Phone Battery Provider- Gear companion
This is companion app for Samsung Gear watch app.
Sameer Ballewar · com.ballewar.phonebatteryprovider
At a glance
- Latest version
- v1.6.5 (18)
- Updated
- Sep 6, 2025 (1 year ago)
- APK size
- 2.5 MB
- Requires
- Android 4.3+ (API 18)
- CPU support
- Any (no native code)
- Category
- Productivity (app)
- Listed since
- Mar 10, 2020 (at least)
- Permissions
- 11
- Developer contact
- [email protected]
- Privacy
- Developer's privacy policy
About this APK
Phone Battery Provider- Gear companion is an app by Sameer Ballewar in the Productivity category, listed since at least March 2020. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 11 permissions, none of them sensitive.
What's new in v1.6.5
Description
From the listing uploaded by “catappult”.
Security & authenticity
Signing certificate
- Certificate with Google's generic name Google Play App Signing gives the keys it manages this name, but anyone can put it in a certificate, so this alone proves nothing.
Store checks and file details
- Developer signature verified Mar 11, 2020
- Antivirus scan passed Sep 12, 2020
- Signed byCN=Android, OU=Android, O=Google Inc., L=Mountain View, ST=California, C=US
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)C2:CA:D8:3D:17:78:0F:B5:75:C4:2B:20:8B:99:59:FF:6F:F4:86:97
- File MD58d8d06e00055bd0a34a06ec078dad966
- Uploaded by “catappult” Platinum tier · 1,377 followers · uploading since 2018
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Permissions (11)
Phone Battery Provider- Gear companion requests 11 permissions, none of them sensitive.
- Accessory accessory framework (custom) com.samsung.accessory.permission.ACCESSORY_FRAMEWORK
- Bluetooth android.permission.BLUETOOTH
- Bluetooth admin android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
- Companion (custom) com.samsung.WATCH_APP_TYPE.Companion
- Context write use app feature survey (custom) com.samsung.android.providers.context.permission.WRITE_USE_APP_FEATURE_SURVEY
- Enable notification (custom) com.samsung.wmanager.ENABLE_NOTIFICATION
- Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
- Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
- View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Required hardware & features
- Bluetooth android.hardware.bluetooth
- Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Phone Battery Provider- Gear companion 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 Phone Battery Provider- Gear companion 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 8d8d06e00055bd0a34a06ec078dad966.
