Package
com.motorola.appdirectedsmsproxy
Motorola Message Service
Package intelligence
Observed signing, permission, version and size signals from contributing devices - descriptive of that sample, not a verdict. These come from the v2 Package Search sync, which not every device has contributed to yet, so for some packages this detail is partial or not present at all.
- Signed by the device maker's own signing key (Motorola), so it is an OEM preinstall, but 2 different certificates appear across the fleet, so OEMs ship their own builds of it.
- Its largest observed manifest declares 8 permissions: 2 runtime (user-granted), 4 signature or system-level and 2 vendor or uncatalogued. The signature/system share marks it as a privileged component, not an ordinary app.
- Never reported as user-facing, so it runs as a background or system component rather than an app the user opens.
Declared permissions (8)
Largest permission set observed for this package. Text is Android's own published description where one exists; platform permissions Android does not document show their granted protection level (in grey) instead; vendor or unknown constants show the name only.
| Permission | Description |
|---|---|
BROADCAST_SMS |
Signature-level system permission, for platform-signed apps. |
CALL_PHONE |
Allows the app to call phone numbers without your intervention. This may result in unexpected charges or calls. Note that this doesn't allow the app to call emergency numbers. Malicious apps may cost you money by making calls without your confirmation, or dial carrier codes which cause incoming calls to be automatically forwarded to another number. |
CARRIER_FILTER_SMS |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
CHANGE_DEVICE_IDLE_TEMP_WHITELIST |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
POST_NOTIFICATIONS |
Allows the app to show notifications |
READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE |
Signature or privileged system permission. docs ↗ |
com.motorola.permission.VVM_SMS_FOR_NOTIFICATION |
- |
com.verizon.vzwavs.permission.READ |
- |
Manage on devices
ADB commands for this package (the inverse of each is included so you can undo). Run from an authorised shell or wire the equivalent into your DPC. Verify on a test device first - this database doesn’t yet classify which packages are safe to change. --user 0 targets the current user; drop it (and use a privileged shell) to act device-wide.
/system, so Restore re-adds it (-k keeps app data)Seen on
Each record is a device profile (make + model + Android version). Each unique handset that syncs against a matching profile will increase the observations of a package, thereby increasing confidence that a package is expected to be on a device.
| OEM | Model | Android | Provenance | Observations | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motorola | moto g - 2025 | Android 16 | OEM Motorola | 1 | 14 Dec 2025 |
| Motorola | moto g34 5G | Android 14 | - | 1 | 2 Sep 2025 |
| Motorola | moto g85 5G | Android 14 | - | 1 | 21 Aug 2025 |
| Motorola | motorola edge 50 fusion | Android 15 | OEM Motorola | 11 | 29 Dec 2025 |
| Motorola | motorola edge 50 fusion | Android 16 | - | 1 | 13 Oct 2025 |
| Motorola | ThinkPhone by motorola | Android 14 | - | 1 | 26 Sep 2025 |
| Motorola | ThinkPhone by motorola | Android 15 | - | 1 | 11 Oct 2025 |
Known labels
Locale-aware display names seen in the wild.
| Label | Locale | Seen |
|---|---|---|
| Motorola Message Service | en-us | 11 |
| Motorola Message Service | en-gb | 2 |
| Motorola Message Service | es-us | 2 |
| Motorola Message Service | en-BD | 1 |
| Motorola Message Service | en-mt | 1 |
| Motorola Message Service | en-US | 1 |
| Motorola Message Service | en-bd | 1 |