JB Workaround Cloud Contacts is an app by Marten in the Productivity category, listed since at least September 2019. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 3 permissions, 1 of them sensitive: find accounts on the device.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “catappult”.
This is just a workaround app for a bug in Android 4.1 (alias Jelly Bean). See http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34880 for details.
Info for Samsung users: at present you'll need this app too, see http://developer.samsung.com/forum/board/thread/view.do?boardName=GeneralB&messageId=232748
Under Android 4.4.2 it's recommended to install this app as well. There is a new issue in Android that causes accounts to be removed during an app update, see http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=66905
The bug causes accounts of paid apps to be removed when Android boots up. To work around this issue this app pretends to provide the same account type that SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts provides. That's enough to convince Jelly Bean to keep the account.
That's all this app does.
Please open the app at least once from within Google Play to "enable" the workaround. It may not work properly otherwise. On some devices you'll have to install this app before you install SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts. Please try that if you still have problems.
Also, to hand over the account to SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts the workaround disables itself for a couple of seconds.
Please note that the bug is in Android 4.1, not in SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts!
If you're not using SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts on Jelly Bean, you don't need this app. There is no need to give it a bad rating in that case! Please don't install it in that case.
This is just a workaround app for a bug in Android 4.1 (alias Jelly Bean). See http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34880 for details.
Info for Samsung users: at present you'll need this app too, see http://developer.samsung.com/forum/board/thread/view.do?boardName=GeneralB&messageId=232748
Under Android 4.4.2 it's recommended to install this app as well. There is a new issue in Android that causes accounts to be removed during an app update, see http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=66905
The bug causes accounts of paid apps to be removed when Android boots up. To work around this issue this app pretends to provide the same account type that SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts provides. That's enough to convince Jelly Bean to keep the account.
That's all this app does.
Please open the app at least once from within Google Play to "enable" the workaround. It may not work properly otherwise. On some devices you'll have to install this app before you install SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts. Please try that if you still have problems.
Also, to hand over the account to SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts the workaround disables itself for a couple of seconds.
Please note that the bug is in Android 4.1, not in SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts!
If you're not using SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts on Jelly Bean, you don't need this app. There is no need to give it a bad rating in that case! Please don't install it in that case.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “dmfs.org”The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
Store checks and file details
Developer signature verifiedJul 16, 2014
Antivirus scan passedNov 19, 2020
Signed byCN=Marten Gajda, OU=dev, O=dmfs.org, L=Dresden, C=DE
Uploaded by “catappult”Platinum tier · 1,377 followers · uploading since 2018
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Permissions (3)
JB Workaround Cloud Contacts requests 3 permissions, 1 of them sensitive.
Find accounts on the deviceSensitiveandroid.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
Run at startupandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Required hardware & features
Touchscreenandroid.hardware.touchscreen
JB Workaround Cloud Contacts APK: questions and answers
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 JB Workaround Cloud Contacts APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is d8f509b6251ddca03db49c14f7d7a07c.
