Samsung say they do not put advertisements in their pre installed apps.
However, example the weather app does infact have advertisements.
This was on my S10 Plus and Now On S20U-Exynos
Its also present on both family members S20Plus and A50
So they are lying when they say they don't include advertisements on pr installed apps
Their response you posted is BS.
I watched a Korean tech channel and they complained about it and noted it's a recent thing.
Koreans also get adds in the built in text app too.
Funny thing now is that they said this is the third party weather channel app.
But infact their app just gets info as its source from the weather channel.
I sent back this and told them that the app package is
Com.sec.android.deamonapp
Unbelievable.
Oh yes, it's definitely Samsung doing this.
Could be worse, but 100% could be better.
Dolgogi said:
Oh yes, it's definitely Samsung doing this.
Could be worse, but 100% could be better.
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Funny thing is All my personalisation and Google ads are off anyway. Yet still the ads keep coming up. Ive had them switched off for at least a year.
Samsung reckon this stops ads but no it makes no difference.
The Moment I see an ad from Samsung on my Smart Devices, I will stop buying and advocating Samsung Devices.
Just to make this clear to Samsung, I will give them back and have them refund me for every device I have from them which is starting to show ads. I am willing to go the legal route for that.
Then, I can go ahead and buy Chinese crap phones (regarding privacy policies, I mean) like one plus, xiaomi, realme, oppo etc.. Or switch to the boring side (appl).
They seem to keep coming back with a ridiculous load waffle not pertaining to the complaints or even looked at the screenshots sent.
But there is definitely advertisements on the weather app on 3 current devices in my family plus was also on S10 Plus i recently sold.
I wonder if an XDA Member could pull apart the coding on the weather app and see where the advertisements are coming from? Maybe as the source for weather is the weather channel it is part of a deal to include advertisements from weather channel websites.
This morning it appears in the middle of the weather app and at the bottom.
But who knows if this is just the first of many apps that are starting to push advertisements.
Darkat70 said:
Samsung say they do not put advertisements in their pre installed apps.
However, example the weather app does infact have advertisements.
This was on my S10 Plus and Now On S20U-Exynos
Its also present on both family members S20Plus and A50
So they are lying when they say they don't include advertisements on pr installed apps
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Hmmm... I looked and saw no ads. I do remember points in time that I have seen ads in the weather app but only to disappear at a later time. I almost want to say my Note 9? But yeah, I have seen this before. I think what I saw may have been a test. I don't have them on my S20U (at this time).
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Hmmm... I looked and saw no ads. I do remember points in time that I have seen ads in the weather app but only to disappear at a later time. I almost want to say my Note 9? But yeah, I have seen this before. I think what I saw may have been a test. I don't have them on my S20U (at this time).
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When i checked the weather app this morning for around 20 seconds it wasn't there, i almost got excited and then it just materialised above the radar image, then i scrolled to the bottom and boom that appeared too.
The best bit is they aren't even targeted ads, one was ribs and burgers. That restaurant just doesn't exist within 1000kms of my location. Im not sure if its even Australian.
You recently flashed the PHN update to your phone right? And I'm on BTU.
I wonder if that's part on the problem?
I can tell you that Samsung Korea has told customers that the ads now showing in the weather app there is from the company providing the weather service for Korea (not the same company as we get).
Dolgogi said:
You recently flashed the PHN update to your phone right? And I'm on BTU.
I wonder if that's part on the problem?
I can tell you that Samsung Korea has told customers that the ads now showing in the weather app there is from the company providing the weather service for Korea (not the same company as we get).
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If it was just my phone & previously S10 Plus i would be agreeing with you that flashing could be the problem.
But my partner and my daughter A50 & S20 plus both have the same issues and they are on stock unflashed updates from Optus and the weather app has ads in both phone's.
I guess it probably comes from the weather channel but, you can never be sure what samsung are upto.
They must have some dealings with Facebook to have this as a pre installed app along with the other Facebook apps which I removed and makes no issues with the actual app. So what they were needed for is another question.
Darkat70 said:
If it was just my phone & previously S10 Plus i would be agreeing with you that flashing could be the problem.
But my partner and my daughter A50 & S20 plus both have the same issues and they are on stock unflashed updates from Optus and the weather app has ads in both phone's.
I guess it probably comes from the weather channel but, you can never be sure what samsung are upto.
