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Seeing ads in notification bar.

Hey all.
Recently (like a week ago or so) I started seeing ads in my notification bar... it has an icon which is a white star with a red dot in the middle. The last one I got said "College degrees available" and when I clicked it... it brought me to gameloft.com (first time seeing this site)
Any ideas? It's not that much of a nuisance, but I'm just afraid of spyware and such.
I didn't install any new apps (at least I don't think), but did update my apps.
Thanks.

next time, press and hold the ad in the notification bar. Then a pop up should appear which brings you to the App info. there you can disable notifications for the app. This should help.
Or you just go to the app info directly if you know which app causes this.

mike.b93 said:
next time, press and hold the ad in the notification bar. Then a pop up should appear which brings you to the App info. there you can disable notifications for the app. This should help.
Or you just go to the app info directly if you know which app causes this.
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you are right, I don't tought about this, thanks.

You may want to try an app like Airpush Detector to find what apps are giving you these adds.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..

One star the app and leave a comment saying they are spamming the notification bar, devs should be discouraged to using these types of ads. I have no problem with paying a dollar (or a few if needed) or seeing in app ads, but ads being displayed on the home screen or notification bar from an app is unacceptable.

phatmanxxl said:
One star the app and leave a comment saying they are spamming the notification bar, devs should be discouraged to using these types of ads. I have no problem with paying a dollar (or a few if needed) or seeing in app ads, but ads being displayed on the home screen or notification bar from an app is unacceptable.
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This. No app should have that sort of crap in them.

tsnstuff said:
You may want to try an app like Airpush Detector to find what apps are giving you these adds.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
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I second this app. Try it to find out the culprit and let others know in the market review.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInBsLmJ5cS5haXJibG9ja2VyIl0.
Airblocker stops all Airpush ads.

WhatsApp/Telegram/etc. won't show up in notification bar

My wife got a new Fire Phone running FireOS 4.6.6. I rooted it, installed Google Framework and Google Now launcher. At least most seems to be working quiet nice (still some things bug me, like Facebook not working, you can't install Amazon Underground, etc.). Concept of many things is nice - but often not brought to an end..
Now, I am stuck with a problem where I couldn't find an answer (at least not one I can accept, hehe).
When I receive a notification from e.g. Whatsapp or Telegram, it won't show up as a symbol in the notification bar. When I drag down the bar, I see the stuff like "Message received" etc. But it won't show me something when I am looking at my home screen or the lock-screen. Can't you see with just a short look that you've got a new message? Do I always have to pull down the notification bar?
Even system status messages aren't shown. When I connect the phone via USB to PC, a stock android shows me this neat little graphic that the connection is established. With FireOS - nothing
Read this thread here and tried this NotifierPro, Floatify, etc.
But it's not as small, fast and nice as the stock android thing.
The thread there is almost a year old, so has something changed lately? Any way to use the notifcation bar like I used to know?
Or maybe there is a nice Xposed module??

fire os does not support status bar notification's icons

ferolac said:
fire os does not support status bar notification's icons
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What a pity..
Any way to achieve it with an Xposed module? I think the icons could be done in an overlay or something, or is this no alternative?
For the moment I am using Floatify.. I think it just takes some days to get used to it

Can I get rid of any of these annoyances and tweaks I had on my S5?

Love the S9, upgraded from the S5 which I had rooted and heavily modified. I originally rooted my S5 to get rid of annoyances. Since it looks like the rooting and modifying scenes for later Galaxies has dropped off a bit, I want to know if there's current any way to get rid of these annoyances and tweaks which I had on my S5
-Get rid of the high volume warning. Holy crap if I could get rid of this I'd be satisfied!
-Get rid of the 'safe/trusted computer' when plugging into a PC
-Get rid of the battery icon on the status bar, I like having the percentage only. Also want to get rid of alarm clock icon
-Remove certain persistent notifications from notification center like wifi calling enabled
-Always expand certain or all notifications
-Keep screen off when connecting/disconnecting charger
-Long press back button to kill app in focus
-Date in the status bar without having an annoying notification app to go with it?
-RAM usage in the recent apps switcher
Almost all of these things we easily remedied using rooted tweaks like Gravitybox or similar on my S5. If anyone knows any ways to get rid of these without root I'm all ears!
Props to bxActions, Internet Speed Meter and BK Manager for allowing great tweaks without root.

