File Protect

A small application for mobile devices which support the JSR-75 extension to allow access to the filesystem of the phone or memory cards. This application can Encrypt file in your phone on password... You can easy protect your files !



Download on www.k750i.net

Nice, thanks for the info

Looks cool. Will have to check it out. Thanks mate.

Thanks mate nice work.

Sounds good, should be helpful for keeping nosey girlfriends at bay!

May well be trying this out when I get my phone back, sounds good, thanks for the link!

Errr....perhaps its me being stupid but how do u install these apps as they do not come as an installation file, but loads of little .class files???


Any help would be appreciated....theres an MSN one that i'd like to take advantage of

You can also try to use iLock

Hey, fantastic... Guess who wrote that little application?

Small world!

Edit: BTW, you can always get the latest version by pointing your phone to download http://www.ixalon.net/FileProtect.jad. By using this signed JAD allows you to go to permissions and set it to not bother you about requiring read/write access to the filesystem

I have some ideas for improvements such as being more theme-friendly and supporting different encryption types (it only encrypts using DES at the moment). However I wouldn't expect a new version soon - I've currently got more interesting things to scheme

off-topic dedicated to 'ixalon':

i don't know if you are aware of 'readmaniac' application. generally it's an application for reading e-books inside j2me phone. there's quite long discussion about possibilities to sign this midlet, it's seems here's no good solution, just frustration.

i see that you signed 'file protect' with thamwe certificate and i would like kindly ask you if you were so nice and also sign jsr-75 sony ericsson version of 'readmaniac' and share the 'jar' and 'jad' files with others. i'm sure, many of us would appreciate it, thanks.

He can do it only for apps developed by him We have to wait for what ixalon develops in future

I would pay a small amount by paypal if he comes with free txt readers, pdf readers, etc in java, and i think most people in the k750 comunity would do the same...


So ixalon, launch the betas of interesting products, and advertize it, and i will contribute something to finance your work, and help making publicity of it

Need some help on how to install this application.

Please help.

It is a Java application. You can get the .jar installer from the link in the first post.

Once you have the .jar file simply transfer it to your phone by USB cable, Bluetooth or IR and the phone will ask if you want to install it. The rest is self explanatory

PS- should you ever try to download a java app and you get a .zip file with lots of small files inside then just rename the .zip file extension to .jar as a .jar is a type of zip file

Can you please contact me on MSN.

my msn : frank_32_9@hotmail.com

Thank you very much

Another way to install it is to enter the following address into the browser on your phone:
http://www.ixalon.net/FileProtect.jad

On a semi-related topic, now the firmware is more stable, I'm beggining to investigate creating a PDF viewer for the phone

@ixalon


A PDF viewer would be very nice indeed.

What more do you need to know? All you need to do is transfer the .jar file to your phone basically and the rest is done for you (with your confirmation)

because can't change the extenstion of the file.


and the ready file (protectfile.jad) is corupted.

If you can't change the file extensions then you need to set your windows to show them.

Open up any window that is not an application i.e. My Documents or something similar and press View at the top, then go to Folder Options and select the View tab. Here you need to deselect the option "Hide extensions for known file types".

If you have a .jad file then that is not the proper java installer and it is basically a link which will make your phone go online and download the game contents rather than getting them from the installer. Personally I never bother with .jad files as they are much more hassle than they are worth

Hey, thanks But when i go to install it it tells me operation fails. Do you know why.



Thanks for responding

On the phone do you mean?

Is that using a .jar or a .jad file?

Also where are you trying to install it and is there enough available memory?

Yes on the phone.

I am using .jar

and there is about 20 MB left. and i am puting the file in the phone memoery then in others folder.

I have downloaded the link in the 1st post, how ever i cant get it on my phone, after unzipping the file i get many diff files in 1 folder. what do i do now ?

Right I have just downloaded the file from the page in the link at the top of this thread, specifically THIS FILE

The file I received was File_Protect.jar

There is no need to rename this or unpack this or do anything at all with it.

I connected my W550 to its USB cable and transferred the .jar file into the Other folder.

I then disconnected the phone from the computer and went to the phones File Manager and into the Other folder where I find the file named File_Protect which I just transferred.

The file has a java icon before it and the left softkey reads "Install".

Pressing Install brings up a short loading bar and a PLease Wait message quickly followed by a screen called "Save In:" where you can choose where to install the application (either in Applications or Games)

NOTE: As my W550 has only internal memory I don't get an option to save to a Duo so you may get another screen asking this.

I chose Applications and within 1 scond the phone tells me the app has been saved in Applications folder in the phones memory and then asks if I would like to start the app now? Yes or No...

I pressed Yes and the app starts.

The app first aks if you want to allow it to read user data and then if it is allowed to write user data to both of which I pressed yes.

The File Protect java application is now running, it was as simple as that

ok at last it worked. I was doing it .jad and not .jar.