They must have some dealings with Facebook to have this as a pre installed app along with the other Facebook apps which I removed and makes no issues with the actual app. So what they were needed for is another question.
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Here is an idea... Check to see if the weather app was recently updated. Maybe you can revert to an older version on the system partition.
Otherwise there is another simple fix for this... You can change your DNS settings. Honestly, if you have not done that its a great way to block all adds, system wide, without root or any special app or VPN. Change dns to dns.adguard.com The DNS settings are in connections settings menu then I think advanced. I would also clear data on weather app. This will force it download new ads but it wont be able to.
So yeah, it sucks Samsung did this but you can get around it quite easily.
Scott said:
Here is an idea... Check to see if the weather app was recently updated. Maybe you can revert to an older version on the system partition.
Otherwise there is another simple fix for this... You can change your DNS settings. Honestly, if you have not done that its a great way to block all adds, system wide, without root or any special app or VPN. Change dns to dns.adguard.com The DNS settings are in connections settings menu then I think advanced. I would also clear data on weather app. This will force it download new ads but it wont be able to.
So yeah, it sucks Samsung did this but you can get around it quite easily.
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I have actually been running disconnect pro for samsung for about 3 weeks, which must ne working as it blocks advertisements in apkmirror and 9news app.
I was using dns.adguard.com on my S10 Plus for a while but what i found was happening with this, any inbedded videos from YouTube or news article videos it would also block them or ask me to login then do nothing. Which was a little annoying.
The weather app did infact update in the last week or so. But thats not the issue because they were still advertisements previously to the update and on other devices.
Unless theres something sneaky in my isp modem pushing advertisements over wifi, I'll have to switch to 4G see if ads persist.
Ok and heres the odd thing
I just
cleared weather app data and cache
Added dns adbock
Disconnect for Samsung Pro
And restart weather app, boom new advertisements
How is that possible? 2 ad block running?
The 9news app advertisements are greyed out.
Yep, still getting ads on the weather app.
That's okay, bye bye samsung weather app, hello Google weather widget.
Gutted that Shifty Jelly stopped working on their awesome weather app.
Dolgogi said:
Yep, still getting ads on the weather app.
That's okay, bye bye samsung weather app, hello Google weather widget.
Gutted that Shifty Jelly stopped working on their awesome weather app.
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Yep going to remove with adb and i have two apps i tried once weather mate (M8) and Clyma weather. I might use one of them and check its performance / Battery & Data Consumption.
Just pray they don't start adding advertisements to anything else. Premium Phones shouldn't be bombarded with bloatware and crap.
Wow, I just purchased my S20U for $2000AUD yesterday. I just checked my weather app, and low and behold. Not happy considering it cost me 2k.
@Darkat70, are you in AU as well?
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@Darkat70, are you in AU as well?
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Yes In Bendigo
Related
Today i got the Play Shop update to my note. Looks like google replaced the Android Market with the Play Shop.
yes,
may be music, book,video update won't available in india, but you can update manually here is detail
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534703
Yes but...
They haven't fixed the after 20 pages of apps in My Library bug.
(It goes back to the beginning). In my case, it gets to the letter 'I' before it goes back to 'A'. Thus, I have no visibility to any apps I have installed (and blown away with frequent ROMs) in the past or on other devices.
Furthermore, I can no longer see my order history or my devices.
The order history was bugged anyways as I wasn't even able to see all the Apps I had purchased.
You would think that a company like Google wouldn't have so many outstanding bugs that deal with downloaded/purchased products for such a long time...
jvenkatreddy said:
Today i got the Play Shop update to my note. Looks like google replaced the Android Market with the Play Shop.
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Are u in india, using indian note model with indian gmail account?
I din get my market update yet.
I just got the update too. Plus there is a bunch of 49p (I am in the UK) apps. They got me to spend some money.
FranchiseJuan said:
I just got the update too. Plus there is a bunch of 49p (I am in the UK) apps. They got me to spend some money.
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Yeah I spent a few quid. World of goo at 49p is too good to pass up.
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How is this update being rolled out? I got it on my Galaxy Tab already, but my note has not gotten it yet.
Flaco05 said:
How is this update being rolled out? I got it on my Galaxy Tab already, but my note has not gotten it yet.
