Why does my app throw an `android.permission.REBOOT SecurityException`?

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oscar picture oscar · Aug 11, 2010 · Viewed 23.5k times · Source

I wrote an Android app that uses android.os.PowerManager.reboot(), and I added <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REBOOT" /> in my AndroidManifest.xml. However, when I run the app, it always throws the following exception:

java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 10039 nor current process has android.permission.REBOOT. at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1247)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1247)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1235)
at android.os.IPowerManager$Stub$Proxy.reboot(IPowerManager.java:427)
at android.os.PowerManager.reboot(PowerManager.java:481)
at Test.testPower(Test.java:374)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at android.test.InstrumentationTestCase.runMethod(InstrumentationTestCase.java:204)
at android.test.InstrumentationTestCase.runTest(InstrumentationTestCase.java:194)
at android.test.ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2.runTest(ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2.java:186)
at android.test.AndroidTestRunner.runTest(AndroidTestRunner.java:169)
at android.test.AndroidTestRunner.runTest(AndroidTestRunner.java:154)
at android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner.onStart(InstrumentationTestRunner.java:520)
at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1447)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1247)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1235)
at android.os.IPowerManager$Stub$Proxy.reboot(IPowerManager.java:427)
at android.os.PowerManager.reboot(PowerManager.java:481)
at com.fsl.cts.FSLPlaybackTest.testPower(FSLPlaybackTest.java:374)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at android.test.InstrumentationTestCase.runMethod(InstrumentationTestCase.java:204)
at android.test.InstrumentationTestCase.runTest(InstrumentationTestCase.java:194)
at android.test.ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2.runTest(ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2.java:186)
at android.test.AndroidTestRunner.runTest(AndroidTestRunner.java:169)
at android.test.AndroidTestRunner.runTest(AndroidTestRunner.java:154)
at android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner.onStart(InstrumentationTestRunner.java:520)
at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1447)

Is the anything I'm doing wrong, or does froyo have some problem with rebooting?

Answer

Sarwar Erfan picture Sarwar Erfan · Aug 11, 2010

You cannot get this permission. Only system applications and applications signed with the same key that was used to sign the firmware will be able to get that permission.

Why do you need to reboot? If you tell the necessity of rebooting, then may be someone can suggest you a better way to accomplish the same thing without rebooting.

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