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Well, after reading this, I know we are capible of retrieving our G1's information with security software, but I cannot pin down the exact apps, so anyone have any suggestions? Also, Canadian users seem to be S.O.L with software not availible at this time for us. Does anyone know if it is possible to enable GPS on a rooted device via text message or other 3rd party software?
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Well, after reading this, I know we are capible of retrieving our G1's information with security software, but I cannot pin down the exact apps, so anyone have any suggestions? Also, Canadian users seem to be S.O.L with software not availible at this time for us. Does anyone know if it is possible to enable GPS on a rooted device via text message or other 3rd party software?
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Go to market and search for "security", or "gps", etc., there's tons of software that can do stuff like that.
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Go to market and search for "security", or "gps", etc., there's tons of software that can do stuff like that.
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I know theres lots of apps, im wondering what people are using... sort of a discussion of security apps
Hi,
After downloading few free applications in my hero, some pictures and ads started popping out every few seconds in my screen. Mostly pictures of the Android depiction doing some stuff like eating or visiting places like Paris and stuff. Also, some advertisement to download videos.
How can I stop this from happening? Is there a virus scanner or a spam blocker I can use?
Please help.
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Hi,
After downloading few free applications in my hero, some pictures and ads started popping out every few seconds in my screen. Mostly pictures of the Android depiction doing some stuff like eating or visiting places like Paris and stuff. Also, some advertisement to download videos.
How can I stop this from happening? Is there a virus scanner or a spam blocker I can use?
Please help.
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Can't you just go into market and uninstall the apps you added?
Failing that, connect via adb and use adb shell to remove the apk files (presuming you're rooted).
If you aren't rooted or don't know about adb, ask or search. There are antivirus things available, but I'd just remove the apps.
Also, if you find the offending app, post its name here so others can avoid it (only if you find out which one).
HTH
Thank you for your reply.
Well, I was not sure which program installed this thing in my phone, so I un-installed all software that I downloaded. However, that did not resolve the issue. I still have the same problem.
Any advice?
Thank you..
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Thank you for your reply.
Well, I was not sure which program installed this thing in my phone, so I un-installed all software that I downloaded. However, that did not resolve the issue. I still have the same problem.
Any advice?
Thank you..
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Backup your contacts and other important media and factory reset the device maybe?
Thats a bit of a worry this! Not to scare you or anything, but that sounds like some form of virus/hijacking/trojan or something!
Why not install a "task killers" application and see if you can kill a particular process that is showing those ads.
If you find the right one, it might give you some indication what application created it - but do let us know if you do find out!
Or you can just write down the list of installed apps on your Hero here and then someone can take a look at the list?
Thank you guys. I found the problem, and it was due to the installation of a scientific calculator from the free market. Once I removed it, things went back to normal.
many thanks.
Do you fancy naming and shaming the app? Then no-one else will have to go through this again. Oh, and make sure you give it 1* and a negative comment on the market.
Perhaps we need an 'apps wall of shame' for any apps that do things such as this... Then we could look up any apps before downloading if they looked suspicious.
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Thank you guys. I found the problem, and it was due to the installation of a scientific calculator from the free market. Once I removed it, things went back to normal.
many thanks.
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You might give us the name of the app so that others can get a chance to stay away from it?
I find the AdFree app invaluable in the fight againt annoying ads in other apps.
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-bigtincan-android-adfree-zxC.aspx
If you can't get the host file to download 1st time click Revert and then download the host file again. Should work.
My A500 seems to be infected with something. Every google search done from the default search on the tablet goes to some creepy website supposedly about jokes. I'm hoping someone here can help me fix it. I have anti virus running but it didn't catch this.
I'm not tech savvy, and my tablet is not rooted. Thx for any help!
Do you have a windows based tablet?
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MetaMs said:
My A500 seems to be infected with something. Every google search done from the default search on the tablet goes to some creepy website supposedly about jokes. I'm hoping someone here can help me fix it. I have anti virus running but it didn't catch this.
I'm not tech savvy, and my tablet is not rooted. Thx for any help!
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It's not a virus. You probably installed an app that changed the settings for your search.
Open your search, then select the "settings" in the upper right corner. You can adjust your defaults search settings from there. Also might just see the app that changed it as well
Sorry. I thought the "A" in A500 indicated an Android tablet. It is Android, not Windows.
Funny...the concept of buying a Windows tablet is so unthinkable to me that it never occurred to me to consider that someone would think it was other than Android. LOL
THANK YOU Moscow Desire! That's exactly what it was. Now to find the offending app....grrrrrr. I didn't see anything in the settings to clue me in to what app did this nefarious act. I will find out though...and post a "review" on the Market.
Thanks again!
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THANK YOU Moscow Desire! That's exactly what it was. Now to find the offending app....grrrrrr. I didn't see anything in the settings to clue me in to what app did this nefarious act. I will find out though...and post a "review" on the Market.
Thanks again!
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Great!