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what i did was, Settings - Apps - Manage
then find for Market, you clear the data...and clear cache (if available)...then you relaunch the market..it will update it for you...thats wat i do yesterday
Pointless, unimaginative rebranding. I expected more from them.
knightnz said:
Pointless, unimaginative rebranding. I expected more from them.
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i somewhat agree with you on this....theres not much different from the normal market...
As a user, it looks kind of pointless until you realize that the name Google is now prominent. I bet you many people did not necessarily think of Google when they visited the old Android Market.
lucosea said:
what i did was, Settings - Apps - Manage
then find for Market, you clear the data...and clear cache (if available)...then you relaunch the market..it will update it for you...thats wat i do yesterday
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Nah ! Didn't update here
Now that the AT&T Galaxy S3 is rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726960
My favorite thing to do after a first root is to use Titanium Backup to delete all the bloatware. Here's the list of stuff I took off:
AT&T Messages
AT&T Navigator
ChatOn
DeviceHelp
Flipboard
Media Hub
Music Player
My Files
My AT&T
S Memo
S Suggest
Play Books
Play Movies
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo News
YP Mobile
My list is just from a quick glance. If anyone else knows of other bloatware items that can be safely removed please post and add them.
Flipboard will stay on mine. Love that app.
stevieraveon said:
Flipboard will stay on mine. Love that app.
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I agree. I would remove the entire list above except for Flipboard. If you set it up to just the things you're interested in, it works really well.
Can't you just disable it. Doesnt it do the same thing as removing it or freezing?
sent from my GALAXY SIII
manny05 said:
Can't you just disable it. Doesnt it do the same thing as removing it or freezing?
sent from my GALAXY SIII
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Yeah, totally and it wont void your warranty or tip the counter
How do you disable it? Sorry if it's a dumb question but I just moved from the iPhone
Brianaro said:
How do you disable the? Sorry if it's a dumb question but I just moved from the iPhone
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Settings/application manager/all then just choose the one you want to disable and click "disable" at the top. If it updated itself, click "uninstall updates" first, then "disable" will be available
First run around, give it time u will learn everything. Dont rush, read and understand the language spoken, the software and its uses.
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manny05 said:
Can't you just disable it. Doesnt it do the same thing as removing it or freezing?
sent from my GALAXY SIII
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there are some things u cant disable , so no its not the same , i removed all at&t crap and most of the samsung crap and phone is so much faster . (actual use not stupid speed tests )
dont things that are "disabled come back on after reboot anyway?
and to the guys that are worried about warranty i dont understand y you would even come to a site like xda ?? ive never had a none rooted phone so forgive me for not understanding .
ive never had any warranty issues with htc or samsung, ive sent my bootloader unlocked nexus one and nexus s , and rooted skyrocket in with no issues (directly to manufacture )....
drawde40599 said:
there are some things u cant disable , so no its not the same , i removed all at&t crap and most of the samsung crap and phone is so much faster . (actual use not stupid speed tests )
dont things that are "disabled come back on after reboot anyway?
and to the guys that are worried about warranty i dont understand y you would even come to a site like xda ?? ive never had a none rooted phone so forgive me for not understanding .
ive never had any warranty issues with htc or samsung, ive sent my bootloader unlocked nexus one and nexus s , and rooted skyrocket in with no issues (directly to manufacture )....
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With an att phone, u return it to att, not samsung. All newer Samsung phones have a flash counter that logs every time its been modified software wise so if it's been rooted, they can tell, the warranty is void, and if something is legitimately wrong with it, you get ****. In fact, you will still be on the hook for your contract so either cough up 550$ for a new phone or $350 to back out of the contract. Maybe they will catch it, maybe not but that's a pretty expensive gamble to take
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What is the difference between freezing and disabling? I always freeze using titanium backup.
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How do you use Titanium Backup to delete all the bloatware?
Thanx for taking my question.
paleman27 said:
How do you use Titanium Backup to delete all the bloatware?
Thanx for taking my question.
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Have to be rooted and then either freeze or delete individual apps under the backup/restore section.
