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Chrome browser on pc

I have tried to download 2 roms xnote and s5 rom to my pc and chrome extension warn me as malicious softwares with message ''zip may harm your browsing experience so chrome has blocked'' .
There is option only for dismiss not keep.
Anyone manage to get rid of these?
Even I don't understand why it is marked as dangerous.
thanks for advices guys

Crome doesn't give me this error. Try with another browser

Have had such messages, have also managed to keep the file. There is a way to bypass it, but I am unable to recreate the situation and can't remember the method by heart.

It happened to me too. I had a screen dimmer enabled.
It sounds stupid, and don't ask me why, but that was causing it.
Sent from my N9005

I will try another browser that is not a problem.. Thanks for responds but I'm curious why it Google consider like harmful software.

Solution
For anyone facing this problem when the message is show up just go to downloads and click recover malicious software.
The remaining question is.. is that safe or not
Regards

Apps Able To Change "Show Notifications" Setting?

So I can't remember if this used to happen on my stock GS4 since I've been running CM for so long, but on my GS5, certain apps are able to override the "Show notifications" checkbox in Settings/Applications! I feel like I'm going crazy since I'm constantly having to uncheck the notifications box. I've set the apps to not Auto Update to make sure it wasn't part of an app update installation process, but that made no difference.
The main offenders that I have installed on my phone are Plants vs. Zombies 2 and theCHIVE. PVZ2 notifications are sooo annoying when my plants sprout, and then frankly, I only want to Chive on when I choose to. Not gonna buy clothing.
Does anyone else get these issues on the GS5?
I have been rooted for so long I don't know if this has something to do with root permissions being exploited, or it's stupid TouchWiz messing up Android. Any suggestions? It's only happening to PVZ2 and theCHIVE as I'm aware. My other apps retain the unchecked state. This is a security breach in my opinion. Settings shouldn't randomly be undone.
This is very similar to my LastPass app fill settings randomly unsetting after a reboot. Ugh I hate TouchWiz with a passion. My Nexus 7 devices (rooted & stock) do not have this issue with the same apps so I'm pointing my finger at Samsung for the moment.

xxxstar said:
So I can't remember if this used to happen on my stock GS4 since I've been running CM for so long, but on my GS5, certain apps are able to override the "Show notifications" checkbox in Settings/Applications! I feel like I'm going crazy since I'm constantly having to uncheck the notifications box. I've set the apps to not Auto Update to make sure it wasn't part of an app update installation process, but that made no difference.
The main offenders that I have installed on my phone are Plants vs. Zombies 2 and theCHIVE. PVZ2 notifications are sooo annoying when my plants sprout, and then frankly, I only want to Chive on when I choose to. Not gonna buy clothing.
Does anyone else get these issues on the GS5?
I have been rooted for so long I don't know if this has something to do with root permissions being exploited, or it's stupid TouchWiz messing up Android. Any suggestions? It's only happening to PVZ2 and theCHIVE as I'm aware. My other apps retain the unchecked state. This is a security breach in my opinion. Settings shouldn't randomly be undone.
This is very similar to my LastPass app fill settings randomly unsetting after a reboot. Ugh I hate TouchWiz with a passion. My Nexus 7 devices (rooted & stock) do not have this issue with the same apps so I'm pointing my finger at Samsung for the moment.
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I've never had this issue, unchecking it saves it. If you have Xposed, you can use NotifyClean, it's a roundabout way to solve your issue... but it works. Did you do a factory reset or at least wipe dalvik/clear cache to get to whatever firmware you're at now?

I've had this issue for at least 6 months. Done a full wipe & clear with each update as they've come out, currently on OG5.
Are you using either of the apps (PvZ2, Chive, LastPass)?

xxxstar said:
I've had this issue for at least 6 months. Done a full wipe & clear with each update as they've come out, currently on OG5.
Are you using either of the apps (PvZ2, Chive, LastPass)?
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No I'm not, probably an issue with the apps themselves, cause every app I've encountered saves for me. I did a clean wipe to OE1, but dirty flash to OG5.
I can test it out, which one is the easiest to generate a notification for? Or is it, you uncheck the box, and it re-checks immediately after leaving settings?

