I made the mistake of downloading a dumb stupid program that I saw in android market or something that was supposed to give me cool free programs once in a while. I don't know what it was I think it began with an "S" And than my desktop computer notified me of the thing and said do you want this? And I said OK...well now my nexus 7 is bombarded with crappy programs like 3 times a day with real annoying crappy games and junk.
How the #&!! Do I make the $#!z stop besides throwing the whole *$&* thing against the wall?
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I made the mistake of downloading a dumb stupid program that I saw in android market or something that was supposed to give me cool free programs once in a while. I don't know what it was I think it began with an "S" And than my desktop computer notified me of the thing and said do you want this? And I said OK...well now my nexus 7 is bombarded with crappy programs like 3 times a day with real annoying crappy games and junk.
How the #&!! Do I make the $#!z stop besides throwing the whole *$&* thing against the wall?
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Besides the obvious (uninstall the junk) you could always factory reset.
Is this something you installed on your computer or your Nexus?
If it was from your computer I'd say change your password as whatever is doing the installing would need access to your account. If it's something on the tablet then uninstall it or do a malware scan (changing your password is still never a bad idea though).
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Is this something you installed on your computer or your Nexus?
If it was from your computer I'd say change your password as whatever is doing the installing would need access to your account. If it's something on the tablet then uninstall it or do a malware scan (changing your password is still never a bad idea though).
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ahh, i just figured out what it is...It's this...OK, whatever you do. DO NOT INSTALL THIS. You'd be so pissed off if u do.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appcaster.appsyncsettings
THAT'S WHAT DOES IT. I deleted it last week. And it's STILL installing junk. It installed thru my Desktop somehow with something i downloaded. I don't even remember what it was. Than the next thing i saw was this "MaxSearch" garbage on my nexus7. Ok, i'll try changing the password. Thanks, i'll let you know if it works tomorrow.
I already know it didn't work. Just now it already installed transformers legends. ahh yeah this blows.
Right after changing my password.
And i have auto updates turned off.;
It's screwed. I'm gonna have to revert to factory probly.
Read the reviews of the app. One person says how to remove it. Also flag it as inappropriate on the play store.
I agree. Report the app and leave a 1-star rating so others won't have the same problem
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Maybe try logging into your Google account and see which apps have access to your account and then remove access.
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I agree. Report the app and leave a 1-star rating so others won't have the same problem
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Maybe try logging into your Google account and see which apps have access to your account and then remove access.
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I already know it didn't work. Just now it already installed transformers legends. ahh yeah this blows.
Right after changing my password.
And i have auto updates turned off.;
It's screwed. I'm gonna have to revert to factory probly.
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Go to accounts.google.com and make sure you haven't given anything fishy access to your account. It's also possible that it's just sideloading teh app through Unknown Sources, but that should bring up a security prompt (Install/Cancel), so I'm a little doubtful.
Report it to Google, its crap like this that Apple Fanboys pick up on, these dev's should be ashamed of themselves ruining a decent OS.
Nuff Said.
THE HAPPENING IS HERE
I warned you guys. I warned you about the government. You didn't listen. Now look what's happening. NSA backdoors, auto-installing spyware.
You had a chance people,
You could have had freedom.
But you didn't listen, and now you're paying the price.
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http://phandroid.com/2011/04/30/air...tification-pane-and-why-i-think-its-horrible/
read and watch the video, I think its total bull****.
They can try that crap if they want to...there's gonna be an app or mod to remove them the next day
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This will fail so hard...
I will NEVER install any app that includes this feature. Greedy developers that use this will never get my good rating.
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I will NEVER install any app that includes this feature. Greedy developers that use this will never get my good rating.
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Which authority states who is greedy and who isn't?
You people complain way too much. Don't download the apps if you don't like it.
http://www.martinadamek.com/2011/04/28/apndroid-is-suspended-on-the-android-market/
Nothing to worry about. Dumb idea is dumb idea.
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http://www.martinadamek.com/2011/04/28/apndroid-is-suspended-on-the-android-market/
Nothing to worry about. Dumb idea is dumb idea.
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1 thing I learned from that link...
If about a few hundred of us get together and report a specific app malicious it gets auto removed haha
LOL
What is the world coming to...?
Airpush is nothing but adware in my opinion. Infecting your system with advertsements in places they shouldnt be.
Also if people that make malicious software start implementing airpushs code to access the notification bar.... Thatd really be frustrating.
I for one would NEVER download an app that uses this method to advertise. The developers deserve to make money, but not by annoying the hell out of the consumer.
