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Developer: TechJarves
Category: Development
Earliest archived version: 29 Sept 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

29 Sept 2026

1.0.2

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.jarves.mh

Latest APK SHA-25604bc970ad277a9bb6e0767a58b1cbd357f6c2252cc42500a6a9a648cdedfad92

Signing certificate1E:1E:6A:14:1A:78:45:83:0D:8C:05:6C:60:69:07:18:9B:D6:D2:B0:68:86:E6:26:A0:84:10:9C:A5:85:F1:F3

MIN ANDROID28TARGET28ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.0.2 (29 Sept 2026), latest 1.0.7 (15 Oct 2026).

Permissions changed between 1.0.2 and 1.0.7: added android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES, android.permission.UPDATE_PACKAGES_WITHOUT_USER_ACTION.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.0.715 Oct 202628+arm64-v8a→1.0.229 Sept 202628+arm64-v8a→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions9 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessREQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES android.permission.UPDATE_PACKAGES_WITHOUT_USER_ACTION android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.jarves.mh.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