), so it won't run on 64-bit-only phones such as recent Pixels. It needs Google Play services, so it may not work on phones without them.

It asks for 46 permissions, 14 of them sensitive, including precise location, camera and record audio.

Ratings

4.4out of 5166 ratings

5 ★70%
4 ★7%
3 ★16%
2 ★3%
1 ★4%

Ratings from users of the source store — not collected or verified by AAPKs.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “jdicarreira”.

ChatON is global mobile messenger for various platform users in the world. ChatON is installed in the No.1 Samsung smart phones, 300 million devices, (Galaxy Note3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note2, Galaxy Camera), ChatON being serviced in 237 countries in 67 langauges, kinds of different platforms including Android, iOS, and web. The most various kinds of languages supported compared with any other mobile messenger services. ChatON is also downloadable and downloaded over 130 million times by 130 million users! ChatON is the best social communication service for you. Start now! ★ All anicons are for free? - ChatON provide all anicons for free. Express yourself to friends or groups of friends and share your life with them using various anicons! ★ Translate messages in ChatON? - Chat with friends speaking other languages using the Auto translation function. (To and from Korean, Chinese, Japanese, English / From German, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese to English, and vice versa) ★ Can use ChatON in smart phones and tablet? -You can enjoy ChatON on smart phones, tablets, and PCs by signing in with a Samsung account.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Warning

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “MSC” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature check failed Mar 9, 2025
Antivirus scan passed Nov 1, 2020
Signed byCN=www.samsung.com/sec, OU=Samsung, O=MSC, L=Suwon, ST=Gyeonggi, C=KR
Signing certificate (SHA-1)03:1D:EC:94:62:0D:DE:30:60:5C:DC:B5:E5:95:B4:AD:D1:0D:D9:E6
File MD5937d9788a56d1dfcfb15b7ff8f8d24d0
Uploaded by “jdicarreira” Bronze tier · 6,405 followers · uploading since 2012

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Permissions (46)

ChatON requests 46 permissions, 14 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Call phone Sensitive android.permission.CALL_PHONE
Camera Sensitive android.permission.CAMERA
Find accounts on the device Sensitive android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Read calendar Sensitive android.permission.READ_CALENDAR
Read contacts Sensitive android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
Read phone status and identity Sensitive android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
Receive sms Sensitive android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS
Record audio (microphone) Sensitive android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
Write calendar Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR
Write contacts Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS
Write settings Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
Add home-screen shortcuts com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
Authenticate accounts android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
Broadcast push message (custom) com.sec.chaton.push.BROADCAST_PUSH_MESSAGE
Chaton (custom) com.sec.chaton
Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
Coolots coolots (custom) com.coolots.permission.COOLOTS
Coolots coolots canada (custom) com.coolots.permission.COOLOTS_CANADA
Error (custom) com.sec.chaton.error
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Get tasks android.permission.GET_TASKS
Interact across users android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS
Interact across users full android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL
Kill background processes android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES
Live share (custom) com.coolots.chatonv.permission.provider.LIVE_SHARE
Live share canada (custom) com.coolots.chatonv.permission.provider.LIVE_SHARE_CANADA
Manage accounts android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
Permission (custom) sstream.app.StoryProvider.WRITE.PERMISSION
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Read (custom) com.sec.android.app.gallery3d.READ
Read logs android.permission.READ_LOGS
Read permission (custom) com.sec.chaton.provider.READ_PERMISSION
Read sync settings android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
Read sync stats android.permission.READ_SYNC_STATS
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Spp push service provider (custom) com.sec.spp.permission.PUSH_SERVICE_PROVIDER
Spp token 13b9cdc89f21278b87e0488ad5efb298532ad60905603d81a5145b0a03ce869cca937166ae9a01578767a15e8a36b9cc849a1de35bdc3facc1512f316ef9d09467c514442069ec167c16a8c8e67a4c641fc8d4b6394660a151f95a04e5c397de36c8df48dfbe0d12c45e76e6ca5a21f595994dd136023407173f9b983e2fa208 (custom) com.sec.spp.permission.TOKEN_13b9cdc89f21278b87e0488ad5efb298532ad60905603d81a5145b0a03ce869cca937166ae9a01578767a15e8a36b9cc849a1de35bdc3facc1512f316ef9d09467c514442069ec167c16a8c8e67a4c641fc8d4b6394660a151f95a04e5c397de36c8df48dfbe0d12c45e76e6ca5a21f595994dd136023407173f9b983e2fa208
Spp token b812511e2555d7a9d56c85891a0936d216e03c4b02b4a456ac5436ed7bace19bcf81ebd22f0e1219cadc119bffc06b494407603bcca0f3e05464d67fc08f39f7944efbcd5c2045e5ee2135da66f97c54096ebc37707f4f0a4c1ed78962b8c5e39d1079951648d807e7ea6049c58114e55e95386c9244fa9280a5a7a20e4a2931 (custom) com.sec.spp.permission.TOKEN_b812511e2555d7a9d56c85891a0936d216e03c4b02b4a456ac5436ed7bace19bcf81ebd22f0e1219cadc119bffc06b494407603bcca0f3e05464d67fc08f39f7944efbcd5c2045e5ee2135da66f97c54096ebc37707f4f0a4c1ed78962b8c5e39d1079951648d807e7ea6049c58114e55e95386c9244fa9280a5a7a20e4a2931
Use credentials android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS
View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Write permission (custom) com.sec.chaton.provider.WRITE_PERMISSION
Write sync settings android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS

Required hardware & features

Location android.hardware.location
Network location android.hardware.location.network
Microphone android.hardware.microphone
Touchscreen android.hardware.touchscreen
Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi

ChatON APK: questions and answers

Does ChatON need Google Play services?

Yes. The APK declares Google Play services as required, so it may not work on phones without them, such as recent Huawei models.

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the ChatON APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store flagged this file with a security warning. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 937d9788a56d1dfcfb15b7ff8f8d24d0.