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Amazon Appstore Download Folder

I like to grab all the free apps every day but don't install all of them. I let the download finish and then hit cancel on the install screen. Are all of these downloads saved somewhere hogging up space or are they flushed out when I cancel the install?
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Well if it downloaded successfully, then it is still somewhere. You can check the downloads folder, delete the file, or open titanium backup, then delete them that way.

why not just visit the website and buy the free app that way? no need to install.

I'll have to start doing it that way since I can't find where they're downloading to. Thanks guys.
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I believe /sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/cache is what you're looking for.

bkrodgers said:
I believe /sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/cache is what you're looking for.
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bkrodgers, you rock! Thank you so much! I was looking for this as well.

Awesome man, thanks!
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No problem! Glad to help!
And I do that too...I pick up anything that might be remotely useful, but just don't install it if I don't think I want it taking space right now. I've even downloaded a few apps that I'd already paid for on the Android Market just to support the developer. They still get 20% of their normal price. I did that with Folder Organizer today, for example...a truly fantastic app that was one of the first I bought on the market.
The only time I don't do this though is on those occasions they've featured an app that is clearly crap. That's on the same theory for why I've downloaded apps I've already bought, in reverse. Sometimes I really DON'T want the dev to get the 20%, so I won't even download it to "see how bad it is." I think there was one "paid" app for free that not only did you normally have to buy to start with, but you had to pay to by credits to use it. Those I stay away from.

Issues downloading .apk files to phone

hey guys. when trying to download .apk files directly to my phone about 1 out of 5 files download as .htm files and are way smaller than the file size that the .apk should be. I've tried multiple different browsers and download sites. know why this happens?
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This has happened to me sometimes, when I tried to download apps from random downloading sites. (megaupload, rapidshare, etc...) I would maybe look for the apk on the developers site and download from there. I think it is more or less likely due to page coding with java.

Pay for your apps in the market and you some have this problem...............
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thanks sp0d. to the other guy below you thanks for wasting your time typing that pointless message. I wanted to get a few apps while I'm at work but don't worry, what i can't get directly on my phone still goes to my laptop just fine.just have to wait until i get home....lmao
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[Q&A] is it worth to use an antivirus on the gnex ? What is the best one?

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you dont need it if you know what you're downloading.

Thanks but play market is safe enough?
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mauro2390 said:
Thanks but play market is safe enough?
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Yes. Same as on a PC, just don't download super shady apps or sideload pirated apps and you'll be completely fine.

Even on the play store you need to think before installing. If you install the official Facebook app, chances are good it's malware free. However if you download some Japanese emoji app that's not even a week old on the play store and asks for permissions it shouldn't ask for, your guard should be up.
That said, I don't think the risk of malware is very high and I doubt Android 'virusscanners' actually improve security enough to make it worth wile. What's the detection rate? False positives? Heuristics performance? Statistics are non-existent (afaik).

it would be best to start tightening security @kernel/rom level than installing an antivirus.
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I run lookout on every device. Free version backs up(not necessary, but not a bad thing) scans for malware, has lost device capabilities, and it has a seriously unnoticeable footprint on your memory or battery. Plus it's free. To each their own.
I777 gets it done, gnex just for fun

Honestly. If you're rooted. You should be educated enough to know what not to do. Most of the time when someone reports an infected app. Its from some pirate website they have sideloaded. As long as you get your apps from the market. You're fine.

Well this sucks!

http://phandroid.com/2013/03/13/google-play-store-ad-blocker/
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F**k Google... they should get rid of apps that contain "in-app purchase" because you cannot get a goddamn refund !!

MikeyLee said:
F**k Google... they should get rid of apps that contain "in-app purchase" because you cannot get a goddamn refund !!
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Yeah no **** lol. Guess open source don't mean much. Adfree was one of the main reasons I root in the 1st place. I've got a backup anyway. I wonder if they can still support the app but just not through Google.
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t4d73 said:
Yeah no **** lol. Guess open source don't mean much. Adfree was one of the main reasons I root in the 1st place. I've got a backup anyway. I wonder if they can still support the app but just not through Google.
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Ad free apps will always be out there. They just wont be on the market. We all know how to sideload :laugh:

