
At a glance
- Latest version
- v2.1.0_gp (210)
- Updated
- Sep 3, 2025 (1 year ago)
- APK size
- 8.7 MB
- Requires
- Android 5.0+ (API 21)
- CPU support
- Any (no native code)
- Category
- Demo (app)
- Listed since
- Feb 8, 2020 (at least)
- Permissions
- 19 (5 sensitive)
- Website
- pin-genie.com
- Developer contact
- [email protected]
- Privacy
- Developer's privacy policy
About this APK
PIN Genie Smart Lock is an app by PIN Genie Limited in the Demo category, listed since at least February 2020. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 19 permissions, 5 of them sensitive, including precise location, approximate location and read phone status and identity.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “catappult”.
Security & authenticity
Signing certificate
- Certificate issued to “smartlock” Not the developer's name (“PIN Genie Limited”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.
Store checks and file details
- Developer signature verified Mar 13, 2020
- Antivirus scan passed Sep 8, 2020
- Signed byCN=smartlock, OU=smartlock, O=smartlock, L=smartlock, ST=smartlock, C=smartlock
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)16:F5:2D:99:3D:3B:D5:8D:98:CE:CD:F4:B6:C1:B5:8C:6A:F0:9B:97
- File MD553c4887c1c41636ebbba1b3950cfd266
- Uploaded by “catappult” Platinum tier · 1,377 followers · uploading since 2018
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Permissions (19)
PIN Genie Smart Lock requests 19 permissions, 5 of them sensitive.
- Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
- Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
- Read phone status and identity Sensitive android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
- Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Aidl (custom) com.pg.smartlocker.AIDL
- Bluetooth android.permission.BLUETOOTH
- Bluetooth admin android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
- Context write use app feature survey (custom) com.samsung.android.providers.context.permission.WRITE_USE_APP_FEATURE_SURVEY
- Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
- Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
- Get tasks android.permission.GET_TASKS
- 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
- Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- Smartlocker mipush receive (custom) com.pg.smartlocker.permission.MIPUSH_RECEIVE
- View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
- View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Required hardware & features
- Bluetooth android.hardware.bluetooth
- Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
- Location android.hardware.location
- Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
- Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi
PIN Genie Smart Lock 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 PIN Genie Smart Lock 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 53c4887c1c41636ebbba1b3950cfd266.