Web Remote Droid

Remotely control your phone using HTTP requests

dentier · fr.damongeot.webremotedroid

Not rated yet 1K+ downloads v1.6 2 MB Android 4.0.3+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v1.6 (7)
Updated: Jun 13, 2024 (2 years ago)
APK size: 2 MB
Requires: Android 4.0.3+ (API 15)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Category: Tools (app)
Listed since: Jun 12, 2023 (at least)
Permissions: 12 (4 sensitive)
Website: blog.damongeot.fr/web-remote-droid
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Web Remote Droid is an app by dentier 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 12 permissions, 4 of them sensitive, including precise location, camera and approximate location.

What's new in v1.6

Allow rescale and rotation of picture taken

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Web Remote Droid is an app that let you control some of your android device features remotely. You can use a browser (Firefox, Chrome, Edge) or any other HTTP enabled script/app to : - Take a picture - Enable or disable the flash of your phone - Get data from sensors (ambient temperature, illuminance in lux) - Battery level - Position using network and GPS - Start and stop application - Wake up a device using Wake On LAN For example, to get battery level, use the following URL in your browser : http://yourphone:8888/battery/level. In return you should get battery percentage in text. For those of you who don’t need the raw output to pass to a script, there is an integrated web server with a nice web page to be able to access all of the features of this app in an easy way. Just fire up your browser and point it to http://yourphone:8888/. There are still a lot of things that could be done remotely but not yet implemented, if you need something please ask me to prioritize it. Please be aware that if you have Android >= 6 (Marshmallow), you will need to go into the settings of the app and click the 2 lines starting with "requesting ..." to allow the app to access your camera (if you want to take pictures remotely) and your location (if you want to get the location of the device remotely). And since Android 10, to start an app from the background (as Web Remote Droid can do), you need also to "Request system alert window permission" to allow "display over other apps", see here for more information why : https://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities/background-starts

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Regis Damongeot” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Jun 13, 2024
Signed byCN=Regis Damongeot, C=FR
Signing certificate (SHA-1)40:54:53:C5:FF:18:DA:E0:B3:FA:A1:DA:83:67:6F:B2:A3:96:E7:86
File MD51054f9374ef9d963bf7c06fb70df2453
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (12)

Web Remote Droid requests 12 permissions, 4 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Camera Sensitive android.permission.CAMERA
Display over other apps Sensitive android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Disable keyguard android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Kill background processes android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Location android.hardware.location
Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi

Web Remote Droid 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 Web Remote Droid 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 1054f9374ef9d963bf7c06fb70df2453.