Enable the Serval Batphone
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Summary:Peer to peer communications
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Summary:Peer to peer communications
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Description:
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Description:
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N.B This is experimental software and currently requires root access: please see the warnings in the README
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'''N.B'''Some elements of the source code such as ifconfig are not built
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of the source code. It may not work as advertised; it may lose or alter messages and files that it carries;
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from source, but likely will be in future. The messaging part of the app
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it may consume a lot of space, speed and battery; and it may crash unexpectedly.
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currently crashes on startup so best leave it alone.
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To avail of the maps feature a separate app has to be installed which isn't in the f-droid.org repo yet.
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Mobile communications are useful, but depend on infrastructure that can be damaged, overwhelmed,
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This is experimental software and currently requires root access: please see
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or even absent. This app assumes zero infrastructure. The phones talk to each other using WiFi;
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the warnings in the README
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relaying calls and messages and figuring out how to resolve numbers. In other words, it lets your phone
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of the source code. It may not work as advertised; it may lose or alter
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messages and files that it carries;
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it may consume a lot of space, speed and battery; and it may crash unexpectedly.
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To avail of the maps feature a separate app has to be installed which isn't
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in the f-droid.org repo yet.
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Mobile communications are useful, but depend on infrastructure that can be
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damaged, overwhelmed,
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or even absent. This app assumes zero infrastructure. The phones talk to each
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other using WiFi;
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relaying calls and messages and figuring out how to resolve numbers. In other
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words, it lets your phone
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communicate with other Android phones running Serval Mesh within WiFi range.
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communicate with other Android phones running Serval Mesh within WiFi range.
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* Can be carried and activated in seconds by those who need it when it is needed
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* Can be carried and activated in seconds by those who need it when it is needed
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* Can be distributed during an emergency from only one phone
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* Can be distributed during an emergency from only one phone
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* Distributed nature makes network resilient
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* Distributed nature makes network resilient
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Ideal for remote, rural and impoverished communities; disaster/emergency situations, and the
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Ideal for remote, rural and impoverished communities; disaster/emergency
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services that support them: the software is making the best of one of the most ubiquitous
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situations, and the
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of devices - the mobile phone. Turn your phone into a true communications device; anytime, anywhere.
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services that support them: the software is making the best of one of the most
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ubiquitous
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of devices - the mobile phone. Turn your phone into a true communications
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device; anytime, anywhere.
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Requires Root: Ideally. Basic Android still doesn't allow WiFi in AdHoc mode, so the app will enable it
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Requires root: Ideally. Basic Android still doesn't allow WiFi in AdHoc mode,
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if you allow it root. It can function without root permission, but will be limited to using an
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so the app will enable it
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if you allow it root. It can function without root permission, but will be
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limited to using an
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existing WiFi home network or hot spot, and may not work altogether.
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existing WiFi home network or hot spot, and may not work altogether.
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The Java/XML part is distributable under the GNU GPLv3 while the serval-dna project is GPLv2.
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The Java/XML part is distributable under the GNU GPLv3 while the serval-dna
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project is GPLv2.
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#Requires Root:No
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#Requires Root:No
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Repo:https://github.com/servalproject/batphone.git
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Repo:https://github.com/servalproject/batphone.git
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#Releases are in master branch, beta in development; run ant version to get version info
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#Releases are in master branch, beta in development; run ant version to get version info
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Build Version:0.90-beta,1877,!need to build ELFs 0.90-beta,buildjni=yes,submodules=yes,prebuild=\
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#data/bin/ifconfig data/bin/iwconfig native/lib/adhoc jni-prebuilts not built from source
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sed -i 's/android:versionName="\@string\/version"/android:versionName="0.90-beta"/g' AndroidManifest.xml
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Build Version:0.90,1929,0.90,submodules=yes,prebuild=\
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sed -i 's/android:versionName="\@string\/version"/android:versionName="0.90"/g' AndroidManifest.xml && \
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rm -rf data/bin/iptables data/bin/pand data/ultra_bcm_config gdbserver Makefile hi-resZZ,buildjni=yes
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Auto Update Mode:None
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Auto Update Mode:None
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Update Check Mode:Market
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Update Check Mode:Market
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