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1 thing I learned from that link...
If about a few hundred of us get together and report a specific app malicious it gets auto removed haha
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power of unity
Open Platform is Open. Gonna have to deal with this stuff until Google is intelligent enough to publish Official, Enforced UI guidelines and start policing their marketplace better.
Unbelievable
I hate it when apps put something up there advertising their other apps, I will rage so hard if this pops up one day.
it's one thing to have ads within apps that run on their own, but to inject them into the notification/windowshade is beyond intrusive. no way in hell would I install anything that utilizes this
This is against the market rules.... report any app with this...
Google has already blocked/removed some apps doing this. Personally, I don't think its bad... have a full/clean screen for gaming, and I can just drop-down and clear without my screen being an ad....
o well, just report it.
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This is against the market rules.... report any app with this...
Google has already blocked/removed some apps doing this. Personally, I don't think its bad... have a full/clean screen for gaming, and I can just drop-down and clear without my screen being an ad....
o well, just report it.
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Lol. No, it's not against the rules.
Google only removed the apps because of the number of people that reported them as MALICIOUS. That goes to show how little Google Polices their marketplace, though. They had absolutley no clue about this. It was just an overreaction on their part in those cases.
It's not against market rules, and it's not against the UI guidelines. Google needs to crack down. This would never happen in i.e. iOS or WP7 where they apps are actually checked before allowed to be posted to the marketplace. They'd get rejected in a new york setting.
And there is too much wrong with that. The notification bar is not for Ads. I don't even think Applications like Beejive/Trillian/etc. should be allowed to put their huge "Hi I'm running" things in the notification bar, either. It makes getting to the notifications too clunky esp with how much room these things take on a 4" screen...
^
The app that was removed, the developer wrote a very nice article stating that it violated policy and that is why his app was removed from the market, without any warning.
It is BS, I dont mind having ad during the game (like the flash ad in the browser).
But it is definitely a malware if there is ad popup from my desktop taskbar without opening anything
Anyone download the latest Asus Sync (from the 5th) and check out the "options" bar...
"ASUS Device Tracker"...
Which leads to: https://devicetracker.asus.com/
Which begs the question... are they planning a push that includes an "HTC_Logger" type MALWARE...
The good?
The bad?
THE WAIT IS THE KILLER... oh, just kidding, anywho, did a basic search with the keywords didnt find anything... thought id bring it up...
Wasnt there something they used to track already in the stock roms i saw a mention in one of the custom roms about removing something so that asus couldnt spy on us?
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Wasnt there something they used to track already in the stock roms i saw a mention in one of the custom roms about removing something so that asus couldnt spy on us?
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not for sure on that one, then again, I joined the scene for the TF only a month ago!
But this seems more of a legit public/user facing service... SEEMS being the KEY here...
Something like 'Find my Transformer'? It looks that way to me.
Hammerfest said:
Anyone download the latest Asus Sync (from the 5th) and check out the "options" bar...
"ASUS Device Tracker"...
Which leads to: https://devicetracker.asus.com/
Which begs the question... are they planning a push that includes an "HTC_Logger" type MALWARE...
The good?
The bad?
THE WAIT IS THE KILLER... oh, just kidding, anywho, did a basic search with the keywords didnt find anything... thought id bring it up...
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Stop reading any old tripe you read on the internet. The HTC thing isn't MALWARE. Thats just silly sensationalist reporting. You out to punish the tech idiots reporting that crap by going elsewhere for your tech news.
As for this, i'm guessing it's something like Android Lost, where you can send a push notification from the web (after logging on with your Google account) and your tablet will enable GPS or Wifi and work out where it is and respond back.
Try Android Lost to see what it's all about... It's unlikely to be a permanent tracker, more an on-request location service.
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Something like 'Find my Transformer'? It looks that way to me.
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I agree. The mobile phone insurance company Asurian had /has an app called Mobile Recovery. Once you log in securely from a PC you can activate your phones GPS for its location. You can also set off an alarm or wipe it remotely.
damn, I thought Asus gives free car. bombastic thread title op.
CrazyPeter said:
Stop reading any old tripe you read on the internet. The HTC thing isn't MALWARE. Thats just silly sensationalist reporting. You out to punish the tech idiots reporting that crap by going elsewhere for your tech news.
As for this, i'm guessing it's something like Android Lost, where you can send a push notification from the web (after logging on with your Google account) and your tablet will enable GPS or Wifi and work out where it is and respond back.
