Privacy Policy & Permission Disclosures

Phone Enhancer utilizes Android's AccessibilityService API solely for two specific, user-initiated features:

1. Select Anything (On-Screen OCR Text Copier): When explicitly triggered by the user via the Quick Settings tile or the in-app tool, the service reads on-screen text nodes (rootInActiveWindow) in the active foreground application, enabling users to select and copy text from apps where standard text selection is disabled (such as Instagram captions, YouTube reels, video comments, and social feeds).
2. Per-App Screen Orientation Lock: When enabled, the service monitors window state transitions (TYPE_WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED) solely to detect when a user-selected app enters the foreground, in order to automatically enforce the user's preferred orientation (Portrait, Landscape, or Auto-Rotate) and restore the default orientation upon returning to the home screen.

In compliance with Google Play's Package Visibility Policy, Phone Enhancer declares QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES solely for core, user-facing app management utilities:

• Per-App Orientation Rules: Allowing the user to view installed apps and select specific applications to lock to Portrait or Landscape.
• 1-Tap App Freezer & Process Stash: Enabling the user to select heavy background applications to freeze and terminate to save RAM.
• Notification Later & Quiet Hours: Mapping package identifiers to human-readable app names and icons so the user can configure selective snooze and batching rules.

Installed application inventory is processed exclusively on-device in local memory. Device inventory is never transmitted off your phone, never stored in the cloud, and never utilized for user profiling or advertising.

2.3 Notification Access & Runtime Posting (NotificationListenerService & POST_NOTIFICATIONS)

Phone Enhancer utilizes notification capabilities strictly for user-configured notification control:

• NotificationListenerService: Used solely for the Notification Later utility to intercept non-urgent alerts during user-configured quiet hours and hold them in a local on-device digest. Notification text is saved exclusively in local Room storage and is never uploaded or shared with external parties.
• POST_NOTIFICATIONS (Android 13+ / API 33+): Requested at runtime to deliver real-time battery charge cutoff alerts, display the interactive "🛑 STOP ALARM" notification action button, show live network speed bitrate, and alert the user when their morning quiet hours digest is ready.

2.4 Display Over Other Apps (SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW)

Used solely to draw the Extra Dim translucent low-light alpha overlay over the screen to dim display brightness below the hardware backlight minimum, and to display a non-interactive 2-second countdown HUD pill prior to delayed OCR capture so the notification shade can collapse cleanly.

This system overlay is purely a visual rendering layer. It collects zero touch input, records zero screen gestures, and captures zero user interaction telemetry.

2.5 Modify Audio Settings (MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS)

Used for: (1) The Hardware Sensor Shield, toggling the microphone hardware mute line via AudioManager.setMicrophoneMute(true); and (2) The Bluetooth Disconnect Silencer, instantly muting media playback when wireless earbuds disconnect. Phone Enhancer does NOT record, stream, or store any microphone audio.

2.6 Foreground Services (FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE)

In accordance with Android 14+ foreground service guidelines, Phone Enhancer uses foreground services with prominent user-visible notifications solely for persistent user tasks:

• Battery Health Alarm: Monitoring battery charging levels to trigger high-cutoff (80%/85%) and low-battery alerts piercing silent mode, complete with a direct "🛑 STOP ALARM" button.
• Live Network Speed Monitor: Displaying real-time download and upload bitrate in the status bar (automatically pauses when the screen turns off).
• Clipboard Auto-Wipe Guard: Running the countdown to overwrite and purge sensitive clipboard contents from memory.
• Timed Flashlight & Screen Timeout: Managing the automatic cutoff countdown timers.

2.7 Device Controls & Media Permissions

• WRITE_SETTINGS: Used strictly to adjust and restore screen timeout duration.
• KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES: Used strictly to terminate background processes of user-selected heavy apps.
• CAMERA & FLASHLIGHT: Used strictly to trigger the device torch via CameraManager.setTorchMode(). Never takes photos or video.
• READ_MEDIA_IMAGES: Used strictly when the user shares an image into the Photo EXIF Stripper sharesheet target to strip GPS tags and timestamps before sharing.