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Here is what I have frozen / disabled:
All Share Controller
All Share Play
All Share Service
AT&T Hot Spots
AT&T Messages
AT&T Navigator
Bluetooth Share
Bubbles
Clock
Clock Funky
Clock Modern
ChatOn
DeviceHelp
Deep Sea
Dual Clock Analog
Dual Clock Digital
FlipBoard
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Google Search
Google+
Kies Air
Kies Via Wifi
Live Wallpaper Picker
Luminous Dots
Media Hub
Mobile Print
myAT&T
Phase Beam
S Suggest
Samsung Keyboard
Voice Recorder
Voice Search
Windy Weather
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo News
YPmobile
Can someone clarify something for me? On my other rooted devices if you deleted bloat then you couldn't get OTA updates to either download or install. Is this the case with Samsung devices? I usually just freeze with Titanium and restore when an update rolls out.
johnnyutah22 said:
Can someone clarify something for me? On my other rooted devices if you deleted bloat then you couldn't get OTA updates to either download or install. Is this the case with Samsung devices? I usually just freeze with Titanium and restore when an update rolls out.
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There is no reason to delete with these phones anymore. Freezing is perfectly fine and achieves the same thing. Ota will probably work the same so better safe than sorry lol.
Sent from my Axiom MAXX!!
drawde40599 said:
there are some things u cant disable , so no its not the same , i removed all at&t crap and most of the samsung crap and phone is so much faster . (actual use not stupid speed tests )
dont things that are "disabled come back on after reboot anyway?
and to the guys that are worried about warranty i dont understand y you would even come to a site like xda ?? ive never had a none rooted phone so forgive me for not understanding .
ive never had any warranty issues with htc or samsung, ive sent my bootloader unlocked nexus one and nexus s , and rooted skyrocket in with no issues (directly to manufacture )....
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Agree.. I have never had an issue either...
altitude909 said:
With an att phone, u return it to att, not samsung. All newer Samsung phones have a flash counter that logs every time its been modified software wise so if it's been rooted, they can tell, the warranty is void, and if something is legitimately wrong with it, you get ****. In fact, you will still be on the hook for your contract so either cough up 550$ for a new phone or $350 to back out of the contract. Maybe they will catch it, maybe not but that's a pretty expensive gamble to take
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I have warrantied numerous phones to AT&T that were rooted.. I have NEVER had one denied or been charged.. That's not to say it can't or won't happen because I know they can but I have never seen or heard of anyone getting denied...
IMHO, disabling via the hone system is the better option simply because the disable sticks on reboot... I however still need root because I for one can't live without AdFree...
Here is my list. Keep in mind that I use my market-purchased apps for texting, phone/contacts, calendar and a few other things.
So I've disabled some things that other folks shouldn't.
AT&T Hot Spots
AT&T Messages
AT&T Navigator
AT&T SOftware update
ChatON
Clock (digital)
Clock (funky)
CLock (modem)
Contacts 4.0.4
DirectShareManager
Dual clock (analog)
Dual clock (digital)
Email 4.0
FWUpgrade 1.2.0
Gmail
Google+
[BOOKMARKS] Internet
Kies air 2.1
Kies via WiFi
Media Hub
[SMS/MMS PREFS]
Mobile print
My files
My Uploads
myAT&T
Nearby devices
News Daemon
Phase beam 1.0
Samsung keyboard
SNS 1.01
Tags 1.1
Talk 4.0.4
TalkBack
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo News
YPMobile
I'm far from done.
This was just the quick & easy stuff.
I'm getting better battery life than with any phone I've had before.
Last one was a GSII Skyrocket.
raqball said:
Agree.. I have never had an issue either...
I have warrantied numerous phones to AT&T that were rooted.. I have NEVER had one denied or been charged.. That's not to say it can't or won't happen because I know they can but I have never seen or heard of anyone getting denied...
IMHO, disabling via the hone system is the better option simply because the disable sticks on reboot... I however still need root because I for one can't live without AdFree...
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The flash counter was implemented on samsung phones since the tab so it's very new and AFAIK, only samsung does it. Up to now, someone who knew what they were doing would have to make a determination if the phones software was tampered with, this system does not need anyone to make that determination. It will be no different than the moisture sensor...
altitude909 said:
The flash counter was implemented on samsung phones since the tab so it's very new and AFAIK, only samsung does it. Up to now, someone who knew what they were doing would have to make a determination if the phones software was tampered with, this system does not need anyone to make that determination. It will be no different than the moisture sensor...
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There is a flash counter on the SGS2 as well and Chainfire was able to figure out a way to reset it (Triangle Away app). I'm sure it will be possible with this phone too eventually.
