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The symptom is, each time I switch on my tablet, I receive a notification in lower right corner promoting something like lucky draw, game, etc. If I click on the notification, it automatically starts downloading apk. The apk is always named like yyyymmddxxxxxxxxxxx.apk. I never run those apks, I guess they are not friendly. How can I check which app I installed is doing this?
olivex said:
The symptom is, each time I switch on my tablet, I receive a notification in lower right corner promoting something like lucky draw, game, etc. If I click on the notification, it automatically starts downloading apk. The apk is always named like yyyymmddxxxxxxxxxxx.apk. I never run those apks, I guess they are not friendly. How can I check which app I installed is doing this?
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First check what you have installed recently. Could be one of those apps give spam notifications. I saw something similar on my bro-in-law phone and that was because he installed some kind of "enhancement" program to make his phone run more efficient (it didn't help bytheway).
Also, since you didn't say what OS you're running, 4.0+ has the option to disable notifications when you go to settings>applications>app name. If you find its an app you need, then that might help.
If you thinks its beyond this, then install lookout or norton from the market.
It's not malware, they're called push notification ads. Just download "Ad Blocker" (root required) from the market and it will tell you which app(s) is doing this. You can also choose to delete it from within the app.
Pretty handy.
-*Sent from my T-Mobile GS3*-
nakedninja42 said:
First check what you have installed recently. Could be one of those apps give spam notifications. I saw something similar on my bro-in-law phone and that was because he installed some kind of "enhancement" program to make his phone run more efficient (it didn't help bytheway).
Also, since you didn't say what OS you're running, 4.0+ has the option to disable notifications when you go to settings>applications>app name. If you find its an app you need, then that might help.
If you thinks its beyond this, then install lookout or norton from the market.
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Yes it is 4.0.4. l'll check in settings and reply.
OTAw said:
It's not malware, they're called push notification ads. Just download "Ad Blocker" (root required) from the market and it will tell you which app(s) is doing this. You can also choose to delete it from within the app.
Pretty handy.
-*Sent from my T-Mobile GS3*-
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yes it just push notification ad. The problem is I don't know which app is doing this, and do not want to root my device. Is there another way to identify ?
olivex said:
yes it just push notification ad. The problem is I don't know which app is doing this, and do not want to root my device. Is there another way to identify ?
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Try installing "Air Push Detector" from the market.
my tablet is using 4.0.4 but i cannot find the setting you mentioned. in settings-application-application name, there is no notification setting.
i tried but there is no app found. i still get notification ad.
olivex said:
i tried but there is no app found. i still get notification ad.
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Can you upload a screenshot of this notification ad for us? Maybe even a list of your downloaded apps?
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OTAw said:
Can you upload a screenshot of this notification ad for us? Maybe even a list of your downloaded apps?
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I don't have it now, I will load it when I get it next time.
However I have the list of apps I installed because I sent it to the author of push detector. How can I send it to you? I just don't want to post it here.
I have another finding, which seems odd to me: I set the home page of chrome to be blank, and I double checked that, but each time I open the browser it always opens a search page with a lot of informations (looks like a portal but I don't like it). How can I know which app replaces my home page with such rubish?
Is it possible the 3G provider does this kind of things? (notification ads and home replacement)?
olivex said:
I don't have it now, I will load it when I get it next time.
However I have the list of apps I installed because I sent it to the author of push detector. How can I send it to you? I just don't want to post it here.
I have another finding, which seems odd to me: I set the home page of chrome to be blank, and I double checked that, but each time I open the browser it always opens a search page with a lot of informations (looks like a portal but I don't like it). How can I know which app replaces my home page with such rubish?
Is it possible the 3G provider does this kind of things? (notification ads and home replacement)?
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No, your network provider would have nothing to do with push notification ads or homepage replacement. And as for setting your homepage in Google chrome, are you talking about the desktop version? Because I don't believe you can make that selection on the mobile version, unless I'm missing something?
BTW, you can send that list to me in a PM if you'd like.
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Try this app, it will tell you every app that has a shady ad network and you can delete it. A friend of mine had an app that was creating a ton of shortcuts all over her home screens.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.addetector&hl=en
OTAw said:
No, your network provider would have nothing to do with push notification ads or homepage replacement. And as for setting your homepage in Google chrome, are you talking about the desktop version? Because I don't believe you can make that selection on the mobile version, unless I'm missing something?
BTW, you can send that list to me in a PM if you'd like.
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In Chrome settings you can set your home page. But it seems it's the 3G provider that replaces the home page for me.
I will send you the app list. Thanks.
mrsbelpit said:
Try this app, it will tell you every app that has a shady ad network and you can delete it. A friend of mine had an app that was creating a ton of shortcuts all over her home screens.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.addetector&hl=en
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Thanks. I will try it and post result here.
mrsbelpit said:
Try this app, it will tell you every app that has a shady ad network and you can delete it. A friend of mine had an app that was creating a ton of shortcuts all over her home screens.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.addetector&hl=en
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I tried it but it also couldnt find the notification ad. It did find apps that have bi-app ads but they are numerous.
olivex said:
The symptom is, each time I switch on my tablet, I receive a notification in lower right corner promoting something like lucky draw, game, etc. If I click on the notification, it automatically starts downloading apk. The apk is always named like yyyymmddxxxxxxxxxxx.apk. I never run those apks, I guess they are not friendly. How can I check which app I installed is doing this?
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Rooted?
why don't you backup with Titanium Backup then backup everything
then Flash Stock ROM using ODIN
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abihakim said:
Rooted?
why don't you backup with Titanium Backup then backup everything
then Flash Stock ROM using ODIN
Sent from my GT-P7500 using xda premium
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No it's not rooted.
