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[Q] &#!!$#!% programs keep installing themselves

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?

brantgoose said:
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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gc84245 said:
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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gc84245 said:
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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brantgoose said:
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.

[Q] video lags at muchmovies.org why ??

I just got the note 3 and it lags at my favorite site to stream movies. When I tried it with my mom iPhone it didnt. Is it just that website doesn't work for the note 3? Please help. Thanks

truekidd005 said:
I just got the note 3 and it lags at my favorite site to stream movies. When I tried it with my mom iPhone it didnt. Is it just that website doesn't work for the note 3? Please help. Thanks
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Come on people give me something why won't it stream the movie clear at muchmovies.org on my note 3 but it will on mu mom's iphone. I'm a noon to this so I don't know how to post or anything just give me some ideas please. Thanks

There are a few things I could have you try, if you were rooted. But since it seems you're not here are a couple of other things you can try.
Go to settings/storage. Click on cache data. Select ok to clear and restart your phone.
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Also long press home, select task manager. Go to RAM tab, and clear memory.
Also, are you on the latest update? What browser are you using?
♢NoteIII♢

muchmovies.com movies lag streaming
Thank you for your advice I'm going to try that and yes my phone is updated with the latest software. What is strange is that it doesn't lag on YouTube it's just seems to be there. But it makes me mad because it's a great site to stream new movies and it works fine on my mom's iphone. I am using Google Chrome when I go to try it. Thanks keep up with ttrying to help the new guy.

I'm using the stock browser and it worked fine on the movie I tried. Great quality, quick loading.
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What the hell! I never knew about this site. So awesome and it's free? This is great!
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Thanks for all the help did a couple things and now it's working I'm glad I showed some people an awesome site but now I need help my flash isn't working of on flashlight app just got the note 3 what's up with that. Please help

truekidd005 said:
Thanks for all the help did a couple things and now it's working I'm glad I showed some people an awesome site but now I need help my flash isn't working of on flashlight app just got the note 3 what's up with that. Please help
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Flashlight app isn't lighting up the physical camera flash? See if it requires root access to do so, and consider rooting. Rooting = admin access on your phone basically, good to have if you don't care about warranty

lmike6453 said:
Flashlight app isn't lighting up the physical camera flash? See if it requires root access to do so, and consider rooting. Rooting = admin access on your phone basically, good to have if you don't care about warranty
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I'm sorry I'm new what's rooting I have no idea what your talking about?

truekidd005 said:
I'm sorry I'm new what's rooting I have no idea what your talking about?
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+rooting
Haha i'm just messing, but yeah you gotta do lots of researching to learn

Check in your widgets for "assistive light". It does what you want without any 3rd party apps.
♢NoteIII♢

LeftyGR said:
Check in your widgets for "assistive light". It does what you want without any 3rd party apps.
♢NoteIII♢
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I did that's not working either. ..

Restart your phone. Mine did that and all it needed was a reboot.
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I have the same issue, usually a reboot helps
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Back to muchmovies, has anyone tried the downloading feature? Any issues or do the movies play fine? Is it safe?
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[Help] touch screen not working

Hi guys
My nexus 4 touch screen stopped working (only the lower screen part). The whole navigation bar area is not responding to touch, remaining screen is working fine. Please help me solve the issue.
Regards
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? it's broken. You have to replace your screen.
It's hardware not software
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vishal007 said:
Hi guys
My nexus 4 touch screen stopped working (only the lower screen part). The whole navigation bar area is not responding to touch, remaining screen is working fine. Please help me solve the issue.
Regards
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Try a different ROM. Let's when what happen then.

Bad luck! The navigation buttons at the bottom of twrp doesn't work too )':
I don't understand how this happened. There was no damage to the phone. It was completely safe.

Then try to install stock ROM.
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Or. Use cwm recovery .navigate using physical button. And try another custom ROM.
It happend once in my s2 skyrocket. Switching it to another ROM helped.

heisenberg-001 said:
Then try to install stock ROM.
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Or. Use cwm recovery .navigate using physical button. And try another custom ROM.
It happend once in my s2 skyrocket. Switching it to another ROM helped.
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You can try several software things but I am 100% sure its hardware.
Your digitizer is broken and for N4 it comes with your screen. You have to replace whole things.
Offical LG comes at around 100 USD

Guys, good news! The area which was not responding to the touch started working on its own, when I took phone out of my pocket this evening!!
I'm really happy now, thanks guys for replying and giving your suggestions.
I just hope this problem doesn't return

vishal007 said:
Guys, good news! The area which was not responding to the touch started working on its own, when I took phone out of my pocket this evening!!
I'm really happy now, thanks guys for replying and giving your suggestions.
I just hope this problem doesn't return
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It will return,sorry but i am having the same problem. New screen is only permanent solution.
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heisenberg-001 said:
Try a different ROM. Let's when what happen then.
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Stevica Smederevac said:
It will return,sorry but i am having the same problem. New screen is only permanent solution.
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And it returned :"(
Why is this happening?

vishal007 said:
And it returned :"(
Why is this happening?
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If you searched the net,you saw it's a widespread problem. I guess poor quality and lack of knowledge on Lg part(2,5 yrs ago. I hope they learned by now.
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Stevica Smederevac said:
If you searched the net,you saw it's a widespread problem. I guess poor quality and lack of knowledge on Lg part(2,5 yrs ago. I hope they learned by now.
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Yea, you seem to be right. Because I kept my n4 with too much care for 2 years if I take out the bumper and screen protectors, it looks exactly like new. It definitely is lg's mistake!
I guess I'll better start getting used to pie controls now ):

Dear folks, I do face the same issue. No cracked screen but some areas wont work. Is it possible to calibrate the screen via adb?
Can anyone help out with commands or scripts to maybe revive my n4?
Kind regards Soldiaz

Are there any reasons to hold off on taking the latest update?