According to the comments, it works on the international S3 already.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.triangleaway&hl=en
Hey guys and gals,
Tonight my a500 was stolen. I work in sales and use it to look things on the net for customers (like price comparisons, etc) and use it for the website and lots of other business-type things (as well as lots of personal pics etc).
But, unfortunately when my back was turned, someone swiped it...!!!! argh:angry:
I had the newest release of jellybean on it from the forums here on xda, but had no remote wipe app installed (never even crossed my mind to do it). Therefore, I'm wondering if the is any remote wipe abilities in jellybean or if there was an app by chance that i had installed that would have this feature hidden (like onavo or norton utilities... reading now).
If anyone can help that would be amazing! Changed all my passwords, etc. So, I should be fine there. thanks guys
k
kylereid said:
Hey guys and gals,
Tonight my a500 was stolen. I work in sales and use it to look things on the net for customers (like price comparisons, etc) and use it for the website and lots of other business-type things (as well as lots of personal pics etc).
But, unfortunately when my back was turned, someone swiped it...!!!! argh:angry:
I had the newest release of jellybean on it from the forums here on xda, but had no remote wipe app installed (never even crossed my mind to do it). Therefore, I'm wondering if the is any remote wipe abilities in jellybean or if there was an app by chance that i had installed that would have this feature hidden (like onavo or norton utilities... reading now).
If anyone can help that would be amazing! Changed all my passwords, etc. So, I should be fine there. thanks guys
k
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Sorry mate. Not a lot you can do about it at this time.
Just cherish the thought of what's going to happen when he decides jb is too buggy, and tries to install a different rom. :laugh:
I suppose a new user will be posting all kinds of questions here at xda in the near future!
Still sorry to hear it got pinched. I know the feeling.
MD
thanks man. thought i was buggered lol. I left a facebook update that i hope shows up on the notifications in the tablet and make the culprit feel guilty. maybe it'll show up in the morning at work... fingers crossed. made me look at getting a wipe app for the old phone now, went with seekdroid. seems legit. any other suggestions?
kylereid said:
thanks man. thought i was buggered lol. I left a facebook update that i hope shows up on the notifications in the tablet and make the culprit feel guilty. maybe it'll show up in the morning at work... fingers crossed. made me look at getting a wipe app for the old phone now, went with seekdroid. seems legit. any other suggestions?
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Well, I don't have a lot of faith in those types of apps. They usually only work if an idiot steals it. Over here, pinching phones and tabs is big business, and usually done by pro's. They're quick to dump the device to another agent, who runs a stock full rom on it, clones the IMEI number from a good device , then dumps it to one of the umpteen million fly by night resellers. They (moscow govt) talked about cracking down on multiple PH number/IMEI combinations, then quickly realized over half the devices in Russia would stop working! Including their own!
Best thing to do, never let it out of your sight. Get a new device, like I did my phone, and the pain goes away.
But then again, maybe your culprit is a true idiot, and will post fotos to your facebook account!!!!!
MD
WAS YOU SIGNED INTO GOOGLE maps? latitude?
if so go to google.maps and click location history u can now see where your a500 is!!!!
good luck and hope you kick his ass:good:
i have "prey" software installed on all my devices for such problem
Did you try that Plan B yet or is that just over advertised junk?
Moscow Desire said:
Well, I don't have a lot of faith in those types of apps. They usually only work if an idiot steals it. Over here, pinching phones and tabs is big business, and usually done by pro's. They're quick to dump the device to another agent, who runs a stock full rom on it, clones the IMEI number from a good device , then dumps it to one of the umpteen million fly by night resellers. They (moscow govt) talked about cracking down on multiple PH number/IMEI combinations, then quickly realized over half the devices in Russia would stop working! Including their own!
Best thing to do, never let it out of your sight. Get a new device, like I did my phone, and the pain goes away.
But then again, maybe your culprit is a true idiot, and will post fotos to your facebook account!!!!!
MD
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The last person to steal one of my phones was a true idiot. This happened at my school and good thing I'm done with school. I was in class and had my phone charging and I had it out because I trusted most everyone in the room and would known who would have taken it.
So he asked if it was my phone and about a minute later he leaves the room. I noticed it was gone and others around me saw him take it. (Not obvious at all)
So I had the Vipre Mobile Security beta installed so I immediately logged into the web interface to activate GPS tracking and set off the alarm. Except when I logged in the service hadn't communicated when the app/phone in over a month so it was useless.