Erm, is it possible to monitor the notifications, for example:
A notifications is created from Facebook saying someone likes your photo,
then the "monitoring app" will get it and trigger an event, such as an alarm.
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I mean that I want to retrieve the notifications data such as the title, content, at the time it's created, will it be possible?
sstangerine said:
Erm, is it possible to monitor the notifications, for example:
I mean that I want to retrieve the notifications data such as the title, content, at the time it's created, will it be possible?
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If i'm not mistaken, this ability is not yet available and may soon become available with the release of version 4.3 of the android SDK.
Gold1e said:
If i'm not mistaken, this ability is not yet available and may soon become available with the release of version 4.3 of the android SDK.
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aww... I was looking forward for a big hit with that kind of app.. anyway, thanks =)
i guess u can as many apps do that like floating notifications
but nyways google is adding this feature in 4.3 expected release this week
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sak-venom1997 said:
i guess u can as many apps do that like floating notifications
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what do you means about floating notifications?
sstangerine said:
what do you means about floating notifications?
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its an app
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sstangerine said:
Erm, is it possible to monitor the notifications, for example:
I mean that I want to retrieve the notifications data such as the title, content, at the time it's created, will it be possible?
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You can detect new notification by using the Accessibility service. Try to search the keyword "AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_NOTIFICATION_STATE_CHANGED" and you should be able to find many discussions.
To read the title of notifications, use event.getText() when detecting an accessibilityEvent.
To read the content of the notifications, try to detect the situation where notification bar is pulled down (window's view changed event), then the event.getText() will give you the content of all notifications.
Ichigo said:
http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html
According to this page, the new API now allows access to notifications.
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However, that just works on Android 4.3.
(@Ichigo: Wanted to write the same thing, but you were faster. )
After my 4.3 update, chrome browser is auto refreshing on the xda pages like every couple seconds.
Anyone else seeing this?
Fix?
Don't have a fix for you but noticed that Firefox on my PC did the same when I had scriptblocker set too strict. Xda kept refreshing when it couldn't get to things like Google api's or ads.
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A.VOID said:
After my 4.3 update, chrome browser is auto refreshing on the xda pages like every couple seconds.
Anyone else seeing this?
Fix?
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I have the same issue.
I am using Firefox as an alternative
Beaster said:
I have the same issue.
I am using Firefox as an alternative
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Same here on 4.3stock. Chrome and chrome beta auto refresh. Side-loaded Opera with same result.
Firefox nightly does not auto refresh, but after viewing a few pages here on xda, links become inactive. Boat and Ocean browser's have same issue as Firefox.
All is OK if I don't log in.
Mine is doing the same. It seems better with the Chrome Beta version released today, but it still does it occasionally.
Try switching the xda theme to "XDA 2013 beta - 1024." It did the trick for me :good:
Are you running low on memory?
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I had the same issue, fixed it by disabling prefetch web pages in chrome settings.
Hope this helps.
Edit - sorry should be preload not prefetch.
Found this thread via google search, but yeah I had this problem too so thanks for the suggestions.
My question is why when browsing the forums, one post will have large enough to read text and the next post will randomly have too small of text. How is this fixed? Currently use Chrome but happens with Firefox too.
can confirm this with boat browser... since update to 4.3 as well, before it was fine.
tinlunchbox said:
Try switching the xda theme to "XDA 2013 beta - 1024." It did the trick for me :good:
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Can confirm that this fixed it for me too.
TheBlueRaja said:
Can confirm that this fixed it for me too.
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yeap this fixed me too.
i had to stop refresh every time lol
tinlunchbox said:
Try switching the xda theme to "XDA 2013 beta - 1024." It did the trick for me :good:
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You're the man--this worked. Thanks!
This has been a major annoyance for me. How do I change the theme though?
anirudh412 said:
This has been a major annoyance for me. How do I change the theme though?
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top right of the screen, click "control panel", then on the left about half way down is "edit options" then right at the very bottom of the screen is the theme selector
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top right of the screen, click "control panel", then on the left about half way down is "edit options" then right at the very bottom of the screen is the theme selector
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Thank you! Will try it out and report back
tylernol said:
Found this thread via google search, but yeah I had this problem too so thanks for the suggestions.
My question is why when browsing the forums, one post will have large enough to read text and the next post will randomly have too small of text. How is this fixed? Currently use Chrome but happens with Firefox too.
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Same problem no one knows why? Thanks
I opened an app and saw a notifictaion that said an app was trying to access something. The app isn't working like it should. Is there someplace I can go to see what kind of security is blocking?
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anaylor01 said:
I opened an app and saw a notifictaion that said an app was trying to access something. The app isn't working like it should. Is there someplace I can go to see what kind of security is blocking?
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You really need to be a lot more specific, there are many apps which are supposed give
those types of notifications, but again without being a lot more specific as far as the apps
NAME at least, it's almost impossible for me to give you any real advise.
anaylor01 said:
I opened an app and saw a notifictaion that said an app was trying to access something. The app isn't working like it should. Is there someplace I can go to see what kind of security is blocking?
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Seems be a KNOX notification like: "Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked". Is it?
I am using Galaxy s4 version 4.3. The app that I think is not working right is Philips HUE. So I don't know if something else is wrong or that Android is blocking it from working.
I started using samsungs messaging app and every link i click on it opens it with what looks like googles amp browser, anyway to disable this?
peachpuff said:
I started using samsungs messaging app and every link i click on it opens it with what looks like googles amp browser, anyway to disable this?
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Yeah it's annoying but it's part of Google, amp stands for accelerated mobile pages, as far as I'm aware it's not something you can just turn off. Will need to research a bit more.