Just in terms of eventual root, or something. It's not going to make much of a difference, or anything?
I'm on 6.O.1 - G930PVPU1APB5
Update G930PVPU2APD3
Its just that I notice it includes "security improvements," and that after updating, "returning to the previous version will be impossible. "

If your battery life is good right now, I wouldn't take the update. Sprint ****ed up the battery life on the GS7E with the pd3 update. I wish I had never updated my phone. I went from 7 to 8 hrs SOT down to 4 to 5 hrs after the update. It is caused by a GPS bug.
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optimummind said:
If your battery life is good right now, I wouldn't take the update. Sprint ****ed up the battery life on the GS7E with the pd3 update. I wish I had never updated my phone. I went from 7 to 8 hrs SOT down to 4 to 5 hrs after the update. It is caused by a GPS bug.
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Where did you hear about the GPS bug? My battery life got horrible as well and seems to be better with location services off but not as good as when the phone was new
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hads said:
Where did you hear about the GPS bug? My battery life got horrible as well and seems to be better with location services off but not as good as when the phone was new
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My own research. Used GSam monitor & wakelock detector to track down the culprit service.
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If you use hotspot then don't take the new update!

mrnamster said:
If you use hotspot then don't take the new update!
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new update fix the hotspot issue?

It breaks the apn hotspot trick

I have my apn modified and the update did not break it. I meant the 'restart' method
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The wifi calling does work better which was one fix on the update
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Is there a way to disable the software update? It keeps popping up on my notification bar.

kreizyidiot said:
Is there a way to disable the software update? It keeps popping up on my notification bar.
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I did with this. No root required
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And disable these

I noticed with the newest update notification tones are significantly louder while using headphones and are unaffected by the sound level settings.
Edit: Also, notifications on lock screen auto-clearing upon turning phone screen on.
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kreizyidiot said:
Is there a way to disable the software update? It keeps popping up on my notification bar.
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I wish. I accidentally took mine a few days ago. Was walking through LA at night, pulled my phone out to check directions, and it was 10% deep into it. I was so pissed, and it was like an hour before I could use my phone again.

Thanks. This works, well worth the buck.
LeftyGR said:
I did with this. No root required
And disable these
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bb2si said:
Edit: Also, notifications on lock screen auto-clearing upon turning phone screen on.
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Can this be a bad thing? What if you turn the screen on to check time or something, and then the notifications disappears without you even glancing at it?

kreizyidiot said:
Is there a way to disable the software update? It keeps popping up on my notification bar.
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Block Google Play services notifications.

Mad with battery drain

Hi ,i ve received two weeks ago my s10 plus exynos version,i was struggling with the battery drain since that.
I tried everthing ,hard reset cach wipe every tutorial in the web to fix that but without success.
I barely reach 4h and half of sot,i dont play games i don't have Facebook or instagram,just reddit a few football news apps and the screen on fhd +.
Adabtive battery on and cellular data on 3g just it
Any one faced this ?

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quick question......have you got the "Find my device" app installed on your phone? The google one.
if you do, uninstall it and see what happens. This was happening to me. Mad battery drain. Uninstalled the app last night and battery drain improved immediately.

frostfree55 said:
quick question......have you got the "Find my device" app installed on your phone? The google one.
if you do, uninstall it and see what happens. This was happening to me. Mad battery drain. Uninstalled the app last night and battery drain improved immediately.
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i hv many stuff running, including location sharing.
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jemfalor said:
i hv many stuff running, including location sharing.
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exactly the same as me. Anything i can have on is on.
But, i found that that app "find my device" was the one that didnt let my phone sleep and was the cause of the battery drain.

it's turned onView attachment 4748728
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I just deactivated the option.lets see whats it changes

frostfree55 said:
exactly the same as me. Anything i can have on is on.
But, i found that that app "find my device" was the one that didnt let my phone sleep and was the cause of the battery drain.
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ahh it's an app. sorry. didn't install
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frostfree55 said:
exactly the same as me. Anything i can have on is on.
But, i found that that app "find my device" was the one that didnt let my phone sleep and was the cause of the battery drain.
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does "find my device" same as "find my mobile"?
because that's what's inside my phone.

BloodyR0AR said:
does "find my device" same as "find my mobile"?
because that's what's inside my phone.
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find my mobile is samsungs integrated system. it is not the same (but has the same functionality).
You'd only get find my device through the Play Store.
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okbakaka said:
I just deactivated the option.lets see whats it changes
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i'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Turn on samsungs one, under biometrics and security. that one seems to work fine.

Not sure if this is classed as decent battery or not?played about 1 hour of music through the day rest just social on and off not long

russellcausier said:
Not sure if this is classed as decent battery or not?played about 1 hour of music through the day rest just social on and off not long
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Not close to decent at all, this is mine so far...
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lexi250 said:
Not close to decent at all, this is mine so far...
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Hard to figure out how to get it to it's best without a lot of messing then