Thanks

Is there a Folder Protector for the k750i

Glad to hear you finally got it sorted

Need help, i am still unable to install the program, i downloaded the file in your link and transfered it to my w550i by usb cable to others folder, the file is inside but somehow i dont seem to find the install button?

Well what do you see on the softkeys when you move your cursor over the file in the phone?

ixalon, glad to hear about the pdf reader thing

a unprotected file explorer would be also nice...i have a opera mini version with file explorer, but it has all the dreadfull read/write restrictions...

I read over the PDF specs - my lord - complicated stuff. Will have to see if I can find a LZW and Flate implementation I can get to work in J2ME before I can come up with anything useful.

@ares
What sorta features would you want in a file explorer? Normal file operations (rename, delete, copy/cut from one location and paste in another location) - viewing of supported files types, send via email/mms/ir/bluetooth?

ixalon, those would be nice you can start with the basic ones, like the opera version i mentioned has

another essencial app would be one that lets you add repeating events to the calendar via the PIM API - that would avoid always having to use the pc for that - can it be done???

hmm....long time since anyone posted a reply here..
btw i'm having a w800i and wanted to install the file protect programme.. so i've donwloaded the java file_proctect.jar and install it

everytime i run it.. it always ask me to allow application to read/write...

i've read around... they said to overcome this matter..i should directly point my phone browser to www.ixalon.net/FileProtect.jad

but whenever i do that.. i says downloading fail... anyhelp please??

you have to install the jad first

i did try to install the .jad first...but whenever i click install it says downloading failed...same goes if i direct my browser directly to the link

Thanks for the heads up! Will check it out soon..

ixalon,
if you can make this program better,we'd all would love it.

Guys, firstly thanks to ixalon for this very useful app, if he can add support for multiple file encryption instead of single individual files, that we be most handy.

Anywayz the reason why you are have the 'download failed' error is because there is a slight error in the .jad file or should I call it a misrepresentation


Problem

If one looks within the .jad file ...where you have the ...URL tag. when executed or you click on install, its looking for the FileProtect.jar file in the same path as the FileProtect.jad but the jar file that is downloadable from links within this thread is named - File_Protect.jar. So basically when your phone is reading the .jad its looking in the same folder for the FileProtect.jar as specified in the code but it cant find it, as it is named File_Protect.jar.

Solution

So the simplest way to get it to install/work, so you dont have to answer yes to file read and write access every second when using the app, is to rename the File_Protect.jar. to FileProtect.jar before transfering it to the phone and subsequently when you execute or install the .jad file, it will now install ok and also transfer the FileProtect.jar to the Application folder etc.

After installing the .jad file by clicking install on the FileProtect.jad file on your phone, remember to then go and set the file permissions on the FileProtect.jar app in the Application folder by highlighting it and clicking on MORE on the right and then set permissions to NEVER ASK for both 'Read User data' & 'Write user data'.

Enjoy...

I would like to know whether fileprotect is a freeware or shareware? I downloaded without the need to pay.

I got it from http://www.ixalon.net/FileProtect.jad. Dowloading directly from there allowed me to disable all the prompts for accessing the user data.

I just hope it's not a trial version.

No, its not a trial version, its a full version...some proggies are stll free you know

Thanks for your reply. Worth the gprs download....

thumbs up to ixalon, downloaded via wap, excellent proggy.

@ripperx

Thanks! One day I'll get round to updating it - it was my first attempt at a midlet

any chance to get this work on dirs?

erm anyone can tell me why when i use K750i,

i can't see NEVER ASK in my permission setting ?

it's only ask once or NO

Can you set password on folders? Is there apps that can?

no, nv seen one setting on folder.

pls help.

anyone can sign (to make it stop popping that annoying thing) the cracked version >

I'm afraid it is against forum rules to post cracked s/w

Hi Ixalon,

I got both .jad and.jar from ixalon.net transferred them to others folder in my w810i and installed it.

I am able to install .jar directly but cannot install via .jad so iam having to give permissions to each read and write. Please help me out.

Also the encrypt / Decrypt button on the app dosent work when clicked but worksuusing the soft keys.

I would never bother with .jad files as they d/load the content I believe.
The .jar is a straight forward direct installer and is the only way I install java apps

Jar is the direct installaton but without the .jad installation we would have to manually give permission for each and every read write operation the application performes. Its really very annoying to give both these permissions for each subfolder we browse. .Jar installation is ok for apps or games that do not read/write to/from the file system. but read/write apps need the .jad certificates badly.

Can any one figure out why the installation via .jad shows operation failed when the .jar file itself is working ok? I am surprised to find the .jad file on Ixalons home page itself erroring out and no one has brought it to his notice.

Anyway i have PMed him. Hope he responds. I would also like to know about the status of his development plans for a pdf reader. It will be a truly useful app.

No sign of Ixalon yet. Hope he is still around with a solution.