How to play tiny tower OFF LINE, no hacks or cheats.

Ok, a while ago, I posted a post about Mobage spying on android users through the internet only game Tiny Tower. Well now i figured out how to play this awsome game offline.

Don't worry, this is not illegal, and their are no hacks, or cheats or download necessary.

First, make sure you have the latest version of tiny tower.
You will have to do this process after each update.
Two: let the game load with internet connection. play the game, and go to menu>settings> make sure everything is checked off.
Three: press the home button (do this step really quickly), turn off your WiFi using the power widget, that is the fastest way to do so, and then turn the game back on.

**Make sure you don't exit the game, only press home to exit.

you are done!

Is Mobage Spying on Android users? Tiny Tower

I saw the game called tiny tower on my friends ipod and he sayed it did not need internet at all (Duh). So i went on the android market, and downloaded, it.

I started up the app, and it sayed it needed aditional data from online. Well that was typical on a game. So i turned on my only source of internet (wifi, i dont have data untill i get a job) and downloaded it. Later on that day, my wifi was off to not drain batter life on my LG Thrive, and the game would not start, i was confused? I turned on my wifi and it worked, wow.

Ok, i played the game for like 2 months and then i strated thinking (lol, first think then do right), why the game needed internet. I read the permissions and here is what it sayed:

Permissions

This application has access to the following:

• Your location
  fine (GPS) location
  Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the tablet, where available. Malicious apps may use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power. Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the phone, where available. Malicious apps may use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.
  coarse (network-based) location
  Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to determine an approximate tablet location, where available. Malicious apps may use this to determine approximately where you are. Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to determine an approximate phone location, where available. Malicious apps may use this to determine approximately where you are.
• Network communication
  full Internet access
  Allows the app to create network sockets.
• Your personal information
  read contact data
  Allows the app to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your tablet. Malicious apps may use this to send your data to other people. Allows the app to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your phone. Malicious apps may use this to send your data to other people.
• Phone calls
  read phone state and identity
  Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. An app with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like.
• Storage
  modify/delete USB storage contents modify/delete SD card contents
  Allows the app to write to the USB storage. Allows the app to write to the SD card.
• System tools
  prevent tablet from sleeping prevent phone from sleeping
  Allows the app to prevent the tablet from going to sleep. Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
  retrieve running apps
  Allows the app to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. Malicious apps may discover private information about other apps.
  change network connectivity
  Allows the app to change the state of network connectivity.
  change Wi-Fi state
  Allows the app to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points, and to make changes to configured Wi-Fi networks.

Hide

• Your accounts
  discover known accounts
  Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the tablet. Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the phone.
• Hardware controls
  control vibrator
  Allows the app to control the vibrator.
• Your location
  access extra location provider commands
  Allows the app to access extra location provider commands. Malicious apps may use this to interfere with the operation of the GPS or other location sources.
• Network communication
  receive data from Internet
  Allows apps to accept cloud to device messages sent by the app's service. Using this service will incur data usage. Malicious apps could cause excess data usage.
  view Wi-Fi state
  Allows the app to view the information about the state of Wi-Fi.
  view network state
  Allows the app to view the state of all networks.
• Default
  Market billing service
  Allows the user to purchase items through Market from within this application
   
   
  Here is what i think needs to go:
  1. Location! it is always their on most apps, but mobage does not need to know where the fuck im at. (sorry for the language again and again).
  2. Personal info/ contacts, why does mobage want to know who i keep in touch with?
  3.Phone calls, why do they need to know who im calling.
  4.Storage, why does it need to know what music i have on my sd card omfg.
  5.System tools, well some things here can stay but things like : Allows the app to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. Malicious apps may discover private information about other apps. I think here mobage is talkin about itself, it is malicous undercover.
  
  
  All i have to say to this is : WHAT...THE...FUCK!
  They dont need to know where im at.
  This is just a warning, apps can do ANYTHING, (not too long ago, mobage got rid of the permission to read text messages).