Over the period of the next 24 hours he had used the phone to take photos, delete everything on my sdcard, spam my YouTube feed with countless videos, and make voice calls to their own friends and family. So I looked on my carrier's account management and found all these numbers. Between the school staff and police it was possible to track the calls back to his identity. I got my phone back the next day...without the case and screen protector, sucks that they kept that.
So the lesson is make sure you have good, working anti theft solutions with cascading failsafes.
The next app I installed after ditching Vipre was Avast. This was a good solution with some flaws. Avast was one of the first Play Store security apps to utilize root access. Because of root in addition to setting as a device administrator it was also installed as a system service and app. This made it persistent and harder to remove.
The issue with avast was since the app was in /system and not /data it would have to be completely reconfigured after flashing each nightly update. Sometimes I'd forget and then it wouldn't work. It claimed to support the CM backup script except it was designed for CM7 and CM9 uses a different type of backup.
The other issue with avast was there was no web interface. You could only send commands through SMS.
Since I got my Nexus I bought Cerberus anti theft its perfect. It has system app support. Instead of a user setup it apparently registers the device ID or SIM or something and loads the user account from the cloud server. So all I do is add the apk to the CM backup list and it auto configures when installed. I can use SMS control or the website. I can monitor and control pretty much the entire phone and it takes a front camera photo on invalid pass code.
I check weekly to ensure its still running and it hasn't failed once.
As a failsafe I also have the first screen splash modded to my contact info in case of loss. Its encrypted so if anything maybe only a boot loader update could remove it.
chismay said:
WAS YOU SIGNED INTO GOOGLE maps? latitude?
if so go to google.maps and click location history u can now see where your a500 is!!!!
good luck and hope you kick his ass:good:
i have "prey" software installed on all my devices for such problem
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I think that only works if you accept all the tracking disclaimers to enable location history and not many people have history turned on.
I guess the lesson is you can't let your guard down for even a second. One time I let a friend sync their iPod touch on my computer since they didn't have a PC and they ended up snatching my classic monochrome iPod. I'm still upset to this day since they didn't take my old iPod touch instead. That just proves the first gen iPod touch is so bad people won't even steal it.
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KemikalElite said:
I think that only works if you accept all the tracking disclaimers to enable location history and not many people have history turned on.
I guess the lesson is you can't let your guard down for even a second. One time I let a friend sync their iPod touch on my computer since they didn't have a PC and they ended up snatching my classic monochrome iPod. I'm still upset to this day since they didn't take my old iPod touch instead. That just proves the first gen iPod touch is so bad people won't even steal it.
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oh yea def' just thought for pot-luck ,
it is a pitty when you let someone come into your house as a friendly gesture only to find them stealing from you,... ive had my fair share and also a fair share of miss-understandings thereafter because of a newly aquired paranoia..... but i think its 100% justified.
If you download the lookout app and install it, if you ever lose your tablet, on the lookout website you can see where it is, (if GPS was enabled when lost) you can also do a remote wipe, and a remote siren, make it put off an alarm remotely.
Its a good app to have just in case, but doesn't help if the app was not installed before being lost or stolen.
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lifeofcoding said:
If you download the lookout app and install it, if you ever lose your tablet, on the lookout website you can see where it is, (if GPS was enabled when lost) you can also do a remote wipe, and a remote siren, make it put off an alarm remotely.
Its a good app to have just in case, but doesn't help if the app was not installed before being lost or stolen.
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yeah sound like the prey app too , i can also send a popup message to the tab screen, be near the location displayed on the map and then activate a "S-SCARING" siren lol
also one good thing is prey uses the location services through wifi as well as gps, tells you the address of the current and last wifi hotspots logged into
so if it says currently "wii hotspot mcdonalds fast food , thief street. lol go to the mcdonalds and set off the alarms,...clearly see your tablet...and a jackass who need a beating. :highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive:
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WAS YOU SIGNED INTO GOOGLE maps? latitude?
if so go to google.maps and click location history u can now see where your a500 is!!!!
good luck and hope you kick his ass:good:
i have "prey" software installed on all my devices for such problem
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hey man, great idea! no luck...
and thanks guys for al of the advice! still no luck with the tab i think the worst part of it is was that i was really getting to love it. like the development here, especially with jb!, is fantastic. and i was a kickstarter supporter for chameleon and now seeing the new updates really puts salt on the wound. lol. in the next month i'll need another tablet, so im debating on finding another 2nd hand one for the price of a nexus 7, or just getting the 7. only thing is though, is the size....
thanks again.
