Earpiece is an Android app developed by Omega Centauri Software (82 Cottonwood St., Waco, TX 76706). Others apps created by Omega Centauri Software are: Send Reduced, RootDim.

Earpiece first became available on 13 Aug 2012. It is estimated that Earpiece has been downloaded between 500000 and 1000000 times from the Play Store.

Earpiece 1.11 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.

Allows applications to disable the keyguard if it is not secure.

Allows an application to modify global audio settings.

Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.

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 receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to read or write the system settings.