Advent 2012 is an Android app developed by MagicSolver (66 Gwydir Street, Cambridge. CB1 2LL). Others apps created by MagicSolver are: Advent Calendar 2011, Advent 2013, Free App Magic, Valentine 2013.

Advent 2012 first became available on 01 Dec 2012. It is estimated that Advent 2012 has been downloaded between 100000 and 500000 times from the Play Store.

Advent 2012 1.3 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

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 access to the vibrator.

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

Allows an application to write to external storage.