I've noticed recently that my phone will delete apps at random. For instance my phone erased 7 apps that I had installed of the Android market and paid for. Is anybody having same issues ? I don't use app2sd at all. Luckily I use titanium back up to do a backup every night.
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I had the same weirdness once. I finally tracked it down to a bad sd card. Even though you don't move them there some apps install there by default. And when the card freaks out its like they were never installed. Try to reinstall with sd card unmounted so as to force to internal. Then see if it happens again.
Like I said it ended up being a bad card for me. Wasted 32GB class 10 even.Argh..
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Death worm was one that kept disappearing for me too.
I see, its not the first time it happens. The last time it erased all my music on my external SD. Weird stuff. I will do as u advise hopefully it won't happen again. Thanks
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I had the same weirdness once. I finally tracked it down to a bad sd card. Even though you don't move them there some apps install there by default. And when the card freaks out its like they were never installed. Try to reinstall with sd card unmounted so as to force to internal. Then see if it happens again.
Like I said it ended up being a bad card for me. Wasted 32GB class 10 even.Argh..
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Death worm was one that kept disappearing for me too.
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I see, its not the first time it happens. The last time it erased all my music on my external SD. Weird stuff. I will do as u advise hopefully it won't happen again. Thanks
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It didthe same for me with my music. I can say almost for sure it's your sd card. My symptoms were exactly what you are seeing. I even lost some vid's and pic's too. But the giveaway was the apps. I would reinstall and after a reboot or overnight they would be gone again. Iknow it is freaky.
I hope this helps ya out.
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It didthe same for me with my music. I can say almost for sure it's your sd card. My symptoms were exactly what you are seeing. I even lost some vid's and pic's too. But the giveaway was the apps. I would reinstall and after a reboot or overnight they would be gone again. Iknow it is freaky.
I hope this helps ya out.
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Interesting enough my apps just self installed again right now......
They appeared again in my app drawer all of a sudden without me doing anything whatsoever. I'm confused lol they were gone for about two days and now poof there back lol
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Say whaaaa? Your kidding? That is sooo crazy. When you figure it out let me know. FREAKY MAN.
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Say whaaaa? Your kidding? That is sooo crazy. When you figure it out let me know. FREAKY MAN.
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Yea it's pretty weird, don't know how or what happened. Must be a glitch when the USB storage is being scanned when I turn on the phone .
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I can't believe I am actually asking this as a question. But I was neither capable to remove some 3rd party lockscreen from my gf's entirely stock SGN (rom-wise), nor did I manage to google for help.
Tried Go Locker and LockBot. I can choose a different Lockscreen but this new fella is now before the one I try to get rid off. So we actually have 2 lockscreens now. The 2nd one is easy to switch back off but the one below stays right where it is.
Here's what it looks like:
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Also, you can set the phone to lock pattern. Works fine except for the lockscreen that again succeeds all other lockscreens. It's always the last barrier before you can use the phone.
Please be so kind and let me know where else to look for turning it off
The lock screen app your using, need to be deactivated... if that cannot happen, go to settings----applications---find that app----open it-----and press clear defaults-----bang problem solved
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Thanks for the reply. My girlfriend says she never installed a lock screen app (intentionally). I was suspecting the range of Go products but uninstalling most of them (after going through all of their settings) didn't help either.
The question is what app might have caused it. And why isn't there an app that lets you default to stock? That's why I installes Go Locker and LockBot in the first place.
Actually this is quite a tragic flaw in Android. My gf totally diggs her shiny new SGN but is totally pissed by this lock screen. She never wanted it. She hates it. Now she starts hating the phone. She said she wanted a replacement...
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Thanks for the reply. My girlfriend says she never installed a lock screen app (intentionally). I was suspecting the range of Go products but uninstalling most of them (after going through all of their settings) didn't help either.
The question is what app might have caused it. And why isn't there an app that lets you default to stock? That's why I installes Go Locker and LockBot in the first place.
Actually this is quite a tragic flaw in Android. My gf totally diggs her shiny new SGN but is totally pissed by this lock screen. She never wanted it. She hates it. Now she starts hating the phone. She said she wanted a replacement...
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reboot the phone then go to Settings>apps>running OR Settings>apps>running>show cached processes
you will find your app there
Alright, will check it out a.s.a. my gf is back from work. thanks
Bro if nothing works, back up data and soft reset !!!!