I'm assuming you've looked into "Plan B" on the Android market, right? It automatically installs from the market on your tablet, and broadcasts location immediately on install. Not sure how accurate or helpful it is, but if you haven't tried it yet... you probably should.
The other option is to put out some Wanted To Buy ads...
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I'm assuming you've looked into "Plan B" on the Android market, right? It automatically installs from the market on your tablet, and broadcasts location immediately on install. Not sure how accurate or helpful it is, but if you haven't tried it yet... you probably should.
The other option is to put out some Wanted To Buy ads...
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i already changed the passwords, i wasn't aware of Plan B. great idea though! i tried it anyways lol.
and yeah ive been scouring kijiji and craigslist like a fiend
The pixel seems like I good phone but I'm a little apprehensive about the new assistant app. I'm sure it will arrive on all phones eventually. I really don't want google to always know where I am, how long i was there, where I'm eating, if I'm moving around, what I'm buying, watching on tv, and searching for. Full access to my texts, emails, and friends. Best case scenario is they use/sell all my life's info to a marketing company. They should call the app Snowden assistant. My life is boring, but they don't need to know that. Google is becoming too invasive just to change your money into consumer products. And all Nouget kernels are locked, so without a leak, you become a Google Ad Slave without any self protection. I don't like it.
if you think that's bad it get worse i call tmobile yesterday wifes phone. acting up
they new everything that was on and how many pictures were on phone and the list goes on .they same said 1st issue you have developers on which is bad second that wifi was on and needed to be off for more diagnostic. so any way don't be too worried of google as tmobile also knows what's on your phone
This is why I personally feel root should be option on all devices. Are we to trust all the hands in our private cookie jars? I personally feel more secure with my control of my device than with large companies that are constant targets of hackers. I'm glad we have more control over what apps can access in android 6 and and 7, but still no real control what the carriers and their friends can access about our lives and what they do that info. It will be interesting to see if people end up caring enough about their privacy or maybe I'm just being too sensitive about it.
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if you think that's bad it get worse i call tmobile yesterday wifes phone. acting up
they new everything that was on and how many pictures were on phone and the list goes on .they same said 1st issue you have developers on which is bad second that wifi was on and needed to be off for more diagnostic. so any way don't be too worried of google as tmobile also knows what's on your phone
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This is why I disable the My T-Mobile app it is how they gather all this information. If you root the app will even try to request root permissions which is insane.
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This is why I disable the My T-Mobile app it is how they gather all this information. If you root the app will even try to request root permissions which is insane.
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Indeed. I have the unlocked S7 Edge .. no carrier or Samsung bloat installed. This Big Bro crap is just that .. crap. They also load up a diag process as part of the MyTmobile app. You don't opt out of their network testing and disable that process .. it will eat your network connection and system resources. It hit my Note 7 and made it unusable for 40 minutes. I noticed the data arrows going mad and figured this was the problem. It was. I disabled all the TMO software and this separate process and everything was good .. then recall. Not a good month all the way around.
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The pixel seems like I good phone but I'm a little apprehensive about the new assistant app. I'm sure it will arrive on all phones eventually. I really don't want google to always know where I am, how long i was there, where I'm eating, if I'm moving around, what I'm buying, watching on tv, and searching for. Full access to my texts, emails, and friends. Best case scenario is they use/sell all my life's info to a marketing company. They should call the app Snowden assistant. My life is boring, but they don't need to know that. Google is becoming too invasive just to change your money into consumer products. And all Nouget kernels are locked, so without a leak, you become a Google Ad Slave without any self protection. I don't like it.
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Don't worry, Google Assistant is exclusive to Pixel phones. Google probably doesn't need Assistant to know everything about you anyhow.
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This is why I disable the My T-Mobile app it is how they gather all this information. If you root the app will even try to request root permissions which is insane.
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Don't worry, Google Assistant is exclusive to Pixel phones. Google probably doesn't need Assistant to know everything about you anyhow.
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And once the Pixel folks have worked out the kinks by beta testing it .. it'll get pushed out to everyone.
Anyone who thinks the Pixel will sell enough to make it work Google doing it as an exclusive feature is just nuts. Also, the folks who created Siri just got bought by Samsung so most likely by summer '17 we'll all be saying "Hey, Viv!" and all that silliness.
