App Permissions

Apps require access to certain systems within your device. When you install an application, you are notified of all of the permissions required to run that application. Please read and consider the permissions carefully. See below for a list of permissions and what it means for the application:

Used for permissions that can be used to make users spend money without their direct involvement.

Group of permissions related to development features.

Used for permissions that provide direct access to the hardware on the device.

Used for permissions that allow access to the user's current location.

Used for permissions that allow an application to send messages on behalf of the user or intercept messages being received by the user.

Used for permissions that provide access to networking services.

Used for permissions that provide access to the user's private data, such as contacts, calendar events, e-mail messages, etc.

Used for permissions associated with accessing a device's telephony state--including, intercepting outgoing calls and reading or modifying the phone state.

Group of permissions related to SD card access.

Group of permissions related to system APIs (Application Programming Interface).