The Serval Mesh was a communication app developed by Serval Project. It was removed from Google Play Jan 21, 2019 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
The Serval Mesh had been downloaded 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
The Serval Mesh was rated 4.16 out of 5 stars, based on 1.9 thousand ratings.
App Information
The Serval Mesh was free to download. The APK download size was 1.96 MB. The last available version was 0.93. The last update was on May 20, 2016.
Technical Requirements
The Serval Mesh required Android 2.2+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play August 2011.
Description
Mobile phones normally can't be used when cellular networks fail, for example during a disaster.
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★★★★★
Great app, works quite well with wifi Bluetooth and hotspot, but ad hoc, when testing for compatibility, it says could not find root shell, but I have both root and busybox (installed to /system/bin). My device is an NVIDIA shield K1 running Android AOSP nougat.
★★★★★
I've used it, it works well, although it would be nice if you could copy and paste old messages. Install it BEFORE you have a disaster, obviously, but once you have it you can share it to other devices, it has instructions how.
★★★★★
If you guys can update this to where we can use proxy for data as seen on a youtube video, I can put this on a ham radio tower WiFi pinging through my neighborhood and get more people to test it. Sevier County Tennessee. I've so far tested it on: Galaxy Note 4, Nexus 6, 1plus 1, Galaxy Alpha no root, Moto Z Play no root, Galaxy S7 & Edge. all these listed are working
★★☆☆☆
Fyi Root is Required. Sadly cant risk mucking things up and bricking my phone just to test. Really want a mesh hotspot around the block.
★★☆☆☆
Sometimes back I was able to install it on android 2.3 phone & use it. But this time it does not install on an Android 5.02 lenovo, it did install on an old Samsung S3 but no mode of communication other than blue tooth worked & that only from a very short range. This app is useless for any purpose that it seems to be designed for.
★★☆☆☆
Hijacked and renamed my bluetooth connection. Now I can't connect to any other bluetooth devices. Can't figure out how to undo this mess without a factory reset of my phone.
★★☆☆☆
It is extremely crude. I could not mix Bluetooth mesh with normal WiFi internet.
★★☆☆☆
Funktioniert nicht Leider wird das Galaxy S3 nicht unterstützt... Auch das Sony Xperia Compact funktioniert nicht stabil
Technologies used by The Serval Mesh
The Serval Mesh is requesting 34 permissions and is using 0 libraries.
Permissions
Development tools
test access to protected storage
Your personal information
read call log,
read your contacts,
read your own contact card,
write call log,
modify your contacts
Services that cost you money
directly call phone numbers
Network communication
view network connections,
view Wi-Fi connections,
pair with Bluetooth devices,
full network access
Your accounts
create accounts and set passwords,
find accounts on the device,
add or remove accounts
Storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Phone calls
reroute outgoing calls,
read phone status and identity
Hardware controls
change your audio settings,
record audio,
control vibration
System tools
access Bluetooth settings,
send sticky broadcast,
allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception,
connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi,
disable your screen lock,
read sync settings,
run at startup,
prevent phone from sleeping,
modify system settings,
toggle sync on and off
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