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Dude, totally valid point. Thing is my gf ain't gonna like that
Factory reset.. u said she aint gonna like it, but wants a replacement? Whats the difference?
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Or figure out what app it is. If it isnt installed anymore, reinstall it. Go to app info and before u uninstall it clear defaultz clear cache and data then uninstall.. i dont know if it makes a difference but thats what i do with every app i uninstall
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reboot the phone then go to Settings>apps>running OR Settings>apps>running>show cached processes
you will find your app there
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Holy crap, dude! You nailed it. Rogue app called "Simply Locks". Is the on-phone search still disabled? because I used it to search for "lock" but it did not find Simply Locks.
Anyways, you guys made a little girl smile big time again.
Thanks
With the premium update coming which includes this new feature,I just noticed we already have it with the 4.1.1 update but it doesn't seem to work fought, says no data to display, anyone else have same result?
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Try pulling it up. There should be a refresh button. I had to hit that to get it to work. But then it's just annoying me so I turned it off.
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Mine has worked with no issues. This is on my 5 day old phone.
Here's mine.
I've done the refresh multiple times and still nothing
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im having the same issue ^
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im having the same issue ^
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as am I. The Yahoo news ticker works well as does the stock ticker but the Facebook one... Nada... Zip.... Zilch
Anyone any ideas?
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as am I. The Yahoo news ticker works well as does the stock ticker but the Facebook one... Nada... Zip.... Zilch
Anyone any ideas?
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It's OK I've sorted it!!
To fix this issue...
Make sure everything is updated to the latest version including Facebook App (I say that because mine is and it's now fixed)
Open the Facebook app and, via Account -> Log Out
Lock your phone
Swipe the Facebook ticker and you should get the message "You need to be logged in to use this" or something like that
Click log in and allow the Samsung Galaxy app the permissions it requires
Should be fixed!
Please not I'm not a developer, this is my first android phone and I've had it for two days, so I won't be able to answer any technical questions however I figured it would be a Facebook permissions problem and using a bit of trial and error and a bit of common sense I've fixed MY issue. This might not work for YOUR issue.
I hope so though
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as am I. The Yahoo news ticker works well as does the stock ticker but the Facebook one... Nada... Zip.... Zilch
Anyone any ideas?
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It's OK I've sorted it!!
To fix this issue...
Make sure everything is updated to the latest version including Facebook App (I say that because mine is and it's now fixed)
Open the Facebook app and, via Account -> Log Out
Lock your phone
Swipe the Facebook ticker and you should get the message "You need to be logged in to use this" or something like that
Click log in and allow the Samsung Galaxy app the permissions it requires
Should be fixed!
Please not I'm not a developer, this is my first android phone and I've had it for two days, so I won't be able to answer any technical questions however I figured it would be a Facebook permissions problem and using a bit of trial and error and a bit of common sense I've fixed MY issue. This might not work for YOUR issue.
I hope so though
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Cheers austin lad, worked for me
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Cheers austin lad, worked for me
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Good, I would imagine it would work for most people.At least I hope it would.
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This is a screenshot of what is draining my battery. When I click on it I can't tell what the hell it does. It contains zero bits of data as an app. It does show this file com.sec.android.providers.downloads when I click on the media arrow.
From my research I have found that this is bloatware and that it is not bloatware. I have read to remove and not to remove it.
Can somebody please tell me what this is or does?
Any information would be appreciated.
I am not sure if I posted my screen shot correctly
Download Better Battery Stats. Find out what is going on.
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Go to applications - running applications. Post screen shot.
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Just a thought. It looks like you rebooted the device three times. Once looks like it was into recovery.
And removed the SD card before taking the screenshot?
When the phone reboots it scans all media on the device.
If you didn't have the reboot periods, I would think it was a wake-clock.
If I reboot my device, I Always have it plugged in for at least 15 min. to make up for the extra drain caused by scanning files (Media)
Also IMO Juice Defender is a waste of time.
And this thread should be in Q&A
Edit2: I reported the thread so It can be moved.
Remember, if your gonna be asking a question - Go to Q&A :wink:
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Download Better Battery Stats. Find out what is going on.
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Ok, I bought better battery stats but I have to go to bed so I will have to post a screen shot of my running apps tomorrow and what this new app tells me.
Thanks for the replies so far.