Speaking of side loading, anyone have a copy if ad away they're willing to share? Or even better, can someone guide me on how to pull it from wherever it installs, copy to my SD card so I can install it from there on ROM swaps?
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nuc noob said:
Speaking of side loading, anyone have a copy if ad away they're willing to share? Or even better, can someone guide me on how to pull it from wherever it installs, copy to my SD card so I can install it from there on ROM swaps?
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Knock yourself out
https://www.dropbox.com/s/64b8cqnydf5ldk0/AdFree.apk
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Disappointed to see this move from Google. Ads on desktop is one thing but on my cell....really?!?!?!
Almost feels like an Apple move
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t4d73 said:
Yeah no **** lol. Guess open source don't mean much. Adfree was one of the main reasons I root in the 1st place. I've got a backup anyway. I wonder if they can still support the app but just not through Google.
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Android is open source Google Play is not.
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This shouldn't really bother anyone. AdFree was for root users and if you know how to root there is a very good chance you will always know where to find the apk.. Now when they prevent me from loading it on my phone it'll be a problem.
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Now I just read that Google is killing off their rss reader service. That blows. Not sure how that's gonna affect most people, but I use it several times a day. I use greader pro, but it uses Google reader services for pulling in all my feeds. Time to look for alternatives.
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BrianBaker said:
This shouldn't really bother anyone. AdFree was for root users and if you know how to root there is a very good chance you will always know where to find the apk.. Now when they prevent me from loading it on my phone it'll be a problem.
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So long as Google doesn't take active measures in the future to prohibit ad blocking...and doesn't take measures against users who use adblocking
nuc noob said:
Now I just read that Google is killing off their rss reader service. That blows. Not sure how that's gonna affect most people, but I use it several times a day. I use greader pro, but it uses Google reader services for pulling in all my feeds. Time to look for alternatives.
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This news REALLY pisses me off.
gReader is the only way I can keep up with Android Police, Android Authority, and a few other news sites. gReader being killed off is only slighly more annoying to me than Google killing off iGoogle.

I dont even use ad blockers, I just have a modded host file that blocks all that crap anyway I add the host file to every rom I flash.

shiftr182 said:
I dont even use ad blockers, I just have a modded host file that blocks all that crap anyway I add the host file to every rom I flash.
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Most Android adblockers modify the hosts file to do the adblocking.

Sounds like the world is ending in here...
It's really not that big of a deal >.>
Android is open. The store is not. You can do whatever with Android, you just wont be getting it from their store. I don't know why everyone is so upset.

Considering that hosts blocking only works if you have root, I really don't see how this is a problem. If you can root your phone, you can install third-party apks without an issue.
Still, a *****ly move, but Google does make all of their profits selling ads. It is probably AdBlock that killed the fun, since it semi-worked (WiFi only) for non-root users.

anishannayya said:
Considering that hosts blocking only works if you have root, I really don't see how this is a problem. If you can root your phone, you can install third-party apks without an issue.
Still, a *****ly move, but Google does make all of their profits selling ads. It is probably AdBlock that killed the fun, since it semi-worked (WiFi only) for non-root users.
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I guess my only complaint would be I like Adfree and wonder how it will continue to get updates without the store.
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Ok why is everyone trippin for? Lets not forget there Internet. HuGE web. Just did a "ad away. Apk" gt the latest version free. Not from the play store since they wanna be jerks.
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Call me a Devil's Advocate here, but what's the big freaking deal with ads in apps????? I mean, I do hate the ones that get pushed as fake notifications with some of the crapware you can get on the market, but I don't consider the regular ones obtrusive... And let's remember, ad revenue is the bread and butter for Google, and a lot of the developers who offer their apps for free...

here's the link for ad-away. i prefer this one since you can customize your lists easily.
http://code.google.com/p/ad-away/

I must have been under a rock (or refreshing the Macks Rom thread too often ) but I just realized that the copy of AdFree I've had installed forever was no longer functioning.

[APP PROBLEM] torrents

whenever i download a torrent file from which uses torcache, (im having problems with this ... and open the torrent in ttorrent or any other torrent app, the torrent file is seen as damaged. Why?
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killbubble said:
whenever i download a torrent file from 1337x.org, which uses torcache, (im having problems with this ... ) and open the torrent in ttorrent or any other torrent app, the torrent file is seen as damaged. Why?
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That is a Warez site and strictly against \XDA rules to post about Warez .
Could be one of the reasons nothing works on your phone that you downloaded Malware from such sites .
jje

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That is a Warez site and strictly against \XDA rules to post about Warez .
Could be one of the reasons nothing works on your phone that you downloaded Malware from such sites .
jje
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Why is it warez? You do know warez concerns pirated content? Ubuntu is a free linux distribution and can be dustributed by third party websites or modified by anyone.
Also you cannot say the website is a warez website, as it hosts third party content, both legal and (maybe) illegal.
Anything you say must be proved, you must prove i am posting about illegal contents.
Also it is not true nothing works on my phone, i've encountered a couple of bugs but they are more probably app problems than my own stuff...
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JJEgan said:
That is a Warez site and strictly against \XDA rules to post about Warez .
Could be one of the reasons nothing works on your phone that you downloaded Malware from such sites .
jje
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Not every torrent is illegal. Check the file he is downloading. Yes. Open source linux. Torrent and peer-to-peer networks are fast ways to download also legal content, such as linux distros and android roms. So, downloading linux isn't warez.
Though, I understand your point, many of the files in those serves are illegal, but not all.