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if you think that's bad it get worse i call tmobile yesterday wifes phone. acting up
they new everything that was on and how many pictures were on phone and the list goes on .they same said 1st issue you have developers on which is bad second that wifi was on and needed to be off for more diagnostic. so any way don't be too worried of google as tmobile also knows what's on your phone
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Well, when you first get the phone, at the beginning the t-mobile app ask if you give them permission to collect data to "easily diagnosed" issues on your phone ...you have the option of denial or acceptance on that....or you also can disable the t-mobile app on app manager
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Well, when you first get the phone, at the beginning the t-mobile app ask if you give them permission to collect data to "easily diagnosed" issues on your phone ...you have the option of denial or acceptance on that....or you also can disable the t-mobile app on app manager
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I kinda wondered what that does. You still have to opt out of maps, chrome, google app and Google account to fully unhook from google. There are many sub menu options in Google account especially.
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I kinda wondered what that does. You still have to opt out of maps, chrome, google app and Google account to fully unhook from google. There are many sub menu options in Google account especially.
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Well at least Google gives their customers the options to turn off all of that... you just need patience to go over and READ descriptions of every single option...Google puts everything there for ppl to choose...it's just ppl are too lazy lol
What's irritating me, and I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but ever since Google stated only the Pixel would have this feature, Google Now has been crippled on Samsung phones. Used to get news, all sorts of info, now when I go to Google Now, I only get the sports teams I follow and location based stuff. I think Google is pulling a stunt to push people to the Pixel. Not cool.
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Has anyone seen this yet? Just opened my weather app and I got this.....I'm furious. 2000 dollars for a phone and your gonna try to feed me an ad in my UI Can anyone else confirm? I want my money back....I'd expect this from a 150 dollar Chinese phone not a 2000 dollar samsung
That is in the weather app is it not?
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That is in the weather app is it not?
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Yes it is
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Yes it is
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So not in the UI. In the app. Am I not understanding something?
Ad is in weather app not in OneUI itself. Big difference, secondly my weather app does not have any ads so it might be depending on country allowance law I guess or so.
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Has anyone seen this yet? Just opened my weather app and I got this.....I'm furious. 2000 dollars for a phone and your gonna try to feed me an ad in my UI Can anyone else confirm? I want my money back....I'd expect this from a 150 dollar Chinese phone not a 2000 dollar samsung
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It's sad they took Xiaomi lead and starting adding ads to $1400 phones! Their greed is next level! People need to make a big deal about it for it to stop!
It's the biggest reason I don't use samsung music any more. Why I don't use samsung phone anymore. Why I try to stay out of the galaxy store... Like these ads are the biggest reasons why I use google and other apps. This phone is too expensive for all these ads in their appd
I started noticing this just today! This is rubbish, posting ads on stock apps, more like forcing us to see ads, unless we use non stock apps for such purposes. This is not what I expected out of Samsung.
I've been bombarding them on the beta community about this. I don't think it's going to get changed though
Is this only certain regions seeing ads?
I haven't seen any, although I run Disconnect Pro which could be killing them
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Is this only certain regions seeing ads?
I haven't seen any, although I run Disconnect Pro which could be killing them
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I'm starting to think it too. Since I don't have ads in weather app at all.
Here is a picture of my weather app.
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Considering the ad is from samsungs stock weather app I would include it in the UI. LAST samsung product I will ever buy
Yes,many system apps contain ads on Samsung phones.You can see that with Lucky Patcher (for example) or other App Managers.
Yes I've seen this and it's disgusting.
Camera issues with S20 Ultra, carried over to Note 20 Ultra, now this. 2020 not good!
I'm in Canada and seeing the ads there. However another user posted he has ads in Samsung Music which I don't have. Unless he's talking about Spotify but thats integrated in a couple music players if I'm not mistaken, wouldn't necessarily call that an ad.
Wyoming, doesn't exist here , none of my stock apps has it . AT&T Note20 Ultra .
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Wyoming, doesn't exist here , none of my stock apps has it . AT&T Note20 Ultra .
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Location says enough lol
404 errors on uploads on webpage too so not just the app..
I have ads in my weather app and I'm just over in colorado springs
It seems my pictures disappear as well odd.
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No ads in my vase in any app. Seems like its region specific..very unavveoyt anyways, even if its region specific