I've read a couple other posts like yours and the problem was some corrupted media files. If Better Battery Stats shows you that the media scanner service is running all the time then that's your problem. You find and delete the bad files or disable the service so it's not scanning constantly and you should be good. (Obviously better is the former).
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I am the original poster and I do tend to believe that the corrupted media files may have been the issue. For the past few days I have been getting the old "media card removed unexpectedly" message at random times. Yesterday I copied everything to my computer and reformatted the 32 gb sd sandisk ultra card. I then copied some files back on to the card and kept getting messages like blank sd card. Eventually neither the phone nor my Macbook recognized the card. I thought it might just be the phone or card so I tried my 16gb Sandisk card I had and it was recognized right away on both devices.
I finally just put in my 16gb card in the phone and transferred my pictures to it. I am initiating a warranty claim with Sandisk. I bought the card on October 22. I am not happy about this, especially since reading how many problems others have had with the same card.
Since using the old 16gb ultra card and deleteting the android drm process using Titanium Backup, This MEDIA thing is essentially gone. I now have 68 percent left on my batter with 9 hours and 58 since it was unplugged. I did use my phone today at work.
Thanks for all the advice. I would post some battery stat items and screen shots of what I have running but I have a baby screaming with pink eye and a two year old that needs attention as well.
Yikes... you passed your bad mojo to me
wow... had just read this thread and bam.... now I have a runaway "Android media process" running (45% of CPU...).. tried to kill service, but it just restarts! I'm getting all sorts of CPU/Memory threshold warnings, so not sure why it continues to run... and why it can't be shutdown (it's possessed). It ran for 2 hrs and still won't shut down. Any ideas/ investigative steps I need to take to figure out why it's running and how to stop it... Thx.
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wow... had just read this thread and bam.... now I have a runaway "Android media process" running (45% of CPU...).. tried to kill service, but it just restarts! I'm getting all sorts of CPU/Memory threshold warnings, so not sure why it continues to run... and why it can't be shutdown (it's possessed). It ran for 2 hrs and still won't shut down. Any ideas/ investigative steps I need to take to figure out why it's running and how to stop it... Thx.
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Did you try what op did and pull your sd card, reboot and see what happens?
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Verizon's Backup Assistant plus was the cause of my media runaway battery use. I turned it off and the problem went away.
When I had s3 I used an app called media scan root it stopped the media scanning on boot. I think scanning all those little files in the cwm or twrp backup folders was what was causing it. Not sure but the app did help me and it is worth a try
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I need help with what I think is adware on my LG G3. It is not rooted or anything..just stock. Every morning and sometimes throughout the day my phone will go to a browser (today I took a screenshot and it was Firefox) and a box will come up claiming I won a prize through facebook. I know its an ad so I just back out of it. In the past there have also been messages about updating the android system, boosting the battery, etc. I run avast and malwarebytes scans and they don't find anything. Sometimes my phone just seems to act up, be slow and the screen is not responsive. I'm not sure if it's because of this issue or not. Please help!
Does anyone maybe have a solution?
It's hard for me to tell and I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will chime in but did you install any app you suspect? AirPush detector from Google Play may find the app.
Yeah I tried AirPush..it detected Trivia Crack so I uninstalled it. I mean I haven't really been playing it lately but that kinda sucks in case I did want to play. So I guess I'll see if the ads stop now.
Yeah..even after uninstalling trivia crack ads are popping up
leavethelighton said:
Yeah..even after uninstalling trivia crack ads are popping up
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Give this a go......https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install
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Give this a go......https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install
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I installed it but then I guess it wasn't set up right. I didn't really want to try to figure it out more so I've just been dealing with the ads and just backing out when they pop up. That would only block the ads anyways right? I would rather they totally be gone if that's possible. Would factory resetting the phone get rid of the ads?
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I installed it but then I guess it wasn't set up right. I didn't really want to try to figure it out more so I've just been dealing with the ads and just backing out when they pop up. That would only block the ads anyways right? I would rather they totally be gone if that's possible. Would factory resetting the phone get rid of the ads?
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Here is little guide to setup ad-block if you are still inclined... https://adblockplus.org/en/android-config
You can also set up adblocker as an add-on to firefox, but if random browsers keep popping up with ads I don't think that'll help much.
