Category:Phone & SMS
License: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''' Some elements of the source code such as ifconfig are not built
from source, but likely will be in future. The messaging part 
is working in the latest version.

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; run ant version to get version info
#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
Build Version:0.90.1,1947,0.90.1,submodules=yes,prebuild=\
sed -i 's/android:versionName="\@string\/version"/android:versionName="0.90.1"/g' AndroidManifest.xml && \
rm -rf data/bin/iptables data/bin/pand data/ultra_bcm_config gdbserver Makefile hi-resZZ,buildjni=no

Auto Update Mode:None
Update Check Mode:Market
Current Version:0.90.1
Current Version Code:1947