Unity adds "Device ID & call information" permission to Android

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Hi,

Before building my “AndroidManifest.xml” only has the 2 basic internet permissions. After the build the “Device ID & call information” permission is added.
I read these 4 threads:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25089311/why-am-i-requesting-device-id-call-information-permission-on-android

Nothing suggested was relevant.
Is there a chance this is due to Unity Analytics?

Thanks.

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OK. Finally found this post:

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I believe a fix for this is coming in the patch release due tomorrow.

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That’s great to hear! I was just about uninstalling 5.1 and reinstalling version 5.0.
Can you tell the version of the patch or what to look for?

Thanks!

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@superpig
Is this patch still on the way? I am using version 5.1.2f1. Thanks!

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Yes, 5.1.2p3 came out on August 6th. You can grab it or you can wait for 5.1.3f1.

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I didn’t get it. Is the 5.1.2p3 patch fixes the “READ_PHONE_STATE” issue?
In this link:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-5-1-adds-android-permission-read_phone_state-automatically-how-to-remove-it.333431/page-2#post-2244159
You stated than it’ll be fixed in 5.2.0f1.
Bottom line - I’m using 5.1.2, is there anything I can do now to remove these permissions?

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It was originally fixed in 5.2.0f1, but then we back ported it to 5.1.2p3. Upgrade to 5.1.2p3 (or wait for 5.1.3f1) and the permission request should be gone.

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I’ve upgraded to 5.1.2p3 - the “Read Phone status and identity” is still requested.

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Ah, my bad - the original issue was the “Device ID and call information” permission, which has been fixed in 5.1.2p3; the “Read Phone status and identity” issue is separate. Let me find out what the status is and get back to you.

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Hi,
Any news regarding the issue?

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yeah, I just found out this weird permission requested on my app too.
when will it be fixed? and any workaround we can bypass this bug>

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I have also run into this problem today, using Unity 5.1.3f1 on Windows. An update would be much appreciated.

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There’s a patch release due out on Wednesday which has a fix related to this issue in it.

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It’s finally out. Thanks a lot for fixing this annoying bug!
Please pay attention, it cost me with many downloads.

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it’s fixed in 5.2.
thanks

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For some odd reason, the READ_PHONE_STATE is present on the Unity version 2020.3.4f1

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