Try Android Lost to see what it's all about... It's unlikely to be a permanent tracker, more an on-request location service.
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When an application can cause DAMAGE, in the HTC case, STOLEN PERSONAL INFORMATION, then its MALWARE, pure and simple, When its fixed so that only HTC can get the logs of what you type, do, use, your location, then it becomes SPYWARE. No need to try and convince me otherwise because of the amount and specifics of the data collected and inability to opt-out.
Nice try however.
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When an application can cause DAMAGE, in the HTC case, STOLEN PERSONAL INFORMATION, then its MALWARE, pure and simple, When its fixed so that only HTC can get the logs of what you type, do, use, your location, then it becomes SPYWARE. No need to try and convince me otherwise because of the amount and specifics of the data collected and inability to opt-out.
Nice try however.
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Plenty of applications in the world have the ability to cause damage. To call every single one of them malware is plain stupid. An unintentional security hole and malware are two completely different things. Might as well call su malware while youre at it. Think about what you say before you say it.
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Plenty of applications in the world have the ability to cause damage. To call every single one of them malware is plain stupid. An unintentional security hole and malware are two completely different things. Might as well call su malware while youre at it. Think about what you say before you say it.
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Seriously. Another example would be calling an automobile accident murder. Malware is defined by the intent...
I like the website text
" The Website is preparation, ASUS will provide services recently..."
Engrish much?
Made my day i hadnt looked at the website but thats halarious doesnt asus know about google translate???? rofl
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So I never tried Chat On before and figured I'd download it just to try. What a mistake!!! After it being on my phone a day I had noticed it was responsible for like 47% of my battery life that day and it was closed!!! I didn't even use it once! So of course I deleted it once I saw this. So I wake up this morning, take my phone off the charger, had 100% battery, and then 3 hrs later my battery is almost dead!!!! I go to settings,battery and what do ya know com.sec.chaton has taken 87% of my battery!!!! ChatOn isn't even installed on my phone anymore!!! I am not rooted. How can I resolve this?? Anyone? You'll notice in the pic my option to force stop or report are grayed out ad well. I've tried rebooting and it didn't help.
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As much as I hate saying this but you might have to factory reset the phone since it didn't do this before.
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You can try going into the apps again and see if you can disable the com file sense you know what it is named. I had the same kind of problem with Google + on my last phone.
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or worst case try to reinstall then uninstall again.
johntuck77 said:
As much as I hate saying this but you might have to factory reset the phone since it didn't do this before.
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Noooo!!! Lol. Dammit man I was thinking that exact thing but hoping someone didn't agree lol. What a bummer. I do absolutely love this phone, but it's definitely in need of a software update, it's got some small bugs. Which is a little expected I suppose with new hardware/software but still frustrating a bit.
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You can try going into the apps again and see if you can disable the com file sense you know what it is named. I had the same kind of problem with Google + on my last phone.
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I tried looking for it apps manager and couldn't even find it. I even have an app installed that gives u the hidden features in 4.3 back to see and adjust some of the permissions on your apps but I can't find it in there either. If it's on the phone I can't find where it's hiding lol.
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I think I'm just gonna go through with it and factory reset it. It's probably good for it anyway at least once. And most everything is backed up either on the cloud, through an account, or on sd card, just a pain putting apps back and signing back into everything is all. Nah this stinks! Dammit! Lol. I'll report back after the reset and let ya know how it goes.
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Battery is back to normal after factory reset. Staying away from ChatOn anymore though.
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Ibkevin said:
Battery is back to normal after factory reset. Staying away from ChatOn anymore though.
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Glad this worked out for you but why on earth would you use ChatOn Anyway - it is a pretty useless application?
johntuck77 said:
Glad this worked out for you but why on earth would you use ChatOn Anyway - it is a pretty useless application?
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Yeah I realized that once I opened it lol. Was just trying for the heck of it cause I never tried it on my N2 but what a mistake it was lol.
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Why do Samsung continue to bundle this app? I've never heard of anyone using it, and I know lots of people with Samsung handsets, the servers and everything must be a drain on samsung's funds, why do they bloat out our phones with this?
No, useless.
dodgebizkit said:
Why do Samsung continue to bundle this app? I've never heard of anyone using it, and I know lots of people with Samsung handsets, the servers and everything must be a drain on samsung's funds, why do they bloat out our phones with this?
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nope
I agree that it's pretty useless and hardly anyone uses it. In fact, I don't know of one person who does, but it's pretty obvious that Samsung is developing its own ecosystem, perhaps as a backup or fail safe for the day if/when they part ways with Google's own ecosystem. They have counterparts for nearly every Google service, although right now, most of them suck.
