PAKS

What is PAKS?

Paks is a system application that comes in every motorola phone. It is a Mobile Device Management app (MDM), which serve the purpose mainly in IT and carrier locked devices to verify the phone integrity and status.

The app, being an admin of the device, has the possibility to completely disable the device if suspicious activity is detected (in the context it serves).
For example, for phones being payed by instalments, it can disable the device if the consumer stops paying.

Could also be another one of the Moto APPS that install bloatware.
Verification happens right after the device is first connected to the internet.

How can I remove PAKS

The only way to disable/remove PAKS is to root the device. Read Root

PAKS Permissions

PAKS has access to the following permissions within the OS:

uses-permission: name='android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE'
uses-permission: name='com.motorola.permission.ACCESS_PRODUCT_PERSIST'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_KEYGUARD_SECURE_STORAGE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.DEVICE_POWER'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.MANAGE_USERS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.OEM_UNLOCK_STATE'
uses-permission: name='com.motorola.actions.provider.permission.READ_MODES'
uses-permission: name='com.motorola.actions.provider.permission.WRITE_MODES'
uses-permission: name='com.motorola.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS'
uses-permission: name='com.motorola.permission.PAKS_BIND_PERMISSION'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.MANAGE_DEVICE_ADMINS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.MANAGE_PROFILE_AND_DEVICE_OWNERS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.START_ACTIVITIES_FROM_BACKGROUND'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.INTERNET'