SMS Listen is an Android app developed by Zhang Bo (2501, Building 21,H Qu, Zi Wei Tian Yuan Du Shi,Hi-tech Zone Xi'an,Shaanxi Province,China).

SMS Listen first became available on 21 Dec 2011. It is estimated that SMS Listen has been downloaded between 500000 and 1000000 times from the Play Store.

SMS Listen 3.5 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.

Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.

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

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

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 read SMS messages.

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 an application to receive SMS messages.

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

Allows an application to write to external storage.