About this app

4W is a simple tool for the management of jobs and small projects. It is an essential tool for contractors, small businesses and personal use.


Features:
• Manage your jobs with an intuitive job description: Who, What, Where and When (4W).
• Simple to use CRM features such as missed call and ongoing call linked to your customers and jobs.
• Seamlessly integrate your Contacts, Calendar Events and SMS messages. Add customers from your ongoing and recent phone calls.
• Add your own custom fields.
• Enter a simple or extensive job description, text and voice notes, and job/meeting locations.
• Jobs can include a hierarchical list of job items. Jobs and job items can include a to do list.
• Time and mileage entry with data export to csv file. (For Excel etc.)
• Sync your phone and tablet data plus optionally send task and job data to others.


Please note that the application has basic finance features only. (no estimates, no invoices no financial reports)




Permissions:
To understand more about how the app is using permissions, scroll down to the Understanding Permissions below.



Please note that 4W Task Manager is optimized for phone-sized screens. However, it is fully operational on tablets.


Target users:
Contractors, Small businesses and more.


Understanding Permissions
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The app is using a variety of permissions, all required to make it easier to do your job.

Many of the permissions are required to use the full- featured Calendar. If you want to know more about which permissions are needed for what, read on…


• Modify/delete USB storage contents:
Allows voice recordings and pictures taken within the app to be stored on the SD card saving internal phone memory.

• Read/Edit SMS or MMS:
Required to display all SMS/MMS messages exchanged with your customers and allows you to delete a message. Note that the app does not send SMS/MMS messages itself, but instead opens your normal SMS/ MMS app.

• Display system-level alerts:
Allows the app to show the 4W widget while in a phone call.

• Prevent phone/tablet from sleeping:
Required by the Calendar to enable all its features.

• Record audio:
Used by the built-in voice recorder. Voice recording can be used for notes and job descriptions.

• Google mail
• Use the authentication credentials of an account
• Add or modify calendar events and send email to guests
• Read calendar events:
Required by the Calendar to enable all its features.

• Read/write contact data:
Allows the app to integrate your phone contacts as customers. You can then edit contacts from inside the app.

• Read sensitive log data:
In case of an application crash, the app automatically creates an email with log crash information and asks for your permission to send it to Job Crafts. No information is ever sent without your approval.

• Full Internet access:
Required by the Calendar.

• Intercept outgoing calls, Read phone state and identity:
Allows the app to show the 4W widget while in a phone call, which allows you to open the 4W app without leaving the call screen.

• Receive data from Internet:
This Google cloud messaging (GCM) permission is used for 4W data sync.

• Discover known accounts, Control vibrator:
Required by the Calendar and used by the task alerts.

New features

Version 2.9.2:
• Allow to change the sync account to a previously used one.
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Recent versions:
• Added drag-and-drop to job items list.
• Added option to check or uncheck all check list items in a reminder.
• Added job, contact and group chat.
• Added an option to include pictures in a job PDF.

App Permissions

Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to read SMS messages.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to see the number being dialed during an outgoing call with the option to redirect the call to a different number or abort the call altogether.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to read the sync settings.
Allows applications to read the sync stats.
Allows an application to read the user's call log.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.