I have a Note 3 in Canada with Rogers and I am getting these extremely annoying pop up ads as soon as I unlock my phon it would pop up. It is basically a box in the middle of the screen different websites usually NSFW that give two options of either downloading or checking later. I have tried Push Detector and other Adware detector but they don't find any issues.
Please help.
Thank you.
skhalid4 said:
I have a Note 3 in Canada with Rogers and I am getting these extremely annoying pop up ads as soon as I unlock my phon it would pop up. It is basically a box in the middle of the screen different websites usually NSFW that give two options of either downloading or checking later. I have tried Push Detector and other Adware detector but they don't find any issues.
Please help.
Thank you.
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its from some application. can you remember what lastt you install when you get this pop up?
zelenko said:
its from some application. can you remember what lastt you install when you get this pop up?
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Unfortunately, I can't remember as it started happening a while ago.
Any other suggestions?
skhalid4 said:
Unfortunately, I can't remember as it started happening a while ago.
Any other suggestions?
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If you have a rooted device you can always install Greenify and simply just hibernate all the apps you don't use.
None of the standard apps should do that -- and if Rogers has installed bloatware that does this then they should be taken to task.
It is almost certainly some app you installed,
skhalid4 said:
Unfortunately, I can't remember as it started happening a while ago.
Any other suggestions?
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What is happening when you click long on him ? Try keep finger little longer of him.
I tried holding the ad for a while to maybe the app info, but it wouldn't give me any option.
I can definitely feel my Note 3's performance has slowed down and battery drains much faster.
I used Greenify as well, using only the Apps that I am certain shouldn't have an adware but no dice.
skhalid4 said:
I tried holding the ad for a while to maybe the app info, but it wouldn't give me any option.
I can definitely feel my Note 3's performance has slowed down and battery drains much faster.
I used Greenify as well, using only the Apps that I am certain shouldn't have an adware but no dice.
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Use Minmin guard and r xprivacy modules for xposed framework...
Minmin guard stops those annoying popup ads being downloaded from the net. Please note however that any popup downloaded already is still there and will be displayed until you clear cache and dalvik cache...
Xprivacy offers you the choice of allowing apps the right to use or block certain privelages, things like like access imei/contact lists/accounts and access to the internet and also root privelages... This is essentially a firewall that requires your authorisation to allow new apps the right to use your phone how it wants...
skhalid4 said:
I tried holding the ad for a while to maybe the app info, but it wouldn't give me any option.
I can definitely feel my Note 3's performance has slowed down and battery drains much faster.
I used Greenify as well, using only the Apps that I am certain shouldn't have an adware but no dice.
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Sounds like you need to do a full wipe and stay away from that App. It's most likely a virus that will keep doing this. Do you install a lot of third-party apps? Like, you didn't find it on Google Play Store and you just downloaded it from internet and installed it?
I was thinking maybe I should just do a wipe and then see what happens.
I don't download a lot of third party apps but I have downloaded some.
How about clearing cache and Dalvik cache as the other poster had suggested?
My devise is rooted, maybe just back up the essential apps and install a new ROM ?
Maybe you should check your battery usage in Settings. If it is draining your battery, you should see the app on the list? Unless you know what app is causing it, you probably install it later and get it back. No, Dalvik and Cache clearing won't fix your problem.
skhalid4 said:
I was thinking maybe I should just do a wipe and then see what happens.
I don't download a lot of third party apps but I have downloaded some.
How about clearing cache and Dalvik cache as the other poster had suggested?
My devise is rooted, maybe just back up the essential apps and install a new ROM ?
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skhalid4 said:
I tried holding the ad for a while to maybe the app info, but it wouldn't give me any option.
I can definitely feel my Note 3's performance has slowed down and battery drains much faster.
I used Greenify as well, using only the Apps that I am certain shouldn't have an adware but no dice.
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If you rooted try in this way. Backup all user app with titanium backup.
Then uninstall all suspect and new installed app. if ad disappear then restore one by one with TB and see what make this popup
skhalid4 said:
I have a Note 3 in Canada with Rogers and I am getting these extremely annoying pop up ads as soon as I unlock my phon it would pop up. It is basically a box in the middle of the screen different websites usually NSFW that give two options of either downloading or checking later. I have tried Push Detector and other Adware detector but they don't find any issues.
Please help.
Thank you.
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916098
I will try uninstalling all the apps and then see.
The other post about using MOAB is a little hard for me to do as I didn't root using CWM or the other.
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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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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..
htchero2 said:
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.
htchero2 said:
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.
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.
Philippe Lemay said:
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.
Ive a problem when trying to activate the Power Saving mode in settings.
when i press it i always get a Force Close on the Settings app. i can press the quick settings button in the notification area, but that does not seem to activate anything.
anyone has any idea? should i try to clear data on the settings app? or will i lose all of my settings?
thx
Anyone any idea?
I noticed that it works now when I use the quick settings tile in the notification pull down. Don't know if that's because I rooted and Uninstalled a bunch of samsung apps.
Anyways it's now also visible as activated in settings, but clicking in settings results in an fc still.
Another thing I noticed is that gsam battery monitor does lose battery stats from time to time, maybe that's because of the same problem.
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Please be absolutely sure about what systems apps do you want to remove, specially if they are Samsung packages. I'm cannot be sure but it looks like that is what's causing the issue.
apurva.giri said:
Please be absolutely sure about what systems apps do you want to remove, specially if they are Samsung packages. I'm cannot be sure but it looks like that is what's causing the issue.
