Category:Phone & SMS License:GPLv2/GPLv3 Web Site:http://www.servalproject.org Source Code:https://github.com/servalproject/batphone Issue Tracker:https://github.com/servalproject/batphone/issues 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. 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 * Carrier independent * 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. 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. . #Requires Root:No Repo Type:git Repo:https://github.com/servalproject/batphone.git #Releases are in master branch, beta in development; version codes are mysterious Build Version:0.90-beta,1877,!needs checking 0.90-beta,buildjni=yes,submodules=yes,prebuild=\ sed -i 's/android:versionName="\@string\/version"/android:versionName="0.90-beta"/g' AndroidManifest.xml Auto Update Mode:None Update Check Mode:Market Current Version:0.08 Current Version Code:1214