Because controlling your AC with your IR cell phone requires getting the phone number of my friend Robert?

Its a fallback, if the IR fails it will call robert and have him come over and change the AC manually.

The app also asked for camera permissions. I guess Robert only works once he sees my nudes

Heeeey! My friend must have the same app to control his pc cause when something goes wrong he calls me!

Guess there is a call us for Support Button...

@J4s0n Sry my bad thought about phone access

If you tell the app what the manufacturer of your AC is, it's only fair that Robert should also know

i just started android dev for couple of months. wrote a Bluetooth low energy app i had to request not only Bluetooth permission but also coarse/fine location. so my app needs location on or it won't work even though​ i never use it. thanks google :)