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thank you for your reply.
i know what you mean. i have removed system apps. but i carefully looked which ones i could remove i the forum and the thing is, the problem was there from the start on. like from the first boot out of the box, so it cant be cause of me removing system apps
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thank you for your reply.
i know what you mean. i have removed system apps. but i carefully looked which ones i could remove i the forum and the thing is, the problem was there from the start on. like from the first boot out of the box, so it cant be cause of me removing system apps
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If that is the case, try clearing cache from the Recovery and see if that works. If not, you can always try flashing the latest firmware!
Ok i will try tomorrow. But one question : where can I find the last firmware. I am pretty new to a Samsung device.
Thank you for your help
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I tried to clear cache and art cache. nothing has changed.
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I noticed some lag on my S8 and I realized that it might be lookout that's causing the lag, as I had it on a prior phone and it caused some lag on that phone.
Go to settings > apps > and find lookout and just press the disable button. For me, at least, I noticed a slight improvement in performance.
disclaimer: yes, I'm sure there are benefits to having Lookout scan and ensure all your apps are safe, but I get all my apps from the play store, and stick with ones I know. Do this at your own risk/responsibility.
Some other things I did that seemed to have helped:
1. I stopped opening the official facebook app. I use a FB wrapper app called 'simple pro' for facebook. Way lighter, less resource intensive.
2. I had installed Greenify to try to help hibernate apps, but I uninstalled it. I think the way it was trying to hibernate apps was causing some lag. Just my observation/assumption. But after I uninstalled, my phone is running way smoother.
That was the only reason why I paid for the disabling app was to get rid of lookout!
easyguy said:
That was the only reason why I paid for the disabling app was to get rid of lookout!
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You don't need to buy anything - you can just do it in the stock settings.
The disable app button is actually disabled for me.
So does this fix some lag time too or what improvement did you see offhand?
Mysticales said:
So does this fix some lag time too or what improvement did you see offhand?
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Yes, for me, it reduced the lag/stutter I was seeing here and there.
As a side, I was actually also using Greenify app to try to save battery life, but I noticed that after I UNINSTALLED it, my s8 is also running smoother.
I'll update the original post w/ things I was doing to improve performance - now it's way smoother.
anjelika said:
The disable app button is actually disabled for me.
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Weird, did you try force stopping it first?
ro_bro said:
Weird, did you try force stopping it first?
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The force close button is also disabled! I can only uninstall the updates and maybe try again but I didn't bother as I have the phone insured and they might require this program to run in case the phone gets stollen or something, I don't know...
anjelika said:
The force close button is also disabled! I can only uninstall the updates and maybe try again but I didn't bother as I have the phone insured and they might require this program to run in case the phone gets stollen or something, I don't know...
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maybe it's different by carrier? I have the tmobile s8.
ro_bro said:
maybe it's different by carrier? I have the tmobile s8.
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Same here, I'm on T-Mobile, the only difference is that I have the S8+. Will try with wife's S8 and see if the buttons are enabled.
anjelika said:
Same here, I'm on T-Mobile, the only difference is that I have the S8+. Will try with wife's S8 and see if the buttons are enabled.
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yeah see my attached screenshots.
To disable it on t-mobile you need to go into the lookout app and turn off the option to find your stolen phone. After doing so the force stop and disable buttons will no longer be greyed out.
Im trying to get Package Disabler pro to work, and after I activate PDP engine it just flashes the screen a bunch of times and says it has a network error
Hello! My play store takes quite some time to start downloading any app or app update. It just sits there saying downloading while the bar flashes left to right. Is this normal? I've tried clearing app data and relogging my google account and it all doesn't help. I hardly ever get replies on this thing but itd be nice if someone could give me something.
How long are you talking about? for me it takes about 5 seconds tops, not more.
Same issue here. I think it's synchronization related or Gapps. When i reboot my device and than wait 30 seconds, open store again then I'm to able to download Apps again.
Like to know a solution as well... :crying:
OcazPrime said:
Hello! My play store takes quite some time to start downloading any app or app update. It just sits there saying downloading while the bar flashes left to right. Is this normal? I've tried clearing app data and relogging my google account and it all doesn't help. I hardly ever get replies on this thing but itd be nice if someone could give me something.
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Any ad-blockers running? I'm using a virtual hosts file with Steven Black's hosts and I need to disable it when updating or dling from the Store.
I get an issue where if I am on mobile data the app won't download. If I switch to wifi it will start downloading.
I stop the google playstore app and it'll starting working again on mobile data for a bit then break again
adrman said:
Any ad-blockers running? I'm using a virtual hosts file with Steven Black's hosts and I need to disable it when updating or dling from the Store.
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Yea i use adaway from freedom os installer. Does that actually cause issues?
OcazPrime said:
Yea i use adaway from freedom os installer. Does that actually cause issues?
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Depending on the entries in the hosts file you're using, it could. Disable it and see if you have the same issue.
adrman said:
Depending on the entries in the hosts file you're using, it could. Disable it and see if you have the same issue.
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Just checked and yeah same issue with and without adblock
OcazPrime said:
Just checked and yeah same issue with and without adblock
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Oh well, at least it's ruled out as a possibility.
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Oh well, at least it's ruled out as a possibility.
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Its just a bummer because it feels like the internet hands everywhere on my phone but my computer is so much faster. Its not a slow connection either it just feels like my phone gets clogged up or something
Figured it out! Its just oxygenos. I'm on aosp right now and it works perfectly. I can download my stuff from the play store with my ad blocker. The issues i had with wifi are gone on aosp.