Another thing you might try if you see some strange apps suddenly appear, or you get strange notifications, is go to the Market and install an "air push detector" app. Not neccessary to run it all the time, but on occassion.
Thanks for the tip! I will do that now. Still haven't found the offending app. Nasty little buggers.
MetaMs said:
Thanks for the tip! I will do that now. Still haven't found the offending app. Nasty little buggers.
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Have you installed lookout or avast to see if it could detect it?
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Avast did not catch it. I use Avast on my desktop and my tablet. In any case, the problem is gone now that I fixed the search settings. Thanks!
Use AirPush Detector from market. It's free,light and looks for apps that for example put ads on your lower bar (the one with clock, wifi icon etc).
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Yep...have done that. Thanks!
My Comment is late in this thread.. And im sure you have it resolved..
But here is what i do to catch crap..
go to the market get advanced task manager app. Its tiny app and can be turned off to not Run in the background.. Once you do that it will not take up cpu or memory .
once in a while start it up and look at the apps that are running in the background. In the apps settings you can tell it to auto kill certain apps. This feature can be good to trouble shoot and find apps that have evil programming attached to it.
I will add be careful what you kill with it. If you open a app like the above and keep killing or set apps that you DO USE to be killed you will be fighting the built in management in android. IF Apps are in there that you know your running.If those apps you are sure is not the issue . DO NOT KILL Them they are just setting static for the most part. Killing them will cause cpu spikes as they will just come right back . Use the above mentioned app ONLY AS A TOOL To find rogue apps. not as memory manager app. Android does a great job with doing that if the apps will play by the rules..
Just wanted to add this to the other GREAT Replies you received in this thread. I believe most of the others who have applied use this or a similar app to week at ROGUE APPS.
Good Luck..
Thanks erica_renee...I'll take a look at it. If it's too complicated though, I probably won't be able to figure out how to use it. LOL Many of these apps have no instructions. The devs assume we all know how to figure them out. Not so true. I see "reviews" all the time from people asking how to use these things.
I'm trying to install some of the Humble Indie Bundle 6 games on my N4 and I'm running into a problem I've never faced before. The APK files download just fine, but when it comes to actually opening them to start the installation, it won't install. The button that says "install" does nothing when I press it. I checked in my security settings and "unknown sources" are allowed. I included screenshots of both these in the attached files. I even tried un-selecting the "verify apps" option, in case the humble bundle app had been removed from their white list for some reason, it still won't install.
I thought it might be a bug with the Humble Bundle beta app so I tried to uninstall and reinstall it, but it too is getting stuck on the installation. It downloads just fine but it won't install. I've tried rebooting my phone, still no luck. I'm on the latest Jelly Bean 4.2.2. Has anyone else been getting this problem, or does anyone have any idea on how I could fix it? I didn't pay much for the games but it sort of sucks to have bought them and be unable to play any of them like this.
I'd like to try with some more third party apps to see if it's all of them, or if it's just the Humble Bundle APKs that are causing me trouble (if it's the later I can probably contact Humble Bundle and ask them for assistance), but I'm not familiar with those. Could someone please recommend some good safe ones I can test out?
My humble bundle beta installed fine. So at least you know the app should work. Sorry can't help you more. Hopefully someone else has a solution. Silly question... have you tried rebooting?
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are you running paranoid android? disable halo, or so ive read.
Any app that requires permission to draw over other apps can potentially cause what you're experiencing. Examples include but are not limited to:
- the HALO feature in PA ROMs
- Screen filter apps
- Other floating apps
Teo032 said:
Silly question... have you tried rebooting?
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Yes, didn't seem to change anything.
simms22 said:
are you running paranoid android? disable halo, or so ive read.
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I don't think so. My phone is unrooted at the moment.
ohyeahar said:
Any app that requires permission to draw over other apps can potentially cause what you're experiencing. Examples include but are not limited to:
- the HALO feature in PA ROMs
- Screen filter apps
- Other floating apps
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Could any of that happen if I haven't rooted?
Also,
I've just tried to reinstall TubeMate, another third party app I like. It's APK also refuses to install, which probably means there's a problem with my phone and not just the Humble Bundle app. I'm starting to think I'll have to factory reset the phone, which is certainly do-able, just... not very fun.
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Yes, didn't seem to change anything.
I don't think so. My phone is unrooted at the moment.
Could any of that happen if I haven't rooted?
Also,
I've just tried to reinstall TubeMate, another third party app I like. It's APK also refuses to install, which probably means there's a problem with my phone and not just the Humble Bundle app. I'm starting to think I'll have to factory reset the phone, which is certainly do-able, just... not very fun.
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how much storage space do you have left in your phone?
Philippe Lemay said:
Could any of that happen if I haven't rooted?...
...I'm starting to think I'll have to factory reset the phone, which is certainly do-able, just... not very fun.
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Yes, this can happen without root access. I've seen your problem addressed several times in multiple forums and ALL of them is because of a floating app.
Look through your app list. Is there ANY app that, as a feature, floats on top of other apps?
