Secure Settings is an app by intangibleObject in the Tools category, listed since at least April 2017. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 25 permissions, 3 of them sensitive: find accounts on the device, modify shared storage and write settings. The app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.
Ratings
4.5out of 511 ratings
5 ★73%
4 ★0%
3 ★27%
2 ★0%
1 ★0%
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What's new in v1.3.6u2
Compliance updates:
- Removed Outgoing Call Receiver due to Google requirements
- Upgrades and compatibility updates for Android M+
Fixes:
- Fixes for broken actions
- Prompt to enable Modify System Settings
- Fix notifications on Android O+
- Targeting Android I+
Description
From the listing uploaded by “india-market”.
Secure Settings is a Locale/Tasker compatible plug-in for Android 2.2+.
ATTENTION: This app uses the Device Administrator permission. If given the ability, Secure Settings can lock your device's screen, as well as set/unset your device's password. In order to make these changes, Device Administrator permissions are required.
PLEASE NOTE: Any changes to your password will ONLY occur when Secure Settings is instructed by you via another app (such as Tasker) to do so.
Secure Settings has tons of features for super users or those who just want more out of their devices.
Conditions:
• Failed Login Attempts
• Google Now Shortcut [4.1+, Pro]
• Outgoing Call
• Secret Code
Actions:
• Airplane Mode [System+ required 4.2+]
• Airplane Mode Radios [System+ required 4.2+]
• BT Connection [4.0+]
• BT Tethering [4.0+, Pro]
• Execute Shortcuts
• Adjust Font Size [4.0+]
• Toggle Hardware Keyboard [4.0+]
• Enable/Disable Keyguard [2.3 and below]
• Launch any Activity (Root required for some activities)
• Change default system language [4.0+]
• Enable/Disable Mobile Data [2.3+]
• Run any GNU Linux command
º Capture output info
º Use root to execute privileged commands [Root required]
º Output return values to user-defined Tasker variables [Tasker required]
• Show Touches [4.0+]
• SIP Options [2.3+]
º Toggle Receive Calls
º Change Call Option
• Keep device awake while charging [System+ required 4.2+]
• Wake Device
• Change Wifi sleep policy [System+ required 4.2+]
• Wifi Hotspot [4.0+]
Dev Admin Actions:
• Enable/Disable Camera [4.0+]
• Lock device
• Toggle Lock Screen Widgets [4.2+]
• Set/Reset device Password or Pin
~Root functionality~
If you are rooted the following is available:
• Toggle Accessibility Services
• Set Background Process Limit [4.0+, Pro]
• Toggle Background Data [Pro]
• Toggle Data Roaming
• Set Active Day Dream
• Toggle Day Dream State
• Toggle GPS
• Force GPU Rendering [4.0+]
• Toggle Hardware Overlays [4.1+, Pro]
• Change Input Methods without the prompt
• Set Default Launcher [4.4+, Pro]
• Toggle Location Services
• Set Location Mode [4.4+]
• Set Lock Screen Timeout [4.0+, Pro]
• Update Lock Screen Owner Info [3.0+]
• Toggle NFC [NFC Adapter]
• Toggle Notification Listeners [4.3+]
• Toggle Package Notifications [4.1+]
• Manage Package Data [Pro]
• Enable/Disable user or system apps
• Toggle Power Button Lock [4.1+, Pro]
• Toggle Pattern Lock
• Answer,End and Silence calls [Pro]
• Reboot Options (uses built-in functions) [Pro]
• Toggle Unknown Sources
• Toggle USB Debugging (ADB)
• Toggle USB Tethering [4.0+, Pro]
• Connect/Disconnect VPN Profiles [4.0+]
• Toggle Wifi Optimization [4.2+]
• Toggle Wifi Scanning [4.3+]
• Toggle Wireless ADB
~Custom ROM functionality~
• Toggle ADB Over Network [CM9+ only]
• Toggle Expanded Desktop [CM10/PA only]
• Toggle Fast Charge [Custom Kernel with Fast Charge Required]
• Toggle Kill App Back Button
• Toggle LTE [CM9+/AOKP]
• Toggle HTC Power Saver [HTC ROM]
• Toggle Samsung Modes [Samsung ROM]
Explanation of Permissions:
• Device Administrator Access - Required to lock the device or set/reset the password
• Superuser Access - Required to execute privileged commands
• Storage Access - Required to write to the SD Card
• Full Network Access - Required to download/check for updates for the Helper application
• System Tools - Required for the Keyguard and Wake Lock functionality
• Write Secure Settings - Required for performing System+ functions
• Change Configuration - Required to change Locale
• Change Network State - Required to toggle Mobile Data
• Change Wifi State - Required to toggle Wifi Adapter for Wireless ADB
• Wifi Access - Required for the Wireless ADB function
• NFC - Required to toggle the NFC Adapter
• Bluetooth/BT Admin - Required to Connect to BT Devices
• Boot Complete - Required to install Helper on boot if missing
• Process Outgoing Calls - Required to use outgoing calls as conditions
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “Unknown”The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
Store checks and file details
Developer signature not verifiedNov 12, 2021
Antivirus scan passedFeb 14, 2021
Signed byCN=intangibleobject.com, OU=intangibleobject.com, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=US
Uploaded by “india-market”Gold tier · 54,447 followers · uploading since 2017
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Permissions (25)
Secure Settings requests 25 permissions, 3 of them sensitive.
Find accounts on the deviceSensitiveandroid.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
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 Secure Settings free?
The APK is free to download, but the app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.
Is the Secure Settings 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 b62f4168fed3196c68bf79e2e5b15fb5.