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Not every torrent is illegal. Check the file he is downloading. Yes. Open source linux. Torrent and peer-to-peer networks are fast ways to download also legal content, such as linux distros and android roms. So, downloading linux isn't warez.
Though, I understand your point, many of the files in those serves are illegal, but not all.
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@jjegan
Anyone browsing the web for minimum a year would know this
.let alone internet veterans...
If the website has not been shutdown that means even the government hasn't been able to prove it warez site. if everyone reasoned like you they would say mediafire and all other file sharing sites (youtube, may i remind you, is a VERY good warez search engine, haven't you got something to say against it) are illegal. But that would mean people would be forbidden to post stuff that is hosted on mediafire...even if mediafire DOES delete all warez content as soon as notified (and youtube does not).
Also in this post the matter is more "torcache" than website, as it is torcache handing out the file.
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Try bittorent app it works mostly times for me and torcache is ways a problemen when downloading torrents
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coolnessQ said:
Try bittorent app it works mostly times for me and torcache is ways a problemen when downloading torrents
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I didnt mention earlier i tried utorrent also (which is the same as bittorrent, just like for pc they have that kinda weird advertisement policy and they produce the same product only with 2 different icons and names) but it's got the same problem.
Does everyone else have problems loading that torrent onto their torrent apps? I just need someone to try....possibli living in the usa but any other country is fine i guess
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I use ttorrent pro but there is a lite version in the play store. Never had any problems with that and its pretty fast to be honest.
But of course even though the file your downloading may not contain viruses and malware, other files on the same servers may do so could be past around to even the more safer files.
I would advice using some sort of mobile internet security just to be safe mate
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I use ttorrent pro but there is a lite version in the play store. Never had any problems with that and its pretty fast to be honest.
But of course even though the file your downloading may not contain viruses and malware, other files on the same servers may do so could be past around to even the more safer files.
I would advice using some sort of mobile internet security just to be safe mate
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I use ttorrent pro as well....so u're saying the torrent file from that site works fine for you? Cuz for me downloading the file gives mea non working one, but using magnet link works just fine.
I will try scanning my phone for viruses even thou i seriously doubti have any, as i constantly look after my device...
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killbubble said:
I use ttorrent pro as well....so u're saying the torrent file from that site works fine for you? Cuz for me downloading the file gives mea non working one, but using magnet link works just fine.
I will try scanning my phone for viruses even thou i seriously doubti have any, as i constantly look after my device...
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Yeah its downloading just fine mate.
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That site you posted has multiple illegal copies of paid for apps and movies .
By any definition that is Warez and any user can open the site you posted and start downloading illegal content .You are posting a link to a warez site don't mind your link you are having trouble with .
Removing the site as above would have cleared the problem without it needing to be reported ..
I repeat with the number of problems you are posting having i suspect something wrong .
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That site you posted 1337x.org, has multiple illegal copies of paid for apps and movies .<br />
By any definition that is Warez and any user can open the site you posted and start downloading illegal content .You are posting a link to a warez site don't mind your link you are having trouble with .<br />
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Removing the site as above would have cleared the problem without it needing to be reported ..<br />
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I repeat with the number of problems you are posting having i suspect something wrong .<br />
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Listen, jj dude, i told ya before....
first of all is a websites that acts.like a search engine for posts other users put up, and redirects users to those links.
Second of all with what you're saying you would ban youtube as well from this forum's possible arguments.
For anyone right now can go to youtube and find the latest photoshop crack (along with VERY detailed instructions) or many many many other cracked games and stuff....but it doesnt host the files directly, just like 1337x, it just points the user to those files. Only difference is 1337x does not have any videos to help piracy out and it redirects users to urls through some big a** buttons, while youtube just uses underlined urls in descriptions.
Also, for jj dude's joy, i scanned my phone with avast avg and doctor web, they only found non-virus adware (avast found nothing), so it's safe to assume my phone is clean (just like i said yesterday).
I wanna thank nick fury for his answer, i must understand that most probably torcache servers in italy or somewhere near (maybe france or germany) are in someway corrupted.
As torrents from other sites work just fine for me, except torcache.
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killbubble said:
I wanna thank nick fury for his answer, i must understand that most probably torcache servers in italy or somewhere near (maybe france or germany) are in someway corrupted.
As torrents from other sites work just fine for me, except torcache.
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Hey no problem mate, I hope you got it all sorted now.

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