Spartan117H3 said:
No I'm not, probably an issue with the apps themselves, cause every app I've encountered saves for me. I did a clean wipe to OE1, but dirty flash to OG5.
I can test it out, which one is the easiest to generate a notification for? Or is it, you uncheck the box, and it re-checks immediately after leaving settings?
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PvZ2 is probably the easiest, since theCHIVE requires you to be inactive for a while before it throws up a notification. But you may need to plant some sprouts, and you have to earn a seed in a board. haha
I just wiped/cleared (only) with FlashFire. Will see what happens.

xxxstar said:
PvZ2 is probably the easiest, since theCHIVE requires you to be inactive for a while before it throws up a notification. But you may need to plant some sprouts, and you have to earn a seed in a board. haha
I just wiped/cleared (only) with FlashFire. Will see what happens.
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Uhh did you know in PvZ2's settings, there's another setting that says enable notifications with a check box?
Anyways, I installed the game, then immediately disabled notifications in the android app settings (not in-game), and played until it sent me to Egypt, then quit. I've yet to receive a notification.
Try disabling both of them if you haven't already, both inside the app, and both from the android OS.

UPDATE: after some troubleshooting it appears that unchecking Show Notificatons doesn't survive a reboot ONLY when the app was moved to sdcard. Works as expected when the app is in internal memory. (This is why my Nexus 7 doesn't exhibit this- no sdcard.)
It appears to occur for any app that's moved to sdcard. I tested with Waze and it did the same thing: notifications would show up On after turning Off after a reboot. The same apps, PvZ2 and theCHIVE keep notification settings properly when moved back to internal storage.
Can someone check if you can keep notifications Off for an app that's moved to sdcard?

xxxstar said:
UPDATE: after some troubleshooting it appears that unchecking Show Notificatons doesn't survive a reboot ONLY when the app was moved to sdcard. Works as expected when the app is in internal memory. (This is why my Nexus 7 doesn't exhibit this- no sdcard.)
It appears to occur for any app that's moved to sdcard. I tested with Waze and it did the same thing: notifications would show up On after turning Off after a reboot. The same apps, PvZ2 and theCHIVE keep notification settings properly when moved back to internal storage.
Can someone check if you can keep notifications Off for an app that's moved to sdcard?
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You're right. It is that. People here have the same issue:
http://androidforums.com/threads/turning-off-app-notifications.838962/
But try disabling the notifications from in game itself, see if that works, but that would only work for PvZ2.
Back to my suggestion about using NotifyClean with Xposed?

Thanks for the help, @Spartan117H3! I'm going to move apps to internal memory if they have frequent notifications.
Not sure why that android forums page didn't come up in my searches. It's another TouchWiz! I wonder how widespread this issue is.
I never played with Xposed before. I'm gonna look into it- I wanted to remove the boot sounds, too, and an Xposed module appears to be able to do that.

Phone unrooted by itself? Wtf?

I've been having an issue where every time I try to create a new album in gallery it gives me a "file name already exists" no matter what name I give it or where I try to put it. So I was going to freeze the gallery app and unfreeze it to see if that helped and when I went to Ti back up I found out my phone wasnt rooted any longer... I've done no updates recently nor have I deleted anything or changed any settings. Has any one ever come across this? Only thing I've done is update apps and a few samsung apps. Knox is disabled and it appears as if supersu has been deleted. Any body ever heard of anything like this? I'm baffled...

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I've been having an issue where every time I try to create a new album in gallery it gives me a "file name already exists" no matter what name I give it or where I try to put it. So I was going to freeze the gallery app and unfreeze it to see if that helped and when I went to Ti back up I found out my phone wasnt rooted any longer... I've done no updates recently nor have I deleted anything or changed any settings. Has any one ever come across this? Only thing I've done is update apps and a few samsung apps. Knox is disabled and it appears as if supersu has been deleted. Any body ever heard of anything like this? I'm baffled...
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just restart your phone

Device Quality Agent?

This weird app (device quantity agent) was pushed to my phone from the galaxy apps store as a critical update just a few ago, anyone know what it is?

msburr87 said:
This weird app (device quantity agent) was pushed to my phone from the galaxy apps store as a critical update just a few ago, anyone know what it is?
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Same here.

ahh so thats the "critical update" i declined. Was wondering what it was since there were no apps that needed updating in the store. Wonder what it does

It's update for fixing DQA keeps stopping issue.

I had mine suddenly download and install 3 things from the galaxp app store yesterday without me knowing anything about it. Personalized service client, samsung pass, and LED view cover icon editor. I thought I had been hacked and someone was downloading sutff to my phone!! No idea why it suddenly started doing that by itself. I have turned auto update apps off now in the galaxy app store, I guess they were already installed and were just auto updating (and i have no disabled them all in package disabler since they all seemed like junk).
I dont know what DQA does, wonder if its another one we can safely disable.

ewokuk said:
I dont know what DQA does, wonder if its another one we can safely disable.
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From what I understand, DQA has to do with checking the quality of your Wi-Fi. You'll notice if you turn your Wi-fi off, you'll stop getting those messages. Some have had success with going into your running Apps and force stopping the DQA. That didn't help me though and rebooting several times (which has also helped some) didn't work for me either. Still working through options. If anyone has other ideas...

