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Enable the Serval Batphone

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David Black 2013-02-01 14:22:01 +00:00
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@ -7,14 +7,24 @@ Donate:http://www.servalproject.org/donations
Summary:Peer to peer communications
Description:
N.B This is experimental software and currently requires root access: please see the warnings in the README
of the source code. It may not work as advertised; it may lose or alter messages and files that it carries;
it may consume a lot of space, speed and battery; and it may crash unexpectedly.
To avail of the maps feature a separate app has to be installed which isn't in the f-droid.org repo yet.
'''N.B'''Some elements of the source code such as ifconfig are not built
from source, but likely will be in future. The messaging part of the app
currently crashes on startup so best leave it alone.
Mobile communications are useful, but depend on infrastructure that can be damaged, overwhelmed,
or even absent. This app assumes zero infrastructure. The phones talk to each other using WiFi;
relaying calls and messages and figuring out how to resolve numbers. In other words, it lets your phone
This is experimental software and currently requires root access: please see
the warnings in the README
of the source code. It may not work as advertised; it may lose or alter
messages and files that it carries;
it may consume a lot of space, speed and battery; and it may crash unexpectedly.
To avail of the maps feature a separate app has to be installed which isn't
in the f-droid.org repo yet.
Mobile communications are useful, but depend on infrastructure that can be
damaged, overwhelmed,
or even absent. This app assumes zero infrastructure. The phones talk to each
other using WiFi;
relaying calls and messages and figuring out how to resolve numbers. In other
words, it lets your phone
communicate with other Android phones running Serval Mesh within WiFi range.
* Can be carried and activated in seconds by those who need it when it is needed
@ -22,15 +32,21 @@ communicate with other Android phones running Serval Mesh within WiFi range.
* Can be distributed during an emergency from only one phone
* Distributed nature makes network resilient
Ideal for remote, rural and impoverished communities; disaster/emergency situations, and the
services that support them: the software is making the best of one of the most ubiquitous
of devices - the mobile phone. Turn your phone into a true communications device; anytime, anywhere.
Ideal for remote, rural and impoverished communities; disaster/emergency
situations, and the
services that support them: the software is making the best of one of the most
ubiquitous
of devices - the mobile phone. Turn your phone into a true communications
device; anytime, anywhere.
Requires Root: Ideally. Basic Android still doesn't allow WiFi in AdHoc mode, so the app will enable it
if you allow it root. It can function without root permission, but will be limited to using an
Requires root: Ideally. Basic Android still doesn't allow WiFi in AdHoc mode,
so the app will enable it
if you allow it root. It can function without root permission, but will be
limited to using an
existing WiFi home network or hot spot, and may not work altogether.
The Java/XML part is distributable under the GNU GPLv3 while the serval-dna project is GPLv2.
The Java/XML part is distributable under the GNU GPLv3 while the serval-dna
project is GPLv2.
.
#Requires Root:No
@ -38,8 +54,10 @@ Repo Type:git
Repo:https://github.com/servalproject/batphone.git
#Releases are in master branch, beta in development; run ant version to get version info
Build Version:0.90-beta,1877,!need to build ELFs 0.90-beta,buildjni=yes,submodules=yes,prebuild=\
sed -i 's/android:versionName="\@string\/version"/android:versionName="0.90-beta"/g' AndroidManifest.xml
#data/bin/ifconfig data/bin/iwconfig native/lib/adhoc jni-prebuilts not built from source
Build Version:0.90,1929,0.90,submodules=yes,prebuild=\
sed -i 's/android:versionName="\@string\/version"/android:versionName="0.90"/g' AndroidManifest.xml && \
rm -rf data/bin/iptables data/bin/pand data/ultra_bcm_config gdbserver Makefile hi-resZZ,buildjni=yes
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