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Top Contributors

Top Contributors Siddhartha Mynemi - The first beta tester of this app. Biswajit Rout -  The second beta tester of this app. Jaswinder Singh - The third beta tester of this app and responsible mainly for the restoring compatibility to 4.4 KK and below Android OS.   Suraj -  Bug reporting A pp showed old FOL list when no faculty was on leave and can't change time once selected in version sid 1.2. and for half day reminder bug reporting. All K1408 students secretly involved in the contribution to the app.

Permission Details

Permissions requested by LPU UnderCover While LPU UnderCover doesn't request any special permission, the following details which permissions are required by the app and the reasons why they are requested INTERNET: Allows the app to check faculty on leave online from LPU UMS ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: Allows app to check if packet data is on for faculty on leave check VIBRATE: Allows app to make the phone vibrate at faculty on leave reminder notification ACCESS_WIFI_STATE: Allows the app to check if wifi is on or off. CHANGE_WIFI_STATE: Allows the app to switch on and off wifi during faculty on leave check notification RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: Allows the app to start after phone restart. WAKE_LOCK: Prevents the phone from sleeping during faculty on leave check EDIT on 21-Aug-17  READ_EXTERNAL STORAGE : Needed for setting different wallpaper than the default ones

Help Guide

 Why faculty on leave reminder are delivered before my chosen time? Ans. For Android 4.4 and lower reminders are delivered exactly at your chosen time. For Android 5.0+ Android framework gives the option to utilize battery saving techniques. So, Reminders are delivered in a fifteen mins time slot i.e. minus your chose reminder time until your chosen time. the Android OS wakes the device in this slot anytime when it feels appropriate, but Android OS will wake the device if the time slot gets finished. Why my faculty on leave reminder didn't get delivered? Ans. Note: If internet connection is not found it will still deliver the notification. In the following cases, the reminder will not get delivered like Airplane mode Wifi permission is not given to app (Some phones have to give wifi permission to app)  Power Saver mode was ON Task killer killed the task What should I do to make sure that the faculty on leave notification is delivered? Ans. These are the followin

Privacy Policy of LPU UnderCover App

Privacy Policy This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which LPU UnderCover app on Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.raman.myapplication4) collects, uses, maintains and shares information collected from users (each, a "User") of the LPU UnderCover app ("App"). This privacy policy applies to the App and all services offered by LPU UnderCover. How the information is shared? This App does not share ANY user's information with ANYONE. This App establishes ONE AND ONLY ONE connection and that is with the LPU UMS. When is the information saved? This App collects the registration number and password from the user at the time of login to the App. From there it saves your name, profile photo as in LPU UMS (https://ums.lpu.in/lpuums) to display it in the App. It again saves the password when User enters it again because the User changed the password in LPU UMS. Where is the information stored? The information is saved privately

Changelog of LPU UnderCover

In sid version 1.8 (named on Siddhartha Mynemi, tester of this app) [21-Aug-2017] * All need to update, as all old versions (below sid v1.8) are deprecated * Feature - Change your profile picture * Feature - Change the scheduler wallpaper (The app will adjust its theme colour according to scheduler wallpaper!) * Feature - Change the sidebar wallpaper * All above-mentioned features will need READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission * Optimization - RAM usage reduced by 60%! * Optimization - APK size reduced by 15%! For more read ChangeLog - http://lpuundercover.blogspot.in/2017/07/changelog-of-lpu-undercover.html In sid version 1.7 (named on Siddhartha Mynemi, tester of this app) [19-Aug-2017]   This version restored the compatibiltiy according to UMS update for a short time but UMS updated after that. So from this and old versions below are deprecated and the newer version will be necessary for all to update.   In sid version 1.6 (named on Siddhartha Mynemi, tester of this app) [17-Aug

Upcoming features

To request your feature or a bug checks the list first if it's not in there then you can comment below. The priority of feature intro is according to this-> Basic feature then Bugs then Advanced feature then Efficiency. Next up sid v1.6 (Edited 13th Aug 17) View Changelog. LEGEND Bold ones are the features coming in the next version struck out are the implemented one. One in the red is dropped ones due to duplicated feature or for other reasons Those in the normal text are the future features coming Suggested by Me Efficiency - Make login faster in app <5sec Advanced feature - troubleshoot option in permanent notify if notification not delivered Support for Android O (DONE in sid v1.6) Basic feature - Don't show reg no at time of changing pass (UP NEXT in v 1.3 sid) (Done in sid v1.3) Efficiency - Improve performance of FoL check by 50%  Wallpaper choosing should have crop option (UP next in sid v1.9) Permanent Notif to show the next reminder

Me and Siddhartha Myneni

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Who is Siddhartha Mynemi? Siddhartha Mynemi is the first beta tester of this app and had a huge role in making of this app, bug fixing and much more. For full credits visit here . To make some of you remember who is Siddhartha, let me give you some hints that will make you click like "OK he is that guy!". He is from LPU pursuing BTech CSE Hons (Batch 2014).   There is one thing that differentiates all of us from him.He joined CSE in '2nd year'.   He was selected for the venturepact internship.   Or the most famous one is in a video in which he is seen having an argument with HOD of artificial intelligence subject in 34-413 theatre.May be this video got forwarded to you by some person or in a group, then know that this is the same guy whom I am going to talk about. Connect with him on LinkedIn The Efforts The main part of this article. Siddhartha is a very hardworking and persistent guy. When I first showed the LPU UnderCover app ( Play Sto