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From what I understand, DQA has to do with checking the quality of your Wi-Fi. You'll notice if you turn your Wi-fi off, you'll stop getting those messages. Some have had success with going into your running Apps and force stopping the DQA. That didn't help me though and rebooting several times (which has also helped some) didn't work for me either. Still working through options. If anyone has other ideas...
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I havent had any issues with or or any messages about it either before it updated or after. I usually have wifi on but have turned it off today and not noticed anything either. I have not disabled it in package disabler as i didnt know what it did, it doesnt seem to be using battery so i will just leave it on.

This is what I've found from Android Authority...
- Reboot device (may need to repeat a few times)
- Clear cache partition through recovery (turn off phone, press and hold Power, Volume Up and Bixby button. On Android screen, when you see ‘No command’ hold power and press volume up to access recovery. Use volume keys to highlight ‘Wipe cache partition’ and press Power to select. Highlight ‘Yes’ and press Power to confirm, then reboot phone)
- Turn off Wi-Fi
- Disable high performance mode
- Force quit DQA app (go to Settings > Apps and tap the overflow menu (three dots at the top right), tap ‘Show system apps’ and locate DQA. Tap it and ‘Force stop’)
- Disable DQA app with BK Package Disabler (costs $1.50, does not require root). Install app, grant permissions, swipe to System tab, find DQA and check the box next to it (simply uncheck to re-enable).
I haven't tried all these options yet. Let me know if any help should you decide to try.

I'm bumping this topic. Tried googling DQA, but very little seems to be known about it. If it indeed is checking the quality of the wifi, is it really safe to disable?

eried1 said:
I'm bumping this topic. Tried googling DQA, but very little seems to be known about it. If it indeed is checking the quality of the wifi, is it really safe to disable?
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Hi, have you found any info regarding DQA? I found it among the recommended apps to disable/uninstall on Universal Android Debloater, but still I read somewhere that some of the apps disabled through UAD might be important, so I'm not sure about what to do.

NovaProspekt70 said:
Hi, have you found any info regarding DQA? I found it among the recommended apps to disable/uninstall on Universal Android Debloater, but still I read somewhere that some of the apps disabled through UAD might be important, so I'm not sure about what to do.
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No. I'd leave it active.

[HELP] S7 Screenshot Problem (Prevented by security policy)

Hey everyone. I am having a issue with my phone when trying to take a screenshot. It will not allow me to take a screenshot, saying "Prevented by security policy." I discovered this when trying to take a screencap inside the Playstation app, but the Playstation Store part of it. As I understand it, this is a restriction by the individual app. How can I bypass this? I already tried some overlay apps like "Touchshot," which the result is either when I open the PS Store, it force quits Touchshot, or it will take a picture but everything is black.
I am not rooted, and would hope to find a solution without rooting. I also saw solutions that involve hooking up the phone to a PC, which I also would like to try to avoid as well. Is this restriction exclusive to the S7/Samsung phones, or it this a universal Android problem? If not, which phones do not have this problem?
If I have to root the phone to do it, is there currently an S7 Edge root that does not trip Knox? Anything else I should know?
Thanks for any help you can give!

stevens_k said:
Hey everyone. I am having a issue with my phone when trying to take a screenshot. It will not allow me to take a screenshot, saying "Prevented by security policy." I discovered this when trying to take a screencap inside the Playstation app, but the Playstation Store part of it. As I understand it, this is a restriction by the individual app. How can I bypass this? I already tried some overlay apps like "Touchshot," which the result is either when I open the PS Store, it force quits Touchshot, or it will take a picture but everything is black.
I am not rooted, and would hope to find a solution without rooting. I also saw solutions that involve hooking up the phone to a PC, which I also would like to try to avoid as well. Is this restriction exclusive to the S7/Samsung phones, or it this a universal Android problem? If not, which phones do not have this problem?
If I have to root the phone to do it, is there currently an S7 Edge root that does not trip Knox? Anything else I should know?
Thanks for any help you can give!
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No workaround for this, rooted or otherwise, that I'm aware of.

dynospectrum said:
No workaround for this, rooted or otherwise, that I'm aware of.
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Well there is a way to do it if you are rooted. But since I am not, I was trying to deal with it that way...
Is there even a root for the S7 without tripping Knox yet? If there was, I might root it.
Anyway, thanks for the reply!