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Why do Samsung continue to bundle this app? I've never heard of anyone using it, and I know lots of people with Samsung handsets, the servers and everything must be a drain on samsung's funds, why do they bloat out our phones with this?
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No
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I have WhatsApp and Hangout, why the heck should I use ChatOn? They should just throw it out of the phone.
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My whatsapp got blocked, I have tried to move to chaton as an alternate, barely used it for 2 mins. Sucks big time.
Considered bloat
Never kept long enough
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Sometimes WhatsApp servers... Fail... The Last saturday, for example the service had interrupted for a couple hours.
Hangouts was the solution for this time
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I have WhatsApp and Hangout, why the heck should I use ChatOn? They should just throw it out of the phone.
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+1
Dont know anyone using it... lol
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I use viber and it's great!
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i hear it's used so much, that even the NSA didnt bother tapping :laugh:
I wonder same thing if people rly use this app
ChatONs biggest advantage is probably that it isn't WhatsApp. :'D
I do use it as in Qatar many people use it.
I mainly use the LivePartner feature inside it though to keep myself updated.
I suppose Vanilla phone users kinda use it.
I signed on it for the hell of it, and found 3 people I knew that use it on their S3 or S4.
I promptly trashed the app once I rooted, though.
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I received a firmware update and today I decided to play on the settings and saw a "turn off" button in the chat on app settings - is this new? I pressed that SOB
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i use whatsapp as main chat app (bought 5 years subscription recently) but there is one thing that whatsapp doesn't support and it is gifs. so whenever i want to send a reaction gif to my bff i have to tell her to open chatOn on her s4 lol, besides gif support and full image quality (it doesn't try to make the files smaller, so images always reach their destination as you sent them, unlike whatsapp) chatOn has nothing good to offer and i use it only like 2-3 times a month
tho that still means it's at least a bit useful
haven't tried hangouts, don't know how image quality/gifs work (if they work at all)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdxfKh9NLQQ
works every time.
remember the first time you do this you have to stay on the wifi screen for at least 1 hour for it to work.
once you have bypassed this once you never have to wait on subsequent reboots and all your settings and history are saved.
Where are you guys stealing all your phones from? :silly:
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Where are you guys stealing all your phones from? ��
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Some people forget about this security feature and factory reset their phones from recovery without turning off FRP. I have it turned off all the time to avoid me making the same mistake.
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Some people forget about this security feature and factory reset their phones from recovery without turning off FRP. I have it turned off all the time to avoid me making the same mistake.
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I thought it was like iCloud, where you just input the account password and you're in like Flynn?
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I thought it was like iCloud, where you just input the account password and you're in like Flynn?
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Correct but I believe there is a 3 day wait until you can log back in.
However, a lot of the time people buy second hand phones and the seller has not signed out, making this the only remaining option.
This literally makes it pointless to have this security as it can be bypassed anyway, this is why I don't bother having it on in the first place.
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Correct but I believe there is a 3 day wait until you can log back in.
However, a lot of the time people buy second hand phones and the seller has not signed out, making this the only remaining option.
This literally makes it pointless to have this security as it can be bypassed anyway, this is why I don't bother having it on in the first place.
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Ah, I see. I would just wait instead of having to use this hacky workaround that barely works but some might need to be able to be contacted 24/7.
That's why you always, always, ALWAYS go through the phone when buying it off Craigslist or something.
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Ah, I see. I would just wait instead of having to use this hacky workaround that barely works but some might need to be able to be contacted 24/7.
That's why you always, always, ALWAYS go through the phone when buying it off Craigslist or something.
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I wouldn't be able to go without my phone for a day, never mind 3 haha
help me mine have only 3 option can not do as ur video
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help me mine have only 3 option can not do as ur video
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Hi mate apologies for not getting back to you earlier I have been sleeping we must be in different time zones.
I honestly cannot tell you why you do not have the enhanced features option. Could you let us know what build your rom is?
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Hi mate apologies for not getting back to you earlier I have been sleeping we must be in different time zones.
I honestly cannot tell you why you do not have the enhanced features option. Could you let us know what build your rom is?
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bro i test flash some many firmware all the same there is not enhanced features option. so i want test ur build number can u let me know ur build number?
i use this XEF-G935FXXU1APC8-20160314110353 and other firmware but still no that
Hi Chandarakk, the build No is MMB29K.G935FXXU1APAW