Torch - Smart Flashlight
Torch LED Flash - strobe light - SOS & color screen
Mercury Red SW · com.mercuryredsw.smartflashlight
- Signature matches the Google Play version Details
At a glance
- Latest version
- v3 (11)
- Updated
- Jun 29, 2026 (3 months ago)
- APK size
- 11.5 MB
- Requires
- Android 6.0+ (API 23)
- CPU support
- Any (no native code)
- Category
- Tools (app)
- Listed since
- Jun 12, 2023 (at least)
- Permissions
- 16 (3 sensitive)
- Website
- mercuryredsw.blogspot.com
- Developer contact
- [email protected]
- Privacy
- Developer's privacy policy
About this APK
Torch - Smart Flashlight is an app by Mercury Red SW in the Tools category, listed since at least June 2023. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 16 permissions, 3 of them sensitive: camera, read phone status and identity and read shared storage. The app can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.
What's new in v3
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
Security & authenticity
Signing certificate
- Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Jun 29, 2026.
- Certificate issued to “Mercury Red SW” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
Store checks and file details
- Developer signature verified Jun 29, 2026
- Validated against Google Play Jun 29, 2026
- Signed byO=Mercury Red SW
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)86:0F:84:B9:43:EE:D5:05:D1:6F:4E:61:4B:F1:6E:81:1E:C0:7C:C6
- File MD50e938ef4529326a2166858bfca29feef
- Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
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Permissions (16)
Torch - Smart Flashlight requests 16 permissions, 3 of them sensitive.
- Camera Sensitive android.permission.CAMERA
- Read phone status and identity Sensitive android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
- Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Access adservices ad id android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
- Access adservices attribution android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
- Access adservices topics android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS
- Advertising ID com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
- Context write use app feature survey (custom) com.samsung.android.providers.context.permission.WRITE_USE_APP_FEATURE_SURVEY
- Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
- Flashlight android.permission.FLASHLIGHT
- Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
- Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) com.mercuryredsw.smartflashlight.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
- Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Required hardware & features
- Camera android.hardware.camera
- Camera flash android.hardware.camera.flash
- Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
- Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
Torch - Smart Flashlight APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.
Is the Torch - Smart Flashlight APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 0e938ef4529326a2166858bfca29feef.