Eg, Facebook Messenger, Screen Filter, Floating Stickies, AirCalc, etc
Just force stop them and you should be able to sideload apk's again.
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how much storage space do you have left in your phone?
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The phone says 1.68 GB are free, but when I plug it into my desktop it tells me 1.57 GBs. So... somewhere between those two.
EDIT:
Found it... It was the Twilight app (no, not THAT Twilight... lol), it's an app that tints the whole screen a slight redish color so it doesn't hurt my eyes too much when I use the phone in the evening. That must count as a "floating". The moment I disabled that I was able to successfully install the APK. YOU SIR, ohyearar, have won a thanks.
Hi,
i read through multiple forums, Q&A and the google spreadsheet, but found nothing official regarding pricacy guard.
Is something like privacy guard planned for omni ? Maybe something more strict then the CM implementation.
it would be rad to see openpdroid involved @mateorod
I checked their gerrit. iirc the pull request goyt a thumbs down.
PDroid would be fine, but if pdroid will not be accepted, the CM privacy manager solution or something comparable would be fine, too.
If there is a concern about privacy management is a thing for experienced users and not for the "normal" users, then, maybe, a switch could be implemented to switch the whole thing on or off (default off).
I've never understood the need for a "privacy guard", if you don't trust software, why use it in the first place?
SHAWDAH said:
I've never understood the need for a "privacy guard", if you don't trust software, why use it in the first place?
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I like the official NFL app for some things. But I don't wanna give it GPS permission, for example.
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SHAWDAH said:
I've never understood the need for a "privacy guard", if you don't trust software, why use it in the first place?
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From what I've read on the OmniROM webpage, and a few threads (as I'm browsing now), the point of it is that users can get the features they want added. This response kind of flies in the face of that. Now, my personal favorite is CM, but I always try new ROMs that sound interesting. Or if I can't get CM.
Privacy Guard is one of my must-have features of CM. Sure, I could just decide not to install anything that has a single questionable permission. However, that's actually pretty unfeasible in the current state of the industry and kind of cripples the possible uses of apps. Many apps require permissions they do not need. And we now know that despite the best efforts of companies, the NSA is stealing everything. Google themselves baked this very feature in to Android (though hid it in 4.4).
There are many points to be made in favor of Privacy Guard.
any news on this subject?
Does OmniROM now include something like privacy guard?
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any news on this subject?
Does OmniROM now include something like privacy guard?
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I don'think so, not at this point at least. But from http://omnirom.org/general/omnirom-2013-year-review/ :
We are excited for all that 2014 holds, and so we thought we would give you a little taste of what is in store, in no particular order:
Unique privacy and security features to help you fold your obligatory tin foil hat
Increased device support
Dancing penguins doing the “robot”
UI/UX Enhancements
Many more to come…
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Also, while we wait, why don't you check out [MOD][XPOSED][4.0+] XPrivacy? Even while I was on CM11 with Privacy Guard, I still used that app. Has so much more to offer, imo.
That's a cool module but it's little too much sometimes. Sometimes I can't figure out exactly which permission is causing a force close.
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That's a cool module but it's little too much sometimes. Sometimes I can't figure out exactly which permission is causing a force close.
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Pretty simple (once you know how), but does take some work to getting all your apps working with it. Especially if you're just starting out and have to make 100+ apps work. Much easier on a fresh install, updating and using a few apps, then piece by piece installing and updating the Settings. Anyhow..
In XPrivacy, go to Settings, and check Expert Mode, and Android usage data. Restart. Then try and open your app. Let it FC. Then back into XPrivacy, select the app that FCed, Menu, Usage data. Now you can see what it last tried to access, and that's more than likely what caused the FC.
That, or grab a logcat and look at that.
Pro version is definitely nice. Install and pull app restrictions from the crowd sourced database.
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Pretty simple (once you know how), but does take some work to getting all your apps working with it. Especially if you're just starting out and have to make 100+ apps work. Much easier on a fresh install, updating and using a few apps, then piece by piece installing and updating the Settings. Anyhow..
In XPrivacy, go to Settings, and check Expert Mode, and Android usage data. Restart. Then try and open your app. Let it FC. Then back into XPrivacy, select the app that FCed, Menu, Usage data. Now you can see what it last tried to access, and that's more than likely what caused the FC.
That, or grab a logcat and look at that.
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Yeah I was trying to work with it as it was my only option on a locked Moto X but I went back to the N5 and now I have Privacy Guard again :thumbup:
Just go ahead and try OmniRom. It has a permission manager for a long time now, quite way to use too.
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MasterBrush said:
any news on this subject?
Does OmniROM now include something like privacy guard?
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I don'think so, not at this point at least. But from http://omnirom.org/general/omnirom-2013-year-review/ :
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It's always been there. Settings > Apps Permissions.
OmniRom is awesome, and i'd really like to see something like Privacy Guard implemented in it.
PG's ability to prevent apps from accessing the internet is IRREPLACEABLE.
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If you don't trust software, why use it in the first place?
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Because it's useful?