A few of these can be fixed with System UI Tuner, but you have to enter a few commands with adb to allow the app to work. It's very easy and the app has step-by-step instructions. It's in the play store and/or the dev maintains a thread here on xda.

knexkid said:
Love the S9, upgraded from the S5 which I had rooted and heavily modified. I originally rooted my S5 to get rid of annoyances. Since it looks like the rooting and modifying scenes for later Galaxies has dropped off a bit, I want to know if there's currently any way to get rid of these annoyances and tweaks which I had on my S5
-Get rid of the high volume warning. Holy crap if I could get rid of this I'd be satisfied!
-Get rid of the 'safe/trusted computer' when plugging into a PC
-Get rid of the battery icon on the status bar, I like having the percentage only. Also, want to get rid of alarm clock icon
-Remove certain persistent notifications from notification center like wifi calling enabled
-Always expand certain or all notifications
-Keep screen off when connecting/disconnecting the charger
-Long press back button to kill the app in focus
-Date in the status bar without having an annoying notification app to go with it?
-RAM usage in the recent apps switcher
Almost all of these things we easily remedied using rooted tweaks like Gravitybox or similar on my S5. If anyone knows any ways to get rid of these without root I'm all ears!
Props to bxActions, Internet Speed Meter and BK Manager for allowing great tweaks without root.
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On my s5 and s7 I Installed the latest lineage rom by resurrection. the phone works better than when it was new. No silly messages. I had to reroot the phone and install gapps. battery life is unbelievable after disabling location. no messages not a single bug, my Bluetooth range improved. you will need to make sure your bootloader is unlocked, some sites say you can use safestrap but I doubt it. give it a shot if you have access to your bootloader
i find resurection boot animation a bit silly I replaced it with samsung boot screen splash files.
for cover messages, remove or disable popupreceiver service, again, you will need root access.

Good stuff guys, thanks for the info. I'll be checking out SystemUI Tuner for sure.

Fullscreen ad after opening lockscreen

After the Pie update, I've been seeing full screen ads appear on my screen after I unlock my phone. It usually happens after a certain period of time. Any suggestions on how to find out what causes this?
Also, is it possible that Pie update installed some new app that gives me these ads?
PS. I myself haven't installed any new apps after updating.

Definitely some app you got installed.

Unable to get rid of Bing floating toolbar

I have A Pixel 2 XL. It is up to date with all patches installed. No custom ROM. I am using Nova Launcher.
About a week ago, a persistent floating circular search icon appeared on my home screen. As I swipe from screen to screen, the icon goes with each screen.
When I tap the icon, it expands to to a transparent search bar showing the bing icon. I can type into the search bar, but it does not link to any search engine. It does nothing. I can type in another search term with the same result.
When I tap the arrow at the end of the search bar, it reverts back to the circular icon.
I can move the icon around the screen. If I tap and hold the icon, instead of giving me the opportunity to delete it like with any other icon, nothing happens.
I've deleted all Microsoft products except Office, refreshed the cache, run AVG Antivirus, and still nothing.
Nothing obvious shows in the Apps and Notifications area.
I'm wondering if it's related to Nova Launcher, but I can't see anything obvious in the settings.
I'm totally mystified.
Any ideas?

Alright, so here we go.
First I'd like to state that any antivirus on Android isn't a bad idea per-se, but with Play Protect it is pretty pointless. All apps are verified upon downloading them from the Play Store. Apps like AVG and Avast are renown for collecting data that they shouldn't be and add a lot of unnecessary features on top. You wanted an antivirus right? Not some app that can also detect through deranged means when your password is being used?
If you want something more effective (totally not an antivirus though), there is SD Maid. It will remove any files that are left behind by other applications, and clear out deprecated databases that are no longer being used. That's all it has ever done, and why I went out of my way to support the developer in their initiative.
Now, on to that bing search bar. I'd imagine that if the only MS app you have installed is in fact office, it may very well be the source of it all. Another possibility is an invasive application that might have been installed after allowing the installation of unknown sources.
Are there any apps you installed outside of the Play Store?

i dont have nova laucher, but i got the same problem.
this search-floating-icon, is always on top of all apps. it can not be deleted/hide.
i got this problem from yesterday,
since i installed some non reputable apps on google play

I have never installed an app outside the play store. Thanks for the detailed answer.

anonymous2312 said:
i dont have nova laucher, but i got the same problem.
this search-floating-icon, is always on top of all apps. it can not be deleted/hide.
i got this problem from yesterday,
since i installed some non reputable apps on google play
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I'm sorry about your problem, but I'm glad it's not just me.

PeekRhol said:
I'm sorry about your problem, but I'm glad it's not just me.
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I think this is malware / virus.
open google play store, click the uninstall button in any application that you have installed.
this search-floating-icon automatically disappears, as if it was also uninstalled.
then 30 minutes laters its appear again..
dammmn @#$%^&

I have the same problem on my samsung tablet and I share your frustration. I think it comes with the software upgrade...chrome version xxxxx143. The icon temporarily disappear when you do an apps force stop but it comes back again. I have chrome on my other android devices but not this latest problem.

Can you post a screenshot of this thing?

Figured it out
Faced the same problem. It was an app Free VPN proxy master com.free.fast.master.unblock.proxy.vpn
After its removal button disappeared