Thanks to ragingredbull for pointing out you can shortcut to App Ops on the G4. App Ops won't officially be released until Android M but has been in AOSP since 4.3. Google hid it in 4.4 and it was no longer accessible without root. The G4 has it available. Props to LG for allowing this!!



App Ops allows you to restrict access permissions such as GPS, contacts or Keep awake for individual apps. It is basically a privacy control that the iPhone has had for a bit and is sorely lacking in Android. The G4 version works for downloaded apps only unlike a root version. It is, however, still very useful and gets you most of the way. If you find that disabling permissions for an app causes it to force close then the app is written poorly to handle null data and you will have to turn the permission back on if you want to use that app.



To access the menu, Download "Any cut" or "Quick shortcut maker" from the play store. You want to create a short cut for "Access Lock" from the app.

Open it, change 'incremental search' to ' normal search' and search for Access .

You should get a Settings option that you can expand. Look for one labeled Access Lock and click on it.

It's possible that some App Ops enabling apps may also point to the proper Activity and work the same way.



After you have made the shortcut, clicking on it will open a menu allowing you to restrict app permissions.

(now we just need a hosts blocker and firewall...)