But I believe a factory reset would take care of it. Just back everything up & good luck
What apps do you have on your phone have you installed third party applications or have you installed things from other then google play. Have you downloaded any files recently pictures, music,
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it would be great if we could see a screenshot of the ad.
usually when you get some ad or pop up you can go to your status bar and press and hold the ad. this will take you to the app that is running the ad then you can uninstall it.
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What apps do you have on your phone have you installed third party applications or have you installed things from other then google play. Have you downloaded any files recently pictures, music,
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I haven't installed any third party apps other than the adblock plus. I only use google play. Yeah..I downloaded some music and that seems to be when the ads started. Will simply removing those songs get rid of the ads?
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I haven't installed any third party apps other than the adblock plus. I only use google play. Yeah..I downloaded some music and that seems to be when the ads started. Will simply removing those songs get rid of the ads?
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Try it.
ingoljosh said:
Try it.
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Ok I'll have to wait and see if any of the ads pop up
Yeah try it and if you want some music I'll teach a safe way
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Yeah try it and if you want some music I'll teach a safe way
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I would love to know a safe way
leavethelighton said:
i would love to know a safe way
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please post a screenshot of the ad/pop up
ingoljosh said:
please post a screenshot of the ad/pop up
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I might have an old screenshot but the ad changes. It hasn't popped up again for me to be able to take another screenshot. Also my phone doesn't want to recognize my SD card even though I have taken it out and restarted my phone multiple times..very frustrating..that is another issue I would like figured out..So I can't tell if that old screenshot is on there at all.
Has the SD card been damaged? Try putting a different SD card in the phoblne and see if it works
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Sorry I meant to say phone
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I pm you the way to safely download great quality music
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ingoljosh said:
please post a screenshot of the ad/pop up
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And I am still getting pop ups similar to this
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And I am still getting pop ups similar to this
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Have a look here :-
http://androidforums.com/threads/pop-ups-on-android-phone.916714/
Clear your Browser Data and try :-
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.denper.addonsdetector
when you plug in your G4 to charge it, a screen comes on with a photo of some wave of liquid and bubbles to graphically simulate your phone being topped up with "fuel" I suppose.
I need to know what exact executable program this is so I can kill off this little ad-infested bastard which accomplishes nothing useful.
gracias!
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when you plug in your G4 to charge it, a screen comes on with a photo of some wave of liquid and bubbles to graphically simulate your phone being topped up with "fuel" I suppose.
I need to know what exact executable program this is so I can kill off this little ad-infested bastard which accomplishes nothing useful.
gracias!
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I believe that will be du battery saver or du speed booster , if you haven't got those installed then it's probably clean master...
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I believe that will be du battery saver or du speed booster , if you haven't got those installed then it's probably clean master...
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No, this may be a system app
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No, this is apparently a system app
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Why do you think it's a system app?
Can you not install it like usual..
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Can you post a screenshot for me..
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Install this from the playstore -https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.denper.addonsdetector
And if it doesn't find anything it is most likely Verizon bloatware...
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Can you post a screenshot for me..
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It says the name of the app is "Speed Charge" - but I have no app with this name
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Try holding on to the app until a box at the top says app info then drag the app into app info it will tell you which app it is then just simply uninstall , I'm going to bed now but if you still can't do it then quote my post so I get notified and when I'm up in the morning I'll do my best to help you....
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It says the name of the app is "Speed Charge" - but I have no app with this name
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What your seeing is the "Boostcharge" feature within the Clean Master application. You can delete the app or disable the feature by tapping the menu button in the top right and clicking settings. This screen only shows when the phone is being charged. Let me know.
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What your seeing is the "Boostcharge" feature within the Clean Master application. You can delete the app or disable the feature by tapping the menu button in the top right and clicking settings. This screen only shows when the phone is being charged. Let me know.
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I do not have the "Clean Master" application, never had it - I don't use that kind of trash.
I am starting to suspect Go keyboard for this malware. though.
Thats interesting. I have bought and used Go Keyboard and never had any issues. I stopped using it only cause of how it works. I have Clean Master running on a different phone right now with the Boostcharge enabled. I have pics but do not know how to post them yet...
I have the same problem
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i have tried uninstalling a few apps but still the problem percists. I will post here again if i find a solution, i hate **** like this.
It was long ago that i installed a new app but this problem is recent, wtf!
Edit: it was advanced task killer